Rune Garden & Runs for coming Winter Update, including
Start – Talk through of current runs and how I’m going to rebuild/alter…
19:38 Clearing hard rubbish inc breaking apart poles to make garden bed cat deterrent spikes
23:00 Progress of the slanted succulent gardenbed
25:13 Skeleton branching slanted beds along the other fence boundary aswell as wiring to stop cats jumping over, wormwood to propagate
Recorded in the tide of the Autumnal Equinox Mabon 2024 Aus.
For those who just like ducks I have made a playlist which includes my feathered Brood here – https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl3xuBinTIQkIciiB4iPe2oibWOG-cftU
By Ravenmor Fox
Level 4 Horticulturist
Druir and Wic of the old ways
Priestess to the Morgan of old.
Currently a student in App Animal Science ad Ornithology
merry me it is maon how quiet they are just want to it’s not a ducky post but while we’re here they’re so quiet just going to show how cute they’re little sleepies all huddled up together God it’s so nice to have them all together it’s it’s been really tough juggling you know them apart because they like to be together but when there’s things going on it’s not always possible hello my beautiful hi oh I didn’t mean to disturb you oh bad mama bad mama no my poor puppies so I’m actually going to do this little bit here so the duckies have hijacked the recording hi oh my puppies oh he’s so beautiful yay what are you so bright white that you shine on the camera yeah we’re so pretty sorry duck crushing before I do the Vlog at e puppies go back to Sleepy sleep they’re all huddled up together for after The Madness of spring and summer they all settle down a bit and fall so which am I going to do first we do this Garden all right so while we do the runs let’s do the runs let’s get runs out of the way so finally have decided on my plans of what how where when habitats okay so the poor Chu house is total from the weather Fall In Pieces need to do a new one they won won’t last forever when they’re exposed like that so we have this 3 m by 2 and 2 m M High the same one over here so I need to transplant the Elder in that corner there fre oh my little pH he’s um a little bit quiet cuz Freya has been a little bit nasty to him because uh she she hasn’t forgotten that he’s the one that pulled all her Wing feathers in the first place so she’s kind of like making up for it that she’s bigger stronger and got her feathers uh Bubbies so as you can see we’ve got these two here so I’ve been humming the do I just get the materials to do one long run or and i’ I think I finally nailed what I’m going to do okay so we let’s go take a walk I really didn’t want to disturb my duckies but they’re a curious lot there’s not really much that I can do without them wanting to join and I love that I really do and I got washing so sorry guys so we have this two Me 2 m by 2 m square based on an apex top well with an apex top run so what I’m actually thinking of doing is dragging this one out here okay so I’m going to have to do this when my my ducks are sleeping inside to not scre you know stress them out oh no fandry you’ve got Haze stuck in your neck what is that hey you’re picking up on forns happens forn usually has a a piece of hair or straw stuck in his nostril and it goes all the way out the other like he’s some African and fendry he is just got is she going to get it she’ll get there she’s so beautiful she reminds me of the duck Shadow anyway distracted so I’m going to drag this puppy out here man I’m actually going to drag this run down here and then the run that the CHS are in I’m going to drag that run to where this one is and so we have two separate runs but what I’m actually going to do do is I’m going to um join them as if they’re one big run so we’re going to have this situation here A V with the the the front facing poles on either side away from each other I’m going to brace them together at the top and I’m just going to do a hardware cloth this is chicken wire we need hardware cloth cuz The Sparrows get in there and eat all their food same with trcks so you know this is the other thing uh tomorrow when I’m paid I’m only going to have enough to get hardware cloth and the new bed for the Ducks inside because we’re getting three new arrivals oh ly just flew past we get three new arrivals on Friday so we need to increase the size of the bedding for the Ducks so I do need to get that and that’s you know nearly $300 that that big box bigger box I can’t remember what the leader job it is is um and then the hardware cloth is is going to cost me a bit too so I can only do those two I can’t do another run at the same time now am I going to keep this for the chooks probably not I want something different for the chooks um maybe the same thing but a bit bigger I’m not sure yet I’m not sure yet I’ve got a few ideas but I I’ve got to get the the Ducks ordered but I do need to whatever the chooks are in now it needs to be Hardware CL that don’t have hardware cloth they’ve got chicken wire all the sparrow go in and eat their food so we need to nip that in the butt you know my my girls need their food um as Sparrow can eat all the other stuff that we got here in the garden so anyway f is the plan I was going to do it this morning but I had a late one with designing pattern um and I was it was so cold this morning and wet and it was just not a good yeah I um last week I had a bit of a fever tonsils was