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Allotment Stuff => The Basics => Topic started by: waggi on March 30, 2006, 21:29:27
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come on lads and lasses
tell me what is in your little havens on your lotties
i am getting a shed as soon as i get this new lottie
there is a possibility that i might inheret a shed off the last tenent
come on tell us all
good and bad
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numerous cloches in waiting (ginger bottles) vast quantities of empty milk cartons, bbq potting tray, shelving, stack of newspapers, numerous empty pots, wooden shoe rack (i'll find a use for it one day), glass jars (some with screws in, some waiting to be filled with screws, nails and the like), sieve, packs of netting, rolls of fleece, gazebo frame and mini greenhouse type rods (from greenhouse destroyed in a gale), joints of aforementioned gazebo/greenhouse, a roll of hose just waiting to be cut up for frame joining bits, 2 x lidl cloches as yet unpacked, assorted tools, desert spoon - for the smaller pots, dibber, clips to hold fleece on runner bean frame, plastic bag for rubbish, plastic bag full of other plastic bags (for rubbish), empty hanging basket, cardboard box full of loo roll inners (domestic) and fatter loo roll inners (commercial - from work - yes i steal them from work :o), bucket for saving milk bottle and ginger bottle tops to be used as crocks, replacement shed door (still waiting to be hung), 7 solar powered garden lights (one is in the garden, the other two disappeared over the balcony at my last flat :o), pair of scissors, huge plastic terracotta style pot used for mixing compost and sand, ermmmmm think that's me done a virtual tour of the shelves :P
still got to make room for two bikes and the patio furniture - aye right, like there's gonna be room for those ::)
i love my shed.
;D
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Spare tyre, ratchet set, triangle, first aid kit, tyre changer thingy that I can't remember the name of, netting, pots, lime, map, fork, tool kit that includes, secateurs, digger thingy, gloves etc. spade, shears, fleece, black membrane, trug, parsnips in trug that need to be cooked!, tissues, wet wipes, de -icer tool, lopers, cut off soda bottles, clear plastic for cloches, chewy mints, Chicken poop,
yes I don't have a shed cos they burn em down on my site, my shed is my car!!!
and I wonder why my kids says it stinks when they get taxiied! Dottie P
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not allowed a shed *humph*
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nor am I Hubby said no but i'll sort one out oneday.
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On the allotment, a couple of families of mice! They have made a meal of my fleece!! >:( Oh well, guess they were cosy over the winter. Also, netting, bamboos, wheelbarrow and various tools, chairs, stove, various pots and seed trays that should come home for re-using, and most importantly, my restocked first aid kit with plasters, germaline, antiseptic spray and waspeze!
At home, bikes, pogo sticks, paddling pools, buckets and spades, rubber dinghy, garden furniture, huge array of pots, tubs and seed trays and the lord and masters garden related power tools, like the lawn mower, hedge trimmer, strimmer, rotovator etc!
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dont have a shed but i do have a car and a cupboard under my stairs ;D
so far i have in the car fork spade 3 trowles chicken poop another fork green bags black bags clear bags compost maker (box of ) nappies wellies baby wipes change of clothes (for children) gloves thats it for the car and on saturday ill add i husband 2 kids 3 lots of potaoes onions 3 lots drinkd etc and its only a small rover 100 last weekend as well as all above (except the veg ) i had a rotavator in it too ??? im still amazed at how we did that under the staries i dont even want to look all i know is its more and loads more garderning (usefull) items ;D
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my shed is coming today at 9.30am, im so excited i cant sleep ;D got a wheel barrow lined up to go into it
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Another car-shed here I'm afraid.....but I'm hoping for my birthday......
Anyway boot of car holds at the moment - wellies, kneeling pad, fork, spade, bucket (to carry all the little bits from car to plot - inside bucket is: plant labels, pen, string, scissors, plastic bags, half packets of seeds, trowel, two bits of wood and some string for line marking & gloves), cloche rescued from wind the other day, roll of fleece, box of BF&B, box of lime, first aid kit (shamefully old and in need of updating!) and try as I might not to let it in - soil!
I'm changing my car hopefully for a mini soon so OH will just have to buy me a shed!
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i havent got a shed yet :'(
i have a black rucksac - which contains gloves, seeds, bottle of water, tissues, string, scissors, and a little spade/fork, all the rest of my tools are stashed round the back of a neighbours shed ;)
SHED WANTED IN LIVERPOOL ;D
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There's a shed on my lottie from a previous tennant. She's got loads of tools, onion strings, a camping stove, gardening boots & 2 deck chairs in it. I wish she'd come and collect it all as I can't use the shed until it's gone!!!!!! :( So I too am carrying my tools back and forth from the car at every visit !!!
