Sounds like the perfect project for you two then. I can't wait to see the finished project. Yes, I plan to stick around Hive for a while. I might give you all a tour of my garden sometime, but it's mostly travel blogs on this account.
Bondo is the medium used to patch dents and holes in vehicles. I'm assuming that's what the white patches are.
Ah yes, I just googled it - we call it 'bog'.
A garden post woudl be awesome too.