"Give a weed an inch and it’ll take a yard" (or in our case a rain water tank)
Today Mum, Dad & Kerry took on the vine growing around one of the rain water tanks at Dawesley. (Lee had to work so he missed out on the latest cleansing task).
All it took were 2 ladders, a cordless sabre saw, a garden saw, secateurs of varying sizes, tin snips and a lot of grunt; plus lunch and coffee at Millies Bakery in Nairne to keep the batteries running.
When Dad went on a trip home to get the tin snips Kerry had a turn wielding the sabre saw (girls like power tools too!).
There was a lot to find in the vine:
- things that make you do the creepy crawly dance – spiders (of various sizes and hairiness), beetles, earwigs, cockroaches, a UMC (unidentified moving creature - the size of a rat - that made Kerry jump off the ladder);
- a gecko (we cooed over him);
- old birds’ nests including a dead baby parrot (poor birdie);
- household items entwined by the vine runners - a dust pan, the side of an old singer sewing table, a garden fork;
- other miscellaneous items - a big metal staple thingy and a metal cone (that looks like it belongs to the tin man).
Now all we need to do is deal with the aftermath. And find someone interested in coming to collect the water from the tank so we can remove it.
All were feeling satisfied after a job well done.
Big thanks to Mum & Dad for their help today.
A bientot!
K'n'L
