It is a massive tree and hard to prune so we picked up a Dwarf Mulberry at Bunnings yesterday. 
Hopefully it will be easier to look after and we might even be able to pick some fruit in the future. We bought netting from NetPro a while back which will come in handy.
I spotted this Blueberry plant and am going to grow it in a pot and keep it close to the house so that I can keep an eye on it. We have possums, flying foxes and other critters here so I can see we are going to have to fight for the Blueberries.
We also bought a couple of tumbler compost bins some months ago which are working well. Every little bit helps to reduce the workload as we get older.
I was given some money for Christmas and have been wanting to buy a metal stamp set for some time and thought I would have to buy it on eBay but was pleased to find a set on the Bunnings website during the week. Yesterday I asked the staff where to find it and a couple of them didn't know but fortunately an off duty Bunnings worker heard our conversation and showed me where they were in the tool section. There was only one set left so they must be popular.
I want to make some plant markers out of old silver spoons as I just love the look of them. If you are interested in making some there is a tutorial here. I haven't been successful with finding quirky plant markers anywhere in town so am going to make my own. There are lots more ideas on Tipnut if you want to check them out.
Do you like the spoon plant markers? I will let you know how they turn out. Now...I wonder what happened to Mum's old silver spoons?
Hi Chel, I'm interested in those tumblers, they beat the pants off turning manually. I would like to have a go at those spoons but getting the raw materials might be a problem. I'll have to look in the 2nd hand shops some more. Hope you don't melt today, will be a scorcher!
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Barb, we bought ours from Bunnings a few months ago. I believe it is easier to flatten silver spoons rather than stainless steel so I will have to check out the Op Shops too. Mum did have heaps of silver cutlery but I guess my sister gave it to the Op Shop when she was cleaning things out. We have the house closed up now and the blinds and curtains pulled and getting ready for the scorcher. It looks like we will be having a week of it at least! :-(
ReplyDeleteVery hot up here Nanna Chel. I have not seen the spoon markers before but they are definitely quirky.I bought the same blueberry and it has struggled with the heat. It's lost all of its leaves but I see a new shoot so hopefully it will come back :) Would love a compost tumbler...one day!
ReplyDeleteTanya, I hope my blueberry survives. I put it under the house yesterday to protect it from the heat and we have another 37 degree day coming up at the weekend. The compost tumbler is good...for us oldies! LOL!
DeleteAnother great idea Nanna Chel, those spoon markers look fabulous!
ReplyDeleteTania, I checked out Lifeline for some spoons today but one shop only had stainless steel ones and I believe it is harder to flatten them but I got a couple at another Lifeline shop after I asked if they had any as, apparently they 'walk' so they weren't with the other cutlery.
DeleteLike the tumbler, seems a much better shape than the one I have. Hope your new berries do better than mine, the mulberries the cows manage to eat, and everything else takes forever to get going.
ReplyDeleteDeb, the first one we got was a ball shape and it rotated on its base and was too hard to rotate so hubby took it back and bought the other ones which are much easier to turn. We don't have cows but there is plenty of other wildlife around that competes for the berries, especially the jolly birds.
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