10/10 for perseverance with the pallets. I attempted to put together some compost bins at the beginning of the Summer but the divil himself couldn't have taken those things apart! They were all different sizes and qualities so suffice to say I took a chainsaw to them and made log pile "keeper upper out of the wetses"! The thought of attempting a shed fills me with horror.
However......I have a plan to make a shed.....from doors! Auctions, skips, gumtree... they're not only cheap to buy but also standardish sizes. Any tips for how to get a slope on the roof would be gratefully received. I'll be keeping an eye on your progress and stealing your ideas!
ah yes...but the clue was in the word standardish! all the doors are the same height. that means that i'll have to add a bit to one side/end of the shed which means i'll get a gap; a triangular shaped gap. now we're starting to get into geometry and sawing in straight lines and little gaps and holes and drafts and rain getting in.....see?
my diy skills aren't too bad but triangles??? really???? no doubt i'll have a brainwave if i think about it long enough. i have enough to do to be getting on with in my murderous bramble patch. i just like to have a wee project at the thinking stage.
Plant paupper , see if you can borrow a petrol strimer that's what we did to start clearing our allottment , you can then have a big bunfire or take to the tip
Good morning all. GWRS, yes I'll manage the used potting mix eventually. I usually mix it with new stuff, depending on how it looks and what I'm planting. Some plants are not fussy. If it looks a though it's too old or over used, I put it outside in the raised beds.
Garden girl, I usually use potatoes that I've chitted myself or where I've cut the ends off potatoes that have shoots on them. I don't buy potatoes in packets for sowing. It does mean that I'm never sure which kind of potato I'm digging up, but we eat them all, so it doesn't matter.
Plantpauper, I'm with you about building things. Our daughter is clever like garden girl and makes amazing things from recycled bits and pieces. The biggest thing she made was an enclosure for her cat. The cat can go in and out her flat through a flap, but can't get out to everyone else's yards. She did this because the cat got belted up by other cats in her neighbourhood and the vets bills were too high for her to keep paying.
Gardengirl, look forward to seeing your shed, just watched the video link. I gain inspiration from the pallet thread you started .
Pat, this maybe a silly Q but is it currently Spring in NSW, one of my brothers lives in Aderlaide. When we have snow at Christmas, it's their summer.
As our growing seasons do not co-inside I'm looking forward to hearing about your plot over our winter months. Are the temps similar in NSW to the UK, in Spring etc...and what do you plan to grow...I'll soon be saving seeds and am preparing to put some ground to rest with mulches for the winter and like GWRS thinking about jobs to do in the Winter...which maybe... is your summer...
Hi Zoomer. Yes we're a bit colder than Adelaide although they do get blasts from the Antarctic like we do. I'm about an hour's drive from the NSW ski fields and North East of them, and our prevailing wind direction is from the south west, so any wind is often from the snowy areas. (Except in summer when it seems to me that we get winds directly from Alice Springs - hot and dry). Makes for an interesting gardening environment.
My winter beds this year have been partly fallow and partly filled with Broccolini, Kale, Turnips and Silverbeet (chard). I've harvested the turnips, but the others are still going strong. I've covered my Broccolini and Kale to try to prevent the cabbage white butterfly from getting to them, but I'm not confident it'll work. I'm just hoping I'll get a good feed from them before it's too late. I've got broad beans in - they're about hand height so far, but they'll get away with the weather warming up. I've got potatoes waiting to go in and Hubby has just finished re-locating my potato bed yesterday, so all being well I'll be putting them in today.
ive started planting seeds for summer vegs in my propagator and the tomatoes have poked through, but I won't be able to put them out into garden beds until November. That's ok though, because they'll still be fruiting until April-May.
Our seasons are remarkably similar in spring and autumn. While you are feeling the first cold over there, we are hopefully feeling the end of it. Like you though, our climate varies greatly from north to south. I think we're something like in the middle. Does your brother do much gardening in Adelaide. They get stinking hot summers over there.
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Pat E , have you thought of adding spent compost from greenhouse to you raised beds ?
Before doing any seating area need to kill off the horse tail , a really terrbile weed !
