Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
31-07-2009, 10:30 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,112
Awkward Fence Problem
fencing on either side separating me from two neighbours is very vivid brown/orange natural or rather unnatural nature colour.
I want to paint what i see dark green but you know the side bits on...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
28-07-2009, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,883
ideas
Yes, many would say it ain't an ideal place for a swingseat BUT, due to one of my conditions i am not supposed to be in sunlight between 10am to 6pm. I have to cover all skin if out in that.
So...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
28-07-2009, 12:40 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,883
Down with raised bed!!
I have a long narrow strip of yard, all concrete at present bar the raised bed at the end. it doesnt get much sun there so i felt it would be ok to bash down the raised bed and use that shaded area...
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Forum: Home Improvements
26-07-2009, 03:12 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 32,141
buzzbee
I like your idea very much, but wonderin...this is social housing, that is it belongs to the council. I cannot do too drastic a change, i cannot make it too sticky out or the neighbours might get a...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
26-07-2009, 02:09 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,756
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
26-07-2009, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,756
puny pet overloaded raspberry
It just aint in right spot, the one raised bed i have really gets no light whatsever, its tiny and puny and needs to breed.
As i have not designed the garden well concrete patch as the raised bed is...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
23-07-2009, 11:02 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,756
puny raspberry/overgrown fushia/marigolds - help
under a mass of mangled jungle i found a very sad little raspberry plant with a raspberry and a few tiddlers of em on it.
How will i save it, the jungle is in the raised bed which i havent attacked...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
23-07-2009, 10:54 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,231
neighbour knows about it.
she tells me she planted virginia creeper.
I saw the hubby cut the ends of the vine/creeper, couldnt see what, last night, maybe he WAS the source!!! I dont think that gonna work though.
xminnie pal
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
23-07-2009, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 29,798
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
23-07-2009, 08:59 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,830
GREAT job
well done, those tiles make a very plain area widen up the whole area, makes it all look bigger. Great initiative to do that. Works bril.
minnie pal
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Forum: Home Improvements
23-07-2009, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,186
Pic to follow i hope
Hello Fries, here will be 'da bucket' of tiles, any you see that may be broken were already so, I didnt break one, honest, cross my heart and hope to die!
Fries with that, if you are around this area...
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Forum: Home Improvements
22-07-2009, 10:32 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 32,141
Oh I SEE!!!!
Yes, I agree that the houses summersun sent with the sage on the far right house was an amazing colour, and i honed in on it straight away.
MYDOG, the house beside is VERY terracotta, so i think your...
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Forum: Home Improvements
22-07-2009, 09:33 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,186
hi am thrilled!
all tiles off and not a single broken!!!!
Thanks Fries for the tip, guess you must have been 'through' this yourself.
I have a basin full now. I have ideas if i have any left over too.
thanks...
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Forum: Home Improvements
22-07-2009, 09:25 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 32,141
just to be clear....
most of the 'votes' are for sage, do you mean the second pic. I still havent asked my friend the pantone number but it looks very very like we are nearing a decision time!!!!
sage is a furlong...
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Forum: Home Improvements
22-07-2009, 10:42 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 32,141
I like
Yes, i like the sage, gonna email friend who did this trick on me hoose and ask for the pantone ref numbers so i can look again more closely.
Keep going with da voting. xxxann
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Forum: Home Improvements
21-07-2009, 09:26 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 32,141
the good, bad, ugly and indifferent about 'hoose'
It brill, to look at like this, long way from adapted van (that da bad), its weeny (ugly and bad), neighbours BRILL, garden though all concrete BRILL, no townie pigeons, chicken legs on street plus...
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Forum: Home Improvements
21-07-2009, 11:19 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 32,141
thanks all this is so helpful
next door, to left of pic is a yellow a beautiful yellow actually, and on the other side is a very darkish terracotta.
I know, it can be scary thinking of painting the hoose a colour that you want, I...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
21-07-2009, 01:00 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 57,099
slugs in kitchen and breedin!
saw a slug half under the washing machine, managed to scup it up and throw it into ivy out back.
there was a 'baby' with this one but i coudnt get it, too fast as a slug tail disappeared under the...
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Forum: Home Improvements
20-07-2009, 10:07 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,186
wont lose any more!
I AM going to soak for a few days, the ones i had taken off i brushed down, so to speak and placed them where i want them to see how many i would need, they will go up the side of the fire too, so...
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Forum: Home Improvements
20-07-2009, 08:15 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,186
you're right!
hi, have taken off about 15 tiles, you have to go slowly and its quite hard but it works, some come off a dream others abit harder to work em out, i have cracked a few and am furious.
xminnie...
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Forum: Home Improvements
20-07-2009, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,186
thanks Fries
Thats great! i will give it a go for sure.
xminnie pal
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
19-07-2009, 10:59 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,231
bindweed/mile a minute
are these two the same? I will try and find out where the main root is over the other side of wall, i think it has not infiltrated my garden it is only creeping along the top of the high wall, but...
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Forum: Home Improvements
19-07-2009, 10:31 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,186
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
19-07-2009, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,231
flowers on mile a minute
three people told me its so invasive to get rid of it, three horticultural friends, (aint i lucky), but i hardly seem em but yes, they say its the 'devils plant.' it grows rapidly and grows...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
19-07-2009, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,536
Keno/Oil drums!
Keno, what a wonderful message to wake up to, thats very kind and set up my day for me.
Wheelbarrow (!) that your name? Thanks too for the oil drums, i live near the sea and do a lot of photography...
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