Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

rozeepozee

I was looking forward to a quiet night in with a glass of wine with OH on my return from Bluestone. Daughter had other ideas and she swallowed a decorative glass stone that she'd found at Bluestone which i should have taken off her, but truth is, we're all a bit scared of her, so we didn't

OH spent Friday evening in the "local" (hour's drive away) A&E only to find they could do nothing because it wouldn't Xray cos it was glass. She pooed it out on Sunday! Very relieved.

lostinrates

Having spent a little time making the front of the house look a semblance of presentable I realised how much better I feel. Its just such hard work!

I know getting th e stumps out at the back and that perimeter sorted is going to be the next huge step in improvement. What has occurred to be though. Is what the dickens am I going to do with so many old pine stumps? We have three out from when the bio disc went in and after a few years of rain they are sort of clean.....but not rotting. Burning so many would be a bit of an issue I think, we have to think of logistics of our hay barn/ neighbours straw barn. But dumping so many on the land also seems....difficult. A few, sure, but a few dozen?!!

Rummer

Our boiler is broken again It is so annoying as we paid a fortune for a new boiler about 3 years ago after 3+ months with no heating and hot water and very single year it breaks costing us a call out fee for our plumber (cheaper than an annual maintenance thingy)

After my walk this morning I was so tired that I slept for two hours I think my fitness levels are a bit grim.

Rummer

lostinrates wrote: »

Having spent a little time making the front of the house look a semblance of presentable I realised how much better I feel. Its just such hard work!

I know getting th e stumps out at the back and that perimeter sorted is going to be the next huge step in improvement. What has occurred to be though. Is what the dickens am I going to do with so many old pine stumps? We have three out from when the bio disc went in and after a few years of rain they are sort of clean.....but not rotting. Burning so many would be a bit of an issue I think, we have to think of logistics of our hay barn/ neighbours straw barn. But dumping so many on the land also seems....difficult. A few, sure, but a few dozen?!!

Freecycle them?

lostinrates

Rummer wrote: »

Freecycle them?

Really, would people want old leylandi stumps??

Davesnave

Back this pm from my niece's wedding yesterday in Gloucestershire. It was a perfect day for the bride & groom, but pretty parky after the sun had begun to set.

In Exeter this pm, dropping DD2 off at the station, I noticed that although it was dull and drizzling there, the temperature was registering as a crazy 17.5c. Had to remind myself it's November!

Relieved to find all well at home, with neighbours' kids looking after the hens for the first time. We think they can now handle the responsibility, but as they've never been given much, it was a worry. :eek:

A bit like you, rozee, I just sat down to enjoy a 'decent' non-hotel cuppa and biscwit, when a trailer load of logs arrived here at 4pm. Mustn't grumble though, and the job of sorting them was a much shorter, easier one than you had with your DD!:rotfl:

Rummer

lostinrates wrote: »

Really, would people want old leylandi stumps??

They can be seasoned and burned, admittedly they are not everyones cup of tea but it might be worth popping them on free cycle just incase. I am always surprised at the things people are keen to rehome from there.

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

Really, would people want old leylandi stumps??

They are not easy things to dispose of. Having so much soil on them, they're not suitable for chain-sawing.:(

I took the roots off ours using an ordinary hand saw.

We burned a few of the resultant stumps, but the majority went into the back of the van and were placed in the dry pond at Mr Dog's end, ready to be covered with soil at a later date. As the pond is currently full of water again they are probably floating about now!

lostinrates

Rummer wrote: »

They can be seasoned and burned, admittedly they are not everyones cup of tea but it might be worth popping them on free cycle just incase. I am always surprised at the things people are keen to rehome from there.

Oh, no, these will be too big for anyone to take most of them. You cannot chainsaw them muddy, it does your chain in.


Bottom, that reminds me, I have to take chain saw and strummer in and didn't get DH to out them in the car.. That means it will be next week. I cannot carry the strimmer ATM.

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

They are not easy things to dispose of. Having so much soil on them, they're not suitable for chain-sawing.:(

I took the roots off ours using an ordinary hand saw.

We burned a few of the resultant stumps, but the majority went into the back of the van and were placed in the dry pond at Mr Dog's end, ready to be covered with soil at a later date. As the pond is currently full of water again they are probably floating about now!

Maybe we burn them one pain ful stump at a time then? Agony!