UPROOTED

 SUNDAY - Went over to see Helens parents blasted their patio while they went out to some local garden centres .The sun was out and for a change the sky was blue and it was hot .Just the right sort of afternoon to be messing around with water .

MONDAY - Did our patio again with the power washer got rid of some old marks and stains looking a lot better hopefully the sun lasts throughout the week .

SATURDAY - Went over to Leeds the M1 was shut due to a serious crash involving multiple cars we was going to Tong garden centre we ended up spending £125 on plants and sand stone rocks .

Had fish and chips for tea from the local chippy 

SUNDAY - Went over to my sisters house for a family gathering all the family was there apart from my son Guy which was upsetting .They had put a spread on burgers , chicken , pakoras and other nibbles cuscus and salad and strawberries and profiteroles .We ended up digging up a plant they didn't want they are redoing the garden it was hard work digging the Fatsia Japonica even harder getting it into the car but we did it eventually .

MONDAY - Booked my speed awareness course its at the end of next month save me getting the three points on my clean license .Planted the Japanese Japonica hopefully it likes its new home .

FINED AGAIN

 SATURDAY - Drove Helen to Saltaire she had three readings to do it was a hours drive I had to be careful for the speed cameras , a letter from the poilice notice on intended prosecution for a speeding offence I was coming home from work the speed limit changes from forty mph to thirty mph it was 02,30 in the morning and i was tired and not paying attention I got flashed  by the speed camera the letter stated i was travelling at 35 mph I pass this camera every night for the last four years I know its there never mind I have zero points on my license for now , the joys of motoring .Every time I have zero points which i had from Novemebr last year before the year is out I end up getting points back on my licence .

GARDEN UPDATE

 SATURDAY - Back to the local garden centre bought the last two eight foot sleepers roughly eight by four inch once they are cut that's all the wood working completed no more lugging timber about .

Loaded the car up with more garden waste that's another job that should be fully done on of the bags stunk to high heaven it was pungent not sure why.

Helen had readings at four o'clock  at Meltham the rubbish tip is also located in Meltham it shuts at four she had reading at home to do between eleven ant two cool get to the tip then drop her of for her reading at four we left at ten past three .The road out of Holmfirth was closed for a parade we had to detour time was running out I had to get the smelly bag of garden waste out of the car .Long story short we made it and got rid of the waste why is it when you are in a rush you always get the worlds slowest driver in front of you but we made it never less made it .

Went to the supermarket on the way home after dropping Helen off bought cider coke and Dr Pepper also bacon and chicken legs going to pig out in the garden in the sun . 

SUNDAY -Bought another 12 bags of compost and five bags of natural tree bark and a red  Cordyline . Arriving back home unloaded the car and started putting down the  weed barrier and the bark chippings on top was supposed to get thunder storms yellow weather warning it's late afternoon and it's 21degrees could have had a barbeque , It is red hot , cold cider weather .

RAKE AND BARROW

 SATURDAY - Bought another 10 x 50 litre bags of compost from the garden centre we also bought four freshly baked pork pies for tea so not just got a load of muck .They had some nice parasols .

MONDAY - Started taking the grass up used a rake to rip up the turf that was on netting it took a few hours o get it all up and into bags to take to the tip all the grass is up there is over 30 bin liners worth of soi land turf and worms .

TUESDAY - Laid out the weed liner pegged it into the ground and started to bring the stone chippings from the front of the house to the back one ton of stone and a couple of dozen barrow loads the stone chippings were in place I would have been struggling without the wheel barrow - Bought another two sleepers and six bags of Yorkshire cream stone chippings we are putting a four by four planter into the middle we will need another two sleepers and another eight bags of stone and some bags of plum slate .Made the base of the centre planter it was stained it black to match the rest of the sleepers .

WEDNESDAY - Brought the Japanese acer from the front of the house to the rear garden also moved the chiminea and water feature .Went to the tip get rid of the old turf netting and soil .

BLACKED OUT

THURSDAY - Bought another three sleepers will need another two to make eight in all that will complete all of the troughs .I also gave them the first coat of black Cuprinol duck back black which makes them stand out even more .

FRIDAY - All the sleepers are in position and are went to the garden centre bought 15 x 50 litre bags of compost the lad loading the car put us an extra two in hopefully this will be enough to fill them up .I need to give a wood a second coat of black then add the linier and then the tree bark .

Then we need sort out  anew water feature and then the pots and plants ferns etc .