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MMH: went to bed thinking Rory had fluffed it again.
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MMH: Sub Lieutenant (SCC) Baldrick. Confirmed today.
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Is that the maximum substantive for the SCC too?
Whoâs your Dom Lieutenant?
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Seaman Staines
Not a clue tbh
The back garden is now âfinishedâ for 2025, with all of our planned veg now planted, this is until I buy some more !!
What canât be seen is the bed with the tomatoes and peppers in, which has a cover on front greenhouse effect, high hopes for this after last years disappointment from a simple grow bag that I think lacked the required depth for any decent growth.
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You old.
Are you saying my home veg patch goes with my National Trust membership and categorises me as old?
Or is that just the bald patch 
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Itâs the fact your gardening is knowledgeable & organised & you know what you are doing whilst the rest of us are still accidentally spraying ourselves in the face with weedkilliler or have a collection of old pallets that we are intending to use to build a shed or maybe bedding plots but are likely just going to end up as part of a bonfire.
30s is about wanting a shed & garden
40s is having all the gear but no idea
50s is where you are an honorary member of Gardeners question time on R4 
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Did someone say shed?
Build in progress. Roof felt & flooring to do, & the odds & ends +
roof edge trimmings.
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We usually have cars supported on bricks around here 
Itâs yer engineering bricks, innit - keeps the wooden bearers off the concrete to stay dry & hopefully allows air to circulate underneath too. Had some spare plastic sheeting to cut up & put on top of the bricks as a substitute DPC. Itâs not going to be a shed with me spending lots of time it, so didnât bother with adding a âbase floorâ of OSB with insulation between the floor planks.
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Surfing competition is in town. Itâs sunset and thereâs so many people in the water right now that I canât count them
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Get a tie down bolt for the shed itself back and front so it cant shift off the bricks.
Sooooo annoying when that happens.
Trust me.
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Thanks for the advice - iâll have a look - the rear of the shed is not accessible, but is sheltered by about 85% of the height by the rear fencing. Both sides are sheltered (garage one side, fence line the other), so only the front to consider. However, this isnât a larch-lap âlightâ shed, this is a 3m x 2.5m solid wood âworkshopâ - the timber slats are 28 mm thick! Roof is 19mm wood slats too, not just thin ply.
In winter, I think Mrs J wants all our (very heavy) Bramblecrest garden chairs (8 of them!) to go in there, so will add to the considerable weight - my dreams of a man cave have been thwarted! Need to board out the garage roof space nowâŚ
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As Jimmy Carr once said ⌠how apt for Portsmouth, a giant syringe as a landmark!
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As a Southampton Fan, i did feel dirty 
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