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Post by ziggy on Feb 1, 2017 20:57:01 GMT
Don't envy you ziggy , I did just one recently & used a power saw to take half an inch off the top & bottom, had to plane the side as well (tried sawing it but line too wobbly as it was only a small amount I needed to take off), tough going with a handsaw on solid wood so I went with power but the wood was so hard the battery kept running out! I want some more new doors fitting & they'll all need trimming to fit if you fancy doing some more!  I was so exhausted after fitting new hinges etc. as well that I might just repaint the old ones that are on already. It's exhausting.. lol. I have to pace myself and do two doors per day. |
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Post by ziggy on Feb 2, 2017 12:26:22 GMT
Tree update: the peach tree is now too big for the growing bench and I have moved some judas tree seedlings inside under the light to try and save them as some succumbed to mould in the polytunnel... sigh. Everything else out there seems ok for now. Just had some monterrey cypress germinate along with more whitebeam, evergrewn oak, rowan and jumiper.  The peach tree seedling  Baby monterrey cypress... |
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Post by grindle on Feb 3, 2017 6:02:31 GMT
at this rate you'll soon have enough for your woods  |
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Post by ziggy on Feb 3, 2017 13:07:05 GMT
More germinations today! English oak, red oak and purple berberis! |
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Post by ziggy on Feb 3, 2017 13:07:41 GMT
 Baby berberis |
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Post by ziggy on Feb 7, 2017 16:09:13 GMT
More to add to the germination list... himalayan birch, brewer's spruce and more rowan, whitebeam, holm oak and juniper. The nursery is growing!
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Post by ziggy on Feb 9, 2017 11:10:39 GMT
Yay! Look what arrived today!  |
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Post by SueA on Feb 9, 2017 21:15:53 GMT
That looks a great little kit ziggy , hope you get something to 'take'. |
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Post by grindle on Feb 10, 2017 4:56:30 GMT
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Post by ziggy on Feb 10, 2017 7:58:05 GMT
Thank you. I tried hawthorn and cotoneaster yesterday but then gave up as the windchill factor was making my fingers very cold! Will stick some to the apple trees later. |
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Post by ziggy on Feb 10, 2017 12:54:31 GMT
I'm discovering that the previous owners here loved bulbs. They are popping up everywhere over the farm! I even found a huge number of what I think may be daffodils sprouting up around where I planted brassica last year. How did I miss them?? Lol.  Is this an iris?  Also plenty of snowdrops and daffodils. |
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Post by SueA on Feb 10, 2017 21:21:16 GMT
Yes ziggy it's an iris reticulata, a pretty dwarf early iris. You might get lots of nice surprises popping up by the sound of it! |
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Post by ziggy on Feb 10, 2017 21:27:44 GMT
Yes ziggy it's an iris reticulata, a pretty dwarf early iris. You might get lots of nice surprises popping up by the sound of it! That is exactly it. There are surprises out there every day at the moment! I am so grateful to the previous homeowners! |
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Post by grindle on Feb 11, 2017 7:53:54 GMT
a new garden is a lovely journey of discovery ziggy |
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Post by Eli on Feb 13, 2017 17:46:53 GMT
I hope you find lots more nice surprises ziggy
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I was so exhausted after fitting new hinges etc. as well that I might just repaint the old ones that are on already.
