Planted last year, 2017, this is the first year (2018) for picking our loganberries.
They look like raspberries but the fruit is a little longer and firmer. The loganberry is a raspberry x blackberry hybrid with quite a tart flavour which is ideal for cooking or jam.
The fruit is a sharper than a raspberry but makes delicious jam which sets in minutes.
A jug full of loganberries can be turned into three of these lovely jars of jam!
Springdale nearly finished still with scaffolding. View from the back of the house.
Bedroom door now with architrave, also bathroom door both side complete
Cupboard handles on cupboard in study now finished
Looking down the new staircase – new handrail up and fitted on the right – pic 2
Looking down the new staircase – new handrail up and fitted on the right
Stair rail now with spindles all stained and treated, the rest to complete after work is complete upstairs
New staircase with the stained and treated spindles now fitted
left gable and new gutterings and downpipes
Old guttering now removed as an extra to the original work – old guttering was full of holes and broken in places
Old guttering removed
Vents complete under dormer roof
Dormer with vents below guttering just visible
Fuse boxes now all labelled up by Joe, Ballan Electrical
Old alarm wires removed, fuse switch removed and general tidy up of all wiring in utility room
Sockets relocated in the utility room, fuse switch removed from above by Joe, Ballan Electrical
Smoke alarm changed so will not be set off by cooking, just smoke
Old light which had been removed on a previous occasion by Joe now replaced with smaller light to match the rest of the sun room, also on the same circuit
new smaller light in archway connected to the lights in the sunroom
Skirting boards around bedroom now complete
Skirting boards around bedroom now complete pic 2
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