the daydream fund challenge thread

lostinrates

Lucky with the quince!


Just in now as my back gave out. So glorious there.

alfie_1

fabulous pic of the moon !!!! im going to be out tonite now with my camera !! bet it doesnt come out like that........:(

well, i got my mabel food,admist disaproving glares....hey ho !;)

i put diesal in my van today and half has gone already !!?? it does 50+ to the gallon as well !! going to need a mortgage to get the truck up and back to yorkshire just hope its worth it !!

well im off soon for my girlie nite and iv just had txt saying bangers and mash for tea....:)

just came back home and passed a big 4x4 that had hit a deer, just where my garden ends... poor thing didnt stand a chance....SOME bl**dy local hoorahs drive like lunatics up these lanes:mad:...to quote "oh i know these roads like the back of my hand" but its always them that hit things ???? 65 animals killed on the forest last year, 85% by local people ......???? duuuurrrr !!

anyway, i hope you all have a pleasant, fruitfull weekend regardless of weather or funds ....

lostinrates

re quinces, has anyone ever had japonica jelly? When I had japonicas I didn't know you could do anything with them....now I'm thinking I need another japonica just for jelly. I saw some for sale at Bath and West show, in the honey tent I think, but I can't remember whether I tasted any or not...

Rummer

Phew sounds as if you have all been busy and productive, I still have a small heap of fruit bushes to plant and 30 strawberry roots came this morning! Had a family day today that really didn't work out but at least I got lots of exercise!

choille

If listed till I'm listing over - jiggerd with it & now I'm being told I hav listed my allowance.

Japonica is so delicate - wonderful plant - even just to look at.

Davesnave

Lotus-eater wrote: »

How strange, I don't even think that quince rootstocks are used for plums Although they might have been I suppose. Dave might know.

Don't think they are. Quince (the Cydonia one) is used for pears. I'm no fruit expert, though!

Our quince (Cydonia) got some sort of disease last year, maybe caused by stress in the dry conditions, so DW has pruned it hard into a decent basic shape. I looked at it, but decided I couldn't tackle that without making a complete hash of it.:o

We're still working on our 80' beech hedge, having cleared the trench of weeds and lined both sides with heavy duty plastic, then dug in the pig manure and wood ash. We just have to sift more soil in now to fill it, removing all the couch grass, nettles etc as we go!
I know that, ideally, we'd have prepped the area first for a season, but with some things you just need to get on with it, especially when its stuff like privacy hedging. It works both ways and we need to be fair to the neighbours.

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

having cleared the trench of weeds and lined both sides with heavy duty plastic,

On the quest to learn, Davesnave, why line a beech trench with plastic? weeds or spread?

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

On the quest to learn, Davesnave, why line a beech trench with plastic? weeds or spread?

It's because of what's growing either side of it. On the neighbour's side things aren't too bad as it's lawn with a bit of couch and some nettle, (also a grass that grows from bulbils?) but on our side, under the spoil from the trench, are far more nasties. We will sort them, but knowing how things go, it'll take time because of other stuff. I intend to let the weeds come up first, then put a protection board up against the new hedge and spray them, following with a dig a month or two later.

The whole septic tank area will be a desert for a year or so, judging by the way we've needed to tackle other areas. Thank God we're not strictly organic, but in the end there's still no substitute for hard digging!

Whoops, almost forgot, I've started a new photo blog thing for this year. It's pretty obvious which one it is:

http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac150/Davesnave/

lostinrates

Davesnave it doesn't look like the same place! You've already improved everything so much!

Crikey......I wish you were project managing us!

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

Crikey......I wish you were project managing us!

You have the wrong person; it's DW who project-manages. I am the labourer!