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Spring projects

Astridlora

Have you started any spring projects of late?

I felt really depressed over the winter, it seemed one of those tiresome endless winters to me, where spring feels like it’s never going to come. But I feel brighter now seeing the sun again and the flowers starting to grow in the garden. I walk outside and everything is bright and alive again, that’s something for me to smile about.

My home has fallen in to a forgotten and abandoned state, inside and out, due to my own lack of motivation, can’t blame anybody else other than myself. Some days I just can’t muster up energy to do a lot. But since spring and the brighter weather I decided to get out in the fresh air and try to start some spring related outdoor projects…

So I decided to clear the garden up a bit!

My progress over this weekend, clearing fallen trees, and ivy off the stone wall.
Sadly the ivy has damaged the wall, some of the stone came off with the ivy, I will try to work out how to fix this. Today I want to cut the grass, if I can get the old mower to start up lol.

I got it from this….

 

To this!

Very pleased.

I’m looking forward to seeing/hearing about your own projects.

Parents

  • I’m still living at my mothers house most of the time, I fully understand not wanting to do anything in the winter, I can become nearly inanimate. I’ve finally replaced some of the fence, the ivy and hawthorn had really taken hold. My son dug all the post holes as I felt the need for more of a managerial role. Still got gravel boards and post caps to finish.

  • in reply to Roy

    Roy, I have about 10 fence panels to replace (they are over 20 years old) and someone quoted £2,000 ! How much work is it for a half- centurion? How long would it take?

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  • in reply to Roy

    Roy, I have about 10 fence panels to replace (they are over 20 years old) and someone quoted £2,000 ! How much work is it for a half- centurion? How long would it take?

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  • in reply to Roy

    Thanks Roy, that's helpful, I might do a bit at a time..

  • in reply to Boika

    Hi, The hardest part of the work was to clear the undergrowth. The panels are £37 each, 3 metre 100x100 posts £25 and gravel boards £3 each. We used a concrete breaker as the new posts were going in the same locations as the old ones. You will need a narrow fork and a post hole digger makes it easier, Screwfix sell the digger. It took two people two days. Allow 2 bags of postcrete per hole. I’m 57 so I did let my son do more of the heavy work. He works on building sites as a labourer.