That's the best niece ever made. Keen doesn't even begin to cover it. She's a star and those are her granda's waders over her own shoes. A tip I got on tinterweb when I discovered that waders don't come smaller than a 6. (My neighbour is Mr Daiwa!) Her in the pond takes a two and I take a four.
I got some cracking photos of her that day but I couldn't post them. Let's just say "Diddymen" and leave it at that!!!
RB I'm all for muscly chaps if you know any. I'll put seats on the bandstand and sell tickets! Can't wait!!!
Clari once upon a time I decided to have a lovely bedroom and nothing would do me but it would be 100% cotton. None of your auld polycotton easicare rubbish. Well it was snowy white and beautiful and I made lavender water spray and I ironed and I ironed......and it was crispy and gorgeous and now I'm finished with that. Now if it behaves itself I wave the iron in it's general direction and the 100% cotton is in the wardrobe...ironed and lavender scented.
I know someone who irons their sheets after they go on the bed! How's that for a cunning plan?
Was going to ask if you is in the Fens pp but you said "it rains a lot here" so it can't be. I've a similar story, been here just over 2 years and doing the house in the winter and the garden in the summer. Took over lots of giant .... er ....well everything is giant, it's good soil 'yer. This is a Cow Parsley that I cut off to stop it seeding - yeah, I know, it's Giant Hogweed isn't it? It (ahem, THEY!) was about 6' tall when I cut it off (of course I could have tiny hands but believe me, they're the same size as my enormous Dad's hands - I'm not dainty!).
This is a Philadelphus that I'm lazily "restoring". It barely flowers on the end of overgrown shoots of about 20'. Jack is a Lancashire Heeler so just bigger than a Jack Russell but he's too busy to model!
Here's a shot showing the dearth of foliage! I plan to cut all that old nonsense out of there if I can be bothered after it couldn't be bothered to flower!
And I thought I'd finish with a little gem that caught my eye ... sorry about the cut grass, spoils it a bit I thought.
My Philadelphus was like that when I found it amongst the brambles. I sacrificed it for last year and cut it to the nub! This year it's about 2 1/2 feet tall and covered in buds. Still can't get the ground elder out from among it though. I have that giant cowweed hogparsley stuff. I strim it into submission. I strim everything!!!!
What happened was .... I have a twisted hazel/willow (not sure) which sheds in high winds so hubz and I are in the habit of picking bits up off the grass and putting them near/in the incinerator. This has been done ...ish ..by one or the other of us then I was mowing (I know, sorry but it was a while ago) and put the lid on to save me knackering the mower and hey presto ... a thing of decadent beauty! Rejoice!
Cloggie. I gave up on strimmers years ago. They are irritating useless pieces of plastic. When I moved here I hoked IUPofP from under the keek in my garage and set off up the hill. I'd strimmed about 2m when it exploded and bits including the motor head bit flew all over the place just missing my legs! I may have said a bad word. Can't remember. I was left with a stick and a dangly bit and a decision to make.
I knew with the scale of work ahead that I needed a strimmer or something. Electric was out of the question because no amount of cable would reach the far end of the garden but being a feeble girlie I didn't think I could manage a petrol one. I consulted with my LOCAL lawnmower guy and he sorted me out with a cheapish, lightish one and it's the best thing ever. I can strim for about an hour (with ear plugs , two minutes without!) and that gets loads done. I also bought a brushcutter attachment for it. You've seen the pics . It was a considered purchase but worth every penny. It's been worth it's weight in gold. It uses 3mm line which means it doesn't break every two mins and has a bump feed which works most of the time.
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That's the best niece ever made. Keen doesn't even begin to cover it. She's a star and those are her granda's waders over her own shoes. A tip I got on tinterweb when I discovered that waders don't come smaller than a 6. (My neighbour is Mr Daiwa!) Her in the pond takes a two and I take a four.
I got some cracking photos of her that day but I couldn't post them. Let's just say "Diddymen" and leave it at that!!!
RB I'm all for muscly chaps if you know any. I'll put seats on the bandstand and sell tickets!
Can't wait!!! 
Muddle; you may find a car wheel in the grass if you look hard enough but you will never take my ironed bed sheets from me!
Will do MU. But I want her back.
Clari once upon a time I decided to have a lovely bedroom and nothing would do me but it would be 100% cotton. None of your auld polycotton easicare rubbish. Well it was snowy white and beautiful and I made lavender water spray and I ironed and I ironed......and it was crispy and gorgeous and now I'm finished with that. Now if it behaves itself I wave the iron in it's general direction and the 100% cotton is in the wardrobe...ironed and lavender scented.
I know someone who irons their sheets after they go on the bed! How's that for a cunning plan?
Was going to ask if you is in the Fens pp but you said "it rains a lot here" so it can't be. I've a similar story, been here just over 2 years and doing the house in the winter and the garden in the summer. Took over lots of giant .... er ....well everything is giant, it's good soil 'yer.
This is a Cow Parsley that I cut off to stop it seeding - yeah, I know, it's Giant Hogweed isn't it? It (ahem, THEY!) was about 6' tall when I cut it off (of course I could have tiny hands but believe me, they're the same size as my enormous Dad's hands - I'm not dainty!).
This is a Philadelphus that I'm lazily "restoring". It barely flowers on the end of overgrown shoots of about 20'. Jack is a Lancashire Heeler so just bigger than a Jack Russell but he's too busy to model!
Here's a shot showing the dearth of foliage! I plan to cut all that old nonsense out of there if I can be bothered after it couldn't be bothered to flower!
And I thought I'd finish with a little gem that caught my eye ...
sorry about the cut grass, spoils it a bit I thought.
My Philadelphus was like that when I found it amongst the brambles. I sacrificed it for last year and cut it to the nub! This year it's about 2 1/2 feet tall and covered in buds. Still can't get the ground elder out from among it though. I have that giant cowweed hogparsley stuff. I strim it into submission. I strim everything!!!!
I sold my strimmer for a quid because it was crap. What strimmer do you have and would you recommend it? (close your ears slothers!)
Cloggie, is your incinerator under control? It appears to be munching happily on the undergrowth...
Didn't see you there, Lantana. I suppose that's another way of looking at it...
What happened was .... I have a twisted hazel/willow (not sure) which sheds in high winds so hubz and I are in the habit of picking bits up off the grass and putting them near/in the incinerator. This has been done ...ish ..by one or the other of us then I was mowing (I know, sorry but it was a while ago) and put the lid on to save me knackering the mower and hey presto ... a thing of decadent beauty! Rejoice!
Carry on everyone, nothing to see here....
I knew with the scale of work ahead that I needed a strimmer or something. Electric was out of the question because no amount of cable would reach the far end of the garden but being a feeble girlie I didn't think I could manage a petrol one. I consulted with my LOCAL lawnmower guy and he sorted me out with a cheapish, lightish one and it's the best thing ever. I can strim for about an hour (with ear plugs , two minutes without!) and that gets loads done. I also bought a brushcutter attachment for it. You've seen the pics
. It was a considered purchase but worth every penny. It's been worth it's weight in gold. It uses 3mm line which means it doesn't break every two mins and has a bump feed which works most of the time.
I love it.
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