Come Visit us in Indonesia and meet my skilled Couture Seamstress Ms. Yati

In June of  1994, when we were over a 3-week period back in Indonesia, for consulting at the mushroom farm, we arrived from Jakarta in Yogyakarta and then some two hours driving up into the mountains.

At the Guest Bungalow in Kalianget we stayed and were enjoying a leisurely Sunday.

Before dark, we did go to nearby Wonosobo for bringing my sueded silk from Hong Kong to Ms Yati.She was an excellent couture seamstress from Jakarta and she also knew English.Due to her aging Mother having dementia, she'd come to rural Central Java as a caregiver...So that's what we did, dropping off the material, sewing pattern and explaining to her how and such.That gave her the time for finishing my dress, before we would depart back to the USA.

That's the dress!

Wearing it on a Sunday to Mass and then changing, before heading to the airport for our flight to Amsterdam, The Netherlands, visiting my Parents and Family.

Pieter on the wood trail in our garden in his Burberry summer suit.

Always hard for leaving a perfectly blooming summer garden behind.

Here, Pieter is indulging in the perfume from the Ginger lilies...

Ms. Yati did an excellent job on this sueded silk dress with silk lining from Britex Fabrics in San Francisco, with zipper and silk thread from Britex Notions.

Pieter happy for soon being able to visit with his two brothers and family...

We always looked forward to those trips to The Netherlands; did that 66 times!

Loved the fabric when I touched it in Hong Kong, and loved my choice of dress!

Related link:

HONG KONG 1st International Conference on Mushroom Biology and Mushroom Products | when I purchased the silk fabric

{Raw Silk Purchased in Hong Kong for Sewing THIS} | previous post by me about my sewing creation

{Silk Velvet Dress from Hong Kong Trip Fabric} | previous post by me with other creation by Ms. Yati

Oh we TRIED HARD to have Jacarandas and Roses

 For several years we tried so hard to grow Jacarandas from seeds...

They did grow well but then once in a while a bad frost came and killed them.

In this short video from October 31, 1994 you can see our attempt in growing Jacarandas...That dream never came true in our garden!Still LOVE their blossoms and wherever we encountered them, we admired and loved them.

Acting like a CAT for Retrieving Pieter's Glasses

 Wearing glasses is not always a blessing...

While doing some pruning and cutting of the underbrush, Pieter did swing the branches on the growing, large pile alongside the creek.

Oops, no glasses on his face... Where did they FLY off to?

This is just a photo from a beginning, rather flat pile...

This photo indicates better, that right there was the creek.

Now imagine a tall pile, where the glasses somewhere HUNG inside...

I had to climb on the pile along the creek's edge, for getting to them, without cracking too many of the branches so the glasses would not SHIFT.

Then reaching deep inside the pile for actually retrieving them.

GOT THEM with several scratches on arms and legs, but Pieter was so grateful!

Never a dull moment for both of us and lots of 'unexpected — not planned for' incidents.

~

One other incident where Pieter was carrying away pruned off branches, he flung his glasses off and retrieved the frame but one lens was missing...

So at the end of the day, after weeding, and before coming inside for a shower and supper, I thought hmm, WHERE could that lens be?

Obviously it fell down, so I literally went down on my belly and peered over the path, where Pieter had walked and dragged off those branches, before flinging them onto the pile.

And yes, there was something glistening in the dirt between the dry leaves.

Got the lens and walked inside with my hand behind my back, telling Pieter that I had a gift for him. 

You should have seen that HUGE SMILE!

Have any of you ever lost your glasses, or a single lens, at a very odd place?

Weeding and the fight against Dollar Weed (Hydrocotyle spp.)

 Living in a subtropical region has advantages but also lots of disadvantages in having more invasive weeds growing FAST!

So weeding them out is a constant battle...

Any little piece of rhizomes and/or tubers overlooked, will start new growth fast!Yes, we got lots of DOLLARS but they certainly are the wrong green color... 😉What a fight for getting a nice clean patch for planting our strawberries!This very short 1:42 min. video is best watched on YouTube and you find clickable points below with English text.
Related link:Pieter Building Wood Trail with Rabbit and Chipmunk Nearby | previous post of Pieter's work same day...

Pieter Using the DR Trimmer Mower with Beaver Blade and String

On December 20 of 1995 I did make a video when Pieter again did use the DR Trimmer Mower with Beaver Blade at first and changing to String.

So finally the remaining wilderness succumbed!

