Daydream thread continues.....

agreenmess

Morning all,

Went up to the lottie last night, first time in two weeks due to circumstances, couldn't believe how much the weeds have grown, only one pea plant has survived the rabbits, so I will be buying meshing and pipping tonight and changing the whole layout of the plot. What does everyone do inbetween the raised beds, I want to keep my allotment as cheap as possible and the weeds are starting to come through, do I let them grow and then cut them down weekly, like you would grass??

Wow Rozee your house sounds stressful, if you get into any trouble I work in Building Control on the Island so any questions I should be able to answer

rhiwfield hope your daughters leg gets sorted soon, not quite what you want in shorts weather!! Though the holiday sounds lovely.

Hope everyone is doing well

rhiwfield

Alf, fingers crossed for an easy move and that you have a great weekend

CTC/Choille, food prices do seem to have rocketed . It will be interesting to see the stats on how much of the average family's budget is spent on food and essentials. The saving grace for many (mostly younger) people is that borrowing costs are so low. Which is no help to those relying on savings income, the capital value of which is eroding steadily.

Re load bearing walls, recall cob house I once owned that had just a few inches of flint foundation. When the gable end started to fall off I found out how expensive structural engineers really are :eek:

lostinrates

Rozee, hope to day is calmer.

Fwiw, its likely a lot of days will feel like that but just remember that it will be surmountable. I know its a pain of the washing etc falls behind, but its not the end of the world.

Among other things we didn't expect to find:
A well under the corner of our house (aha.....well, that explained a lot and was a bit of a relief to find the cause of the structural issue)

An undealt with pipe on the other side of the house, that if left would have caused big problems and was probably the cause of the water in out inside trial pits. Scary, but a relief to find...because now the oldest bit of the house is saved from the eventual catastrophe that would have occurred.

Wood worm damage....the only low ceiling in our house shows sign of historic wood worm, which is fine, it all seemed sound. When the wall the wood ends in came down we found that the ends of the timbers are seriously beyond hope......and will need replacing (with reclaimed wood).

lostinrates

rhiwfield wrote: »

Re load bearing walls, recall cob house I once owned that had just a few inches of flint foundation. When the gable end started to fall off I found out how expensive structural engineers really are :eek:

Our structural engineer is much cheaper than our architect. Having done this now I would, on a future purpose, have a structural engineers report rather than a survey I think. The survey basically told us what we could see and said we'd need a structural engineer to find out what the upshot of these things were. The structural engineer actually backed up what could be seen with opinions and where needed calculations and advice.

Davesnave

I wasn't bitten at all last night, despite fishing till dark and occasionally walking through clouds of insects. I think I'm one of those lucky people they don't really like.

Caught just one small trout and put it back, but the purpose of the evening was to see more of Pete's place, where it's safe for me to fish and where it definitely isn't. I'm not referring to falling-in, either!

I can't describe Pete's farm without giving too much away, but let's just say that as agricultural landscapes go, it's pretty much perfect. His house sits just high enough to survey much of the land, and although it's sheltered, it still gets wall to wall sun, whenever there is any.

When I packed up, the guinea fowl had gone to roost right in the top of the largest oak, but earlier, they didn't half kick off when they spotted me making my way up-river. Brilliant watch-dogs, but not practical if you have neighbours you like.

Alfie, all the best with Dad. Good to hear that some work is coming in for you now, choille. Everyone else, enjoy this sun while it lasts!

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

Rozee, hope to day is calmer.

I hope so too, but I think most of the big problems in rozee's build will manifest fairly quickly, as they would here, because both properties aren't that old.

When you have something that's been sitting there and being gradually modified ad hoc for centuries, stuff like your well has time to happen! :eek:

I hope we've discovered most of the major issues here now. Things like our inspection chamber which takes in ground water need an experienced eye to find, so there are always going to be snags like that which pop up when people with those eyes are employed for the first time.....

peter_the_piper

Bet you're glad you don't have to be in greenhouses now its sunny.

Davesnave

peter_the_piper wrote: »

Bet you're glad you don't have to be in greenhouses now its sunny.

Polytunnel has 8' openings either end and mesh all the way along one side, so there is a good breeze going through, but it is kinda warm right now.

However, just spent an hour unloading a huge consignment of constructional timber, as the local yard sent a lorry without one of those hydraulic lifts, complete with geriatric driver.:wall:

In half an hour I'll have to relocate it all into the shade......:mad:

So, on balance I don't think it matters much today!

alfie_1

WELL.............:(

transport did not turn up to take dad today ! apparently all ambulances were in use. then nursing home said they couldnt take him in after 5pm because of the set up he needs.... so tomorow morning is the next try.......

knew it was too good to be true....:o it was all going too well..;)

anyway, as long as he gets there.

upseting for him and mum tho...

the weather here is amazing, hope it lasts over the weekend but to be honest it can P with rain aslong as i get a break....my head hurts !!

hope you all have had a good week so far.:)

Itismehonest

Hope things go more to plan tomorrow, alfie.

DH went strimming down the lane outside our place, came back indoors having brushed off his front but was still plastered on his shoulders.
I brushed him off & an hour later noticed I was plastered in ticks :mad:
I managed to get most off but one (inside my right wrist) was in too awkward a place for me to tackle so DH had a go & ....... yep, left the head in.
I've poked a sizeable hole in my wrist trying to get it all out but can't so have smothered it with Zambuk in the hope it will draw it.
Gonna be fun with the urticaria I won't know if that's causing the swelling or the ruddy tick was infected _pale_
Fed up now. One thing after another.