Daydream thread continues.....

lucielle

lostinrates wrote: »

Mower woes here too davesnave, finally dry enough to get the ancient new 'garden tractor' out and it seems to have something wrong with the drive belt? It won't go forwards any way. Dh, who knows NOTHING about anything mechanical, thinks the drive belt is loose. Co
Uld kick something really could.

If you want any help send a pm and I'll get OH to reply as he mends 'em
L

lostinrates

lucielle wrote: »

If you want any help send a pm and I'll get OH to reply as he mends 'em
L

Thats fabulous lucielle. I will do that, probably later this evening. Just crashing after a day spent getting up to monkey business with alfie.

Rummer

LIR and Alfie, hope you had a fun day today!

Another gorgeous sunny day here so we spent another afternoon in the garden. The creeping buttercups are everywhere, there must be thousands of them all through the beds and the grass. My new gardening gadget is great at ripping them out but the numbers are overwhelming.

We topped up the raised beds and finally got the asparagus planted, which is a weight off my mind as the box has been sitting in my kitchen making me feel guilty. It was lovely using our own compost again, my OH never ceases to be delighted at the start of each growing season to see he has made soil!

It is now raining quite heavily which is great as the garden was starting to look dry and it saves me having to go out and water it. There is still so much to plant and organise but I am definitely on track!

alfie_1

lostinrates wrote: »

Alfie delievered The Icing for The Cake today.

there you go,magic wants to see the monkeys.....:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

alfie_1

hi all, i am kernackerood...:D

going to LIR's should come with a health warning.....if the calories in thier cakes dont get you, the laughing will...:rotfl::rotfl:

i ache .....

and I didnt get to see any monkeys...:( i think maybe choille does as she's always losing/nicking the buttons !!;)

marvelous? magic?

Davesnave

Glad to see you two had a great time yesterday, on what was even a passable day, weatherwise. That's a very tropical lily pad that dog dog is standing on, and are you sure there were no monkeys? There's something hairy in the bottom right of the frame!:D

I'd love a lake or pond here, but without weather like this all the time, it wouldn't be likely. In a previous life, I used to fish on some of the ponds around lir's nearest town and dodge the Intercity 125s as I moved from one to the other. :eek:

We've had a pretty quiet few days, with DW getting the first real planting of perennials & shrubs done out at the back. Most of the new area there is still full of couch grass, but she's cleared a bit (she thinks!:rotfl:) by hand.

As for the rest of the two newly-cleared areas, with all this rain the weeds are coming back with a vengeance and the stones near the surface are showing up better. I'm starting to pick those, but there are many thousands to shift. Thankfully, the soil here is a compensation. I once saw a garden with more stones than ours in the Teifi valley, close to the river, but theirs were round shingle, none as large as a golf ball, whereas ours are rough things, anything up to the size of a brick.

Anyway, we shall never have to buy any more hardcore for the base of paths etc and we do have that 25 tonnes of lovely stuff from the village that was parked here a few weekends back.

rozeepozee

Rummer wrote: »

Well yesterday was a mammoth gardening day

I took my weed remover out and filled the garden bin with those creepy buttercups :j. It is gorgeous and sunny again here so far and I am hoping to have another day getting the garden in shape. The hedge needs done and there are still parts of the grass needing cut.

Maybe if I am really enthusiastic I will get the shed cleared out so I can reclaim my potting shed

Oooh, that sounds satisfaying. Have you got one of those Fiskars things that they've been advertising on TV recently? We have lots of creepy buttercups and dandelions and I'd like something that makes the task easier. Instead I got to work on the Sticky Willy. Cleared a big patch of that. I'm really struggling for what to tackle first though. How do you guys "plan"?

Rummer

rozeepozee wrote: »

Oooh, that sounds satisfaying. Have you got one of those Fiskars things that they've been advertising on TV recently? We have lots of creepy buttercups and dandelions and I'd like something that makes the task easier. Instead I got to work on the Sticky Willy. Cleared a big patch of that. I'm really struggling for what to tackle first though. How do you guys "plan"?

Yes I got one of the Fiskars weed removers and it was a fabulous investment It truly makes short work of dandelions, daisies and creeping buttercups. Not only does it haul out their roots it is great fun to use. Sticky willow is another thing we have a problem with, although it is confined to the back garden.

I do not so much plan as flit from area to area so that I do not get bored (or sore). For example over the last couple of days I have cleared two beds and planted up a heap of things but I probably only spend 15 mins per task before moving onto a new one. That way I get three projects done

rozeepozee

Rummer wrote: »

Yes I got one of the Fiskars weed removers and it was a fabulous investment It truly makes short work of dandelions, daisies and creeping buttercups. Not only does it haul out their roots it is great fun to use. Sticky willow is another thing we have a problem with, although it is confined to the back garden.

I do not so much plan as flit from area to area so that I do not get bored (or sore). For example over the last couple of days I have cleared two beds and planted up a heap of things but I probably only spend 15 mins per task before moving onto a new one. That way I get three projects done

Woo hoo! I didn't need much of an excuse to buy one of those... I'm hoping my five year old will like it too.

And, yes.. I really need to get back into the yoga. I never used to get this stiff when weeding.

Rummer

It is the first time that the three of us have fought over who gets to weed the garden :rotfl: