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dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 44456
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 15 6:20 pm Post subject:
stuff sensible ,im planning to have fun

otatop

Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Posts: 1425
Location: North London

Posted: Fri Jan 01, 16 2:11 pm Post subject:
Limited space, so I'm sticking with the tried and tested:- toms, runner beans, garlic, chillies, radishes, chard, herbs. I'll do gherkins instead of cucumbers though - better for the piccalilli. I have to get to grips with pruning the new espaliered apples, and I WILL be brutally firm about re-claiming space in MY shed this year.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sat Jan 02, 16 12:13 pm Post subject:
I'm dithering about a polytunnel. I have the space, but it needs a bit of maintaining. Probably I should get rid of the abandoned vehicles first. (Except they aren't really mine to dump) Not to mention cut down the undergrowth.

Jb

Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 7761
Location: 91ï¿½ N

Posted: Sat Jan 02, 16 9:49 pm Post subject:
I would have plans if I had the time to have plans. As it is, short of a miracle and a time machine, anything I plan is just doomed to disappointment.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42228
Location: North Devon

Posted: Sat Jan 02, 16 10:47 pm Post subject:

JB wrote:

I would have plans if I had the time to have plans. As it is, short of a miracle and a time machine, anything I plan is just doomed to disappointment.

Hey, you built a terrific shed/playhouse thing. Unless I'm confusing you with someone else.

Jb

Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 7761
Location: 91ï¿½ N

Posted: Sun Jan 03, 16 8:52 pm Post subject:

[quote="sean:1455852"][quote="JB:1455851"]I would have plans if I had the time to have plans. As it is, short of a miracle and a time machine, anything I plan is just doomed to disappointment.[/quote]

Hey, you built a terrific shed/playhouse thing. Unless I'm confusing you with someone else.[/quote]

That was when I had time. Right now the fences are falling down, the gardens a bog and I've had to resort to contractors and gardeners neither of which I can afford and the use of which just leaves me feeling useless

bodrighy

Joined: 15 Aug 2008
Posts: 2159
Location: Near Devizes

Posted: Sun Jan 03, 16 9:28 pm Post subject:
To continue to be thankful for my life, enjoy the good things and learn from any negative ones. Sounds twee but sorry, that's it. pete

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6712
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Sun Jan 03, 16 10:23 pm Post subject:

JB wrote:

sean wrote:

JB wrote:

I would have plans if I had the time to have plans. As it is, short of a miracle and a time machine, anything I plan is just doomed to disappointment.

Hey, you built a terrific shed/playhouse thing. Unless I'm confusing you with someone else.

That was when I had time. Right now the fences are falling down, the gardens a bog and I've had to resort to contractors and gardeners neither of which I can afford and the use of which just leaves me feeling useless

Maybe 2016 is the year to downsize the gardens?

Or put in no-nonsense, no-upkeep plants?

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Mon Jan 04, 16 8:25 am Post subject:

JB wrote:

sean wrote:

JB wrote:

I would have plans if I had the time to have plans. As it is, short of a miracle and a time machine, anything I plan is just doomed to disappointment.

Hey, you built a terrific shed/playhouse thing. Unless I'm confusing you with someone else.

Time is my shortest resource, too. At the end if the day none of it matters a damn so long as you are all healthy and happy. Easier said than done, obviously

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 9279
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 16 4:46 pm Post subject:
Survive house move Keep the Pirate from feeling down and carrying the world on his shoulders Get workshop working Wrangle finances, spend less , sell more Get website updated and sorted to sell from there as well as Etsy Grow food Design unfitted kitchen for new home oh, and keep riding our bikes....

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16531

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 16 7:21 am Post subject:

Not much to do then Gz. All the best with it. I keep trying to get some semblance of order into the garden when I have the chance. I still have to get some small birch trees felled for the tops and make sure the ground is clear so they will coppice, make log sacks for the rest of the winter, help with log loads, make some besoms and try to do some other crafts, then prepare for charcoal making before Easter.

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 16 9:35 am Post subject:
I'm scaling back on variety and concentrating on what actually works in our garden. I will also be trying to get loads of compost for the raised beds. A general clean up is also on the cards.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Fri Jan 08, 16 4:40 pm Post subject:
I'm over-planning, overwhelmed and under-prepared. It seems to be an integral part of my personality. I'm totally incapable of being realistic about what I can achieve, especially in the garden Aquaponics, anybody? (I haven't planted my spring bulbs yet!!)

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Fri Jan 08, 16 5:41 pm Post subject:
I think you should start keeping quail, in a convenient cage set up

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 16 4:36 pm Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

I'm over-planning, overwhelmed and under-prepared. It seems to be an integral part of my personality. I'm totally incapable of being realistic about what I can achieve, especially in the garden

Aquaponics, anybody? (I haven't planted my spring bulbs yet!!)

I used to do that but with the cost of seeds these days and the uphill battle that is my garden, I am learning to be practical.

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