Tackling such a reclaiming job, you need some special equipment so Pieter got himself this DR Trimmer Mower

Short video and with clickable points when viewed on YouTube direct.

This is what Pieter was using...

First in video he shows the use of the Beaver Blade for tougher things and latet with the strings as seen clearly in video.

Related links:

Planting, drainage, more burning and hacking | previous post by me

From Jungle to Reclaimed Parcel of Land | previous post by mePlug from Extension Cord GONE... | previous post by meControlled Burning of Underbrush Cuttings | previous postBuilding a Bridge in Two Days | previous post from bridge ready the day before Controlled Burning...Jungle Clearing and Discovery of Tires | previous postJungle Clearing | previous post from two months earlierOur Garden at the Time we had Access to Spent Mushroom Compost | the Vedder Estate on video by Middle Georgia Magazine after ALL the hard work got done...Non Glamorous Wheelbarrow Job for Filling and Raising Swampy Parts | previous post by meThe FIGHT of Growing Grass in Subtropical Georgia/USA | previous post by me

Planting, drainage, more burning and hacking

The  mega task of reclaiming the land of the adjacent lot, is showing that the end is in sight!

Pieter partly has begun planting shrubs to replace the ugly underbrush that he cut out.

Also drainage for letting the wet areas run dry over time.

Of course, still more controlled burning to do and hacking thicker branches with the long handled machete.

IF someone knows its correct name, please let us know!

Again as usual, best viewed on YouTube by using the clickable point below, with detailed description.You bet we both were looking forward towards the end of all this!Oh, digging up all those ugly tuberous roots from the Greenbrier, was quite a challenge...
Related links:{Digging up Huge Indian Hawthorn and More...} | previous post where when scrolling down you see tuberous roots from GreenbrierFrom Jungle to Reclaimed Parcel of Land | previous post by mePlug from Extension Cord GONE... | previous post by meControlled Burning of Underbrush Cuttings | previous postBuilding a Bridge in Two Days | previous post from bridge ready the day before Controlled Burning...Jungle Clearing and Discovery of Tires | previous postJungle Clearing | previous post from two months earlierOur Garden at the Time we had Access to Spent Mushroom Compost | the Vedder Estate on video by Middle Georgia Magazine after ALL the hard work got done...Non Glamorous Wheelbarrow Job for Filling and Raising Swampy Parts | previous post by meThe FIGHT of Growing Grass in Subtropical Georgia/USA | previous post by me

From Jungle to Reclaimed Parcel of Land

 After coming home from work in Mexico, now some serious reclaiming is being done!

Slowly husband Pieter is turning it from Jungle to Reclaimed Parcel of Land...

Pioneering work at its best!But we are getting to see the fruits of hard labor.We had just been two weeks in Mexico from November 27 till December 12.If viewed on YouTube there is English translation below. 
Related links:Plug from Extension Cord GONE... | previous post by meControlled Burning of Underbrush Cuttings | previous postBuilding a Bridge in Two Days | previous post from bridge ready the day before Controlled Burning...Jungle Clearing and Discovery of Tires | previous postJungle Clearing | previous post from two months earlierOur Garden at the Time we had Access to Spent Mushroom Compost | the Vedder Estate on video by Middle Georgia Magazine after ALL the hard work got done...Non Glamorous Wheelbarrow Job for Filling and Raising Swampy Parts | previous post by meThe FIGHT of Growing Grass in Subtropical Georgia/USA | previous post by me

Plug from Extension Cord GONE...

 When Pieter wanted to start working in our wood garden, he discovered that some garden critter (?) was against his clearing activities...

It will remain a mystery!But Pieter repaired it and started working again.Pieter is wearing his Moonlight t-shirt: THE WORLDS LARGEST MUSHROOM FARMWORTHINGTON, PAWe both visited there on November 25, 1991 and were quite impressed by their cave mushroom farm in trays. There were some 150 miles of underground caves in total...That brings back memories of Dr. James Sinden...
Related link:Dr. James W. Sinden was one of Pieter's mentors | previous post by meControlled Burning of Underbrush Cuttings | previous postBuilding a Bridge in Two Days | previous post from bridge ready the day before Controlled Burning...Jungle Clearing and Discovery of Tires | previous postJungle Clearing | previous post from two months earlierOur Garden at the Time we had Access to Spent Mushroom Compost | the Vedder Estate on video by Middle Georgia Magazine after ALL the hard work got done...Non Glamorous Wheelbarrow Job for Filling and Raising Swampy Parts | previous post by meThe FIGHT of Growing Grass in Subtropical Georgia/USA | previous post by me

Controlled Burning of Underbrush Cuttings

On October 19 of 1995, the day after finishing his bridge, Pieter started burning the underbrush cuttings.

