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# 'dear gardeners question time..'
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scanner doesn't like me puttin in not perfectly flat things, so i had to fiddle about quite a bit to get the lines visible... need rostrum camera.

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(, Mon 21 Dec 2009, 17:18, archived)
# weeeeeeeeeeee
vil
(, Mon 21 Dec 2009, 17:20, archived)
# :D
this is fab, bet it was hard drawing on it.. woo
(, Mon 21 Dec 2009, 17:20, archived)
# ta :)
would have been easier on a less dried out leaf i think, tricky to press hard enough to get the ink out without just stabbing through it.
(, Mon 21 Dec 2009, 17:25, archived)
# Younger leaves have a waxy coat.
Wouldn't that make it even harder?
(, Mon 21 Dec 2009, 17:40, archived)
# depends on the ink
the stuff in my rotaring pen is (it seems) solvant based, so it'll draw onto most surfaces.
(, Mon 21 Dec 2009, 17:42, archived)
# el buggero
seems you're onto something, albeit for different reasons

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not to easy to scan shiny things.
i think i need a halfway point, a dead leaf, but one thats not completely dried out yet
(, Mon 21 Dec 2009, 18:25, archived)
# Leaf the leaf miller alone !
Nice touch !
(, Mon 21 Dec 2009, 17:22, archived)
# Beetles onna leaf laying eggs.
Nicely done.
(, Mon 21 Dec 2009, 17:42, archived)