Daydream fund challenge part 4

COOLTRIKERCHICK

FK know what you mean about Lloyds, this was one of the reasons we looked elsewhere for pig food, and it just so happened it was a lot cheap if we bought a ton etc, if he hasn't got straw, then we buy it from our friend who owns a livery on the other side of the ranch lane... ..if we had room etc, we would buy a big huge round bale, which I think are about £20...


how long does the 40 bales of hay/straw last you??


could you get a load delivered when it has just been cut/baled??


went a diy store to get some locks etc, and I had to look at their reduced plants lol.. bought 2 clementis for 50p each, was very tempted to buy 2 variegated hebe for 50p each.. they also had 2 hanging baskets with strawberries in for 50p each too..


they had pots of dafs and hiacynths sp?? for 50p..


Davesanve, IHS if I went back and bought the hiacynths ? what would I need to do with them?? re let them die back, store bulb etc

Davesnave

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Davesanve, IHS if I went back and bought the hiacynths ? what would I need to do with them?? re let them die back, store bulb etc

I shudder to quote this rag, but Monty will do a better job than me!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/gardening/article-2279147/Monty-Don-Hyacinths-forever-If-know-youre-doing.html

Dead lamb in the field next door this morning. Something had 'had' it.

Pete's lamb is in the freezer, apart from some chops for tonight.:D Must say his lamb is way better than his pork, which seems very fatty to my taste.

Electricians are done for now, so we can crack on with the last two bedrooms, though there will be a lull while the builder is away. I may just demolish the last two walls myself. :cool:

COOLTRIKERCHICK

thanks Davesnave for the link... I know this sounds stupid, but I thought the reason why I never seen them in people's gardens and only in pots is that they wernt hardy enough to go outside lol...


might take a toddle over there tonight, and even though they have been reduce, see if they will do a deal if I took a load of their reduced 50p plants etc... so I can used them around the ranch, or keep them for 'potential' sale plants later...

Davesnave

Speaking of plants for not much money....

For some time now, I've been staking out municipal and car park specimens of Fatsia japonica, with the idea of picking-up some fresh seed. However, yesterday, Homebase made me an offer I couldn't refuse: a smallish 'multi stemmed' plant for £3.50.

I thought, "I see what you've done there!" as it was really many small plants, all heaped into one pot. :cool:

I've just re-potted them individually, and I have 17 of them!

Just the thing for shrub beds we have planned and down by the stream.....:)

http://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/fatsia-japonica/classid.3840/

phoebe1989seb

Good thinking re: the Fatsias Dave We had a very large, healthy specimen at the last house (transplanted from our family home in the South Coast) that I was rather sorry to leave behind, but the even larger one we've inherited here by the ornamental pond more than makes up for it

The garden here promises to be a real delight - our gigantic wisteria is in full bud (we were concerned that having been neglected for a while by the PO, it might put on a poor show in this our first year here) and is going to be very special indeed when they open - with some mature planting that has obviously taken years of hard work to achieve. Otoh, I'm surprised that certain obvious examples are absent (ceonothus, daphne, syringa etc) but guess that perhaps it's been a case of survival of the fittest and some weaker plants have fallen by the wayside.......instead we have some enormous buddleias, the largest kerria I've ever seen and hydrangeas, pyracantha, viburnum, roses, ribes et al as well as a few very large shrubs I've yet to put a name to

I know I keep saying this, but I just wish the huge and very lovely monkey puzzle tree I covet that is now in one of our rear neighbour's gardens (their houses were built in the 1970s) was still in our garden as originally intended It's way too close to their house for its size and I fear they may remove it.....shame it can't be dug up and replanted here, lol :rotfl:

Pics will be forthcoming.....honest

ukmaggie45

phoebe1989seb wrote: »

I know I keep saying this, but I just wish the huge and very lovely monkey puzzle tree I covet that is now in one of our rear neighbour's gardens (their houses were built in the 1970s) was still in our garden as originally intended It's way too close to their house for its size and I fear they may remove it.....shame it can't be dug up and replanted here, lol :rotfl:

You might like to make contact with Sarah Horton on the blog A sense of place. I can't find a direct email or link to her own blog right now, but her husband Ronnie is a friendly soul. Sarah is into allotments, but more to the point here is she's making a map of known monkey puzzle trees. I'm sure she'd love a photo of the tree and it's position (Google maps?).

lostinrates

Wind is picking up here again.

ukmaggie45

Update on the monkey puzzle trees - here's Sarah's Monkey Puzzle map blog.

Latest blog entry here.

phoebe1989seb

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

Update on the monkey puzzle trees - here's Sarah's Monkey Puzzle map blog.

Latest blog entry here.

Thanks Maggie, that looks very interesting - I've been fascinated with Monkey Puzzle trees since seeing a massive one in the garden of a house opposite the park at the end of our road as a small child - it's still going strong forty years on Will explore the blog further later.....have definitely seen quite a few impressive specimens since moving to the W.Midlands

ukmaggie45

phoebe1989seb wrote: »

Thanks Maggie, that looks very interesting - I've been fascinated with Monkey Puzzle trees since seeing a massive one in the garden of a house opposite the park at the end of our road as a small child - it's still going strong forty years on Will explore the blog further later.....have definitely seen quite a few impressive specimens since moving to the W.Midlands

Great you found it interesting - the magic of the internet when it brings folks with interests in unlikely things together! :j I've not met Sarah, but she's obviously such an enthusiast for the monkey puzzle trees. I'm toying with planting one down the bottom of our garden. There were loads for sale near here (Bwlchtocyn) at Tyddyn Sachau Nursery last year... Or it might have been the year before.

Home tomorrow so kids can bring grandtwins for Easter.