Message Board - Cricket: saga of the clout nails and cheapo germination sheets
9 Oct 2009 by barry glynn
I know you are eagerly awaiting the outcome of my folly!
I found 141, which means I am one short if I did indeed count them right in the first place.
Those Tenax sheets worked ok though but would not recommend ussing any form of nail etc as they tear away from the nail in any amount of wind. But 500 metres for 90 quid you can affford to throw them away after.Although if you wanted to, you could re-use them but you would have to dry them out first, I couldnt be asked to do that myself, plus the birdies had pecked some holes in them.
What do I do? I just cut the grass.
12 Oct 2009 by philipfish
Barry
I used the plastic "mushroom" style pegs (see image), which are used to peg down ground sheets. If you buy in bulk they cost around 10p.
These worked excellently with my horticultural fleece, with no tearing.
Phil
12 Oct 2009 by jontaylor
Barry,
Next time why not just buy an extra bag of seed with the £90? Apply your normal amount and leave nature to work - then use the extra bag to fill in.
It's less work, less hastle and less attractive to the local layabouts. And I'll bet it's at least as effective, if not more so.
The ciderman rolls
12 Oct 2009 by barry glynn
Phillip
Yep next time I am going to get spome of those plastic pegs although they can still make a mess of a mower.
Jon
Thats ok if nature is kind as it has been this year but I like the idea of at least covering my ends to give a kick start and I do have a problem with the birds on my square. 2 weeks with this sheeting on and it has allowed the seed to establish well without me having to worry about the birds.
What do I do? I just cut the grass.
12 Oct 2009 by mwood
Bary use your nails but nail through a square or circle of 6mm plywood. The plywood retains the nail and also gives a larger surface area to prevent the nail pulling through the fleece. You could also use your nails and some timber tile laths which work in the same way as the plywood but holds the fleece edges down even more securely.
12 Oct 2009 by barry glynn
Thats a good option Mwood
What do I do? I just cut the grass.
13 Oct 2009 by Obelisk Luke Last edited 13 Oct 2009
This may well have already been said but I know a guy who burns pallets on his allotment and then uses a magnet in a bag to pick up all the nails and metal rubs it through the ash before he digs it in, maybe a run with a magnet might find the missing one? might be a stab in the dark and feel free to ignore im nowhere near an expert on anything but its might be worth a try.
PS it would need to be a slow run just when its quiet youll need to listen out for the click, but it might be worth it to save the cost of a mower blade.
13 Oct 2009 by paul kelsey
Get the mower out Barry its only a new blade, youve got plenty down south not like us hard up northeners.
14 Oct 2009 by barry glynn
Paul
Who are you kidding? Its a well known fact that up in t'north, a 4 bed detached house only costs 350 quid and a pint is still pre decimal, dont talk to me about who is well off!
What do I do? I just cut the grass.
14 Oct 2009 by paul kelsey
Barry
Only 4 bed we got up here are all in the same room, you are right about a pint id stop drinking if I lived down there [maybe not]
14 Oct 2009 by Mal
This is all starting to sound a bit like a monty python sketch - likewise I expect you'll soon be expounding how you used to live in a shoe box beside the motorway 
Geography is everywhere
14 Oct 2009 by barry glynn
Shoebox! That now costs over 100K down here!
Heard today on the news that it requires an income of 93K for someone to buy the average priced houuse down here, so even if its two of you, its a ridiculous ask. Thats why my 2 sons will never have a place of their own unless they can cop off with a very rich bird.
All joking aside, it is absurd now down here. The credit crunch in terms of affecting housing lasted about 6 months.
What do I do? I just cut the grass.
14 Oct 2009 by Andy Matthews
The sketch mentioned of course is Monty python "the four yorshiremen" for any who haven't seen this masterpiece (ault young 'uns) I have attempted to put a link on, but being old enough to remember this I might have messed it up, anyway if I have then just search for it on youtube and I couldn't immediately find one without the german subtitles but never mind.nullhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYtYBI6eZ3E&feature=related
14 Oct 2009 by barry glynn
Yep saw the original first time round.
A classic and very true regarding northeners of course 
What do I do? I just cut the grass.
14 Oct 2009 by Chris Thornton
NO Barry!!! Yorkies in particular!!
Us lot on t'other side of T'Pennines have enamel mugs!! 
"He not busy being born is busy dying"
14 Oct 2009 by Mal
Still makes me giggle 
Trouble is, I can see the essence of that sketch in occasional conversations I have had with the younger generation particularly when regailing getting two shillings (10p) a week for pocket money and being able to get to the saturday morning cinema and a trip to the swimming baths in the afternoon with it (Those were the days).
Geography is everywhere
15 Oct 2009 by barry glynn
Here we go... I remember doing that and still having enough for a Wagon Wheel after swimming. Only proble with the swimminng was waiting for my t*sticles to reappear after the shock of the coldness of the water! No comfy 32 degrees C water temp in those days!
What do I do? I just cut the grass.
15 Oct 2009 by Vic Demain
Too much information Barry, your balls are not what a guy needs to be think of heading towards dinner time. 
15 Oct 2009 by Groundsmaiden
I know a Yorkshireman who spent £6.50 on a pair of new trainers! In fact, when he proudly showed me them, he revealed he'd bought several pairs so they'd last him until the end of his days... 
15 Oct 2009 by paul kelsey
What a ripp off 6 an half quid for trainers with all these pound shops about
15 Oct 2009 by sipho
I know a son of a yorkshireman who would not buy his wife pointed leather shoes " your toes dont go all the way to the front and thats a waste of leather"
Tight need I need I say more...
Gogga International Affairs Officer
26 Oct 2009 by barry glynn
I know you all have been waiting with baited breath for more news but I can report I have cut my square for the first time since renovation and I can report no sign of missing nail ripping up the cylinder. Mind you, there is still time, I cut it at about 20mm so it could still be hiding!
Anyway, looks a picture now, plenty of growth in this lovely weather.
What do I do? I just cut the grass.
27 Oct 2009 by Chris Thornton
Barry I intend to bring "closure" to this thread!!!
You will be leaving the HOC at what it is now for the rest of the winter and before you start to bring it down next Spring you will have done a thousand hours PSR and if there is a clout nail on yer square it will be buried!! So sleep easy mate and in any case clout nails are soft and so long you have a decent machine it won't do to much damage. (Borrow one of your lasses nail files to repair the bottom blade!)
If you do find it meanwhile please post a pic.
Chris. (Its grim up north and we don't bother about clout nails!)
"He not busy being born is busy dying"
27 Oct 2009 by barry glynn
Fair enough Chris
What do I do? I just cut the grass.
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