Check-In Post March 20th 2021

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


Today's Question: No question today.


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[annofowlshire]

I did more spinning last night as the Mr was tied up with other things. Ply 2 is nearing completion.

Also spent much of the day in the garden. Built another bed in the overgrown area (which involves weeding out years of established wood geranium, digging up the earth so it’s not compacted, and then collecting/laying the stones around the beds). I have a feeling I’m going to be fighting off wood geranium for years....

Someone usually recommends some sort of “no dig” solution to me at this point. I like the idea, but the wood geranium really needs removing (it’s like bamboo, it’ll just come back up somewhere), and it’s all on a slope so erosion is a big problem. Earth on top of cardboard or whatever is just going to slide. In a few years I may look at raised beds and terracing, but first I need to get that geranium network out. This year, I just want to try to grow some stuff ^_^

[badly_knitted]

Woohoo! When all three plys are complete, how do you twist them together? I've always wondered about that.

Some geranium species are seriously pernicious. I have Geraneum Phaem (the really dark purple flowers that're almost black), all over what should be my lawn. It's a nice plant, but the seeds ping and then the sort of corms develop and they're just a devil of a job to dig out. I'm going to have another bash with the lawn weed and feed stuff in a couple of weeks. There's everything but grass in the lawn.

Good luch with eradicating the wood geranium, and being able to grow some stuff!