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I hate my shed

by taoski on April 7, 2007

I really hate my shed.

I was doing some usualy bank holiday weekend gardening and was trying to find the strimmer and lawnmover beneath 4 bikes, one scooter, some old child car-seats and a gaggle of decorating gear. After I had forcable extracted said strimmer and lawnmower, my nice new box of screws up-ended all over the floor and the tray that sits in the top of my toolbox and is filled with a “threading of screws” (my new collective noun for such items) and random bits of raw-plugs, files and hooks also ended up on the floor.

Needless to say.. i just forced the door shut and walked away.

I hate my shed…

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Purves Welcome

by taoski on April 4, 2006

The Grass armchair is self assembled, each pack contains 14 corrugated cardboard frames and 100g pack of grass seeds. You will need about 240 litres of soil, to fill in the frame. First find the right spot, because once the armchair has grown you won't be able to move it!! You can put up to 20cm of gravel with in the frame then the soil. Spread the seeds evenly using only 4/5 of the bag of seeds. Press them in and water slightly so that the soil is humid. Water the armchair everyday. If it rains cover the armchair until grass has grown, to avoid the chair becoming waterlogged. After 10 days the grass starts to grow. If the grass has not grown evenly use the rest of the seeds to even it out. Once the grass has reached 10cm, cut it to 3cm, and keep it to this height. Now you can sit back and relax!

Purves and Purves

Just saw this mentioned over at Gizmodo and thought it was cool!

And how much for some bits of oddly shaped cardboard and a packet of grass seeds? ?65 - thats how much. I'm off to the skip at the back of the local supermarket to get mine started.

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