After the other day when I thought I’d never get the greenhouse up, well now it looks definitely achievable. I finished the laying the pavers and while it’s not perfect, it is good enough. Its ‘she’ll be right, sweet as’ and that is good enough for me. Although I feel like I have used every single muscle in my body and am scared that if … Continue reading Oh my gosh it is so exciting.
You aren’t going to like what you see! If you thought the way I measure my wood is a debacle, wait until you see how I levelled the ground beneath the pavers! The ground that will be beneath the greenhouse needs to be elevated ever so slightly otherwise it would just flood and fill with water in our soggy boggy spring and winter. Half of … Continue reading Any technically proficient people – look away now!
Ok… I may be exaggerating a little bit. But it was driving rain on and off all day. Mostly on. I was so determined to push on with my greenhouse build that I even dressed like an ocean going fisherman in big thick wet weather gear, but it was too cumbersome and combined with the wet and the mud it was impossible. So I tried … Continue reading Raindrops the size of golf balls
As far as construction goes, not a lot has happened, however there has been a lot of thinking and procurement. I swung by our local hardware store and ordered 90 more pavers, some building sand and weed mat. To be honest, I’m not sure if I have too many or not enough as I tried to figure it all out on paper, but every time … Continue reading Tape measures are wasted on me!
There is now no trace of the old greenhouse… Well except in the debris lying about the place. When I’m on a mission I don’t have time for trivial things like tidying up. I’ll do that at the end! Boy it was really exhausting getting the last foundation bits out. I had to use a sledge hammer and everything! But now there is nothing remaining … Continue reading Gone!
I well I did it. I pulled down my precious polycarbonate greenhouse. Having said that – it wasn’t so precious lately. If it wasn’t for the duct tape and the emergency repair bolts then I think I would have had it down in an hour! I’m sure that was all that was holding it together! It was a good feeling pulling it down and the … Continue reading There is no going back now.
We’re doing feeds four times a day that take absolutely ages. The kid’s lambs suck up the milk in no time, but the older two are still learning how to use a bottle as it isn’t how they started out and it takes forever. I’m trying not to dwell too much on their start or get attached. I think the key is don’t look them … Continue reading Lambs are a huge distraction
Well not technically in the garden and if it gets in the garden there will be less of the cute, but for now they are in their little house and they are the cutest lambs in the world since last year’s ones. We built a nice little shelter for then beside the chicken coop, put up a fence and a gate and stood back and … Continue reading There is cute fluffiness in the garden
I was VERY calm when I heard the crash. I was even calm when I saw the mess. I surprised myself as to how calm I was when I realised it was my tiny pepper seedlings that were no longer on their warm heat mat, but lying about the floor with dirt and labels and little green leaves everywhere. The fact that I passed a … Continue reading The ups and downs of gardening.
I was mooching about the place wondering what to do when Hubby the Un-Gardener came in and said he could ‘make my day’ and handed me a package that looked a lot like my bolts. Yay. I love internet shopping. You just click on what you want, pay for it and it turns up and all without you missing a beat in the garden. No … Continue reading My bolts arrived – Hooray!!!
