More shade

We like sun, but sun + shade more.

We should live in a big tent..

 

Kitchen worktop de-oiled

Followup on https://jansenendewaal.blogspot.com/2017/11/aanrechtblad-olien-kitchen-counter-oil.html

One of engineer Jansen’s less great decisions was to *not* wipe off any excess oil after oiling the kitchen worktop. It was so nice and shiny:

A few years later the punishment comes, as the excess oil transpires out of the wood and becomes a sticky goo, worse than chewing gum. Covering it with clingfilm makes things even worse, as scraping it off gets even more difficult. Your lord in heaven has been called a few names this morning.

All this to prepare for a new and shiny inox sink.

Scraping off the goo, and the clingfilm

Sort of de-oiled the worst part.

Geotextile and gravel

Nobody peed here before!

Geotextile all laid down, tomorrow 8m3 pebbles.

8m3 pebbles

Tex being very helpful

All done

Uh oh. AAAARGH! 8m3 is not enough, we need 4m3 more

Apparently you need a layer of about 5 cm for gravel, while we aimed at about 3 cm. Well, gravel is not expensive here, less than 30€ for 1 m3, 24€ transport cost for the total delivery.

Wild asparagus (1 May 2022)

Saw a Spanish neighbour with a bag collecting wild asparagus. He was kind enough to show which plant. Only one left!  (Probably that is why)

The plant is a horribly prickly plant that grows all over here. To get at the asparagus, actually the new shoots for the plant's branches, you need to access the center of that plant. Leather gloves are not optional.