Thermite?poprock wrote:I don’t think a solid iron bathtub will burn …
Lord_Griff wrote:Need to take down some decking in our garden, the previous occupants used it to cover a multitude of sins. Mainly lumps of concrete and brick but also some bikes and what appears to be a solid iron bath tub. Sooo, do I get a grabber lorry or shift it myself with a skip?
Lord_Griff wrote:I have heard that grabber lorries are fussy eaters.
Time_on_my_hands wrote:Lord_Griff wrote:Need to take down some decking in our garden, the previous occupants used it to cover a multitude of sins. Mainly lumps of concrete and brick but also some bikes and what appears to be a solid iron bath tub. Sooo, do I get a grabber lorry or shift it myself with a skip?
Depends how big it is. I got rid of a 10' x 7' deck - tore it up with a crowbar, but needed to hire one of those blokes who turn up with a van and cart it away for £70. Cheaper than a skip.
acemuzzy wrote:My garden currently has a moot in it.
davyK wrote:Lady 3 doors down from us used to have ducks in her garden and had a pond for them. They lived far longer than she anticipated and when they were old became very grumpy. Used to hear them in the morning rowing amongst themselves.
yourfavouriteuncle wrote:Lord_Griff wrote:I have heard that grabber lorries are fussy eaters.
Yeah. Grabbers are generally for one type of waste. So a big pile of dig out or all timber or all bricks and hardcore. And you need 16 tonnes of it to fill a grabber. So yup, skip it’ll be for you.
poprock wrote:Anyone know what these red things are? I’m guessing aliens, obviously.
davyK wrote:btw - that's a big mature looking garden you have. Hard work. Looks great though.
Eric wrote:Think it's a Euphorbia pops. Lovely plant but sap is pretty toxic and burns so keep Cooper away.
I'm still not sure if I should do it or not. We're probably only gonna be at this place for 1,5 more years, and reading that it could take between 2 months and a year for the compost the be useable, I'm not sure if it makes sense for me to start it.poprock wrote:Here’s some compost heap pics for @Nina. This is the smallest of our heaps, and the one I’m putting food waste into now. So when our kitchen food waste bin is full, I lift some of the dry matter off the top here, empty the food bin into it, then fork it all through a bit before covering it back over. Then because of the Scottish weather, I put a tarp over the top. The good stuff with the worms should be happening lower down in the depths of there already. I’m just topping it up.
I was recommended Azalea, Hydrangea and Camellia by my garden center, all should have flowers. I also picked up Coleus, which are really nicely coloured leaves that should work well in the shade / under trees.n0face wrote:Any tips on plants for shady areas? I have a South facing garden but the fence shades any plants and there's also a couple of trees. I've been looking on the RHS website for shrubs with flowers that will be of interest over summer and autumn that can go against the fence then some other plants to go in front but they're are so many options on the search and so many results I've got no idea what I'm looking at.
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