I think they are, but at £6.00, it's no great loss if they die.
9th & 12th September 2025On the 9th, I spent three and a half hours re-seeding the bald areas of the lawn. To give the seed the best chance of...
Thanks, but our water bill explains why it looks so good!! :SUNsmile:
6th September 2025Yesterday, a month after seeding, the new grass was given a first cut. It had grown to around four to five inches tall, so was...
17th August 2025First thing this morning, I removed all the jigging and then concreted the remaining gaps along the bottom of the stones. After...
16th August 2025It's rare that anything in this garden happens in two days, but this weekend we managed it. The new flower bed is complete,...
14th August 2025Today was another warm one, with the lounge at 24 degrees at 8am this morning. However, by 10am, it had clouded over, making it...
13th August 2025The 13th was scorching hot, with temperatures of 31 degrees, so I had no plans to do any hard work during the day. I did visit...
What's in the Wood in July?[MEDIA]
I realised after I posted, that it's one of the Achilleas growing up from under it.
10th & 11th August 2025While I had been spreading soil and grass seed out around the lawn, Lynne had been digging out grass and weeds from the...
6th August 2025Nine barrow loads of topsoil were tipped out, raked and tamped down by the hedge. Working on my own on Wednesday, it took longer,...
4th/5th August 2025Late on the 4th, a truck delivered three bulk bags of top soil and one of slate. It was too late in the afternoon to start...
30th July 2025I've had an easier day today as my knees, arms and back ache! I still ended up crawling around on the ground, cleaning the...
29th July 2025Today was the big push to get the last of the stones concreted in. Clearing the earth for one footing revealed a metal drain...
28th July 2025On Monday, I got the next six stones fitted. There were three stepped up from the entrance stone, then two level for the future...
26th July 2025We'd been invited to a friend's barbeque on Saturday afternoon, so the only thing planned for the day was to get the edging stone...
I've seen youtube videos of people using Jetwashers to blast out the soil around tree roots to pull trees out of the ground. It that an option?
25th July 2025Another hard day on my knees and back! Today resulted in another six stones laid, bring the edging up to the top entrance to the...
24th July 2025The 24th was a hard day on my back and knees. Lots of digging to level the foundations for the edging stones, but by late...
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