South West and Central Southern England Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards

[*Stormforce~beka*]

20 minutes ago, Dorsetbred said:

Meanwhile the weather continued around you.

It did. It went from cloud to half cloud lol

[matt111]

Nice to have a sunny day for a change. It's been a long time since we've had a day with blue skies (almost) all day here. It did cloud over a bit towards the end of the day but it didn't spoil the day much. 

[Rich_Clements]

Drizzle on the way home from work humph although has gone off now.

[The Enforcer]

8 hours ago, Dorsetbred said:

Meanwhile the weather continued around you.

Six foot of snow and you slept right through it.

[Dorsetbred]

Morning All, a mild night after the rain has cleared, with it currently at the same as the overnight low of 11.3°C at: 02:43, plenty of time yet should it feels like cooling off towards sun up.

[Andy Bown]

Insane downpour of rain and hail under the pink core woke us all up at 01.55!

[festivalking]

Morning all -  Been a bit quiet here suffering with an end of term cold. Feeling right lousy!

Good day today as its my last day at work before christmas. I know its a bit early but from tomorrow I am on jury duty. Eeeek! First time!

Weatherwise we had a maximum of 11.2c over night, temperature has been dropping since midnight currently 9.8c

Edited December 12, 2023 by festivalking

[jtay]

It went incredibly dark five minutes ago and now it's chucking it down.

The fields are really stodgy now and just about passable in walking boots at this end. Not much fun though.

[Andy Bown]

Just walking in the door at home after driving through a few downpours and there was loud thunder! 

[jtay]

17 minutes ago, Andy Bown said:

Just walking in the door at home after driving through a few downpours and there was loud thunder! 

Yes, it's very dark out to the West again here.

Possibly just heard a distant rumble. Not sure.

[Dorsetbred]

An earlier thunder cracker from this...

More to our south

 

From this

Edited December 12, 2023 by Dorsetbred

[*Stormforce~beka*]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllooooow

Just took delivery of 2 big boxes of woodchip for the chicken run.! It's a bit soggy around the edges in there!

[jtay]

19 minutes ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllooooow

Just took delivery of 2 big boxes of woodchip for the chicken run.! It's a bit soggy around the edges in there!

How much is that? Cheaper than the garden centre?

[*Stormforce~beka*]

Just now, jtay said:

How much is that? Cheaper than the garden centre?

Ebay job £13 a bag for poultry chips

[Dorsetbred]

1 hour ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

Ebay job £13 a bag for poultry chips

Don't you mean "Ebay job £13 a bag for paltry chips!"

[jtay]

2 minutes ago, Dorsetbred said:

Don't you mean "Ebay job £13 a bag for paltry chips!"

Or Poultry and Chips.

[*Stormforce~beka*]

2 hours ago, jtay said:

How much is that? Cheaper than the garden centre?

Nah cheaper in homebase but I prefer the poultry ones as unscented etc

[jtay]

6 minutes ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

Nah cheaper in homebase but I prefer the poultry ones as unscented etc

I want to get a bulk bag, or two delivered for the borders to act as a weed suppressant. I don't know any tree surgeons. They'd give it away, I bet.

[*Stormforce~beka*]

5 minutes ago, jtay said:

I want to get a bulk bag, or two delivered for the borders to act as a weed suppressant. I don't know any tree surgeons. They'd give it away, I bet.

Yea I've heard that too but again don't know any. Plus I only wanted 4 bags. They just dump on the drive way otherwise.

[Dorsetbred]

42 minutes ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

Nah cheaper in homebase but I prefer the poultry ones as unscented etc

Understandable, you wouldn't want Christmas lunch smelling of "Passion Papaya"

[Dorsetbred]

So a bit of everything today, heavy rain, thunder, rain and then sunshine, with blue sky. One of those days full of "What comes next?", love it.

[*Stormforce~beka*]

50 minutes ago, Dorsetbred said:

So a bit of everything today, heavy rain, thunder, rain and then sunshine, with blue sky. One of those days full of "What comes next?", love it.

It's April 

[Andrew_WsM]

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Outdoor lights? You better show us when done!

@*Stormforce~beka* I hadn't forgotten, honest! 

[jy]

5 hours ago, jtay said:

I want to get a bulk bag, or two delivered for the borders to act as a weed suppressant. I don't know any tree surgeons. They'd give it away, I bet.

Tree surgeons are happy to provide woodchip because they rightly charge for removal.Normally though that cost goes towards charges at legal sites.Rockbourne recycling do woodbark in loose bulk or possibly ton bags and deliver for a fee.Just make sure if you get offered free make sure it's got plenty of wood quite often stuff like lleylandi you get masses of the green foliage.Finally don't get mugged into the Eco Mulch trap.

[*Stormforce~beka*]

3 hours ago, Andrew_WSM said:

@*Stormforce~beka* I hadn't forgotten, honest! 

They look gorgeous!! Love them!