Gardening / Landscaping

[Heron SSV]

Turf is awesome. I had a big patch that was fked after the pool was put in where they were running the bobcat. It was covered in the ash they use and at that point I couldn't be arsed doing too much, so I went and got a scoop of topsoil, spread it out, and got 20 rolls of Sir Walter buffalo from Bunnings. Put it down and watered it daily for two or three weeks and it grew slowly but go there in the end. It's not the flattest part of the yard, but it's not dirt and it's nice and green.

 

[Troy711]

Here's the pics! First up, the posts are in for the screen. It'll get a coat of paint this afternoon, one tomorrow morning and another in the afternoon then I can put the rails on.

And the turf.

It makes me excited to see an end to this whole project, even though there's still a fair bit left to go. And the best part is we're only $4,000 into our $10,000 budget and now the biggest expense is going to be sand and cement for the side of the house and the left hand side where the garden shed will go. We've been thinking of splashing out and buying some nice outdoor lounges for under the shade sail if there's some money left.

 

[Immortality]

Managed to make some progress in the last couple of days but ran out of nails today for the nail gun and worse we are supposed to be getting a little weather tomorrow so it'll be a couple of days before the last of the decking goes on
Most of the posts are up for the privacy screening(not decided exactly what we will use yet), there are still steps to do going up to the side of the deck and a full length raised planter box along the front of the deck and enclosing the sides.

In the mean time the missus and one of my boys are busy planning what deck furniture is required.......

 

[VS 5.0]

You didn't run any retic before putting the turf down ?

 

[Troy711]

At the risk of looking like a dumb arse, what's retic?

 

[Reaper]

Reticulation - aka sprinkler pipes

 

[Troy711]

Ahh. Nope, didn't worry about it. The thought was there but given where the taps on the house are its be a massive pain in the arse because there's no way to do it without digging up concrete.

 

[VS 5.0]

You would normally run it from where the mains enters your property. Take off for a gate valve after the meter, then master valve, then individual station valves thereafter and run the piping to wherever it has to go.

You've had the perfect opportunity to do it with all of the "blank" dirt you've had prior to concreting etc.

Much better than having to manually water everything. Might be a bit of a novelty in the beginning bit it wears thin pretty quickly.

 

[Troy711]

I see your point but I can see the money spent better elsewhere.

 

[jeepyrocks]

I think buried retic is more a Perth thing haha...

My lawn wouldnt last a few days without it!