Punkdoc, do you already have any outside lighting, with or without motion detectors? That might be a start, purely for the deterrent effect. Intruders less likely to approach the house if they know they are well illuminated. Another thought is that lots of companies sell dummy cameras, usually to complement an existing system, but a few could be dotted around in likely spots while you work out where you could position real ones. No worries about wiring etc! Two of our cameras are mounted on outside walls, with cable coming through holes in the wall, but one ‘roving’ camera just gets put on a convenient rock, or a garden stool, to watch specific areas like an interesting hole in the ground. Of course, you could look at a wireless system, although we personally didn’t find those very successful.
Friends had a movement detector that barked like a dog. It was a bit muffled as though the dog was indoors. OH has put cameras inside and out at our Norfolk house and he can look at them on his iPad.
I've just been for a wander around a large village about 15 minutes away. Last time I went, when son visited, most of it was shut because of Covid. Now that it's open it's full of cafés, touristy shops and expensive antique shops, but there is a good GC - more of a plant nursery. I bought large 3 pots of ceratostigma Plumbaginoides. Each pot has about 3 plants in it, gorgeous blue. I'm going to split them and plant them in my new shrub bed for ground cover and I'll plant daffodils for spring colour.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
New dishwasher duly installed, very efficiently by two pleasant delivery men. Bit of a panic beforehand as we inadvertently flooded under the sink whilst trying to clear a blockage. Good job I already had a pile of old cloths to hand to mop up with but it does mean the cupboard chipboard flooring got wet which is not good news.
Could you get an electrician in quickly to install a system for you @Punkdoc? A good excuse to keep Moira away temporarily because of the upheaval?
Your plant is indeed a gorgeous blue and the leaves turn lovely autumnal colours but it does spread @Busy-Lizzie so be warned. I'm forever yanking bits of ours out as it's embedded in our driveway wall.
Hope your birthday cake turns out well @Yviestevie.
Just a thought @punkdoc… even getting a security firm in a marked vehicle to come and survey the garden etc and give a quote probably wouldn’t go unnoticed …
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Many years ago, whilst going through a rather unpleasant divorce from my ex wife, I was somewhat surprised when a guy in my local [ a real dive of a pub ] took me aside one night and said did I want a hit carried out on her. I always assumed he was joking, although by his demeaner, I am not so sure. How I could do with him now.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Have you got anyone you could call on to dig some holes … maybe a couple of feet deep, for those large bare root trees you’re going to buy … after all, it’s not your fault if you have to have the holes dug when the chap is available to do it (you can’t do it yourself) … and if wouldn’t be your fault if a marauding trespasser didn’t know where the holes were and fell in and sprained something … would it 😇
I’m not suggesting sharp spikes or broken glass in them … but muddy clay might be there …. 😇
Who? Me? 🤭🤫
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Glad your dishwasher got fitted ok, Lizzie27. It’s a real bore washing up by hand. Interestingly, our latest water bill has arrived, and I’ve been able to see how much water we’ve used during the six months I was without a dishwasher. The last two years over the same period, we used 40 and 35 cubic metres of water. This year, we used 45, and the only real difference has been me washing up by hand. I wonder if I’ll be able to detect a difference with the gas usage, as all the extra water had to be heated as well.
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Of course, you could look at a wireless system, although we personally didn’t find those very successful.
I've just been for a wander around a large village about 15 minutes away. Last time I went, when son visited, most of it was shut because of Covid. Now that it's open it's full of cafés, touristy shops and expensive antique shops, but there is a good GC - more of a plant nursery. I bought large 3 pots of ceratostigma Plumbaginoides. Each pot has about 3 plants in it, gorgeous blue. I'm going to split them and plant them in my new shrub bed for ground cover and I'll plant daffodils for spring colour.
Could you get an electrician in quickly to install a system for you @Punkdoc? A good excuse to keep Moira away temporarily because of the upheaval?
Your plant is indeed a gorgeous blue and the leaves turn lovely autumnal
colours but it does spread @Busy-Lizzie so be warned. I'm forever yanking bits of ours out as it's embedded in our driveway wall.
Hope your birthday cake turns out well @Yviestevie.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I’m not suggesting sharp spikes or broken glass in them … but muddy clay might be there …. 😇
Who? Me? 🤭🤫
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.