The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: CarolineJ on August 07, 2016, 02:05:16 pm
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Well, not laziness exactly, but a job getting pushed to the bottom of the pile! Some of you might remember my field shelter attempting to do a Wizard of Oz impression in January this year: http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/index.php?topic=71543 (http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/index.php?topic=71543)
Two of Mick's apprentices at work were going to come and take it apart for us at weekends, but they've been busy and we've had bad weather and somehow there have been more urgent things to get done, so it's stayed as pictured in the second set of photos in the old thread. This afternoon I was sorting out the electric fencing and thinking it was rather windy, when there was a loud crash from next door's field and...
(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll302/cazmanian_minx/field%20shelter%203_zpssumqcblx.jpg)
(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll302/cazmanian_minx/field%20shelter%204_zpswypkl0x7.jpg)
That's the dismantling part mostly sorted, anyway :roflanim: The roof is now impaled on a fence post, so hopefully not going anywhere until the wind dies down a bit, and the other end of that rope is trapped under all the panels with a few rocks thrown on top for good measure. If it takes off, it'll probably end up on the beach. Hoping Kev and his digger will be able to lift the roof back over our side and then when the ground hardens next door (we're supposed to get a dry spell from Friday) we'll sneak down with the pick-up and load the panels into the back.
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Snap. My neighbour's trampoline nearly took flight yesterday. We were able to weigh it down with some large stones from my garden........from the pile intended for building a retaining wall...........which has been on my list for years. So at least they are now being used.
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The strange thing is that you've had to wait so long for laziness to pay off. Usually it pays off immediately, which is of course it's great attraction when compared with other things (like hard work, for instance) :thumbsup:.