the bottomless pit…

Today we moved outside.  We cleared two of the back outbuildings yesterday but they were relatively straightforward.  Today we headed into the boiler house and courtyard.  This is mostly garden/building/tools/OMG what do we do with this rubbish.

I have to confess that I lost some of yesterday’s enthusiasm as I tried to restore order in and around the greenhouse.  It had got so bad that I almost found myself unable to listen to Gardeners’ Question Time on the radio my shame about my own garden was so bad.

Most of the stuff is pure rubbish.  There are some new tyres (for a car we no longer own) that are good to go but little else.  I didn’t realise it was possible to own as many plastic flower pots.  If I were to plant enough seeds to fill Hyde Park and pot them all on individually I would still have some to spare.  Half a gate – really?  Lots of broom handles without brooms, perhaps Hogwarts would like them for beginners.  Assorted tools that look positively lethal and are probably banned in most civilised and possibly even uncivilised countries and the obligatory paint pots.  Half empty, colours we no longer have on our walls and impossible to open anyway.

In a way this is easier than inside purely because most of it is pure junk.  There is little need to wonder if something is worth keeping “just in case”, for even the most agile lateral thinker would have a hard job finding something that most of the stuff could be practically used for.

So here are the pictures.

Work in progress

You can see the finished product tomorrow.  We are going back outside now!