We had our garden stripped out a couple of years ago so that is very much still a work in progress. Garden is 150 ft long. Every time I think I've decided what to do with a section, somebody (her indoors) comes up with an alternative idea and I'm back to square one!
Have to admit that her ideas to date have all been good ones, but I don't tell her. She'll get ideas above her station if she discovers I've said that.
Sounds like a significant change, Ladybird. When you say flowers are they mostly going to be bulbs/perennials or a mixture of annuals?
Its going to be perennials Bob but if the odd Foxglove or other biennial pops up it will be encouraged. And it will be completely devoted to bee and butterfly plants - I'll keep the nettles for the back garden where various caterpillars can munch to their hearts delight!
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Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
You mean the standard female tactic! There's a Country Music song which has a line in the lyrics "I've got her right where she wants me"..... nothing new there. I've been married nearly 40 years so I guess I'm nearly trained by now.
Thanks Bob. Raspberries and blackcurrants all in. Not quite sure exactly where the apple should go, so it's waiting until tomorrow.
As for my dog - no photoshop involved - my constant companion, and anytime I'm working in the garden, if ever I feel that I need a ball, there's never far to look....
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Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Last Christmas we had our bathroom re done,looks really nice. All tiled, new shower. Had to have a pump for the shower because it works off the mains. Had the downstairs toilet done. At the moment having a new boiler put in,not a combi and new radiators. In the garden, wallflowers to put in and tulip bulbs.Got to move a lot of gooseberry bushes,they need more space so putting some in the front garden.Might buy a damson tree for the front.Hubby says that there's too much grass so slowly I'm digging it up,but not all of it.
I've done nothing but projects since I moved here three years ago. The 'garden' was ugly slabs, ugly gravel and some fence enclosing a little bit at the back. I've put in around 25 /30 metres of new fence, all painted, plus a line of raised beds of different heights and sizes along the angled fence from the back door to the back fence and along the rear fence, moved the gate, moved the shed, made new gates for the front and side, made new borders along the boundary, planted a hedge round the front garden, made a privacy screen with two raised 'boxes' at the ends, laid a new lawn, made a pond and finally made a new border (work in progress) along the back of the side extension built this year...
I got builders in to do that last bit.....
I now need a rest
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Ha! That's an epic amount of work, Fairy! I must admit to flinching slightly at the thought of so much painted fence. Our last house used to have one and it was tedious having to repaint it every year just to keep it looking good (not bad?). It does look good when it's painted though.
Logan, central heating is a pain. We've replaced almost every single component in our central heating (even some of the radiators). Our [power] shower is (currently) fixed on to a thin plywood spacer that hides the foul pipe, so it's sinfully noisy!
I spent last night casting my own mini-pond on my rockery. I have exactly zero tools for doing cement work, largely because I don't want to buy any, so I usually end up using a trowel and my fingers. I mixed up some cement and poured it in the pond area then put a plastic sack over it and filled it with water in the hope that it would force the cement up the sides and create a bowl that I can ultimately fill with pond water. The 'pond area' is a mound of soil with some rocks laid over it, the rocks stack up on the top which allows for a slightly deeper pond (esp. with some of the centre of the mound dug out). It was pitch black last night when I was working so had to use a torch, but it means I haven't taken any photo's yet. It gives me the option of hiding and not sharing or ever come back on this forum if my idea fails in style!
Ha! That's an epic amount of work, Fairy! I must admit to flinching slightly at the thought of so much painted fence. Our last house used to have one and it was tedious having to repaint it every year just to keep it looking good (not bad?)
..and it's all double sided too, Bob
A concrete liner's a good idea, but I'm not sure how well it would get pushed up just with liner filled with water. Perhaps if the mix was very soft , but it would take a while to go off I think. Let us know how you get on though
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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We had our garden stripped out a couple of years ago so that is very much still a work in progress. Garden is 150 ft long. Every time I think I've decided what to do with a section, somebody (her indoors
) comes up with an alternative idea and I'm back to square one!
Have to admit that her ideas to date have all been good ones, but I don't tell her. She'll get ideas above her station if she discovers I've said that.
Tut tut KT53. Of course she could just be pretending that she doesn't know and is using reverse psychology to get you to do exactly what she wants!
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You mean the standard female tactic! There's a Country Music song which has a line in the lyrics "I've got her right where she wants me"..... nothing new there.
I've been married nearly 40 years so I guess I'm nearly trained by now.
Congratulations for that KT53. I think you've got it about right
Thanks Bob. Raspberries and blackcurrants all in.
Not quite sure exactly where the apple should go, so it's waiting until tomorrow.
As for my dog - no photoshop involved - my constant companion, and anytime I'm working in the garden, if ever I feel that I need a ball, there's never far to look....
Last edited: 13 October 2016 16:26:51
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Last Christmas we had our bathroom re done,looks really nice. All tiled, new shower. Had to have a pump for the shower because it works off the mains. Had the downstairs toilet done. At the moment having a new boiler put in,not a combi and new radiators. In the garden, wallflowers to put in and tulip bulbs.Got to move a lot of gooseberry bushes,they need more space so putting some in the front garden.Might buy a damson tree for the front.Hubby says that there's too much grass so slowly I'm digging it up,but not all of it.
I've done nothing but projects since I moved here three years ago. The 'garden' was ugly slabs, ugly gravel and some fence enclosing a little bit at the back. I've put in around 25 /30 metres of new fence, all painted, plus a line of raised beds of different heights and sizes along the angled fence from the back door to the back fence and along the rear fence, moved the gate, moved the shed, made new gates for the front and side, made new borders along the boundary, planted a hedge round the front garden, made a privacy screen with two raised 'boxes' at the ends, laid a new lawn, made a pond and finally made a new border (work in progress) along the back of the side extension built this year...
I got builders in to do that last bit.....
I now need a rest
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Ha! That's an epic amount of work, Fairy! I must admit to flinching slightly at the thought of so much painted fence. Our last house used to have one and it was tedious having to repaint it every year just to keep it looking good (not bad?). It does look good when it's painted though.
Logan, central heating is a pain. We've replaced almost every single component in our central heating (even some of the radiators). Our [power] shower is (currently) fixed on to a thin plywood spacer that hides the foul pipe, so it's sinfully noisy!
I spent last night casting my own mini-pond on my rockery. I have exactly zero tools for doing cement work, largely because I don't want to buy any, so I usually end up using a trowel and my fingers. I mixed up some cement and poured it in the pond area then put a plastic sack over it and filled it with water in the hope that it would force the cement up the sides and create a bowl that I can ultimately fill with pond water. The 'pond area' is a mound of soil with some rocks laid over it, the rocks stack up on the top which allows for a slightly deeper pond (esp. with some of the centre of the mound dug out). It was pitch black last night when I was working so had to use a torch, but it means I haven't taken any photo's yet. It gives me the option of hiding and not sharing or ever come back on this forum if my idea fails in style!
..and it's all double sided too, Bob
A concrete liner's a good idea, but I'm not sure how well it would get pushed up just with liner filled with water. Perhaps if the mix was very soft , but it would take a while to go off I think. Let us know how you get on though
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...