scratchy a little bit and aching at the back of my head um thought here we go but instead of keep continuously pushing through I did the right thing and the day after I felt that I just slept stayed in bed stayed warm didn’t do as many chores and uh I’m pretty much okay now just you know feel a little bit as though I’ve just got over having a head cold or something but yeah I think pretty good pretty good compared to how some people get when they get a head cold or tonsils whatever so anyway that is a plan and the other plan is other part of the plan is we have a door facing where I have the hay and everything which is awesome for when I’m cleaning out what is it for oh you looking at my hands he’s like What’s mama doing of their hands doing this um this one I’m actually to do so the door is facing this way because at the moment this door is facing out there now one thing I notice is the Ducks know this door is open sometimes they really don’t utilize this space because the doors open there however if the doors open here they’re going to feel more secure to use the entire run yeah so which is what I want so once I’ve got these two lined up I am going to secure the two tops together there will be a situation of two poles on either side as you can see through we’ll have a look at the duck runs I mean the the chu runs so you can see which will become the duck run well I said it wasn’t about ducks but kind of is you know what I mean so as you can see with these runs I’ve got this pole here that I’ve attached on either side to to brace and give it some strength so what I’m actually going to do is I’m actually going to move this pole now have I got the joints so I’ll still I will still nail the um the the two joints but this um bracket to this pole here I’m just going to move it up and where’s the next so the next is up here so I’m actually going to bring them up here when it comes to the center join um which will then mean I don’t have a bar in the middle of the run so I can literally walk in the full length without having to bend duck or anything like that um the other benefit of having a nice long run like this if I need to isolate anyone which I’m going to have to isolate the three newbies the first few days lowy walk walk hi puppy oh he’s showing off now oh wow don’t if the camera picked that up he’s being a show off yay he’s being a show off um where was I distracted bird brain I have a bird brain I know um yeah I’m going to have to isolate hello Bella I’m going to isolate the first three the next three sorry um for a little bit until they acclimate and uh my ducky family get used to the newbies being there and then the fun will begin um so once I’ve got the runs lined up I’m going to reinforce the two sides together rejoy um reinforce them together the two sides um I will do a hardware cloth all over sides roof um even under the bottom a little bit uh to stop rodents going in there then I will do the um the edging here so you see I’ve got all the Bess bricks I’m going to give them a paint job line them up nicely when I’ve got the the runs flush to each other um and then I’ll be planting them up again mostly likely what I’ve got here are the Viet these mental hot match that my my chies like I’ll be doing the same thing down here it’s quite Hardy for the Ducks if I put succulant there those succulents will be gone cuz my ducks will be like Good Times y puppies so it will be nice um it’s just you know when it’s like at the moment when it’s 7:00 here it’s dark it’s dark now and it’s cold and so one of the things on my list to make is Bella clavas that would definitely suit what I need to do in the morning sort of thing but yeah so yeah I drag drag this one out this one push forward this one drag back into here and I’m talking as if it’s light it’s not light I’m going to have to use my um tire on my large one just to get the the frame off the ground cuz it would have sunken in with the dirt and mud over time a little bit um and then yeah once I’ve got the wiring done and the BRAC together and I’ve got the the bricking on the sides here done hello sweetheart then I can um put some cover on the roof for when it’s raining at the moment I’ve got these tin sheets are not fantastic um and I have a few over there behind the bird bath purposely for this and I got some on the top here which I just put on there haphazardly there they’re warped and everything so they’re definitely not good um depending on how I go with my budget tomorrow when I get hardware cloth and the new bed if I got a little bit left over I might get some new tin roof sheeting um but I need to get uh screws um roof screws so the the screws you use for the roofing they don’t leak if you use just normal screws and bolts nuts and bolts you um basically are going to get leaky wherever they are so the screw ones you don’t so I need to get two Bunnings and get those um also self-tapping screws for the to finish the fencing I’m doing at the front hi oh gorgeousness um so yeah this will be a nice big open window now when it so that’s Roofing so yeah I need to get self-tapping screws for the uh bolts for the um uh fencing at the front and then I need to get roofing screws then so once I have that that Roofing done I am going to probably do something the lines of blinds fix of blinds onto the the tops um so that when it becomes ridiculous like full delude coming in on a angle I can stop the runs getting drenched