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by Mercedes
03 Apr 2015, 16:29
Forum: Other Gardening; Flowers, Care & Maintenance
Topic: Sweet Peas
Replies: 13
Views: 8102

Re: Sweet Peas

Mine seem to be doing quite well, I've taken them out of the spare bedroom and put them in the conservatory now as they are getting tall, although being sweet peas maybe that is how they are supposed to look http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b27/littlebrooklyn/20150403_162421_zpssvgxuzhf.jpg
by Mercedes
03 Apr 2015, 11:57
Forum: Other Gardening; Flowers, Care & Maintenance
Topic: Sweet Peas
Replies: 13
Views: 8102

Re: Sweet Peas

wendy wrote:Absolutely nothing with mine {cry}


Anything yet Wendy >coc<
by Mercedes
29 Mar 2015, 17:12
Forum: Other Gardening; Flowers, Care & Maintenance
Topic: Sweet Peas
Replies: 13
Views: 8102

Re: Sweet Peas

Absolutely nothing with mine I'm sure they will germinate Wendy, maybe different types germinate at different times? I thought the ones I had put in my propagators would germinate first, but it's the ones that I had left over that I put into pots with no lid on that are peeping through the soil, th...
by Mercedes
29 Mar 2015, 09:57
Forum: Other Gardening; Flowers, Care & Maintenance
Topic: Sweet Peas
Replies: 13
Views: 8102

Re: Sweet Peas

I checked this morning and I have a total of 5 that are just sprouting, 3 in this little pot, 1 in another and 1 in the propagator with the lid on :-D

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by Mercedes
24 Mar 2015, 11:53
Forum: Other Gardening; Flowers, Care & Maintenance
Topic: Sweet Peas
Replies: 13
Views: 8102

Re: Sweet Peas

Planted mine a week or so ago. I never have any success with them. But a friend bought me the seeds named Spencer. So I am praying they take . We will have to keep each other posted on how they go Lyn I hope you have success with yours Wendy. I love sweet peas, they were also one of my late father'...
by Mercedes
24 Mar 2015, 09:26
Forum: Other Gardening; Flowers, Care & Maintenance
Topic: Sweet Peas
Replies: 13
Views: 8102

Re: Sweet Peas

I planted some in propagators on the weekend, didn't realise you should do that to the outer coating until after I had planted them, said nothing on the packet about that or about soaking them first. I've got mine on a bright windowsill in one of the spare bedrooms, out of direct sunlight. I bought ...
by Mercedes
22 Mar 2015, 21:57
Forum: Handicrafts and other Hobbies
Topic: My latest cake
Replies: 12
Views: 5568

Re: My latest cake

Are those all sugar flowers?? they look so real! Yes all the roses and sweet peas are made out of flower paste, most of which I make myself as I find it's just as easy to make my own. I spent 8hrs yesterday just taping the stems of all the flowers and then taping them together to make the sprays an...
by Mercedes
22 Mar 2015, 20:13
Forum: Handicrafts and other Hobbies
Topic: My latest cake
Replies: 12
Views: 5568

My latest cake

I'm just finishing Level 2 of the Cake Decorating course which I started doing last September. We have made a rose spray, bride & groom cake toppers and now a wedding cake. The finished cakes are also being taken to the Cake Exhibition at the Excel Centre in London for their show next week, here...
by Mercedes
22 Mar 2015, 19:58
Forum: Just for Pets
Topic: Pet insurance
Replies: 15
Views: 6633

Re: Pet insurance

We have Daisy covered with More Than too. She isn't even 3 yet and the premium is £32, which I think is a lot. Last month she was very ill with what turned out to be gastroenteritis. As she is raw fed our vet just jumped to the assumption that she either had salmonella or had got some bone stuck in ...
by Mercedes
20 Mar 2015, 21:50
Forum: Just for Pets
Topic: Miss Marple
Replies: 26
Views: 11441

Re: Miss Marple

She is lovely Wendy, I clicked on this thread thinking it would be about Agatha Christie {rofwl}
by Mercedes
18 Mar 2015, 10:40
Forum: Food and Drink
Topic: A Baking First (Well For Me Anyway)
Replies: 12
Views: 5792

Re: A Baking First (Well For Me Anyway)

That looks really good )like(
by Mercedes
19 Feb 2015, 22:25
Forum: Food and Drink
Topic: Pancakes
Replies: 7
Views: 3743

Re: Pancakes

I didn't bother to make any this year, some years we have some and others we just don't bother. Last year I made some sourdough ones and they were absolutely gorgeous, but I forgot to take some of the mother culture out of the fridge and feed it this week, so no pancakes for us :?
by Mercedes
13 Feb 2015, 23:17
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: Corrie!
Replies: 14
Views: 3100

Re: Corrie!

It's a really stupid story line and I totally agree the set up is too small. People will see how they are kept and will be tempted to copy them. I couldn't understand how one minute they are kept in the coop and the next minute one has flown over into Sally's garden next door and has landed on the s...
by Mercedes
23 Jan 2015, 16:48
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: It's very quiet - are your chooks wintering well ?
Replies: 13
Views: 3773

Re: It's very quiet - are your chooks wintering well ?

We only have 2 girls now and we do worry that when it's really cold they maybe can't keep warm. They both seem in good health so maybe we worry over nothing >coc<
by Mercedes
11 Jan 2015, 19:31
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: Araucana, opinions please
Replies: 7
Views: 2126

Re: Araucana, opinions please

I wonder if they are better in groups of their own kind ?? Perhaps if I was to get 3 and get them use to each other before I even start to introduce them to the other 5 girls ?? When we got our pure breeds we bought 4 different breeds, a Lavender Araucana, a Salmon Favorelles, a Welsummer & a C...