Smallholders Insurance from Greenlands

Author Topic: And it goes on and on and on  (Read 8253 times)

rispainfarm

  • Joined Jul 2012
  • longniddry
    • The Porky Quines
Re: And it goes on and on and on
« Reply #15 on: August 25, 2012, 05:47:17 pm »
I don't know oneedyhen why shouldn't even people without livestock or crops moan, they are wanting a summer in which to enjoy the sun as much as any smallholder. Having livestock does make things more difficult but everyone wants a nice summer even if it is to light the barbie
Author of Choosing and Keeping Pigs and Pigs for the Freezer, A Smallholders Guide

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jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: And it goes on and on and on
« Reply #16 on: August 25, 2012, 05:49:11 pm »
Important to take high doses of vit D3, those of us who've had hardly any sun. Good for both immune system and mood.

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: And it goes on and on and on
« Reply #17 on: August 25, 2012, 05:57:40 pm »
My local garden centre owner said he's sold a lot of slug pellets this year.  Wonder why?

rispainfarm

  • Joined Jul 2012
  • longniddry
    • The Porky Quines
Re: And it goes on and on and on
« Reply #18 on: August 25, 2012, 06:02:14 pm »
You have reminded me jaykay, might just do that, coz my mood is not great
Author of Choosing and Keeping Pigs and Pigs for the Freezer, A Smallholders Guide

www.porkyquines.co.uk
http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/linda-mcdonald-brown/23/ab6/4a7/

jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: And it goes on and on and on
« Reply #19 on: August 25, 2012, 06:16:47 pm »
I could hear  :-* and I know that one well  :hug:

D3 all year and 5-HTP during the winter, is what keeps me sane (ish  ;))

RUSTYME

  • Joined Oct 2009
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« Reply #20 on: August 25, 2012, 06:28:18 pm »
No money for vit D , so have to hope i get enough when the sun does shine !
Lack of summer does bring the mood down though . Have to get some vit D seeds and grow it !

rispainfarm

  • Joined Jul 2012
  • longniddry
    • The Porky Quines
Re: .
« Reply #21 on: August 25, 2012, 06:46:07 pm »
No money for vit D , so have to hope i get enough when the sun does shine !
Lack of summer does bring the mood down though . Have to get some vit D seeds and grow it !

 :roflanim: we could make a fortune rusty
Author of Choosing and Keeping Pigs and Pigs for the Freezer, A Smallholders Guide

www.porkyquines.co.uk
http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/linda-mcdonald-brown/23/ab6/4a7/

RUSTYME

  • Joined Oct 2009
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« Reply #22 on: August 25, 2012, 07:42:40 pm »
Lol , yes if they grew !
I sowed 10 x 15' rows of seeds ' the birds ate all the seedlings !
 Sowed them again , monsoon rain washed them away !
Was then just going to transplant seedlings as they came up . Didn't account for the barbarian hoards of slugs waiting for din dins !
That wiped out about £40 of seed all told .
But i do have plenty of leeks ! lol .
On the bright side , i should be ready for next year !

feldar

  • Joined Apr 2011
  • lymington hampshire
Re: And it goes on and on and on
« Reply #23 on: August 25, 2012, 08:36:11 pm »
Forecast here isn't good they are talking about cancelling the ferry out of Portsmouth .... now that is unheard off, they cancel the Vomit Comet ( hydrofoil) for a puff of wind but never the ferry especially holiday time.
All the campsites here are full i feel really sorry for people in tents and they are still going ahead with the carnival for Gods sake's it will be a wash out!!
Trouble here is the top 6 inches or so of soil is now slimy and wet so we just slide about all over the place :gloomy:

plumseverywhere

  • Joined Apr 2013
  • Worcestershire
    • Its Baaath Time
    • Facebook
Re: And it goes on and on and on
« Reply #24 on: August 25, 2012, 08:40:17 pm »
halfway through a thunderstorm this afternoon our roof let us down  ::) . Only a few little holes but enough to drench the landing, kids room and then inturn it dripped through the floor into the downstairs ceilings.
16 individual leaks the children counted in total as they put buckets and towels down.


rang 3 'emergency roofers' - this was hours ago, still waiting for a return phonecall. have tried calling them all back several times - answerphones. rains stopped now for a bit but the buckets are still collecting, we've tipped litres and litres of water down the sinks and tomorrow I'm washing towels. rain due about 1am apparently - I'll be sat in bed like this  :raining: [size=78%] [/size]


really fed up with 'summer' 2012!!
Smallholding in Worcestershire, making goats milk soap for www.itsbaaathtime.com and mum to 4 girls,  goats, sheep, chickens, dog, cat and garden snails...

jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: And it goes on and on and on
« Reply #25 on: August 25, 2012, 08:50:48 pm »
Oh no Plums - what a pain a leaking roof is  :-* Can someone get a tarp over the worst bit?

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: And it goes on and on and on
« Reply #26 on: August 25, 2012, 08:52:37 pm »
Oh Plkums, poor you.  Hope you get it sorted soon.  :hug:

plumseverywhere

  • Joined Apr 2013
  • Worcestershire
    • Its Baaath Time
    • Facebook
Re: And it goes on and on and on
« Reply #27 on: August 25, 2012, 08:55:27 pm »
no ladder high enough here but will have to do something tomorrow. Maybe one of these 'emergency' people will call back by then  :-\   
wallpaper is hanging off (hated it anyway) and the carpets are now stinking. oh the joy!  could be worse, so I'm not moaning really  :)
Smallholding in Worcestershire, making goats milk soap for www.itsbaaathtime.com and mum to 4 girls,  goats, sheep, chickens, dog, cat and garden snails...

robert waddell

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Re: And it goes on and on and on
« Reply #28 on: August 25, 2012, 08:58:05 pm »
never mind plums NFU will sort it out :farmer:

plumseverywhere

  • Joined Apr 2013
  • Worcestershire
    • Its Baaath Time
    • Facebook
Re: And it goes on and on and on
« Reply #29 on: August 25, 2012, 09:00:50 pm »
THAT is what has caused this mess, Robert!! Me saying to you "oh I've never had to make a claim...." when was that ?! yesterday?!  :gloomy: :raining: :&>
 
Turns out we do have a long ladder. Husband will be climbing up it tomorrow with a bin liner and gaffa tape  :-J   oh and of course, it would be a bank holiday weekend wouldn't it?!
Smallholding in Worcestershire, making goats milk soap for www.itsbaaathtime.com and mum to 4 girls,  goats, sheep, chickens, dog, cat and garden snails...

 

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