Tootles- the only problem is that it's 4 by 2 or 2 by 4, but you have to buy it in 2.4 or 3.6 metre lengths!
I bought chicken wire and compost - not very exciting, but necessary. The chicken wire is to make a cage to put over the bulk of the pond to give the spawn a chance to survive the marauding magpies
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Yes Fairygirl! I thought they were pulling my leg. I asked for 2m but got 2.4m! Not really sure I understand that bit but didn't want to look like a plonker so just agreed!!
Went to see my father in law and went to Butters at Kellett Gate. They were selling orchids for £3.00. I bought two multi stemmed phaelonopsis and one enormous Tsarene orchid = £9.00. I would have bought more if I had boot space.
Got 2 Helenium Red from Morrisons supermarket for £3 .Bought 2 the same size last year from a nursery £5 50 each. will be watching very closely to see how the cheaper plant grow. Plants I have bought from Morrisons usually turn out ok.
I bought some paint and spent about 13 hours yesterday glossing the picket fence at the front (black), painted the bistro table and chairs (purple), the 2 seater bench (dark green) the 3 seated bench (dark green leftovers mixed with pale pink leftovers to make a greeny/white) 3 newly made planters with trellis (purple) 2 patio chairs (mint green) the decking (mint green) the shed (pale pink) and the cat kennel (also pale pink) !! Very hard work but well worth it and now it looks like there has been a rainbow explosion and everything is much brighter.
A pot of snakes head fritillary. Grew some from a packet of bulbs in October but only two have grown, once the potted fritillaries have gone over I,'ll plant them and fingers crossed I,'ll get a lovely display of them next spring.
Yes Fairygirl! I thought they were pulling my leg. I asked for 2m but got 2.4m! Not really sure I understand that bit but didn't want to look like a plonker so just agreed!!
The timber is pre-cut so generally it would be either 1.8 m (roughly 6') or 2.4 m (roughly 8'). They would have cut it to length if you needed them to. Some years ago I needed 8"x2" timbers for raised beds and they happily cut them to the required lengths.
Oddly, in this country we normally refer to the larger measurement first e.g. 6 x 2, but the yanks do it the other way round 2 x 6. Strange these colonials!
When I ordered my arbour I was told it would be 2 to 3 weeks for delivery, that was on the 7th of April. Got back home at 8am on the 12th from dropping the missus at work, and it was waiting for me.
Flat pack (obviously) in 2 packages. My original thought had been to put it together and then decide on the preferred position for it. We know the general space we want to put it in but want to fine tune. As I can just about lift the one pack, and have to drag the other, I think I'm going to have to rethink my strategy.
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Tootles- the only problem is that it's 4 by 2 or 2 by 4, but you have to buy it in 2.4 or 3.6 metre lengths!
I bought chicken wire and compost - not very exciting, but necessary. The chicken wire is to make a cage to put over the bulk of the pond to give the spawn a chance to survive the marauding magpies
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Yes Fairygirl! I thought they were pulling my leg. I asked for 2m but got 2.4m! Not really sure I understand that bit but didn't want to look like a plonker so just agreed!!
Went to see my father in law and went to Butters at Kellett Gate. They were selling orchids for £3.00. I bought two multi stemmed phaelonopsis and one enormous Tsarene orchid = £9.00. I would have bought more if I had boot space.
Got 2 Helenium Red from Morrisons supermarket for £3 .Bought 2 the same size last year from a nursery £5 50 each. will be watching very closely to see how the cheaper plant grow. Plants I have bought from Morrisons usually turn out ok.
A pot of snakes head fritillary. Grew some from a packet of bulbs in October but only two have grown, once the potted fritillaries have gone over I,'ll plant them and fingers crossed I,'ll get a lovely display of them next spring.
The timber is pre-cut so generally it would be either 1.8 m (roughly 6') or 2.4 m (roughly 8'). They would have cut it to length if you needed them to. Some years ago I needed 8"x2" timbers for raised beds and they happily cut them to the required lengths.
Oddly, in this country we normally refer to the larger measurement first e.g. 6 x 2, but the yanks do it the other way round 2 x 6. Strange these colonials!
A framberry. We shall see.
When I ordered my arbour I was told it would be 2 to 3 weeks for delivery, that was on the 7th of April. Got back home at 8am on the 12th from dropping the missus at work, and it was waiting for me.
Flat pack (obviously) in 2 packages. My original thought had been to put it together and then decide on the preferred position for it. We know the general space we want to put it in but want to fine tune. As I can just about lift the one pack, and have to drag the other, I think I'm going to have to rethink my strategy.