In article ,
Jaques d'Altrades writes:
| The message
| from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words:
| In article , Jaques d'Altrades
| writes:
| | The message
| | from "Mike Tickle" contains these words:
| |
| | Aside from that after two years the boxes need a little more paint
| | applying - insects have started to eat the inside of them (just a
| little).
| | Is there anything (safe) that I can paint them with that might
| last more
| | than 2 years, or is 2 years when in contacts with moist compost
| for 9 months
| | of the year good (I empty them out over winter).
| |
| | Line with polythene - solve both problems then.
|
| Bet?
|
| You're on. Remind me next year - I'm lining wooden troughs with
| polythene to put on my proposed roof garden - on top of the ablutions
| block jerrybuilt on the end of my place.

Next year? He was asking about longer periods than that!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.