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rtandon27

Morning KC!

I'm sure Pippi would not approve, but I also use the same method as redsquirrel & DT - just dig a hole - add some really good soil to it - put the plant or seedling in - then put the original soil minus the stones back over the area. turning the soil just seems like too much work! - but on the up side I've now got a nice pile of stones to be added to the rock garden area in the front.

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RT

PS - potatoes - what a brilliant idea DT - do you think some that have sprouted in the bag would work, or do they have to be purchased seed potatoes?

Karmacat

:kisses3:Okay! Thats what I'll do then just add in some nice compost - focus diy do 20l bags, they're on a direct bus route from me, I can use my trusty little shopper thingy Thank you all :kisses3: the elves are going to have a great sledging run this year

Builder has just been, sorted out stuff to do, which included doing one thing in a much cheaper way, bless him. Shutting down now, working in 5 mins hope everyone has a good day.

Lemon_Tree

i had some clay-ey soil in my front garden and ended up digging in some soil improver. Otherwise i generally do what everyone else seems to do, reuse what's there to the best of it's abilities.

Kittikins

KC - would you recommend your builder? I want to have a handrail put outside my front door as I have a couple of steps to negotiate and don't know where to start looking into it....

Karmacat

Gulp. I would, actually, but its a very individual thing. I've never actually recommended a builder before! Put it this way - I wanted him back to do the next bit of work! And I wouldn't have said that about the builder I had at my previous address.... shall I pm you? Erm, I will if I can find his card again, oops. He was a bit dozy about needing Building Regulations approval for a second toilet, but he phoned his on-call architect and realised I was telling the truth. And he was downright brilliant about finding a way to connect up to the existing drains. And about working around my being so ill last winter - he'd do a little job and then scoot off, or stay longer, as needed. I was quite a little job for him, so he might not do a couple of handrails - I was seeing him today about ventilation bricks, sealing underneath the stairs, and working in the porch area. But there's never any harm in asking

Speaking of which, check out what your neighbours do - I did that in my last place, and I really wish I'd followed their recommendation

Lula-Hula

KC - looks like you have the digging all sorted & yes it is exhausting at first. I full recommend doing it after some serious rain - much easier that when hard ... although if your soil is of a clay persuasion, that might not help.

As to extra soil, I've always fancied making one of those grass armchairs

ZTD

Karmacat wrote: »

:o:o don't you have to register sims and whatnot? And its which buttons to press .... I make these things so big in my head, I don't do them for ages. Eating frogs, as we've been yattering about on FW's thread.

Assuming you're not just using your old sim, then you register it by putting it in the phone, and turning the phone on. If you haven't got a bit of paper with your phone number on, then a few minutes later you'll get a text telling you what your phone number is.

You can then do a top up in the usual manner.

MrsMoo2U

Lula-Hula wrote: »

KC - looks like you have the digging all sorted & yes it is exhausting at first. I full recommend doing it after some serious rain - much easier that when hard ... although if your soil is of a clay persuasion, that might not help.

As to extra soil, I've always fancied making one of those grass armchairs

I did a grass chair in my previous house with extra soil and some turf that I removed. I added some chamomile plants and it was lovely even if I do say so myself. I used to use the hedging clippers to clip it. When I sold the house the girl that bought it loved it too. (or she said that she did). Not really a big gardener but would double digging be the thing to do here? I am sure pippi will be along with wise words when she is back.

Kittikins

Thanks KC, that would be great - I've asked neighbours and friends and have had "ooh don't use Mr X or Mr Y" type recommendations and can't remember who sorted out some work for me 4 years ago who was nice, oops!! I called a handrail specialist company today and they're hopefully going to come and quote in a few days time.

Actually I've just remembered that a lady on the next set of houses up from me has a handrail, so I might go and knock on her door and ask if she knows who put it in, might be before she moved in, but I can but try. Really want to make life easier for me on bad back/leg or bad weather days and it will help OH as well as he struggles to get up the steps every time he comes over, bless his cotton socks

A friend was teasing me that as I've just turned 40, it's all going downhill and has said that I'll be getting a stairlift before long!! Cheeky mare

Karmacat

ZTD wrote: »

Assuming you're not just using your old sim, then you register it by putting it in the phone, and turning the phone on. If you haven't got a bit of paper with your phone number on, then a few minutes later you'll get a text telling you what your phone number is.

You can then do a top up in the usual manner.

Oh! See what I mean about making things harder for myself?:o:o:o Thanks Z :kisses3:

Lula-Hula wrote: »

KC - looks like you have the digging all sorted & yes it is exhausting at first. I full recommend doing it after some serious rain - much easier that when hard ... although if your soil is of a clay persuasion, that might not help.

As to extra soil, I've always fancied making one of those grass armchairs

I did chuck lots of water over the bit I was working on - and it looks like the rain might be on its way, you're right. I'd never even heard of a grass armchair, but I just googled it, and it looks **fab** I'd never manage the velvety grass of the image I saw, but little herby stuff as cherisong did - maybe low growing mint, something like that? - I could do that.

Kittikins wrote: »

Thanks KC, that would be great - I've asked neighbours and friends and have had "ooh don't use Mr X or Mr Y" type recommendations and can't remember who sorted out some work for me 4 years ago who was nice, oops!! I called a handrail specialist company today and they're hopefully going to come and quote in a few days time.

Actually I've just remembered that a lady on the next set of houses up from me has a handrail, so I might go and knock on her door and ask if she knows who put it in, might be before she moved in, but I can but try. Really want to make life easier for me on bad back/leg or bad weather days and it will help OH as well as he struggles to get up the steps every time he comes over, bless his cotton socks

A friend was teasing me that as I've just turned 40, it's all going downhill and has said that I'll be getting a stairlift before long!! Cheeky mare

Actually, when we had to get a stair lift for my dad, *everyone* had a play with it - they feel very insecure at first, but they're not at all, of course :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: but still, deffo a cheeky mare I've put it down in my diary in big letters to hunt for his details (it was a couple of weeks ago I phoned him, he's been working away, and I've mislaid them again, of course).

Anyway, this is my single post on my diary this morning - I'm off in 15 minutes or so, to Grand Designs for my website - cheapish train ticket booked, its a loooong day out of the house for me... hoping it'll be good tho.

Don't do anything I wouldn't do - it leaves you all a lot of scope :D:D