Today, as part of the Golden Age of Horticulture, I was clearing an area at the back of the garden when I met a local resident! I am absolutely delighted to have a toad in the garden as they are well known for eating slugs. I must make sure that I leave some cover for him/her to live in. We don’t have a pond so I’m not sure where any toads might be spawning.
Month: April 2020
Fiesta rear brakes
Being stuck at home has not only given me more time for gardening, but also to do some long outstanding jobs on the cars. First up are the brake shoes on the Fiesta rear drum brakes. They have never been done before and on the few occasions I checked them they showed only modest wear. This is typical for brake shoes as they wear much more slowly than the pads on disc brakes. I already had a set of shoes
An unexpected discovery
Can I start by stressing that this is not an April Fools joke! Today, as part of the new Golden Age of Horticulture, I made a start on weeding the area under the flowering currants. There were quite a few weeds including some small nettles and a number of brambles. When I dug out one of the larger brambles I as surprised to unearth something man made. I started to dig and it became clear that it was a plastic