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The usual tools, wellies, trug, step ladder from when we put the shed up... biscuit tin with assorted seeds ... cardboard boxes.. pair of waterproof trousers so I can potter about the lottie at lunch time and not mess up my work trousers.
I am working on a rouse to get the camping stove and table up to the lottie; need to make sure I put them back before we next go on hols though! ;D
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A lot of cobwebs!
But also the usual tools, wheelbarrow, folding chair, plastic bottles, some window frames, netting.....
I really must have a spring clean in there!
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Tools, loads of rubbish that needs clearing out, a dozen or so buckets of wood ash, fifty cloches, several hundred pots, netting, hoses, all the usual stuff.
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Last time I posted on this subject I got told off. :-X
Now, you don`t need huge amounts of stuff to grow veg ... but ....
(I just can`t resist it) ....
Working from front to back along metal shelving away from the door, at the moment, my tool shed contains,
Soap, first aid kit, sun block, mirror, radio, tin of chocolate. Gloves, seeds, knives, secateurs, string,
Hose pipe on reel.
Long handled tools: spade, forks, hoe, cultivaters, half a ladder.
Chemicals: Blood, fish and bone, Growmore, rat poison, Jeyes fluid, Round-up.
Cloches
Nuts and bolts, screws and nails, Woodworking tools, bike tools, screwdrivers, saws, hammer
Flowers buckets and builders buckets: Hose connectors, sprays, sprinklers,
Small tools: Dibber, weeder, trowels, forks, cultivators
String, pegs, pins, ties
Plastic box of sheet materials and garden bags, fleece, plastic, tarpaulins
Box of hanging baskets, pea sticks, bamboo canes,
Wheelbarrow, more hose pipe, parts of a strimmer.
Clothes, shorts, jeans, fleeces, water-proof jacket, boots, spare gloves.
rodent proof box of remains of last years spud harvest (baking spuds)
Theres probably more, Col
Edit: Slug traps, beer, plastic guttering and brackets, spare shelving pieces,
onions sets, gladioli bulbs, netting and mesh, carrier bags and bin bags, plastic containers for bringing harvest home.
(Plant pots, trays compost etc are in the potting shed)
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You really don't want to know. ;) ;D
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Columbus, nodding in approval. :P
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It has no door, so not much of value, but here goes:
Plastic tub holding canes and sticks, plastic tub holding pieces of metal tubing that might come in handy.
3 sacks of ericaceous compost for when I get round to planting blueberry bushes, covered with black plastic sheeting.
Old bamboo blind that I thought might come in handy for something, 2 very large pots, plastic Wickes bucket.
A plastic shelf unit holding a plastic trough filled with very cheap secateurs, plastic trowel and hand fork, bits of string, scissors, hooks etc; sack of chicken pellets, lime, firelighters, more plastic sheeting, empty compost bags, nailbrush, aluminium basket thing filled with rusty nails and small bits of wire.
A table about 2 ft square, wedged behind it a large reel of very tough wire that I can't cut, under it a bucket with sieved wood ash, wedged by the side of it an old rake, old broom, old weed wizard. Plastic patio chair with crack.
Suspended from roof/walls: 2 wicker baskets, plastic riddle, small rectangular sieve, wire mesh bucket with handle, clock that doesn't work, towel, rags, plastic bags, bits of string and wire.
Think that's it.
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"Old bamboo blind that I thought might come in handy for something"
Jenny, use mine thrown over the top of my greenhouse for shade! ;D
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I have the potting shed and the spider shed (where the spiders look after my gardening tools, assorted bits of wood , a variety of mesh, fleece, netting and canes and twine).
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Erm, the usual tools, canes, netting, several humongous spiders and their homesteads, utility tool, pots, 2 big bags of empty plastic bottles, matches, newspapers, string, plant markers and pen.
We have a couple of chest of drawers which contain crayons and colouring books for the girls (in case of boredom.... ;) ), there is also a plastic potty (for the kiddies you understand!!), various kiddie wheelbarrows, gardening tools.
Louisa x
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Spiders - and underneath those spiders ..... more spiders :( Live spiders; dead spiders; half-eaten spiders :P Spiders up in the ceiling; spiders in the window frames; spiders under the bench. Big spiders; little spiders; jumping spiders :o ...... You get the picture. And very, very occasionally (when it's tipping it down), me :( ;D
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Col!...
"Soap, first aid kit, sun block, mirror, radio, tin of chocolate. Gloves, seeds, knives, secateurs, string,"
Where exactly is this shed of yours?
