Starting woodworking
Everyone is on a “journey” these days, and now I am too – my journey into woodworking has begun. I remember very little about the …
Honeysuckle
One of the plants I had to hack down when building the shed was a nice Honeysuckle ‘Graham Thomas’ – it was about 3 meters …
Robertson woodscrews
I mentioned that the vice I installed came with screws that use Robertson heads (see the picture below). I had not come across these before …
Mail me with your critisisms
A letter has flooded in from a Mrs Trellis1 of North Wales. “Dear Mr Miliband, ” (she writes) “Your blog was quite amusing at the start, …
Evolution Foosball table installed
The table arrived on Monday. It does fit nicely in the corner and, despite being quite heavy, is relatively easy to move around – it …
Rose Planting
It is cheaper to get bare root roses than roses in pots – bare rooted plants are only available between November and early April when …
Climbing Rose
I briefly thought about having a clematis and rose together on the new trellis on the front of the shed, but have now decided to …
Wire Trellis Installation
a narrowly avoided fiasco re. the trellis. My original plan was to suspend the wires vertically from the overhanging roof, perhaps using pad-eyes, but I …
Wire Trellis
I have ordered some tensioned wire trellis from https://www.s3i.co.uk …which I’ll fit this weekend. My other half is dead set against this idea, having announced a …