Daydream fund challenge part 4

alfie_1

HELP !!! I cannot open my emails !
I have outlook.com and my !task bar" which lets me delete/forward/move etc has GONE ?? and when I click on an email NUFFING HAPPENS !!??


anybody know whats happened please.........

Davesnave

alfie_1 wrote: »

anybody know whats happened please.........

Try F11?

RAS

Dave
Re apple trees - buy any replacements on M26, it is the most flood resistant variety. Tends to grow more upright branches, so needs a bit of formative pruning to encourage outward branching.

And now the house is getting to the end of its rebuild, maybe find a few apple days next autumn and hoick three of each variety to them to get an ID? Ask DDs if they would take 3 lots to a local one as well?

Fay

My garden orchard is 18ft by about 18 inches and 6 foot high. I started with espaliers; take about 5 years to form and difficult to get exactly right. Ideally you do not let them fruit until they have developed their full frame.

Big mistake; at least one produces substantial crops each year and I have to give them away (choice of variety was the other problem as they are both autumn eaters).

If I did it again I would use cordons (what I am doing on the plot). In the same space I can get a lot more varieties and a much longer range of seasons. As long as you avoid tip bearers (Discovery etc), aim for a cooker that is different season to your existing one ( I have Grenadier and Nancy Jackson which wrap round Bramley which I can pick up for free/pennies), and a range of eaters with different flavours and ripening times.

Nothing wrong with picking some of the standard varieties from the supermarkets but consider a few bare root from a specialist nursery as well. Do not allow to fruit until they have reached their required height, except maybe one in the second year to check it is what it said on the tin.

You could fit in a couple of pears as well.

The essential is that you manage the summer pruning to restrict growth; takes a couple of hours.

Plums or cherries need to be grown as fans or trees, so might be better suited as feature? Do pick dwarf rootstock for those.

alfie_1

Davesnave wrote: »

Try F11?

:( nope..........

ukmaggie45

alfie_1 wrote: »

:( nope..........

Reboot? (10 characters)

Davesnave

Sorry alfie, switching it off and on again was my next move (and the full extent of my techie skill!:o) but maggie has beaten me to it. I'd hazard a guess that hitting it comes next......but don't quote me on that!

Managed to bang new posts in beside the two dodgy ones and wire them together, so the outer security fence for chickens is OK now. An internal post carrying the dividing fence fell down in the night, so I've exhumed that. It's only about 4 years old.

Meanwhile, we had some interesting conversations, first with FENSA man, who'd arranged to do a spot check on our windows, installed by an Exeter firm. They failed! Now the window co have to come back and finish the job properly, or they lose their FENSA licence. There's nowt wrong with the windows themselves. We fitted most of them, but these were the two big 'uns the suppliers did.

Then Conservatory Man rang. He was very jolly, but it soon became apparent he was fishing to see how we'd agreed to do the roof to roof join, because there's a cheap way and a better, more expensive one. I could almost hear him sag at the other end when I said what we'd agreed. His salesman had forgotten to fill in that bit!:o:o:o

I didn't tell Conservatory Man, but when he visits, I'll reveal that he knows our builder, who'll be working on that roof anyway this summer. We won't fuss if we need to buy an extra large piece of lead. They've already been more than reasonable.

Tried to wire up a new floodlight in the barn, but previous owner's electrics defeated me. I'll have to run about with felt pens, marking all the wires....

Stay safe, you folks oop norf. 'Orrible here, and I suspect 2x Orrible up there.

RAS

Was just going to post that is is rather more than blustery here; nearly came to a standstill at lunch-time at one point. It seems to calm down a bit but is fairly throwing it at the windows right now.

choille - looks absolutely foul up your way. Keep tight in and hang on.

lucielle. hope you have not been blown away.

It is looks like January 2016 could match 1993 in the far north which had 25 days with gale force winds or above, with 10 days having Storm Force 10 winds or above.

choille

Alfie - I hae the same puter problem. Can't find the toolbar & can't load photos. Seems I need to reboot - whateer that inoles.

Phone off again = very very cross as it's been more off than on since mid December. Spent oer an hour trying to raise someone in Bangalore.......it's so frustrating.

Foul weather - really nasty. All the sheep are hunkered on the leeward side of the shrubbery. Really strong gales & driving sleet that feels like getting hit in the face with ball bearings - stings like mad.

Just spent the afternoon pottering & picking the paint off the windows - hate using masking tape.....Something satisfying of haing a very crisp edge against clean (only on the inside) windows.

Haggis, chappit tatties & neep for tea.............Mmmmmmmmmmm

alfie_1

Sorry alfie, switching it off and on again was my next move (and the full extent of my techie skill!:o) but maggie has beaten me to it. I'd hazard a guess that hitting it comes next......but don't quote me on that!


GUESS WHAT.... I HIT IT..... IT NOW WORKS :j:beer: :T

Fay

RAS thanks ever so much for the advice. Cordons sound the way to go in that border. We have had 2 old pear trees took out, kept one old one as the birds love it. So may put a couple of apples and a couple of pears...however, I also want to be able to plant in the borders with ornamentals. Would the cordons take planting round them?

It may be a bit of a gamble but I've also decided to put a couple of step overs in to divide the lawn from the veg plot. Found a couple of suppliers, so will get to those autumn time too.