Anyone care to join me?

[Stonehead]

Well, I'm just having a cuppa and going through the jobs I've got done so far today:

fed and watered animals,
done the washing,
put in four fence posts (concreted in),
hand hoed two-thirds of the potatoes,
found a possible replacement car for the OH,
found another boar (due in two weeks),
sown more vegetables seeds (pumpkins, squash, cucmbers inside; carrots, radish, peas outside),
assembled the scythe,
and answered various emails.

Anyone care to join me and make this collective madness instead of indiviudal?

And what do other people do for leisure on a Saturday?

Stonehead

PS Now where did I put that hoe?

[Hillbilly]

I'll join you but I'm drinking cider not tea..

Today

Fed, watered and cleaned out chooks
Ditto broody and chicks
Raked up potatoes
Got rid of old fridge/freezer
Made lemonade
Made raisin loaf
Done housework and washing
Went foraging for more wild garlic
Weeded veggies
Amused son (not happy baby today)

This afternoon, whats left of it, will be spent bottling cider and fencing.

Nicks also replaced fuel pipe on the landie as was leaking.

[Andy Hamilton]

I have only had one cuppa today, I am glad you said that kettle is on.

I have put together most of two new articles for the main site, washed up, made breakfast in bed for my girlfriend (well I made it in the kitchen but you know what I mean.)
Put a bet on a 2000-1 horse a the derby.... must check that as it has ran.
weeded the alltoment, put more egg shells around the already half eaten courgettes.

Now finishing off said article. Have not stopped either despite my list looking shorter.

[Wombat]

Well as for myself - one cuppa around 10:30am,

Fed chooks
Moved chook pen
pruned mulberry tree
Did the washing (using the self sufficinetish laundry of course )
Installed the 1250gallon rainwater tank
Replaced the toilet seat (don't ask).

Nev

[Boots]

Oh Come on, Nev... You know I'm gonna ask...

What happened to your loo seat? Big Aunt Bertha come to visit? OH wanted one of those sticky gel ones with shells in it, so you can hear the sea when you piddle??? What gives?

Ok. Am going to have to be fair on myself and start my day at midnight, because I am a tad back to front over here and like to consider myself somewhat timeless...and if I was to just report on what had taken place since I got up, then I could have just ended this at the last para...

Filled top row of two walls with mudbricks
Drank Coffee
Bricked in side door
Made Coffee
Yelled at Daughters pup who drank my coffee
Sanded back front doors (this is taking forever and I am beginning to forgo my dreams of stained wood doors...)
Drank coffee
Installed window latch
Drank Coffee
Prepared report for community group
Drank Coffee
Spent an hour and about $20 trying to find Great Grandmother (lost in UK somewhere, early 1900's)
Went to bed (about 4ish)
Read a chapter of Lemony Snickets Grim Grotto
Heard Daughters dog register a deposit.
Got up, called dog names while collecting poop and yelling like a banshee.
Went back to bed.
Woke up to "Techno land" (Girls had CD's playing in each room, on each computer, and on telephones, and both were singing... with ipods at the ready" Daughter dances in to ask me if she looks like an alien.
No, I say (She gets up closer and has full makeup sweeping her eyes off her head)
Yes, I say
Staggered out to make coffee.
Drank 2 coffees.
Checked emails and S-Sish
And here I am. 3 different songs playing in the background. Hungry animals all singing out. Pup still running amuck. Good morning.
I need another coffee, I reckon.

[Millymollymandy]

Having been on holiday, my urgent jobs are weeding, sowing, watering and laundry!

[Stonehead]

Brilliant, it's fascinating to see what everyone is up to.

I was up early today and kicked off with:

Earthing up potatoes
Feeding pigs and chickens
Feeding me (home-made chinese-style spare ribs, fresh bread and coffee for breakfast. I love it when the OH and the boys are away!)
A load of washing
Did the dishes
Cutting up bits of trailer with the angle grinder (almost as good as digging)
Time for a cuppa now (and it's only 9.20am!)

Stonehead

[Shirley]

Right... am now feeling rather too embarrassed to post our activities over the weekend (no,, not for that sort of reason!!DOH)

Just that we've not done anything near as much as you guys...

yesterday started early enough at 5.30am but we had a lazy day - we were going to pick up a sandpit (freecycle) but that fell through so we just went to the Feein' Market at Stonehaven... we met Ina there and shared her strawberries (thanks Ina...!!) - it was a bit disappointing in terms of farmers' market stalls to be honest, but there was lots of street entertainment and a good atmosphere.

We then went back to Ina's and ate her delicious teacakes and drank tea... Jonathan played with Ina's toy farm... (she says it's there for the kids )

We did find wild garlic on the way home though so it wasn't a totally unproductive day.

Today - up at 5.30 again (despite J going to bed late) and drinking tea at the moment... had breakfast (weetabix and strawberries!) and more tea. Now we are about to go out and collect some wardrobes (freecycle again) from Rothes... which is a bit of a long drive but then so is everywhere these days.

Stoney - where is your boar from and it is a Berkshire?? There is a berkshire cross advertised in scot-ads!