;D ;D ;D
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Hi Alishika, Hi all :D
I have two theories
1) You can never have too much cake,
and
2) You can never have too much chocolate.
One day I`d like to test these theories. I`ll be looking for sponsorship for a charity fundraiser ;D
I like to have everything I might need close at hand. More recently everytime my plot neighbour starts to run on a bit I reach for the tin and call it a break.
Col
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How many sheds can one person fill!!!? I have 2 outhouses with a covered porch from bungalow to the outhouses. (A lot of people have knocked down dividing wall and made them in to an extra room.) One was the husbands workshop, the other one I use
for various things to do with gardening, plus cats basket plus shredder plus goodness knows what. Next I have an ex pigeon loft, then I have a summer house., summer house has hundreds of plant pots which I am going to dump when I get round to it, also has a bench saw in there. On top of all that I have a 20ft x 10ft garage which I can just get the car into.
Must admit the pigeon loft is mainly taken up with boxes of tools (hope they don't go rusty) which I am storing for son-in-law. Methinks it is time to have a skip delivered!!
Greenhouse is OK gets used for correct purpose.
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"Old bamboo blind that I thought might come in handy for something"
Jenny, use mine thrown over the top of my greenhouse for shade! ;D
What a good idea! all I need now is the greenhouse... ;D
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We were given shed last autumn and so far its still quite bare......
usual tools, chairs, pots, dibber (best xmas prezzy ever!!) canes, netting, spare glass for greenhouse, string and no one has mentioned a diary & pen. I write down everything & plant/sow & the weather & soil conditions.
Note to self - get first aid kit......
Redcow
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I've got everything but the kitchen sink, however, most important ~ to keep the grandkids there ~ the loo roll!!!!!
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The biggest shed they'd let me have was 6ft x 4ft. But they didn't give a maximum height, so mine's 7ft tall at the front and with a huge (about 8ft square) roof to collect lots of water. Looks faintly ridiculous but hey, lots of storage. Rolls of fleece/ netting/ mesh hoisted to the ceiling. Ditto standsteps and seldom used tools. Wide shelf across one end holds a double gas burner with the gas bottle underneath and pans and stuff above. Shelves all round, about 6ft high, hold various fertilisers, chemicals etc. Another shelf with screws, ties, plastic sundries like ground anchors and greenhouse spares. Long tools along the back wall, hand tools near the door, general purpose 'mechanics' toolbox ideally next to the gas bottle but seldom so. Also somewhere in there is a new flatpack cold frame and some cloches, a first aid kit, hand wipes (thin baby wipes, even though I don't have a thin baby), toilet roll and a radio. I put huge heavy hinges on the door so I could hang loads of things on there too - sunbathing chair, backpack sprayer, spare clothes, ropes, folding picnic table and some other stuff which I can't remember. And the crowning glory - a 2ft square east wing built on at the back which has a bucket in it for me to 'go'.
I'm not troubled by vandals or similar, so barrows, canes, buckets, hose, gloves, more tools, and whatever I've forgotten to put away.
Viewing by appointment. ;D
Geoff.
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You've heard of a Stately Home - well Geoff's got a Stately Shed...with an East Wing, no less. :D Now that's style 8)
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All of the above + fairy lights ;D
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Does anyone really read through all these lists? If so.... all gardeing tools, fleece, netting, stakes ... too boring! More interesting: a box of assorted condiment sets (they make good cane toppers), a cast iron cat-shaped doorstop (to hold the shed door open), a lace curtain bought in Llangollen with a cottage scene woven into it, a bag of chicken manure... oh no, I'm back to the boring stuff. Better go to bed and try to forget. ;D
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Nah Molly, it's just a diversion. Something to do with camaraderie maybe. But you replied, same as I did. Congrats on the welsh lace curtain btw. ;D
Geoff.
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I do, call me sad if you like. It reminds me of things I've still to get, like a cast iron door stop to replace my rather ugly brick to hold the shed door open/shut ;D
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We've just inherited a kitchen sink -it's in the back garde-n maybe I could move it into the shed for the set.
I'll have that skip after you.
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We've just inherited a kitchen sink -it's in the back garde-n maybe I could move it into the shed for the set.
I'll have that skip after you.
I have one too, soon to be redesigned into the birthbath alongside the carrot bath. maybe i should get an extension like euronerds too ;D
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R A T S !!!! anyone want 'em ??
lots of other stuff but too scared to inspect closely ... intend to burn shed and contents as soon as I've thought of a good way to bribe OH and his mate to do it.