Why has no-one told me about power-washers before? It's the most fun you can have cleaning! It was just like being a superhero. A slightly wet superhero but nevertheless ...
I offered to clean out Husband's greenhouse. I call it Husband's because when it comes to gardening he is the sower and grower and I am the weeder and ... well, destroyer. 'I'm going to be ruthless,' I said. 'Is there anything in there I shouldn't throw out?'
'Leave the poppies.'
They've seeded themselves in the greenhouse and I think Husband sees them as an insurance in case of redundancy. I don't know much about the industry but I don't think the Colombian drug barons will lose much sleep over our 10 poppy plants.
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I've always wanted a go on one of them. It looks fun fun FUN!!
I once made tea out of the cut up green heads of 40 papaver somniferum plants a studenty friend had gathered. No-one else had the bottle to indulge. I boiled 'em up for an hour and a half until the most revolting latexy gloop flowed out. The resulting "philtre" made me sick as a swine yet high as a kite. Whatever the ancients did with poppies re painkilling, I'd not recommend THAT method for a migraine, it would only make it 100 times worse...
Oh yes, we used to use one of those on the farm to clean the concrete after milking the cows. Fred has one and cleaned all the windows a few weeks ago...great job on a hot day!
Could have done with that to hose down my littlest one today!!
I love poppies :0)
We're in the process of trying to decide whether it'd be worthwhile to purchase a power washer or keep on renting. I think my sweetie would like to have one for himself just for a toy. lol
Poppies seed themselves and I've had to split mine up and uproot several as they do tend to take over. When in bloom, they're gorgeous but the rest of the time they look like a ragged old weed!
I've never tried using a power washer. Now I'm sorry I didn't ask for one for my birthday!
OMG! You are right, this makes my excitement over yeast rising pale into insignificance. Go you Liz. xx
Now that really looks like fun Liz. You look like a woman on a mission. I can think of several things I'd like to use that for.
I love that first photo, Liz! You do look like Wonder Woman, but with a few more clothes on and some...do you call them Wellies? Yes, power washers are great; I think men don't tell us about them on purpose:)
I see you bought a new wheelbarrow; I thought my husband was somewhat like yours, but mine would have worked on those rusty bolts till they broke, trying to save a few bucks:)
That picture made me laugh, you look like a star ship trouper, stance and all! Mind you, I don't recomend a power washer for cleaning the inside of the house!!!!
The Columbians don't grow poppies they grow cocaine.
The majority of heroin in the UK comes from Afganistan or Kurdistan. Mostly grown by people we (UK and USA) trained to do so when the Russians were there. We thought we'd get a drug culture and bring them down... however the Russians just continued to drink vodka (which they are good at) and figured out that they could sell us the smack which gave them loads of useful foreign currency... Result all round that wasn't it? Another triumph for our "foreign policy"... still given twice as many people die a year in this country from methadon prescriptions than from heroine we've a lot to sort out there really haven't we.
BTW - once processed your poppy field will net you probably about 10p :-)
Oh it was, gleds! I don't think I'll try the poppy headache cure either!
Puss, did Fred wear a mac? Husband got kitted up to wash down the house walls unlike me who revelled in the wet!
You might have washed him away, amanda! They're very powerful.
Oh get one, leslie! No end of fun!
You should have done, jams!
come and visit and you can have a go, hulla!
I might have got a little bit carried away, joy!
I'm surprised Husband didn't try to repair it too, rose; he makes do and mends most things!. The other day the handle of the lawn-mower broke off and he had to mow the lawns on his hands and knees, bent over the mower!
I lepat into that pose specially, suburbia!
Really Furtheron? That's interesting. (All of it.) 10p? Is that all? There goes the world cruise then.
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