Is there a gardening or ecological society in your uni? If so why not organise a gardening party with an eco theme, use reclaimed sinks etc as flowerpots or even waterfeatures depending on what you can get and the skill levels of people involved. If you do this well it might also help you fuck climate camp type posho birds, which is always nice.

>>609 Ahh I didn't think of that, thanks matey. Also I'm quite keen to get my hands on a shed, for design and painting. Any thing I should know when buying a shed?

>>610

Think outside the box with the shed, try to make it into something that would be good for parties, so bigger than you think you need and easy to convert to party mode. See previous comments about women.

>>610
Really you should at least lend a moment's thought to the prospect of building it from scratch.

>>613

Agreed, and it wouldn't be too hard or expensive. Get wood and other materials from skips and second hand places, also check freecycle, craigslist and gumtree. Whilst browsing the latter two you could also post a fake advert for someone and include their number.

Would it be cheaper to make it then just to buy it? If so how much are we talking here?

>>625

Well if you get all the wood from skips, abandoned houses etc, it might not cost you more than the nails, screws and paint.

>>608

A complete 8' x 10' shed came up on Freecycle yesterday (West Yorks). Have a look where you are.

OP here, I'm planning on building the shed my self, I'm very good at building, but not so good at the whole gardening side of it, anything that is a must know before I rip out the dead tree and make some flower beds?

>>634
If you can build a shed you probably have the wherewithall to garden. It's really easy. You just have to have a go at growing shit. Some things will grow, some things will die. The more you do it, the better you get.

>>635

Agreed, although growing certain things will be more complicated than others. If in doubt you could always post a thread here or do some research yourself, like Simon did.

It's a matter of patience; the patience to pull out all the shitty little remnants of bind weed, the patience to let the plant grow, the patience to nurture a crop for the duration of its nonproductiveness. Of course I'm being a touch simplistic; you'll need to get good at pruning, deadheading, etc., but there are plenty of resources to the effect and it'll become second nature with practice.

>>634
By all means go ahead, but do check with landlord or person in charge, some people can get arsey about what students do from my experience, even though in theory it is your own residence for the length of the lease. Just to be on the safe side and ensure they dont come round one day and make you take it down.

>>637
>>deadheading

This is the one gardening activity I have real problems with. Even the name makes me midly annoyed.

>>638
It's basic good manners to talk to the landlord first for exactly the reasons you mention. You can imagine him not being too keen on some students digging up his lawn only to then abandon the project, for example; giving him a heads up and an idea of what you're planning gives a good impression from the get go and avoids trouble later.

The landlord also has a responsibility to keep the property safe (in short, the same thing which compels him to fix the broken 'lectric can stop you from doing something too adventurous) , which is another reason for keeping him appraised of what it is you're planning.