Jill Dyer

I think I might have this!    Clothes line is a "Hills Hoist" rotary clothes line - looks like the internal skeleton of a big square tent: -  
https://hillshome.com.au/collections/hills-hoist-clotheslines.    Mine can be removed from the ground,   it is height adjustable by means of a winder,  and rotates freely in the breeze, but can be lowered to a fixed position for the pegging out operation.  
I have mine a fair way from the laundry (the only complaint) but my washing machine spins really fast, so the damp items aren't too heavy and in summer the clothes are dry before I get the last items in the basket onto the lines.   When it's really windy, pegging out the sheets is like trying to hoist a spinnaker!

The "other half" can't go past a used instrument shop, so with that in mind here are some observations.
Is the neck straight - sometimes they develop a slight twist.
Are the frets all the same height and none of them off line
Do the tuner keys stay put under tension
Is the timber sound - no cracks
Nothing unglued
All parts there
Does it sound right - no buzzes or weird tones
Is the price right!!! given any faults that might be easily fixable.

No experience with rooting hormone treatments, but I've had good success with "hard" cuttings by slitting the stem for a centimetre or so and inserting a grain of rice - doesn't matter what sort, but I use long grain 'cos it's easier to handle.  Then into the growing medium.
Do your cuttings produce true to type? Most roses seem to be grafted these days.

Commiserations, but be prepared for "strike three"  
(Born into a slightly superstitious household!)

Once the paddocks get the first flush of green, then planting time is pretty close.  That also depends if we get what the farmers call "Opening Rains" - when they hope to have the cropping seeds planted.  This morning I discovered small lettuce seedlings growing in the paths - so some attention needed to transplant.  We are in Autumn at the present, and still needing to water the gardens.

Farm animals where there is daily, or fairly frequent, contact can all be of great emotional support, regardless of if they are named or not.  They Listen, don't interrupt, don't judge, (unless you've just poked them with a needle) and are generally glad to see their humans - maybe it's the food being offered, but who cares if they are prepared to listen to the occasional rant!

For purchased seeds, any method should work.  Around here "they" say that for seeds that were saved from a particularly fine specimen should be dried out on paper towels, then before packing away to await planting time, the dried pulp and the thin papery membrane around the seeds should be rubbed off between the hands. Whatever spell works. . . .but the papery membrane seems to be the clue.
Edit to add:- My Dad had a job at the local sewerage treatment plant which was a source of extremely healthy tomato plants. . .adding to the theory that digestive enzymes are a really good help to germination. . .

Can I suggest that you do a search for "Australia long drop toilets" and get the images... should be plenty of inspiration there.  The absolute best one I've ever visited was at an out of the way tourist spot in the outback - shiny corrugated iron sides, arched roof, steps up to door, regular seating arrangement and fitted with a tall breather pipe with one of those wind-rotating arrangements on the top (sorry don't have the word for the fitting - but it made a very efficient extractor).   Otherwise, most ordinary outhouses have a supply of lime on hand.  All have notices about not using wet wipes or similar as they don't break down.

This post got my cogs turning over again!  I read a lot (understatement) and I remember from ages ago that the pigments for marbling were applied to a thickened water - using a moss called carrageen (may have spelled that wrongly) so, basically a jelly - maybe unflavoured gelatine would work. Set enough to float the pigments.
My Dad liked DIY and made patterns on painted surfaces, usually wood, using combs with different widths and spaced teeth (all on the same implement) dragged through the wet paint - presto! pretend woodgrain. finishes.

Over the summer, I've been collecting the cardboard rolls from toilet paper, and I have a (regrettably) plastic container ready with tubes for seed raising.  Mine aren't so fancy as the one pictured above - just parallel, close - say 1 cm - spaced cuts, then slats pressed to the inside.