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Post: # 14429Post Goodlife1970 »

Isnt that taking the Self-sufficient thing a bit too far?
Now, what did I come in here for??????

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Post: # 14444Post hedgewizard »

Ladyfingers it tastes just like ladyfingers (joke for Stephen King fans)

Goodlife it's http://www.hedgewizardsdiary.blogspot.com but it's all a bit dry at the moment as it was mostly written after the fact. Actually I'm a weekend behind again but I've been on lates this week plus I'm an idle git.

Everyone do feel free to leave comments, funny stories, opinions or whatever. It's all good stuff!

Ta for the comment on the photo Amanda, it's my best side! :mrgreen:
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Amanda? Who's Amanda? :shock: I hate that name!

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oops!
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Post: # 14572Post hedgewizard »

S'Yeah, I know... that's kind of the point! Sorry. Shan't do it again. Much. :wink:

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Post: # 14578Post Millymollymandy »

I accept your apology ............. Andrew :mrgreen:

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Post: # 14607Post albert onglebod »

The last owners of our house cemented all the screws into the wall instead of screwing them into rawl plugs.We had to cut some of them off with hacksaws.
They also planted a laburnum right infront of the back sliding 'patio ' window and a rose bush about 1ft away from the back door.
It is rumoured that there is an air-raid shelter under the back lawn.OH did find a place where the spade went straight through when we were digging out the pampas grass but we decided not to investigate.
Dissapointingly we havent discovered any Roman remains or other interesting stuff.

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Post: # 14608Post Goodlife1970 »

Aha! Found your blog at last (not being au fait with computers yet was struggling but didnt want to appear too plank-like! Oh couldnt we just swop stories about digger drivers............................
Now, what did I come in here for??????

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Post: # 14706Post hedgewizard »

I'd better update it, I'm a week behind. I've been trying to do a pretty version of my plan to replace the back-of-an-envelope look I have at present, but it means relearning to use my graphics tablet.

Old air-raid shelters? As long as it's not the corrugated iron-roofed type, 'cos that would have ragged edges when the roof finally goes!

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Post: # 14734Post Boots »

This thread really is a tragic tribute, isn't it?

The worst I have uncovered would probably be that wretched black weed matting stuff. It was everywhere and has taken ages to remove. We have an incinerator and it was full of 'non-burnables' when we arrived, but the ground being rocky clay was probably safe, because burying stuff would have been too much effort, i guess.

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Post: # 17605Post Stonehead »

Hmm, things left by previous owners...

Lister Start-o-matic, complete and running
Numerous doors
Bags of clothing
Dinghy
Anchor
Large tubs of bamboo
Huge steel oil tank (not used and in an outbuilding where it's too big for the door)
Numerous 1960s light fittings
Bronze age arrowheads
Medieval ironmongery
Victorian ironmongery
Two different sets of dismantled We sell total junk, we will rip you off, we are scammers
Ancient hay
Rabbit traps
Piles of slate flooring and roof slates
Vast piles of timber
Ivory snooker balls
Large collection of 1960s Airfix soldiers
Large collection of 1970s Lego
Dumbbells
Vacuum cleaner (working)
Vacuum cleaner (not working)
Lengths of chain (ghosts, for the use of)
Victorian cast-iron range
Edwardian homebrew recipes
Edwardian bacon cure recipes
DIY burglar alarm kit (1970s vintage)
Scores of squares of insulation offcuts
Boulders (gathered from all around the croft and decoratively arranged as a "feature")
Non-working Lister engine (used as a plant pot!)
Horse arena (now the veg patch)
Vast areas of privacy fencing (now pig hut, raised beds, work benches, etc)
Sitka spruce and leylandii cypress (now garden paths and compost)
Shelved and lined storeroom (complete with labels saying "winter camouflage", "forest camouflage", "bivvy bag", "rifle cleaning kit", etc)
Assorted radio aerials (someone was a ham radio nut)
Ancient horse shoes
Bronze age stone axe head
Cast iron, hand water pump
And so on, and so on...

Does any of it annoy me? No, I'm always finding uses for everything!

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Post: # 17606Post Boots »

Far out man... :shock:

No Kilt?

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Post: # 17611Post Wombat »

:lol:
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Post: # 17614Post Millymollymandy »

You turned a sand school (horse arena) into a veg patch????? Do you know how much those things cost to be installed in the UK??????? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

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Post: # 17616Post Stonehead »

Millymollymandy wrote:You turned a sand school (horse arena) into a veg patch????? Do you know how much those things cost to be installed in the UK??????? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
Yep, but I don't eat horses! :lol: The adjoining land can get a bit waterlogged, so it also means we have good drainage for the veg. We also turned the stabling into pig pens and replaced the sauna with a workshop.

Oh, and I think Scotland is still in the UK... :lol: :lol: :lol:

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