Funny you should mention cat claw holes in plastic greenhouses Kitty, Flatters seemed to think the fact that the roof sagged when he slept on it for his comfort....until it split! but that then Doris, its days were numbered! I'd been growing the climbers elsewhere in the garden and just dug up a large rootball and dared it to die with a stern look and a good water! It seems to have worked the pergola is now a cat climbing fram obviously!
Good idea about the cold drink....I think its going to be a stressful job, the assisting man doesn't "do" instructions! Explains a lot! I'm taking the lead...think its best, but the good luck is needed for sure! Thanks
I find a pot of something tasty, popped in the slow cooker early morning , and the promise of a good feed and a cooling drink at the end of the job, offered to a select few "handy" invited volunteers, ensures many hands to make light work of tricky jobs.
The slow cooker leaves you free to stay on top of it and oversee the works
Flatters looks very happy with his new balancing beam ?
Very crafty Kitty! slow cookers are great for that aren't they! I'm worried that the person helping, is, hubby, isn't a gravy man though....I know what you're thinking and you're right! He IS an absolute freak! Who doesn't love gravy?!?!
One of my favourites doesn't have a drop of gravy in it Slow cooked spicy pork 'n beans. Lots of spices, chilli and garlic, the sauce comes from a tin of chopped tomatoes. The meat just falls apart like shredded pork
Mmmm Kitty! Is it wrong to want that at breakfast? mind you, I was making a moussaka at midnight last night, had a snooze in the daytime and couldn't sleep so thought I'd get ahead in tonights dinner to free up more daylight gardening time!
Here is a progress photo of my perfumed garden to be on the east side of the house
Now the fences are up the plan is to clear the grass, make a space for a table and some chairs and then plant some of my clematis and roses to cover the fences and fill the place with perfume and hamamelis and winter honeysuckle to spread the colour and perfume thru the year.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
One of my plans is to renovate and raise this border which has had little attention for 10 years and doesn't have many 'exciting' plants in it, except for a tree peony, a couple of clematis and a few bulbs and heucheras:
Everything will be dug out, a couple of tonnes of well-rotted manure and compost added and raised to about 30cm as it is one of the lowest part of my garden which is on clay. Too busy with seedlings and getting the veg plot ready at the mo so it will have to wait until the Easter break!
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Is that all your garden Obelixx, on both sides of the fence? It's a decent bit of space, like the sound of a perfumed garden.
What exciting plants are you planning for your border renovation Bob?
I think I must have done all my previously mentioned projects, or else I've forgotten them...should probably go back and find my earlier post to check.
New project is under the kitchen window, it has a tea tree in it but there really isn't enough room. Will wait til autumn to move it, but I think they are a bit tender so still thinking where best to put it. Initial thoughts to replace are sidalcea, geums and potentilla, just because I have so many spare Maybe a nice yellow hellebore also ?
That's just the east side VS. There's a new hosta and hydrangea planned for here, to the south of the house and the left of the gates - lowest and dampest part of the garden.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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Funny you should mention cat claw holes in plastic greenhouses Kitty,
Flatters seemed to think the fact that the roof sagged when he slept on it for his comfort....until it split! 
but that then Doris, its days were numbered! I'd been growing the climbers elsewhere in the garden and just dug up a large rootball and dared it to die with a stern look and a good water! It seems to have worked 
the pergola is now a cat climbing fram obviously! 
Good idea about the cold drink....I think its going to be a stressful job, the assisting man doesn't "do" instructions! Explains a lot!
I'm taking the lead...think its best, but the good luck is needed for sure! Thanks 
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I find a pot of something tasty, popped in the slow cooker early morning
, and the promise of a good feed and a cooling drink at the end of the job, offered to a select few "handy" invited volunteers, ensures many hands to make light work of tricky jobs.
Flatters looks very happy with his new balancing beam ?
Very crafty Kitty!
slow cookers are great for that aren't they! I'm worried that the person helping, is, hubby, isn't a gravy man though....I know what you're thinking and you're right! He IS an absolute freak! Who doesn't love gravy?!?!
One of my favourites doesn't have a drop of gravy in it
Slow cooked spicy pork 'n beans. Lots of spices, chilli and garlic, the sauce comes from a tin of chopped tomatoes. The meat just falls apart like shredded pork 
Mmmm Kitty! Is it wrong to want that at breakfast?
mind you, I was making a moussaka at midnight last night, had a snooze in the daytime and couldn't sleep so thought I'd get ahead in tonights dinner to free up more daylight gardening time! 
Looking good so far Wonky.
Here is a progress photo of my perfumed garden to be on the east side of the house
Now the fences are up the plan is to clear the grass, make a space for a table and some chairs and then plant some of my clematis and roses to cover the fences and fill the place with perfume and hamamelis and winter honeysuckle to spread the colour and perfume thru the year.
One of my plans is to renovate and raise this border which has had little attention for 10 years and doesn't have many 'exciting' plants in it, except for a tree peony, a couple of clematis and a few bulbs and heucheras:
Everything will be dug out, a couple of tonnes of well-rotted manure and compost added and raised to about 30cm as it is one of the lowest part of my garden which is on clay. Too busy with seedlings and getting the veg plot ready at the mo so it will have to wait until the Easter break!
Is that all your garden Obelixx, on both sides of the fence? It's a decent bit of space, like the sound of a perfumed garden.
What exciting plants are you planning for your border renovation Bob?
I think I must have done all my previously mentioned projects, or else I've forgotten them...should probably go back and find my earlier post to check.
New project is under the kitchen window, it has a tea tree in it but there really isn't enough room. Will wait til autumn to move it, but I think they are a bit tender so still thinking where best to put it. Initial thoughts to replace are sidalcea, geums and potentilla, just because I have so many spare
Maybe a nice yellow hellebore also ?
That's just the east side VS. There's a new hosta and hydrangea planned for here, to the south of the house and the left of the gates - lowest and dampest part of the garden.
Exciting projects ahead Obelixx, look forward to seeing the end result