IN & OUT DECEMBER 2020

 

Yes - the next house renovation project was begun in December. This is the company that I chose to do the work for me, as it was another of those projects that was beyond my abilities. A good choice - they did Liz's roof and a week or so before Christmas managed to fit my task into 3 days.

The task being to replace the soffits, fascias, gutters and downpipes on my property. Excuse the photos being a bit blurry - my new camera is horrible, but it was also only just daylight.

That is a shot of the back of the house and below is one of the back downpipe. 

 

The next shot is the old yukky pipes and gutters - possibly the originals from 1953!

Next up, a shot of the front of the house with the downpipe not yet replaced, but with brand new 'white bits'.

Then, a shot of the top - close up...

My final shot of the year shows the veg I brought home fro the allotment plot for Christmas. Leek, brussels sprouts and one carrot that I was saving to pull at the end of the season.

IN & OUT MID OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER 2020

 

Here you can see the completed part of the Eastern wall - the first wall to be completed by the workman.

You can see where he has and has not finished in the second picture - although the whole wall has now been finished - as has the Western wall.

Here are my recent purchases for the allotment plot. The seeds will go in next year, but the onions have already been planted. In fact, fall has fallen - the plot is cleared of tomato and corn, being cleared of sprawly things - squash - pumpkin-zucchini - and garlic, broad bean, shallot and onion have been planted. It will soon be time to harvest the leeks and brusssels sprouts - but first my mid-October haul.

Here is my mid November haul

To see how the allotment plot looked at the end of the month, watch THIS video...

Here are some of the green things I cropped this month. As you can see below, the area is prepared ready to lay the mypex and build the strawberry planters.

 

 

Alas, the weather has stopped this task progressing, although Liz and I did dismantle and rebuild the weed bin, but we have as yet to paint the shed or dig the spring patches ready for garlic and other early planting crops.