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Sunday 18 January 2015
Practise posting a comment
This is just a test blog which doesn't have followers or visitors so you can try posting a comments in the knowledge that it is only me who is likely to know about it!
Communities of bloggers evolve that can offer support in many ways and provide a social connection to those who may otherwise feel isolated. I know many of you prefer just to read blogs and not get any further involved - which is absolutely fine - but I also know that there are some of you out there who would love to become part of the blogging community.
Communities of bloggers evolve that can offer support in many ways and provide a social connection to those who may otherwise feel isolated. I know many of you prefer just to read blogs and not get any further involved - which is absolutely fine - but I also know that there are some of you out there who would love to become part of the blogging community.
Then some of you may just not know how to become involved so here is a quick help guide just for you.
First click on the comments link at the foot of the post
- Type your comment in the box
- Choose how to login ( If you do not have one of the accounts listed choose Name/Url. You don't need to have an Url and can use your own name or a nickname. You may be asked to click in a box to prove that you are not a robot. Try to avoid using Anonymous as many bloggers will consider messages from Anonymous to be spam).
Some blogs are set up so that the author can read the comment before allowing it to be published. If you click in the Notify me box you should receive an email when your comment is published. With my blog comments to newer posts are published straight away.
Don't be afraid to have a go as no-one will mind if you get things wrong. Comments don't have to be in English.
NB: This open invitation does not extend to spammers who post bogus comments to advertise products that instead only serve to annoy. If such comments make it through the spam filtering they will be removed. I moderate comments for posts older than five days before allowing publication. Please ignore any links posted by spammers to avoid giving encouragement.
NB: This open invitation does not extend to spammers who post bogus comments to advertise products that instead only serve to annoy. If such comments make it through the spam filtering they will be removed. I moderate comments for posts older than five days before allowing publication. Please ignore any links posted by spammers to avoid giving encouragement.
Sunday 4 January 2015
Chrysanth
Over the course of the year I have bought several pot mums from the local supermarket as they do quite well in our living room window. They last for ages and so are quite good value for money - especially considering my long term plans for them. I kept a keen eye on the colours that were available as I wanted a variety. I ended up with the four below - excuse the inaccurate colour (especially of the red flowers) but I was playing around using a flash in the dark.
Once the flowering period was over each plant was transferred to the greenhouse and then planted out at the allotment where I had initially intended that they have a second lease of life. Recently the plants started to flower again and we decided to repot them to give the flowers protection from the weather. Also you never know whether the pot mums are hardy varieties that would survive outdoors over winter.
Growers treat pot mums with a chemical which inhibits their growth keeping them pot plant sized and also induces them to produce masses of flowers. Once you plant them out in the garden the plants revert to their natural stature and flowering pattern. The plant in the bottom photo below was planted out in the garden earlier and now is a fairly large plant. All five plants are now in large pots in the greenhouse. They will probably be planted back on the plot and they may even be the source of some cutting material.
I could disbud the plants to get them to produce larger flowers but I rather like the smaller flowers produced in sprays.
Back in September we went on a train journey to Betwsy-coed and on our table was a small flower display comprising of chrysanthemums, dianthus and solidago. This is shown in the top photograph. On leaving the train we were given the display to bring home. The flowers lasted ages in our bathroom and inspired me to create similar arrangements.
The photo above is my version using some flowers from the ex pot mums and some ammi gathered from the plot.
I'm hoping that the plants in the greenhouse continue to supply me with cutting material for some time. Now I'm on the lookout for more colours to add to the collection especially a nice bronze.
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