The Gardeners’ World TV programme may be over for the season.
Friday nights just aren’t the same.
But there’s something I’ve been coveting from Monty’s potting shed.
Of course, our version will need to be scaled down.
You couldn’t fit a presenter, a dog and a full camera crew in our diminutive little shed.
In fact there is barely room to swing a mouse.
But at least we’ll now be reminded of all those essential garden tasks.
Brilliant. I love the little ledge at the bottom for the chalk.
Thanks Jo. It would get lost in the shed otherwise. It still might..
You forgot to add ‘Make Wife Supper’, ‘hoover, dust and polish’, ‘put the washing on’ etc etc….
I left room for suggested additional items.. thank you. And if needs be I could put P.T.O. on the bottom right hand corner and paint the back of the board as well?
So lovely, such a great idea. I will not be following your example though, my hubby hates lists and has been known to chuck the odd one at me, I think that blackboard might hurt if he managed to get his aim right! Hope that Mike enjoys his to do list!!! xx
I have a feeling that a second board may now appear.. a matching pair?
I wonder what Mike would put on your list! xx
He’d find many things, but ‘Make Coffee’ would feature quite heavily.. !!
That’s wonderful! The chalk holder is such lovely attention to detail. x
Thanks Simone. Mike got some pukka carpentry tools when he did the bookshelves last year.
Love it!
Thanks Sue. Now I’ll be able to chalk up all the things I want to move in Spring. Perhaps I had better paint the back of the board after all..
Every shed should have one!
It would be tempting to paint the whole gable end in blackboard paint, but there’s too much clutter in the way! Then I could have garden master plan, crop rotations.. aahh the mind boggles.
Love your latest creation … a must for every home.
There may be more.. this one hasn’t yet left the lobby where we photographed it. It looks rather good there.
I have shed envy for Monty’s shed on almost every level. He has a wood burner in there! Eleanor xx
I know, it’s wonderful isn’t it. I’m sure I don’t remember it being so big when he started out. Perhaps the wood burner is for the camera crew’s tea break!
What a handy hubby you have – it is great, you could probably make yourselves a fortune selling them on the internet!!!
He likes making things, which is very handy around here. It would be a bit cheeky selling them though, seeing as the design was cobbled together from a number of things that are on the internet already!
Perfect! Lists are great things – you’ll be watching for the jobs to be ticked off one by one:)
Which will leave space to add more… 😉
What a great idea! Personally, I don’t really have any strong feelings about Monty’s shed but I wouldn’t mind spending a little time with Monty himself *sighs*
Ahh, it’s that twinkle in his eye..
Now you should have written -Make blackboard. Then he would have something to cross off!
You have the same approach to list making as I do..
That is fantastic, I love it and I’m sure we all want one, are you going into business?!
No, but it was a doddle to make. Little more than an afternoon including watching the paint dry!
You must have a very good humoured husband..
I am waiting for the graffiti. Leaving the chalk lying there is asking for it..
I was going to click your like button but there isn’t one, so consider this post ‘liked’ Frances
Sorted. I thought the ‘Like’ button was a WordPress.com thing, but I have found it… deeply buried! Thanks Frances.
I am very envious of Monty’s shed and love the idea you’ve pinched from him! Do you have room for a woodburner in yours so that Mike can swing mice in comfort? 😉 Julie x
I think if we had a wood burner in ours we would rapidly become sans shed!
No sheds here, I hate the spiders that you get-but I have my greenhouse instead.
Now that’s a good place for a blackboard too. Seed sowing plan..
Nice project. Good luck with the “to do list”.
Varied results here, 50/50 on a really good day.
That sounds like progress in the right direction? I hope it won’t be too long before you are fully recovered Suzanne. Don’t overdo it!
As I scrolled through your post I must admit I did expect to see a second board appear…. Is this what Husband expected to see appear on this one? Perhaps he would have made it smaller if he had… 😉
I can write smaller too…
I love the blackboard. I’m a real fan of them – I have a small one hanging next to me here, although it isn’t homemade like yours (and so not as good). The shed is a perfect place for one, too. No excuse to avoid those gardening tasks now!
I used to have my to-do list on the laptop. But this one doesn’t need booting up, can be added to with dirty hands… and doesn’t crash at a crucial moment!
loving it! so industrious. I have done nothing all day… 🙁
That’s OK, it’s Sunday! You’re allowed.
Lol….absolutely inspired….now please make one for me! Pretty please….xxx
It’s easy. Two bits of wood, one painted, two screws… Just don’t tell Mike I said so OK?
Great idea but I’m afraid if I see a list something goes off in my head and I do just the opposite or nothing at all – I am the proverbial list hater, and that’s why jobs get missed or not done or forgotten – hope the blackboard works for you.
A list is a necessary evil for me, chaos would reign otherwise. The worst thing is putting it on a computer. Then you can’t lose it, it just keeps carrying on forward getting longer by the day..
What a wonderful inspiration for keeping hubs heading in the right direction!
So far nothing has been crossed off..
