the daydream fund challenge thread

rhiwfield

lostinrates wrote: »

I don't think I'm going to have one, but not sure. Its been a huge decision. (we also wanted a fireplace in th kitchen, a replica of DH's one from Italy, but decided against it.....toast will have to happen over a fire and we're not spit roast chickens and pigs...;)). But a kitchen range is a tougher...as its almost expected....if we ever sell here...

I don't mind cooking in a range.....the ovens. A good one. I had a terrible on once that took about 16 hours to cook a small turkey. Toast done on the plates can't be beaten....but we don't have all that much toast! The decision might end up being having a range and keeping the cooker....I do like a hob, I really do. But thn you think...''what will we feed it'' and the weight goes back towards not having one! RAyburn do something to do with solar ...but I can't work out how that works.....

LIR, Rayburn solar thermal system diagram at the back of the heatranger brochure. LINK to Topstak, brochure downloadable from there.

choille

Goodness - interesting others have kept their address rather than 'submit' to the change - great.

CTC - I would check if there are any restrictions with developing the ruin.
If it's listed it will put most people off it.

Nylon nighties in XL?:rotfl:
I'm finding the ebay a learning curve - bought some crocheted doiles out of a charity shop thinking they would sell but no bids s yet.

Re Kitchen ranges - I wouldn't mind a Rayburn again. Some of thes new brushed steel jobbies look pretty cheap & disposable up close yet are so expensive.
You can get refurbed rayburns but I don't know if we will get the available income to stretch.
I don't need a huge cooker but I like the thought of a cosy kitchen that has oodles of hot water - I'd better get ouside before I feel down.
It's grey with rain again but I'd better brace myself.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Rhiwie... dont know that place with the fires etc, but i think its def worth me having a nose, even if its just to daydream in a nice warm place....lol..

Choille.... got back onto planning today, and found out a few people have phoned about the cottage, but i am the only one who has asked for a pre something or other:rotfl:( basically i think this means sent an email asking certain questions maybe)
The lady in planning is going to get back to me tomorrow with all the info, including if it is listed

So i dont know if this is a good thing or not....lol... but the sellers agents did say that he thought that some of the bid letters sent out would go no further..

good news too, i sold a late victorian/early edwardian ladies jacket and skirt ( suit)in the antique place for £140:T it was a tinny fit, so i thought i might have had problems selling it, but when the guy who runs the antique place discribed the people, i know who they are, so i know its gone to a very good home, and will be used for rein-actments etc

Choille doillies are very hit and miss selling on ebay..

I 'browse' alot on diff catagories on ebay, and do alot of 'watching' which is very usefull when you are looking to buy things to sell on ebay.. I think i have said this before, but type in nylon, and have a look at some of things and the prices they go for:eek::rotfl:

lostinrates

Not much acheived today. A bonfire....that's it really. I want to tidy up around the front a lot and clear the back log of planting soon. I was over eager with grass seed...it hasn't done much at all. Field is greening up well though in a very short time...only....thing I was over eager changing fields too. Looks like we won't get the dry spring this year.

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

Not much acheived today. A bonfire....

Yes, had one of those too, but only for 3 hours, and I really needed all day. If you could see the pile of stuff...:D

I finished the run of fence posts which will define our sales area, but not as quickly as I expected, as the very last hole had a blooming drain pipe in it, just where the post had to go! I could have moved the post 10cm, but I'm very OCD about my fences, so I had to do a work-around that took over an hour.

The pipe is redundant, but still connected at the manhole end. Back in the 1990s, it used to take the drainage from a caravan sited where our drive is now, and occupied by an old retired farm labourer. There's also an old electricity cable that went there too, but I managed to miss that today.

Our fields are greening up well too, but the tussocky grass is greening up fastest. My friend with the digger was employed all last weekend to pull the tussocks out of someone's field. He thought they were barmy, but I can see that it might work,if each hole were seeded immediately. What's the standard way of dealing with coarse, tussocky grass, lir? I bet there isn't one that's cheap!

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

t I can see that it might work,if each hole were seeded immediately. What's the standard way of dealing with coarse, tussocky grass, lir? I bet there isn't one that's cheap!

