Maybe she was shining some leaves and the labels fell off the pot (does anyone actually use leaf shine?).
There's one garden centre near me that sells very small sizes of terracotta pots down to 7cm but only ever have 10 or so in stock and they're the only place that I've ever found that sell such small ones. Every time I go past I buy all they have as they're great for succulent and alpine cuttings. The labels are stuck on with industrial glue though and they break up after a very short time in the sun so you're left trying to pick off tiny bits which then stick just as fiercely to your fingers. I mentioned it to them and they told me to pour boiling water on them and lo and behold they fell right off. I wish I'd ask in the first place.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
if you get organic 100% peanut butter, it it good for you. I have bought zoflora after reading many articles of how good it is, and have an empty "method" bottle, being all posh as I am, I have had a label made with my name and zoflora on it, started out, my daughter wanted some, bless her, thought I have brought my kids up well, they arent greedy, she wants cleaning stuff for her birthday on the 18th. You have to dilute it, so I thought I would get her a pretty sprayer to match her kitchen, and have a label made for her, then thought I would treat myself to one as well. However, the method spray has a label wrapped all the way round, it does peel off, but leaves a large sticky band, can I use leaf shine on this?
The trouble is, Nanny Beach, there are a lot of different glues used on labels. The leaf shine works for price labels - at least, the sort we used in the garden centre - but you might need to try a few different products before you find one which works, unfortunately. Leaf shine was all the rage in the 1970s, I remember. Then someone discovered that milk worked just as well (though smells rather gross after a day or two)...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Baby wipes are good for ficus elastica and other large leaves but are no good on sticky labels.
I used to know some Americans in Belgium who papered their downstairs loo with the labels of wine bottles given by friends who came for dinner etc. Never thought to ask them how they got them off with no damage.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
You have to love the interweb sometimes. I've been keeping my eye out for a sedum multiceps plant for a while but with no luck. Nowhere seems to stock them unless you want to buy dodgy plants from eastern europe or fake seeds from china.
I finally found a plant on ebay for a decent price and that actually looks healthy. Right now with half my plants back indoors taking up a lot of window space I need more plants like I need a hole in the head (which incidently is what my wife will give me when she finds out I've bought more sedums ) but I ordered it anyway. and another sedum because the guy combines postage costs...
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Well they don't take up much room so maybe you could hide them behind something else and then use the 'Oh that? I bought it months ago.' ploy if she rumbles it. My OH does that with books. But,come to think of it, it rarely works
She's like a human polygraph with a photographic memory and interrogates like Guantanamo Bay. I swear she's even got the dog informing on me. It was a lot easier when I could hide all my plants at the office but working from home I'll have to come clean. I swear one day the police will raid the house after a thermal scan picks up grow lights hidden in the loft expecting a major drugs bust but will just find my secret collection of loft sedums.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I've used up all my luck for today I think. I was parked in the supermarket carpark earlier eating my lunch when a large Mercedes 4x4 pulled through the space beside me to park in front. He was far too close and my whole car shook as he hit it. I got out expecting to see the bumper hanging off but as my wheel had been turned out slightly he had bounced off the tyre which must have stopped him touching the bodywork. No damage at all. That's the 3rd Mercedes now that's run into one of my cars without causing damage. Well no damage to my car, we still laugh about the lady who ran into my parked Landrover in her nice shiny Merc. I did lose some of my best rust but she came off quite a bit worse.
If they hit the tyre hard enough for the car to shake it may have knocked the tracking out. Either get it checked or keep an eye out for uneven tyre wear.
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Leaf shine was all the rage in the 1970s, I remember. Then someone discovered that milk worked just as well (though smells rather gross after a day or two)...
I used to know some Americans in Belgium who papered their downstairs loo with the labels of wine bottles given by friends who came for dinner etc. Never thought to ask them how they got them off with no damage.
My OH does that with books. But,come to think of it, it rarely works