Last couple of days just bought some garlic and onions for planting next month
10/10 for perseverance with the pallets. I attempted to put together some compost bins at the beginning of the Summer but the divil himself couldn't have taken those things apart! They were all different sizes and qualities so suffice to say I took a chainsaw to them and made log pile "keeper upper out of the wetses"! The thought of attempting a shed fills me with horror.
However......I have a plan to make a shed.....from doors! Auctions, skips, gumtree... they're not only cheap to buy but also standardish sizes. Any tips for how to get a slope on the roof would be gratefully received. I'll be keeping an eye on your progress and stealing your ideas!
Plant pauper , without sounding funny , for a slope you just need one side taller than the other or am I missing something ?
ah yes...but the clue was in the word standardish! all the doors are the same height. that means that i'll have to add a bit to one side/end of the shed which means i'll get a gap; a triangular shaped gap. now we're starting to get into geometry and sawing in straight lines and little gaps and holes and drafts and rain getting in.....see?
Plant pauper , yes now with you , my DIY skills are not good but I am sure you will succeed
my diy skills aren't too bad but triangles??? really???? no doubt i'll have a brainwave if i think about it long enough. i have enough to do to be getting on with in my murderous bramble patch. i just like to have a wee project at the thinking stage.
Plant paupper , see if you can borrow a petrol strimer that's what we did to start clearing our allottment , you can then have a big bunfire or take to the tip
Good morning all. GWRS, yes I'll manage the used potting mix eventually. I usually mix it with new stuff, depending on how it looks and what I'm planting. Some plants are not fussy. If it looks a though it's too old or over used, I put it outside in the raised beds.
Garden girl, I usually use potatoes that I've chitted myself or where I've cut the ends off potatoes that have shoots on them. I don't buy potatoes in packets for sowing. It does mean that I'm never sure which kind of potato I'm digging up, but we eat them all, so it doesn't matter.
Plantpauper, I'm with you about building things. Our daughter is clever like garden girl and makes amazing things from recycled bits and pieces. The biggest thing she made was an enclosure for her cat. The cat can go in and out her flat through a flap, but can't get out to everyone else's yards. She did this because the cat got belted up by other cats in her neighbourhood and the vets bills were too high for her to keep paying.
Gardengirl, look forward to seeing your shed, just watched the video link. I gain inspiration from the pallet thread you started
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Pat, this maybe a silly Q but is it currently Spring in NSW, one of my brothers lives in Aderlaide. When we have snow at Christmas, it's their summer.
As our growing seasons do not co-inside I'm looking forward to hearing about your plot over our winter months. Are the temps similar in NSW to the UK, in Spring etc...and what do you plan to grow...I'll soon be saving seeds and am preparing to put some ground to rest with mulches for the winter and like GWRS thinking about jobs to do in the Winter...which maybe... is your summer...
Hi Zoomer. Yes we're a bit colder than Adelaide although they do get blasts from the Antarctic like we do. I'm about an hour's drive from the NSW ski fields and North East of them, and our prevailing wind direction is from the south west, so any wind is often from the snowy areas. (Except in summer when it seems to me that we get winds directly from Alice Springs - hot and dry). Makes for an interesting gardening environment.
My winter beds this year have been partly fallow and partly filled with Broccolini, Kale, Turnips and Silverbeet (chard). I've harvested the turnips, but the others are still going strong. I've covered my Broccolini and Kale to try to prevent the cabbage white butterfly from getting to them, but I'm not confident it'll work. I'm just hoping I'll get a good feed from them before it's too late. I've got broad beans in - they're about hand height so far, but they'll get away with the weather warming up. I've got potatoes waiting to go in and Hubby has just finished re-locating my potato bed yesterday, so all being well I'll be putting them in today.
ive started planting seeds for summer vegs in my propagator and the tomatoes have poked through, but I won't be able to put them out into garden beds until November. That's ok though, because they'll still be fruiting until April-May.
Our seasons are remarkably similar in spring and autumn. While you are feeling the first cold over there, we are hopefully feeling the end of it. Like you though, our climate varies greatly from north to south. I think we're something like in the middle. Does your brother do much gardening in Adelaide. They get stinking hot summers over there.