home confinement

Re #85

Tony that is the old fashion way of painting the wooden fence palings. Use old sump oil and a banister brush as it gets rid of the oil and preserves the fence. Added advantage was also that it dripped to the bottom of the fence and killed of the grass thereby not having to trip around the bottom of the fence. Was always a sad day when nearing home and using boiled oil on the wooden decks to preserve them after all that holy stoning to bring them up to the good looking decks that they are.

jays fluid is one of the best for fences spray the fence with a garden spray?jp

Of course you could put in a Colorbond fence and then no more painting.
Made from steel and in good lengths, usually about 2.4 meters and very easy to erect.

#90 complement the tin corrugated roofs very well!

Reading Sky news online today, it says the Metropolitan police have reported that 4'000 arrest have been made for domestic abuse offences,
all of these arrest were made in London in the last six weeks, probably much the same in all of our big city's, must be some fragile relationships
and people out there :confused: cheers.

The weather here in South Essex has been very pleasant this week and I finally unpacked and assembled the new Greenhouse, I bought in
November as it was in an out of season sale so saved a few quid there, i've fitted automatic vents and a louvre pane, it's all bolted down
and all I need now is something to put in it :). I've had a greenhouse for over forty years now and have always enjoyed growing my own
bedding plants and hanging basket plants, you can save a fortune growing your own. When I moved to the Bungalow it was two weeks
before Christmas 2018, the flower beds had shrubs that were evergreen and there was plenty of died back plants that I couldn't identify'
so rather than clear the beds I decided to wait and see what grew and if there was anything worth keeping, it was the right decision as when
spring arrived up came the Daffodils followed by snowdrops, I ended up with borders full of colour, thankfully the previous owner was a
gardener, the borders came alive with bluebells, crocus and cyclamen of all colours, and the the perennials and shrubs came into flower, I
had a beautiful show without lifting a finger. The only drawback was the lawn, it was well and truly past it and I decided to have the gardens
front and back landscaped with Yorkstone and the lawns lifted and relaid with artificial grass, the work was done last summer and I couldn't
be happier, the mower went straight to the tip, now no matter what the weather is like, I can look out on to manicured lawns without the graft.
Forgot to say I'm going to have a go at at growing some of the more showy type of plants like Orchids etc, I'm finished with bedding plants now,
I have identified a couple of the shrubs that I really liked, they are called Daphne and originate from NZ, they are full of flower right through the
summer and evergreen through the winter, love your garden and it will love you:) , stay safe, cheers.

how many have fell in love with our wives since THEY WEAR A MASK?:p JP

Well a friend of mine who goes by the name of 'Fat Albert', his wife thought he had the virus so confined him to the spare bedroom.
She tells me he is losing weight fast, all she feeds him are pancakes and Pizza bases.
Only things that fit under the door.

Well I did one push up on Thursday and so impressed did another on Friday.

But since then have found a much better exercise, Sit Ups.

Much better and can be done in so many places.

You can sit up at the table for dinner,
Sit up on the sofa to watch TV,

But the best is the sit up at the bar, you have to lift your arm to raise the glass so it is a two fold exercise.
Bit like sit up and push up all in one.

Re #93 Hi John. The Shore Bosun loves her garden only problem it's on three levels, hard work as you get older but when the blooms come out it's worth it.

Hi Bill that is lovely it's what I call a cottage garden, a haven for bees, butterflies and maybe a resident hedgehog, I've always enjoyed
nature, right from a kid when I would cycle for miles to go fishing on the river Lea, loads of wildlife there, dragonflies, voles and water
fowl etc. Compliments to the Shore Bosun Bill, to some people their garden is their pride and joy and it shows, the different levels will
add to the effect and make it more attractive but but as you say with age it gets harder, but many more years ahead I'm sure, cheers.