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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 15, 2007 19:56:07 GMT
I know it feels like Im being congratulated on the birth of a new child, and in a way I am! I wish I could go out and build it in the dark so keen am I!  |
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 15, 2007 20:02:52 GMT
OH has just been telling me the customer who's drive he's block paving have asked if he can take some wooden decking up..........I was in there like a rat (sorry 4P) up a drain pipe.............Oooooooh more raised beds, shelves in the shed, wooden planters.......I was off, brain went into overdrive. Lets hope they don't want it and it finds it's way to my back gdn ;D
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 15, 2007 20:05:40 GMT
I know what you mean BB, theres a skip down the road with a scaffold board in it  I need more really big planks for the lottie. ;D |
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Post by sleepysunday on Jan 15, 2007 20:17:20 GMT
oh, oh... go get em... what are you waiting for?
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 15, 2007 20:19:40 GMT
Its a two man job and I always feel like a right tramp asking for things out of a skip, but I will, honest! One side of a raised bed  |
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Post by borderbabe on Jan 16, 2007 15:21:03 GMT
Did you get your wood Sweetleaf??!
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 16, 2007 15:26:36 GMT
Did you get your wood Sweetleaf??! I went down there this morning and the bloomin skip was gone! I may have to take PG`s advice to plocket, and get in touch with a local scaffolding company to buy some of their old ones Its so much more fun scavenging than buying dont you agree? |
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 16, 2007 15:39:52 GMT
Oh SL what a shame you missed it  I agree you can't beat a good scrounge, I'm always on the look out my OH goes mad at me  |
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 16, 2007 15:42:01 GMT
Mine loves a freebie as much...no more than me, unfortunately he is unstoppable, doesnt think about where it will go.  |
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Post by Plocket on Jan 16, 2007 15:55:00 GMT
Oh that's a bit of a butter Sweetleaf. I hope you manage to find something else suitable. Perhaps you should start scouring the neighbourhood. How about hanging around at your local tip??? ;D
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 16, 2007 16:05:44 GMT
Oh that's a bit of a butter Sweetleaf. I hope you manage to find something else suitable. Perhaps you should start scouring the neighbourhood. How about hanging around at your local tip??? ;D cheek! |
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Post by Plocket on Jan 16, 2007 16:47:45 GMT
I didn't mean it to sound cheeky! I meant that you might make friends with the guys that work there and get some freebies...... Ok perhaps it does sound a bit cheeky!!! ;D
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 16, 2007 16:52:27 GMT
Ok P, get your foot out of your mouth!  I think I know you didnt mean it that way....our local tip is in an area I dont visit.....a bit rough, not on the cards, instead Ill do as Piggin suggested and ring around local scaffolding companies for my scaff boards, Ill get `em before I really need `em dont worry! |
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Post by Plocket on Jan 16, 2007 17:31:43 GMT
I was kidding really Sweetleaf. I think if you do a bit of phoning around and sweet-talking you'll get hold of some old scaffolding. Good luck!
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 16, 2007 17:39:00 GMT
Thanks Plocket it will be worth it, the plot needs some organisation before I can post any more pics! ;D
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Post by Plocket on Jan 16, 2007 18:21:01 GMT
I take my hat off to you really Sweetleaf - I just love the idea of an allotment, but not all the hard work one entails! ;D
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 16, 2007 18:30:20 GMT
You arent wrong really the idea of an allotment is much more attractive on a wet day than an actual allotment although if the family is squabbling I would rather be up there than here flask in hand watching the rain barrels fill up.
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Post by Plocket on Jan 16, 2007 18:38:01 GMT
I guess they aren't exactly cheap to start off with either. I've got the tools I need for my little garden but I could probably do with a better spade and fork. Then there's setting up a water butt, getting a wheelbarrow (so I can move stuff from the house to the lottie), building a coldframe or something to start plants off (can't afford a greenhouse!). Building a composter..... As I think I've said before, I really wouldn't know where to start!
