Picked Strawberries and Tomatoes.
Was going to water but I think I'll wait.
Sprayed for White Flies
Was going to water but I think I'll wait.
Sprayed for White Flies
What did you do in your garden today?
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Took some brush to the landfill this AM and did some cleaning in my garage. A little bit of weeding in the garden from a few maple trees popping up for those maple twirly things. Kicked around my compost and made a sketch for the next woodworking project to sell. Watered the new garden I made for dill. Excited to make some dill pickles and pickled garlic, peppers etc. Also going to start another batch of black garlic after supper.
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It was "shopping day" today so did nothing else before lunch.
Yesterday, my wife decided she didn't like these in the hanging baskets in the hall. They were already climbing three feet up the support chains after a couple of months So I took them down.
It was a question of where to put them.i
I repotted them, putting them in larger plastic tubs and they are now under the kitchen window.
I've lateral wires above them so eventually they'll look quite good when they climb.
But I'm not in favour of "plastic" in the garden, so I've ordered for them, another trough like this, it's one of the two. either side, of the tea-house steps.
It was still sixty quid with free postage as they were back in January when I bought these. With a couple of coats of Dulux mahogany wood stain, they are wearing well, as they are well made.
I've got more than enough paint, for the new one, but I'll have to make little feet for it, as the fall of the patio means that in a heavy downpour, some rainwater will gather in this corner to a depth of an inch or so before it drains away through the holes in the curtilage wall.
Whilst I was out shopping I called into Dobbies and bought a couple of peace lilies, I re-potted them and they're up in the hall. So job done and I can watch the tennis on TV.
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Yesterday, my wife decided she didn't like these in the hanging baskets in the hall. They were already climbing three feet up the support chains after a couple of months So I took them down.
It was a question of where to put them.i
I repotted them, putting them in larger plastic tubs and they are now under the kitchen window.
I've lateral wires above them so eventually they'll look quite good when they climb.
But I'm not in favour of "plastic" in the garden, so I've ordered for them, another trough like this, it's one of the two. either side, of the tea-house steps.
It was still sixty quid with free postage as they were back in January when I bought these. With a couple of coats of Dulux mahogany wood stain, they are wearing well, as they are well made.
I've got more than enough paint, for the new one, but I'll have to make little feet for it, as the fall of the patio means that in a heavy downpour, some rainwater will gather in this corner to a depth of an inch or so before it drains away through the holes in the curtilage wall.
Whilst I was out shopping I called into Dobbies and bought a couple of peace lilies, I re-potted them and they're up in the hall. So job done and I can watch the tennis on TV.
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Our hanging baskets are just ceramic pots, into which I drilled three holes to take the chains.
They are extremely heavy, so the "eyes" at the top of the chains are screwed through the plasterboard of the ceiling into noggins I fixed between two rafters in the loft.
They are extremely heavy, so the "eyes" at the top of the chains are screwed through the plasterboard of the ceiling into noggins I fixed between two rafters in the loft.
Started at 5am. Watered everything then started cutting the lawn. Built/put up some cages and weeded. Whipper snipping then gave my compost a stir. Lots of micro breaks, it's crazy hot today. Now I need to load the truck with some brush and decide what to make for supper. I really want chicken kiev with fettuccine alfredo but that means I have to go to the grocery store to pick up some ingredients.
I replanted some Green Beans. Today. First had to pull Compressor out. Went to start Riding Lawnmower. Battery was dead. Pushed it out and put the Charger on it.
Finally get the Tiller out. My wife gets a call at work I'm Tilling with my Heart condition.
My Heart is about the only thing good on me. Last Physical RHR 50 BPM.
Funny didn't say anything about using one Arm?
Did this and Watered some.
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Finally get the Tiller out. My wife gets a call at work I'm Tilling with my Heart condition.
My Heart is about the only thing good on me. Last Physical RHR 50 BPM.
Funny didn't say anything about using one Arm?
Did this and Watered some.
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Watched the birds on the bird feeder, all sorts of tits, blue, great and willow; goldfinch, chaffinch, robin, barred woodpecker and quite a few sparrows. Even the jackdaw had a go, though mostly he sat underneath and had what the others dropped, along with the blackbirds.
