Ramblings
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Dun Laoghaire to Malahide
Blue Opal needs a good scrub and antifoul, so I booked her in at Malahide Marina to be lifted this morning. Was awake at 5:30, and outside of Dun Laoghaire harbour just around 7 after tea, porridge sourdough, and two scrambled eggs. Nice morning overall, but very unpleasant sea south of the Bailey Lighthouse –…
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More veg for the garden
After getting my first COVID inoculation, I figured I may as well swing through Windy Ridge on the way home. Ended up with a few self-watering pots, and some pea plants. The rose bushes, which were cut back far later than they should have been, are doing well. The bulbs that K and I planted…
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Renovating the studio – part 21
Today’s work was the skimming of the workshop, and dealing with a crack in the wall outside the bathroom. The crack in the wall outside of the bathroom looked like it might go all the way through the wall (as there’s a matching crack on the outside), but it turned out to just be settlement.…
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Renovating the studio – part 20
Today was the last of the boards going up, and the near-final measurements of the workshop are in – 2.25m x 4.7m x ~2.2m (mid-point of sloped ceiling). Drain channel was mostly dug out too. Boarding out was slower today, because it was all the fiddly bits. Electrician dropped by yesterday too, just to discuss…
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Renovating the studio – part 19
All the framing out was done today, and the first insulated boards were put up (50mm including insulation). I asked the builder to put a set of noggins all the way across the long wall at 1.7m from the floor (bottom of the noggin). This gives me a known good attachment point for shelving etc…
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Adding a VegTrug – part 3
With the ‘trug filled with soil, the plants got added to it. There were too many Brussels Sprouts to plant out in the ‘trug, so some ended up in the planter used for tomatoes last year. Have to find a home for one more tomato plant yet, and I’ll probably add some shallow-root carrots to…