Hallelujah and saints be praised!

[blamebrampton]

It is a long weekend, and I have no work work to do. At last, I can get stuck in and clean the house, beta fics, write and read (and [Poll #1411482][Poll #1411482]

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Re: part two

[thisgirl-is.livejournal.com]

*blinks* Eep! This is the low effort option?

I love the way you assume I have a hose, or anything as useful as an outdoor tap to attach one to. My flatmate's boyfriend found what he decided was an outdoor tap and used it to clean his bike. Turned out it was a crucial part of the hot water system, and draining all the water from it made the boiler not work. Why do I still sometimes believe what people tell me purely because they say it in an authoritative tone? Am I really not smarter than that?

Anyway, that is some good advice, although I may cheat and stick to pots for now, on the grounds that I have already dropped a load of cash fixing a garden that technically does not belong to me. There are a few things like aquilegia and peonies that have done all right on their own that I will probably move around a bit now they are done flowering, and I have done a few pots with smelly herbs down the back garden.

What I couldn't work out with the bulbs is why the ones I planted died horribly, whereas the bluebells that are in the next bed down flourish every year. (This was what led me to think my bulbs would be OK.) Gardens are weird.

I will keep this advice on file for if I can ever afford a place of my own, because the Bath area is pretty much all clay pan, and this will come in handy.

Re: part two

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I think you should demand a tap from your landlord! You are not living in civilised conditions!

And it IS low effort, once you've spread a few tonnes of compost, you're sorted ;-)

Re: part two

[thisgirl-is.livejournal.com]

I know! However, since I am already trying to pressure the landlord into fixing the terrible drip in the guttering, cutting down or at least massively cutting back the gimongous elder tree in the back, and contributing to the cost of the gardener, and maybe letting me have a cat, the odds of him shelling out to rearrange the plumbing are not high. On the plus side, lugging around the watering can should do wonders for my biceps!

So would spreading around a few tonnes of compost, but the very idea makes my lazy-meter set the alarm bells a-ringing. :oD