My Autumn/Winter Plans....

You'll be alright, Shiney, Oscar will supervise.:kittykiss: It's amazing how many jobs are lying in wait just outside in the garden and it's not until you have a casual walk around that they spring to mind. You think of one job, that leads you to another, that leads you to two more, and then 3 more..................need I say more??

 

Here's the Gate we've been talking about, Lily. I'd been thinking about repairing it for the last couple of years and it was down on the list of jobs to do this Autumn, but Catztail and Bilbo like it as it is so it's stays until it crumbles.!!



I've added another couple of jobs to the list such as making two sets of 7' x 7' trellis for the climbing roses by the pond as the old trellises are collapsing after 20 odd years in use. So I've ordered 250' of 1" x 2" timber from the local timber yard which should arrive tomorrow. I've put up two of the three nest boxes and am still looking for a suitable site for the third. The other Autumn job is to trim the Jasmine Hedge down to a suitable height for the Winter.
One job I didn't plan for was the buying of a bench/seat on Sunday and positioning it today by the Acer Brilliantissimum. I confess I discovered I'm getting old when lifting and moving it to the chosen place Anway, I'll post a picture of it tomorrow so that you can see what I'm burbling on about. Of course that led to another job which was to move the small bird bath from that area to a spot in the main central border opposite the Arbor. The jobs keep coming:D

 

This is one of the unexpected Autumn jobs I did yesterday after seeing this seat on Sunday at a very good price. It's a good job it didn't cost in pounds what it weighed in pounds, even the legs seem to weigh a ton! Anyway, I had to dig up a large Echinops to make room for it as well as move a small birdbath from the area to the main central border.



Here's the small birdbath in it's new site where I can see it properly from the Arbor while I have a cup of tea or something else!!





It certainly didn't weigh as much as the seat and I managed to move it in one piece which helped to make it look like it's been there some years..........well, I like to think so!

I got the ordered timber today so I was busy cutting it into 7' lengths and then painting it with timber treatment paint. Now if I can only find time to nail and screw it all together this week happy. Then there's the paths to sweep, weeding to do, sort out the Greenhouse, find a site for the third nest box, move some earth and compost down to another area by the Acer, and then............................... !!!!!!!!!!:D:inautumnleaves:

 

It's actually only been in the garden for around 6 years but the moss seemed to grow on it very quickly softening it's new look. I'm hoping the same will happen to the main bird bath and the new seat to blend them in naturally. I would post the bird bath to you, Sheal, but as you mentioned before I'd have trouble posting it to you because of where you live

What about you?, what Autumn jobs have you lined up?:D

 

Repairing a 40' dry stone wall gradually sounds quite therapeutic, Sheal.:D There's always something to repair, replace or change in a house I'm afraid

 

You'll soon have to stop using that expression . They won't be painting the Forth Bridge anymore.

BBC News - Forth Bridge painting 'is coming to an end'

 

Glass flakes in expoxy paint?? So really scrap/waste glass in a resin, well, if it lasts 25 years that's not bad. Bet the painters are happy though as they'll have to find other work now.:D

 

That's a nice seat

I wish you many years of sitting. :D

I bought this one over 20 years ago. Mine is of reconstituted stone and the only problem with it is that you need to keep an eye on it for algae and mold.

Otherwise, it has been brilliant. :yess:

 

A bit at a time, Sheal, a bit at a time:D

That's a cracking seat, Shiney, love the ornamental design. I'll keep an eye for for moss, but not too worried about the algae as it'll take the "newness" off the seat and make it look weathered, a bit like me