Daydream thread continues.....

rozeepozee

Davesnave wrote: »

Not necessarily.:think: It depends on what's happening under the mulch and how good the soil preparation was. That could be more important.

For example, when our school built a new garden the Head was sold a load of rubbish for topsoil. This was not apparent because the whole area was mulched in bark chippings. A year or so on and many plants had died, asphyxiated by being buried in heavy clay, which compacted, despite being under the mulch.:mad:

All the same, there must be a lot of tannins and stuff in new bark and that will leach into the soil too. I know when I used to make my own compost, I had to buy composted bark. It was hard to get hold of because of the time in the composting process.

lostinrates wrote: »

http://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/hsagriculture.htm

Most peoe love their kids and supervise them, but some slip through the net. Agriculture (and even in a small way, thats you now rozee;)) has some of the worse stats.

I personally think healthy respect and knowledge is important, including how to behave around equipment, but for me thats also a learning the golden rule of this is NOT for you.

I have seen some horrific near misses from peoe being surpised by kids or friends popping out to say hello and making them jump.

Edit: sheesh, all doom and gloom. At least the kid wants to be outside with his daddy. Rozee, is there anything else you could preoccupy them with taht would be helpful? Perhaps he could be incharge of kindling collection? Thats a REAlLy important job!

That's exactly what's happening tomorrow.

rhiwfield

Hmm, magic mushroom outbreak in the S-W by tyhe sound of it?? Knew I shouldnt have sent that fantasy pack down there .

Over a year since I tore my back muscles so shouldnt complain after a (back) pain free year. Doesnt make me any less miserable atm, especially as it happened this afternoon in Cross Hands and I had to get home

Really nice pharmacist gave me ibuprofen (which have very unpleasant side effects) but which at least made the journey back home bearable.

So DW will do the auction run tomorow while I stay at home :(

Got back and found a consignment sent by us Wednesday had been damaged in transit so just refunded :(:(

Ah well, enough wallowing in self pity, another hour or two internet research on auction lots so we can get loads of stuff to sell on Ebay

CTC, saw your note and I printed out the address you gave two weeks back, just never had enough time to detour to see you, one day!

alfie_1

poor rozee....got both barrels...:o

apologies if i appeared over paranoid...as LIR said its lovely the lad is outdoors rather than glued to a screen !!

lostinrates

Have a great time rozee. Sorry we all jumped. Its just we care. It sometimes makes people forget boundaries, apologies.

Davesnave

Lotus-eater wrote: »

Eaten my first immature shark fin melon, a 6" one. It's sort of like a sweeter courgette, not bad at all.
And I've harvested one mature one, so at least if we get an early nasty frost, I have some seeds and one mature fruit.

I must get a report back from my DD2 about the one she had.:think:

I'll hazard a guess that I have 10 mature ones now, but it's just a guess. Last time I looked, some fronds were 10' into the thatcher's land, though he won't realise for a while yet. I'll cut those off before they waste energy making melons (gourds) for him!

Trying to get my head around having a car with less poke, and almost succeeding. Shopping today probably used 4.5 litres, whereas in the old jalopy it would have been more like 7 litres. Some comfort when one of the items I went out for wasn't stocked by that branch of B&Q!:mad:

Hope the back pain soon eases, rhiwfield. It's a miserable thing.:(

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Lotus/davesnave did you plant the sharkfin plants on a compost heap? or just straight into the ground?

Might 'hint' :D to hubby about using the pig paddock next year as a large veg patch...

rozeepozee

No apologies required for your concerns. I was touched.

Raining on parades never goes down too well, so I'm taking a softly softly approach to both man and child. I'm hoping the novelty will have worn off pretty soon. He doesn't have the longest attention span at this age.

rhiwfield

Well, someone sent me a 1906 Chambers Journal (Alf, includes an ad for Lady of the Barge ) so I thought I'd share this ad with you:

Rheumatism
The most obstinate cases of Rheumatism, Lumbago, Sciatica, Bronchitis etc are at once relieved by rubbing with Smedley's Chillie Paste, and if applied when the first symptoms appear one application will usually effect a complete cure, and avert what might otherwise be a severe illness.

Now where did I put that Snake Oil?

Lotus-eater

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Lotus/davesnave did you plant the sharkfin plants on a compost heap? or just straight into the ground?

Might 'hint' :D to hubby about using the pig paddock next year as a large veg patch...

I did plant one on a compost heap, but I understand they go mad no matter where you plant them.
I also understand they can be eaten by livestock. Although it's probably better for you to get grass started in a paddock and not SFM.

Mine have really gone crazy and are halfway down the back hedge, not to mention they will go over a 6 foot fence in days, I have to keep pulling it down.

I haven't worked out if the mature melons are worth the while though, I have heard people saying they will feed livestock, but they won't last long in an emergency.

Which reminds me, has anyone seen "preppers" on the history channel?

Alexelisey

rhiwfield wrote: »

Well, someone sent me a 1906 Chambers Journal (Alf, includes an ad for Lady of the Barge ) so I thought I'd share this ad with you:

Rheumatism
The most obstinate cases of Rheumatism, Lumbago, Sciatica, Bronchitis etc are at once relieved by rubbing with Smedley's Chillie Paste, and if applied when the first symptoms appear one application will usually effect a complete cure, and avert what might otherwise be a severe illness.

Now where did I put that Snake Oil?

Ah, you mock! But of course, capsaicin (in chillies) is now thought to be effective in some cases of arthritis. It's hard to tell for certain because DH's condition is so variable anyway, but after a couple of days with at least one meal a day involving some chilli heat there does appear to be a bit of easing. I haven't tried any "clinical" studies as such, but with a couple of chilli plants outside with plenty coming on them I'm going to experiment a bit on DH when they're ripe. Encona (brand of chilli sauce) used to have a more noticeable effect but the local kebab shop's stuff just gives him bad breath :rotfl: