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ewtGot fed up, tried to unblock drains. Got one plastic bag and a lot of gunge out and still no joy, it's going to require a little more digging around, and my back was complaining about all the bending over. Arse.
Then I decided it would be a good idea to drag a pile of soil from the middle of the garden onto the vegetable plot, so it can stop killing the grass now it isn't really proper winter any more. THEN I decided it would be a good idea to try to put the fence upright. That last bit was really stupid. My back hates me now. At least the grass that was under the fence won't die, though. I don't much like lawns, but they are still better than bare mud.
It's just as well I don't have to do anything physical for the rest of the day - brainhacking appointment, trying to find a good recorder method book for a student, and some teaching.
Thinking about the garden, and the extreme lack-of-fence, I'm wondering about getting some tallish bamboo plants - in pots - and lining them up down the side of the garden. This would create an effective screen, give me bamboo to play around with (and cook if I get an edible sort), look pretty, and not affect whatever plans the landlady and neighbours have for the actual fence, or steal too much from my vegetable garden. On the downside it's probably expensive. Le sigh. I mean, I'd want a good four or five of something like this, and that's half price and in a 3L pot - I'd want to put it in huge pots, which would also cost. And then there's the 'not enough dirt' problem again.
I think I probably really do need to hire a wood chipper to deal with the ex-fence. That or I need lots of people to take turns at sawing it into manageable pieces.
Why is everything so expensive?
Sod it, the fence just went over again in the wind. Sod sod sod.
Mitzy is here. I have to leave, and she does not want to go out. I guess if she won't go out she'll have to stay in, I can't leave the back door open when nobody is home...
Then I decided it would be a good idea to drag a pile of soil from the middle of the garden onto the vegetable plot, so it can stop killing the grass now it isn't really proper winter any more. THEN I decided it would be a good idea to try to put the fence upright. That last bit was really stupid. My back hates me now. At least the grass that was under the fence won't die, though. I don't much like lawns, but they are still better than bare mud.
It's just as well I don't have to do anything physical for the rest of the day - brainhacking appointment, trying to find a good recorder method book for a student, and some teaching.
Thinking about the garden, and the extreme lack-of-fence, I'm wondering about getting some tallish bamboo plants - in pots - and lining them up down the side of the garden. This would create an effective screen, give me bamboo to play around with (and cook if I get an edible sort), look pretty, and not affect whatever plans the landlady and neighbours have for the actual fence, or steal too much from my vegetable garden. On the downside it's probably expensive. Le sigh. I mean, I'd want a good four or five of something like this, and that's half price and in a 3L pot - I'd want to put it in huge pots, which would also cost. And then there's the 'not enough dirt' problem again.
I think I probably really do need to hire a wood chipper to deal with the ex-fence. That or I need lots of people to take turns at sawing it into manageable pieces.
Why is everything so expensive?
Sod it, the fence just went over again in the wind. Sod sod sod.
Mitzy is here. I have to leave, and she does not want to go out. I guess if she won't go out she'll have to stay in, I can't leave the back door open when nobody is home...
