The Calpol syringes now are terrible. For some reason they lock up as soon as they're filled with liquid so you have to use a lot of pressure to force it out. The first time we took our oldest boy for jabs at the doctors we had to give him some in the waiting room. My wife loaded up the syringe and took aim but it wouldn't plunge at all. She pushed harder but he moved his head at the last minute and the whole lot emptied into the air. Well we think it did because we couldn't find where it landed. It went somewhere but even in the bright white waiting room we couldn't see any bright pink sticky stuff anywhere.
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 syringes for giving meds to kittens and cats for years and they worked well for a teeny Possum too, at home, half an hour before jabs. Worked a treat.
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)."
Some syringes stuck then suddenly emptied rapidly down the back of son's throat. With luck he chokes a little bit it stays down. No luck and it's straight back at you!!!
Other syringes work well. It's pot luck but meticulously cleaning them after use does seem to help IME. I still prefer them to spoons.
Same down here. The ground clay is cracking already. Looks a bit dark out there at the moment, but we've no real rain forecast. I'll leave it til this evening.
I need to get some pot saucers as I'm repotting a number of cacti. They are being moved to 10.5 and 12cm pots but nowhere can I find saucers specifically for those pots. Saucers are for 12-15cm pots so too big for the ledge I need to stand them on.
Then I also came across biodegradable pot saucers with a state 'life' of up to 5 years. Why would anybody buy pot saucers which are designed to fall apart? That is simply wasteful, not environmentally friends.
@KT53 How about one long tray such as you might use for a window box? Easier to get the width and you could fil in the gaps with gravel or pebbles.
I spent ages yesterday watering newly planted shrubs and trees @B3, some done last autumn and some in early March and some just 3 weeks ago. Hose pipe job as miles form the tap but why is it, no matter how careful I am, I always water my jeans?
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)."
I didn't realise how dire the need for water was until I started watering. I was out there for nearly an hour. @KT53. Plastic picnic plates / dinner or side are great to put under plants. They can be a trifle colourful, though. Pound shop or IKEA rather than the expensive ones are fine.
I like the idea but the missus insists on putting her ornaments on the same window sills so a tray isn't practical.
Most definitely in full curmudgeon mode now as I have just come back in from spreading 4 in 1 weed and feed on the lawn - or not. Problem is I don't know! I filled the hopper with granules which seemed fine, and I have to admit I wasn't taking too much notice as I walked up and down the lawn. It was only as I got to near the end it occurred to me that the level hadn't gone down much in the hopper. I poured the remainder back into the back and was greeted by a solid mass of weed and feed at the bottom. I assume the granules were actually damp and formed a solid mass as the spiked barrel at the bottom tried to distribute it. I'm now in the position of not knowing how much of the lawn actually got treated so I'll have to wait for a couple of weeks to check for any results. Frustrating as this has been the first consistently decent spell of weather we've had.
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Other syringes work well. It's pot luck but meticulously cleaning them after use does seem to help IME. I still prefer them to spoons.
I spent ages yesterday watering newly planted shrubs and trees @B3, some done last autumn and some in early March and some just 3 weeks ago. Hose pipe job as miles form the tap but why is it, no matter how careful I am, I always water my jeans?
@KT53. Plastic picnic plates / dinner or side are great to put under plants. They can be a trifle colourful, though. Pound shop or IKEA rather than the expensive ones are fine.