Hey now I've had a thought - perhaps I should start an allotment and write a book about it at the same time!!!
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Post by lottielady on Jan 16, 2007 18:49:57 GMT
Go and put your name down for one Plocket - you know you want to! I would expect that none of us had any of the right 'stuff' when we started - it sort of accumulates as you go and you can make your plot ' your own' it doesn't have to be row upon row of veggies - you could have a nursery bed for plants/ clems, LP could have her own section, you can have a little wildlife pond and a nettle patch. I don't have a greenhouse up ( the plastic one is still not put together yet) or a cold frame on the plot. I managed to grow lots last year without that. I picked up second hand compost bins from the local tip, lots of plots on my site just have compost heaps and people give you all sorts of stuff. It really is something you do a bit at a time - and it's very rewarding when each bit falls into place. LLx |
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Post by Plocket on Jan 16, 2007 18:55:02 GMT
Of course I want to! I'm just lazy!!!!!
Now you are talking about clems though - I've got some Integrifolia seeds from the Clematis Society!! I just loathe the idea of a huge weed-ridden patch that I can't start planting things on straight away. See - I'm lazy!!!
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Post by lottielady on Jan 16, 2007 18:57:39 GMT
Oh and a word of warning Plocket - if you do get a lottie you will never be able to walk/drive past a skip without having a good look to see if there is anything useful to use on the lottie! LLx |
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Post by lottielady on Jan 16, 2007 18:59:13 GMT
Of course I want to! I'm just lazy!!!!! Now you are talking about clems though - I've got some Integrifolia seeds from the Clematis Society!! I just loathe the idea of a huge weed-ridden patch that I can't start planting things on straight away. See - I'm lazy!!! BUT but but.....you clear a bit - you plant a bit -you clear a bit -you plant a bit......  LLx |
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 16, 2007 19:01:35 GMT
LL's right P, and think how fab it would be to get little P involved too. Maybe your Dad could give you a hand to get started too.
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Post by Plocket on Jan 16, 2007 19:05:37 GMT
L would love to be involved, but getting my dad involved? He won't even cut the grass at his house!!!!! My father is NOT a gardener ;D
Ok ok I promise I'll keep thinking about it! ;D
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Jan 16, 2007 19:25:18 GMT
My Grandad had a lottie, but his garden backed onto the allotments! I remember as a child watching him dig up enormous cabbages and red potatoes then taking them into Nan who cooked them for our dinner...slurp. OH and I have talked about getting a lottie but have decided not to bother until we've got the garden right...the nearest ones are a fair walk away and we don't have a car at the mo.
I just sorted through my seed tin...put opened packets into little money envelopes I got today from Wilkinsons...all neatly labelled. These then went into a tin along with some silica gel packets and are now in the salad draw of the fridge ;D
I'm so excited....want to start NOW. But shall restrain myself...I don't think that I'll be able to stick to the restricted pallette as planned (orange and purple)....got too many beauties that I just HAVE to grow and cram into the garden...oOoOoOooOoOooOoO
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2007 19:31:27 GMT
put opened packets into little money envelopes I got today from Wilkinsons... OOooo you're a star. I wondered who sold those. |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Jan 16, 2007 19:36:03 GMT
Most welcome ;D
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Post by piggingardener on Jan 17, 2007 14:55:09 GMT
The money packets are a good idea CPB.
I save all those envelopes you get in junk mail and use them for seed packets. Not that I'm tight in any way you understand........ ;D
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 17, 2007 14:57:40 GMT
I use dinner money envelopes I buy from the post office 99p for 20. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2007 15:10:47 GMT
I use dinner money envelopes I buy from the post office 99p for 20. ;D I pinch envelopes from the office, costs me nuffink  |
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I agree you can't beat a good scrounge, I'm always on the look out my OH goes mad at me 
