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Post by ladybird on Mar 13, 2016 0:12:21 GMT
Brilliant and what a great idea . Your so lucky to have those two wise owls roofy , I could have done with their espertise this past two days .
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Post by ladybird on Mar 13, 2016 0:08:09 GMT
Thanks for that sue. I had a lok at the mini mag. It`s not like the usual garden mags more like prima but garden centered . could be some nice ideas there . The chest of drawers its too easy to stick it out there and do that and pink ugh !
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Post by ladybird on Mar 12, 2016 17:38:15 GMT
Has anyone seen the new garden magazine? I've subscribed Modern GardensMy first one will be April I`ve not seen that one daisy.I`m getting fed up with garden mags now, its the same info over and over, though the free seeds are sometimes good . I get garden news delivered for £1 a week and now kitchen garden delivered monthly for a year free by using some tesco vouchers. Do let us know what`s it`s like when you get it daisy .
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Post by ladybird on Mar 12, 2016 17:26:30 GMT
Thats a great job grindle . how did you do your joints ? that looks very professional and sturdy. did you have carpentry lessons grindle ? thats something I would love to Learn properly . what does it look like from the other side now that you have broken through ? I have spent another full day working on the heated propagater cover, at one stage I was glueing velcro under my metal shelves but it wouldn`t stick . I gave up sticking bits of bubble wrap together , intendind to throw it over stuck together broom handles ,which rebent in the middle. I chucked the whole lot in the bin and went back to the plastic tomato grow thingy and figured out a way to make a perfect frame, without having to cut any of the metal bits, and covered it with a hugh plastic matress bag . It look great and I`m very happy with it I will take a pic of it and put it in the diy section WHEN I find my camera
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Post by ladybird on Mar 12, 2016 6:22:13 GMT
What a lovely story eli and your plants look lovely . I`m looking forward to mine coming now . It`s funny what we hang on to from childhood .
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Post by ladybird on Mar 12, 2016 6:15:18 GMT
Oops missed this . happy belated birthday steve
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Post by ladybird on Mar 12, 2016 6:05:06 GMT
Never thought of hula hoops sue , thats an idea and I could possibly use my home made cover with that . I do want the whole thing to be removable and to take up little space in storage, so dismantling it fully is a must as well.
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Post by ladybird on Mar 11, 2016 18:28:37 GMT
I had put in some white plastic hoops from an old lidl cloche and made a cover from a plastic table cloth with zips and all but the plastic tubing is brittle and cracked and the cover is too heavy . Using the tubing from the tomato thingy was a good idea but I`d have to cut some tubes and I want to use it outside later for some toms . The brush pole idea failed , i just couldnt get them joined together or find a way to attach them to my diy train track shelving . Now I`m back to the drawing board . It needs to be temporary so can`t make a wooden frame , as I need to set some of the other table tops on it to make room for the tomatoes later. Also I need it to be able to get quick access for watering . I have loads of bubble wrap juts have to think of a way top suspend it over the table
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Post by ladybird on Mar 11, 2016 18:15:44 GMT
I`ve been in the greenhouse all day and not a seedling repotted. I`m trying to find a way to make a cover for the heated table as I detest removing all those individual tray covers i still can`t find the camera so here is a pic from last year
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Post by ladybird on Mar 11, 2016 15:59:48 GMT
Been in the greenhouse most of the day .I should be prickng out all those seedlings in the greenhouse, instead I`ve trying to find an easy way to hang a cover on the heated propagater. when I get a bit between my teeth eevery thing else stops .The tomato frame idea was good but I`d need to cut the metal poles so thats out . I have come accross several brush poles and bubble wrap ......... this has got to be the answer
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Post by ladybird on Mar 11, 2016 10:24:30 GMT
Yesterday was gorgeous, today is overcast with light rain. Milder again though we had and have exactly the same here rosie .
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Post by ladybird on Mar 11, 2016 10:21:10 GMT
Fed the birds - had a chap in to have a look at pruning the apple tree £180 expensive haircut my word daisy , that is expensive . If you lived closer to me i would send my hubby to do it for free, he loves pruning , mind u he does a close prune !!!
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Post by ladybird on Mar 11, 2016 0:14:48 GMT
Just purchased 3 x Sanguisorba hakusanensis fron the secret gardening site £3.69 with free postage .Havn`t a clue what they are just hope they don`t turn out to be thugs. I also bought a tomato greenhouse thingy for less the £10 ( I really want the plastic corner pieces to make a frame for the plastic cover over my heated propagater as what I have isn`t working very well . so this will kill two birds with one stone so to speak
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Post by ladybird on Mar 10, 2016 22:57:25 GMT
pricked out some flower and tomato seedlings , the toms are doing really great on the heated table , even though it dosn`t feel that warm
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Post by ladybird on Mar 10, 2016 22:55:46 GMT
I'm doing swapsies with my Mum - she's getting my old small greenhouse, I'm getting my piano back... and this was a really bad day to be packing a greenhouse on a van to go across country! Talk about windy. We also had to put up one of those tiny little plastic growhouses to keep my geraniums in until I can get my new big greenhouse erected. I'm a bit worried it's going to be in pieces by the end of the day. New greenhouse bess ? what`s it like ? I love greenhouses , you`ll have to show some pics of that
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