the daydream fund challenge thread

Itismehonest

Sounds like a great way to spend a February Sunday, lir..... except the gritting, of course

lostinrates

It was fun:). I have suggested she come on the day the pretty village has open gardens....very good value as lots of gardens open. One in particulR is amazing, but there are a few gems.....i wonder if any other daydreamers are close enough to warrent a little meet up? In the morning there is a nearby car boot too. Carboot morning, open garden afternoon.....dh and i could whizz up some light lunch if no one minds eating in the wreck with the critters....


Oh, and alfie rhinks dh wouldn't kill himself with her canoe, so he really wants it now .

lucielle

Davesnave wrote: »

Mypex or Phormisol ground cover as used in commercial polytunnels/standing out areas etc is made up of woven plastic and it does fray at the edges. We fold it over when pinning it down with ground staples. It's not great fun when a piece wraps itself around your brushcutter head!

Anyway, I'm presuming that's what you have. Usually it has lines woven into it to assist the placing of pots in straight lines.

Although these ground covers may seem thin, if you have one of the genuine brands above, they are the strongest, apart from Terram, which is landscaping fabric, really meant for going under pathways & drives.

Not cheap either.....our last roll was about £300, but it's done a lot.

I advised them it needed to be tough as the dogs and kids will probably walk on it, even though I've asked them not to. I have 3 large beds and with work, OHs business and all the trappings of 4 kids etc I find it hard to keep it how I'd like. My plan is to cover it with the matting and roll it back as and when I have anything to plant. I'm trying not to have as much weeding to do and just to keep up with it. It's one of the things I put on my bucket list, as I approach a milestone and new decade, was to have a good veg patch.
L

Itismehonest

lucielle wrote: »

I advised them it needed to be tough as the dogs and kids will probably walk on it, even though I've asked them not to. I have 3 large beds and with work, OHs business and all the trappings of 4 kids etc I find it hard to keep it how I'd like. My plan is to cover it with the matting and roll it back as and when I have anything to plant. I'm trying not to have as much weeding to do and just to keep up with it. It's one of the things I put on my bucket list, as I approach a milestone and new decade, was to have a good veg patch.
L

In some areas we've planted through Terram but that's mainly where we've used plants in areas that are gravelled.

ukmaggie45

Rozee, meant to say this before but had a rotten couple of weeks and not posting much...

You mentioned having a boot room. How about a toilet and shower room off it? That way muddy kids don't have to come into house to use the loo, and they and dogs could be showered if VERY muddy before coming in. We have a shower room off our utility room, very small, just shower, wash basin and loo. With GrandTwins being boys we wanted somewhere to hose them down (we hope they'll want to come and stay with us when they're bigger). There's a door to side patio from utility, so it's possible to not have to come into house proper to use loo etc. Reminds me must try and take photos of it now it's more or less finished (still need to get towel rail/ring chosen and put up).

alfie_1

equals........great day !!:D:D:D many thanks

chalk,chateau,chooks and choc....:rotfl::rotfl:

lostinrates

We noticed yesterday, but isn't the white horse filthy atm!

Was lovely to have you alfie...and i didn't keep calling you alfie today, lol.

Rummer

lostinrates wrote: »

Was lovely to have you alfie...and i didn't keep calling you alfie today, lol.

I'm impressed you managed to call her by her proper name . As planned I managed to spend a couple of lovely hours in the garden planting a wee heap of things I had bought in the sales and ones that I had been sent by Choille.

The horror patch is looking a bit clearer but there is still a long way to go and the garden bins and our compost bins are now filled to bursting

alfie_1

evening all....
i hope those of you who've had snow have not been too badly hit !!
my brother in kent says they have about 6" of the fluffy stuff at the mo...... i actually would like some here...it can just land on a 500m perimeter round my house

i feel all renewed after my day out...:)
AND i can vouch for the realism [and NOT artistic licence !! ]of LIR's DH real skinny dip in arctic conditions to "rescue" geese...:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
ive "seen " the evidence ...so to speak..:rotfl::rotfl:

OMG i have got to stop eating the cake !!!!:eek:..........:D

choille

I tried to dig over a bed but it was frozen like concrete - found that surprising somehow.

We shifted a wood pile & need to finish that off tomorrow so there's room for a fresh one & reversing of tractor & trailer this week - seem to spend my life moving wood from one pile to another. Spent a time trying to tidy up pots with dead stuff in em - seem to be living amidst mayhem still.