Can't you just cast off from your upstairs windows at the moment?!?jansman wrote:Taken a few days off to fish. Bad timing ad the river is now right across the valley, and we are cut off.
What Preps are you doing this week
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TorNicho
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I have visions of you sitting on the couch with your rod and fish swimming around your ankles.itsybitsy wrote:Can't you just cast off from your upstairs windows at the moment?!?jansman wrote:Taken a few days off to fish. Bad timing ad the river is now right across the valley, and we are cut off.
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If only I could. That would REALLY annoy my lovely Wife!
In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: It goes on.
Robert Frost.
Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
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Robert Frost.
Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
Me.
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TwoDo
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Just planted half a dozen apple trees. These are heirloom varieties designed to store well (as well as taste good). The over winter storage time of an apple in less than perfect conditions not especially selected for in modern varieties. By and large, modern apples are bred for things like uniformity and perfect skin which enhances saleability.
Just another perennial food source being set in place in the garden, ready and waiting for the time they might be needed ....
Just another perennial food source being set in place in the garden, ready and waiting for the time they might be needed ....
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cavealaska
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Just bought myself 250 1 gallon Mylar bags, just have to wait a while for then coming from the US
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You will not regret it. I did this 15 years ago, and the apples are fantastic, I reckon I have enough to see us to March. Perennials are certainly the way to go.TwoDo wrote:Just planted half a dozen apple trees. These are heirloom varieties designed to store well (as well as taste good). The over winter storage time of an apple in less than perfect conditions not especially selected for in modern varieties. By and large, modern apples are bred for things like uniformity and perfect skin which enhances saleability.
Just another perennial food source being set in place in the garden, ready and waiting for the time they might be needed ....
In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: It goes on.
Robert Frost.
Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
Me.
Robert Frost.
Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
Me.
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Optimystic
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jansman wrote:You will not regret it. I did this 15 years ago, and the apples are fantastic, I reckon I have enough to see us to March. Perennials are certainly the way to go.TwoDo wrote:Just planted half a dozen apple trees. These are heirloom varieties designed to store well (as well as taste good). The over winter storage time of an apple in less than perfect conditions not especially selected for in modern varieties. By and large, modern apples are bred for things like uniformity and perfect skin which enhances saleability.
Just another perennial food source being set in place in the garden, ready and waiting for the time they might be needed ....
We have 2 Apple trees ( no idea what type, they were her when we moved in) and they produced about 500 apples last year.. new to it all we wasnt aware they could be stored so most were given away..
This year however, due to a lack of Bee's.. we didnt get any!
We have started planting other fruit tree's also now, so we have a couple of plum, cherry anc peach tree's along with some raspberry and blueberry plants.
At some point over the the winter we will create a bigger space to start growing our own veg.. have grown spuds and onions last cpl of years, but have always ended up with blight on our Tomato's!
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Tomato blight is a problem. My outdoor tomatoes have copped it for years. If you can find an enclosed space or under cover if possible, that can help I have found.
In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: It goes on.
Robert Frost.
Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
Me.
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Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
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Optimystic
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Im thinking of investing in a small greenhouse .. We had such a lovely crop of tomato last year.. huge toms, just about ready to pick.. all organised to come along in monthly batches.. and the whole lot got blight.. *sigh*jansman wrote:Tomato blight is a problem. My outdoor tomatoes have copped it for years. If you can find an enclosed space or under cover if possible, that can help I have found.
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Reservior
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I'm quite happy with my levels of physical preps which is why I don't post much in this thread.
Had to pop into town this afternoon and decided to have a drive around to check out some of the roads around here that had been impassable due to flood water. Much of the water had gone but there's still quite a bit around. Been raining, consistently now for a couple of hours, if it continues much longer I would expect those levels to rise again in time for people's journeys to work in the morning.
I did notice that some of the affected houses were in places that had never suffered from flooding before, well, I've lived in this small town for 14 years and never seen flooding in some of these areas. I have always been very confident that this house would never be affected as, despite not being at the top of a hill, we are about half way up one, water does head in this direction but continues on down.
I have however, just orderd 10 sandbags from eBay and will pick up some sand during the week, a cheap prep which I shall probably never use but I will feel a bit relieved when they arrive. Will get them filled and into the garage as soon as possible.
Had to pop into town this afternoon and decided to have a drive around to check out some of the roads around here that had been impassable due to flood water. Much of the water had gone but there's still quite a bit around. Been raining, consistently now for a couple of hours, if it continues much longer I would expect those levels to rise again in time for people's journeys to work in the morning.
I did notice that some of the affected houses were in places that had never suffered from flooding before, well, I've lived in this small town for 14 years and never seen flooding in some of these areas. I have always been very confident that this house would never be affected as, despite not being at the top of a hill, we are about half way up one, water does head in this direction but continues on down.
I have however, just orderd 10 sandbags from eBay and will pick up some sand during the week, a cheap prep which I shall probably never use but I will feel a bit relieved when they arrive. Will get them filled and into the garage as soon as possible.