Re: Quick hi and bye

In <news:5seq0u4t1gy7$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 01/03/07, Aries thought
carefully and then said:

On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 07:51:00 +0000, ~~Linda~~ wrote:

Ooh you're not hanging around are you?!! Great... it will soon feel a lot
more like home then and once the sun comes out and you can start making
your mark on the garden, even better. Just need your BB sorted now!! :-(

Keep going Val :-)

And ...... we've bought a hen house which was delivered this morning - well
an ark really that we can move around from day to day - will be ace on
clearing and fertilsing my veggie garden when I get one set up - no hens
yet as the chap selling em won't have point of lay hens for 2 weeks, but it
won't be long before we have our own very fresh eggs :D

Tomorrow we are looking at greenhouses :D

Well I can see from another thread that you're still struggling to get your
BB sorted, so only popping in now and then. Good job you're busy with the
new house or you'd be chafing at the bit wanting to use the pc!
How did the greenhouse hunt go? Are you looking at aluminium or wooden?
There are lots of aluminium on display but never as many decent wooden
ones, if you want the more traditional 'look' or it is going to be in view
of the house.
Just in case you 'are' looking for wooden and can't find what you like
locally, I'd recommend a looksee at this company. I've not actually bought
from them but almost did, then decided we'd wait until we move (which isn't
quite on the cards yet but then things have changed and its not likely to
be in the near future)
Anyway, I 'did' have contact with them by both email and on the phone and
they are *SO* helpful. You can more or less have them built to your
requirements and prices are very reasonable.

Oh, now I'm wishing I *was* having a new one again, lol. Good luck with the
choosing and better still, look forward to hearing about what you grow in
it :-) Just don't let the hens in <g>
--
~~Linda~~
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