Anyone made a new years resolution? Mines always the same and I forget it within days!! Get fit, lose weight, same as many other people I guess. Theres always next year!
I do have many things to do in the garden this year, with help from himself of course.
A number of fence panels have blown done in the gales we have had in recent weeks so will need replacing. I would prefer to take out all fencing and replace with hedging but thats a big job and I know we won't have the time so fencing it is! So glad we had the 40ft or more high Eucalyptus felled before the storms, it had already given our neighbours one large branch, thankfully missing their greenhouse!
I want to overhall our lawned area, its a small round lawn surrounded with various plants, done in a bit of a rush - time is always a problem here, we have to put our customers first of course. Unfortunately our garden is rather neglected. I keep getting promises of manpower to help but it never happens, something else always takes priority.
So, maybe this year I will get help. The lawn needs to be relaid, the first time we did it the weather was against us and the turves were frozen. There was nothing we could do except lay it and hope for the best, but it did not work well so we need to relay. I will place stepping stones where we walk across the lawn to get to the rest of the garden. My husband has some leftover limestone slabs which will be ideal. I'm also going to rearrange the planting so I can squeeze even more herbaceous plants in!
The raised veg beds need topping up with manure and compost which is no easy task. Our garden is on a steep slope, thankfully terraced but theres a number of steps to tackle to reach it. Well, good luck with that Husband!!! Hmmm, this could be a job for one of my subcontractors!!
Not only is the garden in need of work, so is our basement office. We have spent the last few days moving everything out and up two flights of stairs to the temporary office in our spare room so we can plaster the office ceiling which has a lot of holes after our electrician fitted spotlights. We are also laying wood flooring to replace the disgusting carpet which was here when we moved in. This could take some time as the glue holding down the carpet needs removing before we can lay the floor. Thats 25 square metres of scraping!!
Well thats the next two months dealt with, oh yes, we need to fit in paid work too!!!
Lets get busy :)
Bit late, but just wondering how the carpet scraping's coming along?
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Ha! Well, the floors being done as of tomorrow! We had to get someone in to plaster the ceiling and he is also now laying the floor! We were going to do it ourselves but knowing us, would take ages, so we went for a cheaper flooring and can now afford to get chap in to fit it :). This means I can get out in the garden, and as its such a lovely day there are no excuses!
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