Not til tomorrow Bekkie - just doing my work emails in bed before I get up for a shower! (Meant to be off on Monday but am going to inspect a donated vehicle from the police so not sure it counts!)
I'm organising a 1940s weekend over Easter at the museum and wondering whether I could link in my other (currently neglected) hobby a little by having a dig for victory area and giving the younger visitors a taste of it by handing out pumpkin or sunflower seeds to pot up on the day (providing I can find a nice company to donate some mud, seeds and little starter pots as my budget is non existent - although I shall be finding somewhere around here that's doing pumpkin carving and asking if I can help clean up to get the seeds!) to then have a small competition as to who can grow the tallest / biggest? If I can find space we could grow some at the museum (with emergency spares at home) to join in ourselves and feature it throughout the year.
Good morning everybody - been v busy this week as I'm off on my jollies too on Wed (the Dordogne). Fortunately the weather seems to be improving.
Your job sounds really interesting Clari - which museum is it - I have lots of family in Yorks & they might be able to help with plant pots etcif it's the right bit.
Bekkie's idea is really good - we all have seed left over each season & a lot of us produce more than we reuse each year.
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Sorry Clari my family are quite a bit further north than that. But can I suggest that a bit nearer the time you put out a new plea for local members to bring you in spare plant pots - I always have a shedful from my GC purchases & regularly return some to a local nursery for recyling.
If I'm on my way up to see my rellies at the relevant time I'll happily do a detour with a box of small pots.
A local GC might also donate some sacks of compost in return for a bit of free PR and advertising. Sounds great fun
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Bekkie - we work with the job centre offering work placements to people who have been unemployed for a long time. They get to add us to their CV (also it stops their benefits being cut) and we get some help, especially important as we're rebuilding the top floor for some new interactive displays. We also have volunteers from the Autism society who come with carers and get involved with the running of the museum - I must confess they often work harder than some of our other volunteers!
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Not til tomorrow Bekkie - just doing my work emails in bed before I get up for a shower! (Meant to be off on Monday but am going to inspect a donated vehicle from the police so not sure it counts!)
I'm organising a 1940s weekend over Easter at the museum and wondering whether I could link in my other (currently neglected) hobby a little by having a dig for victory area and giving the younger visitors a taste of it by handing out pumpkin or sunflower seeds to pot up on the day (providing I can find a nice company to donate some mud, seeds and little starter pots as my budget is non existent - although I shall be finding somewhere around here that's doing pumpkin carving and asking if I can help clean up to get the seeds!) to then have a small competition as to who can grow the tallest / biggest? If I can find space we could grow some at the museum (with emergency spares at home) to join in ourselves and feature it throughout the year.
Your job seems so perfect for you
Your job sounds really interesting Clari - which museum is it - I have lots of family in Yorks & they might be able to help with plant pots etcif it's the right bit.
Bekkie's idea is really good - we all have seed left over each season & a lot of us produce more than we reuse each year.
Morning all, bit dull here, but not raining.
Hope all poorly peeps are feeling better.
Expect OL is feeling rather giddy as hollibobs are almost here.
Hope you all have a lovely day.
Thread started Bekkie - hope it makes sense I'm ploughing through some pre work "Great Fire Of London" breakfast reading so my mind is scrambled.
TopBird - its National Emergency Services Museum over in Sheffield
http://www.emergencymuseum.org.uk/index.html
If I'm on my way up to see my rellies at the relevant time I'll happily do a detour with a box of small pots.
A local GC might also donate some sacks of compost in return for a bit of free PR and advertising. Sounds great fun
Bekkie - we work with the job centre offering work placements to people who have been unemployed for a long time. They get to add us to their CV (also it stops their benefits being cut) and we get some help, especially important as we're rebuilding the top floor for some new interactive displays. We also have volunteers from the Autism society who come with carers and get involved with the running of the museum - I must confess they often work harder than some of our other volunteers!