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What a fantastic job of clearing the brambles Sandra, you and Jack must of been really motivated to clear them in this weather brrrr.
I love your succulents, im going to look on ebay to see if i can find some, your first pic, the basket, which succulents are those? they are gorgeous.

the ones around the edge are aeonium cuneatum we grew from seed a few years ago. a friend gave me the pot and i knew just what i was going to plant it with straight away DaisyD. its so huge i dont know where i will store it next year..lol

Cold and sunny here, today, as well Sandra,until it snowed late afternoon!.You've more energy that me.Can't bring myself to do much in this dreary weather. I'm hoping to get out tomorrow though and do some of my customers' gardens.The ones I should've done last Thursday before we had 7 days of rain, snow ice, wind , the lot!!

i have to Paul..the clock is ticking....markets start again in 4 weeks and our yurts must be ready in 6. but i'mm loving it after being in side all winter.

You make me feel tire switch out me actually doing anything Sandra...Ha Ha!

Bed springs and an old bath - do I spot some bedding and a water feature next? :-)

I love those succulents, and well done you and Jack for taking on those brambles and winning!

Wow, what a fabulous sunset photo, Sandra!
They're a bit of an obssession of mine, especially when the sun's rays pierce dark, thunderous-looking clouds, like the ones in your pic.
I should get out more, shouldn't I. Lol.

great work !

A great job done !
Your Aeoniums are looking good :o)

i have a plan for the bath Andrew..not sure about the springs though...
thanks Louisa..
Mouldy i dont get out at all....that was taken from my living room..:-)
thanks Paul
Hywel i'm delighted with them this year....cant wait to get them out...x

Great work ... well done Jack and Sandra !

Well done you two lovely to get stuck in clearing up things after the winter we have had. Brambles are the bane of my life. They seed everywhere and anywhere, think the birds spread the seeds around. Bit like the holly trees and birch trees I keep find sprouting up in my borders. lol :O)

Now thats a task and a half, good job Jack was there to lend a hand, brute force, ignorance and determination to win needed there Sandra, I bet your back and arms were a bit achey after clearing that lot, must have been a relief to spend time amongst your babies, which are looking grand, lovely selection as well...
Smashing photo,s

thanks Terra...i always make the most of my boys when they are at home...

Olive i wish i found holly seedlings here...holly dosent seem to like my windy garden.

Lincs my boys both major in determination and brute force thank goodness. i feel very blessed as i couldnt manage here with out them...:-)

Horrible job, moving brambles - very well done, you deserve a meal out. Did you have a big bonfire?

oh yes Steragram....its always the reward after abit of hacking and chopping..;-)

Oh don't mention yurts.....terribly envious!
Well done with the clearing. Does it matter that brambles all grow back again?

i will strim in the this summer and it should be a lovely patch of grass by the autumn Lulu....i cant wait to see the new yurt finished...we have no overall design plan and are winging it....fingers crossed....:-}

great job both of you, lol at the bath but i knew you would recycle it some how sandra, the queen of recycling haha.
lovely photos of your plants to,
the sky photo looks like aliens landing, brilliant :o))

thanks Sandra...i will have to call on my boys again to move the bath as its an old iron one and sooo heavy..

Check with landscapers & reclaimers yards, Sandra.
You should get quite a few quid for a cast iron bath to put towards a treat or new project.
Worth looking into.

Sandra the first pond we ever had came out of mum and dads bathroom when my son was thirteen, years later we tried to get it back out of the ground as we'd bought the bigger fishpond we have now and couldn't shift the beggar, lol, it had to be broken up in situ using a very heavy sledgehammer, some bits are still buried under the pond ...

Well done to both of you, that would have been me a few years ago, loved a challenge......looks so much better for the clear up.
Succulents looking good too Sandra....

Mouldy its going to be the new raised bed for my mam to grow strawberrys in...
Lincs we have another one which is a little pond. i broke one up years ago with a slegde hammer the noise was incredable...
thanks Dd2 im off out there today to start the tomato pot on....:-)

Those succulents do look good Sandra - great job as well.

thanks LT..it's well worth the effort of putting them away in winter..cant wait till i can bring them all out again..:-)

Hope you've 'bagsied' your share of the crop, Sandra?!

oh yes Mouldy..its the perks of the job..lol

Glad you enjoyed your bonfire Sandra. I've a huge one waiting but can't light it for months as its just under a rookery and I don't want to frighten the birds with all that smoke. Same every spring - too wet to do it in the autumn and too birdy to do it in the Spring. Think I'd better buy a trailer...

I'm the same with my hedges Stera....have to cut them in the depths of winter so as not to disturb the birdies..x

You could always blame it on the birds, Sandra, lol.
My wee, fat mum had a cat that would suck the strawberries off the stalks, then end up with the squits for days.
It never learned, year after year, a real cat-scrumper!

Lol Mouldy!

He was a wily old rascal. Mum had him for nineteen yrs, then some new neighbours, who the old moocher recieved tidbits from, did a moonlight flit, owing debts left right & centre.
Ginger disappeared at the same time.
We figured they'd cat-napped him & drew comfort from the fact they obviously cared for him. :-D

perhaps they took him to a strawberry free zone and he lived a squit free exsistance..:-)

Ginger was a born moocher, Sandra.
Don't get me wrong, we were always presented with a small, dead creature on his return from his adventures. Let it not be said he let us risk starvation, but, like some dogs I've had, he felt it only fair you should share & share alike, particularly chocolate, cheese or toast.
With cheese ON toast he'd shred your legs, if his rightful portion was witheld!
Wherever he ended up would have had the words lap & luxury combined. Only the best for Ginger.
He might have been a squitter, but he weren't no quitter! Lol.

i have a ginger dog called Ruby who would sell her soul for spaghetti bolognese...:-)

My ex-wife's cat was partial to it as well, but you'll find it a rare dog, indeed, who can resist it.
Garlic, you see. They can't turn it down.
Having said that, I spent my boyhood slipping dogs the stuff I hated. Lol. ;-)

i will always be greatfull to our old dog Penny who love sprouts under the table...he he he

S'funny how I grew to love the food I once hated.
:-)

still only have a token sprout on my christmas dinner...but i have got used to the taste of larger especially stella...lol

I'll drink to that. %-}