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By *isaB45 OP Woman
over a year ago

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So, furlough, lockdown, Easter weekend & sunshine. Often means decorating, DIY jobs and gardening...

I'm clearing out a shady patch, and will plant some ferns, helebores & cyclamen.

What projects is everyone else doing?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Today i am planning to dig over the garden and then start a furniture renovation project

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By *isaB45 OP Woman
over a year ago

Fabville

"Today i am planning to dig over the garden and then start a furniture renovation project "

What furniture are you renovating?

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By *ear in the chairMan
over a year ago

yeah there

Operation Agent Orange has been underway in the garden since Friday

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By *immycox92Man
over a year ago

Greenwich

I did an hour of gardening yesterday and managed to get sunburned...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Everyday ! I’m a gardener

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Been doing the garden bit by bit. Yesterday planted peas and spinach in beds, and tomatoes, chillis, peppers, lettuce, coriander and parsley in pots for planting out later.

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By *isaB45 OP Woman
over a year ago

Fabville

"Operation Agent Orange has been underway in the garden since Friday"

??!

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By *isaB45 OP Woman
over a year ago

Fabville

"I did an hour of gardening yesterday and managed to get sunburned..."
oops!

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By *isaB45 OP Woman
over a year ago

Fabville

"Been doing the garden bit by bit. Yesterday planted peas and spinach in beds, and tomatoes, chillis, peppers, lettuce, coriander and parsley in pots for planting out later. "

Busy bee

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By *abs..Woman
over a year ago

I’m not gardening but I am going to sit in my garden and appreciate it. I’m also going to eat chocolate in my garden

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Today i am planning to dig over the garden and then start a furniture renovation project

What furniture are you renovating?"

An interesting 'dining table' style chair... It has arms and nice carved detail all over.. Planning to sand back, then Danish oil and reupholster the seat

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By *dward_TeagueMan
over a year ago

wolverhampton

I’m running out of jobs to do!

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By *isaB45 OP Woman
over a year ago

Fabville

"I’m not gardening but I am going to sit in my garden and appreciate it. I’m also going to eat chocolate in my garden

Good plan, Babs!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Been doing the garden bit by bit. Yesterday planted peas and spinach in beds, and tomatoes, chillis, peppers, lettuce, coriander and parsley in pots for planting out later.

Busy bee

Feels like it but the sun helps! And beer of course. In moderation

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By *isaB45 OP Woman
over a year ago

Fabville

"I’m running out of jobs to do! "

Best pace yourself!

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By *isaB45 OP Woman
over a year ago

Fabville

"Been doing the garden bit by bit. Yesterday planted peas and spinach in beds, and tomatoes, chillis, peppers, lettuce, coriander and parsley in pots for planting out later.

Busy bee

Feels like it but the sun helps! And beer of course. In moderation

Of course!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I’m not gardening but I am going to sit in my garden and appreciate it. I’m also going to eat chocolate in my garden

With a glass of something cold I hope xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Been doing the garden bit by bit. Yesterday planted peas and spinach in beds, and tomatoes, chillis, peppers, lettuce, coriander and parsley in pots for planting out later.

Busy bee

Feels like it but the sun helps! And beer of course. In moderation

Of course!"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Done the seeds these last few weeks and got the beds ready for them hopefully come summer will have a nice crop of tomatoes and cucumbers...also a nice bright flower bed or two and plenty of fragrant herbs....done some DIY as well not a lot else to do when at home and most of materials for diy and gardening you cant get...

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

We're growing herbs in a planter and also my hanging basket is an ongoing project because it has to be overflowing and beautiful but it's still at the just flowering stage.

My main project is to not eat all the chocolate.

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By *oss and SuzieCouple
over a year ago

Porthmadog

We need to fill our log stores.... we use several tons every year. We started off with Ross in a chainsaw bib cutting firewood in the forest and Suzie loading.

Then we got bored, took off our clothes and sunbathed!

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By *isaB45 OP Woman
over a year ago

Fabville

Some amazing gardening..

Are people planting more fruit & veg than normal?

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By *essie.Woman
over a year ago

Serendipity

"Some amazing gardening..

Are people planting more fruit & veg than normal?"

Yes I’ve planted some potatoes and starting my letttuce off. Got some shallots as well.

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By *ear in the chairMan
over a year ago

yeah there

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By *ear in the chairMan
over a year ago

yeah there

"Operation Agent Orange has been underway in the garden since Friday

??!"

Destroying anything green and starting again. Finally admitting the s have won.

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By *ear in the chairMan
over a year ago

yeah there

"Operation Agent Orange has been underway in the garden since Friday

??!

