Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

rozeepozee

Lurking and speed reading

We made the most of yesterday and went to the National Botanic Garden of Wales (it's free in January, otherwise would have cost £25 to get in).

One twin vomited within 5 minutes of arriving Still had a nice day though .

Quantity surveyoris coming today to assess the quality or otherwise of the work the builders have done. They are still here and I am going slightly mad.....

Davesnave

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Had a bit of a 'funny turn' yesterday, freightened me a bit... was out the garden trying to start clearing stuff etc, ( wasn't out there long) and I got out of breath REALLY quickly, so I came in, and I was shaking...

I Know I am unfit, BUT I am wondering if all this stress is effecting me too, getting really bad indigestion and heartburn the last few weeks.....

It would be worth having your blood pressure checked out, or even getting a cheap monitor yourself, just to see what's going on there.


Sometimes, it's low blood pressure, rather than high, which can cause fainting.

MistletoeGrower

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

We have an old cider/crab apple ? tree could we put some seeds on that?

Yes

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Also if everything went ok... with germination etc in your opinion how long would it take for mistloe on a tree to start being productive enough to get some sort of cash generated from it?

Several years. Have a look at the page I linked above (http://mistletoe.org.uk/homewp/index.php/grow-your-own/how-to-grow-mistletoe/). You'll see that even a 4 year-old seedling is still only a few inches long, so allow 7+ years if you want to start harvesting it commercially. And plant several to begin with so you can cut them in succession, leaving some untouched each year.

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

And roughly how much does Mistletoe sell for? per bunch ? and does the bunches go by weight? or what size bunch??

Varies hugely. Depends on where you are (some areas have a lot of mistletoe growing naturally, others have none at all) and how you sell it. And on how good it looks, as mistletoe can get a bit tatty sometimes. There's often a lot of waste. Only worth it for pocket money unless you have a lot.

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

and is it only fruit trees that can be a host?

No, lots of trees can be hosts. More info on the website I mentioned above on this page: http://mistletoe.org.uk/homewp/index.php/host-trees/british-hosts-habitats/

alfie_1

:j:j:j

got my refund of fuel used plus ...bottled water and laundrette costs

deducted off my feb 1st rent

slowly slowly catchy monkey...;) :rotfl:

notice being handed in a few days before end of this month giving me february to finish clearing even if im not here

LIR.. i MAY be able to get you some mistytoe seeds

CTC... i will check out when roses expected in shops here

CHOILLE... i do hope if you get snow its not too bad !

good morning to everyone

lostinrates

I think they. must be very keen not to enter dispute Alfie. Glad you've got money back.

alfie_1

CTC... i can put those roses [in pic, top 2] into a pot for you ? ive loads left. they are BIG... about 6ft now, i will prune but they are prolific and like to be left to run...

rhiwfield

Took advantage of a dry day to weed under the apple trees at the front.

And arranged an installer to quote to completely revamp our early 70s ensuite, replace a bath with a walk in shower and generally upgrade.

Watching sales carefully atm as we may want to cut back a little, it's gone a bit too well lately .

GDs were fascinated by a mouldy old "wind up cd player" ie a 1920s HMV gramophone. Couldnt get it to play right and had to keep the 78 turning by hand, at which point the GDs started doing the can-can while DD1 looked on in fits of laughter wanting to know where they learned that dance :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:.

Later realised I'd had the needle on the wrong side of the record and it then played well with the needle trailing the groove rather than facing the groove . But then realized that needles need replacing after each play :eek:. Might be worthwhile getting a stock in for fun, I've a stack of 78s that would be interesting to play.

lostinrates

Close your eyes Alfie.




I hate foxes today.



I'm pretty sure its a fox, a fox or a dog that isn't mine. All my little white chickens bar the two roosters over with the big hens.

All I have left is one millefleur and one mongrel bantam. Was over in a flash, as soon as I heard I ran out but the offender had nipped through the back yard,....there were chickens everywhere. Soft sheep eggs all over the show.

I found the surviving millefleur hiding near my boiler room. No gates open or anything.

I cannot find one of the millefleurs, so I guess it took that with it, .

I cannot believe it killed my little cotton jojo snow ball. .

Davesnave

Oh dear, that's a blow lir.

It's lovely having hens running free, but I guess this sort of thing happens when they do.

Sounds wrong, but is there any way you could separate your hens into two groups - precious and..er...less precious, then keep the first group more securely?

Davesnave

Fast result there, alfie. They must be trying to keep you on-side!:rotfl:

Not too bad a day today, so I headed outside under the guise of doing some work up at the Dog End, to watch the electricity guys putting in the poles, .

There were just 2 of them, compared with 6 for Openreach , but they didn't stay long. The first pole took about 15minutes and the second one, half an hour, because it was in a hedge and behind our fencing. Somehow, the guy with the digger eased it in without breaking the fence.....but I didn't look!!:eek:
Up at the Dog End, I was in the stream planting minature comfrey all along and around the new fence line, which follows the stream. As usual, Pete put the fence as close to the edge as he could (typical farmer!) which is fine, but not if it falls into the brook through erosion. The comfrey is a very fast, low ground-covering kind, so it should knit things together there in a matter of months. We have loads of it. It doesn't die back in winter like the large kind.

Then it was down to the main bit of stream to tackle something that looked like a beaver dam in the 20 metre bit I didn't quite finish before Christmas. All the rubbish from earlier clearances seemed to have lodged there. After fighting my way in, I found out that apart from a few bushes, there was a huge metal gate laying in the stream, trapping everything swept down. That's a great idea, but in the wrong place, as there is no one to clear it where it is!

Anyway, all the stuff is out of the stream now, but I will need another whole day to shift it all to my bonfire area. There's going to be a really great Choille Day bonfire one of these days, just not the right one! :o