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Hoy

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Re: New raised bed in my garden
« Reply #75 on: January 17, 2012, 03:38:10 PM »
Mark, you must build some vertical walls: http://greenwalls.com/home/
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Re: New raised bed in my garden
« Reply #76 on: January 17, 2012, 04:39:39 PM »
Just been out with a tape measure.

Imagine a raised bed that is against a wall.....

I can increase two sides by 40cm / 15 inches and one side by 70cm 27inches.

All I need now is a hammer to remove the bricks

I've thought of vertical gardening before to cover a wall with Dutch baskets and plant Geraniums in them.
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Lesley Cox

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Re: New raised bed in my garden
« Reply #77 on: January 17, 2012, 08:13:20 PM »
Or maybe you just need a new address? ;D I don't think you should get rid of the glasshouse, thinking of winter protection for some things you grow. To me, a glasshouse is the ultimate luxury. I've always wanted one, never had one, even now, after 63 years of active gardening. :'(
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Re: New raised bed in my garden
« Reply #78 on: January 17, 2012, 09:50:33 PM »
I built a glasshouse of used windows (with frames). It meassures 3 x 6 m2 and didn't cost much!
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Re: New raised bed in my garden
« Reply #79 on: January 17, 2012, 11:07:31 PM »
Aha Trond, a real Yorkshireman! (Come on David, don't disappoint me. ;D)
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Re: New raised bed in my garden
« Reply #80 on: January 18, 2012, 09:49:46 AM »
Now Lesley, you should have learned from all the Tykes (Yorkshirepeople) on the forum that, to be a true Tyke, it would have cost nothing ;D ;D
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Re: New raised bed in my garden
« Reply #81 on: January 18, 2012, 11:27:34 AM »
I did better than that with the old roof of the house!

The old and damaged roof tiles containing asbestos had to be removed. I did the work myself but when I was about to drive to the special waste deposit center where I had had to pay dearly to deliver the tiles, one of my neighbours came and asked if he could buy all of it! I wasn't hard to persuade.
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Lesley Cox

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Re: New raised bed in my garden
« Reply #82 on: January 18, 2012, 07:51:48 PM »
Quote from: Brian Ellis on January 18, 2012, 09:49:46 AM
Now Lesley, you should have learned from all the Tykes (Yorkshirepeople) on the forum that, to be a true Tyke, it would have cost nothing ;D ;D
I haven't heard that word for many years but when I was a child my father used to call me "a little Tyke," meaning a rascal. Not that I ever was of course. I was an exemplary child at all times. ;D
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Re: New raised bed in my garden
« Reply #83 on: January 18, 2012, 08:14:14 PM »
I think Tyke means something different these days - a rough, hood, spide ...
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Re: New raised bed in my garden
« Reply #84 on: January 18, 2012, 10:41:33 PM »
Watch it, buster...
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Re: New raised bed in my garden
« Reply #85 on: January 18, 2012, 10:50:08 PM »
Yeh, watch it ;D
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Re: New raised bed in my garden
« Reply #86 on: January 18, 2012, 11:00:16 PM »
what time?  ;D
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Re: New raised bed in my garden
« Reply #87 on: January 18, 2012, 11:02:47 PM »
You're treading on dangerous ground Mr Smyth :D
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Re: New raised bed in my garden
« Reply #88 on: January 19, 2012, 01:23:23 AM »
Quote from: Hoy on January 18, 2012, 11:27:34 AM
The old and damaged roof tiles containing asbestos had to be removed. I did the work myself but when I was about to drive to the special waste deposit center where I had had to pay dearly to deliver the tiles, one of my neighbours came and asked if he could buy all of it! I wasn't hard to persuade.
Why would he want them?
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Re: New raised bed in my garden
« Reply #89 on: January 19, 2012, 09:36:09 AM »
Quote from: Brian Ellis on January 18, 2012, 11:02:47 PM
You're treading on dangerous ground Mr Smyth :D

Yes I'll keep quiet more so because I'm going to Yorkshire in March  :-X
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When the swifts arrive empty the green house

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