Weekend - almost

[Headfry]

Yay, nearly here!
Going to light the first open fire of Autumn.....and I can't wait!
Trouble is if I sit in front of it I will be asleep- no matter what time of day.
I love having it alight on a Sunday morning...a real treat!
What are your weekend plans, given that the weather is looking poor?

[BrideXIII]

well poor or not, i have another raised bed to build tomorrow, so enjoy your fire lol.

might light a bonfire tomorrow night though, next door is having a loud late party so they can hardly complain, and it might encourage them to keep the doors and windows closed so I don't have to listen to the nasty rave music too loud.

[shirlthegirl43]

Madmax and elder son are working tomorrow so I guess younger son and I will go to the local poultry show and auction and get some ideas of chook types. I might get carried away and then have to spend the afternoon knocking together somewhere to house them (since Madmax cut a bit of his thumb off and hasn't been able to do any more building work to his masterpiece)

[digthatchick]

Bride
I really feel for you, we had new neighbors last year, and the peace and quiet in the garden has gone He spends most of the weekend shouting down his mobile in the garden, whilst she spends most of her day hollering at the sprogs, who spend most of their time screaming

[greenfingers007]

Weather permitting I think I will be going down to do some more digging to get them there big clumps of soil broken up and ready for my onions. then a huge big bath with a well deserved beer.

[zazen999]

I went to buy GYO this lunchtime [didn't get round to the seed sowing yet], and on the way back noticed a man in a van with loads of wood in the back. I don't know why, but I had an inkling that he might be taking it to the tip - so yes, I followed him.

Sure enough - he was going to the tip. I parked up in the aisle-but-one away - and said I had seen him heading this way, and could I have the wood. The wood strips were about 5x1inch, and about 4-5 foot long, and about 40 of them.

So, we loaded them in my car and I took them to the lottie for raised bed sides.

Result.

Will be making raised beds this weekend then, so the cordless drill and screwdriver are on charge!

I'll do my seeds in the morning.

[BrideXIII]

Bride
I really feel for you, we had new neighbors last year, and the peace and quiet in the garden has gone He spends most of the weekend shouting down his mobile in the garden, whilst she spends most of her day hollering at the sprogs, who spend most of their time screaming

this has been 5 years, all summer we have music blaring so loud, that thye have to come out into the garden to use the phone cos they can't hear??

it does kinda ruin having a nice garden, can't sit and read like i love to, hence turning as much as I can over to veg now, at least I can get SOME use out of it.

[moggssue]

I'm off to the Yorkshire moors for a quick break before winter sets in - so if I'm not back by next weekend, can someone send out a search party?? I'll be the one singing 'Heathcliff, its me, I'm Cathy' ..... you get the drift>?!

[piskieinboots]

....and on the way back noticed a man in a van with loads of wood in the back....

blimey yes, what a result!

[jackie j]

I have an interview at 10 am this morning wish me luck.

[HayleyB]

Yay, nearly here!
Going to light the first open fire of Autumn.....

we've been using the fire for the last week, trying not to turn heating on yet got to make a whole tank of oil last the winter we have half a tank and the other half is coming Tuesday 1250 litres at 49.25p per litre plus vat

Bride
He spends most of the weekend shouting down his mobile in the garden whilst she spends most of her day hollering at the sprogs

Crikey, I thank god we haven't got neighbours especially when I go to Mum's and sit in the garden there her's would drive me bonkers

So, we loaded them in my car and I took them to the lottie for raised bed sides.
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Echo Piskie, Blimey what a result

I have an interview at 10 am this morning wish me luck.

Good Luck Jackie fingers x'd

[zazen999]

Another result today; possibly 2.

We went to a local coffee house and usually pick up a bag of coffee grounds or 2 from them. I had to ask them to bag some up as they weren't out, and as I did I asked them if they had alot of it to dispose of. I said I would take as much as they had got. The other girl who was bagging came out and I was asking if I could get it from them in bulk; so she walks back, and brought out half a bin bag full. I can go there in future when it is quiet and they will give me all they've got. Yippee!!!!! My clay lottie soil is gonna love this.

Second - potential - is that we went somewhere to get wood to cut up to use as stakes for the above sides of raised beds. Out the back, not within the confines of anyone's actual premises, were loads of pallets. We're off to the cinema today, so I'm going to go home via the pile and see if they are still there. I'll romantically hand my OH the gloves and tell him to get shifting.

So, all 64 stakes from the wood we bought are all cut up now, and I'm off to sow the seeds that I was going to sow yesterday.

I'm loving this freebie scavenging so far!

[BrideXIII]

Nice One, Zazen.

I got the raised bed built, just in time , its along the edge of the bodged together greenhouse, so that I can grow the beans up the trellis I installed to hid the ugly.

then it started to rain , HARD, good I say, means no bonfire tonight , BUT it will keep nextdoors windows closed and their party indoors so less noise, HURRAH!!

moved indooors with the units I had been given, got the trusty cheapy woolworths jigsaw out and constructed myself a nice little seed storage facilty, 12 compartments all labeled with the months of the year, and then sorted out next seasons seeds..

wow feb and march are chocka, and the bottom half is empty!!! although some packets will move along as they get planted progressively, feeling all warm and gooey now.