That was an absolutely entertaining read. I'm breathless. You do make me laugh, although I'm not sure it was your intention!
It sounds like the main problem is the chooks. Forget EVERYTHING and get them under control first! I love that meme that says 'even the most patient gardener loses their shit when the chickens get out' (I'm paraphrasing here).
Also, have you seen that you can make a frame and put some hard chook wire across top, and that way the (expired but maybe still valid) plants can poke up through for the chooks but they don't get utterly decimated and can grow up again for said chooks?
Oh dear with the asbestos. That's what Dad died off but I'm pretty sure you'd have to inhale a heap of it for it to be a massive concern so don't worry. Besides it doesn't appear til you're way older and you have to die of something. Oh dear that doesn't help either. I should stop talking. But damn you asbestos and the company that made it.
I really want to do creeping thyme too. I lack the patience however.
You could make a worm farm out of the bath? We did.. it's on Hive somewhere....
There is an intention to be entertaining, laughter is a bonus! :D
LoL! The chookies are the entire reason the garden is an ugly dustbowl! J just didn't help.
I think we did that frame idea with some planter boxes ages ago and might do the same again to get the cat plants established before the cats get into them. Not smart enough to figure out how to make it work over a larger awkwardly shaped area with a lot of obstacles in the way ^_^;
not entirely true I have worked out one way involving basically planting in a grid but I also know I'm probably much too lazy for that x_x
LoL! XD I'm not that worried as it's fibro concrete not the loose stuff but I still want it gone. Told J it is going in much less than the 20 years he reckoned as it absolutely will not last that long. Especially as we thought it was just the outside cladding but apparently the inside part of the external walls are also asbestos which is the kids' rooms >_< Eldest's room is the next one to need repainting but we're currently all up in the air as he and Middle might swap rooms again (they swapped ages ago but now that Middle's boyfriend also lives part time with us
The bath is going to go back to being a bathtub whenever I can force J into doing the other bathroom renos (he knows it needs to be done along with the kitchen but is actively resisting because he never likes spending any money on anything at all and it's expensive). I'm still really dirty that it didn't get put back in when I specifically told everyone I wanted it back in and it's been years, but I could hold a grudge for the planet.
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