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Competition perfect for gardeners!

Posted: 10/04/2013 at 13:51

Great idea, but you can't buy a greenhouse with red letter day vouchers!  Or I would be entering like a shot.  Hmmm, might be a good idea for OH's Christmas present, I'm sure he'd enjoy a spot of Tank Driving!

MOB rants

Posted: 10/04/2013 at 13:48

Clicked and ranted.  Please others do the same, Blackest has even provided the link, so you have no excuse.

Blackest, would it be a good idea to put that link in a separate thread, if enough GW forum members complain, even those that don't normally post - Lurkers, you know who you are - then Aldi might actually do something about it.

Ranty pants are GO GO GO!!

Got any 'ose?

Posted: 09/04/2013 at 20:24

Oh, rain, I feel for you.  Had to have my beloved Bracken PTS around this time last year.

It's hard, but you did the last service you can do for a beloved pet, ended her suffering.  I'm sure she's bounding about chasing heavenly rabbits.  I've kept my pets' ashes, and when I die, I want to be scattered alongside them.

MOB rants is another thread that makes me smile, it's funny what gets some people going.  Don't get me started on the misuse of the apostrophe.  You'll never shut me up!

Sending you a big internet hug(nearest smiley I could find)

MOB rants

Posted: 09/04/2013 at 20:19

Most fingers were the right length, apart from little finger and one next to it, but not flopping about like lots of gloves, so something I can put up with.  The ladies tough touch will probably be OK for you, as I was trying on gloves that were small in Dobbies (they lied when I rang, saying they had several pairs of gauntlets - I suppose they did, but only in one style), they were marked size 5-6.  If it's any help, the gloves I was using were the briers' ladies gardening gloves, the pink ones.  They fit really nicely.

MOB rants

Posted: 09/04/2013 at 20:02

Tina, unless you've got quite small hands, like me, you might need to go for the Men's glove, as mine are very snug, and I've got short fingers (no piano lessons for me!).  My fingers are quite slight, too, little finger size D for rings, middle finger size L.  The gloves are snug, but very, very soft, and I think worth the money.  If you've got a Notcutts near you they stock them (they have one glove on a chain for folks to try on, so it's a little bit bigger than the ones I've got - had countless people trying it on I guess.  So I'd try and find a stockist, so you can try them on.  I would have bitten the bullet and bought some from there, but hey, they didn't have them in stock!

I've just checked and Amazon are doing them for £23.95, which is the same as ebay, given the choice Amazon is always better to return to - can just say didn't fit, which I did with the first gauntlets I tried.  Type tough touch into the amazon search box.  They look and feel as though they will stand up to the job, and the gauntlet bit comes about two-thirds of the way up to my elbow.  Hoping to try them out at the weekend - you watch the rain come now I've said that!!

Jet Stream finally moving up

Posted: 09/04/2013 at 19:50

That IS good news.  Let's hope it stays put and we finally have a decent summer.

New build house garden

Posted: 09/04/2013 at 18:13

Weed control fabric is a must, get most of the rubble out if possible, otherwise it will puncture the fabric and you'll get weeds.  I'd probably double it up just to be sure.  Don't get your decorative stone from a garden centre, you'll pay a fortune.  You can get similar in very big bags from your local builders' merchants, most will deliver for a small fee.  If you don't have vehicular access to where you want to put the stone, make sure you have use of a wheelbarrow (flutter your eyelashes and maybe builders merchants will lend you one).  Might seem daft, but since I got a wheelbarrow, EVERYONE wants to borrow it!  If you're prettying up ready to sell, try a curved border to your gravel/stone bed, it looks nicer than straight edges - a bit more modern.

Got any 'ose?

Posted: 09/04/2013 at 18:03

Fairy, got one of the weed wand efforts, daren't use it, I would set fire to my garden, any old cars that are hiding in it (OH is after some of the bits and will ebay other bits and then weigh what's left in), Two old sheds crammed full of bits of fiesta/escort, next doors shed, next door other sides shed and garage, and both fences.  It's THAT full of the dratted things, you'd probably see the flames from where you are!  I have a dustbin burner thingy, complete with lid, so start the fire using old sugar bags, and start feeding the dry bits in through the lid.  My father was a fireman, so would be very embarrassed to get the fire brigade out

MOB rants

Posted: 09/04/2013 at 17:56

Trying to make the most of them Tina.  Not easy, having just rescued small boy's creme egg from smaller girl who has decided she doesn't like hers, so she'll try her brothers.  She's now sitting on the floor, screaming, as that's where she goes if she bites/kicks/scratches - I've had all three at once.  Beginning to think my new gloves will come in handy for handling a bad-tempered nearly two year old!

Got any 'ose?

Posted: 09/04/2013 at 17:48

By the way, the cars were hiding in the brambles.  Am expecting to come a cross a sabre-toothed tiger or velocoraptor any day now.

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