Awful weather - typical Brits talk

Davesnave

It lifted a little here after lunch, so I went down to the stream with my trusty Lidl pole saw and cut back a huge holly in the hedge that had taken over the opposite bank. I have to be careful down there because the farmer of the field behind is convinced he owns this hedge boundary and he's already in protracted 'discussions' with another neighbour over the same thing.

Anyway, the pole saw is very quiet, so I was able to do the work undetected and hide all the cut branches before dusk. I will spirit them away later. I doubt if what I did is detectable from his side, but I'll be able to grow something more interesting than ivy on that north-facing bank now and the holly will benefit too from being trimmed. 

The plumber was a no-show. Maybe tomorrow.

Apodemus

Is your Lidl pole saw the electric one?  I got one a few years ago and although it is generally great, I never did manage to get the chain oiler to function.  I've cleared the hole with a pin and used the lightest possible oil but it just doesn't seem to let any oil out when in use.  Instead I had to resort to keeping a pump can of oil beside me when I use the saw and giving the chain a good squirt every so often.

Davesnave

Apodemus said:

Is your Lidl pole saw the electric one?  I got one a few years ago and although it is generally great, I never did manage to get the chain oiler to function.  .

Yes, and it doesn't use much oil, so I ought to look at that, as I've a lot of apple trees to rejuvenate shortly. I can do what you did if necessary. If it gets through those and a few other jobs it won't owe me anything, especially as the batteries fit my other Lidl tools, like a drill/driver I couldn't have managed without on a disassembly job a few weeks back.

My Stihl saw's oiler got blocked a couple of months ago, so these things can happen even with expensive kit.

Apodemus

... the batteries fit my other Lidl tools, like a drill/driver ....

Ah! Different beastie then! Mine is an older plug-in one. Like yours, it definitely no longer owes me anything. Since my only other chainsaw died a couple of years ago, the pole-saw is used for everything, even if it does look a bit odd to be chopping logs, while "socially distanced" from the saw horse!

Farway

More sunshine this morning, very pleasant walking mooching but I was glad of the gloves

twopenny said:

Faraway why are you seperating seeds from hips? Do you make rose hip syrup from the flesh? Do you make itching powder from the seeds?

It's part of my cunning pan, triggered by a thread on here, of trying to grow roses from seeds

Not as breeding option or anything like that, but just to see if I can and what the results will be

Looked into making RH syrup but looks a right faff, plus the distinct possibility of missing a few itchy hairs and far from soothing a cough more likely to trigger one

Itching from the seeds, now back to schooldays and stuffing them down other children's shirts, I wonder if that still goes on or if it has followed other pastimes, like British Bulldog, into obscurity

Here's my rose hips all wrapped up & ready for a couple of months in the fridge

in_my_wellies

Apodemus said:

... the batteries fit my other Lidl tools, like a drill/driver ....

Ah! Different beastie then! Mine is an older plug-in one. Like yours, it definitely no longer owes me anything. Since my only other chainsaw died a couple of years ago, the pole-saw is used for everything, even if it does look a bit odd to be chopping logs, while "socially distanced" from the saw horse!

This made me smile - it's exactly the thought I had when using mine in the same way last week. Mine is plug-in, cheap and cheerful. I only bought it this year but it's already paid for itself 

It was bright first thing at the allotment but a thick fog has descended now so I shall catch up with my preserving - green tomato chutney for starters.  

Black_Cat2

Itching powder also reminds me of school lol.  You've been busy again chaps.  Lazy day for me, not even gone outside 🐈

Davesnave

Lovely day here once the mist cleared. More rolling in now into the valleys. Another frost looks possible until some cloud moves across...Overcast tomorrow.

Managed to remove all the holly and added it to my bonfire heap. Then did lots of prep work for little jobs that need sorting in the coming week. Next, I have to re-do the wood burner flue pipe connection so it's safe for the winter season, as the sweep usually dislodges something. Mind you, sweep was in April or May! 

Plumber socially distanced himself to the South Coast....

Itching powder was very annoying as I recall. Back in the day, it was bad enough having to wear a totally indestructible nylon shirt, which did nothing for sweaty bodies going through puberty, without the extra hassle of hairy stuff lodged in the collar! Personally I liked to play with substances that did more interesting things, like explode. 

ancientmum

We had mild sunny days here at the weekend, so spent a few hours on the allotment pottering and sitting outside the shed making a bug hut from a rescued wooden drawer.  The sunset on Saturday afternoon was beautiful, all pink  blue and gold.

Farway

Dave's mist has rolled along the coast & it's very misty this morning, quite pleasant walking & looking at the dew on the cobwebs

Which reminds me of something else we did on way to schools, apart from stuffing itchy seeds down shirts,.

We made a hoop out of bendy twigs, like privet, and hooked dewy cobwebs on them. Simple fun for simple boys

Yesterday I managed to take down the beans + canes at last, plus tipped back the fresh apple shoots from the autumn pruning

I plunged a couple of prunings into soil, hardwood cutting style, nothing lost if they fail

And picked the last of my apples, Pinova, my first harvest year with this one, promises much but I'll leave them a bit longer to mature, supposed to store until April allegedly