No point seeding until the ground temps are at least 10-12°C for an extended period else the seed wont germinate or will germinate only for cold temps to return and kill the seedlings.
What "man jobs" have you done today?
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No point seeding until the ground temps are at least 10-12°C for an extended period else the seed wont germinate or will germinate only for cold temps to return and kill the seedlings.
Does the water sit on the surface or is it just generally wet. If it stays wet you might need extra drainage rather than just aerating the soil.
Same issue over here so this is something I'll be looking to do around May-July time when I'm free. I either sort the drainage issues etc out or lay artificial grass down and I'm leaning more towards the latter.
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Yeah, this is a last attempt before having to dig up lots more!
Cleaned the windows inside and out.
Transplanted some wildflower seedlings from the plug trays into bigger pots. I sowed some wildflower seeds into plugs trays a couple of weeks ago with the idea to fill in any bare spots on the wildflower area I sowed last year. The Corn Cockle germinated in about 4 days in the kitchen and the others are starting now (2-3 week germination I think). Anyways, the Corn Cockle was at 2 leaf stage last week so I left them another week and then separated them out and into bigger pots to give them more room and to continue growing. I'll put them in the wildflower area around April time so they should hopefully be a decent size by then.
Got about 3 plants there. Looking a little sorry for themselves at the moment due to just moving them and watering them in (why the compost looks like mud) but should hopefully perk up in the next day or so as they establish themselves.
Transplanted some wildflower seedlings from the plug trays into bigger pots. I sowed some wildflower seeds into plugs trays a couple of weeks ago with the idea to fill in any bare spots on the wildflower area I sowed last year. The Corn Cockle germinated in about 4 days in the kitchen and the others are starting now (2-3 week germination I think). Anyways, the Corn Cockle was at 2 leaf stage last week so I left them another week and then separated them out and into bigger pots to give them more room and to continue growing. I'll put them in the wildflower area around April time so they should hopefully be a decent size by then.
Got about 3 plants there. Looking a little sorry for themselves at the moment due to just moving them and watering them in (why the compost looks like mud) but should hopefully perk up in the next day or so as they establish themselves.
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Just more space for storage of all the things you don't want to get rid of. Lol
I know, I've been there, but in the house
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Threw the false wall up and did the final first fix on the plumbing for the toilet.
Unfortunately the boarding on the hip sticks out like a sore thumb so I'll probably end up uPVC cladding or something anyway. It'll do for now at least.
Ceiling has had a first coat and I've got the paint for the other walls so radiator can go on forever.
I'll then overboard the chipboard with 6mm tileboard and first fix the bath.
Then I can do the waste and soil...and order the tiles.... Had enough now
Unfortunately the boarding on the hip sticks out like a sore thumb so I'll probably end up uPVC cladding or something anyway. It'll do for now at least.
Ceiling has had a first coat and I've got the paint for the other walls so radiator can go on forever.
I'll then overboard the chipboard with 6mm tileboard and first fix the bath.
Then I can do the waste and soil...and order the tiles.... Had enough now
That's a big letterboxThrew the false wall up and did the final first fix on the plumbing for the toilet.
Unfortunately the boarding on the hip sticks out like a sore thumb so I'll probably end up uPVC cladding or something anyway. It'll do for now at least.
Ceiling has had a first coat and I've got the paint for the other walls so radiator can go on forever.
I'll then overboard the chipboard with 6mm tileboard and first fix the bath.
Then I can do the waste and soil...and order the tiles.... Had enough now
Did you even out the wall before fitting boards?
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Isn't the final fix the second fix?
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Yeah with the false wall framework. It is now perfectly straight.
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Very confusing convo. I thought the wall was gay.
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How would you chaps attach tileboard to the floor? I have 18mm chipboard base. Can I just use regular 4x30mm wood screws? I can use regular floor screws and go into the joist too.
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Superglue and old hair clips…..
Just get my wife round and she'll glue it down with her hairspraySuperglue and old hair clips…..
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Old chewing gum is good too….old skool caretakers used to hate it lol
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Cheers chaps super useful.
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Got the eaves vent in and put the ceiling on. Paints all done now too. Just held up by the waste pipe/soil pipe and tiling now. Thank god.
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Got the eaves vent in and put the ceiling on. Paints all done now too. Just held up by the waste pipe/soil pipe and tiling now. Thank god.
Over the weekend I did another batch of kindling with the kindling cracker
Then decided to, finally, get round to putting guttering round the second log store, so, of course , it hailstoned
Then decided to shift the remaining logs from the big store into it, to get more exposure to the sun and free up the big store for the next batch of home processed timber
Full to the brim
And still enough left over to go into the third store
And another long overdue chore ..
We have two compost bins I made from some old pallettes
The problem is they are in the chicken run and the chickens like nothing more that scratching about in it and throwing the compost material out - therefore we have no compost
Decided to make some frames to sit on top
Stapled some mesh over them and into place
Not pretty, but di the job. They were slightly more complicated as the bins ain't square or flat ....
Having the larger holed mesh I'm hoping grass cuttings, chicken bedding / waste can still be thrown in without having to remove them but still keep the chucks out
Then decided to, finally, get round to putting guttering round the second log store, so, of course , it hailstoned
Then decided to shift the remaining logs from the big store into it, to get more exposure to the sun and free up the big store for the next batch of home processed timber
Full to the brim
And still enough left over to go into the third store
And another long overdue chore ..
We have two compost bins I made from some old pallettes
The problem is they are in the chicken run and the chickens like nothing more that scratching about in it and throwing the compost material out - therefore we have no compost
Decided to make some frames to sit on top
Stapled some mesh over them and into place
Not pretty, but di the job. They were slightly more complicated as the bins ain't square or flat ....
Having the larger holed mesh I'm hoping grass cuttings, chicken bedding / waste can still be thrown in without having to remove them but still keep the chucks out