the daydream fund challenge thread

ukmaggie45

Hi Alfie, I'm in Aigburth - that's South Liverpool. .

Davesnave

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

Hmm, hardly Organic! :eek:

No, but I'm not a totally converted organic gardener and I'm not aware that Rummer is either, but I stand corrected if she is.

There's the option of digging, which shouldn't be overlooked, but Rummer seems to have less help in the garden than some of us and her soil sounds heavy too.

If I'd had to tame this place by using organic methods alone, I would be living somewhere else! *


* And Alfie, I am in the middle of the county.....north of Okehampton, south of South Molton, west of Tiverton and east of Holsworthy!

rhiwfield

Very smart Maggie!!

annie123

Lotus-eater wrote: »

I haven't done it yet, I said I am going to do it

My two plants I tried to overwinter have both died, really annoyed. Maybe that particular chilli doesn't like it.

alfie, I'm in NW Cambridgeshire

OK, I'll wait for you to start

Are you sure they're dead? not just shut up shop for the winter? mine were still flowering till a few weeks ago and look a little worse for wear now.

Rummer wrote: »

Ooooohhhh can we start officially

Chit your tatties, yes, seed sowing, depends which ones.

alfie_1 wrote: »

can i ask a favour ? can each person on THIS site let me know where [ie county & S W E N etc] they are as i have an embroidered map picture and im going to flag it so i can picture where in the country things are happening with you all...understand if you dont want to ,its just for me to see. i will take pic when/if its done..:D

What a lovely idea, it would be great to compare who's at what stage and the effect of regional weather.

lucielle

Had a phone call from the potential seller, they are going to put it back on the market in the Spring but haven't found anywhere to move to yet. So as far as I can tell they aren't any further forward. The asking price is way over our budget so I think its back to the drawing board for us.
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Davesnave

rhiwfield wrote: »

Very smart Maggie!!

Indeed, it's the nicest extension I've seen on a semi.....and living where I was before, I saw plenty.

We've decided to be sensible here with our re-modelling/extension plans, so despite the foundations being good enough, I don't think we'll be going upwards. We're getting somewhere near a workable design now.;)

While it's great to have acreage when one is young(ish:o) I'm open to the idea that we might want to downsize at a future date and that there are natural limitations on this kind of property. For example, there's a similar place within a mile, which has been seriously extended, but the owners can't get the price they want. People who have that sum to spend don't necessarily want to blow it on what began in the 70s as a humble agricultural worker's bungalow.:(

On the other hand, if the government abolished those troublesome agricultural ties.....:rotfl:

alfie_1

* And Alfie, I am in the middle of the county.....north of Okehampton, south of South Molton, west of Tiverton and east of Holsworthy!


you cant help yourself can you !!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Itismehonest

Davesnave wrote: »

While it's great to have acreage when one is young(ish:o) I'm open to the idea that we might want to downsize at a future date ......

This I can vouch for
We're still debating whether it's worth putting the place up for sale again in the Spring.

Davesnave

Itismehonest wrote: »

This I can vouch for
We're still debating whether it's worth putting the place up for sale again in the Spring.

Much earlier in the life of this thread, I argued that most people would be more than well served with just an acre to maintain. That would also put the property out of the equestrian frame, making it cheaper on a like-for-like basis.

Then I decide to buy something far larger than that.

The good thing about our place is that we could always sell off the yard, barn and much of the land, leaving ourselves with a tidy square acre.

Ah, but would we? My guess is that I'd not want to see someone else using the fields.

bonsibabe

Hi Alfie, I'm in Inverness, capital of the highlands!

Choille - in the last bout of snow we had dingwall was a bit dicey but after 6 years of driving in germany it didn't really faze me that much, although I did take a couple of early finishes with the words i would rather get home than risk staying till 5 and being stranded! Much as i like dingwall i prefer my own little piece of suburbia! Thanks for the thoughts hun, tis appreciated!