Mmmm.... now hankering after some spare ribs! I love savoury food for breakfast... one of my favourites is cold chick pea curry

[ina]

Jonathan played with Ina's toy farm... (she says it's there for the kids )

Ok, I admit, I've played with it in the past... But it wasn't me who broke the plough, honest! (Not Jonathan, either, I hasten to add.)

Well, I'm "on duty" this weekend, so I've done my share of feeding. Especially those 4 "new" orphan lambs that I acquired yesteday, who are just so b*** stupid and don't want to know what a rubber teat is good for... More work on that, I think.

Stoney, I found this somewhere yesterday - might be worth a try if you are looking for pig transport again?
http://www.animalcouriers.com/
Don't know whether they are any good, or how expensive they are, but they seem to specialise in small animal transport.

Yes, strawberries here for breakfast, too. And now I've been spending far too much time on the site again, but the connection is soooooo slow today.... Grrr!

[Stonehead]

Stoney - where is your boar from and it is a Berkshire?? There is a berkshire cross advertised in scot-ads!

Mmmm.... now hankering after some spare ribs! I love savoury food for breakfast... one of my favourites is cold chick pea curry

He's a Tamworth and comes from a mate of George, the farmer over the road. Tamworth/Berkshire is a good cross for pork. He's also cheaper than the Berkshire cross in ScotAds.

We'll use the Tamworth a couple of times while saving some more money for a pedigree Berkshire boar and then sell him on.

As for spare ribs, we have eight sets developing at the moment You will just have to wait a couple of months!

Stonehead

[Hillbilly]

Lazy morning for us for once as had a late night - didn;t get up till 10am I made proper home-made lasagne last night (made pasta too) and Nick had that for brekkie while I settled for scrambled eggs.

He's off to help his dad collect a speedboat with James and I am going to make soup, make bread, pot on rest of dwarf beans and peas, housework, more washing and digging bed no 5. Then we're off for a walk and a cuppa with friends later. Perfick Sunday

Ina is your farm set a 'Briatins' one? Fond memories of our farmsets when we were little. My brother had to do my homework otherwise I wouldn't let him use my New Holland combine

[Stonehead]

Ina is your farm set a 'Briatins' one? Fond memories of our farmsets when we were little. My brother had to do my homework otherwise I wouldn't let him use my New Holland combine

Ina sent our boys a couple of tractors at the height of our water woes. Unfortunately, the Big Lad's is rather damaged already.

When I asked him what happened to the tractor, he said: "The farmer was driving on a big hill and it rolled. We're doing an investigation now."

Boys!

Stonehead

[glenniedragon]

Peace at last, I can now recount what we've been up to as offspring are a-bed
Dealt with poultry (as the nos grow so does the amount of time taken for breakfasts!)
Earthed up potatoes
Dug new potatoes
Sobbed over state of lottie (not been able to do much as landed up in A+E with acute back pain)
Made new compost bin for lottie
Watered everything in sight (using recyc washing machine water)
Made 1 Kg soap for gifts
fed/cleaned/entertained 3, sorry 2 boys and OH
Tidied
Washed 5 loads
Hung out 5 loads (all dried lovely day)
Worked on website for business venture
Did paperwork for said venture
Moved Child tax credits form around(can't bring myself to start it)
washed up
Picked peas
Sorted out Library books to return tomorrow (and pay fines on-not my books)
Evening run of feeding poultry
Now drinking homebrew rose
Nice too reflect on my day- its nice seeing what everyone's up to we are an industrious lot eh? we should work out how much our hourly rate should be!

kind thoughts
Deb

[shiney]

Oh you busy little bees!

Rather pathetically I have

Made 7 upside down tomato plant holders and a bamboo holder to hang them up.
Drank lots of tea, too many cups to mention.
Made some bread
Bought some bean poles
Repotted some more of the 1000's of tomato plants I grew. (I am planning to open up a tinned plum tomato factory later this year LOL)

Made some wedding stationery. (it's that time of year)

Made some organic beefburgers 'shiney stylie' and a big bowl of coleslaw.

Didn't let any of my non existant chickens out. I really should get some.

Glennie: I have hidden my tax credit form for a month or two!

[Stonehead]

Well, I just finished work as the OH got back from Dundee - 10.15pm. I've now completed all the earthing up on the potatoes and got all the tools cleaned, sharpened and oiled ready for tomorrow.

Between that 9am post and now, I also

Cut a swathe of grass
Cut back a couple of spruce trees
Put in another strainer post
Knocked in about a dozen 3in posts
Put anchors on two strainers
Planted half a dozen hawthorn (including clearing the ground, laying weed fabric and mulching)
Fed and watered the animals again
Got myself roped into holding a Midsummer's Eve party (thanks Jo!!
)


Phew!

On the bad side, while the OH and the boys were in Dundee, the Wee 'Un ran into a swing and badly cut his head. The doctor had to glue the skin on his forehead back together and then support the glue with steristrips. He's sleeping now, but the cut looks impressive.

So, that's another day gone and a very satisfying weekend to boot. It sounds like everyone else has had a good one too. Thanks for sharing.

Stonehead