the daydream fund challenge thread

ukmaggie45

Rummer wrote: »

I am so looking forward to getting out in the garden tomorrow :j

No way I'm going into the garden tomorrow, we've icicles today on the garden table and chairs, and this evening we can hear the ice melt dripping off the trees.... Not sure what temp forecast, but will be staying in the warm if I can (though the camellia flowers need cutting off after the frost). We might go back to old house and have a nice open fire there and do some sorting for some of the day. I miss my lovely sunsets there.

Rummer

choille wrote: »

I didn't have much successes last year, but here's to this season being more productive & better weather-wise hopefully.

We had a pretty grim year garden wise although there were some notable successes. The raspberries and rhubarb were great fruit wise and the herb garden thrived. We also had a year long supply of kale, which the piggies loved

So hoping that this year will be better (even if only marginally )

rozeepozee

We have the quarryman coming tomorrow to see if we can do the hardstanding for the static on the cheap. We've had a couple of builders look and are waiting for quotes. We've also realised that even if we could get it across the boggy field, the gate is 10 feet wide and the caravan's 14 feet... Nothing's ever simple, is it?

I'm currently lying between two babies, one who's projectile vomited all over the bed for the second night on the trot. Looks like I'll spend the day washing sheets & towels tomorrow. Again.

Rummer

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

No way I'm going into the garden tomorrow, we've icicles today on the garden table and chairs, and this evening we can hear the ice melt dripping off the trees.... Not sure what temp forecast, but will be staying in the warm if I can (though the camellia flowers need cutting off after the frost). We might go back to old house and have a nice open fire there and do some sorting for some of the day. I miss my lovely sunsets there.

We are chilly and rainy here however I have loads of lovely plants that need to be put in the ground so I will wrap up warm and get out there!

Rummer

rozeepozee wrote: »

I'm currently lying between two babies, one who's projectile vomited all over the bed for the second night on the trot. Looks like I'll spend the day washing sheets & towels tomorrow. Again.

Oh it is so tough when they are ill! The last time my DD was sick we didn't have a clean sheet or towel in the place and I was exhausted. Try to take care of yourself as well as them.

rozeepozee

Rummer wrote: »

Oh it is so tough when they are ill! The last time my DD was sick we didn't have a clean sheet or towel in the place and I was exhausted. Try to take care of yourself as well as them.

We've had two with vomiting & the 5 yr old with the runs. I'm just thankful the grown ups aren't I'll too. That's when it gets unbearable.

Off to do washing now!

Good morning all. The heating has come on, but the house isn't very warm. Looks like we'll have to turn the thermostat up...

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Alfie.....sooooooooooooo sorry about the pig, i agree i think there is no point telling your friend until they come home.... it sounded the pig died in a nice way...just curled up and went to sleep....

as the saying goes...... where you have livestock, you will also have dead stock..

I know up until a few years back you could bury your animals on your land, but then you had to be part of a collection scheme etc, where they would charge you x amount to take the animal away to be incinerated sp? .

Is this just for registered smallholders, or for someone who has a bit of land with the odd pet pig and sheep etc as well?


weather wise we had some snow yesturday....so we went out in hubbys newish toy.... its a bobtail discovery with HUGE chunky tyres ( i need to hold onto the roll cage bars and pull myself in)...it was brill, the council haddnt gritted any roads, and there was some scary looking driving going on with people not knowing how to drive in the snow:eek:.
We decided to go on a narrow track scenic road, to have a bit of fun, but came across a car which had slipped into a ditch, flip nkows how long they ahd been there, they were trying to put snow chains on, but the way the car was, there was no way they would work, so we hitched up the rope and yanked him out.....

so we done a good deed for the day... and we didnt even charge him:rotfl:

The snow changed to rain, and is all gone now:o....but still cold...

Davesnave..... I wouldnt mind some tomato seeds if poss, the 'lanky' ones....

Even though i got mega loads of things to do, after the week i had it was nice spending a few hours messing round in the snow yeaturday, so to finish off have 'me' time i will prob make some more bags etc out of the old welsh blankets... i have sold them all in the antique centres, and havent re-placed them so, i am losing money now:rotfl:

Trying to get as much money into my purse in the next 4 weeks.....

after saying that, i have my eye set on some eggs on ebay:rotfl:

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

It is about 0.6m but sprawls around a bit. Ends up after 2 years about a 0.8m across. I'm guessing!:o

I'm sure you could poke a few of these in somewhere, leave them to get on with it and have your own seed in the future.

Yes please then!

Thank you. What can i do for you in return?


What a ruddy night.


The snow had turned to rain by lates, which was about ten past ten last night. And we had puddles on top of ice, lethal. So we took an age to grit the yard, then started to worry none of the horses were in the barn. Dh went tramping through the bog that upuntil then had been frozen field, and all the electric fencing of five paddocks was down somewhere, and the horses had become upset. S we had to do some emergency re fencing and removal of fencing...setting what we could upright, but also taking down some, so that essentiall they had the whole field, but without electric flying in the wind.


Meanwhile there was a horrid exercise on the mod plain the sky was orange.
We got in about midnight.



This morning its mild, the time we spent gritting was wasted.....its just wet and sludgey.


Bad news is we noticed two bottoms of wooden posts holding up the old milkink parlour have comepletey rotted through and will need repairs pronto.

lucielle

Didn't manage to get in the garden as snow stopped play. Did clean the inside of the car out (that's probably what made it snow) as she's off to have the braking system looked at. Probably needs new calipers, drums, the works basically! Next month its exhaust, service and tyres and April its the MOT. If I can get her through this year it'll be good and maybe a newer one next year.

I was sat doing some computer work and glanced out the window to see the biggest rat leap from the top of the hen pen, into the hen house through the window. The chaps all went out armed with spades but missed the little sod. DS1 sent his ferrets under the house but nothing came out.

Thanks for the info DAvensave, I want to get it right first time as it could potentially be an expensive mistake to make.
L

COOLTRIKERCHICK

LIR .....flip what a night you had.:eek:

Lucielle.... i hate wild rats.... we havent seen any around here now for a few weeks... but i am sure they will be back in the warmer weather:mad:

I got side tracked:rotfl: so i have made a pot full of spag bol... so i havent got to worry about maing food later, so just having a quick cuppa, and then off to sit infront the sewing machine...

unless hubby has diff plans when he gets out of bed...lol...