Soldato
Yeah the Fiskars is great kit - love it !
That sounds fantastic, have a few tree surgeons i try and tap up for new stuff to season myself and then get the log man for seasoned stuff. Jelly you can get it freely!
What "man jobs" have you done today?
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Yeah the Fiskars is great kit - love it !
That sounds fantastic, have a few tree surgeons i try and tap up for new stuff to season myself and then get the log man for seasoned stuff. Jelly you can get it freely!
I'm not disagreeing with you, but my tactic has always worked in the past. The ants are nowhere to be seen a day or two later and this tends to remain for a few years.
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I finished digging out a stump (I started last year). It only took an hour in the end. I spent the rest of the day out in the garden weeding, mowing and generally tidying up.
The next two weeks will be clearing the back garden - skip arrives tomorrow.
a) final old pond brickwork removal
b) sand removal
c) break up a concrete reinforced pier
d) move a large stack of 7.3N medium density blocks (probably 100 blocks or so)
e) landscape the lawn back to the right levels
f) Cut out about the top 10-20 cm of the 3/4 ton pier base in the garden, cut the rebar and then bury the rest.
g) First BBQ in 2 years.
a) final old pond brickwork removal
b) sand removal
c) break up a concrete reinforced pier
d) move a large stack of 7.3N medium density blocks (probably 100 blocks or so)
e) landscape the lawn back to the right levels
f) Cut out about the top 10-20 cm of the 3/4 ton pier base in the garden, cut the rebar and then bury the rest.
g) First BBQ in 2 years.
Soldato
I help my brother out when he needs a labourer occasionally so not completely free but I enjoy working outdoors so it works out well.
These jobs give me such a mental block. Like, I need to do about 30 mins worth of grouting in the bathroom. I've put it off for almost a year now.
Soldato
Nothing too big this weekend. Got the pressure washer out and cleaned both cars and the decking. Hung a small mirror in the downstairs toilet and that's about it 
Soldato
Got some lots from teh garden centre, placed them and measured up for trellis above them
Fitted the Mrs' thermometer in the greenhouse
Didn't take a before pic, but emptied the compost bin and cleared the area / removed the bin
Cut the bin (vertically) in half
Put some additional blocks in the corner for added strength and put them back down the side of teh chicken coop
The compost was then spread over part of one of the beds
Neatened it up a bit!
Fitted the Mrs' thermometer in the greenhouse
Didn't take a before pic, but emptied the compost bin and cleared the area / removed the bin
Cut the bin (vertically) in half
Put some additional blocks in the corner for added strength and put them back down the side of teh chicken coop
The compost was then spread over part of one of the beds
Neatened it up a bit!
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Chainsawed some broken branches off a tree and sawed them up.
Also took a lizard the cat had caught off him.
Also took a lizard the cat had caught off him.
Soldato
Just building myself up to go in garage and clear a space around oil boiler -Take some of the paneling down that surrounds it as man is coming to service it -He came last week to fix a oil leak but didn't have correct knozzle to do the service then.
I have a Worcester/bosch and it's the biggest load of carp I have ever bought - I do long for my old hot water tank and basic oil boiler with a minor one burner. That was faultless for over 20 yrs.
ps - that is another £200+ bill
I have a Worcester/bosch and it's the biggest load of carp I have ever bought - I do long for my old hot water tank and basic oil boiler with a minor one burner. That was faultless for over 20 yrs.
ps - that is another £200+ bill
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Soldato
Annual spring pressure washing. Always amazed how much better it looks! Lots of re-pointing needed though.
Especially with the swept grass.
Especially with the swept grass.
Soldato
I'm curious, does that grass need an outdoor or indoor robot?Annual spring pressure washing. Always amazed how much better it looks! Lots of re-pointing needed though.
Especially with the swept grass.
Soldato
Indoor robot.
I have been known to dig out the shed wet n dry vac. Nothing makes you look more ridiculous than hoovering the lawn
Today I looked everywhere and realised I probably never bought a hammer 
aren't they supposed to be in the shade?
Soldato
Nothing in the instructions and it is in the shade some points of the day, others not, just like the greenhouse in general
if it's directly in the sun it won't be the ambient temperature of the greenhouse
seems they shouldn't be directly attached to a building either if you want an accurate reading
https://www.e-education.psu.edu/meteo3/l3_p10.html
Soldato
You can see when the midday sun reaches into my kitchen and hits the thermometer:
Obvious false readings of 25-30 degrees. And that's a white plastic unit!
Obvious false readings of 25-30 degrees. And that's a white plastic unit!
Soldato
All very scientific but we are taking an electronic / digital thermometer in a greenhouse not a liquid in air thermometer next to a heat radiating building.
I'm sure for flagging when the windows may want opening or a small heater popping in over night to avoid a frost it's fine
