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Hand pollination - bunny's tail
When I was a boy my grandfather taught me to cross fertilise stuff (can't
remember what now!) with a bunny's tail. Having mislaid my forementioned tail (!) some years ago, I have since tried all sorts of small paint brushes for use with greenhouse-grown melons... but they just don't seem to be quite right for the job. Any comments on this please? Incidently, we have lived in a part of Dorset for many years where the 'R' word (**bb**) is strictly taboo. It is believed this came about because the animlas caused dangerous earth / rock falls around local quarries where most villagers then worked. Keith |
Hand pollination - bunny's tail
"Keith (Dorset)" wrote in message
news:Dfmdnb- Incidently, we have lived in a part of Dorset for many years where the 'R' word (**bb**) is strictly taboo. It is believed this came about because the animlas caused dangerous earth / rock falls around local quarries where most villagers then worked. Keith Would that be Portland ? ;-) Was at the Verne there a few years back. Mike -- .................................................. ......... Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk www.nsrafa.com |
Hand pollination - bunny's tail
"Keith (Dorset)" wrote in message ... When I was a boy my grandfather taught me to cross fertilise stuff (can't remember what now!) with a bunny's tail. Having mislaid my forementioned tail (!) some years ago, I have since tried all sorts of small paint brushes for use with greenhouse-grown melons... but they just don't seem to be quite right for the job. Any comments on this please? [...] Just make sure there's a penknife or good pair of scissors in the car: you should have a replacement by this time next week. -- Mike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
Hand pollination - bunny's tail
"Keith (Dorset)" wrote in message ... When I was a boy my grandfather taught me to cross fertilise stuff (can't remember what now!) with a bunny's tail. Having mislaid my forementioned tail (!) some years ago, I have since tried all sorts of small paint brushes for use with greenhouse-grown melons... but they just don't seem to be quite right for the job. I've always used a small paintbrush and it has always been succesful. Alan |
Hand pollination - bunny's tail
"Alan Holmes" wrote in message ... "Keith (Dorset)" wrote in message ... When I was a boy my grandfather taught me to cross fertilise stuff (can't remember what now!) with a bunny's tail. Having mislaid my forementioned tail (!) some years ago, I have since tried all sorts of small paint brushes for use with greenhouse-grown melons... but they just don't seem to be quite right for the job. I've always used a small paintbrush and it has always been succesful. It occurs to me that if Keith can't get a real rabbit's tail and doesn't like small water-colour brushes, then an up-market cosmetics department will be able to sell him a very fat (about 3/4 inch in diameter compressed) stubby soft brush intended for make-up. Pricey, I imagine, but my ex had the same good-quality one for about twenty years. Water-colour brushes themselves come in various sizes, too: I bet you can get one half an inch thick. -- Mike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
Hand pollination - bunny's tail
"Mike Lyle" wrote in message .. . "Alan Holmes" wrote in message ... "Keith (Dorset)" wrote in message ... When I was a boy my grandfather taught me to cross fertilise stuff (can't remember what now!) with a bunny's tail. Having mislaid my forementioned tail (!) some years ago, I have since tried all sorts of small paint brushes for use with greenhouse-grown melons... but they just don't seem to be quite right for the job. I've always used a small paintbrush and it has always been succesful. It occurs to me that if Keith can't get a real rabbit's tail and doesn't like small water-colour brushes, then an up-market cosmetics department will be able to sell him a very fat (about 3/4 inch in diameter compressed) stubby soft brush intended for make-up. Pricey, I imagine, but my ex had the same good-quality one for about twenty years. Water-colour brushes themselves come in various sizes, too: I bet you can get one half an inch thick. -- Mike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com Mike-That's awful. Not only have you mentioned the R*** word but you have incinerated that your ex wife needed "Polyfilla" type makeovers. |
Hand pollination - bunny's tail
On Feb 1, 10:44 pm, "Mike Lyle"
an up-market cosmetics department will be able to sell him a very fat (about 3/4 inch in diameter compressed) stubby soft brush intended for make-up. Pricey, I imagine, but my ex had the same good-quality one for about twenty years. Water-colour brushes themselves come in various sizes, too: I bet you can get one half an inch thick. -- Mike. They sell them in Boots and are used for "blusher", in the olden days, this was called rouge. You can get them from a couple of £ upwards and for a good one which should last years, around £8. I've got a few old ones, I might put them on ebay in the gardening section. Judith at home |
Hand pollination - bunny's tail
"Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote in message ... "Mike Lyle" wrote in message [...] It occurs to me that if Keith can't get a real rabbit's tail and doesn't like small water-colour brushes, then an up-market cosmetics department will be able to sell him a very fat (about 3/4 inch in diameter compressed) stubby soft brush intended for make-up. Pricey, I imagine, but my ex had the same good-quality one for about twenty years. Water-colour brushes themselves come in various sizes, too: I bet you can get one half an inch thick. Mike-That's awful. Not only have you mentioned the R*** word but you have incinerated that your ex wife needed "Polyfilla" type makeovers. Sorry about the, er, coney. On the other matter, I must defend both myself and my ex: it was a brush, not a trowel, and thus adapted to subtle decorative effects, not desperate gap-filling. -- Mike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
Hand pollination - bunny's tail
That's an idea!
