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The good news is now the fencing is all sorted. The two foot-ish gap which had previously been bodged together has been filled with a home made gate which we hung last weekend and nailed shut. It took a great deal of head scratching to make the hinges work - it isn't flush and opens outwards, but recessed and inwards wasn't convenient. N will fit a couple of bits of beading to hide the gap. For an encore we added two more rails for spur shelving - I need to go to the Christian caprenters for the shelves, but that can wait.
Yesterday we poured more concrete to fix the swaying fence post - the earlier dried-in-twenty-minutes concrete was still damp. The post has give but no sway. we fitted a latch to the side gates so that when I leave it with the bicycle I can shut it from the outside. If need be I can padlock it too.
Then today we fitted the back gate's bolt, and curiously a second five metre extension cable was not quite enough; a four way adaptor gave us a necessary extra metre to use the drill.
I need to move the composter and contents, but that can wait. A fun job. Interestingly, I fit through the gap between shed and fence better than I did last weekend.
The side fencing is going to rot at some point, but ought to last the year. The posts look sturdy. Perhaps I can persuade N he needs to holiday with me in a couple of years. I'm generous, I know. Actually, having held nails and hammers, I think I could do it with the existing posts, but my practical talents are culinary not DIY.
It all needs the PC equivalent of creosote, but that is a job for the Easter vac. N suggested I could paint it blue, and I countered with the suggestion of a seascape, complete with boats, beach and lighthouse, and even lights. This was roundly rejected as being frankly too gay. Heigho.
Discovery in the garden is I have some brambles growing. I will persuade it to grow in a different direction, but fresh blackberries I like. Perhaps an elderberry cutting might also take.
Yesterday we poured more concrete to fix the swaying fence post - the earlier dried-in-twenty-minutes concrete was still damp. The post has give but no sway. we fitted a latch to the side gates so that when I leave it with the bicycle I can shut it from the outside. If need be I can padlock it too.
Then today we fitted the back gate's bolt, and curiously a second five metre extension cable was not quite enough; a four way adaptor gave us a necessary extra metre to use the drill.
I need to move the composter and contents, but that can wait. A fun job. Interestingly, I fit through the gap between shed and fence better than I did last weekend.
The side fencing is going to rot at some point, but ought to last the year. The posts look sturdy. Perhaps I can persuade N he needs to holiday with me in a couple of years. I'm generous, I know. Actually, having held nails and hammers, I think I could do it with the existing posts, but my practical talents are culinary not DIY.
It all needs the PC equivalent of creosote, but that is a job for the Easter vac. N suggested I could paint it blue, and I countered with the suggestion of a seascape, complete with boats, beach and lighthouse, and even lights. This was roundly rejected as being frankly too gay. Heigho.
Discovery in the garden is I have some brambles growing. I will persuade it to grow in a different direction, but fresh blackberries I like. Perhaps an elderberry cutting might also take.
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