Gardening wisdom learned the hard way
pansyface
PEAK DISTRICT DerbyshirePosts: 21,267
If your garden is on a hill and you are planning to build a compost heap, for heaven's sake don't put it at the bottom of the hill.
What goes in, drip by drip, takes months to build up. What comes out, in bags and barrow loads, takes only days to cart away.
We are both totally knock kneed and cross eyed with exhaustion after spending three hot and sticky days emptying the compost bin.
If only we'd designed the garden the other way round.......
Apophthegm - a big word for a small thought.
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When it's empty move it?
Nowhere to put it now. All beautiful landscaped flower beds and stone patio and what we call "the lawn".
Or start a new one at the top until the one at the bottom is emptied?
Ah. Looks like you can cancel the gym membership then
We have the same ....who needs a gym subscription
It was OK when we set out the garden. We were younger and less embalmed in alcohol.
This year I felt as if I was dragging Old Father Time, with his scythe stuck in the grass, behind me on every trip.
Needless to say, the cure is more alcohol.
(Any excuse)
And when they were down they were down
And when they were only halfway up they were neither up nor down.
Build it halfway up!
There speaks the voice of wisdom.
And possibly experience.
Pansy, I think Homer Simpson said something like, when proposing a toast, "to alcohol, the cure for, and the cause of, all life's problems". There is nothing better than sitting in your garden, with a nice glass of wine. If it is red, it is good for you, too. In fact, it is almost health food. That's my justification, anyway. Cheers! Hic! ????
The ???? is supposed to be a glass of wine.