However, as my wife is incapacitated so couldn't go to a Boots and buy a 'blusher' for me (she doesn't / wouldn't need one anyway). I suppose I could best spare my own embarrassment - by making a catapult. Second childhood, here I come... Yours mischievously, Keith wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 1, 10:44 pm, "Mike Lyle" an up-market cosmetics department will be able to sell him a very fat (about 3/4 inch in diameter compressed) stubby soft brush intended for make-up. Pricey, I imagine, but my ex had the same good-quality one for about twenty years. Water-colour brushes themselves come in various sizes, too: I bet you can get one half an inch thick. -- Mike. They sell them in Boots and are used for "blusher", in the olden days, this was called rouge. You can get them from a couple of £ upwards and for a good one which should last years, around £8. I've got a few old ones, I might put them on ebay in the gardening section. Judith at home |
Hand pollination - bunny's tail
Keith (Dorset) wrote:
That's an idea! However, as my wife is incapacitated so couldn't go to a Boots and buy a 'blusher' for me (she doesn't / wouldn't need one anyway). I suppose I could best spare my own embarrassment - by making a catapult. Second childhood, here I come... Yours mischievously, Keith wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 1, 10:44 pm, "Mike Lyle" an up-market cosmetics department will be able to sell him a very fat (about 3/4 inch in diameter compressed) stubby soft brush intended for make-up. Pricey, I imagine, but my ex had the same good-quality one for about twenty years. Water-colour brushes themselves come in various sizes, too: I bet you can get one half an inch thick. -- Mike. They sell them in Boots and are used for "blusher", in the olden days, this was called rouge. You can get them from a couple of £ upwards and for a good one which should last years, around £8. I've got a few old ones, I might put them on ebay in the gardening section. Judith at home I use a camera lens brush, works well for me. |
Hand pollination - bunny's tail
On 2 Feb, 00:06, "Keith \(Dorset\)"
wrote: That's an idea! However, as my wife is incapacitated so couldn't go to a Boots and buy a 'blusher' for me (she doesn't / wouldn't need one anyway). I suppose I could best spare my own embarrassment - by making a catapult. Second childhood, here I come... Yours mischievously, :o)) You kid. I've just returned from Fred Aldous, it's like Mecca to me - a place where I would, if I could, just about buy everything. I thought of you. I came accross a multitude of sizes of brushes and sponges of various materials. Check them out and if you want I could even buy them for you as I've got a discount in there (I'm a weekly customer ;o) and I can see their front door from where I am sitting. http://www.fredaldous.co.uk/ |
Hand pollination - bunny's tail
"Keith (Dorset)" wrote in message ... When I was a boy my grandfather taught me to cross fertilise stuff (can't remember what now!) with a bunny's tail. Having mislaid my forementioned tail (!) some years ago, I have since tried all sorts of small paint brushes for use with greenhouse-grown melons... but they just don't seem to be quite right for the job. Any comments on this please? Incidently, we have lived in a part of Dorset for many years where the 'R' word (**bb**) is strictly taboo. It is believed this came about because the animlas caused dangerous earth / rock falls around local quarries where most villagers then worked. Keith Maybe you could get a replacement at a pet shop? They sometimes have real fur cat toys.... Or maybe at a butchers shop that sells rabbit ? Jenny |
Hand pollination - bunny's tail
"Keith (Dorset)" wrote in message ... When I was a boy my grandfather taught me to cross fertilise stuff (can't remember what now!) with a bunny's tail. Having mislaid my forementioned tail (!) some years ago, I have since tried all sorts of small paint brushes for use with greenhouse-grown melons... but they just don't seem to be quite right for the job. Any comments on this please? Rabbits feet - for sale: http://tinyurl.com/3c4bku http://tinyurl.com/2kmcwo http://www.boneroom.com/misc/remnants.htm jenny |
Was bunny's tail - Now Racoons (nt in the corn!)
