Same Old Stuff

Well the amazing budding Bonsai were short lived

A third shoot appeared shortly after my previous post, giving me three shoots to 5 seeds which I was very pleased with. But…

Two of the shoots have died off recently. Suppose that was to be expected. One still survives though and I’m hoping it manages to hang in there through the winter.

I randomly decided that I wanted to grow a bonsai recently, so I found a starter kit on Amazon and decided for £3 I’d give it a go!

In the package I got a small Pot, a peat pellet, some pruning scissors, 5 seeds and a little booklet. The little booklet gives you some background and history then tells you how to get started with the seeds. First you have to soak them in water for 24 hours, then you put them in the fridge for a week in a damp cloth (to simulate Winter). After that you plant them.

What it doesn’t tell you is that the peat pellet they supply will only take two or maybe 3 of the seeds. So my Dad came to the rescue and provided another little plastic pot and some normal garden compost for my remaining seeds.

From some further reading I’ve done recently, it turns out you’re not supposed to use normal garden compost as it can kill off the seeds, but it doesn’t seem to be doing mine any harm

So after a couple of weeks, nothing was happening, and I go away for 2 days and come home to this:

First sprout of what will hopefully become a pine tree!

This is only one of the shoots, with the peat pellet producing one also. I am very happy with getting two sprouts from 5 seeds, and from reading into the subject to get anything from seed on the first try is unusual. So I’m very pleased with this. Just hope they keep growing and thriving. Hopefully by next year it will be ready to live outdoors!

Well I took pictures of the fire in Donalds lane last night and sent them off to both the Courier and STV. Neither of which used them. Thought I’d share them here.

Fire - Donalds Lane

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Finally got round to adding a gallery to the site. I cheated and used a WordPress plugin but it does the trick.

There is only one gallery just now and it’s all holiday photos from Disney and other Florida attractions. Don’t try and sit through them all, there are over 1000 pictures! I just did a quick upload and stuck them all in there.

As quite a few people knew before the holiday, I was planning to propose! In fact I think everyone except Gill knew

So on day one, I popped the question (yes I got down on one knee for anyone wondering), and when she finally took in what was happening she said yes!

Of course this made a very special holiday all the more special! Thought I’d include a picture I took just after she put the ring on.

P.s. I know I’m only a couple of months late posting the news