BUNNY BITES: How to make Cement look like Stone

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  • čas přidán 25. 02. 2022
  • Bunny shows how to age a brand new reconstituted stone ball to make it look like naturally weathered stone. Using cow muck from the fields and other natural ingredients she creates a special recipe to add an instant aged effect and ensure that the natural weathering process is speeded up no end. A natural and inexpensive technique that Bunny's even used in her Chelsea Flower Show gardens.
    Reconstituted balls from www.grosvenorstone.co.uk.
    #howto #gardening
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Komentáře • 63

  • @SmallWonda
    @SmallWonda Před 2 lety +15

    Sounds like a very good recipe - a good way to engage kids in the gardening process - who don't love making mud pies?! Oh Bunny, don't let the Jealous Chops spoil your day - poaching a view is a very handy technique that many people can use to incorporate what isn't theirs into their domain - whether a ha-ha and pillars framing countryside views, to perhaps a window or arch in a town fence framing a distant hirise or church spire - some folk have no imagination. Which is why you are here to inspire ! Keep safe! And thanks - thousands appreciate your wisdom... 👍🦘🐾😊

  • @noneavailable9121
    @noneavailable9121 Před 2 lety +9

    Love your channel. Always so many tips, ideas, and interesting suggestions. Thank you for posting videos!

  • @birds-and-blooms
    @birds-and-blooms Před 2 lety +4

    Wait, rewinding. Yogurt. 😀
    This is great and easy. Thank you Bunny. Love the step by step instructions.

  • @nellamiller1307
    @nellamiller1307 Před 2 lety +2

    I loved this Bunny!! And without gloves.. you’re a champ! Keep these tips coming! 💕

  • @blakehahn-atlantaga8510
    @blakehahn-atlantaga8510 Před 2 lety +2

    Beautiful! You make everything so easy Bunny! Thank you!

  • @angelacross2216
    @angelacross2216 Před 2 lety

    Beautifully done.

  • @Holly_at_gypsyhollergardens
    @Holly_at_gypsyhollergardens Před 4 měsíci

    Loved this !!!

  • @kathrynmettelka7216
    @kathrynmettelka7216 Před 2 lety

    Looked like fun!

  • @kristinastoltzfus6032
    @kristinastoltzfus6032 Před 2 lety

    True gardner! I just love this! Thanks again!

  • @debraackerman2890
    @debraackerman2890 Před 2 lety +1

    Wonderful tips.

  • @bluesky7226
    @bluesky7226 Před 2 lety +1

    Love your project and your haha pillars!💝

  • @susanbrookes8247
    @susanbrookes8247 Před 2 lety

    As always very useful and inspiring...

  • @amydavid1111
    @amydavid1111 Před 2 lety

    Very informative and fun.

  • @jennifermcinteer7491
    @jennifermcinteer7491 Před 2 lety

    I agree completely. Oftentimes, the project I do cheaply or with leftovers looks better and is more satisfying than the project I spent big bucks on.

  • @dh2682
    @dh2682 Před 2 lety +2

    Great idea,im going to give it a try,thankyou.

  • @lynnralph8373
    @lynnralph8373 Před 2 lety

    I love your ideas and your pillars Bunny, you always have wonderful ideas.

  • @dwoodbury
    @dwoodbury Před 2 lety

    Really helpful information. Thank you.

  • @scenesfromoregon5821
    @scenesfromoregon5821 Před 2 lety +2

    I have used a similar technique on new rock walls with fresh stone face. It took a couple of years, but really quick look like they have been there for decades! Thanks for all your inspiring tips. 🙏

  • @joanwalters4741
    @joanwalters4741 Před 2 lety +2

    I’ve done that with buttermilk, too! Either way.....the dogs liked it straight away😇. Love your channel 😍🌟🌟🌟

  • @rogerboeve4658
    @rogerboeve4658 Před 2 lety

    Love your videos.

  • @artemisgrier8989
    @artemisgrier8989 Před 2 lety +1

    I’m thinking of your idea to mix soil and cement to make a path, as you showed us the method from Japan. Thank you so much for sharing your creativity with us and most of all your knowledge. It’s a delight to spend time with you.

