During the week Sue went crazy on Ebay, and as a result we now have a kitchen and most of a bathroom in the shed. Of course, it is not yet wired or plumbed up, as Sue quickly remembered as she poured a bucket of water down the sink and into a cupboard.

It was finally time to get the mighty Husqvarna out for a run (a mower not a motorbike) and test its capabilities on the long grass. It worked well and gave the dog lots of exercise as he chased me around the paddock.

We have also installed some bookshelves (acquired for free through Freecycle) and have started a small reading collection. Sue was moving the books and let out a scream about a spider on a book. Given that the book was on dangerous Australian animals and had a picture of a reb-back on the cover, it was not surprising, except this was a real spider. A huntsman had come inside to feast on the flies and was sheltering among the books.

The trees planted the previous fortnight had a low attrition rate and although 15 of the 100 plants had died, it was mainly those furthest from the shed, which had missed out on supplementary watering. There is a  lesson to be learnt there.

The next big project is to connect the water and get a sewer system happening. That should be fun.