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oldmolly · Guest

C.M.German wrote:

[quote]You>d be surprised.............. My home>s not 160 years old but I built it
myself from scratch about 25 years back.
hmm. I understand you can do quite a lot with corrugated iron shets and[/quote]
some plastic sheeting.

[quote]I put every paycheck in the bank
and paid cash as I went. The one before that was built in 1901 and I came
home to find it burnt to the ground one day. No trailers here! I>ll send
you a few pics of the homestead and chicken yard when the clouds clear.
I>ve got this cheep digital camera that gives a passable picture.

No really, don>t bother. I>m not all that interested.[/quote]

Krys Francis · Guest

In message <402020a8.0@entanet>, oldmolly <oldmolly1955@bitches.co.uk>
writes
[quote]C.M.German wrote:

You>d be surprised.............. My home>s not 160 years old but I built it
myself from scratch about 25 years back.
hmm. I understand you can do quite a lot with corrugated iron shets and
some plastic sheeting.

I put every paycheck in the bank
and paid cash as I went. The one before that was built in 1901 and I came
home to find it burnt to the ground one day. No trailers here! I>ll send
you a few pics of the homestead and chicken yard when the clouds clear.
I>ve got this cheep digital camera that gives a passable picture.

No really, don>t bother. I>m not all that interested.
[/quote]

Oh Molly, you>re being mean.

CM, I>d love to see pics of your place. How did you learn how to build
it?
Having your home burned to the ground must have been horribly traumatic,
must be one of many people>s greatest fears.

--

Regards

Krys
www.lluestfarmpoultry.co.uk

Blanche Nonken · Guest

Krys Francis <KrysFrancis@lluestfarmpoultry.co.uk> wrote:

[quote]Our house is very 'lived in' , the books are taking over, the only room
without books is the utility room. I>m not a neat & tidy person I would
not want to have a neat & tidy house.... but I do wish that I could keep
wet dogs out of the computer study! (It>s these collies they>re far too
clever).
[/quote]
Our house is fairly "new" for where we live, Springfield Township was a
chunk of land William Penn gave to his bride as a wedding gift in the
1600>s. Many of the houses here are 150+; ours is getting close to 50
and could easily see another 50 or 100. Stone and cinderblock twin, and
the backyard was built up with "clean" fill from a mansion (the
Stotesbury Estate) that had burned to the ground. Digging my garden
every year would yield all sorts of debris from the 1900>s to the
1920>s. Fun but frustrating, knowing that any firm push of the garden
spade could shatter a collectible bottle.

And no, not zoned for poultry. We>re in the process of packing up and
moving to Upstate NY, planning on looking for land that>s more friendly
for small livestock.

oldmolly · Guest

Krys Francis wrote:

, floor of very old quarry
[quote]tiles set in soil,
yup same here.[/quote]

[quote]some of the walls are wattle & daub, (sticks woven in
& out of posts, with soil, lime, horsehair shell all mixed up & slapped
onto the sticks).
I have brick walls luckily, but as I said, my place is only 160 years[/quote]
old. Got horsehair plasterwork though :0)

[quote]Lots of stone outbuildings with stone slab on soil
flooring. The farm was part of the National Trust Llanerchaeron estate,
they sold it to us to raise money to do up the mansion which is down in
the valley. The family living here before us were here for nearly 200
years, 'til the last one became too old to run the farm.
I should thinnk so too. Nobody aged 200 should still be farmiing. The[/quote]
work is far too hard for them <wink>

[quote]Our house is very 'lived in' , the books are taking over, the only room
without books is the utility room. I>m not a neat & tidy person I would
not want to have a neat & tidy house.... but I do wish that I could keep
wet dogs out of the computer study! (It>s these collies they>re far too
clever).

Thass why my study is upstars. My stairs are behind a door :0)[/quote]

oldmolly · Guest

Krys Francis wrote:

[quote]In message <402020a8.0@entanet>, oldmolly <oldmolly1955@bitches.co.uk
writes
C.M.German wrote:

You>d be surprised.............. My home>s not 160 years old but I built it
myself from scratch about 25 years back.
hmm. I understand you can do quite a lot with corrugated iron shets and
some plastic sheeting.

