It's a constant battle pruning off unwanted shoots of our several well established wisterias. They can grow several inches overnight. I've got...
Just watered anything in a pot.
We've a couple of dozen, mostly ceramic pots with roses and other perennials in them. Over time, the root balls build up and what can happen, is...
just a bit of "garden management," today. I bought a couple of rhodos that were reduced to clear in Aldi, three years ago. I put them here, to...
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Just general housekeeping of both gardens. Mowing and a bit of pruning. Front lawn looking quite good despite getting very little sun. [IMG]...
Doesn't time fly? Kim Cattrall is now 68.
As is often the case, you can solve one problem and then find you've caused another. I did. A few days after sorting out the carousel motor, I...
These were the last photos the camera took, so they were off to bed soon after.
No gardening today, I'm up to date with most things, it's the final day of the Open Championship. It'll be on the TV all day, as will the cricket...
More of the same, just general garden housekeeping. Pruned some more wisteria side shoots and tidied the azaleas where they overhang the main...
It's been rather wet. I managed to cut the lawn in the front garden yesterday, but it's quite small so didn't take long. Then spent some time...
I made another video this evening. This shows how well the motor is now working. As well as the weight of the carousel, it also has to overcome...
I was lucky back then. My wife reads a lot of medical stuff in magazines. She told me that there were plastic hips available now on the NHS. When...
Mostly, just, "maintenance." Pruned wisterias [IMG] Mowed the lawn. Got it all done before it rained. [IMG] But I did sort out both...
It pays to send recorded delivery letters to chief executives when you feel you have a legitimate complaint, when often, "complaints" departments...
Phone call from United Utilities today. I will be receiving £1080, what I paid for my new 25mm supply pipe.
I made this myself in 1987 [img] Then this. [img] Then this, all in the same year. [img] Then. I bought this and installed it, when we...
Thanks for the kind words. I did actually check out the gearbox. [ATTACH] The gear wheel is actually plastic. It looked as if it had been...
I like to play the two jukeboxes I have in our summerhouse, when I'm working in the garden. This is the younger of the two. It dates from 1976....
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