Nice People Thread Number 10 -the official residence of Nice People

lostinrates

Nikkster wrote: »

Please make space for a pm.

By the time it becomes relevant, I'm sure you'll have been shown enough pics to size up how many bags I can relieve you of

Edit: I seem to be quite good at shovelling !!!!!! , perhaps not as good as a digger though.

Room now.



The rule with muck is......almost never too much.

Autumn/ winter is best time for stuff from local stables which isn't properly rotted. . It all disappears.

Hmm, I wander if I can convince you to come and do a bit here under the guise of showing you how its done? :rotfl:

ukmaggie45

vivatifosi wrote: »

I love old fashioned garden flowers like bleeding heart. As long as they are not orange or bright yellow. Or dahlias. Or hyacinths.

I don't like dahlias because they contain earwigs. I don't like hyacinths because they look like old ladies' hats. Not that I'm opinionated you understand

Ah, another earwig hater! I remember the little darlings falling out of my mother's salvia flower arrange ments. :eek: :eek: Apparently they are wonderful mothers and carry their babies around on their back, so can't bring myself to squash them.

Salvia above is supposed to be the d flower name but it keeps changing it to salvia and won't allow the d flower.

lostinrates

LydiaJ wrote: »

In what way would the midden full of kitchen waste that you suggest Nikkster should make differ from a compost heap?
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I have tried to make compost always, When we bought here I stopped with the compost bins and made a pallet type thing and stacked my compost like a midden or muck heap and indeed added muck occasionally. Finally I have great compost not just a bit of also ran stuff that smells. Why? I dunno. Maybe its because I'm good at stacking. The heat in a proper stacked heap is considerable (and placement needs to be considered wisely. You don't need to turn it. You just need to stack it well, which is very satisfying.

lostinrates

Davesnave has amazing dahlias.


I don't grow any.


Right...,,,off for a day in the garden. The hunt are parking here today ( for various reasons mainly so they want to be nice to me and stay off my landit makes sense to me to have them park here when they ask) . So I'm keeping my birds in and cats in. But its a beautiful day so we are off to spend it in the garden .

See how long I can stay on my feet for anyway.

Generali

lostinrates wrote: »

I have tried to make compost always, When we bought here I stopped with the compost bins and made a pallet type thing and stacked my compost like a midden or muck heap and indeed added muck occasionally. Finally I have great compost not just a bit of also ran stuff that smells. Why? I dunno. Maybe its because I'm good at stacking. The heat in a proper stacked heap is considerable (and placement needs to be considered wisely. You don't need to turn it. You just need to stack it well, which is very satisfying.

Apparently if it stinks you need to add carbon, eg ripped up newspaper.

I was told that by Kent County Council's compost consultant. Why are the UK's taxes so high?

Generali

lostinrates wrote: »

Davesnave has amazing dahlias.


I don't grow any.


Right...,,,off for a day in the garden. The hunt are parking here today ( for various reasons mainly so they want to be nice to me and stay off my landit makes sense to me to have them park here when they ask) . So I'm keeping my birds in and cats in. But its a beautiful day so we are off to spend it in the garden .

See how long I can stay on my feet for anyway.

Do you let the hunt over your land?

Spirit_2

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Another quiz for you lot:

http://games.usvsth3m.com/are-you-hated-by-the-daily-mail/

I am hated by them.

neverdespairgirl

Isaac and I tip-toed upstairs this morning to let OH catch up on some missed kip.

Isaac's been absolutely lovely - I threw up extensively with no warning to start with (fortunately, I was next to the sink) and he kept quiet until I finished, then produced tissues and silent pats on the back. Angel child!

Now he's trying to make me lie down on the sofa, and he's brought me a glass of water, mostly not spilled.

Spirit_2

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

My Dad uses 100% of the stables' output for his veggie garden and the orchard. It's a joint effort to move it from the muck heap to the garden / orchard, involving any family member too stupid to be unavoidably detained elsewhere, plus Isaac, who loves wheelbarrows and digging.

Very proper for a little chap.

As children DD and her friend (a boy) on dry cold days when playing outside, used to sit on the breeze block wall around our muck heap. They would be holding hands, chatting and their welly clad feet buried in the muck heap. They said they were keeping warm.

Not sure this compares well with a modern equivalent of playing indoors on a computer.

Spirit_2

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Isaac and I tip-toed upstairs this morning to let OH catch up on some missed kip.

Isaac's been absolutely lovely - I threw up extensively with no warning to start with (fortunately, I was next to the sink) and he kept quiet until I finished, then produced tissues and silent pats on the back. Angel child!

Now he's trying to make me lie down on the sofa, and he's brought me a glass of water, mostly not spilled.

Poor NDG, and lovely Isaac.