I put every paycheck in the bank
and paid cash as I went. The one before that was built in 1901 and I came
home to find it burnt to the ground one day. No trailers here! I>ll send
you a few pics of the homestead and chicken yard when the clouds clear.
I>ve got this cheep digital camera that gives a passable picture.

No really, don>t bother. I>m not all that interested.

Oh Molly, you>re being mean.

You are right. I>m bloody crabby today cos the puppies woke me last[/quote]
night at 4 am and carried on yapping until I got up at 8 am. And
basically yapped all day too. My nerves are at breaking point today.I
just wish I could find suitable homes for them all.

Robyn Edwards · Guest

[quote]Why don>t you simply get another washing machine? That way you could
have 2 loads on the go and get on top of the laundry? I have a 'thing'
about laundry. I love washing stuff and I *hate* having dirty laundry
about. I have done 3 loads today so far. A lot of mine is because I put
cotton rugs and old towels on the floor to soak up the wet and dirt from
the dogs paws. I change these twice daily when the weather is wet.
I keep kune kune pigs and they are adorable. They are a white one named
'Audrey', a black one named 'Bridie' (was going to be Naomi), and a
spotty one named 'Elinor'
[/quote]
I never thought there where any Kune Kunes out side of New Zealand. Have
they got their tassels. As for rain it is here to but hot with it to hot to
stay inside and to wet to go outside.

nuele · Guest

Blanche Nonken <blanche@nonken.net> wrote:

[quote]Our house is fairly "new" for where we live, Springfield Township was a
chunk of land William Penn gave to his bride as a wedding gift in the
1600>s. Many of the houses here are 150+; ours is getting close to 50
and could easily see another 50 or 100. Stone and cinderblock twin, and
the backyard was built up with "clean" fill from a mansion (the
Stotesbury Estate) that had burned to the ground. Digging my garden
every year would yield all sorts of debris from the 1900>s to the
1920>s. Fun but frustrating, knowing that any firm push of the garden
spade could shatter a collectible bottle.
[/quote]

Our house was built in 1666, from oak and clay and straw. An old
timberframe farmhouse with a thatched roof, looks quite romantic ;-)

While we renovated it carefully, we invited local archaeologists to come
and dig in the big hall, which had a floor made of compressed clay. They
gladly accepted the offer, and they made a hole almost two meters deep
(until they reached the sand of the heath, and the water started to come
up!)
They found layers of debris of many burnt down houses that stood here
before, nine I think, and in the lowest layer there were fragments of
pottery that dated back to the 11th century. Amazing, to think of all
the people who lived right here, speaking languages I wouldn>t be able
to understand, eating different meals (no potatoes then, e.g.), living
such different lives...

If I believed in ghosts, I might see quite a number of them parading
through the house at night ;-)

Nuele (D)

PS, to make it a bit on-topic again: in this house, 300 years ago,
people used to keep their chickens upstairs, above the cows' or horses'
stable. The birds had a little ladder outside on the wall, so they could
get up to the pophole in the evening. They had perches up there, and
sometimes would get old beehives, turned upside down, as "nest baskets"!
Imagine the cockerels, sleeping under the same roof as you, starting to
crow at four in the morning!

--
to mail me, replace the fowls in my address by sap to avoid the spam
trap

Krys Francis · Guest

In message <1g8p6l1.1aggr731ofql6mN%fowls@nuele-online.de>, nuele
<fowls@nuele-online.de> writes
[quote]Blanche Nonken <blanche@nonken.net> wrote:

Our house is fairly "new" for where we live, Springfield Township was a
chunk of land William Penn gave to his bride as a wedding gift in the
1600>s. Many of the houses here are 150+; ours is getting close to 50
and could easily see another 50 or 100. Stone and cinderblock twin, and
the backyard was built up with "clean" fill from a mansion (the
Stotesbury Estate) that had burned to the ground. Digging my garden
every year would yield all sorts of debris from the 1900>s to the
1920>s. Fun but frustrating, knowing that any firm push of the garden
spade could shatter a collectible bottle.

Our house was built in 1666, from oak and clay and straw. An old
timberframe farmhouse with a thatched roof, looks quite romantic ;-)
[/quote]
Wow sounds gorgeous. Built the same year as the Great Fire of London
(useless piece of info lol).
[quote]
While we renovated it carefully, we invited local archaeologists to come
and dig in the big hall, which had a floor made of compressed clay.
[/quote]
Sounds huge, timber frame houses are just sooooo beautiful.

