Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

choille

Fill the freezer time.

Quite dullish here, but suddenly all the rowan berries are out & rudely red.

I once made wine with them & it was........like lighter fuel, or rather, how I would imagine lighter fuel to taste....disgusting & inflammable.

lostinrates

Rowan jelly? To have with lamb or venison or game?

choille

I really should as I see them hangin there all free! And I do love the taste with venison.

lostinrates

I'm going to be getting some more top soil soon. The economy stuff we got last time isn't as good as our own soil where its good, but is better than our soil where its bad. There are several grades from that supplier, I think four. I don't think we'll go for economy again, because it might as well not be worse than our best soil, right?


I guess this is a davesnave question, how good do you go for garden? This is an area with no remaining top soil, so it will all be new stuff coming in. But not a huge area, should we go for broke? Or aim lower? ( herb garden, raised beds mainly)

Davesnave

Herbs don't need rich soil, but they like good drainage. I'd go for medium quality with added grit.

lostinrates

Thanks dave. We put a lot of grit in the other beds too.

Rain just started here.

Interestingly, despite hot spells, the regular heavy down pours have seemed to keep water table high. Digging down after first foot or so we hit water.

That pretty much follows the trees we've planted, the ones we had potted on from big pots have thrived really, that fox glove tree, the robinia ( that looks amazing, but its infront of an elder so won't photo that well!) but the newer buy ins are obviously reliant on us for watering.

.....Hitting August now, the relatively high water table doesn't really bode well for water table going into autumn/winter. Let's hope for an Indian summer, eh?

alfie_1

:j we have some rain :j... showeree, started at 5pm. just when i had to put hoss's back into top field . the sheep were shorn this morning and considering i was finkin they woz one step from that green field in the sky... they skipped off [after worming and fly spraying] like spring lambs... :cool: :rotfl: i keep looking at my lounge and want to repaint it.... but..... wot colour ?? i like the mulberry colours but not sure. its a very light room with patio doors plus large window,south facing. so dont want a deep colour to look wishywashy in the light :cool: im having a korma for dinner , then a hot bath after getting soaked..:D

alfie_1

all the forest hoss watering holes are DRY. friends lake is at half mast . forest streams are a trickle.. what little rain we have had has not touched the sides.... so far !! i may regret saying that

ukmaggie45

Lir has seen these pics already, but I thought the Daydreamers might like to see them too.

Peacock butterfly by ukmaggie45, on Flickr

Red Admiral by ukmaggie45, on Flickr

Didn't manage to get photos of the small tortoishells yet - maybe tomorrow. Suspect the Gatekeeper is too shy for me to manage a photo, had a helluva time yesterday even getting it still long enough to tell what it was for the Butterfly Survey. Which doesn't have long to run now (2 days?) so please get out and look for butterflies, count them, and send in your results!

alfie_1

i just thought there was tremendous thunder just now..... nah ! old dog snoring :rotfl::rotfl: