the daydream fund challenge thread

witchwoopiggy

sorry i havent been back on, weather here has been dry (East Sussex) so ive been out in garden, planted lobilia, cherry tree, pear tree, and sorted out butterfly bush/tree its now more a bush lol sorted out and de weeded corner of doom, so now have a pile of stuff on lawn waiting to go in shreder (got to wait for hubby to be awake before i tackle that, hes not good at mo) yellow strawberry seeds arived yesterday so they need planting, off out in a mo to start sorting out frount garden and need to move grape vine to back garden plus weeding, then need to get garlic and onions planted into veg patch, and im sure i can find more that needs doing lol hope everyone has a good day

lostinrates

Trying to decide what to go and do. Its gotta be sweeping, hasn't it? I fancy painting. I wonder when I can safley do some painting.

Rummer

I am so keen to get the garden painted but I need to decide on a colour scheme first! I really want my back garden to be a pretty entertaining space as we use the side for all our fruit and veg. Been looking at lots of different paints.

lostinrates

Rummer wrote: »

I am so keen to get the garden painted but I need to decide on a colour scheme first! I really want my back garden to be a pretty entertaining space as we use the side for all our fruit and veg. Been looking at lots of different paints.

grrr..paint colours are a real saga here. I think we're going for yellow in the courtyard (not my first choice) and greyish green on end walls and garden walls. I really wanted something quite dramatic but now is not the time I think.:o

COOLTRIKERCHICK

didnt people used to dry out cow pats to burn as fuel?

LIR..... i think that poo picker is a great idea.... even though it seems expensive, but the time it will save you will be priceless

glorious day here, so waiting for huuby to get back to work after his rounds so i can 'sneak' off home to do a bit in the garden.....

even if its just to sit out in the garden with a cup of tea in my cath kidston mug ( christmas pressie from mam) and just stare and think of what i am going to do:rotfl:

choille

I've been wondering if I get a broody hen or go for an incubater - I'm really muddled about what to do....

Lotus-eater

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

didnt people used to dry out cow pats to burn as fuel?

I believe the mongols use horse dung as fuel as they have little wood.

This is also fascinating
http://www.stovesonline.co.uk/horse-manure-fuel.html

Rummer

It has turned out to be a really sunny day today and I managed to get some fruit bushes planted and some pruning done! Ground still too wet to do a lot of the things I need to get finished but it was nice to get something done!

lostinrates

choille wrote: »

I've been wondering if I get a broody hen or go for an incubater - I'm really muddled about what to do....

How many do you want to hatch? How reliable are your girls? I know we all recoomend the octagon model, but I'm doing both right now....I always think its nice for a broody to rear some....for her and for them...its how its meant to be


I did do something.....I sifted a coupleof wheel barrows full of soil. I want a cylinder sieve.

choille

Hi - I am thinking of buying a silkie as they are reputed to be broodies.

I didn't hatch any chicks last year - or rather the hens didn't but it was a pretty rotten Summer here.
I've never used a broodie. Hens have gone broody in the past - laid up somewhere secret & then appeared back with a string of chicks. Although I have lost hens to the Marten that way.

Good for you sifting soil - I've done plenty of that - good for those bingo wings! I've got a nice old riddle/sieve.