Fitting Water Butt, 1 5.2017

On the way home from the lake today called at the "Toolstation/Wickes at Lancashire Hill where I got one at £19.95! with all fittings!, good job I looked inside though as there was nothing in the first one and the second was incomplete too!

so it was sorting out all the parts from different ones until I had a complete one.

Still at that price I don't mind a bit of extra effort with it!.

I'd had a water meter fitted last month and looking at the garden thought it was looking quite dry 

already!, to use the hose pipe wasn't a good idea now.

First move this plant which wasn't happy there anyway.

Then paint the fence behind because it would be harder later.

Drilled a 25mm hole in the place already marked 

Fit from the inside with rubber washer inside.

Remove blank and fit tap.

Place on stand and make sure its straight.

Fit collector box to downspout, join both with flexible pipe and jobs done! 

Jobs done not looking too bad, thought the hose reel might be going shortly!.

Just want some rain now to fill it up, you watch we will have a drought now!.

Re-positioned the plant in a better area, Hopefully!.

If you were thinking of installing one, check the link below to see a professional do it on YouTube.

Click here for the professional way.

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That's all folks.

Lots of Babies at the lake

Lots of Babies at the lake.

Over the past few days there have been lots of babies hatched out at the lake, and here are a few pictures of them.

A couple of Mandarin not so babies

 These only a few days old, and a Mallard in the foreground.

 Canada geese babies

Greylag chick

Moorhens

The odd Squirrel

There has been a lot of work been done near the Badge sett, banking dug out six feet down and steel wire fencing put in to stop the badgers from digging through to the canal and releasing all the water!.

Good job done by the workmen, so our lake will not disappear down into the river!.

Whilst at the lake Marjorie met a friend of mine.

That's called cupboard love

Last Saturday at Buxton in the park with Pepe. 

Just found out my beautiful Oldest G/Daughters results from Manchester University.

Beauty and brains Hey!.

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He got married to Miss Right, but didn't realise until the wedding her first name was Always!.

His wife was so fat that last night she washed her dress and hung it out to dry and a troop of boy scouts moved in.

He's got qualifications in biology and metalwork, so if you want someone to weld your budgie he's your man.

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Thats all for today  folks

Still out and about, June 2015.

Still out and about, June 2015.

Even though the weather is more like March than June!, Marjorie and I have still been getting out and about, shopping, dining out and picking up bargains at the various nurseries and Garden Centres in our area. 

Here is my garden at the present time, had plenty of help and expert advice from Marjorie who has been an avid gardener for years and has a beautiful garden of her own!.

This basket finally taking off, been very slow with the cold weather lately!.

Round the park (Etherow, where else) there is still an explosion of baby duckling hatching out.

Mallards 

Mandarins

Even spotted these tadpoles in the dipping pond!.

 Even the rats are breeding well, enjoying the food thrown down for these female mandarins.

 Round the edge of the lake where all the children feed the ducks there are always queues for the free bread and corn bought from the education centre.

Fancy pigeon, not even ringed!. 

The more shy ones are round the lakes

Little and large couple.

This one isn't shy, he is always cadging from people at the cafe 

Can't wait to get back to the Cafe in case anyone is having a sausage sandwich!

I think he is a Longhaired Chihuahua crossed with a Gannet!.

On the home front finally filled in my new Microwave, though its a higher power, it's much smaller than the old one, can't keep up with technology these days hey!.

Done with offcuts from John's beautiful new kitchen worktops, turned out well!.

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How any punk rockers does it take to change a light bulb?.

Two.

One to change the bulb and another one to eat to old one!.

Why did the Doctor fail when he turned kidnapper?. 

No one could read his ransom notes!.

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Well that's it for now folks.

Back Again!.

Hi There, back again like a bad penny, can't believe how long it's been since I last posted, doesn't time fly when you're enjoying yourself!.

Been down to the lake again today sailing my small yacht, but first I did a bit on the garden at the rear of the bench tables, then a bite of lunch at the Cafe and a chat with friends there.

I'd dug out the old flower pots and then filled in the gaps with some pink chippings I'd bought on the way in. Now the garden will be very low maintenance and some thorny roses have been removed as they were catching on people and sails!.  

Whilst at the lake this week also saw these swans doing their mating moves when this Egyptian Goose butted in, I think he fancied one of them. 

You can almost hear the swans saying "What's it got to do with you, Bog Off!"

This is the one he fancied.

 Handsome little devil isn't he. My mate calls him King Tut!.

And his fancy!.

Today they are still being kept apart, and there is my Micro Magic yacht in the background.

Just recently have found a wax plant on our travels round the Garden centres and thought they were amazing plants and there are 100s of different types and colours, must find out where to get some more, not all garden centres seem to stock them.

This is one of them that I'd bought earlier, then I found out off the internet that they should be in a hanging holder to get the best view of them, so bought another one and spent ages and ages breaking off the plastic trellis and making this one into a hanger and there you see they are right!.

You shouldn't re-pot these plants whilst flowering so just put the pot into the hanging container until it's finished flowering

Nice isn't it, viewed from underneath. The proper name?, "Hoya Bella".

Look like wax, just opening.

                                        

Fully opened,very nice hey!.

Another bargain, pot 99p and plant 99p can't be bad hey, small but beautiful!.

Well thats it for this time will try to be more regular in the future, perhaps Senokot will help hey!.

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