Homemade bobbins...

Here I use some buddleia (buddleja) that I cut down at the start of the year to make some bobbins (also known as spools or reels) on my lathe, this wood has a very soft pith to it which is handy if you want to make something with a hole through the middle, although I did do some tests and found that if you want a perfectly drilled hole an 11.5mm drill bit works best.

My wife and daughter use the bobbins to wind ribbon onto and other materials for crafting, it's a good use for a material that would probably end up as fire wood or mulch.

Here's the video -

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Homemade wire string holder...

How to easily make a string holder from garden wire (other wire could be used) this has come in quite handy because you can hang it up in the shed or greenhouse, or on a fence or even from a tree branch which is what I did the other day when I was tying our tomato plants to their canes.

I'm pleased with it and it has become quite useful, and it's such an easy thing to make, hopefully the video is easy enough to follow, and you don't need any special tools, just a pair of pliers will do the job.

Have a look -

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Allotment update - More squash, Beans and Prep work...

This is a little behind where things are at on the plot, this was just a quick visit to the plot to get the other bed ready and to plant some more plants (squash) out, also planted some bean plants and got the polytunnel ready for our melon plants and birdhouse gourds.

We've had a lot of rain in the last few weeks, what we really need is more sun so the pumpkins and other squashes can get going.

Here's the update.

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