Controlled that is, as he alway had the pump and hoses ready for putting any wildfire out in no time!

We were joking about it being an early Saint Martin's Fire (November 11) and that my nephews all would enjoy 'helping' Pieter with this!

Related links:Building a Bridge in Two Days | previous post from bridge ready the day before Controlled Burning...Jungle Clearing and Discovery of Tires | previous postJungle Clearing | previous post from two months earlierOur Garden at the Time we had Access to Spent Mushroom Compost | the Vedder Estate on video by Middle Georgia Magazine after ALL the hard work got done...Non Glamorous Wheelbarrow Job for Filling and Raising Swampy Parts | previous post by meThe FIGHT of Growing Grass in Subtropical Georgia/USA | previous post by me

Jungle Clearing and Discovery of Tires

 After coming back from two weeks of consulting work in Indonesia, Pieter was again very active in our wood garden. 

Well, trying to create a wood garden that is, as it was really just jungle clearing and the nasty discovery of tires, that got dumped there by someone... 

Again, better to watch on YouTube for using the clickable points below that I've built in with info.Fighting the  thorny lianas from the Greenbrier and excavating a Fox Hill, as Pieter named it, for filling in deeper sections and grading the lot.
This gives you an idea what all needed to be done before we had our walk ways there and being able to plant something that we liked.
Related links:Jungle Clearing | previous post from two months earlierOur Garden at the Time we had Access to Spent Mushroom Compost | the Vedder Estate on video by Middle Georgia Magazine after ALL the hard work got done...Non Glamorous Wheelbarrow Job for Filling and Raising Swampy Parts | previous post by meThe FIGHT of Growing Grass in Subtropical Georgia/USA | previous post by me

Jungle Clearing

 Husband Pieter never shied work...

On June 3, 1995 Pieter started clearing our jungle. The adjacent lot across the creek that also became our property. Pioneering work as no one EVER lived there! 

To the right in below video you see already how he'd opened up after he'd cut the underbrush and had done some 'logging'...

Again, if you watch it on YouTube, you find below the clickable points.Using his electric chain saw, with a long extension cord and the very powerful long-handled jungle machete.~My Dad flew home in March of 1993 with such an orange extension cord, that he loved so much. Back home in The Netherlands he would only have to change the plug.Since it is rather stiff, we had given Dad a nylon zippered sports bag to carry it.In Atlanta at the Airport screening point, a black lady wanted to take it away from Dad. She claimed it was a weapon! Yeah, can you see a 72-year old passenger strangling someone with an extension cord?So both of us stepped in and asked for the manager.He came and said, NO it's not a weapon and it is not even on the list!Dad got almost a nervous attack and was so glad that he got cleared...~That lot was far from 'even' as you will see at clickable 2:10 where Pieter literally is doing a balancing act on a long tree trunk. Or else he would be falling DEEP into a hole as seen at 2:44.Yep, it was a real jungle and rather dark with all the underbrush.At 5:00 Pieter is completely out of sight, deep inside such a hole...At 6:42 I'm showing our white Gloxinias that we kept in our greenhouse during winter.Ending at 6:55 with our tame squirrel Piep and I lure him down the tree for finding his bonus, a hazelnut.Hope you enjoy this little insight.
Soon after, we had to leave for Indonesia, for a couple of weeks of consulting work...
Related links:Our Garden at the Time we had Access to Spent Mushroom Compost | the Vedder Estate on video by Middle Georgia Magazine after ALL the hard work got done...Non Glamorous Wheelbarrow Job for Filling and Raising Swampy Parts | previous post by meThe FIGHT of Growing Grass in Subtropical Georgia/USA | previous post by me

Digging out Part of the Mountain of Dirt left under the House by Contractor

 Yep, after living and working in Indonesia, we still did continue doing consulting work but no longer than 2 or 3 weeks at a time.

So we finally since early May of 1992, could start working on home & garden...

Our contractor left us with a huge mountain of dirt UNDER THE HOUSE!

While we were working/living in Indonesia, he started constructing the house, which Pieter had designed, by making the drawings all himself.

Two levels on the driveway end and one level on the kitchen side.

