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Today I did something in my Garden

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In the car maintenance forum there is a popular thread called "Today I did something to my car"

I'm proposing a similar thread for gardening that the mods might consider making a sticky! Please give a THANKS if you think this is a good idea.

I'll kick it of with:

Today I picked my redcurrants. They seem to have been early this year. They mostly ripen together but I will get a handful more over the next week. I have a small bush in a dodgy location but I got a couple of hundred grams that will make some nice jelly.

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[Deleted User]

Been a busy 2 days in the garden.
Had more beds of spuds, some seeds and the rest of the beds broadforked.
Also got 4 loads of woodchip down on the paths a
Everything covered in case of Frost this week.

CelticRambler

CelticRambler wrote: »

If I can get myself up and out early enough tomorrow, I might be able to get one of them finished before the weather changes.

Mission accomplished ... even though I didn't manage to get up early :pac: and despite revising the "pillar" design to be lower and longer than originally planned (it's essentially a short retaining wall now).

The change in the weather has been postponed (our met office is gradually forecasting less and less precipitation - we might get a few mm by the end of the week

) but I'm all out of "fresh" stone, so this seems like a good time to do something different for a little while.

CelticRambler

Reckless Abandonment wrote: »

larch timber charred it and sealed it with osmo oil.

Did you char the timber yourself? And if so, how - it looks like there was a lot to treat?

Reckless Abandonment

CelticRambler wrote: »

Did you char the timber yourself? And if so, how - it looks like there was a lot to treat?

Used a roofing torch and tank of propane. It took about 5 hours to do it all. But it was kind of therapeutic... id never used one before its handy enough, I did have a bucket of water and the hose next to me incase I set myself on fire

[Deleted User]

Finished the kids' play area this morning, adding a mud kitchen and a border from leftover cobble lock paving stones to retain the mulch.

laoch na mona

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNSP6T_hsro/

I made a start on moving this greenhouse, I got all the glass off it, will dismantle the frame next weekend the house has been closed up for about a decade so some of the panels have been broken but still will be a cheap greenhouse once i get it moved.

also got a few free pots from the yard.

looksee

Finished weeding the Forth Bridge long border. Finally got round to planting a good few of the garden centre's worth of plants waiting for a home.

laoch na mona

SouthWesterly wrote: »

Put down about 35kg of maincrop spuds today. Carlos. Sarpo mira, fir apples and blue Danube. Broadforked the beds first. It really is a greet piece of equipment ðŸ˜

Also pulled up the last of last years parsnips.

did you sow the spuds by hand?

I planted 3kg and am seriously thinking about investing in a small potato planter in the future if go over 10kg of seed spuds

paddylonglegs

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Finished the kids' play area this morning, adding a mud kitchen and a border from leftover cobble lock paving stones to retain the mulch.

Great job!

Side note: can I ask how the cobble lock drive way went and if you were given a square metre cost? Hoping to get a quote for ours this year.

Zardaz

laoch na mona wrote: »

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNSP6T_hsro/

I made a start on moving this greenhouse, I got all the glass off it, will dismantle the frame next weekend the house has been closed up for about a decade so some of the panels have been broken but still will be a cheap greenhouse once i get it moved.

also got a few free pots from the yard.

What a jungle! Good find all the same.
Try and keep the gable frames intact when moving it.
The old aluminium bolts might be a bit corroded together, and might shear off on you. So the less unbolting you have to do, the better.
You'll still probably have to buy some spare bolts and clips and seals.

[Deleted User]

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Great job!

Side note: can I ask how the cobble lock drive way went and if you were given a square metre cost? Hoping to get a quote for ours this year.

Very happy with it. Shop around for the stone you use. Some fade quicker than others and some have colour guarantees. I've cleaned it with washing powder once and haven't had any issue with weeds. Down 18 months now.

I didn't get a cost per sqm as there was a few other bits tied into the job.

laoch na mona

Zardaz wrote: »

What a jungle! Good find all the same.
Try and keep the gable frames intact when moving it.
The old aluminium bolts might be a bit corroded together, and might shear off on you. So the less unbolting you have to do, the better.
You'll still probably have to buy some spare bolts and clips and seals.

The cottage went upfor sale about a decade ago, a farmer bought is for the land( about 30 acres) and its been closed up since, which is a pity its the last mud walled cottage in the area. I remembered the woman who lived in it gardening so said id ask about the glass house and save a few euros

I've managed to save most of the clips, the seal is gone in a few places alright

between that and replacing a few panes it'll still be a cheap enough greenhouse.

Its funny how rural areas are though a neighbour pulled up while i was working at it and had a chat about how the garden used to look

Seanergy

I gave me ma a dig out by visiting all her plants in pots. She had not idea she had so many pots until I brought them all into a central spot/workstation.

Stuff got planted out or divided up, fresh mix went in and old mix went under hedges and into bags depending on hazard or not. A lot of roots were teased and drainage improved, all top dressed, really looking forward to forthcoming bang off this work.

fryup

did a bit of diggin today and snap!

how do i get the broken bit out of a fork??

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Reckless Abandonment

You could try drill it out..

magicbastarder

First you get four candles...

fryup

Reckless Abandonment wrote: »

You could try drill it out..

tried but i haven't got a drill long enough

tried to chisel it out but its like teak inside

[Deleted User]

Started a biological inoculant today for the garden.

Gaspode

fryup wrote: »

did a bit of diggin today and snap!

how do i get the broken bit out of a fork??

I had the same with a hoe this week - I drilled in the biggest screw I could find and then levered it out with a claw hammer. A lot of hard work!

fryup

ya you wonder is it worth it? just buy a new one?

Bill Hook

SouthWesterly wrote: »

Started a biological inoculant today for the garden.

What does this involve?

[Deleted User]

Bill Hook wrote: »

What does this involve?

Rice in a jar of water to start with. Then a bigger container with molasses, bacteria sources, soil grass etc and time.
Plenty of into in the Internet. Adds fungi to your garden.

Bill Hook

It sounds a bit like the Korean JADAM thing, I read about it last year but I'm too lazy for that sort of stuff. Be interested to hear how it goes so keep us posted.

hirondelle

fryup wrote: »

tried but i haven't got a drill long enough

tried to chisel it out but its like teak inside

If you have a suitable area or a a firepit you could burn it out.

looksee

I was very reluctant to try synthetic handled tools but had very little choice in what was available. I have now a couple of True Temper tools and they are fine and not expensive. You might check to see if replacement wooden handles are available before you fight further with it.

blackbox

The price of handles is ridiculously high compared to the price of a full tool.

I hate waste but couldn't justify the amount of work required for so little reward.

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magicbastarder

blackbox wrote: »

The price of handles is ridiculously high compared to the price of a full tool.

simple supply and demand. they probably sell 100 tools to every one tool handle.

Graces7

magicbastarder wrote: »

simple supply and demand. they probably sell 100 tools to every one tool handle.

My floor mop handle has rusted away... I used to buy from lenahans hardware in Dublin by internet but they seem to be down. They sell handles separately at a fair price

magicbastarder

i'd call to a builder's merchants first anyway, they may sell replacement handles are are probably the cheapest option.

Graces7

magicbastarder wrote: »

i'd call to a builder's merchants first anyway, they may sell replacement handles are are probably the cheapest option.

Lenehans do that. Will try phoning tomorrow. It was on the list I was trying to get to them.