MandyCanUDigIt

MandyCanUDigIt, 5 months ago to gardening

Blog: Invasive plants - which horrors do you most regret giving room to in your plot? My top 3 and how to deal with them.

#gardening #bloomscrolling #gardens #plants #invasiveplants #gardeningblog #ivy #alkanet #acanthus

https://www.mandycanudigit.com/2024/01/02/invasive-plants-which-bullies-take-over-your-garden/

MandyCanUDigIt, 5 months ago to crochet

Progress report on new #freeformcrochet project. Top of the back and both arms shown, in double knit hand-dyed merino, also chunky recycled plastic bottles and a bit of metallic/Angora. Inspiration... Georgia O'Keeffe, body parts in a grey/red palette. The rest of the yarn is a lighter 4-ply. I needed a heavier yarn for everything to hang from. Much more surface work to do on the joined scrumbles.

#crochet #freeform #yarn #texileart #fiberart #fibreart #georgiaokeefe #modernism #art

Freeform crochet jacket - top of arm in red and grey with spirals and eye morif.
Back of freeform crochet in red/grey with Georgia O'Keeffe influenced skull/flower.

LJ, 5 months ago to crochet

Hello! I have a #crochet question. I'm making a spiral baby blanket for a friend and noticing that the edges of the piece are curling up.

Will this be something I can flatten in the blocking? Or should I go up a hook size?

@crochet

MandyCanUDigIt, 6 months ago to random

I've just been to my GP with long COVID symptoms. In the UK, there's an 18-month wait for 'long COVID clinics' Thanks, Boris - that's what I call bollocks.

#borisjohnson #covid #longcovid #nhs #thenhs #covidinquiry

MandyCanUDigIt, 6 months ago to gardening

And just like that... it's #winter! Very rare for us in North-East England to get autumn foliage AND snow AND sun in the same shot. Fitting for the first day of meteorological winter. Cotinus (smoke bush) and eucalyptus backed by the beech hedge and a whitebeam in snow on a sunny morning.

#gardening #gardens #plants #snow #Cotinus #Eucalyptus #whitebeam #beech #sun #coldweather #bloomscrolling #fall #autumn #northeastengland #geordies

MandyCanUDigIt, 6 months ago to gardening

Welcome to MandyCanUDigIt's new site sponsors Grazers and Green Matters from Grazers. If you don't know them, check them out - the last word in #gardeningforwildlife and sustainability!

#gardening #environment #Grazers #GreenMattersfromGrazers #gardens #gardenbirds #recycling

https://www.mandycanudigit.com/2023/11/30/site-sponsors-grazers-and-green-matters-welcome/

Green Matters from Grazers nest box made from recycled plastic

MandyCanUDigIt, 6 months ago to Bloomscrolling

Orange Pyracantha berries. #Friberry #bloomscrolling #gardening #gardens #plants #wildlife #gardeningfornature

MandyCanUDigIt, 6 months ago to Cats

Sunday lie-in for George. #caturday #cats #gingercats #CatsOfMastodon #catstodon

MandyCanUDigIt, 7 months ago to crochet

Exactly a year after learning to crochet, my first major freeform piece - a Halloween jumper! Freeform has no pattern, fabric is made up of small random or figurative 'scrumbles' and joining them together. About £90 of yarn in it - wool, premium acrylic/cotton, recycled sari silk, chenille, felt bobbles and beads. I'm fascinated by eyes. My OH says it's 'the product of a disturbed mind'.

#crochet #freeformcrochet #Halloween #jumper #yarn #crafts #gothic

Freeform crochet Halloween jumper
Freeform crochet Halloween jumper
Freeform crochet Halloween jumper

MandyCanUDigIt, 7 months ago to gardening

BLOG: Don't give up on your garden in late autumn... plan ahead and bask in these October/early November stars.

#gardening #blog #autumn #autumngardening #fallgardening #fall #fallcolors #autumncolours #roses #bloomscrolling #nasturtiums #ginger #asters

https://www.mandycanudigit.com/2023/10/26/the-best-late-autumn-plants-for-small-gardens/

Rose Sweet Honey
Nasturtium Chameleon
Ornamental ginger

MandyCanUDigIt, 7 months ago to Bloomscrolling

Lovely late rose Sweet Honey.

#roses #rose #bloomscrolling #gardening #autumn #fall #gardens

thisismyglasgow, 8 months ago to glasgow

The world's only known pair of Banana Boots in the People's Palace in Glasgow. Nothing more really needs said.

#glasgow #bananaboots #billyconnolly #peoplespalace #boots #footwear #comedy

MandyCanUDigIt, 8 months ago to 13thFloor

Top of the pops on my website this week is my accidental growing of the massively poisonous and hallucinogen Datura stramonium or devil’s snare! A fascinating plant in #mythology and #folklore the world over but not one to have with a family around.

https://www.mandycanudigit.com/2021/07/20/hallucinogenic-devils-snare-or-datura-stramonium/

#gardening #poisonous #hallucinogenic #witches #voodoo #zombies #sadhus #Algonquian #Navajo #Cherokee #Luiseno #thornapple #Haiti #werewolves

Datura stramonium or devil’s snare
Datura stramonium or devil’s snare
Datura stramonium or devil’s snare

MandyCanUDigIt, 8 months ago to Women

Had to have #Bjork! Was going to have #ViolentlyHappy but the video's a bit disturbing. Instead, I'll have #ArmyofMe. Actually, that's really disturbing too. Not for those who don't like the dentist...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPeheoBa2_Y

#musicwomenwednesday #women #strongwomen #music #womenrolemodels #Iceland #alternative

fkamiah17, 8 months ago to random

Bras are implements of torture. Discuss.

#FFS

MandyCanUDigIt, 9 months ago to gardening

I haven't done a tomato 'family portrait' this year as they're so late! Eleven varieties in there - stand-outs are Rosella (as always), outdoor Tigerella, new yellow Bliss. Also in there Green Zebra, Kings of Colour {Red, Pink, Yellow, Orange), Toddler, Black Moon and Al Fresco.

#gardening #gardeninguk #gyo #tomatoes #harvest #homegrown #heritage

herbincowgirl, 9 months ago to random

May you never be the reason why someone who loves to sing, doesn't anymore. Or why someone who dressed so differently now wears standard clothing. Or why someone who always spoke of their dreams so wildly is now silent about them. May you never be the reason of someone giving up on a part of them because you were demotivating, non appreciative or even worse, sarcastic about it.

MandyCanUDigIt, 9 months ago to gardening

First proper picture I've been able to get of the new water hawthorn (Aponogeton), aka Cape pondweed. Highly scented and can flower until November. It can be almost evergreen in a mild winter.

#gardening #bloomscrolling #plants #waterplants #ponds #waterhawthorn #capepondweed

MandyCanUDigIt, 9 months ago to gardening

From a 50p packet of seeds came this wonderful #cardoon. It's surrounded by bronze fennel in my edible front garden project, edged with golden marjoram, chives and there are blackcurrants in there too. Fab leaves and pollinators love it.

#gardening #garden #gardeninguk #cynara #herbs #ediblegardening #gyo #cardoons #pollinators