the daydream fund challenge thread

lostinrates

Look like a cold'un again tonight. Apparently we hit 7 degrees to day...it was beautiful....but one of the troughs kept a skin of ice. OK its against a north facing wall but still, that's some stubborn water.

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

I'd love to do a preseving course. especially for veg. I'm good at jams, jellies and fruit cheeses. other stuff gets frozen....I'd like a dehydrator (could you ''gate sale'' dried apples, or does that need a health and safety something or other??)

Looks like you just got your wish on the course front!

You can gate sale anything you produce, so long as it's not processed in any way....so technically, "No." I can see this makes sense, bearing in mind the freedoms of gate sales compared with the restrictions on traders, WIs etc..

rhiwfield wrote: »

Choille/LIR, I'd guess the course covers the range, headings on website are:

How do I?
Can
Freeze
Dry
Cure & Smoke
Ferment
Pickle
Make Jam & Jelly
Store

Thank you, that's a very helpful...um.... list, rhiwfield. As my memory's so bad, I might just need to bookmark this page!

Well, I thought we'd finish cutting and bonfiring the hedge trees today (we are keeping all the decent-sized bits) but no, it looks like we'll need at least one more day. Good job the weather is set reasonably fair.
I'm definitely feeling out of condition tonight!

Poosmate

Oh! Edwardian Farm is on!

mardatha

Very cold here today, the cats water is a solid lump of ice in the container and the car was frozen. It's a heavy white frost over everything.

choille

rhiwfield - great subjects. Like Dave I should book mark the page. Our neighbour smokes things - meat, cheese etc. He's been on at OH to build a smoker, but other things are a priority at the mo. Apparently things like discarded dishwashers from hotels are good - I don't know, seems like we've dragged enough scrap down her already.

Quite cold but dry. so out doors raking & carting sacks about - I'm making a simple job back breaking & complicated. I have to lighten up!

Marthadartha - where abouts are you?
we had a frost this morning but nowt really. It's coldish but pretty windy & dry - quite envigorating really.
Missed Ed Farm as I watched the thing on BBC 4 about Hattie Jaques.

lostinrates

Heavy frost this morning, very heavy. I let the horses out on the bit we're saving for spring for an hour: it was so frozen they couldn't do any harm .

Beautiful and sunny though. -5 predicted tonight. So....:)

mardatha

I'm up in the Southern Uplands, on the 300mt line. Its going to be another cold night but the sky is so beautiful, all blue and pink.

choille

Of course you are mardartha - sorry forgot.

mardatha

Is ok, I forgot what island you're on LOL !

RAS

mardatha wrote: »

Is ok, I forgot what island you're on LOL !

mardatha

choille lives near Dundonnell estate.

Are you thinking of seasalt?