If you dig properly you don't need to use a tiller or aerator - the digging does the job (arguably better - using a tiller can leave a hard layer...
If your soil has any pebbles in it, you might find the hollow-tine aerator harder work than the fork. I gave up on mine because little pebbles...
Rain overnight (2mm) and still grey, but it's much milder today, 12C and set to reach 14 or 15 depending which forecast I look at. When I stepped...
Here's a video of Alan Titchmarsh making a lawn from seed (although the preparation is the same for turf). Don't skimp on the digging over,...
Grey again, but not as cold as it has been and there's a little bit of breeze, so the washing's going out shortly.
Definitely worth a try in Cork - I think it's quite mild there? OH has an auntie who lives further inland (about halfway to Limerick) and she...
The site that was our Homebase became a used car sales lot. Not sure whether it still is, I don't go past there very often. The one in Lincoln...
Don't forget the hidden / covert model, complete with twitching net curtains.
Brighter this morning, but cold with it. Looks like it's turning milder from tomorrow [ATTACH]
The sun's come out now (only hazy, don't get too excited!), but it's still finger-nippingly cold. Just ventured out to put the kitchen bits in the...
Non-weather this morning - cool but not frosty, grey but not raining, no wind.
Six weeks! Well I suppose 6 weeks in a very large very hot heap that's turned often will rot down more than 6 weeks in my small compost bin, but...
Ah I see. Different if you want to give the device to someone else for them to use. Ours only generally go when something major has failed (like...
OH always takes the electric drill to old hard drives that we're discarding. If the whole device is going, we open them up and take out the disk...
It's a great album! (Did you get to either of the 40th anniversary gigs last year?)
It puzzles me a bit why the manufacturers haven't been able to make decent compost based on green waste and/or wood waste. If I can get stuff of a...
Brighter today, with a bit of breeze. Washing is out on the line :fingers crossed:. Yesterday's rainfall 2mm. It seemed to be wet all day, but...
I agree, it is one of the broad-leaved Dracaenas. D. reflexa and D. fragrans are other possibilities. It will naturally lose lower leaves and...
The blue sky didn't last long yesterday - 2mm rain in the evening/overnight, and more in the forecast for today.
The cloud has thinned and there a few patches of mysterious blue stuff showing through!!
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