Daydream fund challenge part 4

choille

Azzabazza - I used to work at Cambo - along while ago.

Better_Days

choille wrote: »

BD - Not me with the stove fan. I did know someone who had one made from the top of a bulb that goes in one of those coal effect electric bars fire. A little metal - aluminium? thing that sat on the red bulb & would rotate with the warm rising air - did the same thing but free. Just moves the air.

Bitter but bright out now, but the wind is fairly getting up.

Doh
Apologies to lucielle and CTC :o:o

lucielle

S'Ok you're forgiven.
L

I_have_spoken

First day I've sat in the conservatory this year, with the sun it came up to 23 from a low of 7 overnight.

Looks like several more cold nights on the way, snow hasn't really shifted off the ground.

I did pick up some bareroot echinacea and phlox which I'll pot-up and leave in the garage to get them started

lostinrates

alfie_1 wrote: »

RANANCULUS [it says it in the list underneath :rotfl::rotfl:]

While ranunculi are stunning I've tried with no luck in pots and I understand unlike their butter cup cousins they like is really free draining so, I've not tried in the borders, I love them too.


They make good cut flowers.

They are also poisonous to stock, more so than the wild ones I think, but not certain. In my garden wouldn't be a problem, but might be in some people's layouts so worth mentioning.

lostinrates

I'm also pleased to read stove fan feed back. I might consider one too.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Thanks for the heads up LIR, they will be totally on the other side of the ranch to any livestock,

A bit confused when to plant them, think its autumn time, but some places are saying in the spring?

ferretkeeper

Wanna hear a funny story? There's pictures...;)

So I'm thinking of indoor things to do today, and decide to attack the downstairs loo, with the hole in the ceiling. I've got to pull the rest of the plaster down and put some kind of board back up (to keep the spiders in!)

Also [STRIKE]We[/STRIKE] I stripped the horrid textured wall paper off [STRIKE]Some time [/STRIKE] years ago and we've been looking at grotty lining paper ever since. Time to sort it out, it's not that big a job, piece of ****

To ease myself in I start by gently taking the tiles off from behind the sink, only to discover.....more tiles underneath :eek: I peel back the lining paper above and find not only have they tiled over tiles they've papered over them too :mad:



What to do? Stick the paper back and put the new tiles up? Don't tell anyone?

No, no more bodge jobs. I have an idea...I need my drill



That barely tickled the surface where's my big drill?



As I hoped there is a brick wall underneath the 80's tiles. So the grand plan is now to hack the whole bloody lot off, I'm so angry the people before us left them there I just can't leave them up :wall:

They've tiled over original tiles on the floor in this room and all over the kitchen walls, floor to ceiling, and it's ALL wonky :mad: that lot's coming out when we get to the kitchen _pale_

Anyway, as I've done already in the other rooms I'm either going to leave the brick plain or paint it. I don't have the time or money for a plasterer, it's such a small area it's not worth a builders time, especially since I may now need unbudgeted pennies for a plumber to get the sink out of the way.

And really I'm starting to like the exposed brick, sorry Choille but I feel like it's more honest, it shows the fabric of the house and it will add interest.

So did you like the story ? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I need a drink damn it!

azzabazza

choille wrote: »

Azzabazza - I used to work at Cambo - along while ago.

I love visiting Cambo at any time but especially at snowdrop time. Over the last few years every time I visit I buy some more Snoflakes - just love the yellow tipped ones.

azzabazza

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Thanks for the heads up LIR, they will be totally on the other side of the ranch to any livestock,

A bit confused when to plant them, think its autumn time, but some places are saying in the spring?

Tried these in pots more than once but never been successful. More than likely neglect on my part! I believe they make good dried flowers.