Morning green ones.
Welcome to October. Another month gone..time is going too fast.

Happy Potter said:

Morning green ones.
Welcome to October. Another month gone..time is going too fast.

September has had dust.. and I’ve just finished licking the envelope on mailing some more dust to those South Easterly of me.

roughbarked said:

Happy Potter said:

Morning green ones.
Welcome to October. Another month gone..time is going too fast.

September has had dust.. and I’ve just finished licking the envelope on mailing some more dust to those South Easterly of me.

Hi RB hows it going ? Still working? No dust storms here..but enough gales to flatten everything.
Don’t eat dust, it’s not good for you :}

Happy Potter said:

Don’t eat dust, it’s not good for you :}

I don’t know about that – supposed to be rich in iron…

Happy Potter said:

roughbarked said:

Happy Potter said:

Morning green ones.
Welcome to October. Another month gone..time is going too fast.

September has had dust.. and I’ve just finished licking the envelope on mailing some more dust to those South Easterly of me.

Hi RB hows it going ? Still working? No dust storms here..but enough gales to flatten everything.
Don’t eat dust, it’s not good for you :}

currently working on trying to make this place presentable for Mrs RB whom is returning from Norway via Indonesia..

When she who will be an earhthquake if she sees the dust.. and I’m facing this nobel prize
http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200707/r161503_592185.jpg

mornings

just had the paddock (1.5 acre) slashed by the local farmer. looks like lawn that was head high grass in places. more rain coming – so this year i might need to have it slashed twice. the soursob was once the only grass on this area but now barley, marshmellow, clover, vetch, native grasses are dominating about half of it – and each time i slash the windrowed trash rots and helps improve the soil.

still lots to do but a nice clean paddock lifts the spirits.

Continueing with the spring clean here, today it’s window cleaning. Later patio clean and sweep.

I’m going to make focaccia rolls in the sandwich press for tomorrows invasion of the rellies , and rhubarb pie for dessert. I need only to walk out the back and pick several of the ingredients for both :D

The rhubarb’s gone nuts , as is the spinach and silverbeet.
The leaf bare dwarf limes wont stop putting on fruit buds, and as fast as I pick them off they produce 10 more in their place, so I’m just going to leave them be. A good feed of dynam lifter should see more leaf growth soon. I hope.

roughbarked said:

Happy Potter said:

roughbarked said:

September has had dust.. and I’ve just finished licking the envelope on mailing some more dust to those South Easterly of me.

Hi RB hows it going ? Still working? No dust storms here..but enough gales to flatten everything.
Don’t eat dust, it’s not good for you :}

currently working on trying to make this place presentable for Mrs RB whom is returning from Norway via Indonesia..

When she who will be an earhthquake if she sees the dust.. and I’m facing this nobel prize
http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200707/r161503_592185.jpg

Red dirt, red dust. Logical.

Happy Potter said:

Continueing with the spring clean here, today it’s window cleaning. Later patio clean and sweep.

I’m going to make focaccia rolls in the sandwich press for tomorrows invasion of the rellies , and rhubarb pie for dessert. I need only to walk out the back and pick several of the ingredients for both :D

The rhubarb’s gone nuts , as is the spinach and silverbeet.
The leaf bare dwarf limes wont stop putting on fruit buds, and as fast as I pick them off they produce 10 more in their place, so I’m just going to leave them be. A good feed of dynam lifter should see more leaf growth soon. I hope.

I’ve just cleaned the sliding door glass ready for the grandchildren to put their sticky hands all over it at the weekend. Even that much cleaning was stretching it for me. I had definately decided that there would be no more cleaning round here till we get some rain. Probably do it again after they have gone.

arvo peoples, so annoyed today going to blow up soon then they will here me coming.

veg gardener said:

arvo peoples, so annoyed today going to blow up soon then they will here me coming.

morning veg – don’t blow here we is peaceful people.
wat happened??

pepe said:

veg gardener said:

arvo peoples, so annoyed today going to blow up soon then they will here me coming.

morning veg – don’t blow here we is peaceful people.
wat happened??

just poop people are putting on me, some blokes are alright at work, told the bloke i wouldnt take the Crap he was giving me this morining hope he got the message
boss said good work for standing up to him.

veg gardener said:

pepe said:

veg gardener said:

arvo peoples, so annoyed today going to blow up soon then they will here me coming.

morning veg – don’t blow here we is peaceful people.
wat happened??

just poop people are putting on me, some blokes are alright at work, told the bloke i wouldnt take the Crap he was giving me this morining hope he got the message
boss said good work for standing up to him.

yes – some blokes come to work in an aggro mood – not your fault.
anyrate tis good the boss understands.

pepe said:

veg gardener said:

pepe said:

morning veg – don’t blow here we is peaceful people.
wat happened??

just poop people are putting on me, some blokes are alright at work, told the bloke i wouldnt take the Crap he was giving me this morining hope he got the message
boss said good work for standing up to him.

yes – some blokes come to work in an aggro mood – not your fault.
anyrate tis good the boss understands.

some blokes come in pissed. and then get up you for no reason i just ingore them and get on with my work, boss was right beside me when he said it to me, so i came back with what i had to say fast, boss is good on that he dont like people getting Crap put on them from other workers other bloke got chatted to its all because i am the youngest and i can do most of the work there they dont want me to learn to much more.

some blokes come in pissed. and then get up you for no reason i just ingore them and get on with my work, boss was right beside me when he said it to me, so i came back with what i had to say fast, boss is good on that he dont like people getting Crap put on them from other workers other bloke got chatted to its all because i am the youngest and i can do most of the work there they dont want me to learn to much more.
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he won’t last long – literally – if he’s coming to work when shickered – will he?

pepe said:

some blokes come in pissed. and then get up you for no reason i just ingore them and get on with my work, boss was right beside me when he said it to me, so i came back with what i had to say fast, boss is good on that he dont like people getting Crap put on them from other workers other bloke got chatted to its all because i am the youngest and i can do most of the work there they dont want me to learn to much more.
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he won’t last long – literally – if he’s coming to work when shickered – will he?

yep, most of them know i dont swear at all unless something is really getting on me and this time i just said it nicely to him.

yep, most of them know i dont swear at all unless something is really getting on me and this time i just said it nicely to him.
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how can you swear and say it to him nicely?