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Hand pollination - bunny's tail
"Keith (Dorset)" writes
That's an idea! However, as my wife is incapacitated so couldn't go to a Boots and buy a 'blusher' for me (she doesn't / wouldn't need one anyway). I suppose I could best spare my own embarrassment - by making a catapult. Second childhood, here I come... Why not buy your own blusher brush? You presumably shop for other feminine items for her? You could buy in a supermarket and use a check out manned by a spotty youth who wouldn't recognise a blusher brush if he saw one. wrote in message roups.com... On Feb 1, 10:44 pm, "Mike Lyle" an up-market cosmetics department will be able to sell him a very fat (about 3/4 inch in diameter compressed) stubby soft brush intended for make-up. Pricey, I imagine, but my ex had the same good-quality one for about twenty years. Water-colour brushes themselves come in various sizes, too: I bet you can get one half an inch thick. -- Mike. They sell them in Boots and are used for "blusher", in the olden days, this was called rouge. You can get them from a couple of £ upwards and for a good one which should last years, around £8. I've got a few old ones, I might put them on ebay in the gardening section. Judith at home -- Kay |
Hand pollination - bunny's tail
On Feb 2, 8:24 pm, K wrote:
"Keith (Dorset)" writesThat's an idea! However, as my wife is incapacitated so couldn't go to a Boots and buy a 'blusher' for me (she doesn't / wouldn't need one anyway). I suppose I could best spare my own embarrassment - by making a catapult. Second childhood, here I come... Why not buy your own blusher brush? You presumably shop for other feminine items for her? "Feminine items read underwear, perhaps? that's o.k. as M&S also sell blusher brushes. JudithL at home |
Was bunny's tail - Now Racoons (nt in the corn!)
On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 00:03:58 +0100, Martin wrote:
On Fri, 2 Feb 2007 19:29:50 +0100, "JennyC" wrote: For larger plants......... http://tinyurl.com/3yynz2 Be very frightened http://www.spiegel.de/international/...458863,00.html http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,...Mg_3_3,00.html JJ |
Was bunny's tail - Now Racoons (nt in the corn!)
"Martin" wrote in message ... On Fri, 2 Feb 2007 19:29:50 +0100, "JennyC" wrote: For larger plants......... http://tinyurl.com/3yynz2 Be very frightened http://www.spiegel.de/international/...458863,00.html http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,...Mg_3_3,00.html Martin WOW that would make a hell of a pie :~)))) Jenny |
Hand pollination - bunny's tail
Thank God.....
I have located what I believe to be an aforementioned 'blusher brush' among items in the bottom of a bedroom wardrobe. Now, presumably all I have to do before pollinating melons, is to wash out the rouge~~~ Keith wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 8:24 pm, K wrote: "Keith (Dorset)" writesThat's an idea! However, as my wife is incapacitated so couldn't go to a Boots and buy a 'blusher' for me (she doesn't / wouldn't need one anyway). I suppose I could best spare my own embarrassment - by making a catapult. Second childhood, here I come... Why not buy your own blusher brush? You presumably shop for other feminine items for her? "Feminine items read underwear, perhaps? that's o.k. as M&S also sell blusher brushes. JudithL at home |
Hand pollination - bunny's tail
On 6 Feb, 16:42, "Keith \(Dorset\)"
wrote: Thank God..... I have located what I believe to be an aforementioned 'blusher brush' among items in the bottom of a bedroom wardrobe. Now, presumably all I have to do before pollinating melons, is to wash out the rouge~~~ Melon?! You are going to grow melon? Didn't you see my thread about it? I've got melon charentais seeds and have a few questions for you!! ps. I've tried to email you as you've asked me to before, but you haven't replied. Is there a problem Keith? |
Hand pollination - bunny's tail
On Feb 6, 4:42 pm, "Keith \(Dorset\)"
wrote: Thank God..... I have located what I believe to be an aforementioned 'blusher brush' among items in the bottom of a bedroom wardrobe. Now, presumably all I have to do before pollinating melons, is to wash out the rouge~~~ Keith Just hold it under a hot tap and add one drop of washing up fluid it comes up like new. As I have saved you some money, can I have a melon please? JudithL at home |
Hand pollination - bunny's tail (replied by private email)
No probs.
Replied by private email. Keith "La Puce" wrote in message oups.com... On 6 Feb, 16:42, "Keith \(Dorset\)" wrote: Thank God..... I have located what I believe to be an aforementioned 'blusher brush' among items in the bottom of a bedroom wardrobe. Now, presumably all I have to do before pollinating melons, is to wash out the rouge~~~ Melon?! You are going to grow melon? Didn't you see my thread about it? I've got melon charentais seeds and have a few questions for you!! ps. I've tried to email you as you've asked me to before, but you haven't replied. Is there a problem Keith? |
Hand pollination - bunny's tail (replied by private email)
On 6 Feb, 20:54, "Keith \(Dorset\)"
wrote: No probs. Replied by private email. I'm daft but since on OE I haven't used the above address. So I'm unlikely to see your email. Please resend to helene at urbed dot coop. Thanks Keith. (Can't wait to hear about the melon ...!). |
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