Hammering after dark

Early I was busy nailing things onto my shed roof but we had to go out. If it was summer time I'd go out and get on with it now, but its dark now.

Not a problem, I'll put the flood light on.

But, my instincts are telling me its night. So I'm wondering, is it socially acceptable to start banging and clattering in the garden at this time of day?

 

Depends on your neighbours, clue (is the short answer!).

But, you raise a very interesting point! Are things which appear to be socially acceptable, seasonal?

Ultimately, it's 6.30pm ... go bang (quietly )

 

Drat -the title drew me in - thought this was a sex chat link

 

I you think it's too late or early, then it probably is.

 

if i needed to hammer a nail in dark or not if it is before 9pm then i do it ( only haver ever refrained if a neighbour had very young kiddies trying to get off the sleep ) my children slept through all of my house renovations,

 

Done now. Well not exactly done, but done as much as I can. I've run out of milk bottles.

 

Milk bottles Clue.....what's all that about

 

He's nailing milk bottle onto the shed roof again

Thats what caused the fall out with the last milkman.

 

You've got to use the plastic ones because the glass ones make too much noise

 

I had a feeling that would cause some intrigue

The shed roof lost most of its felt in a storm at the beginning of the year, but that's ok because I had plans for it anyway. I waterproofed it by cutting open empt plastic sacks (compost bags and the likes) to make sheets, and stapled them on.

Then I told the missus not to put the plastic recycling out until I've sorted through it. Today I rescued all the empty 4 pinter milk bottles, washed them out and cut them diagonally in half. The bottom halves had drain holes drilled but the top halves have a massive drain hole in them anyway, the top.

The cut up bottle halves have now been nailed strategically to the shed roof. They will retain compost, which in turn will provide a home for strawberry plants by spring time.

Its something I've been meaning to do for ages and age, and have been inspired by threads on here but unfortunately I can't remember who did it. At least one other person has already turned their shed roof over to strawberries, and there was a chap ages ago who spammed every forum with his article about using our plastic waste in the garden. He wrote a 400 page PDF (not joking either) but luckily he had a photo on page one of cut up milk bottles being used in the garden.

 

Pix please

 

If I remember tomorrow. Too dark now.

 

Put your flood light on and begger your neighbours

 

Yeah wasn't too dark to be banging and crashing outside