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Will(ow) It Grow?; Willow Dome
Topic Started: Mar 24 2007, 10:32 AM (5,245 Views)
Poppy
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Lovely to see the udated picture Barry Thanks for showing it us. It will be amazing when it is fully clothes in leaf?
Yes we do tend to get quite alot of rain up here, we think w have tan's , but in reality it is rust! :r :r :r
Steve I also new about the washing up liquid as a weting agent. When i buy things potted in peat i always use it to un dry out the soil ball.( peat dries up quite fast up here?)
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waxingsteve
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What a joy to see this tribute looking so green and welcoming, Barry :thumbup; I did worry with all the warm, dry weather :unsure: Great to se that you are succeeding :)

Steve :)
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Waxman
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The willow rods have sent out lots of growth which we've been interweaving.

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They're starting to shut down for the winter now.

As you can see, we've added a few stones to the site - the 4 pieces of sandstone are glacial erratics, all ploughed up by local farmers (who have donated them to us) within half a mile of here over the years. (The natural stone hereabouts is almost all flint which normally occurs in pieces no bigger than fist-size (although we do get some exceptions!) )

We brought the piece of slate back from a quarry after our last trip to North Wales.
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justjen
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:thumbup;


Wow Barry ... Your special place is looking so smart and the willow still looks so good too.... bet you love to sit there and reflect too ??


Its a perfect place... just lovely .. well done,




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Sally
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Barry what a beautiful special place it has grown into :huggy:

It looks so peacful, a perfect place to remember.

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Willow
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It does look peaceful and restful, a very special place. :thumbup;

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VirginiaS
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That is absolutely beautiful. I've never seen anything like it.
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waxingsteve
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Even better in real life :thumbup; It was a real treat when you took Tephy and I to view it, Barry, even if it did start to drizzle :) And set in such a quiet corner of the country, it's perfect :)

Steve :)
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jo145
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I missed this before, but was moved how beautiful it looks, certainly a place to reflect in and feel at peace. :huggy:
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Waxman
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This is how the dome looked in March this year.
We plant some more miniature daffodils every spring.
We tried planting dry bulbs in October but the rabbits dig up nearly every one soon after planting.
Planted in flower, the rabbits hardly touch them (just a few flower stalks nibbled through)
And all the previous years bulbs come through unscathed as well.

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waxingsteve
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Looks wonderful Barry :thumbup; Having been fortunate enough to have actually visited it, I know how peaceful a spot it is.

When you planted your bulbs in October, did you roll back the turf and then replace it, or just dig holes? :unsure: If the latter, that might be why the rabbits had them ;) At Levington, we used to have to lift turves, plant the bulbs, and then roll the turves back over, so that there was no obvious sign of digging :)

Steve :)
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Waxman
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Steve,
We just dug holes.
Maybe we'll try turf rolling this year but it won't be easy - that spot is full of flints.
Thanks for the advice though!
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waxingsteve
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You're very welcome Barry :) Perhaps you could get a few rolls of hardy turf from elsewhere? I know that flinty soil is tough to work - and the topsoil can be rather shallow ;)

Steve :)
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jo145
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It's really come on Barry. I hope it is a place where you can feel peace. :huggy:
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Waxman
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This is how the dome looked in early January, 2010.
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jo145
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:thumbup; So different from the last photo with the daffodils out, but still a place of peace and beauty all covered in snow. :huggy:
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waxingsteve
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Beautiful photo Barry :thumbup; Have to admit I'd need arcti gear to visit in all that snow, though ;)

Steve :)
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Waxman
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We've put in lots more daffodils this year - all Tete a Tete as they seem to do really well.

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Found a bag of 500 at a craft fair in August and grew them all in pots (3 in each); now all planted out since flowering. Doing it that way, we lose very few to the rabbits - for some reason they love to chew off any single flowers but where there's several in a clump, they don't touch any.
They dig hardly any up either when planting at this time of year.
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It looks lovely with all the daffodils Barry, you sound as if you've sussed those rabbits out and have worked out how to protect the bulbs.
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