The contractor did ask if we wanted a wine cellar but we said no, we don't need that.

Not realizing by not wanting that, he also bypassed any concrete flooring...!

Oh dear, when you're not physically present at times; big problems can arise that need to be dealt with later. 

Neither was there Internet for quick communication...

Always harder too, for correcting a problem like that later, as you barely can access the area for a fast and efficient excavation.

But we needed to get rid of the musty heap of 60 tons of dirt!

In August of 1991, I've dug out already a big section, as much as we needed to fill in for washed out dirt that Pieter rode then out in the wheelbarrow... See: The FIGHT of Growing Grass in Subtropical Georgia/USA ←click it.

This time, Pieter himself dug out a lot more, as we planned to build our pantry.

You can best watch this on YouTube, and use the clickable points that I've inserted and written about, below video.You can see the start of the digging and wheeling out, in the beginning, on a nippy cold February day (my Birthday) and next the construction of our pantry in progress.Having a dirty house, at least downstairs, I only kept up with the extra laundry and also captured our Garden Critters in-between filming Pieter's hard labor.Pieter indeed has been a worker bee; all his life and he's done it ALL.At the end of the video, you also see at clickable 38:07 after 20 days of labor, the completion of the construction of our pantry. At clickable 39:16 Pieter lets the viewers peak behind the added door from the pantry underneath the house, where the remainder of the mountain of dirt remained, till he dug it all out in 2004 for constructing our Rose Suite.With those 60 tons that came out, we could nicely grade our garden.At clickable 42:18 showing garden with wooden walkway, our wood trail on the left of our gazebo. You also get to see the ditches, dug for draining the swampy section! They were by then nicely clad with mosses!
Related links:The FIGHT of Growing Grass in Subtropical Georgia/USA | previous post Non Glamorous Wheelbarrow Job for Filling and Raising Swampy Parts | previous post{The Construction of Our Rose Suite - Part I} | previous post by me where Pieter dug out the 60 tons of dirt{The Construction of Our Rose Suite - Part II} | previous post by me

Non Glamorous Wheelbarrow Job for Filling and Raising Swampy Parts

On May 1 of 1992 we had come back home following our Exodus from Indonesia after being robbed and we thus quit instead of going back a few more times for 2 months. See links below post.

That meant that here on May 23 of 1992, we both started developing our Estate.

Me in my SWAMP UNIFORM... Haha!

Dumping load after load, that got dug up by husband Pieter. To fill in this really SWAMPY PART around the gazebo where you would sink into before.

There seem to be several underground springs that caused these excessive wet spots.

Also keep in mind that both of us were the very first human beings ever cultivating this lot. Nobody ever had lived there and we never found any native American artifacts either...

So we really did some land reclamation!!!

Pieter was digging up some dirt here, where the pipe from the pond overflow would end into the creek.

All I had to do is wheel the wheelbarrow uphill and dump it around the gazebo.

Lucky Pieter for being able to work in the shade but I got exposed to the sun and hence my SWAMP UNIFORM

Ready to go uphill again.

Wearing the hand knitted socks done by my Mother-in-law! 

Putting them to very good use.

Wearing my Campbell cap...

As you can see on the table in the gazebo, we did stop for a break in-between our hard labor!

On May 27, a pallet with square exposed aggregate concrete step stones lay already waiting to be worked in...

First on May 29, Pieter had to build a little patio at the end of the stairs from our veranda for starting the walk towards our gazebo...

Yes, he also was digging in all the piping for the lawn and garden for being able to use with hose and portable sprinklers. Since we live on a slope, fixed sprinklers would not work.

A short break after I did bring him some refreshments to enjoy...

Hard work and mostly back breaking!

Working in the square exposed aggregate concrete step stones...

Now on May 31, it was my turn for getting on my knees and washing them in with sand...

Step by step we accomplished all the heavy jobs!

July 17, 1992 Pieter started painting the ginger bread from Vintage Woodworks, high on a ladder on the driveway side...

Fighting the elements in a subtropical climate is not easy.

Here you see that our pond is too high, as the overflow into the creek is not working with the flooded creek, visible in the back.

Later, with the 60 tons of dirt dug up from under the house for creating the Rose Suite, we did fill in that low area behind the pond, for avoiding flooding.

😉Oh, those glamour jobs before you turn your land into an estate as shown on the video below in link...

Related links:

{Pieter’s Tanner Krolle Attaché - Royal Gift purchased at Harrods by English Friend} | previous post after we quit work in Indonesia because we got robbed three times...

