Soldato
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Work in progress. Trying to make it a bit more interesting rather than just a rectangle of grass.
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Work in progress. Trying to make it a bit more interesting rather than just a rectangle of grass.
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Apologies for the lateness, It's been OK, weathered a little bit on the bottom of the fence and shed where we've had heavy rain etc. I'm waiting for the weather to improve and some free time and will touch these sections up.
I won't bore you with the full story, but @HungryHippos is complicit. I had about £100 in One4All gift cards, which I've been trying to find the right opportunity to spend... I decided to upgrade some of the gardening gear. The thing is, they are unlike other gift cards in that they are like a pre-paid VISA..........and then some tit has made it require NFC on your phone. So each time you use it, you have to swap default payment from Google Pay etc etc... and then they don't combine - so you basically have 4 separate VISA cards. This means part payment is required, which basically rules out online. I did manage to get some Gardena hand tools, but I really needed a garden edger and a hand saw. After 50 attempts of ordering from B&Q online, and then a trip to Homebase to find the card machine down, I ended up at Homebase again this morning only to realise they didn't accept One 4 All. FFS. Got back, ended up doing a 30 mile round trip to the only B&Q that stocked what I needed. Get to the section..........no edger in site.........FFS! Luckily a really nice chap went out of his way to search all of the shelves to try and find them, and about 10 days since this desire to buy occured, I ended up with an edger.
/tl:dr. I bought an edger.
So edger in hand I did a bit of tidying up of this concrete path/grass - and the bed beneath the hedgerow which was 90% ivy. Those bushes feel almost dead but they're fighting; I am hoping with less ivy they have a chance.
I also took some semi-accurate measurements to chart out the future garden room. I can squeeze 6x3.5m whilst allowing 1.35m either side of the boundary.
Unfortunately I am very broke, and it is only going to get worse - so this is probably a 5 year plan to build.
/tl:dr. I bought an edger.
So edger in hand I did a bit of tidying up of this concrete path/grass - and the bed beneath the hedgerow which was 90% ivy. Those bushes feel almost dead but they're fighting; I am hoping with less ivy they have a chance.
I also took some semi-accurate measurements to chart out the future garden room. I can squeeze 6x3.5m whilst allowing 1.35m either side of the boundary.
Unfortunately I am very broke, and it is only going to get worse - so this is probably a 5 year plan to build.
Soldato
Due to the soil drying out and contracting. It'll recover once we get some rain.
Will wait to level off the land for MOT type 1 until it rains then!
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I did all my garden digging in march while the ground was soft. Wouldn't fancy it now.
I did keep saying thank god I did the fence in Feb mar as I'd have zero chance now! Never known soil so dry.
I laid the panels down and went along them with a circular saw cutting them into three. Then pull the timber off the horizontal batons, maybe do it on a hard surface or sheet of visqueen to catch the nails.Lads I've been going for about 4 hours and I've got rid of 3 old panels. This isn't progress lol
Just bagged it as I went. Fitted 9 panels into a normal car easily then to go to the tip.
As for the garden it will probably only be the top 100mm which is baked out.
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We made a start on the random bush/weed patch in the back garden and replaced them with some herbs (with help from my wife's friends).
We also saw a stag beetle
Now to do the rest of the garden...
We also saw a stag beetle
Now to do the rest of the garden...
But when does the fire happen?
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Lol, you can use crushed brick as hardcore or stick it on FB marketplace, which seems to be the norm
"FREE ****" i.e. CBA to take this waste to the tip, so chancing my arm someone will clear my crap for me
"FREE ****" i.e. CBA to take this waste to the tip, so chancing my arm someone will clear my crap for me
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Soldato
About to go to a birthday BBQ at a mates and gave the garden a quick water. Few snaps while I did ...
Small greenhouse the Mrs is bringing on various "stuff"
Terrace with the main back border and some veg
Path up to the gazebo past the "woodland area" needs sorting out ...
Flower bed off the terrace
And veg bed to the other side
Few tomatoes against the back wall
Raised veg and salad bed
And the greenhouse
Everything is definitely taking off, will be interesting to see the difference in a few weeks
Small greenhouse the Mrs is bringing on various "stuff"
Terrace with the main back border and some veg
Path up to the gazebo past the "woodland area" needs sorting out ...
Flower bed off the terrace
And veg bed to the other side
Few tomatoes against the back wall
Raised veg and salad bed
And the greenhouse
Everything is definitely taking off, will be interesting to see the difference in a few weeks
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Everything is definitely taking off, will be interesting to see the difference in a few weeks
Yeah, after the crap April/May weather knocking everything back, it seems nature want to catch up now the heat is here.
Could so with a day or 2 of good solid rainfall though... One to wet the dry ground and then another to soak it once it's wet