The developing scenery of the ANLR
Not sure, I basically brought it for dad to see how easy it was to build, although dad has said that as we have one signal, we might as well signal the rest of the railway. This could be risky with the number of cats in the area where I live!
"What the hell is that?"
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
Now then, I am about to do a post about something that is pivotal to our garden railways, but never usually talked about, even in garden rail. I wonder why... 
Yes, i'm talking PLANTS!
Today I planted this lot in the new border around Ty Pren, 4 miniature trees, and 3 alpines. Here they are close up, including the lables with the names!
This conifer promises to grow to 75cm high, with a spread of 45 cm. Foliage is green in the summer but turns red in the autum and winter. If it does as it says on the label, I can see it easily adding to the scenic value of the Nant Llywyd valley.
Another tree, this a variety of the Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana, these are all slow growing dwarf conifers, many of which are great for garden railways and worth looking out for at the garden centre. This one grows up to 45cm high with a 45cm spread in 5 years.
This is a dwarf Hebe, found in the alpines section of our favorite garden centre, although it is actually a shrub (making this part of the garden a shrubbery I suppose :roll:
). When fully grown, many Hebe's have small leaves, and do great representations of tree's or large bushes. This one I think will be in the large bush categorie, with a height and spread of 30cm. do be careful when looking for Hebes, check the height and spread as some grow to rather a large size!
If that didn't bore you too much, I will start another topic in sceneary about some of the other plants on the ANLR if people would like.
Yes, i'm talking PLANTS!
Today I planted this lot in the new border around Ty Pren, 4 miniature trees, and 3 alpines. Here they are close up, including the lables with the names!
This conifer promises to grow to 75cm high, with a spread of 45 cm. Foliage is green in the summer but turns red in the autum and winter. If it does as it says on the label, I can see it easily adding to the scenic value of the Nant Llywyd valley.
Another tree, this a variety of the Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana, these are all slow growing dwarf conifers, many of which are great for garden railways and worth looking out for at the garden centre. This one grows up to 45cm high with a 45cm spread in 5 years.
This is a dwarf Hebe, found in the alpines section of our favorite garden centre, although it is actually a shrub (making this part of the garden a shrubbery I suppose :roll:
). When fully grown, many Hebe's have small leaves, and do great representations of tree's or large bushes. This one I think will be in the large bush categorie, with a height and spread of 30cm. do be careful when looking for Hebes, check the height and spread as some grow to rather a large size!If that didn't bore you too much, I will start another topic in sceneary about some of the other plants on the ANLR if people would like.
"What the hell is that?"
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
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SillyBilly
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Yay, more trees for pickies, and a SHRUBBERY! Ahem.
On a side note Terry Jones and Michael Palin are coming to Aber for a special screening of A Life Of Brian. Tickets are sold out.
I suppose that if I said that French Marigolds are very nice flowers to put in, you'll say no. Pretty please?
Great stuff and I can't wait to get home to see it properly.
On a side note Terry Jones and Michael Palin are coming to Aber for a special screening of A Life Of Brian. Tickets are sold out.
I suppose that if I said that French Marigolds are very nice flowers to put in, you'll say no. Pretty please?
Great stuff and I can't wait to get home to see it properly.
'Oliver's no use at all, thinks he's very clever. Says that he can manage us, that's the best joke ever. When he orders us about, with the greatest folly. We just push him down the well. Pop goes old Olly!'
Before the Morecambe members invasion this afternoon, I completed this
A retaining wall for a small flowerbed between the lines at the lower loop points. Must admit, i'm rather pleased with the brickwork, which is much better than my previous efforts (which includes a rather shoddy manhole round the back of Boston Lodge works...
) I'm hoping once i've got some plants in the flowerbed, including a couple to tumble over the brickwork then the area should look much more photogenic than it was
A retaining wall for a small flowerbed between the lines at the lower loop points. Must admit, i'm rather pleased with the brickwork, which is much better than my previous efforts (which includes a rather shoddy manhole round the back of Boston Lodge works...
) I'm hoping once i've got some plants in the flowerbed, including a couple to tumble over the brickwork then the area should look much more photogenic than it was"What the hell is that?"
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
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SillyBilly
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- Posts: 3536
- Joined: Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:00 pm
Did you say 'flowerbed'? *ears perk up*. I repeat my plea for French Marigolds. And cornflowers, 
'Oliver's no use at all, thinks he's very clever. Says that he can manage us, that's the best joke ever. When he orders us about, with the greatest folly. We just push him down the well. Pop goes old Olly!'
And I reject your repeated plea for Marigolds and Cornflowers. Their not to scale and I don't like themriveresk wrote:Did you say 'flowerbed'? *ears perk up*. I repeat my plea for French Marigolds. And cornflowers,
"What the hell is that?"
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
I was thinking at least one Campunenula (no doubt spelt hugely wrong) as it should look ace tumbling over the brickworkriveresk wrote:I'll put them in whilst you're asleep, ninja style. 8) :glasses5:
So what flowers are you planning, then?
"What the hell is that?"
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
can i suggest "mind your own bussiness" which is a good trailing plant, there are also types of dwarf trailing petunias which would give a waterfall of colour. There is also one with dark purple leaves ans yellow flowers that seems to self seed happily round here
Dan,
James: "Dan, can you use your hearing and tell me if that trains coming ?"
DLR
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James: "Dan, can you use your hearing and tell me if that trains coming ?"
DLR
www.freewebs.com/dlrail
Just put some Mind your own business on the other side of the track, you can see it in the photo just about. Might spread some across once the first bit is established. I would like something that grows quite tall to try and hide the 2 diverging lines from each other, there might be a conifer going in if the posistion is sunny enough
"What the hell is that?"
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
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