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<\/a>Miniature climbing rose near front porch. Anyone know what this one is called? It has the flower size and growth habit of C\u00e9cile Br\u00fcnner, but a red flower with a white eye.<\/p><\/div>\n
So, it’s completely possible that not all of this will happen, but this is the plan:<\/p>\n
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- Complete seven wire fencing in the strip\u00a0paddock. It has full fencing on two sides and nothing on the other two. This project requires either: lots of dollars; or, a moderate amount of dollars, use of the resource<\/a><\/em>, and me learning to fence. How hard can it be?<\/li>\n
- Trace the\u00a0mains electric fencing and repair the various breaks and snipped wires so that we can get it operating and use it to keep ponies where they are meant to be<\/a>.<\/li>\n
- Clear away the many saplings\u00a0and shrubs growing through (and shorting out<\/a>) the fencing wires in the\u00a0top paddock. This is a job for The Chainsaw<\/a>. [As I’ve been writing the Forbearing\u00a0Husband has already started on this project].<\/li>\n
- Rehang the\u00a0front gate and top paddock gate\u00a0so that they open\u00a0and\u00a0close without\u00a0dragging across the ground.<\/li>\n
- Have the shelter belts trimmed. Requires\u00a0dollars.<\/li>\n
- Roof painting at both houses. More dollars.<\/li>\n
- Repair roof leaks in the\u00a0tack shed and barn. Oh, and last night our\u00a0bedroom ceiling\u00a0leaked right above the bed. Lets add that one to the list shall we?! Mark it urgent<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- Replace the laundry loo with a low\u00a0flush toilet to ease\u00a0demand on the\u00a0water tank<\/a>.<\/li>\n
- Track the stream water irrigation system and repair the breaks in the line. Also figure out how to operate the mysterious ‘Lever B’ referred to on the site water map, which apparently diverts steam water to operate\u00a0the flush on the bathroom toilet.<\/li>\n
- Continue development of the larger vegetable gardens (see reference to slum housing in Part 1 post).<\/li>\n
- Have the macrocarpa tree, the one that that shades the chicken run and orchard, felled and milled for timber. There is an\u00a0exciting possibility we might eventually use that timber to replace our\u00a0present, rather uninspiring, 80’s-carpet-over-particleboard flooring.<\/li>\n
- Which reminds me that given the general 1980’s vibe through the house interior I’m keen to get started on some renovating. I have loads of ideas (1,100+ Pinterest pins<\/a>!), and I am the woman\u00a0who owns two shoe boxes full of Resene paint charts (including every iteration of the Karen Walker collection<\/a>\u00a0chart — I know, it’s just sad).<\/li>\n
- Weeding, weeding, always more weeding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
And there it is. My list. I imagine other residents of the farmlet will have their own ideas. The Forbearing Husband may or may not be looking forward to an archery practice range\u00a0in the Seven Acre Wood, and I understand\u00a0Darling Daughter has plans to construct\u00a0a rope bridge to The Island. I also believe there is one\u00a0ex-workmate who is terrifically keen to milk a goat (yes, you know who you are!).<\/p>\n
‘Allons-y, Allonso<\/a>!’.<\/p>\n
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Here we go! As promised,\u00a0my\u00a0aspirational to-do list for 2016. Just so you know\u00a0Forbearing Husband likes to remind me I am an eternal optimist on all things. This ranges from ‘How long will it take to get from A to B?’… Continue Reading
- Trace the\u00a0mains electric fencing and repair the various breaks and snipped wires so that we can get it operating and use it to keep ponies where they are meant to be<\/a>.<\/li>\n