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22 Jan 2025 10:22 AM
22 Jan 2025 10:22 AM
@Former-Member Grems, it was either the pool or the horse trough.
I didn’t much care which.
Shite I got to water the orchard 🍎 💨 👋🏼
22 Jan 2025 10:22 AM
22 Jan 2025 10:23 AM
22 Jan 2025 10:23 AM
22 Jan 2025 10:43 AM
22 Jan 2025 10:43 AM
G’day Rubes @Ru-bee Yes I go alright 👍🏼
I can patch and render walls and doors. Remove or add skirting boards.
Fix a leaking tap, mount blinds, build furniture from scratch.
Woodturn pens 🖊️ and bowls. I haven’t tried whittling wood 🪵 I’d like to make my own cooking spoons 🥄 out of olive 🫒 wood. Olive wood doesn’t fluff when you wash it.
My son taught me how to landscape.
Make a compost bin from pallets. Make liquid fertiliser from horse manure.
I can chop wood with both hands and shovel. Reminds me that I need to fill in some rabbit holes.
My son said I was the only person who could keep up with him on a pick and shovel 😁
Really want to try concrete polishing 🤔
@Ru-bee what are your interests?
22 Jan 2025 11:35 AM
22 Jan 2025 11:35 AM
Wow, I really admire those with such practical skills @Glisten
Recently my biggest interests have been knitting and sewing - I just spent the weekend mending and altering clothes for myself and family members and it's such a great feeling to learn a new skill which is so useful.
I'd love to learn some of the skills you've mentioned. I can be a bit handy with minor things like patching up a hole in the wall but I'd loooove to be able to do things like fix a leaky tap. Maybe those things will come a bit more when (or if) I live in a place of own rather than renting. I'd also love a garden space to landscape myself....one day...
22 Jan 2025 04:26 PM
22 Jan 2025 04:26 PM
Nice @Glisten ! That bench seat looks like a day bed. Love it! So amazing.
22 Jan 2025 04:39 PM
22 Jan 2025 04:39 PM
22 Jan 2025 04:47 PM
22 Jan 2025 04:47 PM
That's a great idea @ArraDreaming 🙂
22 Jan 2025 05:48 PM
22 Jan 2025 05:48 PM
Great dinning table @Glisten also I like how airy and brighter the room looks after a repaint well done
22 Jan 2025 05:58 PM
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