Red & BBs retirement home......

[Suffolksteve]

Red, that is the place that many of us dream of!

I don't know whether to be very jealous or congratulatory of the abviously huge amounts of hard work it has taken, so I think I will be both!

Lovely place to have set up a brilliant way of living.

 

[British Red]

Thank you Steve - we still have huge amounts to do on it - its very much a labour of love rather than any sensible investment in financial terms. The older I get, the more I realise that the true value of things cannot be measured in terms of money.

Red

 

[JonathanD]

Thank you Steve - we still have huge amounts to do on it - its very much a labour of love rather than any sensible investment in financial terms. The older I get, the more I realise that the true value of things cannot be measured in terms of money.

Red

Never a truer word said. Time is infinitely more valuable than money, and how you spend time is infinitely more important than how you spend money.

 

[British Red]

Just a couple of photos today,

as promised a picture of our "mini orchard" (or rather part of it)


Orchard April 2011 by British Red, on Flickr

We have so far put in

2 Apples (one eater with good preserving qualities, one cooker and eater)
1 pear (with three month keeping qualities)
2 cherries (one sweet, one morello)
2 sweet chestnuts
1 apricot
1 plum
1 nectarine
2 figs
3 cob nuts

We already had a sky high damson (that I have reduced), two bullace and more hawthorn, blackthorn and elder than you can shake a stick at.

I was happy to see we had thrushes nesting again today. Last year we had mistle thrushes - but its song thrushes this year


Song Thrush with worm by British Red, on Flickr

Red

 

[SBreen]

Cracking thread, really enjoyed reading through that. Great house Red not jealous at all.

Cheers

Simon

 

[stovie]

...... "mini orchard" (or rather part of it)

We have so far put in

2 Apples (one eater with good preserving qualities, one cooker and eater)
1 pear (with three month keeping qualities)
2 cherries (one sweet, one morello)
2 sweet chestnuts
1 apricot
1 plum
1 nectarine
2 figs
3 cob nuts


Red

Obviously not finished planting yet...'cos no sight of the Kingston Black...

Bizzare...first I've seen ofthis 2yr old post...I really need to look further afield...apologies H...but a lovely place and worth all the effort...just what you need in retirement...

 

[British Red]

Indeed mate - I have another area set aside for fruit trees. I'm going to wait till the Autumn now and get bare roots in for the cider apples as its much. much cheaper. Probably add in a crab apple for pollination too

 

[stovie]

Indeed mate - I have another area set aside for fruit trees. I'm going to wait till the Autumn now and get bare roots in for the cider apples as its much. much cheaper. Probably add in a crab apple for pollination too

Good you...So are you working harder now than at any other time in your life???

 

[stuart m]

I just saw this now, what a thread, what a home, stunning

 

[JonathanD]

I just saw this now, what a thread, what a home, stunning

Me too, dunno how I managed to miss it. Great stuff Red. Beautiful place to live.

 

[stovie]

Me too, dunno how I managed to miss it. Great stuff Red. Beautiful place to live.

Glad I'm not the only one with myopic vision...;-)

 

[British Red]

Good you...So are you working harder now than at any other time in your life???

Don't know about harder. Its different.....physically its hard work...but more because there are so many things I am having to learn as I go along.

Fun though

 

[Totumpole]

Absolutely stunning home Red. I am extremely jealous!!!

 

[Opal]

Maybe we could do an exchange, Red, you'll like it up here, please?

my garden needs a bit of tlc tho'.

 

[British Red]

Be fair - thats not in Liverpool.

Theres a chair outside...an no-ones nicked it

 

[British Red]

Happy days today - look whats flowering in our garden


Ramsom by British Red, on Flickr

 

[treadlightly]

I guess you planted them Red? Not just a happy accident?

Happy days today - look whats flowering in our garden


Ramsom by British Red, on Flickr

 

[BOD]

I'd say you are lucky Red.

I'd never be allowed to do this by my missus and older daughters!

 

[British Red]

Indeed we planted the Ramsoms...I'm hoping the pignuts I planted this year do well too


Thanks Bod - I'm even luckier in my wife who loves "the simple life" too

 

[locum76]

Apparently pignuts don't do very well when cultivated. Good luck with them though, I'd like to know how you get on with that.