Yesterday James and I went Geocaching again. We started with a towny one during our shopping trip – James has the cache in his hand – its the size of a film case and contained just a log book for signing – even though he knew there was no treasure to be found James was [...]
Posts Tagged ‘compost’
31 Mar
Nature Stack
I saw this article about how to build a nature stack in the November 2007 edition of Gardeners World magazine and I knew I wanted to make one. I collected bits and pieces to make it with but somehow never got round to it. I never forgot though and I kept the magazine safe. I've [...]
26 Mar
Mmmm Compost
Well spring sprung and with it the urge to get out and garden hit again. I couldn't wait to mow the lawn so I got the battery charged, pumped up the flat tyre and finally got it done. It looked so much better straight away as I hadn't been able to get the autumn leaves [...]
26 Oct
Busy Busy
Well yesterday I had my "handyboy" over to do a days work with me. First job up was to finally get the swiming pool down. You might remember I emptied it a while back but I couldn't get all the screws undone to take it down so Tom did it yesterday. The lawn underneath is [...]
23 Oct
Some progress
I've crossed a couple more things off the list. I spent some time this morning working on the herb garden and returned to it this afternoon. This is it this morning. herb garden before It was very overgrown and before the shrub clearing at the weekend it was also overshadowed. I've already cut things back [...]
20 Oct
Excuse the swearing…
I'm going to post a LIST (which to me is a terrible piece of swearing – I'm not an organised person). It's half term and I want to get a load of jobs done around the garden before winter sets in. This is the list of garden type stuff I want to do. As the [...]
7 Oct
Using a cube
So the cube is buit but in the living room. As I said I'd checked the doors to make sure they were wide enough to get it out of. I should have checked the kitchen witdh as well, there was an inch to spare! Very tight fit Then I pushed it to the door and [...]
20 Sep
Exciting delivery
Look no compost Exterminate! Sorry Clare – my new compost bin arrived today! Luckily Mum was in when the called, like so many people they couldn't find the house. It quickly became a source of amusement, for games of hide the James and being a Dalek! I couldn't let him play forever though, walking around [...]
15 Sep
Feels like Autumn
It was lovely and warm today when the sun was shining but when it went in we could feel a nip in the air. I didn't do a lot as I'm still feeling exhausted. James found it warm enough to play in his pool, which is heated and was warm but he was also running [...]
4 Sep
Shredding!
Shredder I got the new shredder today and rushed home to spend……. An hour putting it together! Still once it was up and running I could start on the piles of shrub, shredded one and stated on the next and kept going until I'd nearly filled a 42 litre tubtrug! Went straight [...]
