the daydream fund challenge thread

lostinrates

Itismehonest wrote: »

Oooo :T - House or Orchard? I haven't wassailed for years. They don't do it around here.

we have three apple trees and the new pears...orchard might be pushing it

Itismehonest

I've heard the normal qualification is 5 for a "kitchen orchard" so you're in

We used to wassail on Old Twelfth Night

lostinrates

Itismehonest wrote: »

I've heard the normal qualification is 5 for a "kitchen orchard" so you're in

We used to wassail on Old Twelfth Night

we did consider doing it the weekend after, but not sure what's happening yet in the ny, dh might be nipping overseas somewhere...so best to make wassail while the sun shines and we're here. Some friends are joining us.

lucielle

Hello,
Finally after a week I've read most of the thread. I now feel like I 'know' you all. Love all the horse talk I had to get rid of my riding horse and then sadly had my old boy go over to rainbow bridge, just over a year ago.

I try every year to grow veggies but struggle with work a new business and 4 chaps and OH to look after. This year I thought I'd smother the beds in compost and then cover with weed suppressant matting and only un-cover as and when I have something to plant. We now have 5 chooks as DS1s puppy scared 1 off. Ds1 is on an agricultural apprenticeship and has got a collie pup to train which he bought for himself. Luckily a good friend is keeping an eye on him and the pup. DS1 has signed himself up to go stick dressing in the NY.

Sorry I do waffle on but am so pleased to have reached the end and can now hopefully drop in and out but I'll probably lurk.
L

lostinrates

lucielle wrote: »

Hello,
Finally after a week I've read most of the thread. I now feel like I 'know' you all. Love all the horse talk I had to get rid of my riding horse and then sadly had my old boy go over to rainbow bridge, just over a year ago.

I try every year to grow veggies but struggle with work a new business and 4 chaps and OH to look after. This year I thought I'd smother the beds in compost and then cover with weed suppressant matting and only un-cover as and when I have something to plant. We now have 5 chooks as DS1s puppy scared 1 off. Ds1 is on an agricultural apprenticeship and has got a collie pup to train which he bought for himself. Luckily a good friend is keeping an eye on him and the pup. DS1 has signed himself up to go stick dressing in the NY.

Sorry I do waffle on but am so pleased to have reached the end and can now hopefully drop in and out but I'll probably lurk.
L

Nice to meet you Lucielle, do join in!

Itismehonest

lucielle wrote: »

Hello,
Finally after a week I've read most of the thread. I now feel like I 'know' you all. Love all the horse talk I had to get rid of my riding horse and then sadly had my old boy go over to rainbow bridge, just over a year ago.

I try every year to grow veggies but struggle with work a new business and 4 chaps and OH to look after. This year I thought I'd smother the beds in compost and then cover with weed suppressant matting and only un-cover as and when I have something to plant. We now have 5 chooks as DS1s puppy scared 1 off. Ds1 is on an agricultural apprenticeship and has got a collie pup to train which he bought for himself. Luckily a good friend is keeping an eye on him and the pup. DS1 has signed himself up to go stick dressing in the NY.

Sorry I do waffle on but am so pleased to have reached the end and can now hopefully drop in and out but I'll probably lurk.
L

:wave: Hi Lucielle
What ag apprenticeship is your son on? We may need to pick his brains! :cool:

Rummer

Hello

Just back from a lovely few days away! I am going to order some seeds this week I think although I do have a lot already

RAS

lostinrates wrote: »

hey...we're you ''down here'' then?

Well a bit further down than you - nearer Dave.

Christmas very different from the last two years.

I recall being asked to drop a card into the farm on the bend on the lane; letter box set back from road near the gate. It had rained on frozen ground and the bit between the lane and the gate are tarmaced now doubling as a sloping skating rink. Had to edge down the rough by the wall, cross the rough track lower down and creep back up to the letter box, and reverse the manouvre.

The upside was that when I got down to the scrub in the valley, the raindrops on the trees had frozen on the ends of every branch. When the sun came out briefly it was magical.

Last year was snow clearance. We only just got in for Christmas on the first day and spent the next three digging to get the lane clear and then open, for the 4-wheel-drive vehicles anyway.

Needless to say, not a lot of winter flower last year;this year the early camellias are out or just coming out, with the first narcissus and muscari alongside the last roses, hardy geraniums and salvias. Wierd.

Up here some people seem to have bedding geraniums still out but I dragged mine in just in case. Bulbs are just peaking up.

We do need some hard frosts though if we are to get good flowers for next year's fruit crops.

Rainy and windy here; got blown home yesterday. Best day looks like Saturday temp wise; hope to dose the bees if I can get help. I suspect one hive have stuck their lid down with brace comb. Monday looks fine and cold.

lucielle - welcome to the thread

lucielle

Thanks for the welcome. DS1 is doing a bog standard agricultural apprenticeship, once every 3 weeks I take him to college for the day and the rest of the time he's at work on the farm. OH and I are from an ag background, in fact that's what made us 'move up here'. Sadly the job didn't work out for OH, but we stayed and diversified away from agriculture. I'm a country girl at heart and would love a couple of acres to play with and I yearn for a poly tunnel, so Davensave watch out cos I'm eyeballing yours!!!

Currently living in very damp rented accommodation but paying a pittance for it. Came close to buying a house with 14 acres last year but sadly it wasn't to be. The galling thing is I still drive past it virtually every day. Would love to look round it and see what the new peeps are doing. Also like another horse but till we have our own place not going to happen, as the logistics and problems we had last time were a nightmare. I love goats and used to babysit a goat dairy farm when they went away. We have in the past hand reared 17 pet lambs and sold or eaten them. This year DS2 has reared 6 turkeys and sold them, he's financed it all himself and saved up his money by doing some work for our business, to get the venture up and going.

Sorry waffled again.
L

lostinrates

What does he want to do after college Lucielle? Its interesting how many people from my ag college went to have careers totally unrelated to ag/countryside. TBH, not sure I'd do it if I had my time over....