Local lass
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What did you do in your garden today?im absolutley pooped,my back is killing me and i am in desperate need of a bath but feel good what i have achived today.
collected the horse manure which was some fantastic stuff and well rotted.
filled up the tin bath ready for my rubarb,
compleaty cleared out of plants and dug out the soil ready for my potted herb garden.
and weeded all the flowr beds.
also found a mouse in my compost bin
but took a fantastic photo of it.
so what did you do i yours today?
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kathy27
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We are re-arranging our garden, knocking down a couple of the aviaries, re painting the ones that are left.....so i thought it would be a good idea to get a paint sprayer thing! what no one told me was not to use it when the wind was blowing towards you  (common sence, i know...but im a women and wanted to play) the bloke next door couldn't look at me without laughing, i didnt know just how much of the stuff i had over my face!!!
Cant wait till i do all the fence aswell!!!
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Clunk
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Moved the kids play house 1 foot towards the house.
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Local lass
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are they any good kathy?
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kathy27
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They are great fun! and i think if you doing a fence it would be better, but i was doing the bits of wood on the aviary so it was going everywhere including all over me
I done one of the sheds yesterday (between the hail) and its much quicker than using a brush.
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Chepfer
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Looked down and noticed the grass seed that i planed a couple of weeks ago is now looking green and lovely. Dug hole at bottom of fence post to see why it's leaning ..... it's rotten, ohh theres some fun for the weekend ahead.
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Martin Peck
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Nothing and I'm a gardener. Decorating the kitchen & utility instead.
Martin
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Local lass
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weeded all the front,cleared,dug and replanted a load of daisys(properly killed the lot of them)
also emptyed all my pots what had tulips and crocus in and trimmed the bulbs up to re use in the borders and flower part of the garden for next year.
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Angel
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I potted up my tomato plants, planted bizzy lizzies, pricked out my cosmos that were getting tall, planted some flowers in my wild garden and planted lettuce and cabbage plants in the veg patch.....enough for one daynd now I'm knackerered 
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kathy27
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we are still doing our ****** garden! on the fixing up stage now, got the new patio down, just gotta point it, and build the bbq.
Then gotta start on the other side of the garden
Do you ever wish you'd never started a job in the first place?
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Clunk
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I prepared my garden for the summer.
I swept it. 
My front garden needs weeding, but I ran out of napalm.
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Chepfer
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Emptied Pond i had 27 fish, a hoard of frogs and some (common) newts. All have gone to new homes.
Took liner out and discovered more frogs .
Going to start bashing the walling in tonight and fill it in and grass over the top - shame i know but a 4ft deep pond and a one year old and 4 yr old ....well they just dont mix do they !
Then it's on to tackle the massive bush !
Anyone want any pond plants ?
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Clunk
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My Mum keeps hinting at me clearing out her pond again. I do it every spring.
I would never of built her the pond if I knew I would be cleaning it for the next 8 years.
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Angel
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I would love some pond plants Chepfer if you have some spare, I dont have a large pond but a few more plants would be good.
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Chepfer
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I hate to say it Angel but last night "Over the garden fence" my lovely neighbour asked what i was doing with them. She's taken pretty much most of them off of me !
I do have 1 x Water lily and 1 x Grass . The grass is quite a big plant, im not sure what species it is but it looks quite nice. The Lily is a single plant and they're both yours if you want them !
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Local lass
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chepfer why not put that in the swap secion??? :lol:
i am absolutely knackered choped down a conifer tree ,my god dont i know it ,conifer is one of two things that i am alergic to despite wearing gloves my hands are the size of base ball mitts :lol:
also chopped down a big bush.
left both stumps in the ground.
the soil around the conifer is really sandy.
i have cleared it because i want to put my pumpkins,squash and marrows there .
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Clunk
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Built a trampoline in mine today.
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Angel
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Yes please Chepfer my lily has just died off so I would love it
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GTB
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| Clunk wrote: | | Built a trampoline in mine today. |
I've got to erect a trampoline in the next week or so (we bought the thing from Focus months ago and it's still in the box). Is it one of those trampolines which has it's own protective net surround? If so, what are they like to assemble??
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Clunk
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| GTB wrote: | | Clunk wrote: | | Built a trampoline in mine today. |
I've got to erect a trampoline in the next week or so (we bought the thing from Focus months ago and it's still in the box). Is it one of those trampolines which has it's own protective net surround? If so, what are they like to assemble?? |
Yes. This one is only 4 foot Diameter.
