Category: gardening
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AFK Day Eleven
Fell behind didn’t I? But it’s been a good mix or busy and idle. Today I decided to use the Activity feature on my Apple Watch to record my gardening as “Other”. Paused a few times but this is what a few hours or mainly shovelling chuckies from part of the garden looks like: It…
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AFK Days Two and Three
The back garden has Astro turf. I’ve mentioned it before but the past year it got bad. It is a constant effort to keep it clean/clear and this snowballs to the rest of the garden. We’ve decided to use this time to repaint with the idea that fresh paint will help until we can tackle…
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AFK Day One
Decided to start a sort of diary so I can look back on what happened over these two weeks. I’m AFK for the next two weeks. Originally it was the Easter Holidays but y’know, a pandemic happened. There is a trend now that people are doing more outdoor things and being more active, which is…
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Trimming the hedge
At the weekend, my neighbour came round to say he’d cut it as he has the tools and mentioned it before. I’ve posted the odd photo of it before but suffice to say the hedge needed a good trim. Keith went to it like a man possessed and I started piling the branches. This is…
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How do you clean your garden?
Me? Oh y’know, vacuuming my AstroTurf. As you do. The AstroTurf in our garden is a bit wobbly and has weeds growing through it, with the tilt it also has areas where the rain water pools slightly. This really was a case of when a “before” photo would have shown the drastic change. There are…
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