i have a friend who had a foot come flying thro’ the car window at him once. apparently there was a road rage instance and when my friend parked this other bloke came up to him and tried to kick his head thru’ the car window. my friend is ex-army and instantly reacted. i often think that if he had been a pacifist he would had had nightmares all his life about feet flying thru’ windows.
so i think you were right to defend yourself – but drop it now – just see what happens next.

pepe said:

yep, most of them know i dont swear at all unless something is really getting on me and this time i just said it nicely to him.
————
how can you swear and say it to him nicely?

i have a friend who had a foot come flying thro’ the car window at him once. apparently there was a road rage instance and when my friend parked this other bloke came up to him and tried to kick his head thru’ the car window. my friend is ex-army and instantly reacted. i often think that if he had been a pacifist he would had had nightmares all his life about feet flying thru’ windows.
so i think you were right to defend yourself – but drop it now – just see what happens next.

yeah ill just let him settle down. Didn’t say a few words i was thinking.

veg gardener said:

pepe said:

yep, most of them know i dont swear at all unless something is really getting on me and this time i just said it nicely to him.
————
how can you swear and say it to him nicely?

i have a friend who had a foot come flying thro’ the car window at him once. apparently there was a road rage instance and when my friend parked this other bloke came up to him and tried to kick his head thru’ the car window. my friend is ex-army and instantly reacted. i often think that if he had been a pacifist he would had had nightmares all his life about feet flying thru’ windows.
so i think you were right to defend yourself – but drop it now – just see what happens next.

yeah ill just let him settle down. Didn’t say a few words i was thinking.

i bet – must go – see ya next time.

Happy Potter said:

The leaf bare dwarf limes wont stop putting on fruit buds, and as fast as I pick them off they produce 10 more in their place, so I’m just going to leave them be. A good feed of dynam lifter should see more leaf growth soon. I hope.

a lot of those buds will drop themselves anyway. wait until they are a bit more developed and then remove them. And a good feed should get those leaves going.

veg gardener said:

some blokes come in pissed. and then get up you for no reason i just ingore them and get on with my work, boss was right beside me when he said it to me, so i came back with what i had to say fast, boss is good on that he dont like people getting Crap put on them from other workers other bloke got chatted to its all because i am the youngest and i can do most of the work there they dont want me to learn to much more.

sound like your hard work is showing them up and they are worried you will end out their boss! Also if they are coming in cranky then they are probably not getting enough sleep, unlike you.

Nigel the animal rescue bloke in the news. this amazing bloke just won’t give up on an injured animal.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/01/2701993.htm

Happy Potter said:

Nigel the animal rescue bloke in the news. this amazing bloke just won’t give up on an injured animal.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/01/2701993.htm

which reminds me, I still haven’t rung him about the possum….

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Nigel the animal rescue bloke in the news. this amazing bloke just won’t give up on an injured animal.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/01/2701993.htm

which reminds me, I still haven’t rung him about the possum….

left a message :)

bluegreen said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Nigel the animal rescue bloke in the news. this amazing bloke just won’t give up on an injured animal.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/01/2701993.htm

which reminds me, I still haven’t rung him about the possum….

left a message :)

not everything he does is free. $440 for possum removal! I might just go put up a pet door over the hole myself, to let her out but not in again.

bluegreen said:

bluegreen said:

bluegreen said:

which reminds me, I still haven’t rung him about the possum….

left a message :)

not everything he does is free. $440 for possum removal! I might just go put up a pet door over the hole myself, to let her out but not in again.

Will it get back in the roof somewhere else though? On his site they put a possum box on a nearby tree.

Happy Potter said:

Will it get back in the roof somewhere else though? On his site they put a possum box on a nearby tree.

She is not in the roof but in the wall cavity. She got in where a space was left in the brickwork where the old extractor fan outlet was. When the kitchen work was done they did not block it off. I had already put a possum box up some time ago and birds have been nesting in there in the meanwhile, but the tricky bit was to get her out of the wall before blocking the access off. Once that is done I don’t think she will be able to get back in again.

I’m trying to do some housework. So far I have gone to the chiropractor, bought some plants, picked up some milk, had some lunch, been on the internet, made some phonecalls….

bluegreen said:

I’m trying to do some housework. So far I have gone to the chiropractor, bought some plants, picked up some milk, had some lunch, been on the internet, made some phonecalls….

Time flies eh! I’ve made a big pot of pea and ham soup, an orange and poppy seed cake, and a rhubarb clafouti. Cuppa break now, then I’ll go start on the patio clean up :)

anyone seen the vacuum cleaner head?

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

I’m trying to do some housework. So far I have gone to the chiropractor, bought some plants, picked up some milk, had some lunch, been on the internet, made some phonecalls….

Time flies eh! I’ve made a big pot of pea and ham soup, an orange and poppy seed cake, and a rhubarb clafouti. Cuppa break now, then I’ll go start on the patio clean up :)

I’ve umm… sat at work all day :(

Leaving early though – have a physio appointment and then it should still be sunny when I get home so maybe some weeding..

bluegreen said:

anyone seen the vacuum cleaner head?

Tried under the couch? :)

Happy Potter said:

Nigel the animal rescue bloke in the news. this amazing bloke just won’t give up on an injured animal.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/01/2701993.htm

I hope that the good people like that rescue bloke far outweigh the bad nail gun types. Nothing effects me like crulty to animals. I abhor it.

bluegreen said:

I’m trying to do some housework. So far I have gone to the chiropractor, bought some plants, picked up some milk, had some lunch, been on the internet, made some phonecalls….

Don’t fret BG. The housework will still be there tomorrow. That I can swear.

bluegreen said:

anyone seen the vacuum cleaner head?

That’s a weak excuse. lol.

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

I’m trying to do some housework. So far I have gone to the chiropractor, bought some plants, picked up some milk, had some lunch, been on the internet, made some phonecalls….

Don’t fret BG. The housework will still be there tomorrow. That I can swear.

ah! but I want to go to the GA Expo tomorrow, then we have a guest arriving on Saturday morning to stay until Wednesday.

Still I have now vacuumed the stairs, except for the landings because I can’t find the head, and have washed the floors downstairs. Just need to do the bathroom and toilets. And find the vacuum cleaner head…

bluegreen said:

anyone seen the vacuum cleaner head?

yep its in the laundry …..I just saw it

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

I’m trying to do some housework. So far I have gone to the chiropractor, bought some plants, picked up some milk, had some lunch, been on the internet, made some phonecalls….

Don’t fret BG. The housework will still be there tomorrow. That I can swear.

ah! but I want to go to the GA Expo tomorrow, then we have a guest arriving on Saturday morning to stay until Wednesday.

