There's still now flowers, but at least they're growing taller! Now I just hope the wind doesn't blow them over or they snap...
Showing posts with label Gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gardening. Show all posts
Friday, 22 November 2013
Saturday, 12 October 2013
I Shall Call Him King Kong and He Shall Be Mine
A few weeks ago I decided I wanted to grow a plant.
Knowing me, I procrastinated and did nothing about it. Well, today I was quite bored and was about to walk to the nearby park and chill when I realised I still hadn't planted my seeds!
It was time to get my hands dirty! I found a large pot, filled it with some potting mix and planted a few seeds.
Surprisingly the seeds were blue! The pack does say they're not genetically modified though...
And all done! King Kong will soon be mine!
I want to grow a plant #newgoalAt the time I bought a pack of sunflower seeds. They were nicknamed 'King Kong' as they could apparently grow as tall as 5m!
— Calum Anderson (@euraznboy) September 29, 2013
Knowing me, I procrastinated and did nothing about it. Well, today I was quite bored and was about to walk to the nearby park and chill when I realised I still hadn't planted my seeds!
It was time to get my hands dirty! I found a large pot, filled it with some potting mix and planted a few seeds.
Surprisingly the seeds were blue! The pack does say they're not genetically modified though...
And all done! King Kong will soon be mine!
Saturday, 16 June 2012
Chopping it Off
Today after music teaching I came home to news that the neighbours were trimming the trees lining our driveway and needed our help, so my brothers went out and helped shift branches and other stuff that had fallen on the driveway.
The neighbours cut the feijoa tree back quite a bit, so much that we were afraid our dad wouldn't be happy as we wouldn't get that many feijoas next season!
We spent a few hours outside raking the leaves and putting everything into one pile ready for collection. I have to admit it's probably the most work I've done outside since I started working full-time!
While we were working, there seemed to be quite a bit more traffic coming down our road, including buses (our road isn't a bus route)! It looked as though the main road was blocked off and traffic had been diverted down our road. No wonder there was a huge queue of cars down our road!
The neighbours cut the feijoa tree back quite a bit, so much that we were afraid our dad wouldn't be happy as we wouldn't get that many feijoas next season!
We spent a few hours outside raking the leaves and putting everything into one pile ready for collection. I have to admit it's probably the most work I've done outside since I started working full-time!
While we were working, there seemed to be quite a bit more traffic coming down our road, including buses (our road isn't a bus route)! It looked as though the main road was blocked off and traffic had been diverted down our road. No wonder there was a huge queue of cars down our road!
Our driveway did look quite a lot tidier after though!
Friday, 6 April 2012
A Good Friday to Garden
Today was the first day of my five-day Easter weekend! As usual it started with the usual Good Friday service.
In the morning I was preparing a worship video I had recorded of Jireh on Skype for Oddfellows later in the day, but it hadn't finished rendering by the time I had to leave for church! Aonghas was also working on a wedding video for someone and wouldn't be able to attend at all! He didn't sleep at all last night and was on a tight deadline so he was going to have to drive to the airport to deliver the DVD to the people, with my mum in the passenger seat of course!
I ended up bringing my laptop to church and just sat outside waiting for the video to finish rendering while Hamish went in. The service itself wasn't too long. There was a performance by the church choir and an animated short film of Jesus's death was played.
Once the service ended, there were hot cross buns for everyone and fizzy drinks. All of us Oddfellows sat around waiting for our lunch before we'd leave for Tommy and Harris's house, as we would be helping them out with the gardening.
I was originally going to burn the worship video onto a DVD but then realised I didn't have any DVD burning software! I'd just have to put it on my USB stick and hope they had a laptop!
We had KFC and pizza (Pizza Hut or Domino's can't remember!) for lunch, with each of us getting a bit of chicken! I got the last one because no one wanted it, and so I had to eat that really fast as everyone began to leave for Tommy and Harris's house!
Their garden didn't look too bad, but there were some weeds here and there, and a few overgrown trees. Tim got on the blower thingy, Karvin had the lawnmower, Uncle John the chainsaw and the other saw, the girls were picking weeds and Andrew and I were given the clippers to chop off some branches.
Unfortunately Uncle John got cut in the hands and Tim had to take him to the A&E, but luckily he only required some stitches.
There was also some screeching and shouting by girls as they were confronted by little insects, but eventually we got the garden done!
We all headed inside to kick off the youth group programme for the day. We had to leave early as we were going to the Easter Show with Winston and his family, so I left them with Jireh's worship video, which they played on a laptop. Hopefully it all went well!
In the morning I was preparing a worship video I had recorded of Jireh on Skype for Oddfellows later in the day, but it hadn't finished rendering by the time I had to leave for church! Aonghas was also working on a wedding video for someone and wouldn't be able to attend at all! He didn't sleep at all last night and was on a tight deadline so he was going to have to drive to the airport to deliver the DVD to the people, with my mum in the passenger seat of course!
I ended up bringing my laptop to church and just sat outside waiting for the video to finish rendering while Hamish went in. The service itself wasn't too long. There was a performance by the church choir and an animated short film of Jesus's death was played.
I was originally going to burn the worship video onto a DVD but then realised I didn't have any DVD burning software! I'd just have to put it on my USB stick and hope they had a laptop!
Their garden didn't look too bad, but there were some weeds here and there, and a few overgrown trees. Tim got on the blower thingy, Karvin had the lawnmower, Uncle John the chainsaw and the other saw, the girls were picking weeds and Andrew and I were given the clippers to chop off some branches.
Unfortunately Uncle John got cut in the hands and Tim had to take him to the A&E, but luckily he only required some stitches.
There was also some screeching and shouting by girls as they were confronted by little insects, but eventually we got the garden done!
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