The revenge of the stripey socks - a DFW adventure

hampsterpoo

fayjmck wrote: »

Yeah thanks
WIll think about it - problem with me is I don't do grass.

Bit of a problem for a gardener - but I guess if I only had a couple of folk to look after it might be ok.


Hope work is ok xx

thank for the run :j :j :j :j :j :j :j :T :T :T :T

you didnt do grass ,
now you have BRB you will do grass ,:j :j
anyone nearish to you who has as much grass as you might be interested in you doing theirs as well , could help pay for the upkeep. :T

Our friend has a lady gardener , she used to do the oldies either side of her and so now she does all three the same day,
, they all garden themselves so she doesnt actually have to do that much , I always think thats a bit like having a cleaner and tidying up before they arrive cause theres a mess :rotfl: :rotfl:

Uniscots97

Fay, just checked you out on ebay. Hope you have some stuff for sale soon. Interested in tomato plants too. I never have any luck growing them myself. Potatoes yes, tomatoes no.

Uniscots97

fayjmck wrote: »

Unix - yeah I only sell on ebay at the mo - was thinking outloud kinda....I find ebay ok for plants as its easy to do stuff - 'orkneyflowers'

Lucille - sell them at the 2-4 true leaf pair stage - about 3-4 inches tall......pipsqueaks really but they germinate so well -

Not sure about whether this is feasible where you are but I remember when I went to Skye they had stalls set up so people could buy things before leaving the island. Plants included. Tended to only be peak season and popular times like easter, bank holidays etc.

Pippilongstocking

Unix - thanks for that - seriously looking into farmers markets I did really well with these before - so might give them a go later in year - I need to ring the bloke today.

xx

Pippilongstocking

Quick update today

Nowt much to report in finance wise

All cheques and DD's are off from last month and now this months round begins........

BRB payment has cleared so now its all ours - whaoaoaoaoa evil laugh. HP you might be right about BRB - already had a couple of folks ask about a timeshare deal - but will see.

Darwin needs some tlc this month so I might need to put some money to his upkeep and see about sourcing foam for cushions etc. And of course I need to do his insurance and tried various ways through quidco and its a no goer - hes a specialist insure - bless him

Paid another £5 over to the hairy scary maclairy loan

Hope you are all good and well and fine.

Uniscots97

going to ask a silly question (I was probably asleep and missed it), who's Darwin?

Lemon_Tree

i never thought about soaking sweet pea seeds in water first.
I know spring is on it's way because i've started to get people to collect their toilet roll tubes for me, and their pop bottles.lol
Back garden is looking fab. we've filled up the built up beds and have mortared pebbles round the water feature. when we emptied the veggie patch in the front we found some baby garlic so that's been transplanted - must have been the stuff planted last year which didn't seem to do anything.
trying to sort the are which was grass, it's now just compacted mud with us walking all over it. I know seeding it would be cheapest but i've read that you can't walk on it in the first year is this true?

well done on payment to scary maclairy loan

Pippilongstocking

unixgirluk wrote: »

going to ask a silly question (I was probably asleep and missed it), who's Darwin?

1988 vw campervan (blue)- newest addition to our family - was pressie for my 40th

Named partially after Charles Darwin
Named partially after the monkey from the wild thornberries

Part monkey - part scientist - funny enough that seems mighty suitable in our house.

I am an earth monkey (chinese sign), a bit naughty (other part monkey) and a bit scientisty.


Can't get photobucket to work from work, so will upload a photo of him later.


Lemon tree

Grass probably looks worse than it really is. If I were you - I'd reassess after you have finished the other bits of the garden. If its really patchy then you can always rake it and throw down some seed. Reseeding a lawn in a night mare - if its wee and its crackered - you might just be better with turf. My thougths (for what they are worth) is that is wont be as bad as it looks now. Get finished up, make sure the 'lawn' bit is tidy enough and leave it for a week or two to see how it responds. Come early april if its awful - you can tackle it then.

Sweet peas have a really hard seed coat - so you can either rub them with sandpaper or nib the side of them - to help break the coat, or if lazy like me you can soak them in (initially) warm (but not boiling) water and that way the seed coat gets softened and the water gets into the seed and it pops it way out of the seed coat when it imbides the water.

Pippilongstocking

hurrah hurrah hurrah - just added darwin as my avatar photo

Karmacat

Hello! Just found your thread after a mention from Bob ..... I've only managed to read the first few pages so far, but wanted to pop on and say hi .... part monkey part scientist sounds great to me. And I *do* like Darwin .... my ambition, in a couple of years time, is to pop off round the world, or at least Spain, in a camper van. Anyway, just wanted to :hello: