So many weeds, so little time...

Nothing much exciting to report (yet again), but my Dad requested some updated pictures of the yard after we spent a significant chunk of our weekend working out there again.

After a solid week of rain, which continued on Saturday, it wasn't looking like we would get anything much done. Especially after we discovered the beginnings of an indoor swimming pool in our garage. This led to some serious exploration of the cave (aka the space under the house), the discovery that the rocks under the house weep a significant amount of water when it rains, a lot of fiddling with the pump that is supposed to drain it all away, a trip to Bunnings, some new outdoor plumbing and some very muddy shoes. I have been informed that this is all part of the joy of owning a new house.

And after all that, the stupid pump still isn't working right. At least the garage is dry.

Anyway, the rain eventually stopped and we did manage to do some more cleaning up outside. Now the whole area down the side of the house is completely clear. Which amounts to approximately one sixth of the backyard. Sigh.

Under all those weeds were quite a few terraced garden beds. Although I'm sure that if we dig enough we could turn the whole thing into one giant slab of rock. Would certainly make the weeding easier...

And we found out that the wooden structure (just off the right side of the picture) is the footing for a cubby house (which now lives in the neighbour's yard).

And the rubbish pile continues to grow.

And, lastly, a tribute to Ryan. Every time we decide to do some work in the yard, he finds another "sapling" to "prune". There's a big old kookaburra that likes to perch on top of this one.