I feel truly at home on this thread now but have to confess to doing a little bit of mess clearing yesterday! its OK,Muddle up and Kitty, the wheelbarrow is now able to be used as a wheelbarrow! there are no pictures and "progress" is debatable, we will call it a bit different than it was but not in a noticeable way, and certainly not able to scribble off my "wow haven't I been busy list" you know the list that gets written, then you don't want to do those jobs so you do some pottering about and add that to the list once you're done it to gain a feeling of accomplishment instead of a feeling of procrastination) anyone else make those kind of lists?
Lantana, the cat is heading for the underused firepit due to there being a cremation pyre for a dead mouse her partner in crime gave me. She believes the mouse to "still have a few plays in it yet!"
Plantpauper, the plans have already been altered and paving has morphed into gravel around firepit due to it being cheaper, given away more regularly on free cycle and not needing to be level!
And LETS FACE IT WITH A NAME LIKE WONKY I SHOULD NOT BE LAYING PAVING SLABS!
Haha Lou, the underused firepit should really be called an oversized ashtray! And those are rose brambles from when I attempted pruning many moons ago! Thought they could burn in the firepit, but what with its underused status....
Lantana, thanks for your concern, fear not the BBQ has NOT been cleaned! Or stored or covered for that matter, just only been users once since I reappropriated it and we had heavy rain afterwards which did a lovely job of washing it due to its uncovered nature!
Cloggie and Hazel, re slugs, walked out to feed the cat in flip-flops and dressing gown, stepped heavily on an object too late to realise until I felt slug juice shoot up my legs!!!!!! still shuddering! Had to share!
That's what we like Wonky. Lots of thinking and planning...but be aware of DVT. Always be sure to get up for cups of tea. Both circulation and hydration levels will benefit. It's all about number 1.
Very wise words Plantpauper! Great minds and all that! just following your instructions now! Its a scorcher here! Shorts are on think the most I'm doing is watering, so that's showerhose is dangled out the bathroom window over the waterbutt as we speak! I'm nothing if not inventive!
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BTW, concentrated dead slug might describe it. Reason I know what dead slug smells like... I have dogs!
I feel truly at home on this thread now but have to confess to doing a little bit of mess clearing yesterday!
its OK,Muddle up and Kitty, the wheelbarrow is now able to be used as a wheelbarrow! 
there are no pictures and "progress" is debatable, we will call it a bit different than it was but not in a noticeable way, and certainly not able to scribble off my "wow haven't I been busy list" you know the list that gets written, then you don't want to do those jobs so you do some pottering about and add that to the list once you're done it to gain a feeling of accomplishment instead of a feeling of procrastination) 
anyone else make those kind of lists? 
Lantana, the cat is heading for the underused firepit due to there being a cremation pyre for a dead mouse her partner in crime gave me. She believes the mouse to "still have a few plays in it yet!"
Plantpauper, the plans have already been altered and paving has morphed into gravel around firepit due to it being cheaper, given away more regularly on free cycle and not needing to be level!
And LETS FACE IT WITH A NAME LIKE WONKY I SHOULD NOT BE LAYING PAVING SLABS!
Haha Lou, the underused firepit should really be called an oversized ashtray! And those are rose brambles from when I attempted pruning many moons ago! Thought they could burn in the firepit, but what with its underused status....
Lantana, thanks for your concern, fear not the BBQ has NOT been cleaned! Or stored or covered for that matter,
just only been users once since I reappropriated it and we had heavy rain afterwards which did a lovely job of washing it due to its uncovered nature! 
Cloggie and Hazel, re slugs, walked out to feed the cat in flip-flops and dressing gown, stepped heavily on an object too late to realise until I felt slug juice shoot up my legs!!!!!!
still shuddering! Had to share! 
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That's what we like Wonky. Lots of thinking and planning...but be aware of DVT. Always be sure to get up for cups of tea. Both circulation and hydration levels will benefit. It's all about number 1.
Yucks to the slug juice WW
I can't bear to lift slugs even with gloves on. . . use a stick and trowel for them.
Very wise words Plantpauper! Great minds and all that!
just following your instructions now! Its a scorcher here! Shorts are on think the most I'm doing is watering, so that's showerhose is dangled out the bathroom window over the waterbutt as we speak! I'm nothing if not inventive! 
Sorry about that mental image Joyce!
Necessity is the mother of invention and all that. Someday you'll look back and laugh! (my advice is start early...laugh now!)
A friend of mine (yes really) once ran downstairs in a nice house on a nice street and slid on a slug ON THE CARPET!!!
My lawn at present, thanks to husband:
That looks like tidying to me!
Quick!!! Throw something at him!
I keep my husband in the basement Dewdrops, its nice and cool and you can almost forget he's there!
I'd never dream of letting him in the garden, same way that im banned from power tools and hammers! I do break that rule though!