The revenge of the stripey socks - a DFW adventure

Piquant_2

Mornin' - waves and runs out again....

chevalier

Lemon_Tree wrote: »

after admiring and being jealous of other folks gardens i have my own good news.
Yesterday i was made an associate member of my professional body - yay! and they didn't even query anything from my record of experience as i'd expected they would. :j :j :T :j

Congrats Lemon I know you were stressing about this
chev

chevalier

Karmacat wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: that really did have me laughing out loud.

**waves at chev through the centre of the planet**

belatedly waves back at Karmacat, though the planet too....LOL
chev

HockeyDuo8083

Hiya Fay,

Stumbled across this: http://www.ffwg.org.uk/

Not sure if it's of any help but I think you can apply again in November if you meet their criteria.
If not no harm

Lemon_Tree

chevalier wrote: »

Congrats Lemon I know you were stressing about this
chev

thanks Chev
actually you've reminded me, after waiting 3 weeks for my certificate, they miss spelt my name so i've returned it and another 3 weeks later i'm still waiting - gonna phone them today and chase.

Pippilongstocking

Hi
tired!!!!!!!Presentation - went OK ish but the evening went on into the wee small hours - off to catch up on whats happening on here........

Pippilongstocking

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

Hi all,

Just wanted to say hello Fay, I've been lurking and reading for a while And it was starting to feel a bit like spying without saying hello

I've been up to Orkney 4 times now, and had a great time every time We stayed in Stromness over Christmas and new year for 2 years in a row, and it was fab

Your house and garden and life sounds great Don't envy you evil ex though My poor mother was a single parent, and my dad, we saw him every week, but he was a little bit, er, forgetful on the old maintenance payments front... But we managed. Not nice to be bunged into a corner though - and good you can be firm on letting the kids still see their dad (however carp he is) - my mum never said a bad word about my dad (not to us anyway!) and we came to our own conclusions about him...

I'm also stuck in PhD la-la-land... and have been full time since September 2004! aarrgghh! I too have an evil supervisor, as well as a nice one, and have ended up having a years Leave of Absence, so it's all rather dragging on a bit. Should be out this summer though - although probably not if I carry on reading forums and not working,...

Our garden is tiny, but I'm growing lettuces, herbs, sprouts, courgettes, beans, and all sorts of stuff. They quickly get eaten by slugs, so there's always room for something new

We also have a van that we camp in - but it's not a proper camper, it's an old post van with a futon in the back Great fun though.

Anyway, I'll go back to lurking and writing now You're doing great with your scary loan by the way!

Daffs
xx

Hello and having delurked yourself I hope you hear more from you Ace on the van with the futon - is it a fut-o-van? Great stuff on the growing and excellent to hear you've been here a few times - I wonder if we have passed in the street - its a wee place!

Whats your phd title......

Mines is:

'Assessing the potential of short rotation coppice willow as a renewable energy biomass crop for Orkney'

Or as I prefer to say

The wind and the willows - an idiots guide to growing trees on the island where trees don't grow.

Hi to the rest of you lovely folks

Note to self staying out late and partying with Nordic forestry and bioenergy folk is dangerous and hurts your head in the morning:rotfl:

Hockeyduo thanks for the link - someone sent me it before at work and I was thinking about it for my final - or even the year after when I will be writing up.

LT - grr to certificates - hope it comes soon.
Molly - Hi me dear - bit naughty last night and drank too much- although didn't start drinking til after 10pm so thankfully I didn't have as much as the rest of the folk - how's the campaign to have a peedie look alike coming?

**waves at chev through the centre of the planet** whats the time difference?

Hi Piq - (our love child seems a bit perkier today)

Hammy just waiting for the thud

Uni - shoe decision? I guess soon I will have to start thinking about the whole thing myself - any luck with the magician?

Hi L - hope the job hunting is looking brighter today

.......loved the hamster story they do get everywhere.


troglodyte - you do make me laugh! but long boats ooooooooooooh always wanted to do a holiday like that. and I would love to live on a boat - but maybe NOT here.


Hi Pipsmum - hmmmmmm well done on managing to get through it all sex, scandals and low budget meal planning in thigh length boots ...what day is the wee mite being named?

current freezer status
dead stuff - not food

sno-ball (cant hear it breathing so its probably dead)
Wren
Blackbird
Hamster
Some green mush which might have been spinich when it was alive
Several ice block things
A mouse (recent addition)
Our frozen puffin is on loan to a friend

I may try freezing some slugs just for interest - they might even go pop?

PS sorry forgot some moths as well.

Lemon_Tree

ok i can understand about many things in your freezer but not the months?
Is it too early to plant out my mange tout, i have spotted that mine have got pretty tall but i'm worried about cold and the sluggies.

Pippilongstocking

Lemon_Tree wrote: »

ok i can understand about many things in your freezer but not the months?
Is it too early to plant out my mange tout, i have spotted that mine have got pretty tall but i'm worried about cold and the sluggies.

If they are really tall then you can always do the same as you do for sweet peas and chop them down to about 3 inches and they will then grow double stems for you.

Too early to go out - depends where you are - is there any chance of frost? if there is then don't plant them out yet.

moths in the freezer - I do moth trapping at my willow plots and I am only just learning - I have some in specimen jars which are dead and although they dont need to be frozen I just did it to see how they would react.

I think they are Ok and didn't complain too much.

Maybe I am just obsessed with freezing stuff? Its one way to preserve the environment isnt it?:rotfl:

boredofbeingathome

Freezing slugs, well that is interesting. I once put one in the freezer, not knowingly but it had attached itself to a bag i had put down. They look like little orange and brown pellet, quite boring really...i threw it out and disinfected freezer! Yurrrgggghh, bleeugh a bit of a similar reaction to BEETROOT really.