Autumn Bits and Bobs and something else!

[Westi]

So sorry Richard.

Truly feel for you - love mine all despite their naughtiness & although each time I say I never want to go through that loss again, the quietness & loneliness leads me to a new pet quite quickly, although funnily usually not actively looking but just happens.

We have a little pet cemetery down the back as well.

Westi

[oldherbaceous]

Dear Elaine, the finger feels pretty good, and when i took the dressing off, to empty the soil out, it looked pretty good too. That was a long hug!!!!

[Cider Boys]

It is indeed a loss when you loose a dog Richard, although I was brought up with dogs and had terriers for years I have not owned one for a long time now but still miss them all. During the summer I went and stayed at my daughters house while she and her family went on holiday and looked after her retired greyhound bitch. I grew very fond of the dog over the week I looked after it. Now I'm mostly retired I have often thought of getting a dog again.

I've just got back from loading my cattle that I've raised from calves and a nightmare it was rounding them up, we started last night but could not get all of them so we were up at 5am this morning getting them all together to load on the lorry. The pictures shows some of them, I will go to market later and see how much they make but still will feel sad that that's the end for them.

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Barney

[oldherbaceous]

Morning Barney, i hope you get a good price for them, as i know beef prices seem to be struggling at the moment. It is a little sad when it's time for them to go off but, looking at the wonderful condition of yours, you can tell they have had a good life, and you certainly can't ask for more than that.

[Ricard with an H]

Thanks to everyone for their understanding-comments, I'm still struggling with this. Molly and I were together 24/7 because I mostly live alone, when Mo is home it's a relief to be able to do things without my dog following me everywhere which is often very inconvenient and why I didn't want a dog.

Right now I'm concentrating on the benefits now she has gone, it's not working.

[Ricard with an H]

I just picked another picking of French climbing beans, the plant is starting to get brown bits on the leaves so presumably it doesn't like the cool weather though we've not been below 10 degrees that I'm aware of.

Plenty more bean-lets and they're basking in the sun right now.

I sowed some broccoli seeds, the seedlings are incredibly leggy even though they are outside but under polythene tunnels. Four inch stems with a couple of tiny leaves on top doesn't look good, very fragile. What do you think ?

[Diane]

I'm very sorry to hear your sad news too. I miss every dog that's been part of our family and passed on ... can still hear the paws pattering in the kitchen at tea time. Sad times...but cling on to the good memories. XXXX

[Cider Boys]

Morning Barney, i hope you get a good price for them, as i know beef prices seem to be struggling at the moment. It is a little sad when it's time for them to go off but, looking at the wonderful condition of yours, you can tell they have had a good life, and you certainly can't ask for more than that.

Thanks for your compliment, some were sold for finishing whilst others were finished and I was pleased with the prices they made. Hope to spend more time gardening now.

Barney

[oldherbaceous]

Morning Barney, glad all went well, as i know how disappointing it can be after all the hard work looking after them and then the prices are bad. My Sister in law had this happen with a batch of lovely looking lambs last year.

Just about to go over and do some work over the allotments, and i will be very careful with the finger. It was a little awkward getting up the metal ladder to the tower this morning.

[oldherbaceous]

I hope Geoff is alright, as i haven't noticed him about for a few days now!!!!

[Geoff]

Bit pre-occupied with our local community broadband project B4RN. Our parish has about 34km (sorry duct is sold in metres) to dig and we've been having a big push to get as much done as we can while the weather lasts. Noticed my wife mentioned in an email she only sees me at mealtimes and they are usually late. Got introduced to all sorts of things like the wonderful world of mole drilling (still don't understand how it works) and fleeting fibre optic cables. Could post photos but they are pretty boring. Do find soil is amazing stuff the way it changes every few yards. So, thank you, I am OK just knackered! See what I mean about boring and soil.

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[Geoff]

Sorry to hear about Molly, Richard. You curse them and love them at the same time. Got to face it again soon, ours is 14+. Going away next week and hoping the neighbour can cope with her OK as we aren't taking her for the first time. Get another soon!

[oldherbaceous]

Glad you are alright Geoff, it was that i had noticed that something good was missing from the forum, then realized it was you.

I'm sure all that hard work will be worth it.

[Ricard with an H]

Hi Geoff.

What a fabulous project, presumably you have a JCB on hire. We have a similar project looming where BT will bring the fibre to the nearest village exchange which is around five miles along the road. The road is supposed to be ducted, a local farmer says we six households can pull a cable through that duct so BT can fit a roadside box bringing the fibre closer to us then continue by overhead wires to each property though the farmhouse will get direct fibre.

What I think is that if it's that easy, how come BT aren't doing it and is this an easy answer for the farmer because the overhead cables between him and us are the ones that always suffer wind damage known as vortex-shedding.

Another problem is that us six aren't a community in the true meaning. We are a number of farms with farm housing, only four farms are still working. The other buildings are converted farmhouses and barns where the land has been sold to others with gaps of a mile or two between each. The Welsh assembly are supposed to be helping rural communities communications and whilst that has taken the form of grant-aid of £1000per property for wireless communication it still relies on community togetherness and we don't quite have enough of that vital ingredient.

[oldherbaceous]

Cook has gone into Hospital for a operation on her foot today, thought she was staying in over night but, just had a email to say she might be home later in the day. I wonder if she will be able to hobble to the cooker....