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GRAHAM01 wrote:i moved in to my new house back last oct the back garden is huge but there was not a blade of grass the older couple that lived there before were just like the good life growing loads of veg but as they had got older they could not do it any more and the whole thing just grew more and more weeds until we bought it

i knocked down a bloody great green house dug up paths, i had to get a rotervator (spelling?) in and spent 2 day digging the out on the ground, then had to roll it all as flat as i could get it

i dug out a huge bank at the top end of the garden think they dumped anything and everything in it and covered it in mud, i put sheilding around it all and made it look a whole lot better then i did a play area for the kids, put those half logs in to the ground weed mesh on the floor the filled the area with bark they now have a 10 foot tram on it a play house swings and slide and now the weather is better we have the pool out there aswell

then with the rest of the garden on that side of the path i had to sow new grass ( i gave it it's second cut on sat afternoon ) it's looking good now may lad has a big set of goals at one end we have table and chairs down the other end but i want to put decking there but that will have to wait for the moment ( money and time )

oh and i have MY shed stacked out with bloody toys

it has been hard work but the reward now is that i can get out there and play with the kids knowing that it's safe for them and that they won't get hurt, well unless they splash me with water while im trying to sit and soak up the sun

i have to say when you finish it and look at what you have done i get a good feeling so stick with it and look forward to finishing the job and the good feeling

Bad Bob wrote:I tell you, I'm looking to turn as much of our lawn into flowerbeds as soon as possible.  Mowing grass is such a chore and with all the roots and rocks sticking out of our lawn (thin soil around here) it's extra tedious.  That, and the fact that mowing is my job while the missus handles the weeding and watering of the beds...

i was going to say what about the weeding until i read the last bit 

so go on flower bed the lot 

GRAHAM01 wrote:i moved in to my new house back last oct the back garden is huge but there was not a blade of grass the older couple that lived there before were just like the good life growing loads of veg but as they had got older they could not do it any more and the whole thing just grew more and more weeds until we bought it

i knocked down a bloody great green house dug up paths, i had to get a rotervator (spelling?) in and spent 2 day digging the out on the ground, then had to roll it all as flat as i could get it

i dug out a huge bank at the top end of the garden think they dumped anything and everything in it and covered it in mud, i put sheilding around it all and made it look a whole lot better then i did a play area for the kids, put those half logs in to the ground weed mesh on the floor the filled the area with bark they now have a 10 foot tram on it a play house swings and slide and now the weather is better we have the pool out there aswell

then with the rest of the garden on that side of the path i had to sow new grass ( i gave it it's second cut on sat afternoon ) it's looking good now may lad has a big set of goals at one end we have table and chairs down the other end but i want to put decking there but that will have to wait for the moment ( money and time )

oh and i have MY shed stacked out with bloody toys

it has been hard work but the reward now is that i can get out there and play with the kids knowing that it's safe for them and that they won't get hurt, well unless they splash me with water while im trying to sit and soak up the sun

i have to say when you finish it and look at what you have done i get a good feeling so stick with it and look forward to finishing the job and the good feeling

Crikey!  I thought we'd put in a full day on Saturday when we planted 4 bushes and mulched a back bed!   Of course, we don't have any kids wondering when Daddy's gonna finish their play zone either. 

mistyred wrote:Badbob your lucky your missus does the weeding that's my job along with every other you can name and i got bloody bind weeds attacking every flipping bush tree and plant in my garden its a constant flippin battle some times i just wanna get my axe and starting hacking everything in sight

I know that feeling, mate.   BTW, don't see The Happening if you're prone to the occasional bout of plant rage. 

Bad Bob wrote:

GRAHAM01 wrote:i moved in to my new house back last oct the back garden is huge but there was not a blade of grass the older couple that lived there before were just like the good life growing loads of veg but as they had got older they could not do it any more and the whole thing just grew more and more weeds until we bought it

i knocked down a bloody great green house dug up paths, i had to get a rotervator (spelling?) in and spent 2 day digging the out on the ground, then had to roll it all as flat as i could get it

i dug out a huge bank at the top end of the garden think they dumped anything and everything in it and covered it in mud, i put sheilding around it all and made it look a whole lot better then i did a play area for the kids, put those half logs in to the ground weed mesh on the floor the filled the area with bark they now have a 10 foot tram on it a play house swings and slide and now the weather is better we have the pool out there aswell

then with the rest of the garden on that side of the path i had to sow new grass ( i gave it it's second cut on sat afternoon ) it's looking good now may lad has a big set of goals at one end we have table and chairs down the other end but i want to put decking there but that will have to wait for the moment ( money and time )

oh and i have MY shed stacked out with bloody toys

it has been hard work but the reward now is that i can get out there and play with the kids knowing that it's safe for them and that they won't get hurt, well unless they splash me with water while im trying to sit and soak up the sun

i have to say when you finish it and look at what you have done i get a good feeling so stick with it and look forward to finishing the job and the good feeling

Crikey!  I thought we'd put in a full day on Saturday when we planted 4 bushes and mulched a back bed!   Of course, we don't have any kids wondering when Daddy's gonna finish their play zone either. 

you don't think they waited until i had finished do you

mine are like ants they climb over everything that's half finished just see what it is  little gits, carrying bags of bark around then fall flat on your face when you tip over one of them playing with the stuff, then get in to trouble from the misses for telling them off 

Lee J wrote:im more into 'uphill gardening' really. i Likes to plant me tool into the moist brown soil

mistyred wrote:Bob don't you feel like your just fighting a loosing battle mate i just can't keep up with it mate, the things we do to ourselves i dont know we must need
our bloody heads testing  

Part of me thinks that for sure, MR.  More of me, though, thinks it's essential therapy and the perfect tonic to sitting in my office all week staring at the computer screen.  Hell, it's the only way I get any exercise!