Still I have now vacuumed the stairs, except for the landings because I can’t find the head, and have washed the floors downstairs. Just need to do the bathroom and toilets. And find the vacuum cleaner head…

Hey BG, we’re going to the Expo tomorrow – hope to see you there!! (Amongst thousands of people!)

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

The leaf bare dwarf limes wont stop putting on fruit buds, and as fast as I pick them off they produce 10 more in their place, so I’m just going to leave them be. A good feed of dynam lifter should see more leaf growth soon. I hope.

a lot of those buds will drop themselves anyway. wait until they are a bit more developed and then remove them. And a good feed should get those leaves going.

yeah.. don’t pull buds off.. you’ll kill the branch/tree

We have a “might be” showers forecast today. I don’t know where they are coming from because the sky is as clear as a bell ATM.

If they get this far it will probably depend on which cloud you are under.

Mr P is getting the long bed beside the path in the front ready for some of his cuttings of hydranger. Should be nice there. Lots of protection from the harsh western sun.

Nothing much to report for now. Only have some whinges so I’ll spare you all of that.

hydranger = hydranga

pomolo said:

hydranger = hydranga

hydrangeas :)

Morning Pomolo , theres been light rain here overnight, and it’s back to cool and cloudy this week.

I bathed Max last night and blow dried him. He was so dirty, once out of the bath he got so excited and tore around the house barreling into walls under chairs and over the couch lol. He’s come up a treat, like a golden puffball of silk.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

The leaf bare dwarf limes wont stop putting on fruit buds, and as fast as I pick them off they produce 10 more in their place, so I’m just going to leave them be. A good feed of dynam lifter should see more leaf growth soon. I hope.

a lot of those buds will drop themselves anyway. wait until they are a bit more developed and then remove them. And a good feed should get those leaves going.

yeah.. don’t pull buds off.. you’ll kill the branch/tree

Really !!!??
I was hoping it would sprout new leaves after they had been mostly stripped off in gale force winds. Heaps of fruit buds/blossom are appearing instead.
It’s been fed and seasol’ed and I’ll leave it be now.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

hydranger = hydranga

hydrangeas :)

I knew that. Ahem.

Morning Pomolo , theres been light rain here overnight, and it’s back to cool and cloudy this week.

I bathed Max last night and blow dried him. He was so dirty, once out of the bath he got so excited and tore around the house barreling into walls under chairs and over the couch lol. He’s come up a treat, like a golden puffball of silk.

Anyone for tiddly winks?

Oh well, found out yesterday I’m knocked out of the running for a job I was going for.. My sight without glasses is white stick stuff. Perfect with glasses though.

On a positive note I’m up to 73kg total weight lost. 2 more stone to go and I’ll no longer be obese, just overweight like most Aussies.

CollieWA said:

Oh well, found out yesterday I’m knocked out of the running for a job I was going for.. My sight without glasses is white stick stuff. Perfect with glasses though.

On a positive note I’m up to 73kg total weight lost. 2 more stone to go and I’ll no longer be obese, just overweight like most Aussies.

I wouldn’t put too much stock in the labels anyway. WiiFit reckons Mr Bon is “obese” which is ludicrous. It knows his height as well as his weight so I don’t know what algorithm it’s using, but mildly overweight he may be, obese he definitely isn’t!

I’ve lost track of all the jobs you were going for – are you still in the application process for other positions?

CollieWA said:

Oh well, found out yesterday I’m knocked out of the running for a job I was going for.. My sight without glasses is white stick stuff. Perfect with glasses though.

On a positive note I’m up to 73kg total weight lost. 2 more stone to go and I’ll no longer be obese, just overweight like most Aussies.

shame about the job, but way to go on the weight loss Collie! You are an inspiration!

I don’t know what algorithm it’s using, but mildly overweight he may be, obese he definitely isn’t!

I’ve lost track of all the jobs you were going for – are you still in the application process for other positions?

===================

Obese is medically a Body Mass Index of 30 or over. BMI=weight in kg divided by height in metres squared.
BMI=kg/(heightxheight)

That was the only serious job application on the go, will be sharpening the keyboard very soon..

CollieWA said:

Obese is medically a Body Mass Index of 30 or over. BMI=weight in kg divided by height in metres squared.
BMI=kg/(heightxheight)

Mr BG’s doc has told him he has a BMI of 31, so technically he is obese. I don’t want to know what mine is, because I already know I’m obese anyway!!!

Glad you see inspiration but I’m just trying to live longer. 8^)

185kg has fairly short prospects apparently with cardiac and diabetic and cancer baddies lining up to get ya.. I only had signs of the diabetes but the BP was getting up there.

CollieWA said:

Obese is medically a Body Mass Index of 30 or over. BMI=weight in kg divided by height in metres squared.
BMI=kg/(heightxheight)

That was the only serious job application on the go, will be sharpening the keyboard very soon..

Hmm, I think Mr Bon comes out as 27.5, so I don’t know what WiiFit is talking about =/

Good luck :) I really should update my resume soon so I’m not caught on the hop if I ever do get to apply for my job permanently.. hate doing it though =/

CollieWA said:

Glad you see inspiration but I’m just trying to live longer. 8^)

185kg has fairly short prospects apparently with cardiac and diabetic and cancer baddies lining up to get ya.. I only had signs of the diabetes but the BP was getting up there.

wanting to live longer is as good an incentive as any :)

bon008 said:

Hmm, I think Mr Bon comes out as 27.5, so I don’t know what WiiFit is talking about =/

maybe the Japanese work on a different scale???

>Mr BG’s doc has told him he has a BMI of 31

Mine’s 35.3 but it was 58.4.

CollieWA said:

>Mr BG’s doc has told him he has a BMI of 31

Mine’s 35.3 but it was 58.4.

Wow, that’s an incredible improvement :)

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

Hmm, I think Mr Bon comes out as 27.5, so I don’t know what WiiFit is talking about =/

maybe the Japanese work on a different scale???

hehe, could be – they do tend to be tiny :)

Imagine the BMI on the sumo wrestlers, they get around 250-300kg..

CollieWA said:

Oh well, found out yesterday I’m knocked out of the running for a job I was going for.. My sight without glasses is white stick stuff. Perfect with glasses though.

On a positive note I’m up to 73kg total weight lost. 2 more stone to go and I’ll no longer be obese, just overweight like most Aussies.

