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Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 06 2:18 pm Post subject:
Just ordered 100tons of topsoil at ï¿½4 a ton, plus ï¿½200 quid for a days lorry and digger hire. Ouch.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45669
Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 06 2:20 pm Post subject:
100 tons

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: under some rain.

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 06 2:25 pm Post subject:
yep, our drive used over 250 tonnes of rock, and that's before the small stuff went on. If you look at a 10ton dump trailer on a tractor, it aint that big.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45669
Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 06 2:29 pm Post subject:
Yeah, tou're right, we used over 8 tons in teh greenhouse (and muck too)

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 06 2:30 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Yeah, tou're right, we used over 8 tons in teh greenhouse (and muck too)

I might need more then.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45669
Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 06 2:31 pm Post subject:
WE used that much because it's on a slope and we've made it level inside.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 06 2:34 pm Post subject:
You used that much because you appear to have bought most of Essex.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45669
Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 06 2:36 pm Post subject:

nickhowe wrote:

You used that much because you appear to have bought most of Essex.

Shaddapayou face Gorilla girl

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 06 2:38 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

nickhowe wrote:

You used that much because you appear to have bought most of Essex.

Shaddapayou face Gorilla girl

I see you avoided answering the question.

(looking foxy Nick)

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 06 2:41 pm Post subject:
In real life, my forehead is bulging slightly, red and peeling, because I've got sunburnt, and it hurts. The avatar is flattering.

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Fri May 12, 06 9:09 am Post subject:
Did I say 100tons? Turns out we needed 240 tons to give a depth of 6 inches for the garden and orchard, and 12inches for the vegetable plot. Mind you, used double the amount but got it for half the price, so things turned out alright in the end.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Fri May 12, 06 9:10 am Post subject:
So, me moaning about having to shift 5 tons isn't going to get much sympathy, is it?

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Fri May 12, 06 9:12 am Post subject:

nickhowe wrote:

So, me moaning about having to shift 5 tons isn't going to get much sympathy, is it?

Particularly since it was only 2.5 tons earlier this morning.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Fri May 12, 06 9:15 am Post subject:
Oh, the other half is going to be delivered today, I hope. Managed to shift about a ton last night, but it's much harder going this morning. The only difference I can see is I had a slight Stella haze last night. Is it too early to half a couple of pints of wife beater, do you think?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45669
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri May 12, 06 9:18 am Post subject:
240 tons I've only had about 30 so far

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