Wednesday 17 February 2010

Job done

Joiner chappy delivered two new doors for the house today and as you can see he did a rather bang up job, but into storage they go whilst we attempt to have at least a working bathroom for the move next week. Now I need to negotiate the making of 12 doors with Gothic mouldings copied from the one remaining door we have left, as some of the quotes I have received have been eye wateringly high....prepare to haggle.

10 comments:

cheshire wife said...

Gothic doors and Tudor arches! Which period does this house belong to?

Vinogirl said...

They look great.

monkey said...

they look good, ready for another productive weekend boss

Thud said...

cheshire wife. Half of house is 18th century and has the gothic bits whilst a large addition courtesy of Lord Leverhulme was added in a tudor style in the late 19th....it works though even if a bit quirky.

James Higham said...

Gothic mouldings, eh? One can only drool.

Anonymous said...

Keep up the good work, next week,will be your moving ready or not,mrs anon decided she wanted a picture of those Buzzards and every time we pass she tries to take a picture of them but they fly away,she also has a question about a grape vine,maybe Vinogirl can answer,will find out what the question is.

Thud said...

anon...some large birds around roundabout outside of storeton...ask Vinogirl,she knows her stuff.

Tuscan Tony said...

Very OT thud but I've just spotted your comment on luccaschool.blogspot.com, things may be happening in the next few days on there!

Mrs Anon said...

For Vinogirl.

Have a grapevine in the greenhouse
I had powdery mildew on it last year, It was suggested I use copper sulphate.I have bought some but how do you use it,put it around the base of the vine or dilute it?.

Vinogirl said...

We use sulphur (elemental) for the vines and spray it on in liquid form with a fungicide and fertiliser. Large commercial vineyards use sulphur powder, the leaves are electro-statically charged and draw the powder to them. Later in the season if powdery mildew (PM) persists, we use potassium bicarbonate which doesn't mess with the wine making like a late application of sulphur would. I would avoid the use of copper sulphate (Bordeaux mixture) it is harmful to grapevines and accumulates in the soil, it is poisonous afterall.