A website for people who hate gardening written by someone who hates it at a biological level.
Posts
Wired plants
[ #DIY, #posts, #vertical height, #climbers, #wire ]
Hot damn, that last post was over a year ago. Time has basically flown by, hasn't it? Who would have thought that I could possibly get distracted and forget to post on here on anything close to a regular basis?
Anyway, last time out I was talking about adding in some vertical posts, and hinted that I was going to do something with them. And I didn't get distracted then, and actually managed to deliver what I was intending to do.
Introducing Some Vertical Height
[ #lockdown gardening, #pandemic, #DIY, #posts, #vertical height ]
In the last post, I hinted at vertical posts in the last photo, so - spoiler alert - that's what this post is going to talk about. But, first, let's talk about the importance of vertical height. If you take away anything from this post, I hope it'll be a slightly better understanding of the use of vertical height in general, not just in the garden.
I mean, let's start with the layout of this blog. I'm a software developer, and I've worked with a lot of designers over the years, and one thing that they all go on about is the importance of rhythm in any design. I learned that the details of how the font heights interact as you go up and down heading sizes is critical to having a clean look on a website. Making sure that the typography is pleasing comes down to having a rhythm and flow to the sizing and that includes everything from the height and width of the letters to the gaps in between letters, words, and paragraphs.
Scaffold Boards and Power Tools
[ #lockdown gardening, #pandemic, #scaffold boards, #DIY, #planters, #rose ]
Okay, so it took me a while longer than intended to get around to the next post. Apologies for being such a tease, but I'm finally hear to tell you about the joys of scaffold boards and the many things that you can do with them. Why scaffold boards, though? Well, you'll have to go back to an earlier post for the full story, but the short version is that I had some leftover scaffold boards I'd been using inside the house, and couldn't get hold of anything else.
I managed to source some more scaffold boards to complete my cunning plans, but before I get into that side of things I need to talk about a rose. More particularly, the significance of the rose and why it has to take pride of place and to be such an important part of the social area.
Lockdown part two
[ #first jobs of the new year, #lockdown gardening, #pandemic ]
Once more unto the breach
[ #new year, #planning ahead, #winter jobs ]
Gardening in Lockdown
[ #pandemic, #lockdown, #benches, #scaffold boards, #rose ]
A global what now?
[ #pandemic, #lockdown gardening ]
The first summer
[ #summer, #flowers, #plants, #climbers, #structure ]
Deuteropathic gardening
[ #deuteropathy, #colour blind, #flowers, #plants ]
Somewhere to sit
[ #seating, #flags, #recycling, #hay fever ]
The Penis Pond
[ #obvious mistakes, #pond, #wildlife ]
Taking shape - but what shape?
[ #design, #obvious mistakes, #lawn removal ]
Where do we begin?
[ #beginnings ]
Initial garden ideas
[ #beginnings, #design, #nature, #plants, #clueless, #long term lazy ]
Why have a garden at all?
[ #design, #wildlife, #family ]
Some site design information
[ #tech, #websites, #accessibility, #usability, #deuteropathy, #colour blindness ]
First!
[ #beginnings, #hay fever ]