Seating area project
March 2011
The project was to move my elderly seat and table off the lawn so I don't have to move them every time I mow, and so the legs don't rot.
As you can see, Day one and two were OK for a lady of my age to handle, with the kerbstones I used for under the seat managable on my own.
On Day 3 I managed to empty and move the smaller of the two alpine sinks, using the sack-truck.
On Day 4 I emptied the larger sink, but to my frustration found I am no longer strong enough to even get it onto the sack-truck.
So today, Day 5, whilst I swam my half-mile at the pool, I devised a plan which involved me hiring the extreme weeder and an assistant to do it for me!
This meant I could get them to lay the four huge old-fashioned 2X3 foot slabs for me too. Good move! 'ealth n' Safety means you can't even BUY those now.
It was worth every penny!
And to think my mother and I layed scores of those slabs as paths around the garden without any help. Getting older is irritating in the extreme in some ways.
The really funny thing is that the boys asked me how level I wanted it!
Seating area project
March 2011
The project was to move my elderly seat and table off the lawn so I don't have to move them every time I mow, and so the legs don't rot.
As you can see, Day one and two were OK for a lady of my age to handle, with the kerbstones I used for under the seat managable on my own.
On Day 3 I managed to empty and move the smaller of the two alpine sinks, using the sack-truck.
On Day 4 I emptied the larger sink, but to my frustration found I am no longer strong enough to even get it onto the sack-truck.
So today, Day 5, whilst I swam my half-mile at the pool, I devised a plan which involved me hiring the extreme weeder and an assistant to do it for me!
This meant I could get them to lay the four huge old-fashioned 2X3 foot slabs for me too. Good move! 'ealth n' Safety means you can't even BUY those now.
It was worth every penny!
And to think my mother and I layed scores of those slabs as paths around the garden without any help. Getting older is irritating in the extreme in some ways.
The really funny thing is that the boys asked me how level I wanted it!