The Close Season What You Doing Today Thread?

264621 Views 5371 Replies 169 Participants Last post by Rrrr, 4 h ago

G

Discussion Starter · Nov 26, 2017

Just finishing my black pudding square sausage and egg bap..... donning my outdoor garb then off for a 7 mile walk with the squeeze. Back, start up the mk1 golf gti for a bit, then settle down to watch Aberdeen FC smash 4 past Killie, then hopefully Motherwell turn over Celtic

Cold but beautiful November’s day here

DCH

5321 - 5340 of 5372 Posts

Andrew B

· #5,321 · 11 d ago

Maybe it’s just me after turning 47 the other day but the Hawthorn blossom this year seems outrageous as my memory of Hawthorn is that they have a year off and yet every tree this spring is seemingly in flower?

Lamson v10

· #5,322 · 11 d ago

Rrrr said:
Oops

View attachment 94847

Sent from my SM-S901B using Tapatalk

Some slick work going on there Rrrr 😂😂

Andrew B

· #5,323 · 11 d ago

Wasn’t gonna post this through sheer embarrassment but it’s probably worth mentioning?
Had the fire brigade round on Monday night with a serious chimney fire.
We have had an awful lot on over the years with caring for my dad but truth is we took our eye off the ball. Add to that the last load of wood was a right rip off and not the usual Ash, Beech ect. Things could of been much worse but still having water down the chimney can’t be a good thing 🙄

Reactions: 2

Lamson v10

· #5,324 · 11 d ago

Andrew B said:
Wasn’t gonna post this through sheer embarrassment but it’s probably worth mentioning?
Had the fire brigade round on Monday night with a serious chimney fire.
We have had an awful lot on over the years with caring for my dad but truth is we took our eye off the ball. Add to that the last load of wood was a right rip off and not the usual Ash, Beech ect. Things could of been much worse but still having water down the chimney can’t be a good thing 🙄

Yer lucky it's not Christmas Andrew or Santa would have a burnt erse 🤣

Andrew B

· #5,325 · 11 d ago

Lamson v10 said:
Yer lucky it's not Christmas Andrew or Santa would have a burnt erse 🤣

Lol well fair play pal for making me smile. You know it was so bad no Santa would of gone down what was likened to Hiroshima by a fireman🙄

Rrrr

· #5,326 · 11 d ago

Lamson v10 said:
Some slick work going on there Rrrr

Kicked it, seen it wobble and knew what was going to happen

Cost me 20 quid in a bag of oilsorb granules too

Sent from my SM-S901B using Tapatalk

Reactions: 1

Rrrr

· #5,327 · 9 d ago

Been baking today with the kids, macrons this morning with the youngest which turned out ok. Made pizza dough for dinner which turned into a bit of a disaster as i struggled to get the dough to stretch for some reason. I had let it rise and knocked it back a few times but it went a bit squirly. Tasted nice though.

Also, in a week or so ive went from no birds in the garden to them eating me out of house and home, the fat balls and meal worms are lasting a few hours then needing refilled so my featherd friends are going on rations.

Sent from my SM-S901B using Tapatalk

Reactions: 3

ibm59

· #5,328 · 9 d ago

It was absolutely heaving.

See less See more

Reactions: 1

Andrew B

· #5,329 · 9 d ago

ibm59 said:
It was absolutely heaving.
View attachment 94898

Looks like Keswick to me?

Reactions: 1

barbonboy

· #5,330 · 9 d ago

I think you're spot on, there.👍

Reactions: 1

Rrrr

· #5,331 · 8 d ago

Todays kitchen experiment worked out well. Garlic and rosemary focaccia bread baked then turned into cheese on toast

Long winded way to make cheese on toast but with no water in the river ivw got time to kill

Sent from my SM-S901B using Tapatalk

See less See more

Reactions: 2

Andrew B

· #5,332 · 6 d ago

barbonboy said:
I think you're spot on, there.👍

Been there so many times and we like Keswick over the more hectic places like Ambleside because you can still talk to genuine locals in Keswick. The home of Falkus around Ravenglass is lovely

Grassy_Knollington

· #5,333 · 6 d ago

Safranfoer said:
You're making me think that my scorched earth policy - using the burner on the drive - is the equivalent of zero control. Ugh. I can't dig there, and it does seem to halt the spread. But maybe I'm just imagining that.

Your neighbour's garden sounds same size as mine. My garden is 20m x 5m, my front about 15m x 5m. I've a hawthorn hedge behind me, into a field. Drystone wall at the front, with field across the road. Neighbour to my left is a keen gardener; to the right, not so much lately. If I think about it, the mare's tail only appeared when the house on the right stopped taking care of their garden - because they have caring responsibilities now, I can't hold them to blame.

