20th March 2022
It was working outside day, and the sun was shining. We wanted to put the plastic cover over the greenhouse frame, it looked pretty simple according to the instructions, but we all know how rubbish these really are.
It should have been like putting on a sock, and so it was, but only if it was one size smaller.
We struggled for quite a while until we thought it was as best that we could achieve. Then we tried to re-zip the door shut. There was no way it was going to happen without some serious damage.
I decided to remove the wooden frame that I had made to control the size and squareness of the greenhouse, this would allow the sides to move in so the door would close. I would the then re-size the wooden frame to fit.
The other job I wanted to finish was the raised bed.
This required lining with landscaping fabric and filling with dirt.
The fabric is very light and difficult to control when there is a breeze, so I did all the cutting inside, and carried it out to fit.
That went surprisingly well. In between all this Kelli kept needing help with her tasks, so I was flirting around back and forth trying to get things done.
All the grasses had to be cut back at the front of the house, that has improved the curb appeal, now just waiting for the lawn to make an appearance.
Last job of the afternoon was to start filling the raised bed. That consisted of filling a barrow with dirt and wheeling it to the area of the bed.
God that was tedious, I decided to add a few inches of dirt first, then empty the five bags of compost into this cavernous pit, then call it a day.
Another Lifetime to go 