the daydream fund challenge thread

alfie_1

hiya, better late than never !! iv just bought 6 goose eggs off e-bay...... they may have sebastopol ones as they are a mix.... will let you know !!
i felt so ill last night i was in bed by 9 and out like a light ! then to add to my woes i wacked the side of my thumb today...talk about pain transference!! my back was a doddle compared to that pain !!

i intend to get the rest of the veggies in this weekend as long as i feel ok by then...

everybody seems so busy i feel a tad lazy. my doves have settled in and will see if they STAY when i let them out!!
my pekins are still sitting tight on about 12-14 eggs, side by side so plenty of "fluff"
im getting about 3 eggs a day wich keeps us and the postman happy !! but am waiting for more !!

not a lot to add as iv not done much....

LIR have got pots for you ,can drop ??

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

If I can work out how to get an imagine into this computer I'd appreciate feed back about garden design and veg garden design soon. I just can't work out how to do tha;)t yet.

When can I move irises safely? The ones we put in a nursery bed dug out have a ''forever'' place ready for them, but they are growing away now, so I guess it would be stupid to move them now? Even if I move a big chunk of earth with them? It seems tortuous to wait till the end of summer though!

Sketches usually photograph OK, and you can upload them to Tinypic to share here.

We had a visit from the Outlaws yesterday and, strangely enough, they brought our irises down here from their garden, where we've had them, anticipating the move. So, growing away or not, I shall be planting ours today.

It's a bit blowy out there .....

Alfie, it's called 'distraction therapy,' and it works, but I understand that you can substitute pleasant natural sounds, like bird calls or waves breaking on a beach, for the whacking yourself on the finger bit....:D In another place I wrote about the efficacy of this in relation to my dental treatment, but I was branded a 'dirty old man,' the distraction in that instance being visual rather than auditory. (She is a very good dentist.);)

Lotus-eater

Davesnave wrote: »

Alfie, it's called 'distraction therapy,' and it works, but I understand that you can substitute pleasant natural sounds, like bird calls or waves breaking on a beach, for the whacking yourself on the finger bit....:D In another place I wrote about the efficacy of this in relation to my dental treatment, but I was branded a 'dirty old man,' the distraction in that instance being visual rather than auditory.

My dentist has a tv screen above the chair you sit in. It makes you wonder if additional movies could be a popular option.
My dentist certainly looks for new ways to make money all the time.

Davesnave

Lotus-eater wrote: »

My dentist has a tv screen above the chair you sit in. It makes you wonder if additional movies could be a popular option.
My dentist certainly looks for new ways to make money all the time.

If you had my dentist, you'd not need movies.

Rummer

I must be going to the wrong dentist!

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Hi All,

Been a bit quiet the last few days....

That house on the remote Hill, went for 118k:eek:

just hope the new owners did view before they bought:rotfl: bottomless money pit that lame is going to be..

Been toying with the idea of having a stall in hte eco horizon building at the smallholders show, to sell re-claimed fabric etc... so I think we are going to apply day:eek:, I am normally pooped after one day on my feet in a vintage fair, so flip knows what i am going to be like after 2 days:rotfl:

rain has set in here over the last day or so, and the wind was ......well very windy yesturday morning...

I heard thy has a sort of sand storm up north yesturday...

Rhiwfield, I know your OH is in to her knitting etc, are you going to wonderwool in about a fortnight?

http://www.wonderwoolwales.co.uk/

By all accounts its been going for a few years now.... and is getting popular...

Choille is there something like this where you live? if not it might be worth you and a few like minded people organising something in a large town/city

Right better go and do some work:o:D

lostinrates

alfie_1 wrote: »

LIR have got pots for you ,can drop ??

Great...do you want chicks now? Can you grow on tinies? These are out in barn with a heat lamps now, so they'd cope under a lamp anywhere I guess.:)

choille

I don't think the house on the hill was too dear at all - I think it'll suit someone down to the ground!

We have the Blackisle Highland Show - which is huge & they have the wool tent. The British Wool Marketing Board take part & have demos etc. It's on eover two days too but has gotten a bit like a stall holders thing ie too many folks selling imported handbags sort of thing. But the show is brilliant - camel racing, sheep shearing comps, mad biker antics etc - I think the whole of the Highlands & Islands go. I may enter some hens this year =- they have livestock comps - rare breeds etc. Really good to go & see the animals.

On another note - I needed a VAT receipt for egg cooker etc so I contacted seller after about 6 emails they have asked me for a fee for printing one & posting one to me. They are affiliated with Amazon & are bitter - obviously! What a waste of time & energy & weirdness onthat one. How can some people run a business beats me.
Very windy again & rain lashing down, so we may go off for a few hours - like a bomb!

Davesnave

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Hi All,

Been a bit quiet the last few days....

That house on the remote Hill, went for 118k:eek:

just hope the new owners did view before they bought:rotfl: bottomless money pit that lame is going to be..

So the guide price was about 30% under the price fetched. That's not unusual on rural auction property. My guess is that someone will now sit on it, wait for the market to improve, and then make it just habitable for a quick sale. Mind you, they might have a long wait! :rotfl:

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Davesnave wrote: »

So the guide price was about 30% under the price fetched. That's not unusual on rural auction property. My guess is that someone will now sit on it, wait for the market to improve, and then make it just habitable for a quick sale. Mind you, they might have a long wait! :rotfl:

by that time there will be no road to the property:rotfl:

in a normal situation yes i agree with you choille, it is a very good price, but the state of the road, its collapsing away down the embankment... and when you are driving you are literly within an inch of the edge:eek: and there was big pot holes by the edge too.....lol...

I know what you mean about the imported stuff being sold....I think it should be british made/local crafted stuff being sold in agri shows etc..

Alfie you will have to take some pics of the chicks you have off LIR.... i love little chicks