3: Gardening Diaries ...

[Leeski]

@Leeski Wonder if there is an evergreen hebe with flowers that you can do. Hebe cuttings are also easy rooters!

Will have a look got a bag full of stuff got labels zip bags marker pen water for cuttings always feel awkward when people say help yourself to cuttings will make a nice cake to take with me to soften the situation lol

 

[Leeski]

This video features winter jasmine!

That’s what mine will look like in 20 years lol

 

[alp]

Will have a look got a bag full of stuff got labels zip bags marker pen water for cuttings always feel awkward when people say help yourself to cuttings will make a nice cake to take with me to soften the situation lol

What a good idea! Got to tidy up the house - visitor!

 

[alp]

That’s what mine will look like in 20 years lol

LOL! My ashes will be nourishing my acers by then!

 

[Logan]

This video features winter jasmine!

Watched it, the jasmine looks really nice. Have fun with it @Leeski

 

[Leeski]

Watched it, the jasmine looks really nice. Have fun with it @Leeski

Got so many projects on the go need to win lotto so I can give up work making my nephews insect hotels for Christmas is taking an age

 

[Logan]

Got so many projects on the go need to win lotto so I can give up work making my nephews insect hotels for Christmas is taking an age

You still won't find time to do it all if you're not working.
i do a bit of dress making and a lot of card making ideas, but can't decide which card to make. Just finished one that i designed myself and made.

Insert that keith printed out for me.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

That's brilliant. Hope you can lug it to your car! Well done! For cuttings, I prefer sand and compost. Perlite is almighty expensive. It doesn't improve the structure of the soil, unlike vermiculite. I would say, put an advert in Freegle as there are always people who have something lurking in their parents' homes or people do an audit of their garage .. I even had Epsom salt which, at that point, I didn't know what it was!

Also have a big bag of Vermiculite too.....and actually prefer it because you don't end up with green looking compost, but then appearance isn't everything


I like whispering in people's ears @alp

 

[Leeski]

You still won't find time to do it all if you're not working.
i do a bit of dress making and a lot of card making ideas, but can't decide which card to make. Just finished one that i designed myself and made.
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Insert that keith printed out for me.
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It looks really professional well done love bespoke items this is what I’m making insect hotel

 

[Upsy Daisy]

I use to make my own cards , many years back. Trouble was storing everything!! My friend has a dedicated card making room, some of her designs are utterly amazing.!!

As I said storage was a main factor to why I packed in.....along with all my chidcare equipment it seemed as we were slowly being crowded out of our house

 

[Logan]

It looks really professional well done love bespoke items this is what I’m making insect hotel

Thank you

 

[Logan]

I use to make my own cards , many years back. Trouble was storing everything!! My friend has a dedicated card making room, some of her designs are utterly amazing.!!

As I said storage was a main factor to why I packed in.....along with all my chidcare equipment it seemed as we were slowly being crowded out of our house

Yes you're right.

 

[MaryMary]

For some reason I'm not getting all the notifications.

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[Perki]

Hello, my trip was goodish but could of been better, other than going to the pubs / bars etc want to a water park with a 108 foot water slide taller than you think when you get to the top. Earache subsided now but it wouldn't stop popping now.

I agree with zenji about play sand, It can be used but the particles are very fine so the water won't drain as well. I used Sharp Sand for drainage, I used Vermiculite as well but Vermiculite does hold a bit of moisture unlike perlite.

 

[alp]

Got so many projects on the go need to win lotto so I can give up work making my nephews insect hotels for Christmas is taking an age

Did you see the guy who won the young garden designer of the year? His bug hotels were so chic and they became a central feature of his design!

That's the trouble and when you are caught out, you didn't even know that you HAD KILLED some seedlings!