Articles by Mickey fez

We had wall to wall sunshine yesterday so a perfect day to keep the garden in some sort of order. I mowed and cut the front grass and moved the planters from their position in the back ready for an afternoons work there. I had a break and some lunch while waiting for my shopping delivery and with that stowed I started on the back garden. I strimmed all round both sides before taking a break for coffee and biscuits. Then I was on with the mowing,cleaning and stowing the tools and replacing the p…

Yesterday I went to B&M to get some odds and ends that ASDA either don't sell or are too expensive. I only spent £8 and no heavy shopping to lug home. I was sorting out some of the photos I took in Devon yesterday so here is a batch. Click here for more

Things are nice and peaceful here at the moment,I managed to get a trim on the grass Ellen had cut for me before rain set in so the garden looks tidy. Yesterday I had my first delivery of food via the on line shopping since the Iceland days. I have been thinking about it for a while with my continuing back problems and the bad weather not far away. I decided to use ASDA as Jenny gave it the thumbs up and Ellen used to get her shopping there because of her work commitments. The portions and pric…

Another beautiful day here with lots of sunshine. I set about the strimming in the back garden,firstly I removed all of the planters from ythe patch that needed doing and set to work. All went well and twenty minutes later the patch was strimmed and looking a lot tidier. I had a break before strimming the borders on the big patch which tool longer of course. The afternoon sun was very warm by then so I draggged my lounger out,grabbed a pipe and a Guinness and sank into it. I had a good half our…

After a big thunder storm and plenty of rain last night I had lost hope of starting on the front garden today. However the sun rose bright and early,this with a nice warm breeze dried the grass up beautifully. After a few loosening exercises I attacked it with the strimmer because there was no chance of throwing the little Flymo in there. I managed the larger section in 3 sessions with breaks in between,some intended 3 caused by Bimbo,Janine and John and Pauline,and very welcome to stop me wor…

A frustrating morning,I feel really good with my back in shape again so with this in mind I decided on a couple of light jobs.I loaded the washing machine up and set it going. checking on the front garden the grass was dry enough for a strim,that would do for today. Then we had a really heavy downpour so no grass cutting and no drying clothes on the whirly which is a bummer. So it is another day of enforced taking it easy and I am getting restless.

I am fighting fit today after a couple of days resting. Yesterdays rain means I can't start sorting the garden out so I started sorting the photos from Devon instead. These are a few photos of Jenny's garden I snapped,pretty I think you will agree. Album here I'll catch up later I'm off to see the baby

Yesterday I spent the day between the massage chair,light exercise and a little stroll. I also wallowed in a nice warm bath. I am much better with just the odd twinge. My potted plants are coming on well now,I have a good splash of colour. I noticed one of the rag potato plants was ready for pulling and I got 14 lovely new potatoes, they are just the right size not to big and not like marbles. A portion of those will go down well. I still can't sit on this computer chair for too long so I…

I arrived home after an 8 hour journey very tired and with my back in pieceseven though the trip went very well. I phoned ahead from the train and got a taxi to meet me. The driver very kindly stowed my bag and took it out on arrival home. I staggered in,dropped the bag and was immediately assaulted by Zazzles and Sooty who gave me a right regal welcome home. After finally unpeeling the cats from me I made a brew,fired up my massage chair, filled a briar and spent the next hour trying to massa…

Here I am on the morning of the last full day here. Tomorrow I am off back up north on the 10:30 train to Birmingham the first of my leg of my journey. So how did I enjoy the break?,it was brilliant Spending time with my best friend is always a pleasure and always good fun. I was able to help her with a few jobs around the garden and the house and a few trips out were entertaining as always So what did I accomplish? In the garden I sought out and vanquished a few Sycamores, hacked back some…

If you read yesterday's blog you may remember it was cold and damp here. Well the weird weather continued being weird and as the day went on we managed a trip out. I did a little trinket shopping for stuff to take home. The weather had really improved be the time we returned home and I got to potting more plants. A large plant from upstairs was brought down and 3 separate palm type plants were put in one pot. While I was sitting in the garden enjoying the sun we had a visit from a Dragonfly,…

Yesterday was a very cold day here,certainly not the weather for breakfast on the lawn or repotting plants. It was an overcoat colder that of late and although today is much brighter it is still too cold to work outside. I did a coupleof little jobs around the house yesterday and if the weather doesn't warm up today will be the same. At the moment it is 14c (under 60f) here 4 degrees colder than reported back home,weird when home is a long way north from here.We are promised sun later I…

Yesterday we were cabined up all day as relentless rain swept through. This wasn't so bad as Jenny needed the rest after Thursday's trip and a day off the gardening would do me no harm. So in theory a nice quiet day was ideal which worked until around lunch time when I started getting the cabined up feeling. I did go and check on the wipers as Jenny was complaining about poor performance and found the rubber had split on the drivers side blade and the passenger's side looked a little ropy, So th…

I awoke at 6:00am so up and about early. The first job when I got downstairs was the smae as morning every morning ,making a fuss of the cats then feeding them. I opened the back door and the smell hit me. The slurry the plumer dug out of the drain was lying on the path and boy it hummed. I didn't shift it last nigh because my back had enough in the daytime. So I dug a garden spade out of the shed grabbed a large plastic bucket and started. I managed to get it shifted with two trips,I buried it…

After a dull start the day turned out well so a little catching up on jobs in the garden The first job was clearing 4 large pots like this feeding the compost and replanting with the bulbs that were in them. Originally the pots were at the edge of the undergrowth but on the orders of she who must be obeyed I lined them up next to the fence. The large one was OK according to her on high so I left that After that a cut the grass and that was my work done There was a bit of excitement with t…

Heavy rainehas stopped any hope of outside work today so I carried on with my list of indoor tasks. Jenny has a faulty rain spout which I will look at when the rain stops. Yesterday I sorted a couple of vacuum cleaners that weren't working,Onw was just clogged up and a good clean out sorted it. The other on one was arcing out so that was a scrapper. This morning I installed a DVD player Jenny had ready another simple job. Time for Breakfast and it went down badly eating indoors after 3 mor…

A sketchy day today with a lot of cloud coming through. Jenny had pointedout asmall patch in the garden that could do with sorting yesterday so this morning after breakfast I started on it. It took longer thar I hoped but was good fun. It was a bed of brambles strangling a plants but I got there in the end. When I finally quelled that there was a house plant indoors thteatening to eat the TV amonst other things so that was banished to the other lounge until it learns some manners. The upshot…

Hello folks the weather is good again and Jenny is treating me regally. This morning I set about a few chores in the garden. I hunted more Sycamores.Buddleia and brambles to attack on the driveway. Very satisfying work in the ear;y morning sun. I had a good pile at the end and found a good place to dump it so it would rot down. Then a break and a coffee or two,in the garden of course. Not much to do then until it was time to do a little shopping but I had done a couple of hours in the garden so…