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"Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
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I live just down the road from Ashton and the trees round here have been absolutely hammered by these problems.
I have no idea if we can go conkering this year, every tree I've seen has been at least half dead."Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"
Please ignore everything I say, I make it up as I go along, not only do I generally not believe what I write, I never remember it either. -
Our trees have been the same - however they have a huge crop of 'conkers' this year!!Comment
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All the trees in this area seem to have a lot of whatever the leaf-parasite is, but it doesn't appear to have made much difference to the crop....Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.Comment
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I've got several thousand in my garden (on the lawn), mabe I should try Ebay?Comment
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I was walking through our local park the other day & there were loads of conkers on the ground where the kids had been knocking them out of the trees, a lot of them had just been left so maybe they were too small for them. I picked one up & brought it home, they're such lovely smooth polished objects!
Into every life a little rain must fall.Comment
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...yeeessss!!...that's exacty what I love about them!Originally posted by SueA View Post, they're such lovely smooth polished objects!
...and the lovely fine lines of different shades of chestnut brown!...beautiful eh???
"Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
Location....Normandy FranceComment
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As PW would say - ooh shiny!
All the trees round here have the disease - but there are conkers as well.Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?Comment
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I love collecting conkers and even at my age!
But has this gone too far:
Conkers Removed After Branch Falls On Girl's Head: Nottingham Tree Cleared After Accident | UK News | Sky News
Heard about it on the Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2...Comment
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My grandson has been bringing them home for a couple of weeks. There's a conker tree near his school.Comment
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We have a pile of them which came from Greenwich Park, the boy had a school trip last week.Comment
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How can you keep conkers looking as if they have just been picked? they are so beautiful and very tactile but quickly dry out and go dull when brought inside..... I would love to save a couple to add to my desk collection....
currently two perfect pine cones decorate my desk, they must think me bonkers! yay bonkers for conkers....that will be me then
Last edited by Headfry; 05-10-2010, 08:59 AM.Comment
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Could you rub olive oil into them? Or moisturiser? Or varnish them?
I luuuuuurve Conkers, and Marbles, and Yin Yang Beans - sooooooo tactile!!!!!
All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.Comment
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clear nail varnish???"Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
Location....Normandy FranceComment
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Better than the council (some years ago now) who had 4 trees cut down to avoid children getting hurt, but why can't they just deal with the yobs who throw massive lumps of wood up into the trees?Originally posted by supraflyguy View Post
Varnish!Originally posted by Headfry View PostHow can you keep conkers looking as if they have just been picked? they are so beautiful and very tactile but quickly dry out and go dull when brought inside..... I would love to save a couple to add to my desk collection....
currently two perfect pine cones decorate my desk, they must think me bonkers! yay bonkers for conkers....that will be me thenFlowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.Comment
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