The Shed Base, the Gammon and the Great Cream-First Debate
I had a quick pop down the allotments on Tuesday, and I’ll be honest, it didn’t take long. There wasn’t a lot to do, and what there was could wait. The weeds have given up for the year, the pumpkins are in, and the plot looked at me as if to say, “Go home, Simon, you’ve got better things to be doing.” And I had. I’d got so much on at home that I could feel it piling up behind me, and work have been asking for extra hours because half the staff are off ill. So I did a bit of tidying, had a look at the dahlias, and came away again. It felt very odd, like popping into the pub and only having the one. Because the real job that week was the shed base. And as with most of our big ideas, it started with a simple thought and finished with a mixer full of concrete. Why the Shed Needs a Proper Base Regular readers will remember we fixed the leaning shed a few weeks back. Well, we’ve got another one on the way, and this time I wanted to do it right from the very start. The spot whe...
