Our sincere commiserations and best wishes to Mrs KT53 for a rapid and good recovery … I hope she’ll still be able to fulfil her supervisory duties from the sofa with her foot up.
Get well soon Mrs KT53
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yesterday I found a spot (taking "soundings" with a long plant support) where there was enough depth of soil to take the socket for the rotary clothes drier, and dug a hole the required size. Today OH and I concreted in the socket (well, we used the quick setting stuff, actually) and tomorrow I can use the rotary thingy for the towel wash, instead of the washing line which is irretrievably tangled in the branches of the apple tree.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Yesterday I found a spot (taking "soundings" with a long plant support) where there was enough depth of soil to take the socket for the rotary clothes drier, and dug a hole the required size. Today OH and I concreted in the socket (well, we used the quick setting stuff, actually) and tomorrow I can use the rotary thingy for the towel wash, instead of the washing line which is irretrievably tangled in the branches of the apple tree.
I made the mistake of believing the blurb on the packaging of our new rotary line where it claimed that it was not necessary to concrete the socket. All you had to do was hammer it in. To be fair I was a little sceptical but went ahead. Several rainy days passed before the missus could hang out the washing. Lovely breezy day as well. Result? Dry washing but a rotary airer leaning at about 15 degrees.
The Monsanto people must be laughing all the way to the bank which makes me pretty angry. More fool Bayer for buying them out without due research as there was already plenty of scientific evidence that glyphosate was a problem well before 2018. Glyphosate based products are not available in France. Round Up is still sold but without the systemic "magic" needed to deal with thistles, bindweeds and other thugs.
We have a rotary thingummy and just buried the support in the ground without a concrete boot. It's been fine so far but then, bits of our plot are very solid.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Yesterday I found a spot (taking "soundings" with a long plant support) where there was enough depth of soil to take the socket for the rotary clothes drier, and dug a hole the required size. Today OH and I concreted in the socket (well, we used the quick setting stuff, actually) and tomorrow I can use the rotary thingy for the towel wash, instead of the washing line which is irretrievably tangled in the branches of the apple tree.
I made the mistake of believing the blurb on the packaging of our new rotary line where it claimed that it was not necessary to concrete the socket. All you had to do was hammer it in. To be fair I was a little sceptical but went ahead. Several rainy days passed before the missus could hang out the washing. Lovely breezy day as well. Result? Dry washing but a rotary airer leaning at about 15 degrees.
Same for us. Admittedly it's taken a couple of years to get like that, but it still rotates, and the washing still dries - if it's not raining. Only thing to remember is to make sure washing doesn't drag on the lawn, on the lower side. Next time I concrete it in!!!
@KT53, sympathies to your OH, hope she recovers soon. I'm in bed waiting to see if I need to go to A & E as well but can't get there myself.
I made the mistake when we moved here of putting the rotary washing line spike on a slope - stupid woman. Then moved it to a flatter piece of ground but it's leaning right over again now. Waiting for OH to get some ready mix and redo it.
@rowlandscastle444 on a positive note regarding tilting rotary airers, my missus can reach the top line if she works at the lowest point. If it was level I think she would be 2 or 3 rows in. Not so much a 'first world' problem as a short ar*e problem.
The problem with concreting it in, is that if you don't get it vertical then it'll lean permanently. At least with hammering it in, you can easily remove it and try again.
Okay, it may take several tries - but if it does, then you have a ready-made putting course. 😁
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I made the mistake of believing the blurb on the packaging of our new rotary line where it claimed that it was not necessary to concrete the socket. All you had to do was hammer it in. To be fair I was a little sceptical but went ahead. Several rainy days passed before the missus could hang out the washing. Lovely breezy day as well. Result? Dry washing but a rotary airer leaning at about 15 degrees.
We have a rotary thingummy and just buried the support in the ground without a concrete boot. It's been fine so far but then, bits of our plot are very solid.
Only thing to remember is to make sure washing doesn't drag on the lawn, on the lower side.
Next time I concrete it in!!!
I made the mistake when we moved here of putting the rotary washing line spike on a slope - stupid woman. Then moved it to a flatter piece of ground but it's leaning right over again now. Waiting for OH to get some ready mix and redo it.
Okay, it may take several tries - but if it does, then you have a ready-made putting course. 😁