Peggy's Mundane Thread

One hospital appointment done (Mount Gould) Derriford this afternoon. Tonight a visit to Home Park

Painted the kitchen wall today.

Tomorrow painting some of the ceiling, door frame and door to get rid of the paint that should have gone on the wall.

My garden and poly tunnel has never been so groomed.

Went for a 1 hour walk and passed 2 people! I do live in the sticks a bit though lol.

I went for a walk via the local M & S. Did some food shopping as well.

Been painting again. Painted a door frame today and used 2 inch tape to stop getting paint where it shouldn’t go. Cleaning the floor and repairing the walls where paint materialised unexpectedly!

Made a trellis out of batten, would have been cheaper and quicker to buy one.

Oiled the decking about 3 weeks ago. Pencilled in to do it again later this week.

Sitting inside while the wife gives our son an earful after he soaked her with the hose.

Trellis finished and fixed, rambling rose ordered i'm a proper nature boy now.

sufferedsince 68 wrote:

Trellis finished and fixed, rambling rose ordered i'm a proper nature boy now.

Keep nipping the dead rose heads off and it will flower for ages.

Earwegoagain wrote:

sufferedsince 68 wrote:

Trellis finished and fixed, rambling rose ordered i'm a proper nature boy now.

Keep nipping the dead rose heads off and it will flower for ages.

Should this post be in the newell thread?

Earwegoagain wrote:

sufferedsince 68 wrote:

Trellis finished and fixed, rambling rose ordered i'm a proper nature boy now.

Keep nipping the dead rose heads off and it will flower for ages.

Thanks bhey, well in to gardening now, planted fruit bushes, strawberries tomatoes spuds in grow bags, and look forward to Gardeners world! :sleep:I'm offically an old fecker now.

Did a bit of up cycling today. Turned my Great Grand Parent's paraffin heater into a plant pot holder and a hanging basket.

I've got a big row of Broad beans outside. In the poly tunnel I've got tomatoes, Melons and salads and we replanted the Strawbs with new stock last year and they are looking awesome. We also have some potatoes grown from spuds we didn't find last year as I haven't been able to get any seed potatoes. We've got to be careful here as we can get frost until end of May so Runner beans are grown inside now to be planted out in a couple of weeks. Still waiting for Sweetcorn seeds one of my favourites you can't buy stuff as sweet in the shops, we usually plant a block of corn and you can underplant it with squashes or courgettes.

A mate of mine has got a Bernese Mountain dog, massive lump of a thing. Anyway unbeknowest to my mate he had bad guts, he went shopping and came back to find the dog had deposited about a kilo of loose dogshit in the lounge that their little auto Hoover thingy had smeared all over the room in nice straight lines. He said the Hoover isn't sounding too great and has eaten loads of it.

An old mate of mine had one of those as a pub guard dog. Bastard thing took a liking to my nuts and took every opportunity it could to bite them. I'm surprised I managed to have kids!

Went to fix spongy deck board, thought a couple of screws would do it L0l, schoolboy error its rotten joists the works and according to mrs S, its an emergency get it sorted straight away job.

Earwegoagain wrote:

A mate of mine has got a Bernese Mountain dog, massive lump of a thing. Anyway unbeknowest to my mate he had bad guts, he went shopping and came back to find the dog had deposited about a kilo of loose dogshit in the lounge that their little auto Hoover thingy had smeared all over the room in nice straight lines. He said the Hoover isn't sounding too great and has eaten loads of it.

sufferedsince 68 wrote:

Went to fix spongy deck board, thought a couple of screws would do it L0l, schoolboy error its rotten joists the works and according to mrs S, its an emergency get it sorted straight away job.

I was thinking of putting in a small wildlife pond in the garden, last night I overheard my missus telling her old man I'm building her a plunge pool, you know just big enough to swim up and down in! Slipping down my to do list now tbh.

Earwegoagain wrote:

sufferedsince 68 wrote:

Went to fix spongy deck board, thought a couple of screws would do it L0l, schoolboy error its rotten joists the works and according to mrs S, its an emergency get it sorted straight away job.

I was thinking of putting in a small wildlife pond in the garden, last night I overheard my missus telling her old man I'm building her a plunge pool, you know just big enough to swim up and down in! Slipping down my to do list now tbh.

Now i got to repair it she wants it slightly bigger, with a planter for the new fifty quid Acer ffs! i never get time to be bored.

I've been baking all our bread, I do normally make a loaf or two a week but the good bakers in Tavvy is shut but the crap one is selling flour. I couldn't get any bakers yeast when I got back so started a sourdough starter which I do love but it's a bit of a faff and takes ages to prove. Anyway I was in the bakers buying flour and noticed they had some natural yeast for sale £1 for 1lb I'm well impressed with it, much more active than the dried yeast and makes lovely bread.

Painting the hoose.

Note to self: Do not put your finger in the way when using an electronic staple gun!

Not actual picture, but you get the idea!

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I know how that feels ouch.