More trees to grow !

[Wouter]

Nice idea, you could start a new business mate :smiling:

Cheers

[SimonT]

Excellent John - really must try this sometime

[Si Benson]

Morning Mr R,
looks like your having fun with nature :thumb2: All very interesting stuff:nerd:

[JR]

How are they coming along mate??. Looks a great idea. You may be able to solve all our climate change issues with your mini woodland scenes :thumb2:

Morning mate, will give you a ring later. Things are looking ok at the moment all I can see is a pile of books:smiling:

Nice idea, you could start a new business mate :smiling:

Cheers

Hi Wouter, thanks mate, that thought had crossed my mind. :thinking:

Excellent John - really must try this sometime

Thanks Simon, you ought to.

Morning Mr R,
looks like your having fun with nature :thumb2: All very interesting stuff:nerd:

Hi Si, I am, all good fun.


Well at least we can get in the garden and the weather has been great these last few days. Don't know about most of you but haven't had the full on mo jo for some time. I do a bit, than go into the garden where there is plenty to do. I pressed the first batch as Paul suggested and they are now sitting in the cave, still in between kitchen roll with a couple of steel bars holding them flat.


Mean while I did another batch.








Not very much in the base of the super market meat trays, very handy for this sought of thing. Well spaced out, remembering what Jim has said about seeing some in a real mess.
To keep them submerged I put a second tray on top



Then filled with enough water to hold it down.

This was covered up and left for 3 days, seemed long enough to me with the section s being so thin.

Next came the drying, now getting them out of the mixture and them keeping them flat was the important thing, using a pair of tweezers and lifting from the stalk and then lowering into some clean water to remove the excess mix. Then again using the same method of handling they were laid out on the paper, this kept the " branch " from folding up and becoming really hard to untangle.

From then on a gentle pressing of paper towel removed the majority of the water, after this a full covering and.



a gentle application of warm air, at this point it was very easy to blow the whole lot away, so a little at the time was called for.



Once the warm air treatment had finished they were placed on more dry paper and covered up with a top layer. Full permission was granted to keep them in the front room and here they are to this day.





Those sharp eyed will notice the subject of the books. I was given these by a friend when her husband died, brilliant photos and text from news papers at the time.

At the same time I plated some seeds, these are now up and growing well , when fully grown they can cover 1mtr so will go into the garden , as long as they are sheltered they should be ok winter wise.

Just up.



Not 100 % germination only had 8 seed so 50 % success

Today we have .


Sitting in the kitchen, along with the 3 indoor ones.



Thanks for looking in.
Comment and abuse from certain members more than welcome.
John.

[Allen Dewire]

Most impressive Dude 2,

You've got this down to a science for sure. Dr. Livingtree I presume???

I'll get me coat on...…………………………...………..

[JR]

Most impressive Dude 2,

You've got this down to a science for sure. Dr. Livingtree I presume???

I'll get me coat on...…………………………...………..

Thanks Buddy, :tongue-out3::smiling:

[outrunner]

Great stuff John, will you come and do my garden?

Andy.

[Jim R]

Hi John
What an interesting update. Looking at the finished ones it looks as if you've cracked it.
Must confess you seem to living high on the hog out there in the Fens - meat trays and kitchen roll. We're down to our last tin of Spam and the 4 sheets of kitchen paper we have left are saved for an emergency :tongue-out3:
Jim

[JR]

Great stuff John, will you come and do my garden?

Andy.

Hi Andy, cheers , if you can wait until the end of June we can talk more then about this :smiling3:.

Hi John
What an interesting update. Looking at the finished ones it looks as if you've cracked it.
Must confess you seem to living high on the hog out there in the Fens - meat trays and kitchen roll. We're down to our last tin of Spam and the 4 sheets of kitchen paper we have left are saved for an emergency :tongue-out3:
Jim

Thanks Jim, pleased that you mentioned about they could end all mixed up, other wise I might well have just put them all straight in a tub.
Living well until two weeks time , then no more slots so the fish in the pond had better look out.:crying:

John.

[Jim R]

Hi John
Delivery slots seem to be nonexistant. We have no fish so the dog is looking increasingly worried.
Jim

[Steve Jones]

Wonderful result with the green stuff JR. You really are the Percy Thrower of the modelling world. Great stuff mate

[JR]

Hi John
Delivery slots seem to be nonexistant. We have no fish so the dog is looking increasingly worried.
Jim

Jim, hard times, hard decisions, but not the dog . We have a pair of Magpies, and a whole gang of pigeons.:thumb2:

Wonderful result with the green stuff JR. You really are the Percy Thrower of the modelling world. Great stuff mate

That's very kind of you Steve, sorry I didn't ring today. Will do tomorrow.

John .

[Lee Drennen]

John. Nice it’s so wet here I can’t till my garden I may take your advice and grow my veggies in the house

[Mini Me]

JR, Don't let Matron catch you rolling a joint out of that stuff you are so lovingly caring for...and by the way smoking that stuff won't cure COVID 19 either, so don't even think about it!:tongue-out3: Cheers, Rick H.

[JR]

John. Nice it’s so wet here I can’t till my garden I may take your advice and grow my veggies in the house

:smiling3: Thanks Lee, hope your able to work on it soon, you have such a great piece of land.

JR, Don't let Matron catch you rolling a joint out of that stuff you are so lovingly caring for...and by the way smoking that stuff won't cure COVID 19 either, so don't even think about it!:tongue-out3: Cheers, Rick H.

:smiling3::smiling3::smiling3: We are safe Rick, Matron is stuck in her house as her husband has a cold. !!