Destroying anything green and starting again. Finally admitting the s have won."

And I thought it was my typo. W33ds apparently is a banned word. Whoda thought

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

I think I have hit peak decorating and gardening. Nothing to do but sit back and enjoy it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Some amazing gardening..

Are people planting more fruit & veg than normal?"

Always do salad crops, just added a few more to help us along x

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By *isaB45 OP Woman
over a year ago

Fabville

"Operation Agent Orange has been underway in the garden since Friday

??!

Destroying anything green and starting again. Finally admitting the s have won.

And I thought it was my typo. W33ds apparently is a banned word. Whoda thought

Oh dear!

I have lots of forget-me-nots and a couple of bluebells, so they will stay!

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By *isaB45 OP Woman
over a year ago

Fabville

"I think I have hit peak decorating and gardening. Nothing to do but sit back and enjoy it. "

A book, a cup of tea and you're sorted

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By *rNaughtyNickMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

Trimming my bush has slightly overgrown

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By *isaB45 OP Woman
over a year ago

Fabville

"Trimming my bush has slightly overgrown

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Planted Gardinia seeds yesterday...

Today I'll just sit and wait patiently

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Some amazing gardening..

Are people planting more fruit & veg than normal?"

I'm growing a little less as i cant get seed potatoes etc

Sowed tomatoes, beans, leeks, salad, rocket, fennel, courgettes +peas so far. Doing beetroots +cauliflower today. Rhubarb, raspberries, red currants, swiss chard, strawberries + globe artichokes are springing into life

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"So, furlough, lockdown, Easter weekend & sunshine. Often means decorating, DIY jobs and gardening...

I'm clearing out a shady patch, and will plant some ferns, helebores & cyclamen.

What projects is everyone else doing?"
make my bed and sunbathe

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

I am in the middle of laying a patio.

New house, blank canvas garden, so much to plan ready for when the garden centres open again

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm tackling the overgrown shrubs at present. Beginning to see a difference but running out of space to store the rubbish until the tip re-opens x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Gardening...have made a raised bed, now making another and a path to go round them. The garden is going to look great soon. Have some seeds planted.....come on germinate you little beauties

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By *edGrayCouple
over a year ago

Swindon

I have waterproofed, insulated the garage. With all the rain we had this winter, all my tools have got service rust on them and our Three motorbikes have rust on the brake discs etc.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Operation Agent Orange has been underway in the garden since Friday

??!

Destroying anything green and starting again. Finally admitting the s have won.

And I thought it was my typo. W33ds apparently is a banned word. Whoda thought

Oh dear!

I have lots of forget-me-nots and a couple of bluebells, so they will stay!"

I think forget me nots are my favourite flowers....so small and overlooked by most people. I think they are beautiful

Although cornflowers and borage....maybe it's a blue thing....hang on love a good peonie ...they don't seem to be blue....sorry ....rambling

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

Cleaned the windows , made blackout blinds for all the bedrooms, started ing the garden, made bread most days, fixed a pull-up bar to the wall, cleaned the bbq. Planting onions, herbs and lettuce today , might risk beans too normally wait till May 1st

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Inbetween work, decorating the living room and plenty of gardening. Its the weather too I think? Though finding out you havent got that last piece of essential timber, or enough paint is slightly annoying...though in the grand scheme of things fairly insignificant.

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By *om and JennieCouple
over a year ago

Chams or Socials

The garden is T’s domain - he’s a plant man by trade so keeping other people’s gardens looking pretty. I make tea & watch him do ours

J x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Woman like DIY don't they.

Fascinating

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By *isaB45 OP Woman
over a year ago

Fabville

"The garden is T’s domain - he’s a plant man by trade so keeping other people’s gardens looking pretty. I make tea & watch him do ours

J x"

Sounds like an excelent distribution of labour!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Doing a bit of diy in the garden ( with the help of my favourite little toy )

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Need to do some stripping and prep of a few walls will get round to it as soon as the sun goes away.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Well today emptied the shed and reorganised it so less cluttered and sorted stuff to clear out when tips open. Sorted out garden borders and stuff and cleaned up areas.

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By *etite_delightWoman
over a year ago

BunnyLand

"So, furlough, lockdown, Easter weekend & sunshine. Often means decorating, DIY jobs and gardening...

I'm clearing out a shady patch, and will plant some ferns, helebores & cyclamen.

What projects is everyone else doing?"

I want to make more veggie/flower beds but out of timbers

so that’s a lockdownletdown resulted me just sunbathing in the garden

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Pressure washed greenhouse inside and out. Planted some bareroot strawberry plants.

Planted some trailing plants.

Will cut the grass next week as I need some garden sacks.

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