Welcome to the official opening of Granddads' shed

Oh good. I thought you'd gone into the demolition business. Mind you, busting down a shed could be very therapeutic in certain circumstances.

LOL, that should have been "busy" not bust, the shed is still standing.

It sounds as if your wrist must be making a good recovery, pompa. Don't overdo it!

Bust down RL shed today. Brace of pheasants to deal with, geraniums to pot up for winter, pots of spring bulbs to plant out. Think I need another cup of tea first.

Bumping this thread back to the top. We have several new Granddads, great to see them, I was getting lonely and we need some support when we get a bashing from feisty GrandMa's

Didn't mean to put marrow wine , should have put marrow rum you cut the top off the marrow scoop out the seeds add some brown sugar and yeast and leave hanging in a shed, with a basin under the marrow to catch the liquid that drip out. My dad used to make it but I have to be honest I have never tried it

Found some brackets under the bed, so am bringing them along this evening.

Or even"some"

If pompa has no brackets, I have spme I can take from DH, he collects all sorts of things that may come in handy. Never had marrow wine.

There will ba space needed for all the onions I have grown, we need somewhere to dry them before I string them up, oh and the garlic where will that go. Shall we cover our garden bench over for the winter, I have a spare bench cover if needed .
I have plenty of paper bags to store all our runner bean seeds if anyone needs them. Its so sad to see the end of summer, but we can busy ourselves with our thoughts turning to Christmas I have my eye on some holly growing not to far from me and at the moment it still has plenty of berrries on it .
By the way I have plenty of marrows here so shall we make some marrow wine?

I have some somewhere and will look them out, notso.

Now the weather's turning, I think we'll need some more shelves in the shed. There'll be dahlia tubers drying out, bowls of hyacinths being forced for Christmas and the too many jars of pickled shallots need storing. I've got a couple of spare planks....do you have any old brackets pompa?

Congratulations syberia, such wonderful news!

thank you all x

Fantasticsyberia

Great news syberia, congratulations

Congratulations syberia offically

Back in July I told the shed my secret that i am going to be a first time grandma. I would like to announce that I am now allowed to tell the world, so as the shed kept my secret, you must be the first to be told!

ooh its nice and warm in here pompa thanks for the open invite. I have brought mulled wine and an extra deck chair

Here too jangly. Several items of neighbour's washing blew off the line and caught up in my climbing rose. Took a bit of untangling in the wind. And the shed door keeps banging!

The sun here has been spoiled by the chilly wind.

All the enjoyable things make you fat.

Wine making. Baking.

Baking cheers me up, but then the guilt comes when I eat it.

Forgot to mention.....a glass of home made plum wine will contribute towards your 5 a day.

grannyactivist, Wine sounds like a good option to me. After a few glasses you won't worry about the fat content.

Well granny, it is quite faffy, but it's a very satisfying -and ultimately delicious- faff. Glass is having a go at making wine, and I put some info on her Home Made Wine thread. See what you think and by all means come back and ask more questions. Until you decide/gather the bits you need to start, you could maybe stone,weigh and freeze your bowl of plums in readiness.

4lbs of plums will make a gallon of very nice wine, but it will be at least 9 months before you're drinking it. For a faster turnaround (a week!!) there are details of kit wines on glass's thread.

Cheers!