Daydream fund challenge part 4

COOLTRIKERCHICK

choille wrote: »

Boiling hot here - a heat wave. Just off for a swim in the Loch.

SERIOUSLY???? Are you having a joke lol..


I haven't even taken off my beanie hat, and I am in the house lol...




Davesnave..


you mentioned your village is going to have a farmers/produce type market next year, is that a one off, or a regular thing??


what type of plants are you going to be selling? and when are you going to start prepping for it?

choille

It was really incredibly cold - hard white frost coating everything -now it's about 10 degrees I reckon - completely mad.

Davesnave

Better_Days wrote: »

Outside tap has frozen

Mice have eaten the Vermex in the shed

Well at least they won't have worms, or at least they won't if you think this more 'natural' remedy efficacious.

Our vet said Flubenvet, but DYOR.

Davesnave

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Davesnave..


you mentioned your village is going to have a farmers/produce type market next year, is that a one off, or a regular thing??


what type of plants are you going to be selling? and when are you going to start prepping for it?

My post on that said I don't know any of these details, maybe 'cos it's all kinda hazy with those organizing it too! :rotfl:

But it won't be a farmers' market, it'll be just be a country market with whatever people want to sell, I'd guess.

I shall not be doing anything special. No time. I just busk it. I don't have a set prep time either, because it depends what I'm doing. F'rinstance, I've just done a load of hardwood cuttings of shrubs, 'cos the winter is the best time for that

Well....autumn really, but I missed it!

Next year I might do things more seriously again.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

there were 2 fruit trees reduced down to £3.49 ( original price was allegedly £30 each) one was a pear tree, the other one didn't have a label on it, so I asked the garden section guy, as it didn't have a label and they wernt too sure what it was, if I bought the 2 would he knock a bit more off, he said no, so said ok and walked off back into the main store, a few minutes later he found me, and said he would take a further 10% off... so I now have 2 trees in the back of my van... He said the unlabelled one might be a cherry tree, I am hoping it might be an apple tree.. what whatever it is.. I don't mind lol..




Davesnave.. typical of me not remembering lol...


I just want to start getting myself organised this year... so I can have some plants to sell either on the ranch with an honesty box, or putting them in the farm auctions etc...

I_have_spoken

Saw one of these programmable TRV at good discount on Amazon, have fitted on bedroom radiator so that room isn't kept warm throughout the day on Sat/Sun.

Supposedly they're not that reliable mechanically, so will see before shelling out for more. Certainly cheaper than retro-fitting zone heating!

Better_Days

Davesnave wrote: »

Well at least they won't have worms, or at least they won't if you think this more 'natural' remedy efficacious.

Our vet said Flubenvet, but DYOR.

Use Flubenvet too :cool:
Plus poultry spice, and garlic powder added to feed. For the chickens that is, not the mice.....well unless they get into the feed box again! Oh and ACV in the water every month. What is it they say 'the cumulative effect of marginal gains' - the chickens were so sorry for themselves when we got them last January I wanted to do as much as possible to help them feather up and keep them healthy. Just not stopped with the pampering

IHS I'm a big fan of the programmable thermostatic radiator valves. Its a cheap way to zone. We've got them on the rads upstairs so I can have the heating on all day downstairs but only heat the bedrooms first and last thing, which is all that is needed.

When we get the wireless thermostat sorted I'll put them in the living room too. I was lucky and found some of the Terrier i-temp's from ebay for £10 each. http://www.plumbingsupplyservices.co.uk/acatalog/Pegler_Terrier_i-temp_Vertical_Heads.html

The only downside of them is that they are a bit noisy. I don't mind - and they aren't as noisy as the CH when comes on. I was up at 4.30am fiddling around in the airing cupboard trying to stop one of the bloomin pipes rattling. I wedge in a flannel to stop it then a few days later it seems to have moved on its own and its rattling again.

The frost stayed on the ground all day here where there wasn't any sun and the boiler is enthusiastically guzzling oil as if it is going out of fashion. Hopefully the heating engineer will get round to our job next month so the system is a bit more efficient.

Davesnave

Better_Days wrote: »

Use Flubenvet too :cool:
Plus poultry spice, and garlic powder added to feed. For the chickens that is, not the mice.....well unless they get into the feed box again! Oh and ACV in the water every month. What is it they say 'the cumulative effect of marginal gains' - the chickens were so sorry for themselves when we got them last January I wanted to do as much as possible to help them feather up and keep them healthy. Just not stopped with the pampering

The frost stayed on the ground all day here where there wasn't any sun and the boiler is enthusiastically guzzling oil as if it is going out of fashion. Hopefully the heating engineer will get round to our job next month so the system is a bit more efficient.

It can get expensive, giving chickens supplements. We do ACV, worming and a bit of seaweed around feather change....and that's it. Through the season I try to give extra greens and fruit too, but that's all free. We still have quite a few apples stored for them and they eat the squash that don't store too.:)

Next year, if I remember, I might do sunflowers, just for the chooks. :A

I'm looking forward to a 'proper' heating system here. I'm sure it won't cost more to run than the inefficient set-up we have now. But that's only half the equation, as the insulation we're soon to receive will make a difference, as will new external doors.

Better_Days

Yes, our chickens do get left over greens, weeds and anything I think they will fancy around the garden. On the whole they are pretty easily pleased. I get so much pleasure watching them clucking with excitement when they find a tasty morsel. And one of our neighbours loves them too and buys them grapes every so often

I feel the cold dreadfully so heating is always important to me. Last year tried to cut down but just ended up miserable and with exacerbated symptoms, so just not worth it. Insulation makes a massive difference. The house is so much more comfortable now the windows and doors have been replaced. UPVC may not be very exciting, but I would rather be boring and warm. We also have cavity wall insulation which makes a difference too. Has your loft been done yet Dave or is the van still very well insulated????

alfie_1

sorry folks ... its photo time ...:o hippy hoss or what !!:D who got caught in the hay shed :cool: little and large..:D