EADD Gardening Club: Ploughing FUBAR's infertile Fields

[Fishface]

Nice job so far tho

Cheers, mate

Looking forward to seeing what stage you've reached.

Good to see original bricks.
What area you living in?

Bricks?!!!

That's Bath stone, m'lad - might give you a clue as to where it is

lovely garden fishy, i'm envious. is it all your own or shared with neighbours?

i like the way you've cheekily hung bird feeders on your neighbour's overhanging tree. where other people see a problem, you've seen an opportunity. %) ?

Cheers, Felix

We're really lucky, in that it's all our own.

 

[B9]

I've tried uploading the three pictures I have but my PC is resolutely defiant despite my frowning & frantically clicking the mouse in an attempt to learn by my mistakes - ha ha - :D



It's something to do with the size of this thread on the PC screen, often I can't even post in such threads never mind add attachments

 

[Fishface]

Try emailing them to me (I'll PM my address, in case you've mislaid it) and I'll see what I can do

 

[eDDe9]

Stone / Victorian bricks (what my house is made out of).. w/e

 

[B9]

Bricks?!!!

I must admit I thought he was referring to the bricks "over the garden wall" !Which, as you so astutely noted, is indeed built of stone. Get cracking with the pointing. BTW did you lay those sissy sized excuses for paving yourself then fishy ?


I have your e-mail address!

Somewhere - in my e-mail account I reckon

 

[Fishface]

I must admit I thought he was referring to the bricks "over the garden wall" !Which, as you so astutely noted, is indeed built of stone

Apologies if that was the case, eDDe9 %)

Get cracking with the pointing.

Stupid sods have pointed it with a cement-based mortar - really needs all hacking out and re-doing with a good lime one - we'll see how time goes

BTW did you lay those sissy sized excuses for paving yourself then fishy ?;

Nope, that's how it came - and seeing that we rent the gaff, they can stay like that!

 

[B9]

^ So all the groundworks were "in situ" ? Bloody hell I feel like I'm handicapped now . Yes yes everyone, please do take the opportunity to reinforce that last statement please.

 

[cherrycolouredfunk]

Typical mancunian terraces mean we have a concrete yard rather than a garden. I'm looking forward to spending time in Dad's helping him getting it back up to shape. He has let it go a little bit and needs some work.

Summer and a rainbow. I'm sure that tall trees now been cut shorter...It could even be gone!

Winter and empty trees

 

[Fishface]

^ So all the groundworks were "in situ" ? Bloody hell I feel like I'm handicapped now

Ah, but you've an able team of helpers - not a 6 months+ pregnant wife

Lovely photo's, CCF, it looks like a beautiful part of the world. Hope you have a good time with your Dad when the time comes

Oh, and talking of photo's, those you emailed were too out of focus, Mr.B

 

[cherrycolouredfunk]

The Norths pulling me back to it at the moment. Right on the horizon as far as you can see thats sunderland on the right and gateshead on the left you can in the winter photo.

 

[B9]

Yeah you can see Sheilds docks & the North sea from pontop as well quite easily on a clear day. In fact I've a photo ( in focus & everything) which is taken from the Durham Northumberland border at the top of the pennines, a mile from which you can see the North sea. It must be at least 40 miles away from the coast. One of the unexpected benefits of hunting liberty caps seems to be that you discover some brilliant viewpoints in the realwhirled.

 

[cherrycolouredfunk]

I'm going for a walk up to Pontop the first clear day there is when I'm back.....i want to be blown around and see things!

On a clear day you can see ferries on the sunderland sea from Dads place.

 

[B9]

It's calm ATM -first time in days I've good gardening weather - & I went photographing frog spawn with M'n'M at a local swamp I used to play in as a kid - still going strong those frogs are.

 

[cherrycolouredfunk]

Oh wow frogs! I forgot it's coming up to that time of year, too long living in cities!

Hopefully we'll get some in our pond at home. No doubt it'll me my job to put some long gloves on lie on a plank on my stomach and dredge it! Ribbit! Can't buy any fish again now that we own a teenage kitten. Garden wildlife is going to be different now she's around.

 

[eDDe9]

I got tons of frog spawn atm, but might die if we have a night of frost.

 

[B9]

I took 'measurements today & scrawled a plan in an old diary. Then I rested.

Gardening isn't to be rushed, according to legendary gardening guru Geoffrey Smith.

I believe him!

 

[massiveinminiature]

Try emailing them to me (I'll PM my address, in case you've mislaid it) and I'll see what I can do

Master Fishy I shall attempt to display aforementioned pictures too !!!

We have actually made progress and it was only yesterday I was outside in the front garden digging away to make room for the spring plantees !!

BTW ye garden looks like a potential Nirvana !!%)

Walls and stuff to work with too !!!

WE "ALL" look forward to seeing the results !!

Give love to Mrs + Baby Fishy !!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[Fishface]

^ Cheers, m'dear - will pass your greetings on to t'missus'n't'bump! The same to you'n'yours*

I took 'measurements today & scrawled a plan in an old diary. Then I rested!


Gardening isn't to be rushed, according to legendary gardening guru Geoffrey Smith.

I believe him!

Absolutely! :D

Good to hear things are progressing and look forward to some less fuzzy 'before' shots

Spent a couple of hours 'liberating' some additional stone from the adjoining 'spoilheap' on Saturday morning - purely so I could remove some large brambles roots, of course 8)

Rest of weekend spent indoors varnishing shelves, though

Ooh - but the infant pomegranate tree has arrived :D

* Hope you've recovered from your biking mishap

 

[Fishface]

Wey-hey - leaves appearing on the pomegranate :D

 

[Fishface]

Photo Awaited

Shamelessly bumping this, so's B9 or MinM can post a 'before' photo or two, as discussed