February 15, 2010 – Still Waters

February 15, 2010

It is from little things that big things grow

You know how when you are trying to find a solution to one problem
and then one thing leads to another

well, I have now found a great solution
to one of my ongoing problems

Its a way to use up

a whole lot of those small balls of wool/yarn
left over from various garments.

Bloghopping

– that time wasting pastime we all seem to take part in –

led me to a page on

The Save the Children’s website

and a way to empty some of the baskets of said wool in the garage.

They are asking for knitted squares, just medium sized ones 20cm square, which they will then sew into blankets for a project started last year (2009)

This is the opening blurb on one of the pages:

Just by knitting a 20cm square you can help to save a life. Get your friends and loved ones in on it too and help us piece together warm blankets for children in countries that need a helping hand. A 20cm knitted square is all we ask.

Lots of charities ask for knitted goods to be distributed worldwide

this one is focusing specifically on babies

which is a cause close to my heart

http://www.savethechildren.org.au/knit-one-save-one

There is even a blog

so you can learn more about the project

and keep up to date with whats going on

and organised events

http://knitonesaveone.wordpress.com/about/

So come on all you Aussies

that have some spare wool

(and they do ask for wool as opposed to synthetics)

pick up the knitting needles

get involved and give to these little ones

February 15, 2010February 24, 2012

Todays Flowers – Feb 2010

Agapanthus

aka Lily of the Nile

This has to be one of the most common plants in our neighbourhood

They enjoy our climate and thirve well no matter where they are planted

The can stand alone as a feature or grow happily in a border with other plants

or just fill in an odd corner

Mostly they grow on long tall stems making them tower over other plants

but there are also smaller shorter varietes

– minatures –

which will happily grow in a pot as well as thegarden

Look at those lovely flowers

so many individual ones making up the big mop head

click on photos to enlarge them

The big round heads of colour stand out – often they are the pale blue or white

but there is a really dark one available now

A plant thats cheap to keep – once you’ve got it you will always have it

Easyish to divide – once you get the clump out of the ground lol

Move the strappy leaves to one side and chop the clump in half

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapanthus

http://www.pinemountainnursery.com.au/categories/Agapanthus/

Just one thing to remember

Once they finish flowering and the petals have dropped

please remove the heads of seeds

Can’t allow them to become weeds

which is certainly happening in some bushland areas

http://www.treesforlife.org.au/_resources/ReLeaf0603_BFL_Wagapanthus_Ncalostemma.pdf

For more of todays Flowers

February 15, 2010

Dawn in a small village

Do pop over and visit John at his blog called Going Gently – todays posting had me in stitches:)

He writes of his life in a small welsh village called Trelawnyd – warts and all lol

While you are there do watch the little video taken very early in the morning in his village – and please remember to put your sound on

You’ll realise why when you listen – the Dawn Chorus is alive and well