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more pics - I hope!!
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 10, 2005 12:05 PM
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this is the view from our back lounge over the garden

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a bit of Greeco/Roman railwayesque

I'm going to post these now and see what happens.

Not quite got it yet. Underworld, I went between IMG/IMG but it's still the same, I'm missing something obvious here, HELP!!
Cheers,
Kim
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 10, 2005 12:57 PM




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Kim, you have to have the image tags done with the right symbols, except remove the asterisks that I have put in to make them visible here.

You can test it in the preview box first to see if you have done it correctly.

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Bill

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 10, 2005 1:07 PM
Cheers Bill,
I've got there eventually, darn this technology, lot easier with clockwork!!
Cheers,
Kim
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Posted by TurboOne on Sunday, April 10, 2005 3:03 PM
Bill nice design, which came first the train idea or the walkway. Looks cool.

Tim
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 10, 2005 3:24 PM
What goes on the coloured paving slabs?
Do you put pots with plants in on them?

I see you have some solar powered garden lights. How bright to they glow at night? One project I have planned for later on, is to pull one apart and mount the solar pannel in the roof of a building so that the building lights up every night. But i have observed that some brands glow brighter that others so you need to get the right brand of garden light or it would be a waste of effort.
Maybe an idea you could use.

Glen.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 10, 2005 3:47 PM
Hi Glen,
The coloured slabs are part of the walkway to the shed and the pots in the middle are basically a bird bath. You're right about the lights, they are desined to light up future buildings, I bought them cheap come autumn last year. They actually last all night when they have had a good dose of sun, currently about 3 to 4 hours.
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Kim
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Posted by grandpopswalt on Sunday, April 10, 2005 7:12 PM
Kim,

You might want to investigate substituting the new bright LED's in place of the incandecent lamps you're using. They provide a lot of light with much less current draw.

Walt
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 10, 2005 10:25 PM
Kim It looks terrific very neat, however I do believe it has just been raining before you took the photos is this a general thing?

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 11, 2005 1:40 AM
Hi Ian,
Yep, Britland/summer/rain - totally inseperable! My garden also has a very high water table, which helps with the green stuff but means I get plenty of small ponds when it really rains. I'm currently working on the left hand side of the garden where I'm flagging over the grass with the track in a cut between the flags with the usual pea gravel as a track bed. I might just cement the track in here because it will be a high use area. Now I have this photo stuff cracked I'll do updates now and then.
Cheers,
Kim
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Posted by tangerine-jack on Monday, April 11, 2005 10:38 AM
That is way cool, Kim! Good job! It looks like a very peaceful and relaxing garden. [sigh]I'm envious now..................

I lived in Britain for several years and I think I saw the sun shining maybe twice.[swg] Still a nice place to live however.



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Posted by Tom The Brat on Monday, April 11, 2005 10:39 AM
Lovely idea.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 11, 2005 1:35 PM
Cheers guys,
Thanks for all the compliments, TJ you're right on with the relaxing garden bit, my garden borders 5 neighbours and they are all nice quiet people, hope they never move. Walt, I have some LED's set into the decking that has appeared since the photo but these are 12v dc, I will have to explore your idea.
Kim
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 11, 2005 7:04 PM
Kim, Love it!

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