Daydream fund challenge part 4

lostinrates

Urgh,

It seems to me that when I get in my car for a long drive ( the type I don't do any more) the sun comes out. Home and shattered I'm thinking of next week where I am out three days:( and thinking that it should mean two potential garden days but I'm just hoping for days sunny enough to sit out there. Don't think I'll be moving anywhere unfortunately.

azzabazza

Lovely afternoon weather wise today. For some reason felt a bit 'off; this morning but after a half hour snooze after lunch was raring to go! Have given the back garden a really good tidy up and forked over the soil. The worst part was pigeon corner near the bird feeders. They really compact the soil. Heading off to Ireland on Tuesday for a week's child minding so glad to have got this done before I go.

choille

Bit drizzley at times today but got stuff done indoors. Coolish wind but not a bad day - feel jiggered now.

phoebe1989seb

Lovely sunny day here, so finally finished the first mowing of the lawns :T They look tons better and I can't emphasise enough what a twit (replace *i* with *a*) our vendor was leaving such an amazing space to go to wrack and ruin the way he did.....grrrr!

Also started on painting the family bathroom. This is quite a nice room - originally a bedroom I'd say from its size - with painted panelling to the lower half of the walls, but the wallpaper was very 1970s (in a bad way - teensy floral print in palest baby blue) - not our taste at all. At least it was smooth though - again unlike the blooming woodchip ceiling - so easy enough to go over with a coat of Craig & Rose

About to sit down to one of DH's homemade Indian curries now.....yum!

Rummer

Ferretkeeper what gorgeous goats and kids, you must be so proud

Dave glad to hear the house is ticking along, it will be so lovely when you are in and your grandson is exploring all your new space. There are a number of Dave plants thriving in my garden

Choille how exciting that the house is getting places

Alfie great news about the boot sale, hopefully the next will go as well

CTC the piglets are just gorgeous

LIR I always seem to be busy when the weather is good and it is so frustrating!

Phoebe you always seem so busy and I am sure you will help the garden return to its former glory

azzabazza sounds as if you have had a productive day

Rummer

Been a good gardening weekend I got all the back beds dug over and some bedding plants popped in which should give us a real show of colour as the summer goes on.

We have extended our soft fruit area and planted a full season selection of raspberry bushes as well as creating a new strawberry bed. I also laid paths round our raised beds so there is less grass to cut.

Today I started on the very sad greenhouse. It has been left neglected the last couple of years so I started to clear and clean altough it will take quite a while to sort.

Not planted anything yet so I need to get that rectified this week or I will miss the season again! Not going overboard this year just a few different things to get planted that we can enjoy as the summer goes on.

Davesnave

Glad a number of the plants are thriving, Rummer. I don't grow much that's difficult nowadays!

DW is off to see GS again this week, so I have a 'to do' list as long as my arm...none of it gardening! Things are getting easier for our DD1 now, but Sam is a busy bee and doesn't sleep much in the daytime. His Mum was similar; indeed, we had to attend what was called 'Sleep Clinic!'

The cats are very confused now we've changed bedrooms. You'd think they'd be used to all this disruption now, as it's all they've ever known.:rotfl:

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Rummer, sounds as though you are really focused, and got loads done...


well yesterday afternoon plans went a bit aol lol..


loads of youngest's mates turned up in their cars, my parents turned up, our best friend turned up, and our mate the 'rat terminator' turned up too, talk about a full house, well land lol.. so we were talking most of the time the youngsters and 'the rat terminator' compared guns, hubby cut down a huge tree, the boys shot a pidgeon, and decided to go all bear grills and prepare it with a blunt knife... to be cooked on the huge bomfire we had ready to light , but the fire was not going to play... only burnt a bit..


so no garden digging lol.. but a good time had by all...


Davesnave is the list short enough for you to sneak off into the polytunnel??


I loved being in the greenhouse and sowing the seeds this weekend.. I think that is one of the most relaxing/injoyable things I like doing.. if I could just plant seeds, take cuttings and play around with potting compost all day with the radio playing and a nice cup of tea on the go I would be a very happy bunny lol

Better_Days

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

I loved being in the greenhouse and sowing the seeds this weekend.. I think that is one of the most relaxing/injoyable things I like doing.. if I could just plant seeds, take cuttings and play around with potting compost all day with the radio playing and a nice cup of tea on the go I would be a very happy bunny lol

Yes, it's incredibly soothing to the soul isn't it?

Davesnave

Better_Days wrote: »

Yes, it's incredibly soothing to the soul isn't it?

It is when you can get in there!

Did the impossible yesterday evening, pleaded:o and arranged a plumber today for horse woman, whose hot water tank had burst. :A

This morning she tells me she's cancelled him, and her son will do it instead.....

Don't you just love old people! :rotfl: