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Post by cygnet on Oct 30, 2013 18:15:23 GMT
Right, back to my day job. On the road side of the tracks, the big sunflower was stolen. On the inner side, by the tracks themselves, I transplanted excess sunflower seedlings. They did alright. Check 'em out.  This one has potential...  |
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Post by cygnet on Oct 30, 2013 18:17:45 GMT
Oh yeah, did pretty well. this is last week sometime...  and looks better by the daylight... oops, it actually looks better than this. I photographed it today.  it's fully round and looks the biz. Long may it last...huh huh huh! |
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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 31, 2013 11:57:59 GMT
It's a grand little Sunflower cygnet it should bring a smile to someone passing by. Love those rose hips. |
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Post by Auricula on Oct 31, 2013 16:00:15 GMT
Very cheerful on a dull autumnal day  |
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Post by cygnet on Dec 18, 2013 23:22:45 GMT
Just as an update. I did plant a few Tesco daff bulbs where I had planted some before but didn't see much success. I'll post photos in the spring if they show.. other than that, I do this too...this is out of town a bit about 15km or so near Howth. In fact, just outside the Model Train/Transport Museum.  And across town in the other direction, outside the Castleknock Gate of the Phoenix Park I released this one. Before and after photos.... ewwwww  and after several minutes fiddling about with a vice grips....  . About 100m nearer the gate of the Park, I attacked this one....  But I couldn't release it completely. There was a clamp on either side, plus one holding the edges of the cage together. I needed a long screwdriver or something to be able to poke through the mesh and fiddle about with getting a grip on the clamps, you know? But I like doing this as it's a much much quicker way to get a mature tree than planting a seedling and hoping for the best. These are trees that are already adolescents. They just need a bit of tlc. ya dig? |
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Post by Ladygardener on Dec 19, 2013 6:19:37 GMT
I dig cygnet and well done you.  Those poor trees, someone should write a letter to the local council head and let them know that the trees are being squeezed like that.  |
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Post by cygnet on Jan 2, 2014 21:19:40 GMT
yes, I'm surprised LG, these are out in the leafy suburbs of Castleknock. A nice well-to-do area....
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