Scrapheap Challenge

[Snadger]

More stone masonry on chimney breast. Looking like i might run out of stone.

[Bigmallly]

You'll have to get 'ammer 'n'chisel out Snadge to make thinner facings.

[Snadger]

Back at the plot, bright and early. Got a few piccies of the stonework round the flue pipe. I've added two because one makes it look 'wonky' which it aint! Notice the pie/pastie warmer next to the flue!





I have a metal frame which I managed to wrap with chicken wire to keep the flying rats off! I then placed the frame on the plot and marked out where I could plant some brassicas (In this case calabrese which is noramlly sold as broccoli.)
I planted ten plants that i had grown from seed and hardened off in the dog cage. After planting I sprinkled some BFB round each plant and watered in, finally covering with the chicken mesh frame. Piccie below



I lit the woodburner and had a bit potter on in the summerhouse. Shifted the sweetcorn into the polytunnel to start hardening off. Planted up only six PSB into modules. I love PSB but it grows massive and grows for a full 365 days hence why I only need six plants!
After making a bit of room I sowed a tray of 40 mixed climbing French beans (three varieties)

Put three shrubs on my table ready to pick up and plant in my home garden. A black sambuca, a wegeilia and another I rescued from Homebase for a pittance.

[Bigmallly]

Well done Snadge, it takes me back about 40 years when Yorks Stone fireplaces were all the rage..............

[Snadger]

Well done Snadge, it takes me back about 40 years when Yorks Stone fireplaces were all the rage..............

Thats what it originally was!

Local guy who does house clearances had summat I wanted on his truck and it was all or nothing, so i finishd up with a stone fireplace as well as some pan tiles i was after!

That was about five years ago and I transported the stone and pan tiles from my old plot.............I knew it would come in handy sometime!

[Bigmallly]

Well that goes to prove the old saying.................You never know!

[Jay-ell]

Looks good. You sure it isn't really where you sacrifice slugs to the great allotment gods?





They look far too similar to be a coincidence

[veggiechicken]

Its an Aztec chimney.........or is it Inca?

[Snadger]

Its an Aztec chimney.........or is it Inca?

Its a 'Themed' chimney!

[Snadger]

Looks good. You sure it isn't really where you sacrifice slugs to the great allotment gods?





They look far too similar to be a coincidence

Thats brilliant Jay'el, I've constructed a themed chimney and i didn't even know it! What next I wonder?

[Snadger]

I don't know whether you remember but I picked up a packet of mixed perennial flowers seed last year for free because i bought another two packets of seed.There were over 50 types of perennials in the packet.
I sowed these, as directed in a large wooden tray and posted a piccie on the vine to try and establish what some of the plants were?
You lot weren't much help, although I admit it is difficult to identify a plant from its early growth.
Anyway, today I split up the box of plants and planted little clumps in a pantiled bed. Hopefully as these develop I'll find out what they are and which ones are worth keeping!

Here's a piccie of them planted out and I'll post one later in the season where the bed will hopefully be floriferous!

[Jay-ell]

Thats brilliant Jay'el, I've constructed a themed chimney and i didn't even know it! What next I wonder?

Did the aliens make you build it?

Man builds Aztec pyramid in Mexican desert: Aliens made me do it

[Snadger]

Did the aliens make you build it?

Man builds Aztec pyramid in Mexican desert: Aliens made me do it

Ah.............so thats who that little bloke with the fish bowl on his head was!

[1Bee]

Jay-Ell, I howled with laughter when I saw that... brilliant!!!

[Snadger]

Watered everything that required it on the plot (quite a bit). My cukes and courgettes have now germinated along with some of my module sown swedes.

Did some shopping at Tesco's on the way home and picked up a bargain. They had four strawberry plants originally for £4 and then reduced to £2 and finally reduced to 40p.

After handing over £1.20 I received 12 strawberry plants with nothing the matter with them and some even had flowers on!