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Look what I made!!!!!

The_herpetologistThe_herpetologist Posts: 481
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Does anyone remember a Gardeners World from 2015 (episode 16) with a guy from Hebden Bridge who runs an alpine nursery. In his segment he described a way of making an alpine trough using a bag of concrete and a couple of big buckets as moulds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5snPzSXyaA 

Well...my bank holiday weekend project was to try this..and this is the result.



It hasn't aged yet (no lichen growing on it) but it worked! 
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147


    Painting it with yoghurt is supposed to help with aging/weathering. 

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  • JellyfireJellyfire Posts: 1,139

    Dovefromabove said:


    Painting it with yoghurt is supposed to help with aging/weathering. 
    Looks great! It has to be Live yoghurt to encourage the lichen btw, otherwise you are literally just painting it with yoghurt 
  • The_herpetologistThe_herpetologist Posts: 481
    Thanks Dove - I'll try that. Only got blueberry flavour in my fridge - may need a trip to the supermarket.
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    I've seen people on TV mix up the yogurt with handfuls of moss and buttermilk(?) in a food processor and paint it on then.  
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  • WorcesterParkWorcesterPark Posts: 94
    Looks great. I tried making a few concrete pots a couple of years ago but none as good as yours! I’ve done wooden containers this year instead as I found easier to make!
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Congrats! I do remember the episode.
  • nultyphilip224nultyphilip224 Posts: 923
    Well done and it looks very impressive,..i viewed the video which i had not seen before,..great link indeed,..now you have my brain thinking 'Alpine Trough'.
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  • Yorkshire GirlYorkshire Girl Posts: 51
    Looks brilliant!  :)
  • Kitty 2Kitty 2 Posts: 5,150
    Looks great, well done 👍.
    I've seen the moss in a blender method Blue Onion mentioned on TV too. Put me right off smoothies 😳.
    You could try mashing it up in a bucket instead, I think they added a little garden soil to the mix ?
  • The_herpetologistThe_herpetologist Posts: 481
    edited May 2018
    My trough is now covered in yoghurt. My neighbour caught me with a paint brush and yoghurt carton in hand. My answer to his question 'what are you doing with that yoghurt?' was 'encouraging lichen!'. He already thinks I'm mad and all I seem to do is reinforce his perception. I live in West Yorkshire; men don't tend to paint yoghurt on their alpine troughs round these parts.
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