One of those plants I think about, but never do get. 
My new tortoise site
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Yes in the summer. My kids use it constantly, Dawn likes to relax and read in it.
I'll never remember Corylus Avellana Contorta so Walking stick bush it is. lol
I have always wanted a hammock too. I looked into solar power here too but if we have 30 blue skies a year it's a good year.
Where do you live? BTW I think your avatar is excellent.
Oh my god that would be awful! I lived most of my life with 300+ days of sunshine a year. I start getting depressed if I don't see the sun for a couple days.
Huh. Don't move to England then. lol The good thing about England is we don't really get extreme weathers too.
Western Pennsylvania. I might be exaggerating but when we see a blue sky we are outside! I think it is like 20 or so blue skies in the summer they say which is not impressive enough for solar power. It rains allot! We are in box turtle country. They like it. Of course we get blue skies in the winter but not that many.
You are 3500miles away and 5hrs behind. At least if I moved to your area I wouldn't have to acclimatise. lol
lol I think you would feel right at home.
elainelim
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Very nice, I am jealous of your land! We have very small spaces here in south east asia.
Quick update
Well I'm still at it, Cleaning bricks sucks. I'm about halfway with the bricks. Done 1300. Its like painting the forth bridge(never ending) lol Should have all bricks done by the end of April then dig out for insulated concrete base. Would be further on if it wasn't for the rain. Its relentless. However it gets the slugs,worms and snails out for my hingebacks. ,And the newts I've found is unreal. I didn't realise where they went during the winter. We found them in the walls we are taking down. Also we have found an albino newt in the pond. Will take a photo when I next see it.
Well I'm still at it, Cleaning bricks sucks. I'm about halfway with the bricks. Done 1300. Its like painting the forth bridge(never ending) lol Should have all bricks done by the end of April then dig out for insulated concrete base. Would be further on if it wasn't for the rain. Its relentless. However it gets the slugs,worms and snails out for my hingebacks.
,And the newts I've found is unreal. I didn't realise where they went during the winter. We found them in the walls we are taking down. Also we have found an albino newt in the pond. Will take a photo when I next see it. 
Hi Gillian.
Don't worry about asking. Its not cheap but I need to go into looking after torts full heartedly. With our weather I need to make sure I do something permanent. The better its built and insulated the cheaper it will be to heat up after. I can have this building rebuilt fully insulated with a double cavity wall for about £3000. If I was to use new bricks and roof tiles it would be an extra £4000 approx. So this is why I'm taking the time to clean all the bricks and do the concrete base myself. I have a builder who is going to re-build for £2000. My brother does roofing so that's a bonus. I now wish I could lay bricks then it would be even cheaper. I don't have the courage to try brick laying myself. I'm hoping to have the building up for end of July at the latest. Trouble is mother nature dictates the weather, and brick layers won't lay bricks in rain. But the plan is end of July then I can start doing the inside. To be honest if I wasn't doing this I would be spending money on other things at weekends like going fishing, so counteracts that with the cost.
Thanks Bye
Just wondering you haven't found any great crested newts have you? They are protected in UK and have just caused havoc with some new road development in Wales as its had to be re-planned to avoid them. If you find any slow worms they are protected too, I moved almost 70 last summer and had to contact the council ecologist to get permission and find out where to put them. What an interesting garden you have with the bats and butterflies as well - you could open up your own nature reserve!
Hi Lyn.
As a child me and my mate used to collect all sorts of insects and amphibians, there were 2 types we searched for years and never got, the great crested newt and the stag beetle.
If my memory serves me well the male crested newt is very colourful. I think the newts in my garden are the common newt. I'll take some photos for you next time we see some. I just googled slow worm and we don't have them, wish we did, they look cool.I also found an old wasp nest in the brick wall cavity too.
Bye
Well the brick cleaning saga is over. Phew. All old foundations and base are out of the ground, Next weekend I'll take the tarmac path up then get a builder in for advice on new base and building of new enclosure, we are knackered. lol
Wonderful thread.
But I don't miss England's prices and weather.
I used to keep slow worms in Somerset.
Lovely little things.
It looks like it's going to be a five star enclosure for your torts.
But I don't miss England's prices and weather.
I used to keep slow worms in Somerset.
Lovely little things.
It looks like it's going to be a five star enclosure for your torts.