Spray, plough, reseed I guess. Standard way of dealing with most things like that....I've got a couple of big patches of buttercup we're hoping to dig out by hand...when the patch is dryer than now but not too dry for ease. we also have a thistle acre or so.....but thats where we used for turnout over winter. we'll leave it this year, probably, and keep it topped....by hand :eek::eek: with the strimmer.
edit: thinking about it....could this just be from field neglect, or on anthills. If its neglect a good roll before the ground is too dry and then regular grazing/topping might resolve. Ant hills are harder, and might have to be dug out.....

its not mad to deal with them...not at all.

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

Spray, plough, reseed I guess.
Thought as much! Thanks.
we also have a thistle acre or so.....but thats where we used for turnout over winter. we'll leave it this year, probably, and keep it topped....by hand :eek::eek: with the strimmer.

Ah, yes, I remember.... I recommend a blade or Nylium saw-edged line for that job. The latter's a bit pricey though. Still, I've discovered that if I don't replace the bottom guard on the brushcutter when I change to line from the metal slasher, and if I don't allow the bump feed to operate, then the line almost lasts for ever! I'm not sure what the bottom guard does, except cut the line with a built-n blade if it gets too long, and with Nylium at about £17 a throw for a small one, that's like burning money.....:mad:

http://www.abbeygardensales.co.uk/strimmer-brushcutter-accessori/oregon-strimmer-lines/showitem-OR-2953.aspx

COOLTRIKERCHICK

where was everyone last night? I was watching Emmerdale and American Idol:rotfl:

How Zak kept his cool and didnt go out through the door to find that rotter and knock ten bells out of him i never know.......

Rotten day here.....dont know what the weather forecast is for the weekend, but i expect its rain:rotfl:

Davesnave are you going to be 'officially' open this spring to sell to the public or in the summer? Sounds as though you are doing a great job...

I must admit i am totally lost when you lot talk about solar and heating systems, but maybe one day i have to look back on all the posts and try and learn something...lol....

ukmaggie45

Choille, I thought of you this morning when an email from NASA dropped into my inbox with an article about thundersnow.

We've not been doing much in the garden as work is still going on at the house plus the weather's been rubbish at weekends. Most of the painting has been done now, and they'll be going in on Monday to finish off the central heating and put in kitchen fan, and generally tidy up... Doors have to go in next, have found some that we think will fit across the kitchen doorway, which is very wide. So we'll have one opening door, and one fixed one just 1 foot wide. Have chosen door handles too, changed my mind on those after a prolonged search yesterday. Think we'll go for these.

OH did manage to plant the elephant garlic a few weeks ago, and last weekend he planted shallots while I pruned 2 lavenders and half a bush that I don't know the name of.

Yesterday we spent running round looking at a couple of jobs by a landscape bloke but I don't think we'll be using him as he suggest £6-7K :eek: to lay indian stone in the back garden, OH estimates it's about 40 sq metres... While I'm sure he'd do a very good job, I'd rather put that amount of money towards getting solar panels. Not sure quite what we'll do yet, may even end up doing it ourselves - even if we have to buy a really heavy duty diamond edge saw to chop the stone it's got to save us a few £. But there isn't really any huge rush to finish off the outside - can live with it being a bit tatty for now! We need paving replaced at front too, as it got rather mashed with all the scaffolding, skips etc.

Blinds going up on Monday, so we'll be able to lose the large piece of cardboard currently occupying the utility room window! Will stash it in the shed for now, as will come in handy for weed suppressant. :j

Still don't have a finish date, but builder has given us the go-ahead to get carpet people to order the carpets, so fingers crossed the end is in sight! ;-)

Davesnave

CTC, we're already 'open.' DW has put up a covered market stall and, although I don't like the thing, she's put a few items inside, like parsnips and the eggs (except now we have bookings for eggs, so there's rarely any there!) Some plants are already into flower too, like hellebores, snowdrops and a spring pea, lathyrus vernus. It will just grow as things are ready.

Like Maggie, we can't do anything too fancy with the front garden yet, as we'll have builders walking all over it in 2013. It's unlikely our sales area will be built on, but there may be scaffolding there. We'll just have to move stuff around and cope, somehow. We have a yard 100m off the road, but I'm not convinced people would drive down there, because folk like to see what they are letting themselves in for. Our sales area is intended to be mainly self-service, though we'll have a bell if they want help. A lot of things run on honesty boxes around here, and it works.....mostly! :rotfl: