Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

alfie_1

RAS wrote: »

Certainly not a specialist on this but a con, alfie.

Which reminds me I have to go and report back on a con artist we just spotted here.

:eek::eek: not here on our cloud !!

lostinrates

Last one of my cool hybrids kicked the bucket yesterday. She was a very pretty bird, quite the prettiest I bred I think. Hey ho.

Meanwhile, the lawn chickens, having eaten all the basil, are sounding more and more like a Provençal recipe as they're tucking into the lavender now.

I think we've got lots of boys again.

Rummer

Sorry about the loss LIR.

I do love the sound of lawn chickens, it makes me smile!

Alexelisey

I bought four chickens 2 weeks ago, one has popped her clogs already so LIR I feel for you. Mine was a Heritage Skyline, 5 months old, but the others had put her at the bottom of the pecking order from the get-go so they must have known something I didn't.

Still, it's nice to have birds in the garden again. Although we have already had many fox visitations in the night and they have been trying to get my "little" birds as well as digging under the chicken run. Damn things. Next door but one lost 6 birds in the week to a fox

I_have_spoken

Topiary shears arrived from Amazon this morning - now everything in the garden is at risk of being shaped!

Started nice with us, amazing for Scotland to have sun when Glasto is muddy.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Sorry to hear the news LIR...


today we bought masonry paint etc, so we can paint the inside of the brick shed....and that's as far as we got lol...


some person is now leaving messages for us on our gate signs.... with sticky labels.... why don't they have the b.a.l.l.s to talk to us face to face... they seem to think we don't own the path running through our land.. so we are def going to make the lane part of our land like a garden.... any suggestions Alfie???


piddling it down now

alfie_1

I_have_spoken wrote: »

Topiary shears arrived from Amazon this morning - now everything in the garden is at risk of being shaped!

Started nice with us, amazing for Scotland to have sun when Glasto is muddy.

ive always used sheep shears [hand ones] for topiary. always seem to get a good sharp cut and no brown edges to leaves after. also easier on the hand ,much easier since i dislocated my thumb too .:o well another mizzly drizzle over night and sun all day. cooling a bit now so maybe will rain harder tonight. hoss's broke into one of the hay fields .... one of the little ones rubs her butt on the gate and it pops the catch somehow ? so they are now all out and a hefty rope round post now.. they have 3 paddocks to roam in but NO they wanted more....:rotfl: all the fields round here have been cut already for silage /haylage. plenty of it too waiting for some bay bits to end , very slow but may try another boot sale tomorow... weather permitting . i tried to dig/weed my rose beds but nearly broke my foot on the fork !! ground is stoney and rock solid here compared to the delux peaty soil at last house.. want to get some good mulch in to lighten it up. may get a lad in to do the digging. would ask my son but he has to be carefull with his foot [thailand accident], dont want him disabled..... anyway sorry to here of chook demises the baby geese at friends have all survived , 6 of them :j. in the past they have disapeared.... hope the weather is not too bad for all, and the sun returns soon for you

alfie_1

AND THE RAIN FELL.......:rotfl::rotfl: the sky is a fabulous blue/grey and a steady fresh rain [certainly not a "storm"].... the plants look happy !

Davesnave

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

some person is now leaving messages for us on our gate signs.... with sticky labels.... why don't they have the b.a.l.l.s to talk to us face to face... they seem to think we don't own the path running through our land.. so we are def going to make the lane part of our land like a garden.... any suggestions Alfie???

We have a number of footpaths going through gardens around here.

Friends nearby, who have a lovely 1.5 acre garden, channel people gently along the side of it using shrubs and making the area behind those one long flower border. In places where the shrubs are thin, they have some rustic fencing which is more ornamental than practical for keeping animals out. The other side of the pathway is a field hedge.

They only have 'serious' walkers though, not the dog-walkers you have, who are as mixed as the pooches they exercise.

Frankly, it is pointless arguing with people over who owns what, so in your situation I'd be gradually closing off places to stray off the path, starting with the most important bits. You will get a reaction, which is why I said 'gradually.' Use prickly plants if necessary. My experience with Mr Dog proves they don't get pulled-up so much!

At school I had trouble with vandals messing with my tree planting, so I put these in with them:

http://rhs.org.uk/plants/details?plantid=1719

No more problems! :rotfl:

Better_Days

Lots to catch up on - hope you are all well. Sorry to hear about the chuck losses.

Dave the kits are adorable. They grow up so fast but are such fun at that age. I love the way the little squirts fluff themselves up when they get a fright and stand sideways on to try and make themselves look bigger, even though they are small enough to fit in a little flowerpot. And kittens and cats seem to weigh a disproportionate amount when the jump down off the windowsill upstairs. For light footed creatures it can sound like a herd of elephants racing around and jumping on and off the furniture. There should be a 'physics law' to explain it.

Lovely patio area maggie. I've got a small patio area outside the kitchen window which I have 'big plans' for, or will do when the bath, toilet and fridge freezer currently residing there finally get to the dump.

Ensuite just about finished, will post a photo shortly. Kitchen now being 'refreshed'. The new kitchen cupboard doors came yesterday and Mr BD took the tiles off the walls. And am replacing the horrible grey bleach stained laminate worktops with beech :j:j:j. Mr BD likes the beech look laminate, but because that was in 4m lengths and the beech is in 3m lengths, and taking into account the utility it is actually cheaper to have beech in the kitchen and laminate in the utility.

Went to the garden centre on Tuesday and was unable to resist 10 trailing fuchsia's for £10 and a very pretty acer. So now planting up pots and hanging baskets with fuchsia's. And yesterday 48 tiny lavender plugs arrived which were 'free' apart from postage. I am testing to the limits the theory that you can never have too much lavender ;););)