Chelsea14Ian Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 For the first time in months doing some gardening. Starting to get the garden in better shape.Today pleasantly mild.I've not done much due to the weather and my health. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addicted Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Tony and I are both passionate about gardening - we loathe it with a passion! How anyone can find it relaxing remains one of life's great mysteries to us. The 100's of bulbs coming up bear testament to the fact that we do it but it is very far from being a labour of love. Carole 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 We both enjoy gardening. Our garden is fairly small,so easy to look after.I wouldn't say I'm an expert, but pleased with it nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExSurveyor Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Day two of gardening, three wheelie bins full of shreddings and a couple of big garden canvases. tomorrow will be spent jet washing the patio and paths. I moan about doing it but not about doing the boat, something Matron always mentions 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 Every time I jet wash our patio,I need jet washing myself. Covered in dirt.Did ours twice last year,will do it hopefully once more before we move. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldBerkshireBoy Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 34 minutes ago, Chelsea14Ian said: Every time I jet wash our patio,I need jet washing myself. Covered in dirt.Did ours twice last year,will do it hopefully once more before we move. Do it with the wind not against the wind and you won`t get covered. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 Dont matter which way the wind blows I still get covered. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExSurveyor Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 26 minutes ago, Chelsea14Ian said: Dont matter which way the wind blows I still get covered. It's the angle of the dangle Ian, 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Keep looking at our garden thinking it's about time we should get out there and start to have a tidy up ready for spring. That's as far as we get though, just thinking about it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 i cultivate a wildlife garden. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floydraser Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 3 hours ago, Chelsea14Ian said: Every time I jet wash our patio,I need jet washing myself. Covered in dirt.Did ours twice last year,will do it hopefully once more before we move. Got rid of the jetwash ages ago when someone put me on to Patio Magic; spread with a watering can and you start to see a difference in a few days. If you still use the jetwash, try applying washing up water (not after washing greasy pots!) first. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouldy Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 3 hours ago, OldBerkshireBoy said: Do it with the wind not against the wind and you won`t get covered. We’re having Thai tonight, so there’s every possibility of wind tomorrow, but I won’t be jet washing the patio!! 😉😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wussername Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 I hate gardening. With a passion. But I do like cruising, or sailing, on the Bure, the Ant, the Thurne. Or the mighty Yare. That is my garden. That is where I feel safe,relaxed, free of the demands of those who wish to influence my way of life. To influence by intrusion. By phone, by television, by email, by post, by the Web, or by political ambition by the media in general. The Broads provide a seclusion for those who know where to find it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twowrights Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 6 hours ago, Chelsea14Ian said: Every time I jet wash our patio,I need jet washing myself. Covered in dirt.Did ours twice last year,will do it hopefully once more before we move. I use a box, much quicker and far less mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 I have got started on tidying up the garden. Today, however, I just got out a chair on the patio and enjoyed the sunshine. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 My tip do half an hour gardening. Then chill out for ten minutes, then repeat.That way you get to do the garden and a little coffee or Wine/ beer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesey69 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 I enjoy my water garden on The Broads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveP Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 My favourite part of gardening is sitting on the bench with a few sherbets watching the bees doing the hard work😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadAmbition Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Gardening? Really? MrsG does all our gardening. Sometimes I get to watch her Griff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addicted Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Given how much we dislike gardening the mistake we once made was all the more catastrophic. We viewed a house one gloomy late afternoon in February. When we had looked all over the house the vendor asked if we would like to go out into the garden. As it was pouring with rain we decided to content ourselves with a look out the window. It looked pretty manageable - not too large. We moved in in May and discovered to our horror that what we had taken to be the boundary fence was in fact a half way mark with the same amount again behind it. The 14 Mature Oak and Ash all in excess of 80' high were not in someone elses' garden as we had erroneously assumed, but in ours! Given that there was also 5 fruit trees and numerous miscellaneous other trees the Autumn clear up was the equivalent to a new career. Carole 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveO Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Yesterday and this morning I got into my shorts to let the sun get to my legs. I dug out some gooseberry bushes which which have produced mouldy fruit every year for the past 5 years. I cleared out my polytunnel, moved some Japanese Anemones that have been causing a nuisance and did quite a lot of weeding, I now have a sore back and hands which are stung by nettles and pricked by thorns. Roll on boating! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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