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We have had rain the last couple of days here in the mountains of KYso I've just been sitting under my big sugar maple, watching over the little farm.
My two and a half rows of greasy beans are likening their drink of water. They've climbed three inches or more since Monday up my trellis!!
Also, the rain has brought the fall beans I planted last week up. It looks like I'll be putting up another Bean trellis!!
My two and a half rows of greasy beans are likening their drink of water. They've climbed three inches or more since Monday up my trellis!!
Also, the rain has brought the fall beans I planted last week up. It looks like I'll be putting up another Bean trellis!!
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I need to prune quite a bit of unwanted growth on the wisterias, I only did them a few days ago, but more need pruning off. But it will have to wait until later. I have to stay indoors until DHL call, as my wife would take too long to get to the front door, because of her MS and the driver won't hang about.
We bought this ice-cream maker off the TV shopping channel a couple of weeks ago for getting on for £200. But it's a bit of a disappointment, so it's going back. We quite like using this company for a lot of stuff. You can use something for up to sixty days, then if you decide you don't want it send it back.
All this needed was a phone call to them, last night around 5.00pm. I immediately got sent a pdf return label to attach to the box, (I'd kept all the packing, just in case) and they arranged the collection for today. They pay the cost of transport. I'll get a full refund within a week.
The planter I ordered should be here on Monday. It'll need some "fettling," they are put together with pin nails which I don't consider durable, I have visions of lifting it with two big pots in it and the bottom falling out after a couple of years. So it'll be another three dozen screws to strengthen it like the others, before I paint it.
We bought this ice-cream maker off the TV shopping channel a couple of weeks ago for getting on for £200. But it's a bit of a disappointment, so it's going back. We quite like using this company for a lot of stuff. You can use something for up to sixty days, then if you decide you don't want it send it back.
All this needed was a phone call to them, last night around 5.00pm. I immediately got sent a pdf return label to attach to the box, (I'd kept all the packing, just in case) and they arranged the collection for today. They pay the cost of transport. I'll get a full refund within a week.
The planter I ordered should be here on Monday. It'll need some "fettling," they are put together with pin nails which I don't consider durable, I have visions of lifting it with two big pots in it and the bottom falling out after a couple of years. So it'll be another three dozen screws to strengthen it like the others, before I paint it.
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Guess what?
The trough that was supposed to be delivered on Monday, arrived at noon today.
It's s'pposed to be made of tanalised timber, I always wonder how "tanalised" anything ever is.
The quality was acceptable, but it did need some screws to reinforce the pin nails. They had the effect of "drawing more together." As with the others, the mitred tops weren't lining up perfectly, as they aren't actually connected, but by holding them together with a clamp I was able to make a perfect joint with a screw.
I made some little feet for it from a bit of hard wood dowel.
After a bit of sanding down it was ready for its first coat of Dulux mahogany wood stain, inside and out. The first coat always looks a bit uneven as the paint soaks into some parts and stays on the surface on others, but a second coat tomorrow will fix that.
That's it for today, I've tennis, cricket and golf to watch on the TV.
I did take a lot of unwanted growth off one wisteria before the delivery. I can carry on tomorrow, before we get the promised showers.
This 45 I'd ordered for one of my jukeboxes was delivered early today so I was able to check it out. I've always liked it. it's on an album I've had amongst others of ELO, for decades.
The trough that was supposed to be delivered on Monday, arrived at noon today.
It's s'pposed to be made of tanalised timber, I always wonder how "tanalised" anything ever is.
The quality was acceptable, but it did need some screws to reinforce the pin nails. They had the effect of "drawing more together." As with the others, the mitred tops weren't lining up perfectly, as they aren't actually connected, but by holding them together with a clamp I was able to make a perfect joint with a screw.
I made some little feet for it from a bit of hard wood dowel.
After a bit of sanding down it was ready for its first coat of Dulux mahogany wood stain, inside and out. The first coat always looks a bit uneven as the paint soaks into some parts and stays on the surface on others, but a second coat tomorrow will fix that.
That's it for today, I've tennis, cricket and golf to watch on the TV.
I did take a lot of unwanted growth off one wisteria before the delivery. I can carry on tomorrow, before we get the promised showers.
