Anniekay
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I pruned my Crape Myrtle trees and a few more climbing roses and might do some more later if it doesn't rain as predicted.
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Logan
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Not doing much at the moment i had a fall and bruised my left shoulder, left leg and badly grazed my left elbow. When walking river i stepped sideways and fell off the pavement on my left side, the elbow got it first.
Zigs
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Not usually, I plant them in October so they develop roots over winter, but you'll get some that you can plant out this October
Ouch Logan
You take it easy
Logan
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Thank you Zigs.
Anniekay
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- Quitman, Ga.
big rockpile
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Sifting Compost and. Mixing Soil.
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Logan
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Sheal
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Sean Regan
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That was unfortunate Logan, I've had one or two near misses, with losing my balance. I think it's because I don't always concentrate on looking where I'm going, as I'm thinking more about the task in hand.
I read recently that our sense of balance is affected as we age. There was an age related test for how long you should be able to stand on one leg. I thought that was a bit of a nonsense, as I've never considered I've a problem with my balance. But I found it a bit more difficult than I imagined. I needed a few attempts, before I mastered it.
But then it's not something that I do regularly, if at all!
I read recently that our sense of balance is affected as we age. There was an age related test for how long you should be able to stand on one leg. I thought that was a bit of a nonsense, as I've never considered I've a problem with my balance. But I found it a bit more difficult than I imagined. I needed a few attempts, before I mastered it.
But then it's not something that I do regularly, if at all!
Jersey Devil
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Tell the truth Logan...you were drunk, weren't you Fell off the bar stool
Fell off the bar stool
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Sean Regan
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I got done much of what I wanted to do today.
But three hours in the cold was enough. I then had other jobs in the house to do, like the laundry.
I assembled the two hedgehog feeders. I upgraded the first one I built, earlier in the week.
I found I didn't need brackets to secure the tube to the fronts. I'd made the apertures in the front and back bits of plywood tight enough for them to be unnecessary.
I've angled the front of the entrance tubes to give them a bit of protection from rain.
The boxes had locking handles. I had to remove the one from the front to get the tubes in. But I've kept the ones at the back. Those and a brick placed on the top should deter any fox trying to get at the food.
I did a "dummy run," positioning the houses and the feeder to see what they looked like.
On their pavers, they should stay dry.
Then I put them all in the shed, for later in February.
There's a lot of dead bamboo leaves down there. They don't degrade and they're a pain to remove. The bamboo along the back of the fence looks a bit thin, but it always does in the winter. It will thicken up later in the year, as it has done for over thirty years.
I've moved a tall grass to a couple of feet from the front of the feeder. That, the azalea, the hydrangea and the new rhodos, should hide it a bit.
The bottom of the garden is a bit of a mess, there's been so much rain. The less said about the state of the lawn, the better, but it will recover with some help.
I then got into the rose patio, raking out between the flags and vaccing all the debris up. I had a full bag of fine yellow sand and used up half of it brushing it in, with a wide paintbrush. Fortunately, it's dry today. It would have been impossible if the flags were damp.
If it's still dry tomorrow, I'll weed the rockery.
But three hours in the cold was enough. I then had other jobs in the house to do, like the laundry.
I assembled the two hedgehog feeders. I upgraded the first one I built, earlier in the week.
I found I didn't need brackets to secure the tube to the fronts. I'd made the apertures in the front and back bits of plywood tight enough for them to be unnecessary.
I've angled the front of the entrance tubes to give them a bit of protection from rain.
The boxes had locking handles. I had to remove the one from the front to get the tubes in. But I've kept the ones at the back. Those and a brick placed on the top should deter any fox trying to get at the food.
I did a "dummy run," positioning the houses and the feeder to see what they looked like.
On their pavers, they should stay dry.
Then I put them all in the shed, for later in February.
There's a lot of dead bamboo leaves down there. They don't degrade and they're a pain to remove. The bamboo along the back of the fence looks a bit thin, but it always does in the winter. It will thicken up later in the year, as it has done for over thirty years.
I've moved a tall grass to a couple of feet from the front of the feeder. That, the azalea, the hydrangea and the new rhodos, should hide it a bit.
The bottom of the garden is a bit of a mess, there's been so much rain. The less said about the state of the lawn, the better, but it will recover with some help.
I then got into the rose patio, raking out between the flags and vaccing all the debris up. I had a full bag of fine yellow sand and used up half of it brushing it in, with a wide paintbrush. Fortunately, it's dry today. It would have been impossible if the flags were damp.
If it's still dry tomorrow, I'll weed the rockery.
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Last time I took a tumble ( I don't say ''had a fall'' - that's for old folk
) I/we thought I'd broken my nose, I looked even worse than normal, so thought I'd just have to tell everyone ''Lord Awful did it!'' 
Anyway, I hope you're feeling better now.
Anniekay
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I finally got my third raised bed moved !! It's a bigger one than the last two: 4'x8'x 17" tall. I had to move them all because my red oak tree decided to invade them with tons of fibtous roots. I could hardly get a shovel in there were so many all right to the top of the bed.
