Yesterday I removed all the grass so we could have some garden beds to plant the hedge in. It was hard work, but it actually took a little less time than I thought it would. As I was removing the grass, my wife got on the old facebook and put a post up saying that we were getting rid of some old grass in case someone wanted to come and get it for their yard. I don't think I would have bothered getting someone else's old grass to patch up my yard but we had two people come and get some yesterday and they both said that they would try and come back and get some more today, we told them to help themselves and there is nearly nothing left this evening.
I'll take some photos on Saturday so I can show you how much I've done. I'm pretty happy with the design, it should work pretty well. Yesterday morning I planned it out with some brickies string and a can of spray paint. As the day progressed we changed our mind on one part which ended up saving me a little work but as all the grass came out you could see the plan coming together and it looks good.
I'm catching my targets this week even with a slow start to the week. It is looking like that I'll get them and if I don't, at least I know that I put in a big effort in the yard and hopefully burned some fat even if the targets weren't met. I'm hoping to lose at least another kg this week from all the work put in yesterday and what I plan to put in on Saturday.
All the pavers and cement were delivered today so when I came home from work I had to move it all into the backyard and then I had the mulch for the front yard to move onto the front garden beds. The front yard is looking really good now, we just need to choose the tree for the front and plant it. There should be some pavers left over so I can do a mow strip around the tree.
Hopefully by Sunday afternoon everything will be done so I can spend Monday looking into solar panels and organising some people to come and give quotes.
Speaking of green power, one of the people who came to collect some of the grass had a PHEV vehicle, I think it was a Mitsubishi Outlander. PHEV is a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle, so at home they plug the car into a power outlet to charge the batteries, this gives them about 50km of electric power in full electric mode, which would be great for around town day to day. The petrol motor will run too if needed and I'm not sure if it charges the battery whilst driving or assists the battery, but they said that they can get to and from Sydney for less than $50 which is pretty good. That would be seven to eight hours of driving on a highway and roughly 600km. Our car would probably cost somewhere close to $120 for the same trip. They didn't have solar power at home which would have further reduced to the cost of running the vehicle. Something to aim for I guess.
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I would love an electric motorcycle for commuting.
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