Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

lostinrates

RAS wrote: »

Woodstain may need re-doing but leave that 'til next autumn?

Just shows how much further forward you are lir; I was shocked by the sudden burst of plum blossom this weekend after a couple of warm but damp days.

Loads of blossom due on pear trees but I have seen them hammered by late frosts here either as blossom or when the fruit have just set and other years just dripping with fruit.

Apples very varied; some with loads of blossom due and some regulars with few flower buds. Think some did not get enough frost/low tempuratures at the right time?

Autumn...next year...year after......;). Its not life and death.

I wanted to get a snap of the plum blossom arch over the gate and went out this morning and its almost all blown away.


I have to admit I didn't check the apples. DH muttered something.

Beige hardy is our least blossomy pear this year.

We only had four frosts, maybe five, none of them significant. I am certain this leaves us open to problems with disease etc. presumable deep sw or milder climates cope.


Interesting thing this year is I don't seem to have as big a lag, or any? Between here and the local town, let alone the village ( which have to admit I have barely been through. In recent weeks). I noticed on Monday for example, our horse chestnuts were further ahead. As I have already grown used to being at least a couple weeks behind this was novel.

Rummer

What lovely pics LIR We would love to have someone design our garden but similar to your selves we want to do the work on our own and to be honest do not even vaguely have the money.

I didn't make it into the garden to work today as when my hubby arrived home the heavens opened and it rained until dark However I have been looking at border plants and I think I have convinced my family to come with me to a garden centre that is a bit further away which will hopefully have more choice. There may even be someone there who can advise on plants for that location. LIR I was tempted by your suggestion of a trained tree but the fence is our neighbours not ours so I would be reluctant to attach anything to it.

Just a wee shout out to any lurkers on the thread, spring is a lovely time to step out into the sunshine and join us There is no need to have a farm/small holding/garden even a pot and dream are welcome here!

To those who have not posted in a while, we are thinking of you and looking forward to hearing all your news

lostinrates

Rummer wrote: »

What lovely pics LIR We would love to have someone design our garden but similar to your selves we want to do the work on our own and to be honest do not even vaguely have the money.

I didn't make it into the garden to work today as when my hubby arrived home the heavens opened and it rained until dark However I have been looking at border plants and I think I have convinced my family to come with me to a garden centre that is a bit further away which will hopefully have more choice. There may even be someone there who can advise on plants for that location. LIR I was tempted by your suggestion of a trained tree but the fence is our neighbours not ours so I would be reluctant to attach anything to it.

Just a wee shout out to any lurkers on the thread, spring is a lovely time to step out into the sunshine and join us There is no need to have a farm/small holding/garden even a pot and dream are welcome here!

To those who have not posted in a while, we are thinking of you and looking forward to hearing all your news

I have a so.ution for the trained tree / attachment thing. I first saw it in a town the other side of where Dave's Dave's wife is from. You just put supporting posts and wires inside fence your side.

We have taken a hybrid route because our supports are fixed to existing fence....but they are four feet taller than existing fence. :eek: by siting them inside fence line they are not the boundary but merely supports with a'arty' element.

Rummer

lostinrates wrote: »

I have a so.ution for the trained tree / attachment thing. I first saw it in a town the other side of where Dave's Dave's wife is from. You just put supporting posts and wires inside fence your side.

We have taken a hybrid route because our supports are fixed to existing fence....but they are four feet taller than existing fence. :eek: by siting them inside fence line they are not the boundary but merely supports with a'arty' element.

Ah now that is an idea! I feel a bit silly for not thinking it myself :rotfl: therein lies a lot of my problems, I struggle to think outwit the boundaries of what is already in place! In fact my mum said the other day if my garden was just empty as if it had just been created and that there was nothing but the boundary fence how would I like it to look and I was totally stumped!

lostinrates

Rummer wrote: »

Ah now that is an idea! I feel a bit silly for not thinking it myself :rotfl: therein lies a lot of my problems, I struggle to think outwit the boundaries of what is already in place! In fact my mum said the other day if my garden was just empty as if it had just been created and that there was nothing but the boundary fence how would I like it to look and I was totally stumped!

No, so etimes its easy not to see the wood for the trees.

Res parent, and DH looked at me like I was mad when I proposed this.

but its working......for now. We will need to put the next wire up this year.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

think we might have jumped the gun a bit, lol.. still no boglets.. so it looks as though we have panicked, BUT.. she is all cwtched up knee deep in straw... and the heat lamps ready to be switched on, in the piggy playpen area..


FK... I still go to the co-op, as they do have some good offers, plus reduced stuff lol..


I am a total supermarket tart now... not loyal to any of them...


We have slept up her in the Ranch for nearly a week now, and I am loving it..


every morning you can hear the geese honking as they fly over..

Rummer

:eek: CTC when I saw you had posted I thought there would be news! I am sure mama pig is appreciating the snuggly bed as she must be tired and ready to give birth now

I_have_spoken

1m3 bulk bag of top-soil order for Friday. I hope (I think!) it'll be good weather over weekend for a lorra, lorra barrowing.

If I can get the new beds cleared, topsoil spread & dug-in using the electric tiller than by Easter should be all set for the big plant out. :T

Rummer

Sounds like you are being very productive!

Davesnave

Too tired to post last night! As the days lengthen, the time we come indoors gets later and later, so it's a case of supper and bed.

Added to that, I decided at the last minute that it might go close to freezing, so I nipped up the road to my friend's place to close the greenhouse...... It's 8c out there now! :rotfl:

A couple of years ago, we cleared the area between our main garden and the field, then waited to zap all the couch and perennial weeds which would inevitably surface. Now, it's just bittercress, willowherb and similar surface stuff, so we're clearing it again, seeding over with grass and planting a few more trees. There are already some trees along the boundary fence, so much of the view will eventually go, but we'll keep a little peek-through by the gate, which will frame the thatched cottage in the distance .....hopefully!

All this grassing-over means there will be more mowing, so I'll be purchasing a ride-on and a small rough mower, like a Hayterette. The Mountfield is probably on its last legs and everything that can fall off it has done so, but it still started first pull after the 3 month lay off! :T