The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

Coooooeeeee. Back up to 8 deg and raining here. . Its stopped at the moment but I have no doubt it will rain again at some point.

Stay safe peeps

 

[welsh dragon]

Audrey's flower. It's a pretty white one.

 

[pawl]

Good morning all.
Just reading today's posts has given me a headache.......bring back the old black grate with coal fire. You could even boil the kettle on it.
So today......my cleaner comes at 10.00.
I will then go for a lunch time pint with my neighbour.
That is it for my busy day

An elderly lady i once visited when I worked for social services cooked her breakfast on the open fire.No gas or electricity

All she would accept in help was meals on wheels she was reluctant to accept what she called charity.

 

[numbnuts]

Morning

 

[Paulus]

Morning all

Blimey!


My information says ornamental Cherry trees are best pruned between November and March. There's a lot of conflicting information out there.
The one tree is being taken out completely, the other is just being trimmed.

As it's an ornamental tree it's ok to prune it now.
If it was a real cherry tree you prune whilst the leaves on still on as it stops the tree from bleeding which leaves the tree open to infection.
All stoned fruit trees are like this. IE cherries, peaches, apricots etc.

 

[welsh dragon]

My grandson got a quote last week for his car. They quoted £160 a month with the company he is with now.

This week he did another quote and it was £10, 500. Pounds making it over £1,000 a month. Good job he got a quote last week.

 

[Chief Broom]

Morning folks just had a indoor spin as its not looking inviting out there. Will go for a beach walk in a while.

Re- cherry trees again, any Prunus tree [including ornamentals] is likely to get infected with silver leaf if winter pruned.

" Cherry trees are best pruned in mid summer to avoid a specific fungal disease called silver leaf. This can cause the death of branches. The spores of silver leaf are active from September to May"

"https://www.rhs.org.uk/disease/silver-leaf

Thats my tuppence worth its up to the pruner now!

 

[welsh dragon]

Steak, egg, peas and fries today.

And the heavens have opened. And its really windy as well.

 

[classic33]

Good morning all.
Just reading today's posts has given me a headache.......bring back the old black grate with coal fire. You could even boil the kettle on it.
So today......my cleaner comes at 10.00.
I will then go for a lunch time pint with my neighbour.
That is it for my busy day

Can't do that nowadays. You'd melt the lead.

 

[Dave7]

Can't do that nowadays. You'd melt the lead.

Is the ......
Lead the 'metal'
Or
Lead the flexi connector thingy ?

 

[Dave7]

Pissitively possing down now.
I am off to the pub but have a lift.
See you later.

 

[Dirk]

As it's an ornamental tree it's ok to prune it now.
If it was a real cherry tree you prune whilst the leaves on still on as it stops the tree from bleeding which leaves the tree open to infection.
All stoned fruit trees are like this. IE cherries, peaches, apricots etc.

That's OK then.
I've taken the one down this morning and will prune the bigger one next week, weather permitting.

 

[Poacher]

Re cherry tree pruning; my 'l'abc de la Taille' reckons November to March, but what do the froggies know about cherries?
Ask "'Ave yer got any cherries?" in a French market and they look at you gone out!

 

[classic33]

Is the ......
Lead the 'metal'
Or
Lead the flexi connector thingy ?

It'd be what has a plug on one end and the kettle on the over.

 

[numbnuts]

Been to Romsey by bus and done a short walk it is sort of warm today 10c, but the wind is cold, but at least it's not raining