Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

Itismehonest

lostinrates wrote: »

Itsme honest. STOP.

if you don't then the risk is a nasty like a fatigue thing (like a post viral thing ) could get ya, and while I know bronchitis isn't viral its depleting in the same way you need to be stronger long term, rather than just taking say, three weeks off, building up and babying yourself.

OK Mum

Rummer

I'm with LIR!

Itismehonest

OK. Step-Mum or Mother-in-Law. Take your choice

Rummer

Itismehonest wrote: »

OK. Step-Mum or Mother-in-Law. Take your choice

Co-parent :rotfl:?? I would surrender gracefully if I had to take couch/bed rest as long as I had unlimited access to bad TV, crochet and reading material.

Davesnave

It's not good so many of you are suffering health problems, but maybe the 'soft' autumn isn't helping. I've noticed that although temperatures have stayed in double figures in the poly, the dead air is creating casualties daily.

Today was the day the Yacon finally collapsed. They'd hit the roof, which is 10' 6" in the middle, and that's much higher than they were supposed to grow! I had to wade in quickly and do some surgery to save the lower bits of the plants.

Similarly, the sweet peppers are also going at the joints, so it's a race now to slice and freeze them all. I swear I'll not grow 45 of those again! :rotfl:

Despite the fine late summer, some things never caught up. We've only just picked the damsons, getting about 2lbs from a tree that produced 50lbs a year or two ago.

Toasty in here tonight, but they are predicting a complete turn-around by this time tomorrow, as winds speed up and drive in from a more northerly direction. Maybe then the grass will stop growing so fast!

alfie_1

ive got to mow the 4 acre paddock before i can put hoss's back.:eek:

the workmen have been there 3 weeks and its gone from dirt to lush thick long grass..... great to look at but disaster waiting to happen if i dont mow it .....

Davesnave

alfie_1 wrote: »

ive got to mow the 4 acre paddock before i can put hoss's back.:eek: .....

I'm not sure what's happening with us, as we have 4.5 acres that urgently needs something to eat it, but no word from Pete about fencing.

I'm really keen to get started on planting my copse, but until I can keep those sheepies out..........

...Not to mention the small matter of redistributing the huge humps of soil we inherited from former building works. :wall:

Still, your stable/field revamp sounds very posh. Perhaps if you were a hoss they'd do your cesspit?

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Davesave,I don't think there's been so many of us downwith something... hopefully we will all be better soon. But I am worried as there are confirmed cases of measles in the valley:eek::eek: Youngest ( who is 17) never had his second jab, and when there was a large outbreak in the city, he flately refused to go and have a jab...

apart from that I am watching the first series of Duck Dynesty on ITV4:D:D

Also getting worried about FK, as I haven't seen her around the villages either.......

So can other members of our thread family, please say hello.... so we know you are ok please:D

lostinrates

alfie_1 wrote: »

ive got to mow the 4 acre paddock before i can put hoss's back.:eek:

the workmen have been there 3 weeks and its gone from dirt to lush thick long grass..... great to look at but disaster waiting to happen if i dont mow it .....

Sure you know this, but you know if you now it you have to let clippings rot away completely before putting ponies on it...clippings and horses don't mix at all.......in this autumn weather it will be a pita, cos the moisture and cold will keep it hanging about. . I'd be tempted not to mow but see if you can hold off till the bigger ones can just go out there. It will be standing hay soon once the weather turns won't it? (Thinking hopeful)

lostinrates

My cold is better. .

I'll not be about next week as going up to London for hospital this time. .