Gardening

We've had some unseasonably cool nights the past week. Last night there was frost on the roof, so the more delicate plants in my garden aren't going to be around much longer! The begonias are my favourite, because of their vibrant colours. I found it frustrating trying to capture them, and it took several tries and a bit of Photoshop work to even approximate what nature does. Then I noticed a raindrop in the middle of one flower, and wished I had dave mac's expertise in capturing wet things! Ah well, more to learn.
 

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Turtle said:
We've had some unseasonably cool nights the past week. Last night there was frost on the roof, so the more delicate plants in my garden aren't going to be around much longer! The begonias are my favourite, because of their vibrant colours. I found it frustrating trying to capture them, and it took several tries and a bit of Photoshop work to even approximate what nature does. Then I noticed a raindrop in the middle of one flower, and wished I had dave mac's expertise in capturing wet things! Ah well, more to learn.
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A macro setting on the camera will get the droplets better, a low angle and finding where the light makes them stand out more is the technique I use.
 
davemac said:
A macro setting on the camera will get the droplets better, a low angle and finding where the light makes them stand out more is the technique I use.
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I have to admit I've been quite lazy with my photography up until now - I've relied on automatic settings for just about everything, with predictably mediocre results. I'm not even sure my old Canon Power Shot can do proper micro. It does have a 'flower' setting which I've been using for close ups, but it is quite limited. Time to borrow Hubby's Rebel DSLR (I think it's a Canon) that he uses for his astro- photography. I might even have to read the manual!!!! Oh horrors. :)
 
Turtle said:
I have to admit I've been quite lazy with my photography up until now - I've relied on automatic settings for just about everything, with predictably mediocre results. I'm not even sure my old Canon Power Shot can do proper micro. It does have a 'flower' setting which I've been using for close ups, but it is quite limited. Time to borrow Hubby's Rebel DSLR (I think it's a Canon) that he uses for his astro- photography. I might even have to read the manual!!!! Oh horrors. :)
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Never mind borrowing it, tell him you want one of your own for Xmas, birthday, or any other reason you can think of, if that doesn't work just charge it to his credit card.
 
davemac said:
Never mind borrowing it, tell him you want one of your own for Xmas, birthday, or any other reason you can think of, if that doesn't work just charge it to his credit card.
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Great, that's right Dave, just encourage them, you've opened the flood gates now. So when next Mrs.Mac hammers YOUR card! :D
 
davemac said:
Never mind borrowing it, tell him you want one of your own for Xmas, birthday, or any other reason you can think of, if that doesn't work just charge it to his credit card.
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Fortunately Hubby doesn't mind me borrowing his camera - he's even offered to come along on walks and coach me in using it. I think I'll read the manual first, though!
As to buying one, we'll have to see.
Incidentally, I have always had my own credit card - a must, I think :)
 
Turtle said:
Fortunately Hubby doesn't mind me borrowing his camera - he's even offered to come along on walks and coach me in using it. I think I'll read the manual first, though!
As to buying one, we'll have to see.
Incidentally, I have always had my own credit card - a must, I think :)
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I'm old enough to remember that at one time a wife couldn't get credit without her husbands permission.
My wife went to Dixons after we'd discussed purchasing a microwave oven on credit.
She filled in the forms all going well, until the salesMAN said, 'all we need now is your husbands signature', I somehow have the impression from what she told me, that if he was going to walk again it would be as if he was astride a horse.

(We bought the microwave elsewhere).
:rolleyes:
 
Turtle said:
Fortunately Hubby doesn't mind me borrowing his camera - he's even offered to come along on walks and coach me in using it. I think I'll read the manual first, though!
As to buying one, we'll have to see.
Incidentally, I have always had my own credit card - a must, I think :)
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I look forward to the pictures that the camera produces, I thought the manual was just in the box to stop the camera rolling around.
 
I have recently been reading the manual for the camera we`ve had for almost 4 years, wish i`d read it sooner, there are loads of settings that wish i`d known about.
 
the pumpkins and the sunflowers ... .
 

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shillelagh said:
my homegrown pumpkin on Halloween .... :D
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Looks like your soil could do with a dusting of lime. Lime unlocks the food in the soil, give it a coat of lime about 2 months before planting, then on the day of planting give the soil some blood fish & bone, and hoe it well in.
Then when flowers appear feed them tomato food once a week.
I expect 20 ft Sunfowers and 500 lb Pumkins next year.
 
i tried ... the first time ive ever attempted to grow a pumpkin ... have had plenty of flowers but it just grew that one .. and ive still got flowers on the pumpkin ....

that's the one that grew in the container ... the one that grew in the ground plenty of leaves, plenty of flowers but no pumpkin .. and yes i did feed em wi tomato food ... i don't know if i'll grow pumpkin again next year .. but i will do my sunflowers again.:D

the sunflowers yesterday ... that last pic is the miniature ones that are still coming out ...
 

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We got a house plant of a friend as a pressie but what the hell is it and how do I look after it:confused::D
 

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Mick said:
We got a house plant of a friend as a pressie but what the hell is it and how do I look after it:confused::D
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House plants are very simple to look after, for the first month over water and ensure any feed you are giving it sticks to the leaves to act as a sunscreen thus preventing it from being able to use it's Chlorophyll to produce any of the sugars the plant may need.
Then for the next 2 months afterwards transfer to a dark area of your living room and leave it alone.
You should now check that the soil is completly dry and the leaves have turned a dark orangy brown. It is at this point you transfer the plant into a dark and humid dustbin having carefully removed the pot it came in so that you can use it to grow another plant that will be doomed to a similar fate.
:rolleyes:;)
 
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