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Been on a bit of a reggae and dub 7" purchasing spree and took delivery of some Eek A mouse, Al Bell & Yabby You today. Many more to come.

65 no?

Holy shit, you got some sort of grow farm on the go?!? 😂

Really need to get some bigger radiators, underfloor insulation and some new windows.
In these really cold snaps, just can't seem to get the downstairs warm in our house. Nice polished floorboards can get in the sea too. With this hyper inflation, can't actually afford to get the work done.
Our electricity and gas usage has reduced substantially year on year too but the bills, they keep going up and up whilst my wages do not!

We have a 4 bedroom 1934 brick house with 2 seperate courses of bricks with an air gap between them. Is insulating in the gap a thing or will it ultimately harm the house etc?
I guess that it's called cavity insulation as mentioned above?

4 bed mid terraced house here. We run a pretty lean ship with electricity and heating usage but seems to be round the £10 day too. The thought of a £310 per month bill puts the shits into me tbh.

My mate, who I regularly plant swap with, kindly plucked some Oriental poppies for me a month or so ago. I potted them on today and they're all looking healthy enough. I love gardening for free.

Second a hori hori.
I have the Niwaki one and it's ace.
https://www.niwaki.com/hori-hori/#P00442-2

Digging this!

https://youtu.be/TfX-uPfjATU

Fire surround is lovely.

Great effort. I'm getting triggered looking at that pile of stones though. My potato patch started as pure war rubble.

Composting is all about getting your carbon and nitrogen sources in balance though. Heat just speeds it up and makesnit useable quicker.

https://www.hotbincomposting.com/

I've had mine for 2 plus years now and it's fabulous! Have had 11 200l batches so far in that time. Heartily recommended.

Lolz :)

I'm pretty sure the ph value of the soil only changes a blue plant pink and vice versa. White Hydrangeas always gonna be white.

That's quality. You've done a great job.

Seems to be a few that do!

Finally went to Balham to collect the Climbing Hydrangea from my landscape Gardner mate who had it left over from a job.
Took the tube down with a large blue IKEA bag expecting to be able to go back the same way however it was twice as large as the bag so need to get a car back!
Hydrangea anomala Petiolaris. Should have some nice white flowers.

Have wanted a Peony for a while so finally took delivery of one this week. Karl Rosenfield. One of the OG varieties. Question is, keep in pot till spring or get in now?

Ha, it's all that would fit! :)

We're about to embark on our own kitchen project. It's the tiniest galley kitchen known to man. 2m long by 1.8m wide. Have gone for gloss white IKEA Metod. The only thing we really splashed out on was the range cooker. Took 7 months from ordering to it arriving in the UK but was worth the wait I reckon.

Just finished decorating the loft room so my teenage daughter could move up there. Hadn't really touched the room in the 6 years we've been here. Seemed to take an age to do anything as everything that had been previously done had been done to a shoddy standard. Previously had no heating up there however sorted that out last year when the boiler was replaced.
Everything including the doors had been painted blue previously.
Took many coats for the blue to become white.
Downlights replaced with LED ones, switches and sockets swapped out for Gira ones. Not a bad place to study for GCSEs.
On the plus side, my sanding, caulking, filling and painting skills have definitely improved.

Sorry for all you've had to endure here. Sounds like a bunch of rogues.
I'm supposed to be starting our kitchen soon but your tales of ineptitude have put me right off :)

If you need to remove any paint, definitely invest in a Speedheater!
You certainly won't regret it.
https://linseedpaint.com/speedheater-cobra/

Can anyone recommend a good supplier of trees that can deliver to SE London?
Have no car.
I've been after a contorted Hazel for some time and I think the time has come to get one in the ground!