Floriade 1992 on a Cold and Windy Day after Earthquake in Limburg | previous post about stop in The Netherlands after our Exodus from Indonesia, before flying back to Atlanta, GA on May 1st

Our Garden at the Time we had Access to Spent Mushroom Compost | previous post with video where we mention the Vedder Estate

The FIGHT of Growing Grass in Subtropical Georgia/USA | one year before; fighting to grow grass...

The FIGHT of Growing Grass in Subtropical Georgia/USA

 As most of you know, both husband Pieter and I got born with dirt under our fingernails... being the son and/or daughter of a professional market gardener. Growing fruits and vegetables, delivering to the auction for supplying grocery stores.

So... that made us knowledgeable for starting a GARDEN; right?

We had moved into our newly built home in November of 1990... 

NOT SO!

Here I am on August 11, 1991 looking in horror at all the soil that got washed out from heavy rain, such as often in summer in subtropical Georgia.

We just got back on August 9, from work and living in Indonesia...

WELCOME HOME!

So after pulling weeds for one day and Pieter working with his weed eater, it was me on the shovel to fill wheelbarrows. Yes, we had two of them!

Pieter in turn wheeled them to the spot for filling it in.

Where did I shovel all that dirt?

Under the newly built house, where after opening the metal door in our staircase area I screamed because we were looking at a mountain of dirt. 

Yes, our 'not-so-great-contractor' left it all there and just built the foundation around.

We dug out a big section as we needed it desperately here and later in 1995 we dug out more. 

In 2004, husband Pieter dug out the remaining 60 tons (!) for filling in on the left side of our garden and constructing the Rose Suite. See posts below.

Oh, life can be so very glamorous!

Did wear my new bikini while at the shovel beneath the hot/humid home in the basement... 

Bikini had arrived in the mail.

This was it, a Gottex bikini with a silk cover up...

Haha, nice and glamorous work uniform don't you think so?

Easy for jumping right under the shower after the day is over and rinsing it all off.

Pieter did the heavy pushing of the wheelbarrow and filling in of the dirt, while having his implant lens out of place... As got diagnosed in the morning. He went next day, after this big job, for the re-positioning of his lens under a light anesthesia.

Rest of the day relaxing... (Pieter!).

On August 20, we put a mixture of spent compost with peat moss between our azaleas as each tropical rain shower washed out the dirt. Hoping they will grow and spread out faster and hold on to the soil!

Oh, on May 16, the previous time off from our work/living in Indonesia (we were there two months at the time...) we both had laid these cross tires in the spots we wanted.

A company that took care of our garden, had laid them and not to our liking.

Yes, those suckers are heavy but we managed.

That lantern now was in the wrong spot and Pieter moved that at another later time ...

So much to handle in the four weeks we got off from work in Indonesia!

On August 28, we went again to a certain low spot near a larger creek behind the street where we used to live. We dug up nice patches of grass to fill in the bare spots where everything got washed out from heavy rains...

Our heavy duty wheelbarrow ready for a ride!

Pieter with his heavy duty spade!

Yes, we used our Mercury Sable wagon very intense, after bringing it back home from working/living in Italy...

It got cleaned up well for carrying our suitcases again on September 1, when we would fly back to work and living in Indonesia... 😉

The wagon could then rest for two months at the parking lot of Atlanta Airport... 

Grabbing those sods by their sprites and helping unload.

We always worked as a team!

Unloading some right at the trouble spot...

HOPING they will stand their ground this time!

Yes, the lawn is still covered with straw in order to avoid further erosion...

Living on such a steep slope for sure was not easy to start growing grass!

But with perseverance we managed.

Related links:

Our Garden at the Time we had Access to Spent Mushroom Compost | previous post with video from Middle Georgia Magazine showing a NICE garden

{The Construction of Our Rose Suite - Part I} | previous post about digging out the entire basement and using those 60 tons of dirt to fill in low areas in our garden

{The Construction of Our Rose Suite - Part II} | previous post

Then and Now | previous post where I wear the very jeans skirt from 1987 and in 2020...

Our Garden at the Time we had Access to Spent Mushroom Compost

 After retirement and living and working in Indonesia we slowly could start establishing our garden.

The BEST years were when we had access to the Spent Mushroom Compost!

Mixing that in with the rather poor soil we have here, with hardly any waterholding capacity... did the trick.

