A very pleasant day with sun from wake-up and temps actually getting up to 12deg!
Having a downside to photography and 365 comments but that will get better.
This is an interesting result from a Xmas decoration using”Tiny Planet’
To be thankful for:
Yet another face from the District Nursing scheme. John is being very patient at answering the question: “Now how did you do this?” About 5 tor maybe 6 imes now! They all have the patient notes, of course!
Read you comment on Beb`s Hydrangea pic. Blue one`s are pink ones . They turn to blue by :
The color of the hydrangea is influenced by the acidity of the soil. Under neutral conditions (pH value between 5.5 and 6.5) and without too much aluminum in the soil, the hydrangea assumes its normal color. With more lime in the soil, the color turns pink. Acidier soil with aluminum sulfate causes a discoloration to blue. But don't forget: a light pink hydrangea will never turn dark blue. It will always change to light blue.
Blue hydrangea
Each hydrangea has its own preferred color, but suppose you have a pink hydrangea and you want it to turn blue. Two factors are then important. Firstly, you need acidic soil, for example by adding garden peat, you will get a low pH value. Secondly, there must be metal ions in the ground. You do that by adding alum, aluminum sulfate or even your old nails. What happens then: the pink color slowly changes to blue.
Pink hydrangea
If you want the blue hydrangea to turn back to pink, then you have to sprinkle lime with your hydrangea. Then the acidity of the soil decreases and you will see that the blue color slowly disappears, sometimes through purple it turns pink again.
The color of the hydrangea is influenced by the acidity of the soil. Under neutral conditions (pH value between 5.5 and 6.5) and without too much aluminum in the soil, the hydrangea assumes its normal color. With more lime in the soil, the color turns pink. Acidier soil with aluminum sulfate causes a discoloration to blue. But don't forget: a light pink hydrangea will never turn dark blue. It will always change to light blue.
Blue hydrangea
Each hydrangea has its own preferred color, but suppose you have a pink hydrangea and you want it to turn blue. Two factors are then important. Firstly, you need acidic soil, for example by adding garden peat, you will get a low pH value. Secondly, there must be metal ions in the ground. You do that by adding alum, aluminum sulfate or even your old nails. What happens then: the pink color slowly changes to blue.
Pink hydrangea
If you want the blue hydrangea to turn back to pink, then you have to sprinkle lime with your hydrangea. Then the acidity of the soil decreases and you will see that the blue color slowly disappears, sometimes through purple it turns pink again.
I suppose district nurses are just trying to make conversation when they ask repetitive questions.