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Some people's grout is that colour by choice!

I can see UFH being super useful in a wet room situation after the little sods who can't be bothered to simply kick the towel they've just used around the floor to dry up any excess have been in there for a couple of hours. Or at least it will be once I connect it up...

Here's hoping @pocster's a keeper!

The new Elizabeth line?

I think this weekend it's a case of get 'em in or go home. Torrential rain every evening when I've gotten home has stopped me finishing the sleeper surround. (Saying that, my 200mm screws only arrived yesterday). This weekend is looking dry and the ground should be nicely diggable to get the sleepers in. The soil where the trench was dug is remarkably weed free. Guessing the literal "top" soil was the last to go back in the trench. I took out most of the flints and rubble when I backfilled and there's the alternate layers of soil ash, compost and grass cuttings and bits of bone in there. Hopefully the original "weed" layer is at the bottom, rotting away. Do I plant the beans on the inside of the A frame or outside? Thinking inside then train up the coir ropes. Need to get some more coir rope too. The couple of birthday bean plants SWMBO put in tubs don't seem to be faring so well. Fairly sure she imported critters in the compost etc

Certainly something special in the diction! 😂

What can I say...

Wonder what that's like...🤔

Can you make runner bean wine?

I must dive into Lidl and see if I can get some more coir rope to finish off the stringing on the bean frame.

Out for a walk the other day and I happened upon one of our local Roman snails. Think almost pink colour, golf ball size or even bigger shell and a very pale body. Came over with Romans when they settled in the Darent Valley area, Lullingstone etc. Edible I believe. No camera, next time.

Only time I've heard of such a thing is when growing dope plants then they're supposed to "bush".

Nope, never heard of that. Tell me more!

Sons of African dictators d'you mean?

Love them raw or cooked. I feel I'll be giving lots away!

Or perhaps an old Etonian school chum.

I presume you've written to your MP?

When I mentioned the slug SWMBO came out with an indignant "Well, I used half the soil for the pots from the compost bin and half from a bought compost bag!" As though by uttering words, however insane it makes it all better. 😂

Aside from the 50 Czar runners I've got going, I got some other runners and dwarf bean plants for my birthday. Tbh they were well along and needed to go in. SWMBO found a couple of pots and some canes as a temporary home. Crack of dawn this morning I found one 'orrible grey slug! Soon flicked him off. I'm trying a band of 9x1 copper on each pot tonight. Badly soldered into hoops and held on by duct tape whilst the CT1 sets!

Fire good.

Now build yourself a rustic log store so you've some dryer wood ready.

I'd be drilling holes with a bfo spade bit, like 32mm. More surface area for whatever to soak in .

Any pics, the stove glowing in the dark cabin etc? Got that CO alarm yet?

There's a few videos on YouTube where a guy drills lots of holes and fills with cooking oil. Once soaked in he sets fire to the stump.

John Wyndham foresaw it...