There will be other jobs:)

Wow Collie, we here in Luckyland are so impressed with your weight loss:D

Big blue ribbon to you mate:D

bluegreen said:

CollieWA said:

Obese is medically a Body Mass Index of 30 or over. BMI=weight in kg divided by height in metres squared.
BMI=kg/(heightxheight)

Mr BG’s doc has told him he has a BMI of 31, so technically he is obese. I don’t want to know what mine is, because I already know I’m obese anyway!!!

Yeah I’m the same as ewe BG;)

I was told the following…..

Asians are classed as anorexic when measured and put into the BMI table. It doesn’t take in race height ………………. so I was told.

bon008 said:

CollieWA said:

>Mr BG’s doc has told him he has a BMI of 31

Mine’s 35.3 but it was 58.4.

Wow, that’s an incredible improvement :)

I second that…….

munch, crunch, munchy crunchy…….. dern these radishes are lurvly:D

aww, I want some radishes!! :)

Can’t complain though.. just had a lovely half-hour walk in the sunshine, around the oval next to our work. Makes the day so much better if you manage to get a bit of sunshine!!

Arvo All,
I’ve had a lovely time at the GA expo. I bought 3 Tall Bearded Iris, 3 Pacific Coast Iris, a Boronia, a Snake’s Head Fritillaria, 7 strawberry plants, some Eco Oil, snailbait and came home happy!
I didn’t watch any of the presenters this time, I have heard al I want to hear about compost and recycling.

Collie,a shame about the job, but not your fault. Well done on your terrific weight loss – that’s incredible !!!

CollieWA said:

Oh well, found out yesterday I’m knocked out of the running for a job I was going for.. My sight without glasses is white stick stuff. Perfect with glasses though.

On a positive note I’m up to 73kg total weight lost. 2 more stone to go and I’ll no longer be obese, just overweight like most Aussies.

They obviously don’t know you like we do. Their loss.

CollieWA said:

Glad you see inspiration but I’m just trying to live longer. 8^)

185kg has fairly short prospects apparently with cardiac and diabetic and cancer baddies lining up to get ya.. I only had signs of the diabetes but the BP was getting up there.

I think I’ve said this before. I have a vision that in 50 years time there will be all these elderly people sitting around in nursing homes. No sight. No hearing. No teeth but their heart is beating strongly.

CollieWA said:

>Mr BG’s doc has told him he has a BMI of 31

Mine’s 35.3 but it was 58.4.

You’re a ledge Collie.

pomolo said:

CollieWA said:

Glad you see inspiration but I’m just trying to live longer. 8^)

185kg has fairly short prospects apparently with cardiac and diabetic and cancer baddies lining up to get ya.. I only had signs of the diabetes but the BP was getting up there.

I think I’ve said this before. I have a vision that in 50 years time there will be all these elderly people sitting around in nursing homes. No sight. No hearing. No teeth but their heart is beating strongly.

I’m hoping to follow the example set by Mr Bon’s Grandpa. 100 years old and he still lives alone, no problem getting up and down the stairs, can chip golf balls on the back lawn, potter around the garden and such. His hearing isn’t great but then again neither is Mr Bon’s :P

bon008 said:

pomolo said:

CollieWA said:

Glad you see inspiration but I’m just trying to live longer. 8^)

185kg has fairly short prospects apparently with cardiac and diabetic and cancer baddies lining up to get ya.. I only had signs of the diabetes but the BP was getting up there.

I think I’ve said this before. I have a vision that in 50 years time there will be all these elderly people sitting around in nursing homes. No sight. No hearing. No teeth but their heart is beating strongly.

I’m hoping to follow the example set by Mr Bon’s Grandpa. 100 years old and he still lives alone, no problem getting up and down the stairs, can chip golf balls on the back lawn, potter around the garden and such. His hearing isn’t great but then again neither is Mr Bon’s :P

bon008 said:

pomolo said:

CollieWA said:

Glad you see inspiration but I’m just trying to live longer. 8^)

185kg has fairly short prospects apparently with cardiac and diabetic and cancer baddies lining up to get ya.. I only had signs of the diabetes but the BP was getting up there.

I think I’ve said this before. I have a vision that in 50 years time there will be all these elderly people sitting around in nursing homes. No sight. No hearing. No teeth but their heart is beating strongly.

I’m hoping to follow the example set by Mr Bon’s Grandpa. 100 years old and he still lives alone, no problem getting up and down the stairs, can chip golf balls on the back lawn, potter around the garden and such. His hearing isn’t great but then again neither is Mr Bon’s :P

I hope you make it Bon. MrP will be there to keep you company. He’s sticking around till he’s 100 too.

Back into gardening now. Starts raining after i have got them looking like they will grow stuff again and stuff planted out been watering all week and it rains today :) got a few questions on Mulch.

morning – normal chat may resume now LOL.

i’m exhausted and need a coffee. bbl

pomolo said:

CollieWA said:

>Mr BG’s doc has told him he has a BMI of 31

Mine’s 35.3 but it was 58.4.

You’re a ledge Collie.

Absolutely fantastic on the bmi Collie :D You shall live long!
Likewise, mines gone from 40 to 25.
Shame about the job loss too , but as one door closes it’s so a better one opens, hey :)

Morning,, I doub’t I can catch up , but great to see SueBK and AnneS back :)

We had a lovely day yesterday with visiting relatives. They loved my garden! They’re not gardeners but a couple handfulls of gold sedum was gathered, notes on where how to grow it ,and to make sure we catch up more often we will do a visit in six months to check it hasn’t died lol. I use horse manure as mulch because it’s completely free and I only need to bag as much of it as I want. Great vegies Lucky and Pepe, Yum!

Orchid, your email inbox is full up..

Happy Potter said:

Morning,, I doub’t I can catch up , but great to see SueBK and AnneS back :)

We had a lovely day yesterday with visiting relatives. They loved my garden! They’re not gardeners but a couple handfulls of gold sedum was gathered, notes on where how to grow it ,and to make sure we catch up more often we will do a visit in six months to check it hasn’t died lol. I use horse manure as mulch because it’s completely free and I only need to bag as much of it as I want. Great vegies Lucky and Pepe, Yum!

Orchid, your email inbox is full up..

Glad you had a good day HP, I’m not surprised your rellies loved your garden!

Sending you my new email addy!

Is anyone else having trouble getting on other forums? I can get on some but not all.

Arvo all. enjoying this rain i am.

Heya southerners , don’t forget daylight saving starts tomorrow.. tonight when you go to bed put your clocks forward.

