Used tea leaves

 Junk modelling has returned to Kemp Castle. My friends are collecting used teabags for me. WHY? I hear you ask. Well they are the perfect colour and texture for earth in my model garden.  They'll be brilliant to add a little top layer in my mini pots and planters too. I'm blasting them in the microwave to kill any mould spores that might have developed. Yesterday while Tony made a base board for me, I made my little model raised bed from wood which I'd cut to size on my scrollsaw. The mitre shears are brilliant and came in very useful yesterday.  I needed to cut tiny braces for the raised bed so I used them to cut matchsticks. The shears cut through the sticks leaving me with perfectly mitred bits of wood. It was a good idea to make the mock up out of cardboard first as it highlighted any potential mistakes and saved me from wasting my precious wood..