Ok, Mare’s Tail / Horsetail update.

Last year I used ‘Diamond’ Glyphosphate Horsetail killer on a small section round the edge of our border.

It’s pretty potent stuff and killed everything in sight. If you can get ALL of the Horsetail in one go, then this will probably do the trick. However, due to the ongoing infestation next door, we will always get more growing through and under the dividing pathway into ours. I haven’t used it again.

That said, the growth this year is A LOT weaker and none of it has come back in the gaps between the stones in the path.

I think it will kill anything, but you need to be able to isolate your garden from additional growth if you want it to be effective as a killer. It’s so strong, I probably won’t use it again and if you do get some, read the instructions v carefully & definitely don’t use before rain.

With some robust picking as soon as it turns up, I think we’re happy that we can keep it under control.

I hope that helps. I wanted to see the long term effects before posting.

See less See more

Reactions: 1

Andrew B

· #5,334 · 6 d ago

Grassy_Knollington said:
Ok, Mare’s Tail / Horsetail update.

Last year I used ‘Diamond’ Glyphosphate Horsetail killer on a small section round the edge of our border.

It’s pretty potent stuff and killed everything in sight. If you can get ALL of the Horsetail in one go, then this will probably do the trick. However, due to the ongoing infestation next door, we will always get more growing through and under the dividing pathway into ours. I haven’t used it again.

That said, the growth this year is A LOT weaker and none of it has come back in the gaps between the stones in the path.

I think it will kill anything, but you need to be able to isolate your garden from additional growth if you want it to be effective as a killer. It’s so strong, I probably won’t use it again and if you do get some, read the instructions v carefully & definitely don’t use before rain.

With some robust picking as soon as it turns up, I think we’re happy that we can keep it under control.

I hope that helps. I wanted to see the long term effects before posting.

Each to his own and granted we haven’t had anything like that to contend with but our way of dealing with unwanted stuff has been to dig whatever it is up. Docks are a pain for this as the roots are so hard to destroy.
I just have a hard time believing that such things such as the slug pellets said to be harmless to hedgehogs exist.

Andrew B

· #5,335 · 6 d ago

8

Taken last week so our garden now looking twice as good. We've had more rain this year which seems to have made a difference. Having just returned from Chelsea flower show my mum said the irony being they spent untold thousands in presenting the show gardens to look like ours😂

See less See more

Reactions: 2

Grassy_Knollington

· #5,336 · 6 d ago

Andrew B said:
Each to his own and granted we haven’t had anything like that to contend with but our way of dealing with unwanted stuff has been to dig whatever it is up. Docks are a pain for this as the roots are so hard to destroy.
I just have a hard time believing that such things such as the slug pellets said to be harmless to hedgehogs exist.

Andrew

I’ve dug the docks and Brambles out of acres of ground over the years. We’ve never used any pesticides in the garden and only round-up gel once or twice on specific plants in the Mrs’s Flower beds.

I can dig and Harass the Horsetail out of the veg beds. It cannot be dug out of open beds or grass unless you want to sift every molecule of soil.

After 8 years of encroachment this was a last ditch attempt at herbicide.

Each to their own, as you say.

Reactions: 1

Elibank

· #5,337 · 6 d ago

5

What a day it’s been…

See less See more

Reactions: 4

Lamson v10

· #5,338 · 6 d ago

Elibank said:
What a day it’s been…

View attachment 95020 View attachment 95021 View attachment 95022 View attachment 95023 View attachment 95024

If the last picture is how you ended your day sir I'd say it wasn't to bad at all 😁😁😜

Reactions: 1

Elibank

· #5,339 · 6 d ago

Lamson v10 said:
If the last picture is how you ended your day sir I'd say it wasn't to bad at all 😁😁😜

I’ve reached the age where the first picture is more important than the last…

Reactions: 2

Andrew B

· #5,340 · 6 d ago

Grassy_Knollington said:
Andrew

I’ve dug the docks and Brambles out of acres of ground over the years. We’ve never used any pesticides in the garden and only round-up gel once or twice on specific plants in the Mrs’s Flower beds.

I can dig and Harass the Horsetail out of the veg beds. It cannot be dug out of open beds or grass unless you want to sift every molecule of soil.

After 8 years of encroachment this was a last ditch attempt at herbicide.

Each to their own, as you say.

That’s why I mentioned never having to deal with the stuff as I can imagine it being a case of needs must.

Reactions: 1

5321 - 5340 of 5372 Posts