do you know what I mean so hello hello fendry oh Puffy you wait you’re going to have a doppelganger soon she’s going to Bella and Fender are odd balls you know there’s just only one silver only one kuga you coming are you coming SAA OHA you’re walking a bit better today yeah you Waggy toes duck discussions um it would be so cool to see them see some another duck that looks like them do you know what I mean we all need that oh ducky duckies I can see you SAA you’re coming out honey you don’t have to you can stay there nearly bath time in a couple hours for you yeah um yeah so I’m actually thinking of doing that um now I could do that and also create a bit of a I’ve forgotten what they call um what they are called but you can see how I’ve got that on my over my doorway there not an awning what is that I can’t for the life of me remember cuz the thing is if I create something like that not just the the blinds um that also means that oh Patty Ducks it also means that when I’m walking down here to the shed in this pathway I also get some cover from the freaking Deluge when it’s ridiculous in Winter to get to the shed yeah so you know it won’t be the complete way but you know that would that would be good so anyway glad I walked this out with you guys cuz it’s been sitting on my head but hadn’t quite walked it out now the ducks come on Friday so it would be really nice the three newbies come on Friday so it’d be really nice to have this done by Friday I won’t get the the new Roofing done um and the thing is I need to wait for the delivery so I I might not get the hardware cloth until next week or the new bed so they’re going to have to squish together for a few days which will be interesting probably I won’t get a lot of sleep um because the thing is I’ve got probably about 12 M of hardware cloth over here um and I’m probably going to be Keen to just use it for the chicken run cuz the chickens are getting all their feed stolen by The Sparrows cuz chickens don’t eat all at once they just sort of graze and come back and graze um so this one here so I’m might just save it for that Z you’re a cutie um which means I can’t take the chicken wire off these these two 3 met runs I’m going to have to keep it on there until I know I get that hardware cloth so yeah I’m definitely not going to be finished by Friday to be honest but if I can get these two runs move these two runs down after I move this one out the way um and then you know put that run there somehow I’m going to have to probably pull it apart in some areas um and then hardwar cloth it up for the the CHS they they’re going to have about a meter less room the poor pups but they’ll be okay for now it’s not permanent um you know I might even buy exactly this the materials to make exactly the same thing and put them together so then will be 4 M so they then they’ll have even more room than what they’ve got now but it will be Apex so it’ll be better for when it’s wet and miserable sort of thing but I do like this openness for them so again I I need to to play it out in my head and figure it out that bit but temporarily if I get this Apex one over there have the these two move down and uh you know sorted by the time the newbies come on Friday I’ll be pretty happy especially given the weather we’re having but I’m definitely going to have to cookie you’re such a jack here she is the mag pie she’s flying funny um so that is the rums the other part here in the garden is I have so much hard rubbish a lot of it is from the previous tenant and I just literally haven’t had an opportunity I don’t drive is so so for me to get rid of it it’s also harder hiccups um so you know there was so much more when I first moved here it’s kind of ridiculous but I still in the process of going through it all I’m going to clear all this off I’m actually going to glove up now and start snapping steel bits like this into short poles because I’m actually going to use them as steaks and garden beds to deter the bloody cats that keep coming over my fence and pissing and scratching and and uh crapping in my garden beds pissing me off um especially down here in that tunnel I’ve got to muck it out and clean it out properly so as you can see I’ve got a few [Music] Dows planted in here just temporarily yeah Hill um like that so it will be like Hill razor um especially until I get it’s sorted I’m most likely going to have to put chicken wire on the corner of that that fence bit there and put it up to here because it’s coming through there jumping up onto the greenhouse cloring it’s full of holes and then jumping down here and then also using the cream house to jump up climb up to the top of that and back over so that that’s one entry point that I need to fix once I put the hardware cloth on all the runs I’m going to have heaps of chicken wire left and I’ll be able to do that so that’s something I’m going to do now in regards to snapping the poles do a bit of a tidy up I don’t want any rubbish when the new ducks come um this Archway here it’s got some growth on the bottom that has made it so I can’t just lift it up I’ve got a saw hand I’m going to go through now as well so bits of metal like this and that I’m going to saw the base not the actual frame but the the growth around it and I’m going to drag it to either here this oh this walkway or even this walkway so it literally will become like a growing tunnel that I can grow vines in over in um cuz this