Over the garden fence (old)

Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	Over the garden fence (old) Feb 28, 2012 12:44:50 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on Feb 28, 2012 12:44:50 GMT It was money well spent, and such a help this year when I woudn't be able to deal with all the holes. I hope the chafer grubs are all dead and gone - we don't want them back again!

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Over the garden fence (old) Mar 7, 2012 15:22:40 GMT

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Post by wildlifefriendly on Mar 7, 2012 15:22:40 GMT

I bought a brand new toaster at the car boot this weekend, it was still boxed and sealed. It did have Celtic rangers logo on the side of it but for £3 I could live with that.

I did have to laugh when my toast popped up this morning though. ;D

jrae Guest	Over the garden fence (old) Mar 7, 2012 15:35:07 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by jrae on Mar 7, 2012 15:35:07 GMT ;D Lol WF I've had toasts with little hearts or flowers or smiley faces but first time I've seen a CELTIC one.

Cherry Global Moderator Posts: 17,975	Over the garden fence (old) Mar 7, 2012 16:23:38 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cherry on Mar 7, 2012 16:23:38 GMT That really is hilarious WF. It is beautifully toasted all around too. You are lucky it is not green coloured. ;D

Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	Over the garden fence (old) Mar 7, 2012 17:09:06 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Mar 7, 2012 17:09:06 GMT Guaranteed to make you smile everytime you make toast WF ;D....an excellent marketing ploy...as long as you like Celtic..... .
	Born and bred in Northumberland!!

wildlifefriendly Guest	Over the garden fence (old) Mar 7, 2012 17:24:41 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by wildlifefriendly on Mar 7, 2012 17:24:41 GMT I don't do footie, but if I pronounce it slightly differently it is quite acceptable. My toast is made by the Celts ;D

Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	Over the garden fence (old) Mar 7, 2012 17:40:07 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Mar 7, 2012 17:40:07 GMT Sounds better... ;D
	Born and bred in Northumberland!!

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,771 Member is Online	Over the garden fence (old) Mar 7, 2012 17:47:46 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Mar 7, 2012 17:47:46 GMT ;D ;D love it, OH thought it was good too

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Over the garden fence (old) Mar 7, 2012 18:07:13 GMT

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Post by wildlifefriendly on Mar 7, 2012 18:07:13 GMT

Here is something which is not so funny, my heart sinks every time we drive by it. This is a large piece of land which has been leveled and has planning permission for hundreds of new homes.

It was leveled just over five years ago (just before the recession hit) and has been left untouched ever since. I'm not bothered about the houses, it is the poor people who will live there. Look at this ground, in five years not a weed has grown in it, one day that will be someones garden

esther Top Member Posts: 2,677	Over the garden fence (old) Mar 7, 2012 18:40:46 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by esther on Mar 7, 2012 18:40:46 GMT I love your toast WLF ;D I wonder if the land was treated with sodium chlorate It seems very odd that nothing has grown there - as you say it is awful to think it may be someones garden eventually
	I love my greenhouses!

Tel Top Member Posts: 7,992	Over the garden fence (old) Mar 7, 2012 19:52:51 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tel on Mar 7, 2012 19:52:51 GMT Love the toaster, i wonder if they do one with dahlia on it. ;D That land for housing, it makes you wonder if it has been a dumping ground for chemicals.
	Terry, in Bradford Yorkshire

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Over the garden fence (old) Mar 7, 2012 21:15:09 GMT

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Post by wildlifefriendly on Mar 7, 2012 21:15:09 GMT

The soil looks brown in my photograph, it is really just dirty clay. There is nothing growing in it because there in no goodness there at all. When they build the houses they will scatter a couple of inches of top soil over this lot and call them gardens.

I know it is possible to improve poor soil but I doubt if there is anything you could do if that was your garden. I'd be devastated if I moved into a house to find that was my soil.

Cherry Global Moderator Posts: 17,975	Over the garden fence (old) Mar 7, 2012 21:50:06 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cherry on Mar 7, 2012 21:50:06 GMT Some serious weedkiller has been used there.

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Over the garden fence (old) Mar 7, 2012 22:23:21 GMT

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Mar 7, 2012 21:50:06 GMT Cherry said:

Some serious weedkiller has been used there.

I wish that were true Cherry, this used to be a large pond and before that it was an open caste clay mine. It was filled with the excavated clay from another open caste mine. Nothing has grown on this gound since it was leveled.

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,771 Member is Online	Over the garden fence (old) Mar 8, 2012 5:54:02 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Mar 8, 2012 5:54:02 GMT isn't that just typical of builders, the give no thought to the people who are going to be living there, all they think of is the ££'s to be made, sling a bit of topsoil on and as long as it looks ok that's fine

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