{"id":3130,"date":"2015-12-17T16:58:34","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T04:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeehouse.co.nz\/wordpress\/?p=3130"},"modified":"2015-12-28T17:02:54","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T05:02:54","slug":"the-time-the-little-orange-digger-came-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coffeehouse.co.nz\/wordpress\/?p=3130","title":{"rendered":"The time the little orange digger came to play&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long time readers of this blog will no doubt have previously been informed that the ground around here is slightly on the bony side. Any more bony and we&#8217;d probably consider opening a quarry! So the thought of trying to drag a spade or shovel through a few hundred meters of trenching has not had great appeal to date. So every time we&#8217;ve mowed the outer reaches there&#8217;s been a long sigh as we&#8217;ve had to go move the irrigation pipes out of the way first.<\/p>\n<p>But no longer! <\/p>\n<p align=center><a href=\"https:\/\/coffeehouse.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/digger_large.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3134\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/coffeehouse.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/digger_small.jpg\" alt=\"digger_small\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coffeehouse.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/digger_small.jpg 450w, https:\/\/coffeehouse.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/digger_small-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>A little orange digger came to play one day,<br \/>\nWhen Nan and Big Kev came up to stay,<br \/>\nIt chugged and it chugged up and down the land,<br \/>\nAnd cut through the ground as if it were sand,<br \/>\nOn the day the orange digger came here to play.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Well, truth is it took a little longer than a day, but then it did have to assist with the creation of a couple of larger raised beds than has been the norm around here. Hardwood ex-power poles take a fair bit of effort to manoeuvre into place, even with the assistance of a little orange digger. And a fair bit of spoil from the BBQ area and the decking needed to be pushed around down the back too. So all in all a hugely productive long weekend.<\/p>\n<p align=center><a href=\"https:\/\/coffeehouse.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/newgardens_large.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3132\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/coffeehouse.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/newgardens_small.jpg\" alt=\"newgardens_small\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coffeehouse.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/newgardens_small.jpg 450w, https:\/\/coffeehouse.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/newgardens_small-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So now all we have to do is get the pipe settled in the bottom and shovel the dirt back over. A job that&#8217;s almost enjoyable. Much more so than trying to get the dirt\/stones out of the trenches!<\/p>\n<p align=center><a href=\"https:\/\/coffeehouse.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/covered.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3135\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/coffeehouse.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/covered.jpg\" alt=\"covered\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coffeehouse.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/covered.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coffeehouse.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/covered-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A huge amount of thanks to Kev, Nan and Tom!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long time readers of this blog will no doubt have previously been informed that the ground around here is slightly on the bony side. Any more bony and we&#8217;d probably consider opening a quarry! 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