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Davesnave

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Hi All,

came home from work, and just totally crashed out,

Story of my life just now! I swear some of you lot have got Oompa Loompas working for you, as I can barely keep up with all the grass cutting, bonfiring, picking, freezing and so on.

Of course it could be that DW has found herself a part-time job for a little while. It'll reduce to just one day a week, but right now it's going to buy me a saw horse and a new log splitting maul! She might get a hen house extension too, if she's lucky.

Good that you are on the mend, rhiwfield. The wood burner's on here and it's much improved since I re-roped the door. I also got the two new side slips made FoC in return for taking-in a trailer full of.....wait for it.....leylandii prunings! :rotfl:

Itismehonest

Just in for a quick bite.

Rhiw is right, alfie. No hoovering a newly laid carpet for about 6 weeks - unless you have the right type of hoover &/or carpet.
But methinks the warnings may have come too late :rotfl:

We still haven't completely finished tidying the plants & climbers on the front drive despite having spent days on it. We got drizzled off around 4pm yesterday.
So there are more ladders to climb when all the leaves have been shed...... & I still have the dreaded gable end to tackle. _pale_
I took pity on the bees & have left all the lavender trimming until another day, too.

Today we're hoping to tackle some of the side & back - big branch lopping, dividing pond plants, getting the ponds ready for winter & netting those that can be covered.

I hope everyone with aches, pains & various conditions soon feels better.
As choille said, wrecked bodies are par for the course for landworkers. It is, after all, just a form of often heavy manual labour.

No heating on here just yet. We usually hope to not turn the CH on until at least October.
I think the cold wind is the main problem. Tucked away from the wind & draughts it's still bearable. As I have only managed to get out of winter clothes for about 6 days this "summer" it means not much has changed :rotfl:

choille

Great news with the chair Rhiwfield - that will aid & ease movement. Does it have an ejector? Very Lames Bond. Freudian slip? Forgive me....it's the tablets. Seriously, hope it makes things much easier for you & much less painful.

Wekk itsme you sound very busy with all the tidy up - mine is just all a bedraggled mess, but seing the dragonflies zzzzzzzzipping about & all the late butterflies & bees is good. The jenny long legs are coming in now, get stuck by one leg in all the cobwebs. It's a dainty job extracating them without amputation I find.
I have mega-hips, not my own I hasten to add, well a little spreading since...but that's a nother story. I have a mass of huge rose hips from all the regosa roses I struck down here a few years back; ripped out runners down the road & they're really coming into their own. The birds get the hips, the bees & hovers love the nectar.

I should be out snipping at the Budliahs and such, butthe Orange ball one is still pumping out its flowers - really beautiful & graceful nodding away. Really glad that flowering is staggered...as such.

Well I have done some dreaded paperwork that should of been dealt with.....an eon back, so that is progress of a sort.

The rain has stopped and everything is once again breathtakingly stunning......I remember why I live here now.

rozeepozee

I'm delighted to report that my OH loves his new power tools and the place has never been tidier. Every bit of sticky out wood has been chainsawed, brushcut, shredded or chipped to within an inch of its life. The chipper/shredder is amazing (it ought to be....) and a huge pileof branches has been reduced to a large wheelbarrow of chips.

We actually have something resembling a lawn!!!

Less progress is being made on other fronts. Our application to extend the curtilage and have some outbuildings hasn't been processed yet as our architect didn't work out the correct fee. He's also told us that the "fixed fee" going to be more than agreed as he believes he has done work outside the remit fouor initial agreement. I'm waiting to hear from his reasons for this, but we're feeling a little disappointed to say the least. If this was the cse, we feel we should have been advised beforehand, not after the event.

I keep looking at various hen houses but don't want to buy at the moment because we seem to be away so much on business that I'm worried how we'll look after them. Think I'll have a chat with our near neighbour who keeps hens to see if they may be willing to help out.

The weather is a bit bleak. We've definately had the heating on. It's been really chilly some mornings.

Rght dodgy kyboard driving me nuts as I hav to keep correcting, so I'll sign off for now.

rhiwfield

Off topic, and just for the ladies.

Imagine yourself a divine flapper in the 20s, living it large on the dance floor until you begin to glow.

You retire discretely and pull this little beauty out of your evening bag. A quick refresh of make up, check in the mirror, cool down with the fan and blow away the smoke, then back for another Charleston.

What a great little thing

Itismehonest

Has it got all it's blades, rhiw?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevira/429234986/in/photostream/

If hubby has an irresistible urge to play with timber then I know somewhere that will keep him occupied for a week or two, rozee

If it was just us the place could go native, choille, but we've always had to keep it looking good for the visitors & now, of course, for potential buyers. Not that it's on the market but if we don't keep on top of it we'll never catch up.

Well, I got practically nothing that was on my outside to-do-list done today. DH decided he wanted to weed elsewhere which left me with the joys of ......... ironing I'm past climbing trees & rooves without someone around to catch me if I fall off.

It's clouded over now & looks set to rain at any moment.

