Top Gardening Tip

DennisN · Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:06 pm Post subject: Top Gardening Tip

We all know how hard it can be in the garden. And when it comes to preparing the soil for planting, the effort required at my age makes it a real chore.

So here's my top tip for getting the hard work out of preparing the soil.....

First, get a few kids together and tell them there's a Treasure Map buried somewhere.

Second, equip them with a trowel each and watch the soil get turned over really well. Twisted Evil

(The white thing is an empty tube like the one the map is buried inside).

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Andy_P · Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:58 pm Post subject:

And the April Fool's joke was that there isn't one? Twisted Evil

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DennisN · Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 6:58 am Post subject:

No joke. Truly there is a map, drawn by/for a grandson who buried his treasure in another part of the garden - he dug a hole over a foot deep and dropped a 2p piece in. Then we drew the map and buried it in a completely different part of the garden.

By coincidence, MaFt, Mini-MaFt, Mrs MaFt and Mini-MrsMaFt called and some of them needed a bit of distraction to break their journey, so they did treasure map hunt because we didn't have an Easter Egg hunt set up. Worked out fine for all concerned - they had a bit of fun and I got my broad bean plot prepared for planting. The only tiny deception was to get them trowelling in every part except the actual position - grandson will surely want to check up on it so I couldn't allow it to be discovered. And they got a 2p piece each as a reward anyway.
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Dennis

If it tastes good - it's fattening.

Two of them are obesiting!!

M8TJT · Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:07 am Post subject:

2p? 2p? You scrooge you. Surely digging your garden was worth more than 4p Shocked

Guivre46 · Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 10:33 am Post subject:

Yup, it was 6p....then they went in to polish the brass, and clear the ashes from the grate. Rolling Eyes

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DennisN · Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 12:00 pm Post subject:

MaFt · Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 9:37 am Post subject:

We forgot to send you a photo of the ice creams...! Needless to say the kids reminded us the 1st 2 days that they had to get an ice cream!

MaFt

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