  • @1958pobs
    @1958pobs Před 2 lety

    Bunny you are a wonder!

  • @elliepaske2062
    @elliepaske2062 Před 2 lety

    Thanks Bunny. I might try this recipe on a stone trough that needs a weathered look. I couldn’t help but chuckle

  • @tanyaprice6774
    @tanyaprice6774 Před 2 lety +3

    Thank you Bunny. Looks like a great recipe, particularly the lichen part. I tried ageing terracotta pots years ago with a different recipe (mostly yogurt from memory) and it somewhat worked. Am going to try it again with your recipe.

  • @familyfruit9833
    @familyfruit9833 Před 2 lety

    Love that you have a ha-ha!

  • @TI_Ted
    @TI_Ted Před 2 lety

    brilliant

  • @VancouverIslandgirl
    @VancouverIslandgirl Před 2 lety +1

    Great job, thank you for sharing , I need to find some kind of mould to make those round shapes.

  • @melodybecker2309
    @melodybecker2309 Před 2 lety

    Your the BEST 🟢 Have been making a globe garden using different sizes of spheres where plants can't grow. Thank You!!!

  • @penelopehammerton2907
    @penelopehammerton2907 Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you for once again for sharing another great gardening tip. If you have a ha ha and stone pillars and are borrowing a view then good on you. Seems to me you get your own hands dirty plenty of times.

  • @JoannaLouise200
    @JoannaLouise200 Před 2 lety

    Great weathering effect Bunny, but I might go for the acrylics option ~ just to avoid the cowpat/yoghurt experience!

  • @1sissaree
    @1sissaree Před 2 lety +1

    Loved this’ can you tell us more about stattle stones? I bought one a few years ago and know nothing about them! Thank you for sharing your knowledge 👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼

    • @colinslant
      @colinslant Před 2 lety +1

      Staddle stones were made to form the base for grain stores and corn ricks - the traditional mushroom-shaped top creates an overhang that rats and mice can't climb over.

  • @orchidgarden3124
    @orchidgarden3124 Před 2 lety +3

    A hypertufa recipe to cast the ball would probably look very weathered without having to do anything else to it. Just another idea.

  • @buds8423
    @buds8423 Před rokem

    Would suggest carefully collecting small portions(not destroy whole colony) of lichens growing on limestone and seeding theses on the cement balls-these lichens are the species most likely to grow on the balls vs. those growing on wood or even granite.

  • @user-hr9vo7oi4q
    @user-hr9vo7oi4q Před 2 lety

    仓里有好吃的

  • @Nell0111
    @Nell0111 Před 2 lety

    Bunny thank you so much for these tips. Can I ask if there is any chance that you can tell us about the little cob hut behind you and how it was made ? Apologies if you already have and I' ve missed it but I would love to know how that was created ....

    • @cassieryan8839
      @cassieryan8839 Před 2 lety

      Bunny did an episode on it late last year - I think it's this one or the description mentions the hut anyway czcams.com/video/C90Objzf-9Y/video.html

    • @Nell0111
      @Nell0111 Před 2 lety +1

      Thank you ever so much for that pointer. I had missed that episode. 👍

  • @scottanthony6269
    @scottanthony6269 Před 2 lety +1

    She's a country girl

  • @MargaretUK
    @MargaretUK Před 2 lety

    It's just as well that it's not April 1st, I would have been convinced that this was prank 😯 Poo mixed with yogurt??😳

  • @psusanwestlake5510
    @psusanwestlake5510 Před 2 lety

    Just a small tip. Try an Alice band , saves getting cow much and Yogurt in your hair . Live the videos, the best around .

    • @bunnyguinness
      @bunnyguinness  Před 2 lety

      I did try that but frankly the muck and yoghurt was more fetching than the Alice band, and being so windy that day it would probably have blown off 😂

    • @psusanwestlake5510
      @psusanwestlake5510 Před 2 lety

      @@bunnyguinness 😅... and I got an "Oh Mother " wearing mine from my overly selfaware daughter. So its hats for me , a tad Miss Marple but who cares . Well the baseball cap got a super withering look.

