Daydream thread continues.....

Davesnave

Go for it Alfie!:j These days it's no good relying on others to deliver what you're entitled to, you have to insist on it, or you risk becoming a cost saving.

It's now raining a little, and DW heard thunder, but it was beautiful until 2pm, after a frosty start.

I've overdone things a bit, moving huge rocks and slabs of concrete, but at last there is somewhere to unload the bargain roofing sheets, still sitting in the van since purchased in April!

RAS

I think in my last post I mentioned that we needed rain?

Sunday was spent gardening in high winds and drizzle but not enough to make any difference to the dry ground. Nothing much from the rain showers early in the week.

Tuesday morning I checked the plants outdoors and the soil was moist rather than wet but rain projected.

We had obviously had a good downpour when I got back on Wednesday night.

On Thursday morning I was realised that one seedling was missing; I had put a spare brassica in a single plant pot and dumped that in a taller than usual plastic container as I have no square saucers.

It turned out the plant was still there; so much rain had fallen so quickly that the outer pot completely filled, a good half inch of soil had been washed out of the plant pot and the roots were floating on top of the water! I have never seen anything like it. The plant was literally washed out of the plant pot.

And the plant table tuck into a large bush so I assume the downpour would have been moderated by the leaf cover.

On the other hand I am delighted to have more curcubits - more than I expected from the very old seed on which I am running germination tests.

RAS

Davesnave wrote: »

I've overdone things a bit, moving huge rocks and slabs of concrete, but at last there is somewhere to unload the bargain roofing sheets, still sitting in the van since purchased in April!

So take care and give yourself a break before unloading the roofing sheets?

rhiwfield wrote: »

Sunny atm and got out the camera.

Lovely Rhiwfield. Way ahead of up here. Still waiting for the C Apple trees to come out. The rest is way behind (fuschias just starting to break bud).

rozeepozee

Lovely Rhiwie. And a lot of hard work has gone into that, I imagine.

Strange old day. Hot sun, cool, hot sun, cool, heavy rain, cool... Constantly changing clothes.

Haven't managed much at all today save for chasing small children and chatting to the neighbour about the pig coop.....

Alexelisey

Alright, I'll tell now. Yes it was a viewing. No idea how it went, they kept saying things like "huge" and "enormous" but beyond that... wait and see.

Davesnave

RAS wrote: »

So take care and give yourself a break before unloading the roofing sheets?.

I did. Took a look at the forecast for the rest of the day, got the logs in, (yes we are still running the wood burner in the evening:o) had a nap and then did the supermarket dash....well, saunter. Crediton Morrisons on any evening is like a graveyard, but the reductions are good.

Finally, fish & chips with a wet view to Dartmoor before locking up our feathered friends, who were mostly indoors anyway, thanks to further downpours.

Which leaves us free now to use all that lovely weather we'll have over the weekend. I hope so anyway, and I bet CTC does too.

r.a.i.n.b.o.w

Davesnave wrote: »

It's mostly plywood, screwed & glued together, and it's a bit staggered. The main thing is that there are perching ledges along the front, but I may make a ladder to the top level for our less agile hens. Most of them can fly, though.

There has to be a sloping roof, or some would go up there to roost. Under the roof makes a good place to store things like jars of corn etc.

The other improvement we've made to the hen house is to add a poo catcher made of vinyl flooring under each of the perches. This is taken out every two days at this time of year, hung on the fence and hosed clean. Most of the mess the birds make is under the perches, so doing this greatly reduces the amount of wood shavings used: we are probably getting through only 1/3 of the amount previously used. With wood flakes at over £8 a bag, that's a real saving.

Thanks v. muchly! :beer: I have saved all this *for future ref* :money:

Rummer

Rain today

However almost all of my seeds have germinated and the greenhouse is full of seedlings which is making my heart sing :j

There is as always oodles of things waiting to be done indoors so I will not be idle

Itismehonest

Your garden is looking really good, rhiw, particularly given the weather it's suffered. :T

Sunny but still cold (still wearing 3 layers) & the ground is very wet (although it doesn't seem to have made much difference to the water table) but it's good to see some blueish sky.
At least we escaped the thunder & lightning that Exeter way, apparently, had. :j It aims for the County Showground, I'm sure

The swallows are whizzing to & fro to all the outbuildings. The grass has finally started to grow & all the rabbits are out to celebrate...... as are the foxes & buzzards :EasterBun :rotfl:
A few of the trees are out in leaf & the rest are just bursting so the bare branch look will, hopefully, soon be gone.
It will soon be that time when, unless we get a long spell of dry ..... that strange phenomena we used to call summer if anyone remembers it ...... when everything (including the weeds) will be growing quicker than we can keep on top of it. :rotfl:
Hopefully, by then, my ribs will have healed & I'll be able to tackle something.

rhiwfield

Bit of sun again and 2nd load of washing on the line. One of the things we did a few years back was to create a sunny south facing decked/flagged utility/leisure/greenhouse area. We sunk a scaffold pole through (and flush) with the decking which forms the receptacle for the rotary line and the line can be simply lifted out when not needed. It made an underused part of the garden highly functional and freed up growing space as well

And just got a PSB £50 cq in the post :j

Copying Alf in listing a few high value items, cost me a fair bit so its fingers crossed for sales!

Itsme, hope you heal up soon to enjoy all the barbecue weather!