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by steveindenmark
10 Apr 2017, 07:05
Forum: Garden Wildlife
Topic: One swallow doesn't make a summer
Replies: 16
Views: 8477

Re: One swallow doesn't make a summer

No it still does not count.

I have spent a week cutting back bushes, fighting with thorns and numerous trailer loads to the tip. The roses are pruned and the grass is cut.

They are predicting snow in Denmark this week.

Summer is not here yet.
by steveindenmark
10 Apr 2017, 06:09
Forum: Other Gardening; Flowers, Care & Maintenance
Topic: Wildlife friendly town garden
Replies: 11
Views: 11152

Re: Wildlife friendly town garden

"You have managed to kill off your lavender" Are you saying that because it looks dead at the moment? I leave my lavender well alone until the middle or end of May. Mine looks dead at the moment. But I know that by the end of May there will be lots of new growth on those parts of the plant...
by steveindenmark
03 Mar 2017, 14:22
Forum: Other Gardening; Flowers, Care & Maintenance
Topic: Roses: What are your favourites?
Replies: 15
Views: 14745

Re: Roses: What are your favourites?

There are a lot of roses I like. I made a Danish Royal family rose garden. You will find all Royals have a rose named after them. We have now moved onto Royal Castles, of which most have them have roses named after them.
by steveindenmark
21 Feb 2017, 13:20
Forum: Handicrafts and other Hobbies
Topic: I've been busy!
Replies: 13
Views: 13025

Re: I've been busy!

I love the sheeps hat.

After looking at that bra, I thought the other hat was a pair of boobs. But then the penny dropped. :-D
by steveindenmark
20 Feb 2017, 14:20
Forum: Vegetable and Fruit Gardening
Topic: Chitting potatoes
Replies: 13
Views: 10232

Chitting potatoes

That time is coming round again to get chitting your potatoes and so i thought I would share this with you. I was in Italy last year, helping someone with their garden. We dug the potato patch and he bought all his chitted potatoes out and then proceeded to cut them all in half. I had never seen thi...
by steveindenmark
20 Feb 2017, 14:02
Forum: Vegetable and Fruit Gardening
Topic: Talk to me about carrots.
Replies: 5
Views: 3344

Re: Talk to me about carrots.

My father was a painter and decorator and used to mix his carrot seeds in with wallpaper paste and used an icing bag to sow the paste into drills. He said it made sure he didnt have to thin the carrots. It worked well because we always had lots of carrots. Having said that. I do not know what they p...
by steveindenmark
20 Feb 2017, 13:57
Forum: DIY & Recycling Projects
Topic: Recycling Christmas wrapping paper, cards etc.
Replies: 10
Views: 13549

Re: Recycling Christmas wrapping paper, cards etc.

I cut out cards into strips and laminate them and punch a hole in them.

We have used them for book marks, luggage tags to go on holiday, marking rows of seeds in the garden. I am sure there are lots of other things we can use them for.
by steveindenmark
17 Feb 2017, 13:20
Forum: Handicrafts and other Hobbies
Topic: walking maps online
Replies: 7
Views: 9335

Re: walking maps online

Have a look at a site called Plotaroute.com
by steveindenmark
17 Feb 2017, 13:13
Forum: DIY & Recycling Projects
Topic: My personal recycling project
Replies: 7
Views: 10680

Re: My personal recycling project

I know this is an old thread. But I like it. I am having a David Bowie funeral.....nobodys coming....no pun intended. I just want cremating and my ashes put in fireworks rockets and sending off my favourite beach, while everyone has a BBQ on the beach. I have a friend who is a firework maker. I am n...
by steveindenmark
12 Feb 2017, 22:09
Forum: Just for Pets
Topic: horse
Replies: 22
Views: 11038

Re: horse

Jannie and I have owned horses and it is a massive undertaking and they are far more tieing than a dog. We have a big field above us which would look great with a couple of horses in and we can afford it. But they can take up a lot of capital and even more time. You can get someone to look after you...
by steveindenmark
11 Feb 2017, 22:47
Forum: Garden Wildlife
Topic: Bird baths in winter
Replies: 3
Views: 1986

Re: Bird baths in winter

The first birds in are always the blackbirds. Followed closely by the wood pigeons. They love it.

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by steveindenmark
11 Feb 2017, 22:39
Forum: Food and Drink
Topic: Fast, cheap and easy cake.
Replies: 4
Views: 3106

Re: Fast, cheap and easy cake.

Whats it like to store I laughed at that one. I have no idea because it disappears quite quickly. There is nothing in it to go off and so I would imagine it would last pretty well. It is more like a cross between bread and cake, This one is coffee and walnut which I made this morning. I also made an...
by steveindenmark
11 Feb 2017, 22:22
Forum: Garden Wildlife
Topic: Bird id please
Replies: 16
Views: 8358

Re: Bird id please

They were here again today. :-D

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by steveindenmark
11 Feb 2017, 18:19
Forum: Garden Wildlife
Topic: Bird baths in winter
Replies: 3
Views: 1986

Bird baths in winter

We are having a particularly cold spell in Denmark at the moment. Every morning the water in the stone bird bath is frozen solid. But it is important that the birds have access to drinking and bathing water and we have solved this problem. Every morning we boil the kettle and pour it over the frozen...
by steveindenmark
11 Feb 2017, 17:59
Forum: Food and Drink
Topic: Fast, cheap and easy cake.
Replies: 4
Views: 3106

Fast, cheap and easy cake.

Here is something to impress the other half with, or even visitors who have dropped in unannounced. Biscuits are my vice. Especially when I am in the garden and fancy, yet another coffee. But not only can it be expensive to buy them. They do not do my waist line much good. So here is a cheaper, heal...