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What do you have left to do in the garden this year?

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  • SalinoSalino Posts: 1,609

    ..I know..I do it all the time...especially at this time of year when we tend to make plans...

    Beaus Mum.... yes I have a rose or two in mind, but probably Austin's English roses... I might have found an alternative and much cheaper... metal trellises without the arch bit, 2 the same one each side of my path entrance to my rose garden, rather like an open doorway leading you in.... they are 6 foot tall but I would lose a foot with cementing in... but that's ok...   I shall think on this overnight...I'm terribly excited...

    ..my husband has given me some money as an early Christmas present and I want to get in quick...lol..

     

  • SalinoSalino Posts: 1,609

    ..thank you Susan....I hope so...

  • SalinoSalino Posts: 1,609

    ..yes I've also made my own in the past...from treated timber though..and easy to do...something quite personalised about that...

    ..Edd..thank you for alerting me... strangely it appears to be the same company yet cheaper....

    ..I'm still pondering...I do love that arch and one or two others besides that are similar...but the width is a problem...and I have found they're not too sturdy unless you have good width....(ooh..that sounds naughty...sorry)...

    Obelisks have also come into it now....I could fit in two of these quite easily without any hassle....one on each side....

    ...so, this is what winter is all about...lol...

  • SalinoSalino Posts: 1,609

    ..thanks so much for going to the trouble....this is a different site to the one I was looking at and I can see, it's a lot cheaper...

    ...I'm very pleased about this...

  • Matty2Matty2 Posts: 4,817

    Good site that one - thanks for posting the address - now in my bookmark folder

  • Beaus MumBeaus Mum Posts: 3,554

    Did you choose and order in the end Salino?

    still to do this year? Same as I posted previous image Hopefully can get out in the mud bath today!

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,617

    Two ton of oak tree leaves to rake up.

    More bulbs to plant.

    Compost to spread. _FYM to put on veg plot.

    I just want to hibernate.

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,887

    we have about 4 acres of young ( about 10 years old ) woodland. Last year I set the mower up high and cut the fallen leaves / grass and filled up builders Dumpy Sacks ( about 1m cubed) and left them for the winter. In Spring it had produced the most wonderful compost. We had sheep in there for a couple of months, so hopefully there's some poo left on the surface to add to the mix. That's what I've got left to do this season.

    Devon.
  • SalinoSalino Posts: 1,609

    ^that doesn't sound a pleasant job...lol...

    Beau's Mum,

    ..yes, thank you for asking...in the end I really couldn't get that arch in, no matter which way I measured, so I bought two nice big obelisks instead from that company, and I must recommend them as I ordered on Tuesday evening and they arrived Thursday morning, and no delivery charges... very well packed too..

    ...I had seen the same obelisks in a garden centre at £12 more each... so I got quite a saving online there...

    ...I'm just waiting for my Austin roses before I set them up...

    kind regards,

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