This wasn't gardening but was a job outside that needed attention. The slates on our roof are rough finish concrete, so attract moss on two...
Too wet for golf or gardening, even the hedgehog didn't bother to pay us a visit as it's rained on and off for the last twenty-four hours. I did...
I've not been idle, I got the paint for the pot movers. I've been watching tennis and cricket on TV. In between, I've been practising my putting...
I'm looking at this today. So no gardening. [IMG] I might go to the village for some green spray paint and re-spray the tatty pot movers. I...
Listeners to BBC radio over the years often tuned to the weather forecast. They also gave a "shipping forecast." Which also gave the strength of...
I often have Easyo yoghurt my wife makes up as a sweet, with M&S blueberrys.
We have had those Actimel "immune support" Yoghurts, daily for years. I've no idea if they do any good or not. I just buy them as "they're on the...
I actually took off the castors this afternoon, some needed a mole wrench to get the pins out. They are now all in a box and I've cleaned and...
Very strong winds last night plus a lot of rain. Had a check round this morning. Fortunately, no fence panel damage. This can happen if what some...
What's "a day off?" My brain always finds me something "that needs doing."
Only did a bit today as it looks like rain. Pruned off more of next door's trees, with my Fiskars UPX 86. telescopic pruner I bought last last...
Thanks for that. I usually do a video tour each year, but was unable to upload anything to YouTube for over a year. So there wasn't one last...
If the soil's dry, as it should be when you use it, they should come out of the top of the tines. But today as it was wet they were staying in the...
My lawn tiner arrived and I tried it out. [IMG] [IMG] It took a bit of effort to go in as the soil is quite wet and compacted under the...
Just had a check around. It's reasonably warm with occasional sunny spells. Our acer palmatums are coming into leaf. This one we've had for...
It's a shopping day today and wet, so won't do much in the garden. But yesterday I dug out this old hedgehog feeder from the shed. The previous...
I know my lawn would benefit from tining. I usually do this with a garden fork. At my golf club they have a machine that hollow tines the greens....
Yes, we're calling it "Rambo." Digressing Over thirty years ago Citroen produced two versions of their 2CV, "Dolly" which had flower graphics...
I gave the back lawn a feed and sprayed all the roses with a rose tonic. There's nothing else that needs attention at the moment. We had a...
As the hedgehog hadn't visited our garden for three days, I took the feeders away on Friday. We had a visit on Friday night! [IMG] But it...
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