[quote]They
gladly accepted the offer, and they made a hole almost two meters deep
(until they reached the sand of the heath, and the water started to come
up!)
They found layers of debris of many burnt down houses that stood here
before, nine I think, and in the lowest layer there were fragments of
pottery that dated back to the 11th century. Amazing, to think of all
the people who lived right here, speaking languages I wouldn>t be able
to understand, eating different meals (no potatoes then, e.g.), living
such different lives...
[/quote]
Amazing. What wonderful thoughts.
Both our languages may not have been so very different in those days
either:-)

I used to live in timber frame farmhouse nearish to the Welsh Marches, I
was told that it was Tudor but it might not have been because Mary (who
knows more about history than me) says that Tudor houses rarely had
cellars & we had a cellar (instead of a refrigerator). I have a friend
near Llanbrynmair whose house has farm animals in one half of the ground
floor. I think that her hens live outside in a shed though:-)

[quote]If I believed in ghosts, I might see quite a number of them parading
through the house at night ;-)

Nuele (D)

PS, to make it a bit on-topic again: in this house, 300 years ago,
people used to keep their chickens upstairs, above the cows' or horses'
stable. The birds had a little ladder outside on the wall, so they could
get up to the pophole in the evening. They had perches up there, and
sometimes would get old beehives, turned upside down, as "nest baskets"!
[/quote]
Sounds amazing, can you still see any of these things?

[quote]Imagine the cockerels, sleeping under the same roof as you, starting to
crow at four in the morning!

[/quote]
--

Regards

Krys
www.lluestfarmpoultry.co.uk

oldmolly · Guest

Robyn Edwards wrote:

[quote]
Why don>t you simply get another washing machine? That way you could
have 2 loads on the go and get on top of the laundry? I have a 'thing'
about laundry. I love washing stuff and I *hate* having dirty laundry
about. I have done 3 loads today so far. A lot of mine is because I put
cotton rugs and old towels on the floor to soak up the wet and dirt from
the dogs paws. I change these twice daily when the weather is wet.
I keep kune kune pigs and they are adorable. They are a white one named
'Audrey', a black one named 'Bridie' (was going to be Naomi), and a
spotty one named 'Elinor'

I never thought there where any Kune Kunes out side of New Zealand. Have
they got their tassels.
[/quote]
Piri piri? One has.
There are lots of kune kune here in the UK and the rest of the world
too. There is a thriving kune kune society too.

Louise Adderholdt · Guest

nuele wrote:

[quote]

Our house was built in 1666, from oak and clay and straw. An old
timberframe farmhouse with a thatched roof, looks quite romantic ;-)

While we renovated it carefully, we invited local archaeologists to come
and dig in the big hall, which had a floor made of compressed clay. They
gladly accepted the offer, and they made a hole almost two meters deep
(until they reached the sand of the heath, and the water started to come
up!)
They found layers of debris of many burnt down houses that stood here
before, nine I think, and in the lowest layer there were fragments of
pottery that dated back to the 11th century. Amazing, to think of all
the people who lived right here, speaking languages I wouldn>t be able
to understand, eating different meals (no potatoes then, e.g.), living
such different lives...

If I believed in ghosts, I might see quite a number of them parading
through the house at night ;-)

Nuele (D)

PS, to make it a bit on-topic again: in this house, 300 years ago,
people used to keep their chickens upstairs, above the cows' or horses'
stable. The birds had a little ladder outside on the wall, so they could
get up to the pophole in the evening. They had perches up there, and
sometimes would get old beehives, turned upside down, as "nest baskets"!
Imagine the cockerels, sleeping under the same roof as you, starting to
crow at four in the morning!

Your house sounds wonderful to me. I>m sure that the people who housed[/quote]
the chickens within their home became accustomed to the early morning
sounds and probably to the 'aromas' as well. Farmers here in the U.S.A.
who live in areas having extreme winters always build their barns very
close to their houses so that access would not be so difficult during
blizzard weather.

My husband and I are renovating my grandparents' old house, but we don>t
have the quaint and stately old homes here that you have. Ours is only
60 years old. Our country>s history is much too short to have the
beautiful old homes that you have.

Louise
Hudson, North Carolina, USA

--
Louise Adderholdt | Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the
n.kc@verizon.net | nation debt.
| -- Herbert Hoover


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