will be a walkway too so I got that bits like this sauces to clean up that will put there because basically the I didn’t want the Ducks going into the bedding yet um um so I would like to get that done now um Also regarding so this is a a vlog where it’s ducky bits combined with oh puppy look at him just be gentle Mr frig are you doing the score run for him Mr fa there we go oh did you get the whistle that was freak look he scored oh he scored or Bellas like my turn she’s funny um so those those bits of metal that Archway um now I’ve piled up bedding here I’ve got a clean out the bedding for the Ducks for the night I’m actually going to see how I’ve got these bits of eucalypt that’s a bit like a a skeleton frame if you like I’m actually going to drag over some of this bedding here more poles wiring I’m pulling apart uh rubbish for the lasagna beds pots I need to empty and clean I see how it go tonight I’ve got pasta cooking I need to shove that down my belly because I have not eaten today yet and it’s probably like at like 3:30 4:00 it’s nuts um yeah so I’m going to even have to put chicken wire that on that pole there to here and further down if I can because this is another entry point where I’ve got a big bloody black cat jumping over and coming through here my this is my bedroom my poor cat is having to yeah no I keep my cat inside I’m responsible I’m not putting up with you crap um so yeah need to do a bit of a raking oh this I love I love Four Leaves they’re beautiful so clear up this path um empty out pots of dirt and put them in the greenhouse so I would be really stoked if I can get this done tonight that Arch bits of metal all into a bucket so then I can Stak garden beds and I’ve got chicken wire here too then chicken wire around here to stop the the um black birds digging it up and also to continue doing my succulent vertical wall and look at the NOS as well oops adding NOS in there um so be good if I can get that done so that’s that’s where I’m at in the the back run Garden at the moment um I haven’t cleaned out the bedding from last night for the Ducks inside the house um so it will go the bedding will go there but I’ve added um another Long Branch cut off here of eucalypt as you can see so this will be another skeleton frame where I’ll be building up more garden bed basically this entire stretch all the way to the end there where the arch is that I’m going to pull down here is actually going to be a raised garden bed and I’m I’m going to do exactly what I’ve done with the succulents there but with other plants and elderberries and that will C you know that will hide the dilapitated fence it will also deter um things coming over and they just need to update the the wiring between the the um star picket fence poles cuz I think the guy before me had the same freaking issue with people’s bloody cats and everything else jumping over so you know I’m kind of thankful for him for that you know I really do need to do some divisions of my wormwood um this these two here were actually one wormwood and I did a division of two this one’s well and truly due to be divided the thing is when you do your divisions they die back a little bit and I really didn’t want it to die back before but now it’s I don’t care I can have eight worm Woods out of these two now golden hey oh oh sooner is out that’s why he so cute I think you know I mean they pick on her sometimes cuz of you know her her inability to walk that well um but then they also hug her and I think they kind of baby her a little bit which is so sweet F you still have that piece of hay on your neck no CA really loves to be with them all and like she she’ll get to where they are finding good grub and she’ll just lie down and eat you know cuz she can’t stand that well for long wagy toes she’s happy I said thing when you’ve got disabilities I think the whatever you can do normal around others like this the happier you feel you know what I mean and she’s such a um a symbol of being happy wagging her Tong regardless of how much in pain you are and how difficult things are she just doesn’t give up she throws herself in there she’s so loving she’s such a cuddly thing and chatty he the hom of Simpson that means I found something good anyway that’s it for me I thought I’d do an update here in the the Rune garden and uh I don’t know what happened to this Elderberry she completely died the others are fine there’s a seasonal dieback but this is something else it’s almost like she’s been poisoned or something it’s really strange so I might well I will remove her and I might just put a poted Elder here cuz there might be something deep in the soil cuz morons like to use weed PE and like that so you just don’t know um my poor wiera thought she’ died we got her back yay um it’s partly the reason because I didn’t want to go at the front cuz of the dude at the front now brought it to the brought her to the back I’ll be able to tend to her better but that’s it from us this is be Mary palish and um stay tuned for me getting this big job done and also when I do get some progress done on that that side vertical succulent bed that’s when I’ll most likely what I’ll most likely log up next when it comes to Vlogs in this area or the garden Blessed Be and merry part hey freak arey you the dude you the dude hey puppy look at you you’re beautiful yeah Mr freak you to say goodbye to the ches Waggy Tails oh no you got Waggy Tails no bye