Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

COOLTRIKERCHICK

thanks FK will google them at the mo we pay £6.80 for a sack of sow and weaner nuts, at Lloyds, which is far cheaper than all the other feed merchants locally.

Now that we are back on the hard feed, and we are 8 weaners and the 2 big girls.. pig food consumption is going to rocket

What was the feedback of your pig this week?

Choille so sorry to hear about weemon:o:o:o, he had a bloody good innings, and had a fantastic quality of life with you...

Came home for a few hours from the ranch, the weather is absolutely naff... couldn't do much up there, so came home and planted some runner bean seeds...

alfie_1

hiya all

choille...so sorry to hear your poor weemon has left you but as said , sure he had a wonderfull life..
well done lucielles DS for taking part....in the beverage tent..;)

LIR.... lots of people reversed wallpaper as a base for painting because as fashions changed it was a waste not want not ....
or sometimes old papers prints went throught to the back on glueing, worked like a sponge !! the front faded so they painted it...

my house had cavity walls filled but the lads "forgot " to sleeve the air vents, luckily i spotted it and pulled em on it !:eek:

i went to a BAARI last night again... yep, whats that you ask...:rotfl: its african for a BBQ and sounds much more exciting doesnt it !!:rotfl:

im a bit hungover as i could drink as i stayed the night...;)

a dirty stop out at my age....whatever next...:rotfl::rotfl:

if ive missed any posts my apologies..:D

p.s. it is cold, windy, drizzly and generally a "stay inside, light fire, drink tea and eat biskwit" day...

ferretkeeper

CTC, £6.80 is a very good price, the one benefit of the pellets is that they are better to feed on the soil, easier to snuffle up. I gave up using a trough on the ground, they keep getting trashed and I have to wade in the mud to find it with 10 hungry pigs trying to knock a bucket of food out of my hands!

That said even though the grains seem to go everywhere there's no sign of any waste - I am making a little area of concrete soon which will be for feeding on so definitely less chance to waste food then, might even design it so a trough can be sunk in, so noses can't get underneath.

My piggy is famous, his pics are on Facebook, see Sosban's page, and they named him Percy! Chef was v pleased, talking about all the dishes they could make...mmm mouth watering!

BD - I have a crazy scheme in my head for firewood...I get a polytunnel (AKA solar kiln) and all the wood I cut over the winter gets moved indoors to season...in my plan the tunnel would be used for turkeys in the autumn, followed by lambing in winter/spring, of course you don't need to include them, but they'll help me pay for the tunnel.

I also came across a stick stove, prototype made by a local man that may be available soon - it uses bundles of thinner wood, coppiced materials that you can cut by hand/loppers. You stand the bundle upright in the hopper and it lasts ages. The prototype wasn't very pretty but would be by the time they are making more...

rhiwfield

Choille, sorry to hear about Weemon
Dave, hope your cat was just having a senior moment.

Strange how weather can be so different. There's a hint of moisture in the air but its dry, the wind is blowy and we've got blankets drying well on the line. Got lots of weeding done and finally netted the soft fruit as the blackbirds were looking far too contented. Robins are raiding the chooks layers pellets so often they must be feeding them to fledglings. One is half way thru a moult and looks a right scruff.

One of our neighbours is moving out and throwing stuff out. When a le creuset casserole went into the skip I couldnt stand it any more and offered to sell it for her!

COOLTRIKERCHICK

rhiwie:eek::eek::eek::eek: at your neighbour,

I would have just asked permission to skip dive, before it is picked up;)

Aflie, you dirty stop out:D:rotfl:;) sounds as though you had a good time.... you bloody deserve it after the last few months you have had..

started having my dizzy spells again

edit.... cool FK just looked on fb, what weight did it kill out at?

lostinrates

Cold, cold, cold, cold, cold, cold.

So would have thought that sunny, clear, scorching yesterday could precede today? ( I hear there was muggy weather not far north of us and not far south, but it was the perfect summer day here)

rozeepozee

Struggling to keep up with all the action on this thread at the moment. You are busy bunnies!

Week three of building is over. We are pretty much to slab on the garage and extension foundations, the chimney breast has been knocked out. We've got trial holes all over the place and the structural surveyor has said there are a number (I'm too scared to count from the sketches) of large steel beams required in various places that should have been costed pre-tender but were not mentioned as needed by the architect.... Pop goes the contingency....

We are making some savings though. I spent 3 hours on the phone on Thursday and made a big saving on the sewage treatment plant, the builder thinks we can make some savings on labour ( a week's worth of five skilled workers) if we change from a warm roof system to a cold roof insulation (any thoughts from anyone? I'll speak to the designer on Monday) and it looks like we might qualify for a £4,500 grant for the woodburner, which makes installing it a bit of a no brainer.

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

Cold, cold, cold, cold, cold, cold.

So would have thought that sunny, clear, scorching yesterday could precede today? ( I hear there was muggy weather not far north of us and not far south, but it was the perfect summer day here)

It was dull, damp and muggy here yesterday until around 5pm, when it brightened-up just in time to spoil my fishing. Went back to dull, damp and cool straight afterwards.

Today hasn't been too bad compared with what was forecast. It's been enough to keep the grass growing, but not sufficient to touch the aquifers.

Pete has a huge infestation of impatiens balsamina, which is rife in the river systems here. Two weeks ago we walked over the stuff easily, as it was only ankle high, but last night in the dry river bed area, some of it was over my head!

I think it's here to stay, unless we can find a creature to eat it!

FK aren't the old French Petit Godin stoves good for sticks and smaller logs?

Davesnave

Swings & roundabouts rozee, but you are making progress! :beer:

It was the steel beams that began to scare us about going upstairs. That and turning a non-structural inside wall into a load bearer.

Muggins here did the trial holes. The results, though within tolerances, didn't exceed them by the amount I'd have liked, so that was another ???

Here, we now want to remove a steel beam, but we may have to leave it in situ if it saves a couple of £k. Always difficult choices! :think:

rhiwfield

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

rhiwie:eek::eek::eek::eek: at your neighbour,

I would have just asked permission to skip dive, before it is picked up;)

CTC, neighbour is a widow, hubby died of cancer and was generous in supporting cancer charities. DD2 and her hubby work in cancer research so that's where the sale proceeds will go. This le creuset is old and yellow, bit like me :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: