Daydream fund challenge part 4

Davesnave

Glad you've seen some good progress today, choille. I expect your plasterer will see rectification of the earlier work as a challenge and rise to it.

A stair must be a great leap forward too.:T Would a chandler's be the best place to find thick rope? It's horribly expensive, especially the nylon copy of jute, but sadly, a much longer-lasting product, especially out of doors.

Our builder is having a week off from our job, so we're attempting to catch up. Today we moved almost all the furniture and stuff that was crammed into my den and stuck it in the new en-suite, which is a decent size for storage. This will enable the electricians to wire up the den next, ready for the plumber to fit the boiler.

Before the plumber, I have to demolish the old brick wall that separated the den from the garage, now superseded by a cavity wall built behind it from the garage (en-suite) side. The brick wall was none too good, and it was easier to just do a new one than attempt a repair.

Our vegetable & fruit gardening is very slow this year. Normally, we'd have the first tomatoes by now, but we're still weeks away.

I can't help you with your lawn question, alfie. We are still working with grass which was part of the field, so you can imagine what our 'lawn' looks like! :o

alfie_1

hi all..... very quiet on yere..........:cool:


well I worked all day then went to a house in lym to sort out linen ! it was still on duvets etc from a house move. I bagged it all and took it to the cleaners as requested.. it is posh expensive linen .....


I then went and bought load of bedding/planting mulch and some more 6x. ive potted up 5 big tubs of roses.lobelia,geraniums,begonias and cornflowers [told you I mix it up !!] then I filled 4 troughs with similar but also other random plants.
im making the patio outside the sun room pretty for mum


I also picked up big dog on the way home, got him for a week.


just finished watering pots and im filthy..:rotfl: me finks a barf is needed


working tomorrow but finishing early to take mum to hospital for another biopsy [skin C] she is so good, just gets on with it each time .. shes had 4/5 ops now


right barf and then food

Fay

Sounds like good progress is being made by everyone.
Choille be great to see some pictures now as it sounds like you're now moving on a pace.
Dave I am also very behind with my veg. I actually bought tomatoes plants this year, the cordons. Have grown some bush from seed but they really really behind.
Alf, your garden is a great size and I agree I would take out those big trees too. Then see what you have and what else you want to do. Maybe start on the planting in the first part now? What about a blue and white border...saw some amazing agapanthus today as there's a display in Birmingham City centre, I think it'd by the parks department who won at Chelsea this year. Their agapanthus were incredible. You could also have albums, some perennials, appropriate tulips then too with the whites?

I've been in training today and yesterday for a new therapy I am training in. I'm tired but fired up by it. But haven't done much because of it. Just fed plants but I am pleased as I think I've got some buds coming on a pot of white agapanthus I bought this year at Malvern. They were just a big clump of roots with some tiny green shoots when I bought them. I didn't think I would get flowers this year and I doubt I will, but there are signs of possible buds!

Davesnave

Agapanthus will take any amount of bad behaviour from owners. How do I know? Well, we have these plants that I potted into a large container in 2009.....:o

Mrs Dave has gone to help her Mum with something for a couple of days and I was due to do the shopping, so the ranch was deserted for most of the day.

On my return, I found we'd had a couple of trailer loads of hardwood delivered, so that's the logs all sorted out for next winter.:D

Now we just need a new wood burner, but I'm still tearing my hair out over which make/model to buy. I quite like this:

http://www.stovesareus.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/d/o/dovre_vintage_35_multifuel_stove_defra_badge2.jpg

but it's a bit pricey. Reminds me of the old TV we had.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Hahaha I see what you mean re- TV looking .. Looks quite retro in a wired way.

alfie_1

I love LIR's woodstove/cooker... it looks like a woodstove not a cooker if that makes sense


I used to have a "little wenlock" years ago and it belted out the heat and enough room for a pot on top for casserole/joint slow cook.. and of course a kettle for a cuppa ...

alfie_1

meet my new garden buddy..... madame hog

rozeepozee

I love hog, Alf. CUTE!


Does anyone remember me complaining about my field full of creeping buttercup? Well, I had a friend who works for Natural Resources Wales come and look at the patch recently. We'd love a traditional meadow rather than a field of creeping buttercup. Great news is it is mostly meadow buttercup and it sits alongside at least 40 other species of wild flowers. I am so chuffed about this. We've now just got to start managing it a bit.....

alfie_1

hiya rozee... you've seen the barrow of wild flowers on here and my FB... those seeds are/were amazing ! they have all self sowed again and also in the garden .. I cant remember the make/company but worth every penny. they do ones for different circumstances.. ie bees, birds etc. I will get make if of use to you.

lostinrates

alfie_1 wrote: »

I love LIR's woodstove/cooker... it looks like a woodstove not a cooker if that makes sense


I used to have a "little wenlock" years ago and it belted out the heat and enough room for a pot on top for casserole/joint slow cook.. and of course a kettle for a cuppa ...

As well as the ironheart ( which would be a bit big compared to wat you are looking at)

I thoroughly recommend our vermont intrepid. Top points.....very easy to load, not much bending over ( good on stiff days), takes decent sized pieces of wood, And still has a hot plate on top.

It IS pricey and the fitter told me our economising on not getting an enamelled one was actually a good thing because the enamel in the paler colours doesn't look that great very quickly.