ForgeCorvus wrote: ↑Sat Feb 19, 2022 8:02 pm
I remember on The Victorian Kitchen Garden, the headman shovelling up molehills to use as potting medium
Absolutely loved that series - still have it on DVD
Harry Dodson is a gardening hero of mine!
Small world BR, hope you and the better half are well.
Yes great show, and the Wartime garden is worth looking for with some full episodes on Youtube so I presume its out of copyright and you can download the series either whats available on Youtube or complete off a torrent site.
Richard
South Wales UK
Retired, spending the children's inheritance.
jennyjj01 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 12:52 pm
Next major mission for us is to dismantle and repair the shed, which is looking like an expensive prospect indeed.
See you need a pallet buster
LOL. So, walking back to the car from Asda, encountered a council workman unloading four pallets. Switched to cheeky mode and asked what would happen to the pallets and could we beg them? "No problem, but go ask my boss over there"...
Boss over there wrote: Sure, help yourself how many do you want?
Also chatting to the boss, got his Facebook address so I can ask him to let me know when they get the next lot.
Into the boot of the car, where we had the pallet buster, still with its Screwfix label and a hammer and a grubbing mattock*. Bish Bash Bosh. Car full of naily wood. B Grade, but maybe a third of my new shed roof.
I'm seeing pallets everywhere now
Mr J was somewhere between bemused at my bravado and facepalm at the thought of his next project. We are even considering starting to sell planters and benches on facebook as a pocket money sideline. Busting up those 4 pallets was a breeze at about 5 minutes each (Nails still in) Great stress reliever too.
*Now that's what you call being prepared: Having a pallet buster and grubbing mattock on a shopping trip to Asda
I'd just nip an inch off each end less nail holes for the sake of 2". Less holes to fill
If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
jennyjj01 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 12:52 pm
Next major mission for us is to dismantle and repair the shed, which is looking like an expensive prospect indeed.
See you need a pallet buster
LOL. So, walking back to the car from Asda, encountered a council workman unloading four pallets. Switched to cheeky mode and asked what would happen to the pallets and could we beg them? "No problem, but go ask my boss over there"...
Boss over there wrote: Sure, help yourself how many do you want?
Also chatting to the boss, got his Facebook address so I can ask him to let me know when they get the next lot.
Into the boot of the car, where we had the pallet buster, still with its Screwfix label and a hammer and a grubbing mattock*. Bish Bash Bosh. Car full of naily wood. B Grade, but maybe a third of my new shed roof.
I'm seeing pallets everywhere now
Mr J was somewhere between bemused at my bravado and facepalm at the thought of his next project. We are even considering starting to sell planters and benches on facebook as a pocket money sideline. Busting up those 4 pallets was a breeze at about 5 minutes each (Nails still in) Great stress reliever too.
*Now that's what you call being prepared: Having a pallet buster and grubbing mattock on a shopping trip to Asda
I said a pallet breaker was a good idea didn’t I? One of the best tools I ever bought,and so cheap! I process a LOT of pallets,and the breaker makes it simple.
In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: It goes on.
Robert Frost.
Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
I have 3 pallets in my garage waiting for me to summon up the courage to dismantle them. I was going to use the crowbar but I think my life has just been improved by seeing this "pallet buster" tool! Useful for floor boards and the like too. Just placed an order from Screwfix - thanks Jenny and Jansman Picked up a couple of double pack of P3 valve masks at the same time as now things like that are more freely available again. Prep wise, you never know when you need a bit of protection from serious dust issues be in a collapsing property or an Icelandic volcanic eruption! I used up my ones in the early stages of the pandemic so figured I really need to get a few back in again.
"Today is the tomorrow that you worrried about yesterday" - unknown
"Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast" - Red Dwarf
(Area 3)
I found (ebay) and bought a couple of sound MOD jerry cans, just picked them up yesterday after work (it was on my way home).
Ones going to be for petrol (I already have 10 ltrs stored), the other is going to have a bit of a repaint in blue and I'll fill it with paraffin (28 second heating oil) from the pump at my local independent filling station.
jennyjj01 wrote:"I'm not in the least bit worried because I'm prepared: Are you?"
Londonpreppy wrote: At its core all prepping is, is making sure you're not down to your last sheet of loo roll when you really need a poo.
at my bravado and facepalm at the thought of his next project. We are even considering starting to sell planters and benches on facebook as a pocket money sideline. Busting up those 4 pallets was a breeze at about 5 minutes each (Nails still in) Great stress reliever too.