Arvo HP. I have just been outside transplanting red drumhead cabbages in between showers. Came inside and remembered that tonight’s the night so decided to set the bedside clocks so I don’t forget later! I’m home alone this weekend (MrS is away on Scout camp..in the rain).

Speaking of which we had 43mm overnight YaY :) and today has been showers of gentle soaking rain. Needless to say I am wrapt. Our tank was down to the last 2 rungs (our tank 46000L so it’s not too bad, but this top up will certainly help. I think MrS said that it takes about 25mm to fill one rung.)..

Just sowed some more corn and zucchini seeds in pots cause the direct sown ones don’t seem to have germinated….unfortunately they were sown a day or so before the heat and wind gales a few weeks ago. Hopefully I’ll have better luck this time.

AnneS said:

Arvo HP. I have just been outside transplanting red drumhead cabbages in between showers. Came inside and remembered that tonight’s the night so decided to set the bedside clocks so I don’t forget later! I’m home alone this weekend (MrS is away on Scout camp..in the rain).

Speaking of which we had 43mm overnight YaY :) and today has been showers of gentle soaking rain. Needless to say I am wrapt. Our tank was down to the last 2 rungs (our tank 46000L so it’s not too bad, but this top up will certainly help. I think MrS said that it takes about 25mm to fill one rung.)..

Just sowed some more corn and zucchini seeds in pots cause the direct sown ones don’t seem to have germinated….unfortunately they were sown a day or so before the heat and wind gales a few weeks ago. Hopefully I’ll have better luck this time.

I hope your next lot of seeds/seedling come up ok. I’m scratching my head trying to remember where you are exactly.. Isn’t Qld on DS too now ? I remember something about it , but not sure what lol

I’m south coast NSW near Nowra (actually hlfway between Nowra and Ulladulla)

AnneS said:

I’m south coast NSW near Nowra (actually hlfway between Nowra and Ulladulla)

Arh ok.
Good rain :)

Happy Potter said:

Heya southerners , don’t forget daylight saving starts tomorrow.. tonight when you go to bed put your clocks forward.

thanks for the reminder

here’s what I bought at the GA Expo,

Fritillaria Meleagris

Pacific Iris Dark Eyes

Boronia Lipstick

Happy Potter said:

AnneS said:

I’m south coast NSW near Nowra (actually hlfway between Nowra and Ulladulla)

Arh ok.
Good rain :)

Yes beautiful stuff!

Happy Potter said:

Isn’t Qld on DS too now ? I remember something about it , but not sure what lol

No.

Isn’t Qld on DS too now ? I remember something about it , but not sure what lol

No.

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Like WA, Qld doesn’t have those non fading curtins, ambivalent chickens and chronologically illiterate bovines.

We voted them out.

Morning sleepy heads and lurkers. It must be the coldest spring on record I’m sure..and the seedlings don’t like it one bit. Nothing is moving upwards lol.
Our trip to the rhody gardens and puffing billy on friday might see snow!

I rang about nurseries looking for a dwarf valencia orange tree and was told they are sold out and there won’t be any more until next year. Theres a hot demand for dwarf fruiting trees like never before. They take less water to get the same size and quality fruit as a bigger tree, so I’m not surprised.

The potatoes I planted in my front garden are pushing their greenery up :) They are up to one side and not really that noticable , until they get bigger I suppose.

Hey HP, been up since 4am NON Ds time.

veg gardener said:

Hey HP, been up since 4am NON Ds time.

I slept in ‘till 8 am DS time lol. I feel a bit out of sorts because it’s not the time that it feels like, but I’m indifferent to DS really.

Happy Potter said:

veg gardener said:

Hey HP, been up since 4am NON Ds time.

I slept in ‘till 8 am DS time lol. I feel a bit out of sorts because it’s not the time that it feels like, but I’m indifferent to DS really.

It has it’s pros and cons to me, good thing is i can spend more time outside in the arvo if I don’t have to work at 2am. Suns well and turely up at work at my lunch time. suns up longer when I’m trying to sleep.

veg gardener said:

Happy Potter said:

veg gardener said:

Hey HP, been up since 4am NON Ds time.

I slept in ‘till 8 am DS time lol. I feel a bit out of sorts because it’s not the time that it feels like, but I’m indifferent to DS really.

It has it’s pros and cons to me, good thing is i can spend more time outside in the arvo if I don’t have to work at 2am. Suns well and turely up at work at my lunch time. suns up longer when I’m trying to sleep.

You need a dark and quiet room to sleep in. I did 3 am starts for a few months in a coolroom I worked in, in between jobs, and it was the best fun and no traffic! but going to bed just after tea time was awful. No gardening time either! As a mum I couldn’t do that for long.

Happy Potter said:

veg gardener said:

Happy Potter said:

I slept in ‘till 8 am DS time lol. I feel a bit out of sorts because it’s not the time that it feels like, but I’m indifferent to DS really.

It has it’s pros and cons to me, good thing is i can spend more time outside in the arvo if I don’t have to work at 2am. Suns well and turely up at work at my lunch time. suns up longer when I’m trying to sleep.

You need a dark and quiet room to sleep in. I did 3 am starts for a few months in a coolroom I worked in, in between jobs, and it was the best fun and no traffic! but going to bed just after tea time was awful. No gardening time either! As a mum I couldn’t do that for long.

yeah i work in the coolroom a fair bit as well cold in winter but :P yep set up my room so its nice and dark. stay there till i am 18 or a bit over and getting me tickets and then going out earthmoving hopefully.

BOO!

Quiet today.. everyone must be heads down tails up and working hard.

I picked up some beaut wodden chairs for the fernery from freecycle, with flat seats , I can mosaic them!
They will save me buying bench seating. Cool.

Thai for tea, meatballs and other stuff I can’t pronounce lol, and bananas in coconut cream for sweets :)

beautiful weather here in adelaide today.
i manged to spray in the morning and now mowing and weeding. i feel as tho’ this might be the last time we have to weed this year – thank goodness.
lots of fresh peas – so pea risotto for tea i’m told.

Arvo all,
I had an unexpected visit from a friend today which was very nice. She brought her Cockatiel in his cage for a visit too!! He’s a really smart little bird and wonderful company for her, just what she needed when he turned up on her doorstep in last Summer’s heatwave. I get to look after him when she goes on holiday at Xmas!

bon008 said:

CollieWA said:

Obese is medically a Body Mass Index of 30 or over. BMI=weight in kg divided by height in metres squared.
BMI=kg/(heightxheight)

That was the only serious job application on the go, will be sharpening the keyboard very soon..

