Growing like weeds!
- Thread starter Ralph
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Nice weeds! I like to use the little craft "corn" brooms. How do you get the twist out of the twine? Or is it just not noticable?
Andrew
Andrew
MasonJar said:
Good idea! As for the twist in the twine...I did run across that problem a little. Manually untwisting a few times and cutting the twine as short as I could helped.
Ralph
Chessie6459
Gauge Oldtimer
Looks great Ralph.
But where's Dr. Norstrom's office?
Gee..All of a sudden I feel like a Drake's coffee cake...You know the large size?
I've gotta a box of them..........
But where's Dr. Norstrom's office?
Gee..All of a sudden I feel like a Drake's coffee cake...You know the large size?
I've gotta a box of them..........
WOW Ralph,
I never even thought of using twine for weeds. Sounds easy and cheap.
Off to the garage!!
I never even thought of using twine for weeds. Sounds easy and cheap.
Off to the garage!!
Hey!
I was just thinking about using twine for weeds!!! I'm thinking the twist could be taken out bi wetting the untwined strands and hanging them to dry with some weight at the end. Will have to mess with this over the weekend. How did you fix them to the layout?
Good work!!
Gus (LC&P).
I was just thinking about using twine for weeds!!! I'm thinking the twist could be taken out bi wetting the untwined strands and hanging them to dry with some weight at the end. Will have to mess with this over the weekend. How did you fix them to the layout?
Good work!!
Gus (LC&P).
That might work Gus. Let us know. To plant weeds I cut about a half inch piece of twine, unravel it and seperate the piece into three clumps of strands. They seem to naturally part that way and are about as thick as I'd want. I poke a hole in my scenary base with a small awl, lay the weeds across the hole, and then use the tool to poke the weeds in the middle, pushing them into the hole. As the twine sinks into the hole the fibers pop up looking like plant life. If they seem too long I trim them with a small pair of scissors. I didn't put a drop of glue in the holes but one could if they wanted to. My homasote base seems to keep the weeds in securly w/o it.
Ralph
Ralph
Hi,
I did the wet twine trick & it straightened out perfectly. I haven't had a chance to "plant" them yet, but I'll get to work tomorrow, see how they turn out.
Gus (LC&P).
I did the wet twine trick & it straightened out perfectly. I haven't had a chance to "plant" them yet, but I'll get to work tomorrow, see how they turn out.
Gus (LC&P).