Daydream thread continues.....

rozeepozee

I've bought £100 worth of that weed surpressing stuff that you guys recommeded. I'm working on a strip of land that runs down the east side of the North East facing garden/orchard. I think that's the correct orientation, anyway. It's where Tommy grew his veg apparently. It's about a metre wide and about 150 feet long (sorry for mixing my measures, I was born on the cusp of metrification!) Currently very over grown with... just stuff: ivy, geraniums, grass, alpine strawberries, the inevitable buttercup.... I'm hoping if I can cover it well for the next few months, I can pop some raised beds in there and perhaps in the back garden which is SE facing. The advantage of the NE facing garden is it gets a surprising amount of sun because there's very little shade in this strip, but it'svery sheltered and although there's a lot of space for growing in our field which runs south and southwesterly, that's wher the wind comes in off the hills too....

I've not quite got my head round the aspect bit of gardening yet, especially where we have a five acre plot with none of the normal challenges you get from urban gardens such as over looking and shading from neighbouring buildings. Yes, the North ish facing side of the garden gets a lot os shade from the house as far as the house casts a shade, and from some of the trees, but that still leaves a fair bit of the garden which doesn't and is ? therefor plantable? Can anyone give me an idiots explanation?

lostinrates

We have heating.

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I could almost weep. Hopefully hot bath next week

Rummer

lostinrates wrote: »

We have heating.

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I could almost weep. Hopefully hot bath next week

What wonderful news! We have been without heating in years gone by and it really wears you down. Enjoy your warm home and all the relaxing bubble baths to come :j

Itismehonest

lostinrates wrote: »

We have heating.

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I could almost weep. Hopefully hot bath next week

:j Great news.
Even a strip-down wash becomes significantly more humane if the bathroom is warm :cool:

COOLTRIKERCHICK

lostinrates wrote: »

We have heating.

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I could almost weep. Hopefully hot bath next week

:dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance:


yay:T:T:T:T:T:T.... you will be walking round in just your bra and knickers as it will be so warm:rotfl:

lostinrates

Itismehonest wrote: »

:j Great news.
Even a strip-down wash becomes significantly more humane if the bathroom is warm :cool:

Ah, well....

The bathroom radiator has been a bit of a casualty in the whole thing.

Personally I would rather a bathroom rad then a bedroom one (we sleep with window open almost every single night) but some how, somewhere the pipes were cut. It can be replaced...but next year.

alfie_1

LIR.... congrats :T:T

mind you that could mean that youve set the kitchen on fire...;) :eek: :rotfl::rotfl:

you will soooooo enjoy that 1st bath...:D:D

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

We have heating.

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I could almost weep. Hopefully hot bath next week

Hurrah! :jSo it was just some valve balancing or whatever, then?

If anyone deserves some proper heat and hot water it's you. Now please spend the whole week revelling in it!

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

Hurrah! :jSo it was just some valve balancing or whatever, then?

If anyone deserves some proper heat and hot water it's you. Now please spend the whole week revelling in it!

No....there was a lot that had to be changed to day. The valve and another expansion tank...that makes the third! And some electrics need rejigging.

They got it working earlier, then announce near the end of the day they would have to turn it off because of the pressure, The builder seemed to have a sudden increase of pressure too, saying this was ridiculous to say this after all plumbing shops had closed and the system was meant to be complete and then the heating people remembered they had one in the car and produced the expansion tank needed.

Phew!

Davesnave

rozeepozee wrote: »

Have you tasted the berries? They are a taste sensation!

No, but I think mine are still too small, or maybe the blackbirds got there first. I'll have to stop off at Morrisons next time I'm en route to Bournemouth. :rotfl:

rozeepozee wrote: »

I've not quite got my head round the aspect bit of gardening yet, especially where we have a five acre plot with none of the normal challenges you get from urban gardens such as over looking and shading from neighbouring buildings. Yes, the North ish facing side of the garden gets a lot os shade from the house as far as the house casts a shade, and from some of the trees, but that still leaves a fair bit of the garden which doesn't and is ? therefor plantable? Can anyone give me an idiots explanation?

Many house gardens are so short that a north facing garden may remain in the shade of the house for much of the time, but as you've worked out, in a long garden to the north of a building, there are places where shade makes little or no impact. My friend had a garden like that in Bath, so as our gardens were both flat, the majority of her 'north' garden was just as good a growing place as my 'south' one.

All other things being equal, slope matters. A garden that slopes significantly towards the north or east will never be as warm as one sloping to the south/south west. Here, we slope about 10 degrees due south, which is pretty good, but I'd guess vines etc would like it steeper.

I wouldn't!:rotfl: