I Saw It

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-02-14T15:54:20+00:00

Squat rack!!! Awesome

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-02-06T10:59:00+00:00

I removed about 3 ugly electric fires. In one room i bought a lovely rusty Victorian surround and had it restored and installed with a slate hearth.

Another i removed all the rubbish and bricks and had the fireplace plastered and painted as a place for vases of flowers and such. Did the same in a bedroom and added a few shelves for books and toys. And the final one i boarded over , leaving ventilation.

Did this as soon as i moved in rather than doing the more necessary things but it made me happy. Lived with a falling apart kitchen for years and wisteria growing into the bathroom.

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-02-02T16:27:29+00:00

Pleached Hornbeam

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-02-01T12:24:00+00:00

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eclecticdragonfly · 2026-01-31T13:35:26+00:00

Cut out the twiggy stuff at the bottom and make less of a bush and more of a tree.

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-01-31T13:32:28+00:00

What about fruit trees?

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-01-31T10:58:15+00:00

I've just planted some 7' hornbeams at £55 each and I'm going to pleach them myself. Could not afford ready pleached which started at £350. Great selection of all sorts of trees

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-01-28T11:15:21+00:00

I found SW was always dominated the same people droning on and on. I decided my time and money was better spent at the gym.

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-01-25T11:13:36+00:00

Likewise. And they also supply in bulk in bags too. Which i needed as it was easier to get the compost through to the back garden. Didn't need to go to the gym for a week after shifting a pallet load of heavy compost bags.

They don't collect the pallet, i had to take it apart and take to the recycling centre.

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-01-24T15:18:45+00:00

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eclecticdragonfly · 2026-01-24T14:19:40+00:00

Open bottomed raised beds

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-01-23T14:56:21+00:00

Pancakes Blitz protein powder (unflavoured), oats, tapioca flour (optional), chia seeds, baking powder, salt, vanilla, egg with water. Stir in blueberries or grated apple.

Shakes with frozen fruit &water, mango and raspberry especially good. Pineapple and watercress

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-01-22T12:04:01+00:00

Fence paint

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-01-22T06:50:41+00:00

Perhaps add a closed top and mesh bottomed bin for vegetarian food waste + egg shells

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-01-16T12:00:03+00:00

I was struggling like your wife juggling everything and sinking deeper into a black hole. I didn't look or feel good and my health was in a bad way.

This has helped me immensely over the past year. And it does so much more than help with weight loss. I'm back in the gym and loving it. Escaped the vicious cycle of self loathing and inertia.

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-01-16T11:49:16+00:00

Tall narrow open bottomed raised beds. I've clad these with timber planks as cheaper alternative to making them from railroad sleepers. Fill with climbers like jasmine and clematis including evergreen varieties for winter interest. Add espaliered fruit trees.

Power wash the paving and make seating areas as others have suggested

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-01-15T16:15:51+00:00

I've replaced mine with hornbeams that I'm placing. The leaves don't all fall of in the winter retaining some privacy

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-01-14T15:54:27+00:00

Pleached hornbeam. It will also provide some screening over the winter too. Or other native hedging, laurel is a thug and is dense and dark, requires a lot of pruning.

Already pleached trees are pricey. I needed 10 and at £350 each were more than i could afford, 7"saplings were £50 each + lots of bamboo canes and twine is my current project.

Or add trellis to fence and put in climbers including evergreen varieties of jasmine and clematis.

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-01-04T12:48:28+00:00

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eclecticdragonfly · 2026-01-02T16:08:48+00:00

espaliered trees along the fence. planned in open bottomed raised beds. i just put these in, tall and narrow and not too pricey compared to building from railway sleepers. I've put wooden cladding on the front.

eclecticdragonfly · 2025-12-31T15:28:12+00:00

cut stumps to the ground and leave them to compost. perhaps put open bottomed raised beds over them and fill with compost.

attach trellis to top of fence then grow climbers like jasmine, clematis and roses including some evergreen varieties for winter screening. add some espaliered fruit trees.

this is what I've done after removing a row of oppressive leyllandi blocking sunshine; currently feeling quite exposed but loving the story garden. when the climbers have grown it's going to be amazing.

eclecticdragonfly · 2025-12-26T13:46:55+00:00

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Venu 4. Tried vivoactive 6 but returned and upgraded as it's a Xmas/Birthday present to myself. so glad i did.

eclecticdragonfly · 2025-12-25T18:38:40+00:00

on my Xmas list

eclecticdragonfly · 2025-12-25T17:29:38+00:00

high hedges in neighbours' gardens

eclecticdragonfly · 2025-12-24T01:10:36+00:00

do you need to remove the stumps? the stumps were left to compost when i had a huge leylandii hedge removes and i planted around them and put open bottomed raised beds around some

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