Yes, I'm so Happy! 2012

[Graham Catlow]

Last year I sent some cuttings to a forumist without any thought of a reciprocal arrangement.
Today in the post I couldn't believe my eyes . Three flowering sized Pleione ALBIFLORA
My Christmas wish list must have worked
I thought I would never get this species.

What a great place this is
What generous people gardners are

[angie]

Graham that was a nice surprise for you.
Well whoever gave you these Pleiones will know they will be grown well.

Angie 

[Graham Catlow]

Graham that was a nice surprise for you.
Well whoever gave you these Pleiones will know they will be grown well.

Angie 

I will certainly do my best Angie

[Lesley Cox]

And we are happy for you Graham. You know we'll need a photograph when they're in flower.

[annew]

I have spent the last 6 weeks making the covers for my new plunge frames and finally finished today! It can snow now. At last the real gardening can begin properly.

[Maggi Young]

My, that does look good. Hard work but a great finish.

Anyone care to place a bet on the likelihood that no severe weather will come in Anne's area this season?

[angie]

I have spent the last 6 weeks making the covers for my new plunge frames and finally finished today! It can snow now. At last the real gardening can begin properly.

Plans please that I can hand them to my hubby. They look great.

Angie 

[Brian Ellis]

Here, here, well done Anne

[Peter Maguire]

Very neat job Anne, I wish mine looked as good as that.  What did you use to cover the hinge area at the apex, is it roofing felt?

[Gerry Webster]

Very impressive Anne.

[maggiepie]

They look wonderful, Anne.
Would look even better in my backyard!!!

[annew]

Peter, it's pond liner - more flexible than roofing felt, which would crack.
Maybe you all ought to wait and see what happens in the next bout of horrible weather before you ask me how I made it, although, being on the edge of an airfield and open to the westerlies, I have taken the precaution of providing extra straps to stop the lights taking off (I hope)  This is referred to around here as the 'belt and braces' approach. Maggi, I don't think anyone should take that bet, even with Murphy's law on your side.

[Anthony Darby]

Very impressed. Wish I'd tried that 10 years ago in Dunblane!

[annew]

They've worked so far!

[annew]

Unable to work outside, I spent a while putting pink labels in the pots of seedlings showing buds, which haven't flowered before. Now I can have fun watching them grow! Do I need to get a life?