The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: philcaegrug on July 13, 2012, 10:00:39 pm
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Strimming rushes.
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Today I had a day in Lerwick, shopping and scranning for goodies in the charity shops. Someone must have had a clearout as the shop was full of still packaged vintage craft items. I got two tatting shuttles, a load of button ' forms' that you use to crochet buttons on and crochet hooks, all for £1.00 . I also got a full pure wool rug making kit for a couple of quid. !
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visiting FW and learning about spinning.
Though now I want to have been where you were Hermit!
Dans
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I haven't been yet but today I am going to the Dyeing day at the National Wool museum near Newcastle Emlyn.
Ooops, better get my skates on
Sally
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Ive been asleep most of the day! For the last week or so, Ive been feeling really rough and all I want to do is sleep. I have to force myself to do things, and then as soon as I sit down, Im in the land of nod. I hate feeling like this with so much to do and OH needing all the help he can get. I have a few symptoms that could be linked to diabetes, so Im going to get hubby to do a blood test on me tomorrow as we have all the kit. If nothing else it will put my mind at rest and Ill be able to cross one thing off the list.
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to Kirriemuir Show with Breeze and George. Great day :thumbsup:
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I have been digging up a bucket full of pink fir apple potatoes (in the rain) and just finished the first plateful for this year and they are yummy. :thumbsup:
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I've spent all day looking outside thinking it must stop raining soon. The rain stopped finally about 8.30pm but I've done lots of baking and cleaned the kitchen. Ponies didn't come out of their stables until lunchtime, goats refused to come out all day, sheep looked reallly fed up and the labradors kept their legs crossed as long as they could.
When will summer be here?
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Hacking off plaster .
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Putting on plaster - render on an outside wall actually.
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Outside! ;D
It only managed a few spells of drizzle here so the lawn has been mowed, the path rescued from the lawn and weeds and the dock all cut back before it seeds. Even got two lots of washing out and harvested a small batch of tatties! If it's as good tomorrow I get to lift slabs ready for my new veg bed!
Dans
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Not that this is what I did ALL day, but sat in the orchard with one of my old cats watching the lambs graze and play in the sunshine. Its so worthwhile to indulge in a quiet watching session - you can learn so much about who your animals are. :)
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Sewing a brilliantly colourful 1950's style dress from a pattern. I haven't sewn anything totally on my own before, but it seems to be going OK! I'll stick up a photo when I've finished doing hems and things.
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Sewing a brilliantly colourful 1950's style dress from a pattern. I haven't sewn anything totally on my own before, but it seems to be going OK! I'll stick up a photo when I've finished doing hems and things.
Oh well done you AIW :thumbsup: I love sewing but at the moment it is boring stuff like curtains. Your dress sounds lovely.
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Making another broody coop, after I'd finished all the day to day stuff.
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Cleaning my house! After poo picking and getting soaked through but rain is always a good reason to not put off housework. Afternoon spent being thrashed by my seven year old daughter at snakes and ladders - Happy Days :-\
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Not quite all day, but ...
Barracading Portia, my matriach sow, into the byre - she's in season again & I am determined that she is going to "save herself" for Big Red this time :fc:
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Tending my melons ;D and collecting 3 large buckets of "salad" thinnings from neighbours. They empty a whole packet of seed along a ploughed line then thin everything out. They are old but one at least has shakey hands to improve seed sowing BUt 2 have bad back pain ( probabley from thinning out all their beg and salad). Colecting their salad means having a coffee and chat so it been a day of rest really ( kept me out of the sun I guess).
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Dyeing some wool. Will post pics in the crafts section when I am finished
Sally
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Sleeping - on & off - bl**dy fibro ::)
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Done the goats and slept.
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I slept through most of yesterday :-\ today I intend to make at least 10 batches of soap...once I get off of TAS and finish my coffee ;D I also have 4 teachers presents to make up and some menu planning now that eldest DD has decided she is going to be like her Dad (vegemetarian) and DD3 is saying she wants to too....Oh cooking for 7 was never so easy...NOT>
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Dead mouse hunting.
That familiar odour was wafting around the lounge this morning. We found the offending article under one of the sofas, but Ive a nasty feeling that there may be another one somewhere else as I can still smell something. We'll have another look in a mo'.
Fred left one just inside the catflap this morning, I then found another on the back doorstep, the other side of the flap, and another 4..that's FOUR within a 5 metre radius of the door. I think the local moggies were competing in their own Olympic games last night.
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Plums, elder daughter decided to go veggie aged 9, we thought it was just a phase :-\ but apparently not. Younger daughter decided to join her a year later as did OH so there was only one thing for it - I became veggie too! We have all been veggie for about 15 years now and don't miss meat in the slightest. Just got to be careful to spot the gelatin ingredient in sweet treats though - pity because I loved :yum: jelly babies before! Found a good veggie recipe book :thumbsup: - 330 Vegetarian Recipes for Health by Nicola Graimes.
Anyway back to topic - Today I have been (so far) painting bedroom door, checking lambs over :sheep: , soaking dogs :dog: foot in epsom salts, mucking out stables :horse: , ordering 12 tonne load of gravel and making FIL cups of tea (he's pottering here today :) ). Kettle is back on!
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Syphoning 20 ltrs of diesel out of the car, 5 went into the tractor the other 15 are going to go in the new car when I get it tomorrow or Thursday. I'd have kept syphoning but I ran out of petrol cans !! Cost of fuel today it was bringing tears to my eyes, the thought of letting the garage have all that diesel.
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Drooling over pigs, for far too long!! ::)
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Picking up droppings from the ponies paddock then started pulling ragwort from the hill paddocks. For once we had a dry day.
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Housework, lunging Dusty and sorting out son to ride her, going to get some hay.
oh, watching the rain!!!!
Helen