Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

lostinrates

Cottage_Economy wrote: »

Lost - what about a digging a small trench on either side under the big stumps, feed a strop under from one side to the other and attaching it to a winch or Landy maybe (although I'd worry about the clutch a bit). You could go round with a chainsaw and cut the biggest roots, before and during which would help.

...put a blanket over the rope to absorb any snapback if the rope breaks...

Sounds good, till you see what we are digging in.



The ground was a pond in the 18 the century, not sure for how longNot sure when it was filled in but..
Its really Rough.

Not keen to chai. Saw anything earthy tbh, and....the digger is definitely stronger than the LR . .

MrsAtobe

lucielle wrote: »

Puppy Pictures Hopefully

OMG. They are lovely

Cottage_Economy

lostinrates wrote: »

Sounds good, till you see what we are digging in.



The ground was a pond in the 18 the century, not sure for how longNot sure when it was filled in but..
Its really Rough.

Not keen to chai. Saw anything earthy tbh, and....the digger is definitely stronger than the LR . .

Ich. Sounds like...a lot of hard work

Have you ever seen the Flickr account of hardworkinghippie? She and her OH do great things with tree stumps...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/hardworkinghippy/3536586025/in/set-72157629969459517

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

Sounds good, till you see what we are digging in.



The ground was a pond in the 18 the century, not sure for how long Not sure when it was filled in but..
Its really Rough.

There had been a pond during Victorian times in what became our last garden. I saw it on an old map in the Guildhall.

That pond was filled-in with excellent soil, presumably around the time when the stream there was culverted. There was 2' of soil, Victorian artefacts, like earthenware bottles and glass inks, and then a solid bottom made from stones closely fitted together.

I used the pond area like a soil mine, back-filling with smashed-up concrete and remains of building projects to make a path. That path probably had some of the best foundations since Roman times! :rotfl:

Sadly, I never finished the path or exhumed everything that was buried there.

A not-very-nice couple now own the unexplored part and half the path, but they have put decking over it all, so they'll never have the joy of soil mining and discovering long-buried treasures.

Davesnave

That's a posh extension rozee! It must be a great feeling to see it all coming together now. :T

We keep doing little bits to our plans - at the moment we're on light switches & lights - but other stuff keeps getting in the way and time slips by. For example, we've cleared the space for the caravan hard standing now, but I've no idea when BiL will come down and sort it and the barn drainage out. Then, we'll have an alternative loo for when our drains are re-done.

The blessed trees have taken longer than we imagined. I still found myself planting 4 today, though one was a replacement for another which I chopped down with the brushcutter this morning! :o:rotfl:

Last time that happened it was on a viburnum tinus we'd planted on Eric ferret's grave. Far from doing damage, the bush grew back twice as dense and looked wonderful.....until this winter when a mini-hurricane literally thrashed it to pieces. Realising it wouldn't recover from that, I split the rooted bits and now have 3 or 4 viburnums just starting out again.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

morning all

I feel sick at the thought of going back to work today...to the point where I am starting to feel stressed already...


did anyone watch the allotment programme on bbc2 last week? I did hear it was a bit pants, its on again tonight at 8pm, so will try and remember to watch it.



right cuppa time lol

Davesnave

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

morning all

I feel sick at the thought of going back to work today...to the point where I am starting to feel stressed already...

I used to really hate going back to school after a holiday break, so I'd go in the day before, or in September, for several days, just to soften the blow of the real thing and appear ultra-organised...... which I wasn't.

It was always worse, thinking about it, than actually being at work.

Chin up. Put a photo of the Boglets on the wall there to remind you of what you have achieved. :A

rozeepozee

Davesnave wrote: »

That's a posh extension rozee! It must be a great feeling to see it all coming together now. :T

We keep doing little bits to our plans - at the moment we're on light switches & lights - but other stuff keeps getting in the way and time slips by. For example, we've cleared the space for the caravan hard standing now, but I've no idea when BiL will come down and sort it and the barn drainage out. Then, we'll have an alternative loo for when our drains are re-done.

The blessed trees have taken longer than we imagined. I still found myself planting 4 today, though one was a replacement for another which I chopped down with the brushcutter this morning! :o:rotfl:

Last time that happened it was on a viburnum tinus we'd planted on Eric ferret's grave. Far from doing damage, the bush grew back twice as dense and looked wonderful.....until this winter when a mini-hurricane literally thrashed it to pieces. Realising it wouldn't recover from that, I split the rooted bits and now have 3 or 4 viburnums just starting out again.

Basically, there's only so much time and something's gotta give. I look enviously on all of your plants and at our bare soil, mutilated by diggers and chickens, but the house has to take priority and without a huge pile of money to pay someone to finish it, it takes up all of OH's "spare" time. I was talking to an old friend last night and he is bemused that it's over two years since we bought this place and we've still not lived in it. I have to admit, that was not the master plan, but what else could we be doing with our time that is more satisfying than building a wonderful home to live in?

CTC, I really feel for you when you talk about feeling sick at the thought of work as I used to be the same. What I've since discovered is that some of the anxieties in my case were also part of my disposition and they have followed me into my post-career different life. These things are within my control - whether I can effect change is another matter, but I'm working on it. This is the year where I want to start meditating. I have so many plans for when the kids start school full time in September!

Davesnave

rozeepozee wrote: »

Basically, there's only so much time and something's gotta give. I look enviously on all of your plants and at our bare soil, mutilated by diggers and chickens, but the house has to take priority and without a huge pile of money to pay someone to finish it, it takes up all of OH's "spare" time.

Yes, we have done things t'other way around, probably because there was no long-term commitment at first. I had every intention to just tart the place up, make the land appealing and then sell with the experience under our belts.

This place is perfectly live-able and everything works, albeit not so well in areas like heating, but the only 'hardships' we endure are a leaky conservatory, some naff decor and a hideous frontage.:eek:

'Mutilation by diggers' isn't anything to worry about really. The same diggers can re-shape things pretty quickly, and if you time it right, they can do things like move and re-plant small trees to create whole new vistas......though the oak that has its roots around our drainage inflow to the septic tank has gotta go!:rotfl:

rozeepozee

I thought I had gone half deranged living in the caravan in all that rain this Winter, but now we're on the other side of it, I feel quite different and believe that we will reap some benefits of our relative hardship before next Winter

I still can't wait to grow some of our own food though. I managed to even plant some cucumber and pea seeds yesterday. Basically because the four year old who helped me was alone - dad had taken the other two for a walk - and her favourite food is sugar snap peas and cucumbers! :rotfl: