Disaster Master - Update

Posted by Julia Wed, 07 Jun 2006 19:39:00 GMT

After a week of having to leave the house at 9am, going to Tesco for my breakfast, having the same conversation with the lady on the cafe till about when I’m due, and whether I know if Baby Davey is a boy or a girl, and then spending the rest of the day at Jim and Sineads house so the decorator could work undisturbed, I’ve finally got my house back! I’m very grateful to Jim and Sinead who have a very very comfy sofa, which is very conducive to day time naps, and sky tv, so I was able to spend hours watching about weddings and babies.
Jamie, the decorator, was here from last Tuesday (29th May) to yesterday (6th June) sorting out the damage. Whilst he was here, we also got him to get rid of the nasty terracotta paintwork, so we have a lovely neutral front room, and stairs rather than the orangey nightmare that was there before. All that remains to do, is get the furniture put back as it’s currently all stacked up in Baby Davey’s room, and put some nice pictures up on the wall.
Hooray!



Few things still left to sort…


I’m 38 weeks and 1 day now, so I’m actively looking for twinges now. Nothing’s happened yet, which is just as well, as it would have been horrible bringing a Baby home with decorating going on.
The weather was good over the weekend, so we were able to get the garden looking a bit tidier, (when I say we, I sat and pointed, and Ross did the hard work…).


Livingstone Daisies


Ornamental Sage


Sunny Border


Shady Border

We’ve also got a little sparrow who has moved into the guttering at the back of the house and he’s very noisey! He’s been christened Spartacus. He might as well have a name to go with the Gerbils, Guinea Pigs, and Hamster…sad as I am!

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Weed Replacement Therapy

Posted by Ross Sat, 11 Mar 2006 18:30:00 GMT

Plugging the gaps

Spring is threatening, mind you in typical fashion, a mild February has led to a blustery, snowy and frosty March! It was because February seemed so mild that Julia and I thought that Spring was about to.. well erm.. spring, so we promptly ordered about 70 plants (plugs) and 100 odd bulbs… I merrily agreed, I mean why not, they looked great on the website - without a moments thought about who would do all the planting (doh!).

Well, there was a surprise on Monday as they all arrived in a big box. Julia opened them up, watered them all and kept them in a sheltered spot until we had time to plant them out.

This morning, Julia got out her management finger out and told me where to put the new plants… Muttering under my breath about where I would like to put them, I set to work.

There are no pictures yet, but take it from me, the ground is mostly brown - with a few specs of green. We seem to have gone backwards in this move, as before I started the ground was brown with large patches of green. However, the weeds have given way to plugs (with some mild cursing from me). Now we can sit back and wait for the plugs to grow, we got lots of ground covering plants, so no more weeding ;) (I know how naive). Unfortunately, there are still 100 odd bulbs to plant - one job for tomorrow and the coming weeks.

A Plant Fest

Since putting in hundreds of plants, bulbs and tubers last year, we’re both hoping that this year the garden will really blossom, just in time for baby davy to arrive and I’m sure we’ll be so busy we’ll need a garden oasis to relax in.

Expect pictures as soon as the colour arrives, but for those with green fingers heres what we’ve put in:

  • 3 types of Clematis (thats now 6 in total)
  • 2 Virginia creepers (so lots of climbers to soften the boundry’s)
  • 3 Butter daisies
  • 3 Golden Rods
  • 3 Red Hot Pokers
  • 3 Lupins
  • 9 Campanulas (white and blue)
  • 6 Dianthus (2 varieties)
  • 3 Helianthemums
  • 3 Fragrant Thymes
  • 6 Gypsophyllas
  • Few other bits and bobs

Signing off for now, Ross ‘Titchmarsh’ Lawley

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