Hmm, I think Mr Bon comes out as 27.5, so I don’t know what WiiFit is talking about =/

Good luck :) I really should update my resume soon so I’m not caught on the hop if I ever do get to apply for my job permanently.. hate doing it though =/

I think BMI for Asians is about 5 points different. I remember reading somewhere that they used a different number because (in general) they’re a much smaller built than Westerners.

I’m back. Had the grand kids for the w/e so puter hasd been off limits.

We have clouds. Yesterday and today they have been rolling by, white ones and grey ones. One of them is bound to be full of rain eventually.

Gone to start moving up the left hand column.

orchid40 said:

here’s what I bought at the GA Expo,

Fritillaria Meleagris

Pacific Iris Dark Eyes

Boronia Lipstick

Another nice selection. Good purchases.

Gosh! Last on and now first on. I’ll have to try and “get a life.” I really just wanted to say that we have 80% humidity. Things are looking up.

gardening is boring -

’i‘ve started a new batch of pigeon liquid poo’ – its hardly going to replace the headlines about a melbourne storm victory is it?

nor is – i must poison the feral olives or my raspberries are growing wild and i don’t know how to prune them

i think i can see why gardeners love the exotic, hard to get plants – they escape the mundane.

good morning btw.

Morning All,
Pepe, gardening talk is only boring to non-gardeners!!!!

orchid40 said:

Morning All,
Pepe, gardening talk is only boring to non-gardeners!!!!

my wife reckons its meditative – its fine as long as yer brain is elsewhere.
a bit like work or shelling peas really. LOL

Boring ??
Noooo!!
lol Morning, just.
I was up at a sparrows fart out to the horse agistment helping peoples gather trailor loads of manure.
They’ve cottoned on to my idea of using it as mulch , me an my big mouth lol.
I’m rapt really.

In the process of doing this I met some gardeners I don’t know.
Fancy that hehe.
Well they are from a much bigger daytime garden club , and learnt that the evening club I’m in is an offshoot from the day one for peoples who can’t attend because of work commitments ect. And they have invited me to join, and their monthly meeting is shortly!!
Gotta run and shower and get presentable. Horse poop in me ears lol.
BBL

>Horse poop in me ears lol.

Think I’d have used a shovel to pick it up…

pepe said:

gardening is boring -

’i‘ve started a new batch of pigeon liquid poo’ – its hardly going to replace the headlines about a melbourne storm victory is it?

nor is – i must poison the feral olives or my raspberries are growing wild and i don’t know how to prune them

i think i can see why gardeners love the exotic, hard to get plants – they escape the mundane.

good morning btw.

Oh, please talk about pigeon poo, pepe!! I am SO SO sick of hearing about whatever the latest grand final was, and it’s only been one morning!

Oh this DLS is hard to get used to. I’ve come in from the garden and it’s time to cook already!
I just turned a compost heap, and spread another lot over a small new bed. The new strawberries I bought on Friday are sitting up and looking happy – except for the dead one, that is.

pomolo said:

Gosh! Last on and now first on. I’ll have to try and “get a life.” I really just wanted to say that we have 80% humidity. Things are looking up.

You could try Mafia Wars?

pain master said:

pomolo said:

Gosh! Last on and now first on. I’ll have to try and “get a life.” I really just wanted to say that we have 80% humidity. Things are looking up.

You could try Mafia Wars?

I saw that!!!

Cheeky young blighter. :P

Bubba Louie said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

Gosh! Last on and now first on. I’ll have to try and “get a life.” I really just wanted to say that we have 80% humidity. Things are looking up.

You could try Mafia Wars?

I saw that!!!

Cheeky young blighter. :P

I didn’t!

Gone for brekky.

morning pomolo

we saw the chinese acrobatic version of the monkey story last night at the festival centre. ridiculously brilliant – haunting, exciting music, spectacular lighting and all these 18-19 y.o. dancers/ acrobats doing the impossible with their bodies.

Likewise, mines gone from 40 to 25.
Shame about the job loss too , but as one door closes it’s so a better one opens, hey :)

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Thanks HP..

40 to 25.. Wow, you are officially healthy!!

I don’t hold much hope of getting to 25, but then again I didn’t think I’d make 2007. 8^|

Anything is possible! 8^)

I have been told I should apply for a particular job – soon. Could work well as current job may end early December..

CollieWA said:

Likewise, mines gone from 40 to 25.
Shame about the job loss too , but as one door closes it’s so a better one opens, hey :)

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Thanks HP..

40 to 25.. Wow, you are officially healthy!!

I don’t hold much hope of getting to 25, but then again I didn’t think I’d make 2007. 8^|

Anything is possible! 8^)

I have been told I should apply for a particular job – soon. Could work well as current job may end early December..

Hey Collie , good luck with the job! Yep offically healthy , and back to the weight I was in my 30s. I didn’t think I’d get there. You will ; )

Morning , i’m up real late this am..didn’t get to bed until nearly 4 am, tough night with giant son, but alls good now. I’ll sneak in a nana nap later ,and just taking it easy. Just the day to stay in ones pj’s and dressing gown :)

It’s hailing as I type

Oh and I had a terrific day yest’ at the daytime garden club meet.. they are a couple hundred stong club and not many even bother to say hi..it can get a bit lonely in a crowd like that, but I threw meself into the throng and introduced myself around. Had a ball :) Not many young people though, well not as young as me lol, but true, I’d say 99% of members late 60s /70s and well over.
Wheres all the youngins ?? This has to be fixed.
The guest speaker was a guide from Melb Botanic Gardens and she gave a very interesting talk on the gardens and whats in store for the future. Like the ‘volcano project’ re water storage, I will have to go see that for sure when it’s completed.
And other interesting facts on the gardens origin, and a who’s who timeline. The difference between a botanic garden and a botannical garden is a herbarium, didn’t know that didn’tcha? lol. Well I didn’t :P

More on the volcano project , Guilfoyle’s’s Volcano.

http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/__data/page/1210/RBG_Guilfoyles_Volcano.pdf
And I forgot to add, we saw photo slides of the RMBG over the years and the lake levels, whilst very low at the moment, have had several drought times with levels even lower than now. It was great to see comparison pics of the different areas and flora over time too.

