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Archives for: August 2007, 19

Getting there!

by tylluanpenry @ Sunday, 19. Aug, 2007 - 23:47:28

seeking the green 2

My first attempt at the 'new look' blog.... not quite as I intended it, but I've a little more confidence to play around now.
Have tried several times to insert the code for the moonphase but it doesn't seem to work.

Never mind, I'll keep trying!

A bit of advice please!

by tylluanpenry @ Sunday, 19. Aug, 2007 - 22:02:49

I have been playing around with the design of my blog and think I have found something workable but I would very mch appreciate some advice....

1. I have now one 'activated' blog and one which isn't (but I would like to try.) Do I just press 'Activate' to use this new design?

2.Is there any way of previewing it?

3. Can I change back if I don't like it?

4. Will anything dire happen?

5. I have an html code I would like to use for moonphases - but how do I insert this?

Thanks in advance - I appreciate the help!

Gardening with Nature 3

by tylluanpenry @ Sunday, 19. Aug, 2007 - 15:22:33

seeking the green 2

It's just gone 3 o'Clock and I have just got in from the garden. I had a bad fall a few years ago and today my knee feels as though it's caught fire. However, I've managed to plant up two hanging baskets, a load of autumn croci, narcissi and tulips. I've also cleared a large tub, planted up some geranium cuttings and reseeded the lawn. I still have some more to plant but to be honest I am just knackered. Old age comes at a bad time, as they say.

On a practical level gardening with nature, for me, involves a great deal of thinking. Just standing, looking, thinking, shifting over a bit, thinking, listening.... you get the picture. I've never been able to just dive into things and get on with it. I have to stand around waiting for something to come at me out of the ether and then I will get on with it.

It was like that today. A very slow start, wandering here and there, wondering which bulbs to plant in which spot - what would they like? :) Added to which, gardening while you have four dogs bounding around trying to help isn't easy.

Homer started it. He pitched into a rose bush and bit off a shoot. Thorns don't seem to bother him. Then he got himself on top of a staddle stone and got stuck and since he weighs a good 30kg (if not more) he's heavy to shift. Then Barney went and widdled all over my bag of compost. And Ben followed.

Yet I always feel the presence of Something in my garden. I try to explain that I'm sorry about cutting things back but it has to be done. Otherwise all that would grow in the garden is brambles and creeping buttercup.  :DD Although I like a certain amount of wildness in a garden, gardening with nature isn't totally laissez faire - it's about trying to collaborate to bring out the best in the earth and the green.

I'm really tired now so I am going to rest and hopefully catch up with your blogs later. Please bear with me!

Seeking the Green by Tylluan Penry, published soon by Capall Bann. For more info - watch this space!

Off into the garden

by tylluanpenry @ Sunday, 19. Aug, 2007 - 11:12:54

seeking the green 2

I am off into the garden to do some bulb planting, grass sowing and general odd jobs while the weather is dry enough. Shall post more later!

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