This 45 I'd ordered for one of my jukeboxes was delivered early today so I was able to check it out. I've always liked it. it's on an album I've had amongst others of ELO, for decades.
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Went and saw vascular doctor yesterday. Nurses have been telling me 'house bound and rest, keep it covered' and changing the dressing every other day. Specialist doctor uncovered it and asked what I thought. I said I would like to get it in the bath and put the hand held shower on it, he said excellent idea, and to pat it dry and let it air for a bit, gave me more advice and a pack of incontinence pads to wrap the wounds in. Then told me to walk as much as I could and otherwise to sit with my leg up, never to sit as one normally would in a chair.
When we got home in the afternoon I had already walked a fair bit at the hospital, but I headed off to the end of the garden and put two old chairs together so I could sit with it up and worked through sorting the trash from the oak tree pruning. I'm back out there
This morning early two reclining loungers for the patio arrived, and I spent a fair bit of the day road testing one. I'll give it five.
In between times I went and looked at the large logs, splits in them have widened in this hot weather and I split one into reasonable thicknesses using a machete, an old axe head, a wedge, and a sled hammer. It will be a while before I use a chainsaw, but I shall have the raw material. I also top dressed my angel's trumpets with a good coat of manure, another walk from the patio to the end of the garden.
It is still all a bit tiring, and with two courses of antibiotics going on, one three times a day, one four, one with food, one on an empty stomach, fairly complicated, but I am back in the garden
When we got home in the afternoon I had already walked a fair bit at the hospital, but I headed off to the end of the garden and put two old chairs together so I could sit with it up and worked through sorting the trash from the oak tree pruning. I'm back out there
This morning early two reclining loungers for the patio arrived, and I spent a fair bit of the day road testing one. I'll give it five.
In between times I went and looked at the large logs, splits in them have widened in this hot weather and I split one into reasonable thicknesses using a machete, an old axe head, a wedge, and a sled hammer. It will be a while before I use a chainsaw, but I shall have the raw material. I also top dressed my angel's trumpets with a good coat of manure, another walk from the patio to the end of the garden.
It is still all a bit tiring, and with two courses of antibiotics going on, one three times a day, one four, one with food, one on an empty stomach, fairly complicated, but I am back in the garden
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Got a bit done today.
Gave the trough its second coat, "first thing" well.......9.30am.
Then went to the garden centre, arrived at 10.25 am. It wasn't open! Apparently, it doesn't open until 10.30am.
There was already a queue of about half a dozen cars, driven mostly by women.(sorry!)
I needed some pots with a diameter of no more than 11" as the ones I'd put the plants in were too big for the trough, (the trough was an afterthought). Found some 10" black ones and a couple of saucers. Repotted them.
"Done and dusted." Second coats of this paint dry really quickly, especially in this weather.
Pruned more wisterias, did a bit of weeding, then started mowing...mower packed up. I checked it out, it wasn't the switch. I can't be assed messing with it. I ordered a replacement from Argos, I can pick it up on my way home from golf tomorrow. It would have been cheaper on eBay, but sod's law says it might arrive when I was playing golf and my wife with her MS would have difficulty receiving it, so it isn't worth the bother.
Gave the trough its second coat, "first thing" well.......9.30am.
Then went to the garden centre, arrived at 10.25 am. It wasn't open! Apparently, it doesn't open until 10.30am.
There was already a queue of about half a dozen cars, driven mostly by women.(sorry!)
I needed some pots with a diameter of no more than 11" as the ones I'd put the plants in were too big for the trough, (the trough was an afterthought). Found some 10" black ones and a couple of saucers. Repotted them.
"Done and dusted." Second coats of this paint dry really quickly, especially in this weather.
Pruned more wisterias, did a bit of weeding, then started mowing...mower packed up. I checked it out, it wasn't the switch. I can't be assed messing with it. I ordered a replacement from Argos, I can pick it up on my way home from golf tomorrow. It would have been cheaper on eBay, but sod's law says it might arrive when I was playing golf and my wife with her MS would have difficulty receiving it, so it isn't worth the bother.
@Sean Regan awesome job on the trough, looks great!