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  1. #501
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    A big storm rolled over on Friday night, after I had spent the day tidying up the garden. We lost power for a few hours.
    I woke up on Saturday morning to find the garden scattered with small branches from the trees everywhere.

    A quick clean up of the pool was in order, and then I spent the day wielding a chainsaw, making the couple of broken trees in my garden safe. I then went round the neighbours helping them sort of the fallen/broken trees. The most interesting was a small dead tree leaning against the power cable of a neighbours house. We were able to chop a bit off the branches so that we could push the rest of the tree off the power cable.

    I started at around 09:00 and finished around 19:00. I feel absolutely knackered today....
    The garden is still a mess in places, but I just can’t be arsed with sorting it out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post

    Mint's coming along too, Roy!
    Nearly big enough to be allowed out on it's own


  3. #503
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    Popped over to see my parents today and do a bit of leg work on their garden, and to be honest it puts mine to shame, and some.
    This is a bit of it..

    Some of the veg garden..



    And a bit of the main garden..




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    That took someone a lot of work to create. Lovely garden.
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    Cool stuff, Jon. I love the 'cleverly managed, unkept look' - much more natural looking [like nature intended] than some gardens that appear to be trying to win the Chelsea flower show!

    What I hate in a garden is soulless precision. Just let it flow man, and allow nature to do its thang [within certain managed guidelines]....

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  6. #506
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    Thats about a 3rd of their garden, and the rest looks just as good.
    Thats what retiring in ones 40’s gets you, i.e a lot of gardening time.
    At some point i’ll be tasked with looking after it and i’m dreading it.

    But, back to my growing endeavors…

    Peppers, cucumbers & squashes coming on well..




    Sweetcorn and toms are taking their bloody time



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    Amazing pic s of garden. In response to Marco s post, there s nowt wrong in trying for a Chelsea flower show type of garden imv.

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    The best part of our garden ( 3 miles from central London ) is next doors fabulous Rosie thing sticking over the fence !. We still have a nice garden though, nevertheless.

  9. #509
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    Quote Originally Posted by tapid View Post
    Amazing pic s of garden. In response to Marco s post, there s nowt wrong in trying for a Chelsea flower show type of garden imv.
    Yes, as long as it's tastefully done and doesn't look too contrived! Terribly common, otherwise

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    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

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    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


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  10. #510
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    Thats 2 tonnes of wood shifted by 9am, just got to split the lot now


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