No lap top just standard PC ,no smilies,...........have I upset you Dove?.I may have missed the point in your reply to my posting. earlier,but it seems a bit rude.,
I'm sorry Gilly - it was an obviously unsuccessful attempt at humour I had hoped that the winking smiley would indicate that, but not everyone reads things the same way. My sincere apologies
David, many thanks for the good wishes - there's some good company on here to spend my retirement with
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Been out doing a bit of necessary gardening: have completed the raised bed and have also installed a 10 metre soil warming cable to my 2mt x 1/2 mtr cold frame. That should warm the soil so as to be OK to treat the vine weevil grubs that have been feeding on the roots of my winter spinach with nematodes - have squished a few but I guess there's plenty more in the soil
Below are some pics of the new bed and the steel channel guides I made to support the new tanalised 6"x2" timber boards.
Chaos this afternoon, 3 plumbers with 2 white vans (trying to mend boiler, should have come on Tuesday), oil delivery man with big lorry (should have come this morning) and hay farmer with tractor and trailor with 20 x 200kg bales of hay. Of course hay farmer had to drive on the lawn around the turning circle at the end of the drive, now a sea of mud.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Cost would like as not be prohibitive - the steel channels 1/2 mtr long cost me £38, the tanalised timber boards cost £55, the Jetcem quick set cement to set the posts in (4 x 3kg) were about £20 + the welding rods and Hammerite green paint made a total cost of around £120 to me! still, I shouldn't have to make it again in my lifetime John H
Well impressed John. I don't have a cold frame (as yet) it's on the to do list for H.
Will show him your pics, when the moment seems right. A bit more GH staging is the current project, I'm hoping that the current re-shuffle in the garage is the build up to it. Just hoping that the garage roof timbers aren't being used.
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I'm sorry Gilly - it was an obviously unsuccessful attempt at humour
I had hoped that the winking smiley would indicate that, but not everyone reads things the same way. My sincere apologies 
David, many thanks for the good wishes - there's some good company on here to spend my retirement with
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Been out doing a bit of necessary gardening: have completed the raised bed and have also installed a 10 metre soil warming cable to my 2mt x 1/2 mtr cold frame. That should warm the soil so as to be OK to treat the vine weevil grubs that have been feeding on the roots of my winter spinach with nematodes - have squished a few but I guess there's plenty more in the soil
Below are some pics of the new bed and the steel channel guides I made to support the new tanalised 6"x2" timber boards.
That looks brilliant John - you could sell them - how much for delivery to Norfolk?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Sorry Dove,maybe a bit slow on the uptake today (did,nt notice winking smiley perhaps wink was hidden under hat),I,ll put it down to my bad cold.
Matter now forgotten
Chaos this afternoon, 3 plumbers with 2 white vans (trying to mend boiler, should have come on Tuesday), oil delivery man with big lorry (should have come this morning) and hay farmer with tractor and trailor with 20 x 200kg bales of hay. Of course hay farmer had to drive on the lawn around the turning circle at the end of the drive, now a sea of mud.
Hi Dove,
Cost would like as not be prohibitive - the steel channels 1/2 mtr long cost me £38, the tanalised timber boards cost £55, the Jetcem quick set cement to set the posts in (4 x 3kg) were about £20 + the welding rods and Hammerite green paint made a total cost of around £120 to me! still, I shouldn't have to make it again in my lifetime
John H
I've smilies with hats on the PC
But I'm not ready for them yet
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thank you Gilly
Here have some honey and hot lemon
Hope you're feeling better soon.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Well impressed John. I don't have a cold frame (as yet) it's on the to do list for H.
Will show him your pics, when the moment seems right. A bit more GH staging is the current project, I'm hoping that the current re-shuffle in the garage is the build up to it. Just hoping that the garage roof timbers aren't being used.
Hope you feel better soon Gilly.
Lizzie it sounds like a chapter from A year in Provence. Is it this weekend that you come to England? If so hope you have a good time.