Your fingers will hurt if it is toggles like mine. The bigger ones have springs round the outside which are easier. But these toggles....... :evil:
It will need two of you. We found it easier to put it on its side to do the toggles. And keep to opposites.
Oh my poor fingers. . . . . .
Although, the kids old 3foot square trampoline thing is now available if anyone wants it. Bit discoloured as I have lots of trees behind the house, but otherwise fine.
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Clunk
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Lol @ Harris Sausage Supremo.
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GTB
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Cheers, Clunk. :wink:
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Local lass
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Mowed the back lawns and strimmed ,dug the rest of the area i was clearing .
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Chepfer
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Lobelia is now in , as are the geraniums i bought at the car boot sale this morning ......... Have Tomato's, cucumber, corgette, squash and peppers to go in ....... need to take up the inside floor of the greenhouse though as i want to plant in to the ground this year .. not growbags !
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Angel
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I always plant my tomato plants in pots I cant abide grow bags, my lettuce are in and the sweet peas, sunflowers, cabbages, I have cosmos to put in the garden now that I grew from seed, its never ending but great fun and well worth the effort :lol: :lol:
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GTB
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| Chepfer wrote: | | Lobelia is now in , as are the geraniums i bought at the car boot sale this morning |
Car boot sales are one of the best ways to get good cheap plants.
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Local lass
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| Chepfer wrote: | | Lobelia is now in , as are the geraniums i bought at the car boot sale this morning ......... Have Tomato's, cucumber, corgette, squash and peppers to go in ....... need to take up the inside floor of the greenhouse though as i want to plant in to the ground this year .. not growbags ! |
i have three squash plants to put in later,along with 2 pumpkin and 3 marrow.
i plant mine with a bit of horse dung.
we have a comp against me my dad and my brother to see who can grow the biggest pukin.
they were all planted at the same time and all the same variety so the results will be intresting.
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Chepfer
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It's all going to my head now.... must be the weather !.
Last night i cut down a small tree/giant shruc, kind of looked like a euronimus (think it's called that) it was about 15 foot high and massively bushy , so need to take that to the tip tommorrow night as it's open till 8 !.
I need to fill in a gap now though, it's about 10ft wide 3 ft high and on top of a wall, so might even fence the upper half and leave the stone wall exposed underneath !.
Car boots sales, are great for plant, i was at dauntsey on sunday and bought loads !. Though i will say that trotmans are very very reasonable for plants, i know generally they are a little more for most things.... but for plants they are cheaper than the market, locally produced and real top quality !.
What next .. hmnnn .. big area of soil needs grass seeding .. a little late i know but got to be done !
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Martin Peck
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I've planted about 33 tubs with bedding and several hanging baskets up. Lawns are all sorted. Everything is mulched all I have to do in the summer is cut the grass and drink copious amounts of wine. First BBQ tomorrow night. Forget the veg thing far to like hard work we have a great organic farm up the road.
Martin
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Angel
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I have planted out all my cosmos and nicotiana that I grew from seeds, then did some weeding
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Local lass
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whats nicotina?never heard of them.
reprotted all tomatoes,peppers and chillies,also some herbs.
Thanks to nigel we also now have beans,leeks planted and the garden dug
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Martin Peck
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Nicotiana are tobacco plants but dont get excired you cant smoke them. Good to grow near a patio or a door as it is very scented,
Its an annual but sometimes regrows from the roots,
Martin
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Angel
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The flowers petals take the shape of rolled ciggies hence the name as Martin says they smell lovely
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kathy27
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At long last i got around to doing my front garden today :lol:
My back is killing me, still got some more to do yet, then back to the back garden to finish that off
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Block67
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 - topping up the swimming pool, measuring up for a pheasant run (haven't told Kathy yet!  ), then going to have a nice relaxing afternoon in the pool, it's boiling in our back garden!
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kathy27
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WHAT pheasant run??????
We have just got the garden nice, now you want a bl**dy pheasant run!!!!
what do i get then 
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Block67
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The pool is ready!
 - did i not tell you about the pheasant run? It's going behind the swimming pool on the last bit of free space we have, going to keep the small trees that are there, so you won't notice, honest!
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