Daydream fund challenge part 4

Davesnave

Our chicken houses aren't 'posh' at all; they're just sheds. :pBoth are now 12' long, but t'other one is a bit wider. We just extended to give the birds more perch space and room to peck around inside if the weather's bad.

Alex, my DD2 bought a cheap ferret cage for Eric's time at uni and it was fine, once I'd strengthened a few bits and given about 3 coats of varnish.

lostinrates

We'll....I like collecting plants. .

Since coming here I've explored reds, which is new for me, with roses, and new plants. Things like the bergamot this year have been really, really exciting. And new to me varieties ...like the insanely willy wonka ish chamomile that I think is possibly the best smelling thing in our garden...from someone who normally doesn't like sweet scents I think that's saying something!

Planting a chocolate vine has been exciting......not even sure I have seen one, if I have I've not noticed, but I'm hoping its going to form an inoffensive background to a border in future years. I find new plants EXCITING.

Davesnave

I used to be a collector, particularly rare plants, but I've lost many of them, so I know why they're rare! :rotfl:

I still enjoy having a few plants others will probably not have seen before, but most of the varieties we have in the garden are fairly bog-standard, or golden oldies. Good at the moment is a white fuchsia called 'Hawkshead,' which is ancient, but we've another, Camerton, which is equally impressive.



Can't Google that one!

I may have mentioned Lepechinia hastata before. It's one of the only tenderish outdoor plants we still grow, but it looks better than in Derry's picture here, especially in a group of 3 or more:

http://www.specialplants.net/shop/seeds/lepechinia_hastata/

I reckon Derry got that from us. We picked it up in some obscure Cornish garden, where it was labelled wrongly. It isn't quite a salvia.

I had the chocolate vine in my first garden, but I was a bit of a heathen in those days and I didn't think it was very exciting.

lostinrates

I have a white fuscia, its pretty, quiet and a good shape in the garden. I need to think more about mid height planting in the white border over next few years.

The chocolate vine I bought is cream ( a bit annoyed I didn't read label properly actually!) so I might have to get the 'normal' one too, its a big wall.

Not exciting sounds ideal. Its mainly to screen the agri building!

Rummer

:eek::eek::eek: I just removed a spider from the living room that was the biggest spider I have seen out with a tropical environment :eek::eek::eek:

Normal domestic spiders do not bother me in the slightest but this creature was huge! Anyone else had unusually large spiders this weather?

Davesnave

Rummer wrote: »

Anyone else had unusually large spiders this weather?

Yes we had a monster that kept homing to the bath. We'd throw it out the window, and next morning, there it would be again!

DW did an experiment a few days ago. She took it to a spot about 20' away from the house.

It hasn't been seen since.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

morning all,


what a night again, still pelting it down now..


concrete shed roof is leaking big time, caravan is leaking... so when we have a clear dry day, we nee to add more wood at the front of the shed, to make the slant more slanty lol.. and seal the screw holes, even though they have a rubber seal/gromit thing under them...


I hate this weather, as everything feels damp.. I would rather the crisp sharp frost to this.. talking of frost lol... people are saying we are going to have heavy snow this year ( they said it last year too lol)

lostinrates

A cold winter, would be good IMO for disease and parsites especially after last years mildness.

Otoh I haven't bought any hay yet, so I should hurry up with that.....

Davesnave

Sunny here again.

OK it did tip down an hour ago, but we have been mainly dodging the showers for days now. People on Exmoor and down Exeter way have been getting our share. It's one of the benefits of being in the middle.

Have taken cats for check-up and picked huge quantities of apples so far today.

Now, with the Outlaws on their way home and the roof woodwork mostly complete, we shall try to take things a bit easier for a day or two.

I must say that without my FiL's skills and knowledge of house building, that roof would not have gone as smoothly as it did. I doubt if building control will notice, but the pitch has been altered in order to make it fit and preserve the chimney stack....:shhh: but the original was only drawn by an architect, so why should we have imagined it would fit! :rotfl:

COOLTRIKERCHICK

you lucky [EMAIL="s@d"]s@d[/EMAIL] Davesnave lol... it hasn't stopped raining.. really heavy, we are also getting thunder and lightening AGAIN!!!


and my silly chooks are walking round in it, like nothing is happening..lol..


will not be long before I go home for a few hours to roast a ham joint I took out of the freezer at the beginning of the week, and to make some beef stew, beef curry, and beef casserole for portioning up and plonking in the freezer..


I have been getting back on track the last few weeks, and doing batch cooking. and freezing..