Moneybox
Philip & Sandra Box
We live on the little blue square right in a Big Bell gold mining lease. Of course we're in a residential area on freehold land but being a mining lease I guess every time I step outside and take a pick to the garden I'm breaking the law?
I've been using it as an excuse to avoid the gardening but I see Mrs M out there attacking the bougainvillea. That's got to be allowed because she's not disturbing the ground.
Next thing I see her in the front garden with shovel in hand, obviously breaking the rules, sinking a frangipani into the ground. Now what's good for the goose has to be good for the gander right?
Mrs M has hinted a dozen times or more that she would like to have a fish tank. Well with Christmas right around the corner I thought that might be a really nice gift. The biggest problem was the 500km between here and the nearest pet shop. The only solution I could see was to dig a hole in the garden for the fish.
I found Zimba quite handy to sink the hole and then loading the trailer but have you ever tried to shovel the dirt out of a 3m x 1.5m trailer? The first load takes a while and by about load 10 you tend to wonder if it was such a good idea. I've got to have a word with that friend of mine who lent me the box trailer. I'm going to request a hydraulic tipper next time .
I've been doing a lot of googling and watching youtube videos. Water quality is really important for your barramundi so I had to run a few soil tests.
The last thing you'd want is some old metal contaminating the water. That rich red soil looked like it could have been high in minerals so I checked it thoroughly.
I even picked up a nail so it was worth the exercise.
Now I've got to the point where I think it should accommodate quite a few fish but some of the soil below the cap rock looks to be quite porous so I have to come up with some way to seal the surface.
I had originally decided to mix some concrete and render the surface before painting it with liquid rubber. I'm not familiar with concreting processes so now I'm considering using a lot of pegs (like tent pegs) to fasten shade cloth to all exposed surfaces and then sealing that with liquid rubber.
I might just have to sleep on it.... :zzz: