David K

Weather Lore - and more

BrendaScott53 wrote (see)

LOL!  Excellent.  Just about sums it up, doesn't it?

As we say up here in Aberdeenshire: 'If you don't like our weather, wait half an hour'.

Whoops...sorry for the typo, please read 'First it friz'...just missed the edit deadline.  

Weather Lore - and more

Very good, Brenda!

I remember one from my school days.

"First if friz

then it snew

then there came a wind that blew

Then there came a shower of rain

then it friz & snew again."

What's the weather like in your area?

Lovely sunny morning in my part of the Midlands, though heavy rain is forecast in about an hour.

PH testing

Old wives tale maybe, but I've always believed it to be so because it has been heated & condensed as part of the refrigeration process.

Either way, I still think it adequate for a soil pH kit....which was my point.

PH testing

Dovefromabove wrote (see)

Hi, we've moved house and I'm digging a new veg patch - I thought I'd check the PH level and have bought a kit - it doesn't say but I assume that in a hard water area like this one I ought to use rainwater, not tap water, to dissolve the powder in?

Good question...*distilled water should be used for the reasons you suspect. Rainwater isn't ideal because of atmospheric acids it may contain, but is preferable to tap water.

*Melted ice from your freezer/fridge is a good source of distilled water.

Weather Lore - and more

"The south wind brings wet weather...the north wind, wet & cold weather; the west wind always brings us rain...the east wind blows it back again".

Weather Lore - and more

Here goes.

"If March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb."

With March being such a changeable month in which we can see warm springlike temperatures or late snowstorms, you can understand how this saying may hold true in some instances.

We can only hope that if March starts off cold and stormy, it will end warm & sunny...I suppose the key word is hope.

Keeping Chickens

backyardee wrote (see)

thanks for that David, but my main chicken run is about 50' x 30' and I wouldn't be able to convince the OH that it would be money well spent.

Quite right, backyarddee. Not a good idea over such a large area and I would imagine supporting it to avoid excessive sagging would be difficult.

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Keeping Chickens

backyardee wrote (see)

Mine get a set amount every morning, that I check about half hour after feeding them. If there's any left that gets collected up and placed elsewhere for the wild birds. Not that that happens very often.

David K wrote (see)

I quite agree, backyardee (the wild birds bring all sorts of bugs and diseases in) I mean....this is why I keep my chicken's run area netted.

I've done this since the avian flu outbreak.

Can't net my runs, as they are too big, and from Oct til mar, they get the run of the plot. They love scratching about in the woods or my back yard.

I understand, I used heavy duty fish pond netting. This can be bought in a 4mx4m pre pack, or some companies sell it cut to your own requirements.

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