These cold mornings may have been playing havoc with the garden but the blue skies and sunshine that follow have been some compensation. Paul went outside early this morning with Rick to plant up some lettuce in his potager and then disappeared around the side of the bungalow. Some time later I went to investigate and found him ‘hoovering’ the gutters! He was very pleased with his latest invention - a few pieces of leftover plastic plumbing joints attached to his workshop multi-purpose Vacmaster.
It is very pleasant to have trees bordering the garden but the big poplars shed their catkins and sticky leaf pods all over the lawn and the bungalow roof. They then accumulate in the gutters and block everything up. As the weather has been so dry here for weeks Paul decided it was an opportune moment to vacuum the roof. His new invention worked a treat!
Very clever of your Paul.
ReplyDeleteHe can be very inventive.
DeleteI echo that comment, very clever.
ReplyDeleteSome of his ideas work better than others!
DeleteBrilliant. Suggest he patents it.
ReplyDeleteI expect there's already one out there!
DeleteNecessity is the mother of invention and I think Paul is a perfect example of that!
ReplyDeleteHe loves his gadgets.
DeleteI love your veg garden! Great invention, gutters flowing again. Has Paul seen the "gutter guard?" It is a screen cover attached to the gutter and it keeps everything out. If you have lots of grass, consider a John Deere lawn tractor and attach a John Deere lawn sweeper to the back - this will sweep everything off the lawn. Plus the sweeper dumps like a dump truck and you do not have to leave the tractor seat. I do like my garden toys.
ReplyDeleteOur lawn here isn't really big enough to justify a tractor, we left our old one behind in France.
DeleteWhat a great idea. Your garden looks very neat and tidy. Long way off before we can do any planting here. May 24th is the usual guide for planting anything out!
ReplyDeleteWe have more wintry weather forecast for next week. Summer seems a long way off.
DeleteI can see a new business opportunity here; Vac-u-Gutts. I predict a bright future!
ReplyDeleteI like the name! Could be a winner.
DeleteWhat a brilliant idea!
ReplyDeleteThe gutters here need cleaning out, and are almost impossible for me to reach, even though the house is single storey, so I wonder if I could make something similar. I've found that gutters are a job that no casual odd job man wants to do - in spite of promising to take on any task.
We paid our window cleaner to do it last year but it's nice to be able to do these things for yourself.
DeletePaul should sell the idea to the current prime minister's chum - James Dyson. Come to think of it Paul looks like James Dyson! Is he in fact - James Dyson?
ReplyDeleteJames Dyson has more hair. And more vacuum cleaners.
DeleteA brilliant idea - well done that man! My daughter-in-law did my gutters last year, using my high stepladders, a bucket and a trowel. Handy D-I-L!!!
ReplyDeletePaul didn't need any high ladders with his vacuum! Yes, a very handy daughter-in-law.
DeleteBrilliant gutter cleaner!!
ReplyDeleteDo you mean Paul or the vacuum?
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