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Message 1.Â
Posted by Lizdurham (U3286570) on Wednesday, 15th March 2006
Lots of firsts today:
-My first ever package from Bakker arrived, which happened to be... my first ever tree! (Cherry compact Stella) VERY exciting.
-First day in ages when there was no snow on the ground, it wasn't raining and the ground wasn't frozen, so-
-First time I've ever broken out into a sweat diggng, while digging a new flowerbed for the first time
. This resulted in the first time I've ever got mud in my eye 
So generally feeling good about all my first attempts. Sorry, had to share. :D -
Message 2
Posted by Lottie (U2331125) on Wednesday, 15th March 2006
Well Done!
and 
some deep heat for your first ever back ache from digging!
LL x -
Message 3
Posted by Lizdurham (U3286570) on Wednesday, 15th March 2006
Thanks, a long soak seemed to do the trick, but I might not be saying that tomorrow.
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Message 4
Posted by Obelixx (U2157162) on Wednesday, 15th March 2006
Well done. It's still to cold to garden here though I did spot we got up to +7 this pm so won't be long. I've been stuck inside moving rooms round. Someone from the ministry is coming to check my working environment!
I work part time for OH and they're coming on Friday morning to make sure my workspace etc is up to standard. We'd been planning the move for a while but this brought things to a head so the office has moved to a larger room, 3 bedrooms have changed contents/layout/function and my sewing attic has been cleared and sorted as back up office and filing space too.
Mega, but when it's all finished tomorrow the slate is clear for gardening a few hours a week instead of housework. Yippee!! Now, if someone would just wave a magic wand at the weather organiser............ and get me a cleaner maybe? -
Message 5
Posted by Plocket (U684859) on Wednesday, 15th March 2006
Well done for achieving so many firsts, and thank you for sharing - your enthusiasm is wonderful. Here's mud in your eye!!!
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Message 6
Posted by happydaddio (U3390569) on Wednesday, 15th March 2006
TEIR GUARANTEE IS GENUINE.I CAN VOUCH FOR THAT
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Message 7
Posted by susie-snowdrop (U2989562) on Wednesday, 15th March 2006
Good on you Liz!! Us Northern birds have to keep up with the rest of the country
I managed to get into the garden today! I broke up loads of old paving slabs with a sledge hammer and tipped it all into the first of the planting areas. Now all I need is some top soil and plants but that will have to wait until OH has rendered the walls
Susie x -
Message 8
Posted by Lottie (U2331125) on Wednesday, 15th March 2006
Good on you Liz!! Us Northern birds have to keep up with the rest of the country
I managed to get into the garden today! I broke up loads of old paving slabs with a sledge hammer and tipped it all into the first of the planting areas. Now all I need is some top soil and plants but that will have to wait until OH has rendered the walls
Susie xÂ
Are you Susie Sledgehammer now??
LL x -
Message 9
Posted by susie-snowdrop (U2989562) on Wednesday, 15th March 2006
. The workouts with PT have certainly helped! Nobody messes with me now
Susie x -
Message 10
Posted by Lottie (U2331125) on Wednesday, 15th March 2006
. The workouts with PT have certainly helped! Nobody messes with me now
Susie xÂ
or Susie Schwarzenegger?
LL x -
Message 11
Posted by susie-snowdrop (U2989562) on Wednesday, 15th March 2006
Hmmmm, not much of a choice LL
Something a little more flattering me thinks. How about Smashing Snowdrop, or Gigantus Galanthus!! I must say that OH didn't seem very happy at the sight of me throwing a sledge hammer around! I think he may have been a bit frightened , probably by the fact that I was hoiking it around with gay abandon!! By hook or bl@@dy crook, I shall have some plants in before the month is out, she says pleadingly!
Susie x -
Message 12
Posted by Lottie (U2331125) on Wednesday, 15th March 2006
Well let's hope you get a couple of 'good weather' weekends then - and leave your plant list where OH can see it - just in case he needs a nudge!
LL x -
Message 13
Posted by susie-snowdrop (U2989562) on Wednesday, 15th March 2006
A nudge
, more like a bomb!! I'm afraid he has no interest in plants whatsoever, or should that be?! I shall order a couple of tonnes of topsoil, which will have to be moved into the beds, topsoil = plants. I'll probably forget to tell him I've ordered it
Susie x -
Message 14
Posted by anneliesje (U3003883) on Wednesday, 15th March 2006
Isn't it awfully fullfilling when you have had a nice day of hard labour, whether it is planting trees, swinging sledge hammers
or moving the contents of rooms and offices?? At least you see what ou have done! 
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Message 15
Posted by Obelixx (U2157162) on Thursday, 16th March 2006
Susie-S - careful with that sledge hammer. I missed a post and banged my shin instead once and it was * painful! There's lots of things I "forget" to tell OH so good luck with the top soil.
Lizdurham - yes, your enthusiasm is wonderful. Keep us posted with more such stuff. -
Message 16
Posted by susie-snowdrop (U2989562) on Thursday, 16th March 2006
Susie-S - careful with that sledge hammer. I missed a post and banged my shin instead once and it was * painful! There's lots of things I "forget" to tell OH so good luck with the top soil.Â
Morning Obelixx. Don't worry, I was very careful, especially when I was close to the conservatory.
Susie x -
Message 17
Posted by Lizdurham (U3286570) on Thursday, 16th March 2006
Susie you're scary
On the subject of the North keeping up, have you been to Alnwick gardens? I get the impression you're quite near there, but I might have got it wrong. Went last May, and I'm looking forward to going again in the summer to see how its coming on.
Annoyingly its snowing today, so can't go back in the garden, but I might plant up some more seed trays if I can find any windowsills to put them on
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