the daydream fund challenge thread

choille

It takes all sorts I suppose.

I was at a crofting thing & one of the guys from the Isle of Lewis told me about Gugas. I couldn't believe it. I thought he was having a laugh as they are very funny guys from Lewis - hilarious.
Basically it's a seagull that has been buried for - like ages. I was howling with laughter. I didn't think it was true.
But then I got told about smokies & I don't mean the fish. It's a North African dish - if that's the right word.
Basically the event I was at was about croft produce & marketing meat from the croft - some one posed the questions about what you considered ethical & what you didn't - very thought provocking stuff. That's when I had to ask what a smokie was - I couldn't believe that either.

alfie_1

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alfie_1 wrote: »

CTC iv sent 2 emails

thanks....:beer:

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rhiwfield wrote: »

CTC, when things are looking bleak an opportunity sometimes beckons. Never lose the dream, or the heart to make a success of it

Rhiwie....you dont know how much those words mean to me at this moment in time....they are really hitting an emotional cord...

yep in wales...

looking at other picture i have taken of the cottage, it looks as though it was a one up one down, with a small barn or something attached to one end.. it looks lie a very short welsh longhouse:rotfl:

If I am ever in a position to buy it, you can be my chief investigator on the property:rotfl:

well its white here we hah a very hard frost last night... def going to be a hard long winter me thinks....

ooo well better get back to supping my cuppa tea....

Davesnave

White here too this morning and it's gone foggy, though the view at dawn was lovely.

On mornings like this, the hens really appreciate their warm mash and warmed-up water. With the Dorkings also laying now, we're averaging 4 eggs a day, so into surplus already. They are the most gorgeous, orange-yolked eggs too, so I think we will have a market for them when we get to that stage.

We only hung our recent pheasant for about 4 days, then froze it, eating it a few days later. I'm not into gamey stuff either.

Hope the sun gets through this. I'm trying to get our garlic area sorted. Late, just like last year.

lostinrates

White here too. white and freezing. I'm thawing from feeds then about to go out with a bucket of water and a kettle and try and defrost some very, very frozen troughs.

Rummer

I was really pleased to wake up to an ice free car and clear roads, then by 12pm they were talking about us being snowed in at work :eek:. Mercifully I am home and safe after a 2h journey that normally takes 20mins.

CTC hope you are still keeping on x

Davesnave

Well, the fog lifted and it was another lovely day, though the temperature fell like a stone around 4pm. Our log man turned up with another load and we got some fiddly jobs done, but there was no digging, due to the state of the ground.

I forgot to mention that the Rein des Glaces lettuce I planted in pots in early November have come through the recent temperatures in the polytunnel without damage. They are only a few cm high, but they are fighting their way through this winter just fine, so I'm sure they'd have done OK if I'd got onto the case sooner. My beetroot, chard and some other large lettuce are also surviving, but they are under fleece; layers of it!

We have just used the last of the tomatoes, but the peppers and chillies soldier on in the conservatory. They'll eventually succumb to aphids, but I want to see if we can pick some on Christmas Day first! Meanwhile, roasted winter squash is top of the pops, and the hens are just finishing the summer ones that didn't quite make it as human food. They're as tough as old boots on the outside, and stringy in the middle, but we hit them with a lump hammer and the birds pick out the seeds and the squashy bits!

Glad I'm not having to travel like you, Rummer. I know things are dodgy out there. Freezing fog at lunchtime in normally mild Bournemouth, by the sound of it, as DD2 phoned to ask how to unfreeze the brakes on her bike. :eek:

lostinrates

Fog never lifted here, the frost still crunches and its dank and closed feeling. I'm going to Bath tomorrow. I'm hoping bright shopping lights and bustle can add to my festive cheer, not make me wish my shopping were less of the window kind!

Rummer

Oooooohhhhh noooooooo we have freezing fog now!