Do a New Thing for Spring (2018)

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halfpint Mar 2018 1:26pm, 20 Mar 2018 25,384 posts	0 halfpint LD that is really interesting. Can you use them for some sort of feature??
Fierce and Focused Fleecy Mar 2018 1:54pm, 20 Mar 2018 40,642 posts	0 Fierce and Focused Fleecy Aww, twinny baby newts! I bought some newt plants for the roof terrace at our second house. Just need to find some large planters which aren’t too heavy to carry up a tiny staircase now!
LindsD Mar 2018 3:22pm, 20 Mar 2018 22,221 posts	0 LindsD Congrats HP. I hope that they grow and thrive
LazyDaisy Mar 2018 4:28pm, 20 Mar 2018 21,877 posts	0 LazyDaisy Fleecy I bought some pots last summer which look like terracotta but are something called fibreclay which is much lighter than actual terracotta. HP they can't reinstall them because of the lining needed for the stove but I think I'll get a box display case and put them in that. One other nice thing about this work is that the new fire surround has a little silver 'coin' embedded in the limestone, out of sight once it's installed. The firm puts it there for two reasons - one to prove that it's a genuine Chesneys fireplace, (apparently they don't put the image of the coin on the net so it can't be faked) and the other as their 'luck' to accompany the fireplace. I suppose there's a lot of folklore about fires, chimneys and sweeps - OH's nephew had a chimney sweep at his wedding, when they came out of church, which seemed like a nice mix of Christian and pagan
Fierce and Focused Fleecy Mar 2018 5:45pm, 20 Mar 2018 40,647 posts	0 Fierce and Focused Fleecy hmm, they had some of those at the garden centre but I didn't like them, they either had ultra modern ones or OTT ones with bows and shit on them. I need to keep looking I think.
halfpint Mar 2018 7:10pm, 20 Mar 2018 25,390 posts	0 halfpint Finlay (2lb 9) and Struan (2lb 3). I have pictures now. They are teeny.
.B. Mar 2018 7:17pm, 20 Mar 2018 36,111 posts	0 .B. Aw so tiny. I hope they and your sister are doing well. I ran somewhere new today - down one side of the Severn, across bridge and then back up the other side.
BaronessBL Mar 2018 7:23pm, 20 Mar 2018 7,161 posts	0 BaronessBL Lovely news hp. Hope they are all doing well. Bit of a mundane newt for me today but I visited a hospital that I have never visited before and less mundane, also saw a lady walking a HUGE great dane around the complex...my visit wasn't for any medical reasons (at least not my medical reasons!)
LazyDaisy Mar 2018 9:35pm, 20 Mar 2018 21,881 posts	0 LazyDaisy Ooh teeny tiny babies - but they'll grow! If they're 10 weeks early that's actually a pretty reasonable weight I guess. Son1 was only 5lbs 12oz at full term!
WA Mar 2018 9:45pm, 20 Mar 2018 5,275 posts	0 WA Newt chicken recipe tonight, which included roasting new potatoes. Never done that before. It was scrumptious but I think I eat too much. Anyone else cook a recipe to serve 4 and end up eating well over half the thing between 2?