I just now have the funniest image of sheep in a bus shelterSo exciting! I know sheep are designed to be outside, I think I was thinking of something a bit like a bus shelter? Like one wall with a bit of roof. I guess they just go stand behind a hill, if it’s windy though.
If something goes down do the sheep come looking for you? I am not sure what kind of catastrophe would qualify, clearly April getting her head stuck wasn’t it.
I don;t like mac and cheese (unpopular opinion I know) but my go to, sort of , recipe for this is boil broccoli with the pasta in the same water so it is kind of mushy, conserve some water, then drain, mix altogether with some pasta water and add grated cheese (also amazing with some melted tinned anchovy)Anyone here made a broccoli mac and cheese and can recommend a good recipe?
Oh, I see - no, they just tend to use the landscape. The reason I've put them out onto the point for the next few days, which would seem a bit counterintuitive as bits of land sticking out into the sea tend to be windier places, is that it's got the best shelter options for them. If it comes from the east or the west then they can go down the sides, which are mostly grassy rather than actual cliffs, if it comes from the north there's a big rocky outcrop at the top of the field they can tuck into the bottom of, and if it's a southerly, which it looks like it will be, the next field to the south is about three feet higher than mine along the boundary, so they'll line themselves up behind the bank that creates.So exciting! I know sheep are designed to be outside, I think I was thinking of something a bit like a bus shelter? Like one wall with a bit of roof. I guess they just go stand behind a hill, if it’s windy though.
If something goes down do the sheep come looking for you? I am not sure what kind of catastrophe would qualify, clearly April getting her head stuck wasn’t it.
I have seen then advertised and might take the plunge thank you!I’m mostly a lurker on here but wanted to pop up to recommend Turtle Doves fingerless gloves (not an AD!). They’re made from recycled cashmere and they come in loads of different colours. Mine have kept my hands from freezing into claws while I’m WFH (I have the heating on all day but always end up with icy cold hands by the end of the day)!
So glad you like it...I've just finished Dead Man's Folly and I now only have 14 episodes left to get into real time (about another 4 novels). I feel a bit sad really as it has kept me going for over a year now in lockdown...although to be fair I keep feeling sad about all sorts of things at the moment! I'm up and down like god knows what emotionally.Just popping in to thank @Bumbear for recommending the All About Agatha podcast. It took me a couple of episodes to get over the Americanness (if you know what I mean...), but I'm really enjoying it. Great to listen to on walks!
Oil central heating is fine, you just have to remember to keep an eye on the tank, because if it runs out of oil the sludge in the bottom of the tank can get sucked through into the boiler and that can get expensive. You can get a system called a Watchman which is a sensor that is fitted to the tank and communicates with a receiver in your house to tell you how full it is. I've got three oil boilers ranging in age from 14 years old to 2 years old and you do need a decent engineer who knows his stuff, but if they're regularly serviced and given a bit of TLC, they're not too much of a problem. My last top up was about 1300 litres, I paid around £400, and that will keep that house in maintenance temperature (14C - it's a holiday cottage and obviously we have no guests right now!) for about three months at this time of year. It's a large 3-bed, 164 square metres, with not a huge amount of wall insulation, though we did put new windows in and insulated the loft.Fraus. talk of the weather and broken heating (hope it gets fixed soon, mine was broken for ages 2 years ago and I still remember the unpleasantness of the mornings, all the sympathy from me), reminds me I have a random question. Do any of you have thoughts you'd like to share with me on oil central heating? Is it more/less/about the same to run as gas? Is it a massive hassle to deal with in any other way?
Also, private drainage. Anyone know about that? Is that a pain?
We're seriously considering a house that has both and I'm trying to put my sensible head on when considering it.
Are you talking about septic tanks etc? I just make sure that I use environmentally friendly stuff (and never quilted bogroll) and get Scottish Water to come and empty it every few years. A lot of people never bother emptying and a friend swears by a sheep's stomach from the butcher dropped into the hatch every few years provides all the munching bacteria required; there are sachets now that you can buy instead to flush into the tank and I do feed slightly off natural yoghurt down the drain to feed Senga the Sceptical Tank.Fraus. talk of the weather and broken heating (hope it gets fixed soon, mine was broken for ages 2 years ago and I still remember the unpleasantness of the mornings, all the sympathy from me), reminds me I have a random question. Do any of you have thoughts you'd like to share with me on oil central heating? Is it more/less/about the same to run as gas? Is it a massive hassle to deal with in any other way?
Also, private drainage. Anyone know about that? Is that a pain?
We're seriously considering a house that has both and I'm trying to put my sensible head on when considering it.
Absolutely thisIt's not really any more hassle than town heating and sewage, just different hassle
I got so distracted by them I forgot to find what I was originally looking forValais Blacknose! Gorgeous but phenomenally expensive at the moment because there aren't many in the country - they come from Switzerland and the Swiss aren't terribly keen on exporting them.
Gun oil and Vaseline have kept my car locks and doors unfrozenEek. Asda cancelled my delivery yesterday due to the weather so I'm missing crucial parts of my planned meals; therefore, I put on my jacket and warm woollen mitts to brave the outside worksop and root around in the deep freeze.
The mitts were more for the freezer but it was a trifle chilly out there. I accidentally slammed the door of the workshop on the way out and the lock is frozen solid (shut) - will have to get out there in full sun tomorrow, if necessary with a hairdryer if I can find it after some 14 years of disuse. As it was, I really thought that I wasn't going to get the front door locking though eventually managed it.
No wonder none of the animals except the sole male of the household (cat) were keen on staying out for long today. Brrrrrr.
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