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gz
Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 8617 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
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Ty Gwyn
Joined: 22 Sep 2010 Posts: 4563 Location: Lampeter
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Jam Lady
Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 2507 Location: New Jersey, USA
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gregotyn
Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 2201 Location: Llanfyllin area
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 19 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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I have enjoyed both of the outings you had Jam Lady; the ploughing is my favourite. I am told that mules are much better behaved than horses once they are trained. If I remember Cassandra's town had a ploughing match, with Oxen, Long Horn cattle, horses and mules all taking part.
My Grandmother's family used horses and carts to deliver bread and coal, on the same cart, in the late 1800's and early 1900's from their premises. All loaded by hand of course including by Granny!
I am heading for another burn-up for my biochar man, who has a market for it, but he uses it at home too to grow his vegetables in his poly tunnel. I have just been given a cucumber that he has grown in the tunnel, and it is a really lovely tasting one, so I will ask for another one once I have finished this one. It is short in length, so ok for me in my one man household!
On my front, I have at last caught up with the kindling, and although it is selling well even now, (10 last week), there will be a lull once they put the central heating on. I think the rush was for holiday makers wanting to dry their cottages out after winter. Summer has started late this year for some reason. I do one or two of the holiday lets with boxes of firewood. I have now lowered the size of the box and the price and stack the wood in rather than throwing it in so they get better value and I sell more rubbish-I mean "by- product"-in theory!
Workwise I know it is time I retired. I have had enough of my immediate boss. I think his aim is to get his brother into my position, so to be a nasty man I am going to hang on and wait till the cold comes in winter-unless I am pushed sooner. I just don't want to get my income halved over night with the festive season coming, but going might get my holding better organised and I have a source of timber locally for the firewood! We'll see? |
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15600
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 45518 Location: yes
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15600
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gregotyn
Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 2201 Location: Llanfyllin area
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Posted: Thu Sep 05, 19 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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Don't knock folks who use too much charcoal MR., it is good for business-a new frock/hat perhaps? I know people who use a whole net of my kindling a week on one fire and others who use one a month! I do get complimented on how dry it is-what do they expect?
I am doing less now with the office chaps, just get on and try to work it out for myself, saves all the condescending lectures. I sometimes think they don't give me all the information needed, just to be able to tell me "stuff" and show off their knowledge. I get paid, so I don't care really how much they like to show me their superior knowledge. I get paid even if they know it, all as well as me "not knowing." The one thing is I don't pretend to know much anyway that way you learn more. If I know it, I don't always let on, listening to others is how you learn the best ways and means!
One more day and another w/e to saw and chop wood and prepare for a trip to Ludlow and area with the friend from Australia. I am hoping he will be wanting to visit the bygone days farm at Aston Scott, and we can have a few trips round Ludlow and the general area. I have to do a lot of work at home before anyone can visit and stay chez "moi"! I need the water repairing all over the house; finding the leaks could almost be fun in waterproofs. |
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15600
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gregotyn
Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 2201 Location: Llanfyllin area
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Posted: Fri Sep 06, 19 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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I am not so sure that you should give all the secrets to others to get a way of doing it better, the basics are fine but potential competition?
Acton Scott is that place that has been on the TV for several series. I photographed a man driving a shire horse pulling harrows there once and put it in an album. Lots of people accused me of being that man, to the point where it was easier to say it was me than have an argument! I am hoping friend will like it. We are going to have a look round Ludlow and that area and I am going to round there to book a couple of b and b's for 2 nights. The friend is a school pal of 50 years ago and we have kept in touch since leaving school, in my case in 1965 when I left to go to do my farm practical prior to going to H.A.A.C. And in his case emigrating to Australia with girlfriend, due to a nasty mother, who was so anti his girlfriend she didn't attend the Church wedding and I was best man and gave the girlfriend away!
You are lucky down your way with lots of hardwood forests, and woodlands, MR. Our end is mainly softwood plantations of spruce and larch, though spruce seems to outdo the larch by 2 to 1. I have been inspecting my 30 softwoods, as you know, I was thinking it is was their time to go, but it is a good barrier to the road. As they are so close together they are high but thin in the trunk so their value is not great. I have a friend who says he will top them around 30 ft. and see what happens. I want to reduce the lower branches as they are covering the field and going towards the road! |
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15600
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gregotyn
Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 2201 Location: Llanfyllin area
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Ty Gwyn
Joined: 22 Sep 2010 Posts: 4563 Location: Lampeter
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15600
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Posted: Sun Sep 08, 19 8:36 am Post subject: |
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Doesn't seem to have come up Ty Gwyn.
Sadly, most hotels do charge extra for singles Gregotyn. Not fair in some ways, but they do have to deal with 2 rooms. Could you try another hotel that is more reasonable about singles?
Did the final show in our run yesterday. I made a spoon out of birch, but just as I had started hollowing out the bowl, a crack appeared. There was a fault in the wood, and as soon as I started hollowing, it opened out. I used another bit to make a rather chunky spatula and then using an axe and a saw, started to make a mushroom, which I have not tried before. Will have to use a draw knife to sort out the top as it is all axe marks at the moment, but thought it was worth a try. |
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Ty Gwyn
Joined: 22 Sep 2010 Posts: 4563 Location: Lampeter
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