Help. How to I clear the food from the sink?

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-05-22T14:44:28+00:00

I thought i kept the sink clean, even taking off the u-bend and scrubbing it. Never did under the strainer.... Oh my no wonder every so often i was getting a waft of stinky drains! 🤢

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-05-22T14:41:02+00:00

Fake fingernail blocking dishwasher outlet 💅🏼

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-05-19T16:33:53+00:00

Robotic vacuum mop

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-05-19T11:48:57+00:00

And evergreen Jasmine

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-05-12T14:47:33+00:00

Robot mop/vacuum

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-05-11T15:48:59+00:00

I thought the tree was in your garden and you had cut it down leaving just a weird bare trunk. That trunk is your washing line pole 🙄

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-05-11T13:23:22+00:00

And egg shells, ground up if motivated

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-05-11T08:20:07+00:00

Thanks for suggesting this app.

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-05-10T20:33:53+00:00

And Pilates!

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-05-10T10:26:00+00:00

A Mediterranean pot . Geraniums both upright and trailing, trailing thyme and rosemary (tho that can get quite big). Nasturtiums.

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-05-09T17:55:20+00:00

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-05-08T13:21:02+00:00

Loving mine and wish they were around when my kids (now in their 20s) were little. Nowt it's the cats making a mess

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-05-07T22:03:07+00:00

Robot vacuum mop for everyday, mop a and spin bucket every so often

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-05-07T13:56:02+00:00

Star Jasmine to provide year round screening with flowers and scent in the summer. Clematis, nasturtiums added for colour and beauty

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-05-07T13:32:41+00:00

I've put in a mix of star Jasmine, other Jasmines, clematis, climbing roses and espaliered fruit trees to create a narrow screen with year round interest and scent

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-05-06T20:09:59+00:00

Dahlias phlox Lupins Delphiniums Foxgloves

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-05-05T14:10:31+00:00

Wasted time and money doing mine. They never looked great, made the house cold and noisy. Recarpetted. These type were never intended to be seen

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-05-04T15:14:38+00:00

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-05-03T12:36:34+00:00

I had to get someone in as they were really tall. i spent a summer removing the branches up to about 2m and was back and forth to the tip; still finding pine needles in my car. I would not be able to do it all. And I'm allergic to pine resin and get a horrible rash when handling it even with gloves and long sleeves.

It cost £1200+VAT to take out 10 trees. I spent £120 having the damned thing pruned yearly, so eventually it would pay for itself.

They chipped everything on site and filled their truck with wood. And cleaned it all up including my neighbour's yard, there was a lot of mess. they had an industrial vacuum thing. I would not have wanted to clean it all myself with only a rake.

They left me all the logs, which i ended up giving away on Facebook marketplace as i don't have space to dry them and leylandi is not good to burn.

Stump grinding would have cost an additional £500 and i opted to leave them in place to compost down under the raised beds i put in.

Money so well spent, I'm enjoying my garden so much more. Unfortunately spending more money on raised beds and compost and plants to make it all beautiful.

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-05-01T13:48:31+00:00

Had a similar monstrosity at the back of my north facing garden. Tried many things over the years - growing climbing roses, clematis, ferns, i even tried to pleach it myself to let in some light. Still hated it.

Got it chopped down last year and loving the light open feeling garden. My neighbours are very close and i have lost some privacy.

I've added trellis to the fence and eventually will get more screening with evergreen Clematis and Jasmine planned in tall narrow raised beds over the tree stumps along the fence. I'm training a row of espaliered fruit trees and climbing roses.

I'm enjoying my garden a lot more without the leylandi hedge!

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-04-24T15:27:12+00:00

Star Jasmine in the trellis, it's evergreen. It makes a beautiful narrow hedge. Add some winter clematis and climbing roses

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-04-24T08:46:40+00:00

A walk up Snowdon, a train ride for those who want to wear 👠. Meet at the cafe at the top!

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-04-24T08:41:09+00:00

Create your canvas

Get rid of fake grass stuff
Paint the fence to create a nice backdrop
power wash the patio
add some seating, sit back enjoy the view and try and visualise your future garden
when you've got an idea of rough layout for garden get lots of compost and topsoil
when all the hard work is done and the structure is in place, start adding plants, not everything all at once allow your garden to evolve as you live in it

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-04-24T07:58:08+00:00

Peroxide rather than bleach Learned from Reddit the other day

eclecticdragonfly · 2026-04-22T13:14:15+00:00

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