Oh gosh, Dove is really quite tidy, I thought she would be.
I have a box where I put papers and stuff until it overflows then I have to sort it a bit to make room for the next lot. It's in the kitchen and easy to deal with as when guests come I just shove it somewhere else. I always have a load of papers next to my lap top on the kitchen table, when people come I shove it all in the box etc. Really organised, but it seems to irritate OH.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
The problem with our garden is that it is square and has no nooks or out of the way corners to hide things in/behind . we can see it all from the house windows ... including the untidy bits ... does somewhat focus the mind on occasional tidying
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
1. Dining room - two linked water butts under the dining room window sill
2. Kitchen window - outdoor tap and drain under the kitchen window
3. Studio window - big glass sliding wall from floor to ceiling, opening out onto the dining area of the terrace.
You see, nowhere there to hid stuff 'under the windowsill'.
The Clematis Montana is on the back fence, under the big ash tree up on the Shady Bank - can't keep junk up there - it'd block the 'hedgehog gate' under the fence and stop the hedgehogs getting in.
No ivy - by agreement with the neighbours - when we moved here there was ivy up to the eaves and in the attic, not to mention fences covered with ivy at least six feet thick - which fell down in a heavy rainstorm two weeks after we moved in
You see, no hidey corners ... not once we'd got rid of that lot ...
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Made me laugh that I bought GW magazine and found an advert for the forum where it said you'd find "lively discussion". I snorted! "Lively" is a fair description ha ha!!
I've got a spotty step, mine's a lime and white livery with a Dunelm label (suspect these are churned out somewhere overseas with different labels on). It replaced a white one that I'd had for years that unfortunately decided to disintegrate whilst in use leaving me prostrate on the kitchen floor. Luckily it wasn't far to fall.
i see what you mean by square garden and no where to hide stuff. I have similar situation too And i failed miserably to hode stuff behind sweetpea tower. I am asking hubby to get garden shed and put it a couple of feets ahead of fence so i can hide things in it and behind it!
you lot are normal for me or atleast i can be home here ?
We have a clematis-covered trellis bin store in the front garden - the wheelbarrow lives there with the bins, secured by a chain and padlock - just in case. That's the only place we have to put things where we can't see them, and it's full up now
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Newb we're "normal" on the other threads too...just a different kind of normal.
My pal always used a Lack table from a well known cheapo furniture store to stand on and then one day I got on it and all was fine till she handed me my big heavy hammer action drill.....Obviously the final straw. In my defence...it had been sitting out in the rain.
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Oh gosh, Dove is really quite tidy, I thought she would be.
I have a box where I put papers and stuff until it overflows then I have to sort it a bit to make room for the next lot. It's in the kitchen and easy to deal with as when guests come I just shove it somewhere else. I always have a load of papers next to my lap top on the kitchen table, when people come I shove it all in the box etc. Really organised, but it seems to irritate OH.
The problem with our garden is that it is square and has no nooks or out of the way corners to hide things in/behind . we can see it all from the house windows ... including the untidy bits ... does somewhat focus the mind on occasional tidying
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've heard it all now! The problem is the garden's square!
Are you saying there's not a single hidey behindy bit anywhere?
What about under the windowsill, behind the clematis montana, under the ivy. There's always somewhere, Dove
We had a dustbin with an ill-fitting lid. We used it to store an open bag of cement. You know the rest....
Nope - not one!
Three house windows along the back of the house
1. Dining room - two linked water butts under the dining room window sill
2. Kitchen window - outdoor tap and drain under the kitchen window
3. Studio window - big glass sliding wall from floor to ceiling, opening out onto the dining area of the terrace.
You see, nowhere there to hid stuff 'under the windowsill'.
The Clematis Montana is on the back fence, under the big ash tree up on the Shady Bank - can't keep junk up there - it'd block the 'hedgehog gate' under the fence and stop the hedgehogs getting in.
No ivy - by agreement with the neighbours - when we moved here there was ivy up to the eaves and in the attic, not to mention fences covered with ivy at least six feet thick - which fell down in a heavy rainstorm two weeks after we moved in
You see, no hidey corners ... not once we'd got rid of that lot ...
Last edited: 31 July 2016 21:36:03
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Made me laugh that I bought GW magazine and found an advert for the forum where it said you'd find "lively discussion". I snorted! "Lively" is a fair description ha ha!!
I've got a spotty step, mine's a lime and white livery with a Dunelm label (suspect these are churned out somewhere overseas with different labels on). It replaced a white one that I'd had for years that unfortunately decided to disintegrate whilst in use leaving me prostrate on the kitchen floor. Luckily it wasn't far to fall.
@dove,
i see what you mean by square garden and no where to hide stuff. I have similar situation too And i failed miserably to hode stuff behind sweetpea tower. I am asking hubby to get garden shed and put it a couple of feets ahead of fence so i can hide things in it and behind it!
you lot are normal for me or atleast i can be home here ?
We have a clematis-covered trellis bin store in the front garden - the wheelbarrow lives there with the bins, secured by a chain and padlock - just in case. That's the only place we have to put things where we can't see them, and it's full up now
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
What about getting a plastic lean to. You'd be up to speed in no time at all
A clapped till! The very thing!
Newb we're "normal" on the other threads too...just a different kind of normal.
My pal always used a Lack table from a well known cheapo furniture store to stand on and then one day I got on it and all was fine till she handed me my big heavy hammer action drill.....Obviously the final straw. In my defence...it had been sitting out in the rain.