31-01-2023, 09:52 AM
With planned repairs and painting projects coming up I have been grabbing any dry breaks to sort out my deck area, which was loaded with potted plantings. Lots have now been transferred into my tiny gardens and the rain has got them off to good starts, because instead of drowning, the imported soil and compost mixes I have built up in those beds is wonderfully free draining. I am quite impressed with the garden results, but less so with the state of my deck. Looks to me as if painting it might well be a complete waste of effort, the underside is thick with green molds and fungi and the ground beneath is a swimming pool after our very wet summer so far, and that simply isn't going away. It will be interesting to see what the 'experts' think when the weather clears and they arrive to start work...