Happy Potter said:

Oh and I had a terrific day yest’ at the daytime garden club meet.. they are a couple hundred stong club and not many even bother to say hi..it can get a bit lonely in a crowd like that, but I threw meself into the throng and introduced myself around. Had a ball :) Not many young people though, well not as young as me lol, but true, I’d say 99% of members late 60s /70s and well over.
Wheres all the youngins ?? This has to be fixed.

Are they at the night-time ones instead?? It sounds like the day-time one is full of retirees. Lucky sods :D

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

Oh and I had a terrific day yest’ at the daytime garden club meet.. they are a couple hundred stong club and not many even bother to say hi..it can get a bit lonely in a crowd like that, but I threw meself into the throng and introduced myself around. Had a ball :) Not many young people though, well not as young as me lol, but true, I’d say 99% of members late 60s /70s and well over.
Wheres all the youngins ?? This has to be fixed.

Are they at the night-time ones instead?? It sounds like the day-time one is full of retirees. Lucky sods :D

No, the evening club is for people who work days, 40 odd members and thats the one I joined months ago. They are two seperate clubs. There’s more people my age and slightly younger in this one.
The daytime one is full of elderly and their main gripe is they can’t garden anymore, so come along for the company and fun of it.
I can see a huge imbalance. Younger should/could be helping older..I’m wondering if I have enough strength/ time/stamina/ drive and brain cells to help fix a few coulds /shoulds.

Morning All,
Sun and heavy showers alternating here, I’m having a day off from the garden anyway. I did some heavy work with the compost bays yesterday and I’m resting on my laurels today.
HP, the Guilfoyle’s Volcano sounds interesting, do you know how far along they are with the project?

CollieWA said:

I have been told I should apply for a particular job – soon. Could work well as current job may end early December..

good stuff Collie, go for it!

orchid40 said:

Morning All,
Sun and heavy showers alternating here, I’m having a day off from the garden anyway. I did some heavy work with the compost bays yesterday and I’m resting on my laurels today.
HP, the Guilfoyle’s Volcano sounds interesting, do you know how far along they are with the project?

Can’t quite remember if the speaker gave a finish date Orchid. But current construction pics of it we saw suggest it’s about halfway . We were shown a catalog of plants intended for the area. I can’t wait, it will be beautiful.

Happy Potter said:

orchid40 said:

Morning All,
Sun and heavy showers alternating here, I’m having a day off from the garden anyway. I did some heavy work with the compost bays yesterday and I’m resting on my laurels today.
HP, the Guilfoyle’s Volcano sounds interesting, do you know how far along they are with the project?

Can’t quite remember if the speaker gave a finish date Orchid. But current construction pics of it we saw suggest it’s about halfway . We were shown a catalog of plants intended for the area. I can’t wait, it will be beautiful.

Article in The Age:

“ The volcano, due to be completed by late next year, will feature a boardwalk with viewing platforms around the rim of the crater, which is 29 metres in diameter. There will be floating garden beds within the reservoir, and a central water feature. Plants suitable for arid conditions, including cacti and succulents will once again run down the sides of the hill and pathways to resemble lava.

The Myer Foundation has provided $1.2 million for the $1.7 million project, and other donors have chipped in, but about $200,000 is still needed.

The crater will eventually be filled with stormwater harvested from nearby streets.”

Dentist today.

BLAH

bubba louie said:

Dentist today.

BLAH

That’s on my list too :(

Just putting it off until I’ve finished the whole surname changing mess. And trying to decide whether to try to get the electric toothbrush fixed, or just freecycle it and buy a new one =/

bon008 said:

bubba louie said:

Dentist today.

BLAH

That’s on my list too :(

Just putting it off until I’ve finished the whole surname changing mess. And trying to decide whether to try to get the electric toothbrush fixed, or just freecycle it and buy a new one =/

I went and sat and sat. I’d written the wrong date in my diary!!! I should have been there yesterday. :(

bubba louie said:

bon008 said:

bubba louie said:

Dentist today.

BLAH

That’s on my list too :(

Just putting it off until I’ve finished the whole surname changing mess. And trying to decide whether to try to get the electric toothbrush fixed, or just freecycle it and buy a new one =/

I went and sat and sat. I’d written the wrong date in my diary!!! I should have been there yesterday. :(

Oh, blast!! How irritating for you :(

The daytime one is full of elderly and their main gripe is they can’t garden anymore, so come along for the company and fun of it.
I can see a huge imbalance. Younger should/could be helping older..I’m wondering if I have enough strength/ time/stamina/ drive and brain cells to help fix a few coulds /shoulds.
—
its the same at my garden club – older than the bowlers they are.
i think we should all bend our wits towards getting younger gardeners on the rolls of garden clubs.
spot on HP.

Just managed to log on to tell you all that computer is way off the planet and communication is almost impossible for the moment. I’ll be back when it gets back to normal.

Mr Y just planted a stack of comfrey cuttings in pots, got to wait till all chance of frost is over before planting out.

While we were away the kangaroos have de-leafed half of the roses I planted out.

Need to pot up a stack of seedlings I have in baby pots in the loungeroom. Beans are going nuts in 2” pots, but the frost will zap them if I dare plant them out into the garden … if the roos don’t get them. Need fences finished!!

I can’t believe there hasn’t been a post here for nearly 13 hours. Are you all sick or did the forum chuck a wobbly?

While I was away I decided I needed to spend a little time back here on this forum so I can get motivated. There’s not enough motivation between me and Mr Y, so you guys are it!

I can only come on for about half an hour at a time though, and the bloody dialup connection is beyond pitifully slow, so I’m on my way again, having checked email, bank balance, etc.

Back later today if I can manage it :-)

hi Yeehah, have I missed you? Been busy with a guest here the last few days which is why I haven’t been posting much. don’t know what everyone else’s excuse is though…

morning BG and yeehah.

ms p. and i have been walking around this place saying that we might have bitten off more than we can chew. the man who mowed the block did such a good job, so cheaply, that we have decided the swale will be filled in and the meditation garden will become a slashed orchard. that way we only have to weed the areas within the fence. we have finally got this place looking manicured but i don’t want to face that amount of weeding again.

good to have your happy banter back yeehah.

Morning everyone.

Wedding was wonderful….

Still recovering from the start of daylight savings. Usually I know about it a few weeks in advance, but this year it crept up on us here in Luckyland.

Elf & I spent all morning yesterday at a hospital getting ready for 8 weeks of lectures on lung diseases and how to cope with it. We did it at the beginning of last year (if you remember) and this got us onto turning Jimbobs room into a gym.

