You never know-

[Bigmallly]

I thought that before meeting Mrs TK a few years ago. I always use to visit Brittany on my Harley, stopped when I wanted, for lunch or a swim or a nights rest. Then back on the ferry to my secure life.

Now its up early in the cold winter months to feed and muck out the horses, cutting logs to keep the woodburner going, cleaning out the chicken coup, tending my tomatoes and lots more.

Relating to the thread about does money make you happy, well I was quite comfortable before, and now not quite so secure, but would I swop my old life for my new one even though I had to sell the Harley?

Actually BM you are spot on.

Mr TK

Good on ya TK & long may it continue.

[BigShot]

Just a thought, BigMally...
...might the nozzles be a bit high. I've always been told to keep tomato leaves dry to reduce the risk of blight but that looks like some would be dripping right onto the plants. Dripping from right above the soil would have the same effect but leave dry leaves too. I'm going to put together something similar eventually so if you've thought about that issue and decided to put them higher anyway, can you say why?

[Bigmallly]

Hi BS, in answer to your question, due to it being gravity fed, the drip nozzles decrease in height to allow the water to flow starting from around 15" high on the fist nozzle going down to around 6" on the last one. I have had no problems so far with water hitting the leaves. I have put an updated pic on for you to see.

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ing_48639.html

[BigShot]

Thanks for the reply BigMally.
It certainly looks much less of an issue in that picture.

[Bigmallly]

I think the slow water flow may help as it's only 1 drop every 30 seconds or so.

[realfood]

My system works by collecting the greenhouse roof runoff in 2 barrels, connected by a siphon, and then another siphon to take the water by 7mm plastic pipe to drippers inside the greenhouse. There is a minimum head of about 2 ft. Such a system will last for about a week. The difficult bit is adjusting the drippers to give just enough water.
See this page for details :- watering

[Dottie]

Well done, I love making something new and useful, out of something no longer needed for it's intended purpose. I get so much more pleasure from it, than if what I'm using is brand new.

Saturday I'm going to collect an old loft ladder. The guy is going to separate the 3 sections of ladders for me and then I'm going to take it to the lottie to construct a new blackberry (the fruit!) arch. The idea been 2 side pieces and the 3rd section across the top and tied in together.

It's my new idea of replacing the cheap metal arches I bought in Wilkinson's sales (£1.25) 3 or 4 years ago, as they are all starting to snap and separate, as the metal rots. I do have some wood that could be used, but I'm no longer able to bash such stuff in the ground. So the ladder idea is a simple and hopefully easy new approach to my path entrances.

I already have metal poles that I hammered deep into the ground, that supported the Wilkinson's arches, added because vandals had enjoyed swinging and snapping/bending them. So the extra support poles, meant they could have fun late at night and my arches were left to fight another day. But cold winters and frost have now got the better of my original structures, so new and hopefully rust proof square arch will go up.