    • @katella
      @katella Před 2 lety

      @@psusanwestlake5510 I've tried a number of different hats and caps and other ways of controlling my wild mane and look silly in all of them. I'm sure anyone who catches a glimpse has a chuckle. My favorite was a sturdy canvas bush hat, but that was stolen by my husband!

  • @avachannel4926
    @avachannel4926 Před 2 lety +1

    I did mix this up, but I have to say - I did not care for the taste of it ...
    I'd rather have my yogurt plain.
    🤔
    JUST KIDDING!
    😸 😹 🤣 😹 😸

  • @elliepaske2062
    @elliepaske2062 Před 2 lety

    Sorry hadn’t finished my post… I couldn’t help chuckling at the way you tried to keep your hair out of your eyes with cow poo hands. 😂

    • @katella
      @katella Před 2 lety

      I'm sure she has an excellent immune system!

  • @Lee-up5qf
    @Lee-up5qf Před 2 lety

    Why would someone steal a few stone balls in the first place?

    • @bunnyguinness
      @bunnyguinness  Před 2 lety +1

      Straddle stone tops are not balls but shaped like the tops of mushrooms, they are fairly difficult to buy the original ones so quite valuable! 🐇

    • @tierneylogan5943
      @tierneylogan5943 Před rokem

      Tweakers

  • @rebeccavalicoff1581
    @rebeccavalicoff1581 Před 2 lety +2

    I wish you had worn gloves because you touched your hair after touching the cow dung.

  • @belindarussell2961
    @belindarussell2961 Před 2 lety +2

    I am a loyal fan Bunny. Love your creativity, style and incredible knowledge but there are no gardens on a dead planet. Peat and cement are not acceptable anymore.
    Please research alternatives for us and lead the way. You are so admired and have a great platform. We need you. The planet needs you to champion a harmonious way to garden with nature.

    • @michellebarbour5777
      @michellebarbour5777 Před 2 lety

      Totally agree. Come on Bunny! We love you but want you to use your power as an influencer to champion environmentally 'good' stuff.

  • @michellebarbour5777
    @michellebarbour5777 Před 2 lety +1

    Bunny, what's going on? First, promoting peat use and also promoting cement?? I've followed you and loved you for ages, I'm not young, but my very humble advice is 'Get with the programme'! Find a new, environmentally friendly and aware trumpet to blow. I'm going to keep hoping for a while but can't imagine my 30 somethings ever watching this for more than 1 minute.

    • @JoannaLouise200
      @JoannaLouise200 Před 2 lety +6

      Oh no...not another virtue-signalling eco zealot! (there's absolutely nothing wrong with cement ~ it is not a threat to the environment). Your 30 somethings need maturing...like Bunny's stone.

    • @karinchristensen220
      @karinchristensen220 Před 2 lety +3

      Do you know that a cell phone is the most unethical and damaging device to the environment due the impact of emissions from production? Are you aware of the near slave labor of children to mine cobalt needed for the batteries? Are you watching this video using a cell phone or any electronic device for that matter?

    • @michellebarbour5777
      @michellebarbour5777 Před 2 lety

      @@JoannaLouise200 ​ @Joanna (London) Your insults are actually a compliment to me Joanna. To care about the Environment does not make me a 'zealot', it makes me a person attempting to be responsible for our future. You could read the science about concrete? I'll sum it up, in case you don't have time: Concrete causes 8% of the world's Co2, 10% of the world's water use, traps heat in cities which increases global warming. Concrete production is a main cause of deadly silicosis in the workers. 10% of the world's particulate pollution in our air comes from concrete production. The sand needed for concrete is destroying natural beaches and river banks. There are more reasons that informed people don't like concrete but perhaps you just don't care? Maybe, as time goes on, our maturing 30 somethings will have a more positive impact on the environment? I hope so. In the mean time, people with influence have a role to play or they may become the dinosaurs and their uninformed views become laughable and redundant.

    • @JoannaLouise200
      @JoannaLouise200 Před 2 lety

      @@michellebarbour5777 Conclusion: some people deem a reality-check an insult ~ c'est la vie.

    • @michellebarbour5777
      @michellebarbour5777 Před 2 lety

      Agree. Reality- check about the environmental consequences of concrete is useful for us all. Glad you don't find the response insulting.