In the garden today...

[Boggert]

I started by cutting away 8M of verge at the front of the house by 1.5M deep, and piled it round the side of the house... Suprising how much soil 

My self the lady of the manor and my father-in-law then knocked the rest of the old wall down and dug out the footings all 8M worth, by now I was knackered, we then broke up the concrete ready to have it taken away bu our local recycling company, soon to be the new base of the A1... I'm now in pain....

We then built an 8m retaing wall with old paving slabs and concreted them in, then back filled with all the soil, After all that I now walk with a stoop and have a strange limp coming from my left foot!

Any way the front garden is looking great, but I'm knackered, had to get her lady ship to lift me out of the bath and are recovering with a single malt. 

[Guardian.]

er, that sound like hard work  :shock:

[Boggert]

Yep, it was... Woke up this morning and hobbled around the house like a zombi from Sean of the dead.

Hey ho will take a rest for a bit.

[Sider]

I bet now you regret not having hired that mini-digger :D

[Lord Shagg-Pyle]

I have a simple solution to this gardening malarkey. Don't do it. I leave my garden exactly as it is year in year out. I call it a wildlife sanctuary. Apparently wildlife thrives in there. I usually can't see anything but I looked out the window today and saw one of these. Quite rare in Hampshire, although quite common in Sussex, in the area of Bexhill on Sea. They like the sea air. It is good for getting rid of unwanted pachidermal trunk blockages.

[stuvy]

I bet now you regret not having hired that mini-digger :D

My sister had her garden cleared in 20mins with one of these, then had the cheek to moan at me when the guy built some, temporary testing humps for me to drive the disco over :P

[neddy]

bet the aching has peaked about now and you will actually want to sit throught the omnibus of eastenders!! :-k

[Bishops Finger]

You need a garden to grow garlic n chilli...

[muddyjames]

I know your pain well from when I do my voluntary work!!

This weekend 15 of us cut down 15 years growth of trees surrounding a derelict lock and burnt it all on 2 fires, laid about 20ft of hedge, filled in dumper ruts with old bricks (and neatly laid in the ruts too!) chopped up a ready fallen willow tree but that took 3 of us all day to do and again burn on a fire, rebuild part of another lock with bricks and make muck up etc. Loads of work and I ache from head to toe and my body realy didn't want to pull bins around today!

[BK]

I have a simple solution to this gardening malarkey. Don't do it. I leave my garden exactly as it is year in year out. I call it a wildlife sanctuary. Apparently wildlife thrives in there. I usually can't see anything but I looked out the window today and saw one of these. Quite rare in Hampshire, although quite common in Sussex, in the area of Bexhill on Sea. They like the sea air. It is good for getting rid of unwanted pachidermal trunk blockages.

Did you see a japanese soldier who thought the war was still on?? :lol:

[Boggert]

bet the aching has peaked about now and you will actually want to sit throught the omnibus of eastenders!! :-k

No its not that bad! :shock:

[Lord Shagg-Pyle]

I have a simple solution to this gardening malarkey. Don't do it. I leave my garden exactly as it is year in year out. I call it a wildlife sanctuary. Apparently wildlife thrives in there. I usually can't see anything but I looked out the window today and saw one of these. Quite rare in Hampshire, although quite common in Sussex, in the area of Bexhill on Sea. They like the sea air. It is good for getting rid of unwanted pachidermal trunk blockages.

Did you see a japanese soldier who thought the war was still on?? :lol:

Yes. He was inside the python that was  basking near the pond.