It’s wonderful! And lucky you being able to write something like that – I don’t think I’d fare very well if I wrote “jobs for other half” on anything!
It was all a bit tongue in cheek. With the exception of the last job (!), they are all things he wants to do anyway.
Oh I LOVE that chalk board! I wonder if I could get away with one of those 😉
The risk is, you may get one back!
Nice little chalkboard! Whatever I put on it in terms of things to do would get done soon enough for my liking ONLY if I were talking to myself. Blessings, Natalie 🙂
I know the feeling!
My friend was selling little blackboards at a Christmas Fair recently, and I was very tempted. But t was quite small. To fit on the list of all the things that need to be done, we’d need a blackboard as big as the one we used to have at school. Maybe I just need to paint a wall…
If I ever get lucky enough to have a studio I will definitely blackboard paint a wall. The mind boggles at all the possibilities..
Great idea! I write a list every day in the house so a blackboard would be a great way of saving on those scraps of paper that fill the recycling bin. I have to agree with Colleen though…..a wall would be good.
A wall would be very good. I could pretend I was really academic by having all these weird diagrams on it (planting plans?) that no-one else would understand..
oh, my gosh! I need one of those!!! (Of course, I also need a hubby who could do all the stuff I would list one it…mine rarely leaves his computer!!!!!!)
I know that feeling too. BUT.. today he went out and got the glass to replace the broken window in the potting shed. Could the board be working..??
Haha! What a great idea.
Hi Caroline and welcome to rusty duck!
It is still in the lobby where we photographed it, nearer the kitchen than the shed… who knows what it may end up being used for!
I shall have to get Malcolm to make one for me – rather more elegant than post-its stuck to the kitchen table or the worktop!
Malcolm will have it knocked up in no time! Best not to use very old blackboard paint though, it goes rather gloopy.
That’s a good idea , are you the only one who is allowed to write on it? Sarah x
Not any more!
I’m very impressed with your shed. I wonder if your tools are shiny and clean and all hanging just where they should like Monty’s. And so many tools tools too. And do you have a nice little corner to do all your potting?
Chloris
Mike’s shed (workshop) has tools hanging shiny and clean just where they should be.
My potting shed is separate and.. chaotic!
Brilliant Jessica. I hope that there are ticks appearing as fast as you can write so that you can add more to the list 🙂
We’d better get some more chalk..
Oh dear….I ♥ that!
I also ♥ sheds….
You are 2 for 2, Jessica!
Cheers!
Linda :o)
I could spend hours a-pottering in my shed! Thanks Linda.
Brilliant ! Can you make one for my husband ? He might give it a passing look before disappearing to his boat !
Positioning is key. This one was supposed to go up on the shed wall, but it’s stayed in the lobby so far. Right outside the kitchen door..
I like it! There are quite a few garden-related maintenance jobs to be done right now at our house. We’ve just washed the garden slabs and covered yard and there are some fence panels at the allotment to put up that were blown down in the wind.
It never ends does it. We’re about to go and fit the new glass in the window of the potting shed… that’ll be the first thing wiped off the list!
What a brilliant addition to the potting shed Jessica although, I doubt your husband shares your enthusiasm !!!! ….. I hope that he can cross of the jobs on the list faster than you can add them !!!! haha
I would like to have Monty’s dog …… he looks so kind and soppy !!
Thanks so much for your coment today …… I will try and take photographs at Kew and post them.
Have a great week. XXXX
He’s crossed one off already, so I am behind the pace.
Look forward to Kew pics!
I would find this extremely funny if I wasn’t a tad envious. If I wrote a list like that for my husband he’d just ask me why the h*** I wasn’t getting LP to complete the tasks :{
LP is worth his weight in gold. You’re making far quicker progress than me.
Memories of my teaching days! We have quite a lovely shed – very good quality – was mum’s. Occupied by the geese for many years – now by the hens. 8’x6′ – 4 hens. They are ruined!
I’m sure the hens appreciate it, and if it’s solid it’ll keep them safe.
You are not going in for a His and Hers board then?
Now mine WOULD need a wall…
We’re envious of everything about Montys potting shed, but your blackboard certainly gets you one step closer to the dream 🙂
One day, eh. When we win the lottery!
I love the simple unframed design of your chalkboard.
Thanks Jennifer. I’m glad that simple is coming back into fashion. It’s a style that I really like.
OOooooh!!! I need to get a blackboard for my husband!
Wait. I have one. He ignores it. Hmmm…plan B!
Write bigger? 🙂
Nive job, but bet it doesn’t look quite like that any more, Mike must have “adjusted” the contents by now… I’m ashamed to say that our shed is far too untidy for a balckboard it would just get lost in the mess! My lists remain in my notebook, which of course is varying degress of filthy depending on the weather at the time and how clean my trousers were. If they are quite clean I balk at wiping my muddy hands on the before writing in the book so the dirtiness of the book pages is inversely proportional to the state of my trousers!
But how satisfying to look back at your notebook and remember all the effort that has been put in, or at least how many times you have had to wash your trousers!