WELCOME TO MY POTTING SHED

You can't beat a dollop of mud a day to keep the Doctor at bay.

Why not follow me about as I garden for money and just for fun in beautiful Nailsworth and its' environs.

What's it all about?

My gardens, that's all and any gardening related stuff I guess you might be interested in.

Where do I garden?

My house is in the centre of Nailsworth. With the wind in the right direction, we get a strong whiff of curry as it floats out of the Passage to India and into our front garden. We never get this smell anywhere else on our premises, which is either a good thing, or a bad one, depending on your point of view. As you now know we have a garden, a small rectangle, at the front of the house, and a triangular courtyard garden at the back. Then there's the Garden Plot, right down in the heart of Nailsworth, which I rent from a local business. This is new as from Autumn 2009 and will take a lot of work to help it become productive. I try to garden for veges at my friend Debbis house and for fun with my next door neighbour.

It adds up to a lot of work. For a relaxing hobby, it's proving stressful at times, but, mostly it's heaven.

There are customers who like me to work for them right through the year, and others who I see during the summer months. This working more days a week in the summer than in the winter, of course. The way to keep the finances stable for me has been to teach on the days I don't garden. Works really well for me. The bills get paid, we haven't starved to death yet and we get to have fun ... sometimes!

Tuesday 24 January 2012

Jazzing Up The Front Garden



One day last week, Tuesday, I set about putting in this arch and post. 


Why?


We need to get our front garden organised and this is part of the plan.


As we were going away for a long weekend,

it made sense to get the cementing done now,

cover it up, and let it cure until the following Monday.


The next job was to build a fence. As I was working alone, I attached small brackets, made from off cuts, to support the cross members so that I could work on them. 


As you can see, I've used metal brackets to attach the cross members to an existing post. This cut down on the number of posts needed, hole digging, cement mixing and buying .....


At every stage; post fitting, arch construction, cross members, nailing on the feather edge slats, the spirit level was pressed into service.


Getting a straight top to the fence was a puzzle, easily solved, by resting planks of wood at the bottom, carefully levelled, so that the feathered slats can be plonked, vertically, on them as the fence is made, piece by piece.


Now I have to 'dress it up a bit. Time to get digging and dragging pots about.


Total cost, including the arch, just under 70 quid, from Dennis Browns on the Stroud Road.

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