Has anyone ever tried this stuff?
Not that we have fish. The previous occupants tried trout. Herons had already finished off half the stock by the time we moved in. They completed the job within a few days of us taking over. :rotfl:
We do have lots of other water wildlife, though, so we try to be a little careful about what we use.
Normally we just drag the weed out regularly but this year it's been particularly bad. Leave it alone for a month & the ponds are totally clogged. :mad: That's a lot of blanket weed, believe me.

rhiwfield

Itismehonest wrote: »

Has it got all it's blades, rhiw?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevira/429234986/in/photostream/

Yup, all 3, it was slowing down when I took the photo and they fold together when at rest. Merchanical patent dates to 1917. The compact and swan puff must add to rarity, seem to be a few around with just a mirror on back. Found in a Royal Worcester tureen, the fan being the main reason for buying the lot

Is there any way you can cut down nutrient levels in the ponds? Just wondering whether there may be nitrogen run off from surrounding lawns? I've seen ads for green lightning but not the Cloverleaf.

Itismehonest

rhiwfield wrote: »

Yup, all 3, it was slowing down when I took the photo and they fold together when at rest. Merchanical patent dates to 1917. The compact and swan puff must add to rarity, seem to be a few around with just a mirror on back. Found in a Royal Worcester tureen, the fan being the main reason for buying the lot

Is there any way you can cut down nutrient levels in the ponds? Just wondering whether there may be nitrogen run off from surrounding lawns? I've seen ads for green lightning but not the Cloverleaf.

Fingers crossed for a profitable sale then

Other than take every plant out I can't think of a way to cut down the nutrients. I agree that nutrients seem to be the culprit.
It's spring water (hasn't stopped flowing at all this year) which comes out of the hillside, through the ponds & away down a stream on the land. There's no run-off while it's above ground until it is past the ponds. The whole area around the ponds has had proper drainage installed & chippings laid. Any run-off goes straight into the stream.
I always believed that it was sunlight which helped to produce particularly excessive blanket weed. This year that hasn't been an option as we've had practically b*gger all by way of sun.
Also a large part of the water is covered with lily pads which I thought were meant to help by blocking the light.
Nothing seems to do the trick this year.
I thought if I could clear it then I'd add that black dye to try to keep it away. Obviously I'd have to top it up as the water changes.

alfie_1

hi all

im walking like an egg bound duck today....:o

i DID hoover carpet, its still there...its such a short plush'en, a bulldozer wouldnt shift the pile......:D

i have worked today, had the bonny i should have done last night, been food shopping, cooked [then noticed a note from son saying he was out all evening..:o ] so am home alone and eating alone...:(

rhiwi......what does the chair you have do? i get that it lays out? and helps you up ? my old lady i "see to" struggles to get up out of her chair. she cant sit on her sofa anymore as too low. i suggested a higher chair but i dont know whats best sort...

i have a heathrow pick up tomorow..:( hope my back copes...i am driving a top of the range lexus tho WITH heated seats..:rotfl::rotfl:

son rang me at work today to say a lady driver had found 2 dogs in the road and dumped them on him...:rotfl: i drove home to pick them up [lurcher and jack and he didnt want to leave them in the house cos of dog flap/poultry etc..:eek: ] i took them to work then realised i recognised the name of owner so drove back again to Lord T's house [owner of my house but his son is running estate now].... they were one of his grandsons dogs and he was in scotland and his father was looking after them. he was out looking for them. Lord T was very pleased with me for returning them and as his terrier launched at the jack with a ferrocity of a gale force 8, i grabbed his dog by the scruff and seperated them, then sorted out L and J into a seperate area... me finks im in his good books now..;);) all helps...:D

ive eaten big dinner but still hungry ??:cool:

im glad youve had a decent night rhiwi,
choille, i hope the tabs are helping ?
LIR i hope you are ok ?
ctc...hope your leccy's back on ?

rhiwfield

Alf, its a riser recliner. I've linked to this site for the one I got which shows the different positions. The riser bit means that the back gradually lifts and and the whole chair tilts forwards so that the pressure on the knee joints and back muscles is far reduced and getting up is easy. In recline mode the back goes down and the footrest rises to create a comfortable (but not flat) resting position.

It is designed primarily to get people on their feet, secondly as a relaxing recliner. Not sure its really meant for o/n sleeping but it was a godsend for me last night. Sofas like your friend has can be bad news as you sink into them and without toned muscles they can be hard to get out of. So orthopaedic chairs for the elderly usually have higher seats and arm rests that give handholds to push up. If she's struggling with that then she may need extra assistance to rise

Without using the pushbutton gizmos mine is just a comfy armchair! Which is how I'll be using it after I've healed sufficiently.

There are loads of makes, and there should be mobility centres close by you with an Occupational Therapist to advise your friend. Key things to look at are seat height, seat depth, lumbar support possibly and whether to go for single or twin motor

Maybe its a bit defeatist of me, like a premature acceptance of old age, to have bought a chair like this but at one point late on Sunday I was in such a pain induced state that my vital signs were all over the place, hence the ambulance, A&E.and the horrible taste of chewed aspirin. On Monday I was still finding random electrodes to pull off (why on the ankles too??) :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

The reality is that at times my back fails, I dont ever want to be in that Sunday situation again and I'll take the embarassment. Alf, you take care with your back as best you can.

Choille, its less Lames Bond (!), more Ernst Stavo Blofeld, every time I sit in it I want a white cat on my lap

Alf, maybe Lord T will sort out the land agent