the daydream fund challenge thread

alfie_1

RHIWFIELD... thought these might be of help.??

www.kerrytaylorauctions.com/sales.php
www.fashion-era.com/Vintage_fashion/a20_vintage_sources.htm

alfie_1

rozeepozee wrote: »

Thanks, Alfie. I have a fear that we may just end up making a ridiculous city type error, presuming that we can use the land in a way that isn't possible. We wondered about the logistics of putting in drainage, so it's good to know it's feasible.

being cheeky do you have a link to view ? if so can you PM me ?? pure nosiness

rhiwfield

alfie_1 wrote: »

RHIWFIELD... thought these might be of help.??

www.kerrytaylorauctions.com/sales.php
www.fashion-era.com/Vintage_fashion/a20_vintage_sources.htm

!!!! Unless they're buying :eek::eek::eek:

Choille, I'm listed as a business seller so dont get free listings.

Just listed this though, £4.95 start price, I must be mad!!

alfie_1

rhiwfield... :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

i meant to show you that you could be sat on some gems ! give you an idea of what people are paying for vintage...:rotfl:


p.s. i SOOOO want the blue corset !!

choille

Sorry rhiwfield.

I never have luck selling clothes. I must take a load to the charity shop.

rhiwfield

choille wrote: »

Sorry rhiwfield.

I never have luck selling clothes. I must take a load to the charity shop.

Choille, the interesting thing is that the auction lot we bought with all the vintage clothing/fabrics was from a shop that had sourced some of its stock from charity shops like Sue Ryder, Red Cross and others. On one item we saw a sticker " Keep for Anne ....."

Alfie, I take your point but I'd rather sell stuff (and get the money in) rather than hold out for the highest price. I've often found that a low start price gives a high final end price, often higher than achieved with a fixed price listing/high opening bid listing.

And btw, I've got lots of retro/vintage tights and stockings to go with the corsets. Good for storing your onions

Gigervamp

I've joined this thread but realised I haven't really introduced myself, although those of you who read the OS forum might *know* me.

We, (hubby, myself and 2 adult sons) live not far from Rhiwfield in an old cottage. We have a fairly big garden by my standards, bearing in mind that I used to live in London with a small back garden!

We also have the use of a couple of small fields that are attached to our house (they're owned by hubby's uncle and he has encouraged us to use them for our chickens)...

Of which we have 27. Was 28, but sadly, yesterday our silky x pekin died. (R.I.P Florence, we'll miss you. )

We were planning on getting a couple of weaners to put in the bottom field (owned by SIL), but hubby's wages are going down by 20% next year and that's going to make a big dent. We were only just getting by each month as it was.

So, that's me/us.

Oh, and if any of you read the Downsizer forum, I'm on there under the name of Jools.

rozeepozee

There are a few Welshies on here

Itismehonest

choille wrote: »

Welcome - It'smehonest.

Thanks for the welcome, choille.
I have to admit that I wouldn't be looking forward to winter if I were you, either.


There be strange goings on hereabouts.
We've had primroses out for a couple of months & they're still coming up.
Earlier this month a yellow flag was flowering gaily away in one of the ponds despite the fact that most of the flag leaves look well overdue for their winter crewcut.
The thorns have been absolutely covered in berries for weeks. That's not odd but now, even though the leaves have all fallen, the berries are still there en masse. Usually the birds have tucked into them long before now. I suppose they still have plenty of other things to nibble.

The hills look like Watership Down covered with rabbits. Shame that OH & I don't like rabbit.
The deer are out & about in force now that most of the holidaymakers have gone home. They're too late to nobble the last fling roses this year because the roses disappeared weeks ago. Usually I can look out on some very sad & dessicated red roses as late as Christmas.

Normally we have loads of frog spawn by now but nothing so far.

What with fox cubs pinching my flip-flops earlier on in 2011 this has been one weird year.
Anyone got their own stories of 2011 nature gone bananas?

RAS

rozeepozee wrote: »

A question: is clay soil improvable? Apparently this place has 3 acres of "very heavy" clay soil and it's not good for growing or keeping horses on, or other animals for much of the Winter from the sound of things! This is according to the farmer who has been looking after the field and keeping some calves on there. It's clearly very wet in parts. Can it be drained etc? We don't plan to be growing loads tbh, we are more likely to want to do a CCC 5 pitch caravan site, but I'd like some idea of what we're letting ourselves in for if we buy. So far, I've been happy to grow salad veg and herbs in raised beds and reclaimed baths!

Hi

There may be two problems; heavy clay and poor drainage.

If you can walk the fields again today, check out whether there are any drainage ditches at the top end of the fields (or the other side of the hedges) which are partly filled in and therefore not functioning. Also any ditches on the sides that should carry the water away. Sorting them out will often improve land consdierably, although clay is always at risk of poaching.