Daydream fund challenge part 4

I_have_spoken

Autumn Spire sounds like it should require Planning Permission IHS. Did it get posted?

It's a slow growing rowan, I hope! Yep, was couriered in a 8' cardboard box.

Will do more on managing the wet border today. I've been quite successful in digging angled channels every 5' or so, draining into the deep gully alongside the lawn and then into the French drain. Each 'block' of the bed is getting isolated from ground water coming down the slope and is drying out.

I'm thinking about changing one of the honeysuckles on the pergola, once the perpetual sweet-pea dies back. It gets mildew and other fungus so easily and looks a mess. Maybe the white form of Akebia quinata, the chocolate vine?

alfie_1

hi all... another hectic day begins here ! its all go till Monday [mums final move day] ... im spacing it out , well have been so not a mad rush for mum. she says she will be glad to leave house [48 yrs ] but I know it will be emotional for her so have IOW sister as back up on Monday..


Thursday I had old sheep put down, bless her .. she had had a good life .


got the 2 new Jacobs yesterday.. feel sad old sheep didn't meet them but at least her daughter [whos getting on !] had something to occupy her as sh was missing her mum...
musical sheep !


off to see dad now then taking mums guinea pigs to temp home till rehomed ... I cant have them here as bimble would worry them to death !


im kernackered !


friend bought 1 day tickets to a small festival next Friday as a treat for me... except I gotta drive so wont be able to have a drink.... sort of double edged sword !


catch you all laters peeps. x

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Afternoon all

Well the builders turned up in the pooring rain, and are still there making loads of concrete to fill the floor...

Stopped raining now, but its only a short break in the weather, as its given it bad again for later on.. Someone did say its bad for next week too...

Got my follow up blood test on Thursday re- liver...so will prob be talking a LOAD of crap while they are doing it, to take my mind off the needle.. Lol

Haven't done much today, been quite lazy, just mooching on the internet, with the cats snuggled up to me on the sofa...

lucielle

Had a long drive back but am home now. Met up with Choille and her partner who have been house sitting. It was lovely to meet them!


Back to reality washing machine whirring, DS1 off to get dogs soon. DS2 going to look at courses tomorrow. Have requested to have a paper remarked at the cost of forty quid.
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choille

FK -Really sorry you are having neighbour probs. That' not a good & not uncommon.

Glad you managed to have some respite. It can feel like you don't know where you live. You just have to make your self go somewhere different one day a week & play at being a tourist on your own door sometimes.

IHS -we are inundated with Rowans naturally having self seeded. I must google your one to have a peek. Some really nice different coloured berries ones. There's 4 planted at Braemore that turn scarlet in the autumn. I don't know what they are called but would love one. The berries are all reddening on the ones here.

Alfe - sorry about old sheep. Jacobs are lovely & quite thrifty I would think. Hope it goes well for move day with Mum. It is a big things after all that time.

CTC - hope that the builders are getting on well & the blood test is smooth as silk. They get easier especially if you don't look.

Lucielle - Great meeting you & all your lovely family. It was wonderful & very de stressing being away from here for the week & the stunning weather & beautiful landscape - we had a really good holiday. Not long in & feel jiggered now.
Hairy cat nipped out & brought in a fat water vole.... that was errrr thoughtful of him.

Terrible news of the plane crash & all those poor migrants. What a mess the world is in.

I_have_spoken

Quick snap of the back garden. Removed some of the lowest branches of the willow to give more light to the ferns etc. Torn down the climbers from the back fence which were going nowhere. Should have Chelsea chopped the shasta daises, they have flopped in the rain. Don't like the pink-red of these cannas. I'd hoped the pergola would have been covered by now, but weather has been so poor. Apart from that, all good!

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Morning all,

I am sooooooo fed up with this weather!!!!

I am feeling down as it is,

Floor is done, so just got to wait for it to dry out/ set, or what ever it does lol...

I have had so many people saying what would look nice in the kitchen, re layout, floor etc I am now totally confused, its hard work tryi g to keep things rustic, especially as I don't want pipes etc showing...lol

Davesnave

Ah, it's all making sense now, that pre-holiday panic about tidying! :rotfl:
What a lovely thing to do....and so MSE!:AObviously worked-out a treat. :cool:

Don't think we are quite up for a house-sit yet, though if the leccytricians get all we want done tomorrow, things might begin to improve. I've been a bit out of the loop rounding-up all the stuff they might need, as things like exterior lights. bathroom lighting etc need a bit of personal input.

The Karndean went down in the kitchen yesterday and it all looks great, but with no appliances working, or present in most cases, it's now a bit of an off-white heffalump. :undecided'Something' will happen this coming week, but I don't see a final sign-off for maybe another month or two.

We've had the sort of rain in the past 12 hours that we've missed all summer, so the stream is running well and the parched hedgerows will be feeling the benefit at last. I've put quite a few new hazels into the lower hedge, and although they've been there well over 18months their survival has been touch & go.

No word today from Pete about digging out for the new oil tank base, but I don't want a pond just now anyway. :rotfl:

Could be worse....BiL is rendering today! :eek:

I_have_spoken

The 'Spanish plume' has arrived over Scotland, it's over 20C! 'Taps aaf' indeed.

Need more stuff for the fish, well actually the plants...glutaraldehyde. It sort of makes up for the depletion of CO2 in the water which encourages algae to grow.

Davesnave

I_have_spoken wrote: »

The 'Spanish plume' has arrived over Scotland, is over 20C! 'Taps aaf' indeed.

Need more stuff for the fish, well actually the plants...glutaraldehyde. It sort of makes up for the depletion of CO2 in the water which encourages algae to grow.

I think we've had the 'Welsh Plume' for the last 15 hours, but I saw a patch of blue sky a minute ago.

Last night, the forecast rain began as we left for our fish & chip supper, but heading south, we outran it.

Ate the F&C in a valley not far from Crediton, whilst watching a small herd of deer making their way slowly towards the nearby woodland. It had been raining there, but dry and very warm throughout our short visit.

Returning home, we found it had been raining heavily here....and it's only just stopped.