This will give you an idea about how things USED to look, with the usage of that miracle Spent Mushroom Compost...
Mushroom Cultivation's BONUS!
When viewed on YouTube you can find lots of clickable links below video about things from the video... ENJOY!
{205 Winfield Road Then and Now} | post that we talk about in video{Our Backyard Wildlife HABITAT Certificate from August 1997} | post about our Certificate{Mistery Oma Rose Resolved!} | post about roses from my Grandma from clippings...{Walk Our Wood Trail With Me + Helen Curtis Azalea} | as seen in video{Our Exotic Sesbania punicea  - Scarlet Wisteria} | the mystery plant in video...Husband Pieter's Design for the Campbell Mushroom Plants in Dublin, GA and Hillsboro, TX | as mentioned early on in video

After Painter did a LOUSY Job Husband Pieter Painted our Home

 Don't know if it was because we were immigrants, but we sure had a lemon of a painter!

Using thinned paint for the full price...

As you can see in this photo, he did not even bother to take the shutters off the wall, for painting behind them.

Both of us did hate the original color, seen where the shutters were... so drab!

The house we moved in, got newly built but we had had no say in the color.

On June 30, Pieter started with this mega job.

Below, was our version after Pieter finished. Shutters in a darker green and the house a kind of off-white.

Pieter also decided to paint the fascia boards green, they did frame the house a lot better.

Photo from January 16, 1988 with snow on the roof... 

October 19, 1988

We left our DUTCH TREAT behind...

Campbell Soup forced us more or less to move to Pennsylvania.

With heavy heart, we did, we had put so much work into our home!

Glad I've archived our old photos.

Packing up and delivering the DUTCH FLOWER BULBS sold during Summer

Yes, that too, I've tried!

Helping out a Dutch born friend with a large family, who dealt in Dutch Flower Bulbs.

So during the summer of 1985, I went by bike to the homes in the neighborhood. and tried to sell them Dutch Flower Bulbs.

Most people thought I was a Highschool student but I was NOT.

Inside our garage. Yes, our garage was tiled with the leftover tiles from the mushroom plant, that Pieter designed for Campbell Soup.

It was November 2, when we got to package the bulbs, according to the list, with amounts ordered, and starting to deliver them.

Quite a job!

Of course, husband Pieter helped me out as well!

My life never has been boring though!

Each time you learn from whatever you do.

In March of 1986, we too had some of those tulips show up in our garden...

Related link:

Husband Pieter's Design for the Campbell Mushroom Plants in Dublin, GA and Hillsboro, TX | previous post by me

Pieter Made Brick and Wooden Pole Edging | previous post by me

We had an 87 m deep well dug for watering our garden

Due to extreme heat in summer, here in the South East of the USA, in Georgia, we decided to have us an 87 m (285 feet) deep well dug. 

Due to city water restrictions, we had no other option or let our veggies, flowers, plants and shrubs go to waste...

On Monday morning around 8:00 AM on July 15, 1985, they arrived for digging our well...

Pieter was at work but he had already laid all the electric wiring, to the spot where the pump had to be placed. 

BUT this man did not listen to me... 

I ran quickly inside the house, and grabbed the wireless phone, while I had rang Pieter.

Now I handed the phone to the stubborn man and I heard him say: Yes Sir, sure Sir! 

He then handed the phone back to me, and grumbled...

They worked for 7 hours...

A lot of action was going on in our yard...

What a muddy job!

By 15:15 they pulled the switch over and it started running!
This proved, that Pieter had correctly connected the electrical wiring!
The first water starts running out...

Still dirty water, for several hours...
Pieter came home from work early, for connecting some pipes.
I'd made the photos, so he too could see what they'd done.

Pieter Made Brick and Wooden Pole Edging

After building the patio and cover Pieter also made a brick edging alongside the driveway and to the front door.

Around the flower beds he used wooden poles that got first impregnated.

Pieter has hand sawn them all on his sawbuck!

Brick edging around front of house and alongside driveway...

All along the driveway is a brick edging as well, and to the left you see the wooden pole edging also.

Here you clearly see the round poles that edge the flower beds.

Showing the impregnated wooden poles from above...

Wooden poles and the brick edging alongside driveway...

All photos are from Sunday, June 23, 1985 and the fan in the veranda got hung the day before.
Our favorite reading place... The British Mushroom Journal is on the table.
Those blue cushions and pillows, I've sewn myself and that Smyrna rug I've also done myself; knotted with a latch hook...
Both of us have always been rather productive.