To some this may sound unexciting but to those who live in a part of the country where the paddocks and backyards are dry and near on barron, the sight of greenery poking it's head out of the ground is uplifting :)
Our backyard is sandy, dry and full of cracks. Prickly stubble and ants reside here with pleasure along with a flowering plant i quite like, Statice. This plant grows anywhere in any weather condition! We've discussed digging the yard up, adding a nice topsoil, fertiliser and seed in the hope of growing a lush lawn. It would be ideal to do this before the winter rains but i can see time being a problem.
This leads me to my laundry. It's situated under a makeshift shed behind the house. I quite enjoy doing the washing while listening to the wildlife go about their day and i'm recycling the used water at the same time with no effort whatsoever. We have a couple of old, cracked, not perfectly joined polypipes laid out on the ground and as the washing water runs through them the ground is being watered. I usually do 2 loads a day so a fair amount of water is being used.
This morning i noticed a green patch around and under the pipes. GRASS!! It looks so nice :) I've moved the pipes and hopefully this time next week i'll have grass popping up in another patch. I wonder if i can make a T junction or crossroads of pipes so the water covers a wider space lol.
Until next time
~x~
Our backyard is sandy, dry and full of cracks. Prickly stubble and ants reside here with pleasure along with a flowering plant i quite like, Statice. This plant grows anywhere in any weather condition! We've discussed digging the yard up, adding a nice topsoil, fertiliser and seed in the hope of growing a lush lawn. It would be ideal to do this before the winter rains but i can see time being a problem.
This leads me to my laundry. It's situated under a makeshift shed behind the house. I quite enjoy doing the washing while listening to the wildlife go about their day and i'm recycling the used water at the same time with no effort whatsoever. We have a couple of old, cracked, not perfectly joined polypipes laid out on the ground and as the washing water runs through them the ground is being watered. I usually do 2 loads a day so a fair amount of water is being used.
This morning i noticed a green patch around and under the pipes. GRASS!! It looks so nice :) I've moved the pipes and hopefully this time next week i'll have grass popping up in another patch. I wonder if i can make a T junction or crossroads of pipes so the water covers a wider space lol.
Until next time
~x~
Sandy Ground
A patch of grass!
Pretty Statice
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