Daydream thread continues.....

Rummer

pink_poppy wrote: »

Rummer, can I ask what type of wood you're thinking of using for your raised borders?? I was toying with the idea of getting some railway sleepers but think the cost will be prohibitive, even though we only have a tiny garden. I want the garden to look nice, but be productive.

We just used pressure treated wood from B&Q it was under £4 per plank and it took two to make our beds. They are not the most glam but they look ok and function well. I would have loved the railway sleeper look but they were :eek: expensive around here and I would not justify the cost.

Mind you our beds are in the side garden and we relax/entertain in the back so the look was not as important to us. If the beds were going to be in a highly visual area and I was planning on staying in the house forever then I would have saved up

rhiwfield

I recall once needing a wee desparately and looking for a public loo. After an hour of vain searching the nearest wall sufficed, even though it was by a busy road :eek:

If you could persuade your bladder challenged dustman to urinate on your compost heap you'd be doing him a favour and getting some free compost activator

Carpish day, sent off nearly 30 parcels, got a heavy and genuine refund request and I didnt win a million on the PSBs .

But got some fruit, veg and meat write down bargains as well

lostinrates

I think I am going to have to look for some sleepers for the new bit of garden, Any hints or tips on where to look?

Prefer untreated, but could use treated.

Rummer

lostinrates wrote: »

I think I am going to have to look for some sleepers for the new bit of garden, Any hints or tips on where to look?

Prefer untreated, but could use treated.

We found a few national companies but prices did not vary hugely. Sometimes ebay/gumtree have good prices or you could try local reclamation yards. Ours sometimes has them in.

Itismehonest

lostinrates wrote: »

I think I am going to have to look for some sleepers for the new bit of garden, Any hints or tips on where to look?

Prefer untreated, but could use treated.

MVF always source them when we need them, LIR. They often have them in stock.

lostinrates

Rummer wrote: »

We found a few national companies but prices did not vary hugely. Sometimes ebay/gumtree have good prices or you could try local reclamation yards. Ours sometimes has them in.

Well, I 'll google the nationals then. Fwow, we have loads of sleepers making up our barn walls, so could raid them if price is really too high, but...barn walls kinda help too

Itismehonest

Not stopped raining here although the really torrential stuff eased off about 11am. Personally I don't believ a word of th BBC's promises that we're in for a spell of dry weather :rotfl:

It's not that TV weather forecasters aren't bothered about our part of the world but if you live one side or other of the Bristol Channel you've long given up hope as you're permanently behind the weatherman's bl**dy pointing arm :mad::rotfl:

Rummer

I have been cleaning all day and I am fed up the downstairs is nearly done but the upstairs is a bit more :eek:. When I was young we were always told to start the new year the way we mean to go on and that included a clean and tidy house. Not that we ever manage to keep it up all year :rotfl:

Mind you I have planned a HUGE and DELICIOUS dinner for later

choille

30 parcels rhiwfield - that's really good. Managed to get everything I needed listed so fingers crossed.

We will be getting all the telegraph poles from my hill apportionment & my share off the commons so about 5. I want to make a screen, !!! trellis thingy. but there'll be plenty left over......sure I'll find a use.

It's a white out will hail blizzarding through now. Just got back in from sheeps & egg check, so that was good timing.

alfie_1

evening all

well its been raining all day here and the wind is strong...
a huge oak tree was across the road this afternoon en route back from ma and pa's :eek: main road through beaulieu.
one vehicle at a time could get round it but tail backs were mounting. when i got close i thought it odd that cars were passing it then having to stop again??? some very intelligent [?] lady was parked in the road 20yds past tree on the phone !!!! poss calling emergency services BUT WHAT A PLACE TO STOP !!!! THE CHAP IN FRONT OF ME WAITING ,HAVING GOT PAST THE TREE, GOT OUT, THUMPED ON HER WINDOW AND SIGN LANGUAGED HER TO MOVE....:rotfl::rotfl:
[sorry left capitals on ]

im amazed theres not more tree's down round me... maybe speaking too soon

my ducks leg seems better, slight limp but out in the garden again.

im on taxi duty tonite for son and friend i cant be arsededed to go out and am quite happy sat by the fire...im getting to be an old fart :rotfl::rotfl: