what was supposed to be a quick replacement of vile dusky pink sanitary ware in the upstairs bathroom for plain classy white has turned into a full length saga of epic proportions. The thought of the final cost leaves me slighty hysterical. I feel for the plumber - this was supposed to be a quick two evening job - so far it has been two Saturdays, four evenings and we haven't even hit the half way mark yet! I think the point of no return was when he decided he had no option but to replasterboard the ceiling - yes - the ceiling!!! As the tiles went cascading down the walls huge cracks appeared in the ceiling- down it came. It went out in bucketfuls - its still going out in bucketfuls.........my bucket is simply overflowing.
Meanwhile down in Steptoe's yard .... and no that gorgeous pic is of the veggie garden at Harlow Carr - it's not mine - I wish - this is mine below - a quirky area of weird containers due to living on a toxic lead mine site of the past .
Potatoes from a tractor tyre - in fact HUGE potatoes from a tractor tyre!
We have had meal upon meal of runner beans from the other tractor tyre.
Garlic, onions and beetroot have grown fabulously in discarded waste paper bins.
Leeks are still happily growing in yet another tractor tyre whilst carrots in an old style dustbin are still stretching their way down the bin.
There were failures - peas in a bath for a start - there's an old joke in there somewhere - they will have to go in a tyre next year the soil dried out too quickly in the bath, the radishes in a car tyre were a flop as well.
So the tyres have been topped up and finised off with a good thick layer of grass cuttings to keep them all snug for next year. Wallflowers and bulbs are in the old bath, all the strawberry runners are in feed buckets gathered around in the shelter of the south facing wall and very tidy it is too!
Meanwhile back in the bathroom - Oh I give up...I'm going to bed.
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Now I can see why you haven't been down to collect your sewing :-) A x
Glad you can console yourselves with vegetables - they look pretty good. Shame about the bathroom - you will reach the point where it has to start getting better.
Am seriously impressed with the container gardening. Peas in the bath probably know they're not supposed to be in there :)
Not wishing to cause further angst re the bathroom front, but our plumber told us the new bathroom in Surf Bum's house would take a week - fourteen weeks later it was completed........
We gave our friends a sign for their swimming pool.
It read...
Welcome to our 'ool, you will notice there is no "P"in it
PLEASE keep it that way.
I suppose the same goes for the bath!
Hope the bathroom is soon transformed.
Love the veg.
Blossom
I'm feeling slightly hysterical about cars (the lack of trusty ones) and money (going down one of those bottomless pits) so you have my huge sympathy... but at least you can feed yourself with monster spuds.
veggies do look magnificent whilst the bathroom looks well....
What else can happen to that bathroom reno? Too bad you can't grow a new bathroom in a big rubber tire!
Oh gosh - poor you and that loo! That's the trouble with tiles - you never know what they're holding together.
But how do you get those tyre potatoes to grow so amazingly? I tried to do some in a couple of dustbins this year, and they were honestly the size of large peas. C'mon - share your secret.
blimey, haven't you done well with your tyres and buckets.
We can't even grow veggies in the soil. But then I won't give up the sunny parts of the garden and veggies just won't grow in deep shade.
hope that bathroom is usable again! otherwise you might have to have more peas in the bath.
Charming though the garden at Harlow may be I think I prefer yours ! Bon courage, and please reassure me it wasnt the beach hut tiles that were coming cascading off the walls!
The bathroom brings back memories that are best left buried but your veg growing is an inspiration
I am inspirede by teh wonderful containers and hope very much by now that the bathroom is all laid to rest - so to speak... I have no idea if that makes any sense at all....
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