Don't you just love builders? Ours, after 5 months of no show phoned at 7:45 this morning to say he's on his way with the plumber and head carpenter/plaster boarder to see what needs doing and in what order. Have I mentioned I'm not a lark? Still in bed thinking coffee would be good.
Two main problems - the current floor level is lower than the terrace so when it rains with a bit of wind - always - we get a wet floor so they're going to have to shave off a few inches of terrace against the new wall to make a drain.......... He didn't look at the plans for the Italian sink unit and cupboards we chose and he's put the window bang in the middle instead of left a bit so I won't get a mirror right over the basin. Clever - but not a total disaster. Can't change the basin placement as it's moulded resin and integral with the worktop....
LP - I'd think hawthorn would be more thorny and less suckery and perform better in cold winters. I know we planted a rugosa hedge in Belgium between us and the field behind and it really hated the long, wet, windy winters but the hawthorn planted later shrugged it off and grew well and is much more prickly to unwanted visitors.
Chicky - lots of photos especially CB's garden please. They never show it in detail on the Beeb.
I'm off to plant tomatoes in the PT and mull about stuff. Have a lovely day everyone.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
No sun today, most disappointed, was getting used to it. Fairy, a very bold claim about Mr Green, but having given it some thought, you might be right. Have a fab day Chicky.
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Morning all. Sunny and breezy so washing getting a good blow. Obelixx, I hope the builders take less than five months to complete the work. Looking forward to the predicted warmer weather.
Wall-to-wall sunshine predicted here today (sorry, Punkdoc), though the heat is tempered by a strong breeze - which will keep the midges at bay as well as drying the washing. All in all a perfect gardening day. I got through about a dozen polythene gloves (protection for bandaged hand) in the garden yesterday afternoon. Not very good for the environment, but at least it's only temporary.
Have a lovely day at Chelsea, Chicky! Looking forward to the photos later.
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Hi again. I managed another 3 hours, so 5 hours sleep in total. I need to water all the agapanthus before coal face at 12 so I'd best get a move on. I've come to the conclusion that planning departments are stuffed with petty , small minded individuals who revel in the tiniest bit of "power" to make up for the huge inadequacies they have in the rest of their lives.
Joyce - the masons - separate company but engaged by builder - did the foundations and hole in wall bashing last September. The walls went up in October. I managed to geep them to move one window placement before they clad the outside so there was room the+meeded!for the hot water tank next to the shower, as planned, but was too late for the other window. Never go shopping when builders come cos they won't have read the plans!!! Roof on next.
In December they came to do the waterproofing and insulation inside the walls right up to Xmas Eve. No show since and no responses to visits, calls and emails. Guess who won't be getting any recommendations from us!
Team leader says 15 days to get it all ready for tiling so I hope he can spare a day or two to come before the summer building holidays in August.
Liri - rubber washing up gloves would be stronger?
I have just popped in to check tomato planting distances. I assume cherry tom plants don't get as tall as the other kinds and plan to put those along the back next to the PT wall. If not, they'll just have to be pinched out. Found a lovely toad very well camouflaged against the soil when I lifted the cardboard to rake it all smooth. He's now hiding under the next bit. Bloody OH has left loads of bits of bindweed root floating about. I've moved every one I've seen so it can dry out and die but his reward can be to keep them weeded. Only way he'll learn.
He did promise to learn when we bought this place.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Obs, make sure you stick to it. I let OH weed the Hosta tunnel only to find lots of missing labels when he'd finished. I found 2 snuggled up to each other in the compost bin the other day. I'm not clever enough to be able to identify 160 different varieties so I'm more than a little cross about it. hey ho
Obelixx thank you very much indeed for your suggestions . Our site is very windy, probably pretty wet and it I need it to grow fast and inexpensively! i do hope your own building plans go ahead smoothly. Just as an aside my Oh knows he is the undergardener with no chance of promotion after about 9 years he was allowed to weed without supervision but knows to come to me if in doubt!
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Two main problems - the current floor level is lower than the terrace so when it rains with a bit of wind - always - we get a wet floor so they're going to have to shave off a few inches of terrace against the new wall to make a drain.......... He didn't look at the plans for the Italian sink unit and cupboards we chose and he's put the window bang in the middle instead of left a bit so I won't get a mirror right over the basin. Clever - but not a total disaster. Can't change the basin placement as it's moulded resin and integral with the worktop....
LP - I'd think hawthorn would be more thorny and less suckery and perform better in cold winters. I know we planted a rugosa hedge in Belgium between us and the field behind and it really hated the long, wet, windy winters but the hawthorn planted later shrugged it off and grew well and is much more prickly to unwanted visitors.
Chicky - lots of photos especially CB's garden please. They never show it in detail on the Beeb.
I'm off to plant tomatoes in the PT and mull about stuff. Have a lovely day everyone.
No sun today, most disappointed, was getting used to it.
Fairy, a very bold claim about Mr Green, but having given it some thought, you might be right.
Have a fab day Chicky.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Sunny and breezy so washing getting a good blow.
Obelixx, I hope the builders take less than five months to complete the work.
Looking forward to the predicted warmer weather.
Wall-to-wall sunshine predicted here today (sorry, Punkdoc), though the heat is tempered by a strong breeze - which will keep the midges at bay as well as drying the washing. All in all a perfect gardening day. I got through about a dozen polythene gloves (protection for bandaged hand) in the garden yesterday afternoon. Not very good for the environment, but at least it's only temporary.
Have a lovely day at Chelsea, Chicky! Looking forward to the photos later.
I managed another 3 hours, so 5 hours sleep in total.
I need to water all the agapanthus before coal face at 12 so I'd best get a move on.
I've come to the conclusion that planning departments are stuffed with petty , small minded individuals who revel in the tiniest bit of "power" to make up for the huge inadequacies they have in the rest of their lives.
In December they came to do the waterproofing and insulation inside the walls right up to Xmas Eve. No show since and no responses to visits, calls and emails. Guess who won't be getting any recommendations from us!
Team leader says 15 days to get it all ready for tiling so I hope he can spare a day or two to come before the summer building holidays in August.
Liri - rubber washing up gloves would be stronger?
I have just popped in to check tomato planting distances. I assume cherry tom plants don't get as tall as the other kinds and plan to put those along the back next to the PT wall. If not, they'll just have to be pinched out. Found a lovely toad very well camouflaged against the soil when I lifted the cardboard to rake it all smooth. He's now hiding under the next bit. Bloody OH has left loads of bits of bindweed root floating about. I've moved every one I've seen so it can dry out and die but his reward can be
to keep them weeded. Only way he'll learn.
He did promise to learn when we bought this place.
I let OH weed the Hosta tunnel only to find lots of missing labels when he'd finished. I found 2 snuggled up to each other in the compost bin the other day.
I'm not clever enough to be able to identify 160 different varieties so I'm more than a little cross about it.
hey ho
I think I'll attach the tomato labels to the canes, high up and out of his way.......
i do hope your own building plans go ahead smoothly.
Just as an aside my Oh knows he is the undergardener with no chance of promotion
after about 9 years he was allowed to weed without supervision but knows to come to me if in doubt!
A A Milne