What's your least favourite job?

[Florence Fennel]

I have daleks and they're a pain. A compost tumbler is on my wish list.

[Glutton4...]

I have 2 gert big wire cages, each about 4' x 4' x 3'6" deep. One is full, t'other has the bit in the bottom that wouldn't fit in the other side when I persuaded Mr.G to turn it. It's only been on the go for 2.5 years, no rush!

[mrpaulbradley]

/me makes a mental note not to lend it out to anyone

I'm a generous guy, would give anyone my last- BUT I don't lend garden tools. I'd rather take the tools to the friends house and do the job myself. At least that way if I break it, it's my fault. Learned from bitter experience that it can cause grief otherwise.

[mrpaulbradley]

There definitely is bins like you describe, and various other spinning type ones. Trouble is they cost a bomb like £80 or something). Much more than the tenner I got these for thru the council. One day I'd love one to keep on the go as they supposedly make compost in weeks rather than years lol.
The pallet bin is pretty easy to make. Thing is you want 2 side by side really to keep moving them. But then what would I do with the daleks? Seems a shame to waste them (even freecycling them seems a shame for me lol).

Drat my dreams of millionaire-dom are quashed!

(mental note to self to cancel power boat in morning)

[taff]

A compost tumbler is on my wish list.

my wish came true yesterday thanks to freecycle, and the original person didn't pick it up and I was the back-up, yayyy!!!!

[sall2009]

Weeding has to be the worst for me. This is the first year of me growing anything in the garden and it used to be a jungle of weed, so lots of roots still in the ground. Even after digging up the area, I end up with quite a bit of weed in the patches.

[mrpaulbradley]

A perennial problem, pardon the pun. You'll get there!
I really don't let a few weeds here and there bother me. I'm inundated with horsetail that continues to thrive because gardens around me are wild and not that well kept (I also have a canal at the back). Nothing I can do about it really so I don't let it bother me. Eventually what I want to grow takes over! Good times (although it's taking it's time this year! )

[VirginVegGrower]

Weeding, watering, cleaning the greenhouse out before the sowing/growing season, ironing, more weeding, mulching and did I mention the weeding?!?!

All of the above!

[Two_Sheds]

Even after digging up the area, I end up with quite a bit of weed

That should say especially after weeding

The more you turn over the soil, the more weeds you'll get (of course, perennials have to be dug out). Watering the soil surface encourages more weeds too, which is one reason why I only water into sunken flowerpots, I don't water the surface at all

[susieq100]

Netting up brassicas to keep the pigeons off - it seems to take me ages, I get the netting tangled up, and it just looks a mess!

[Germinater]

Watering watering watering !!!!every day really starts to become a choir bt can't not do it as I start to feel guilty about all these plants iv lovingly grown only to leave to wilt of thirst also the pain of winding back up the hose after really pees me off..don't mind weeding as you can stand back and admire your lovely clean patch after ....weeds -0 me-1 ...sad really the misses thinks in turning into a old man at 30..

[reetnproper]

Washing and disinfecting the 1000s of pots I seem to have accumulated at the end of the season, when it's freezing cold;

Scrubbing and disinfecting the greenhouses, usually in Februaruy (brrrrrrr) ready for use;

Netting up the strawberries and the mangetouts (I'm sure the netting I use is a sentient being as it seems to have a mind of its' own and has the ability to cling to anything it touches )

Reet
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[crazii_c]

my worst job would have to be digging and clearing my plot. ive just taken on my first plot back in April. i dont think the weathers help much though, the soil is so dry and compacted ive had to be jumping on my fork just to get it into the ground!

[baby_blue]

Strimming! i havnt been to my lottie in almost a year due to a nasty case of gall stones and pancreatitis for afters!!!

the weeds and grass was SO tall, so many of them! it took me 3 hrs to strim it all down, it was fun at first, but after an hour, i'd had enough, and i was covered in grass and spiky weeds!

but, at least its done now, and i have lots of seedlings ready to be planted. must make sure the weeds dont get out of control again! although, all this rain we're having this weekend, isnt helping!

i also hate keeping the shed tidy, not very good at that! and the freshly smashed shed glass windows, courtesy of some 'bored' children, hasnt made me smile!

[Gemmalaveen]

For me it must be getting rid of snails and slugs... they are horrible little creatures and their suckers make my skin crawl. I have stopped using pellets now as my garden is small and I can do it manually, but it's a job I loathe!