tights and sunflowers..

Willow · Post by **Willow** » 12 Nov 2008, 16:39

Buy a pack of sunflower seeds and plant as many as you can.. you get the pleasure of these lovely blooms for ages, just leave them in place to die and dry and the birds get the pleasure of the seed heads in autumn..
I never throw old tights away.. they make the kindest, strongest plant ties you can get!!

kate egg · Post by **kate egg** » 12 Nov 2008, 16:55

I have quite a few packets of seed, various different flowers, all free with a gardening mag that I subscribed to. I shall put them on eBay and those that don't sell I'll scatter around the garden and see what comes up )t'

Long time since worn tights except on going out occasions - ie rarely :-D

But I will bear it in mind in case I ladder any.

bluebell · Post by **bluebell** » 12 Nov 2008, 19:18

Kate - just a word of warning, if they are packets you get free you shouldn't really be selling them on. Many of them do have 'not for re-sale' printed on them.

kate egg · Post by **kate egg** » 12 Nov 2008, 19:56

They all have a retail price on them

Post by Mo » 13 Nov 2008, 11:36

Chatting last night after dance club we mentioned sunflowers. (by some weird coincidence)
My friend was a nursery teacher and grew sunflowers with the class. She had planned a whole weeks work on the topic. But when she came in on the Monday, someone had cut them all down!!

Meanqueen · Post by **Meanqueen** » 13 Nov 2008, 13:49

That's awful Mo, such a shame, was it vandalism? Did they steal them as well? +cry+

Ilona

Post by **saint-spoon** » 13 Nov 2008, 14:57

The mind does boggle at what some folk (probably kids) will do for a giggle; they don't thinkof the hurt they can cause. my apologies to any kids who may be offended by my sweeping generalisation. xx

Post by Mo » 13 Nov 2008, 15:24

Meanqueen wrote:That's awful Mo, such a shame, was it vandalism? Did they steal them as well?

Ilona

Yes I think it was vandalism, I don't know what they did, it just seemed incredible, like the time our playgroup shed was broken into and our bulk buy of toilet rolls draped about.