If I ever buy spiked shoes to aerate the lawn, kill me
Last bank holiday weekend I spent four hours at the local garden centre researching the many compost offerings. It was the incorporated feed and good drainage of the Westland multi-purpose peat-free which did it for me. I then spent another hour looking at sheds. Unfortunately I don't actually have anywhere to put a shed, nevertheless there was a strange sensation of lustful attraction towards the more advanced models, which both satisfied and concerned me in equal measure. More concerned in retrospect, if I'm honest. I'm not 40 yet.

Oh dear god, today I spent an hour reading up on mulching.
( the ghost of last tuesday, Sat 2 May 2009, 14:58, 3 replies)

Nowt wrong with that
If you want a shed, get an allotment. Mulch is go(o)d. I've never been so happy, I take after my grandad and it doesn't bother me in the slightest, he was a brilliant gardener.
( uncle bastard is twanging a dan moi, Sat 2 May 2009, 18:15, closed)

Well...
I am always happy with a spade and creating new flower beds for some reason. As for sheds... I do indeed want one but don't have the space alas.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Sat 2 May 2009, 19:21, closed)

Definitely don't get the spikey shoes
They're crap. You need something with hollow tines that removes cores of earth rather than creating a hole surrounded by compressed earth.

You are not alone!
( SteamedCleaner, Sun 3 May 2009, 18:02, closed)