See that pile of roots on the right of the photo ? There's the pile of roots !!
I took more than a dozen loads of dirt in my big wheelbarrow. I lost count because I was getting pooped !!
I worked from 10am- 3:45 pm. Took two breaks. Had my dog tied to the big red oak part of the time, but she complained !! She wanted to go in !! 
Such a housedog !!
I saved a lot of sticks and limbs and after moving the bed, filled the bottom with chopped up sticks, leaves and limbs.
I spaced these beds out so that my 42" mower will fit between.
Then it was a couple hours of shovelling dirt into the wheelbarrow, out of the wheelbarrow. It was sunny and 69 degrees. I was in short shorts and a tank top. Got a bit of a tan too !!
See that pile of roots on the right of the photo ? There's the pile of roots !!
I took more than a dozen loads of dirt in my big wheelbarrow. I lost count because I was getting pooped !!
I worked from 10am- 3:45 pm. Took two breaks. Had my dog tied to the big red oak part of the time, but she complained !! She wanted to go in !! Such a housedog !!I saved a lot of sticks and limbs and after moving the bed, filled the bottom with chopped up sticks, leaves and limbs.
I spaced these beds out so that my 42" mower will fit between.
Then it was a couple hours of shovelling dirt into the wheelbarrow, out of the wheelbarrow. It was sunny and 69 degrees. I was in short shorts and a tank top. Got a bit of a tan too !!
Zigs
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You've been busy Annie 
Tree roots make their way up into my dumpy bags of leafmold too, gonna have to devise a barrier to stop them
Tree roots make their way up into my dumpy bags of leafmold too, gonna have to devise a barrier to stop them
Anniekay
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When you figure out what to use for a barrier let us know. I can't think of what to use and still have drainage because the tree roots will go right up into any drainage holes you put in !!You've been busy Annie
Tree roots make their way up into my dumpy bags of leafmold too, gonna have to devise a barrier to stop them
Zigs
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I will, they go straight through the weaved mesh of dumpy bagsWhen you figure out what to use for a barrier let us know. I can't think of what to use and still have drainage because the tree roots will go right up into any drainage holes you put in !!
big rockpile
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Seemed to be a repotting day.
Repotted Snake Plants, Geraniums and Pineapple.
Planted one Pineapple.
Had some old Wood Chips was going to put them on my Compost. Got one and half Wheelbarrows full but rest was still froze.
Almost made a mistake. I had just closed Chickens up looked at the Greenhouse and was thinking it should be ok. Then I thought again is was warm earlier I had shut the Heater off and opened windows. So went took care of that.
Was excited today had replanted Lettuce and Radishes and they was coming up. In the Greenhouse.
big rockpile
Repotted Snake Plants, Geraniums and Pineapple.
Planted one Pineapple.
Had some old Wood Chips was going to put them on my Compost. Got one and half Wheelbarrows full but rest was still froze.
Almost made a mistake. I had just closed Chickens up looked at the Greenhouse and was thinking it should be ok. Then I thought again is was warm earlier I had shut the Heater off and opened windows. So went took care of that.
Was excited today had replanted Lettuce and Radishes and they was coming up. In the Greenhouse.
big rockpile
Logan
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Thank you @Sheal, @Sean Regan thanks for the link
I didn't have a drink Your HonerTell the truth Logan...you were drunk, weren't you
Sean Regan
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It was a bit colder today than yesterday, but when you're busy, you don't notice it.
I got into the rockery and got a lot of small clumps of grass out of it. Then I tackled the moss. I don't mind it on the rocks, but it likes to spread into the phlox.
I then mixed up two and a half bags of topsoil with most of a bag of compost and spread it over the rockery, then watered it in.
We've a few snowdrops showing near the first Japanese lantern.
Watered into the lawn, some three-in-one ,
I gave the wood panels on the new hedgehog feeders another coat of Dulux woodstain. I'm running out of this now and I'll need some, as I'll be giving the pergolas and the tea-house a coat in the Spring.
All paint is expensive, it's over £70 in the local Dulux shop, I've ordered it2.5 ltrs of it, via eBay for £58 with free delivery.
I've always used it on our garden woodwork for nearly forty years. It keeps the rot away.
I got into the rockery and got a lot of small clumps of grass out of it. Then I tackled the moss. I don't mind it on the rocks, but it likes to spread into the phlox.
I then mixed up two and a half bags of topsoil with most of a bag of compost and spread it over the rockery, then watered it in.
We've a few snowdrops showing near the first Japanese lantern.
Watered into the lawn, some three-in-one ,
I gave the wood panels on the new hedgehog feeders another coat of Dulux woodstain. I'm running out of this now and I'll need some, as I'll be giving the pergolas and the tea-house a coat in the Spring.
All paint is expensive, it's over £70 in the local Dulux shop, I've ordered it2.5 ltrs of it, via eBay for £58 with free delivery.
I've always used it on our garden woodwork for nearly forty years. It keeps the rot away.
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