Today is housework and tomorrow is doctor visits for us both. Going to get my ankle looked at again with fresh eyes.

Stunning weather here:D

classic Melbourne weather here – 4 seasons in one day. It’s been sunny but the clouds are rolling over and will probably deliver some short showers. Cold too. Yesterday was cold, hail, sun and rain. Took a interstate visitor to Heronswood, home of the Diggers Club, and we had a lovely lunch in the cafe there. Food is always 1st class as most of the veges are grown on site and anything that is not is local and organic. And the chefs know how to cook and present it too!! Here’s the rain now, I can hear it falling…

bluegreen said:

hi Yeehah, have I missed you? Been busy with a guest here the last few days which is why I haven’t been posting much. don’t know what everyone else’s excuse is though…

Spending most of my free time outside drowning slaters!!

Lucky1 said:

Morning everyone.

Wedding was wonderful….

Your daughter’s wedding?? already? More details! :)

bon008 said:

Lucky1 said:

Morning everyone.

Wedding was wonderful….

Your daughter’s wedding?? already? More details! :)

another relative – daughter’s is not until next year…

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

Lucky1 said:

Morning everyone.

Wedding was wonderful….

Your daughter’s wedding?? already? More details! :)

another relative – daughter’s is not until next year…

Oops sorry about that, nephew’s wedding in Port Pirie…..

Almost Mrs. Bimbo’s is 1st May next year Bon

bluegreen said:

hi Yeehah, have I missed you? Been busy with a guest here the last few days which is why I haven’t been posting much. don’t know what everyone else’s excuse is though…

Morning.. I’m just busy breathing LOL.
My recurring eye ulcer decided to make a re appearance, bluddy painful thing. Ointment in hourly until the pain subsides then 3 hourly for a few days. The surface of my eye becomes distorted and I can’t see out of that side. Blinking is murder. 3 days and it will be all gone tho.

Had an early visitor call in for a cuppa, and phone calls galore re giant son and his appointments coming up.
Getting ready for fridays trip to Olinda :D

MorningAll,
Greetings from freezing Melbourne – we get a couple of days Springlike and then Winter returns Grrrrrrrr.
Not that I’m complaining about the rain, we’ve had 15mm and that’s good. It’s just the cold I don’t like.
The garden’s looking good, buds waiting to burst in the flower beds, I think they’re waiting for a bit of warmth.. The vegies are all doing fine, and I’ve never had such good parsley before, it’s popping up everywhere and we’re eating it as fast as we can. The raspberries are going bonkers, flower buds on them too! 6 of the7 strawberries I got from the show are doing well, they’re called Juliette, never tried them before.

Yeehah, I didn’t know you could grow comfrey from cuttings, do you put a leaf in water or stick it in a pot please ?

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

Lucky1 said:

Morning everyone.

Wedding was wonderful….

Your daughter’s wedding?? already? More details! :)

another relative – daughter’s is not until next year…

Whew. I thought it seemed way too soon after the engagement party! But I have no memory for dates etc.

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

Your daughter’s wedding?? already? More details! :)

another relative – daughter’s is not until next year…

Whew. I thought it seemed way too soon after the engagement party! But I have no memory for dates etc.

Naa your safe. Mind you as it gets closer I am sure I’ll be driving you all nuts with info on it……lol

We’ve had an invitation to a wedding in Feb. Posh do, dinner suits etc. PANIC, it’ll be hot and I’ve got nothing to wear!!

Oh that piglet is cute!
Imagine what they would do to the garden though lol..

I’m looking for fertile eggs to set under the broody bantams, but can’t find anything near to me. I would love to raise a few. Is there a good online place to buy from ??

Lucky1 said:

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

another relative – daughter’s is not until next year…

Whew. I thought it seemed way too soon after the engagement party! But I have no memory for dates etc.

Naa your safe. Mind you as it gets closer I am sure I’ll be driving you all nuts with info on it……lol

I’m looking forward to it :)

orchid40 said:

We’ve had an invitation to a wedding in Feb. Posh do, dinner suits etc. PANIC, it’ll be hot and I’ve got nothing to wear!!

Dress shorts if they won’t let you wear nothing….lol

bon008 said:

Lucky1 said:

bon008 said:

Whew. I thought it seemed way too soon after the engagement party! But I have no memory for dates etc.

Naa your safe. Mind you as it gets closer I am sure I’ll be driving you all nuts with info on it……lol

I’m looking forward to it :)

Phew….lol at lest I know one person won’t be bored;)

Happy Potter said:

Oh that piglet is cute!
Imagine what they would do to the garden though lol..

I’m looking for fertile eggs to set under the broody bantams, but can’t find anything near to me. I would love to raise a few. Is there a good online place to buy from ??

I’m going to set Hot Lips with 5 eggs tomorrow. She’s hugging a plastic egg for about a week now. So I think I’ll see how she goes with a move to a old rabbit hutch.

Lucky1 said:

orchid40 said:

We’ve had an invitation to a wedding in Feb. Posh do, dinner suits etc. PANIC, it’ll be hot and I’ve got nothing to wear!!

Dress shorts if they won’t let you wear nothing….lol

LOL!!

Lucky1 said:

orchid40 said:

We’ve had an invitation to a wedding in Feb. Posh do, dinner suits etc. PANIC, it’ll be hot and I’ve got nothing to wear!!

Dress shorts if they won’t let you wear nothing….lol

I got onto a fellow from a poultry farm in Tongala Vic who is going to send me 6 fertile eggs, 4 silkies and 2 black australops tomorrow :) Woohoo!

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

orchid40 said:

We’ve had an invitation to a wedding in Feb. Posh do, dinner suits etc. PANIC, it’ll be hot and I’ve got nothing to wear!!

Dress shorts if they won’t let you wear nothing….lol

I got onto a fellow from a poultry farm in Tongala Vic who is going to send me 6 fertile eggs, 4 silkies and 2 black australops tomorrow :) Woohoo!

Oh wrong post to reply to. Sorry. I’m gunna go eat a box of chokkies!!

Happy Potter said:

Oh that piglet is cute!
Imagine what they would do to the garden though lol..

I’m looking for fertile eggs to set under the broody bantams, but can’t find anything near to me. I would love to raise a few. Is there a good online place to buy from ??

what about me? I can give you some from my lot on Cup Day if you want.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Oh that piglet is cute!
Imagine what they would do to the garden though lol..

I’m looking for fertile eggs to set under the broody bantams, but can’t find anything near to me. I would love to raise a few. Is there a good online place to buy from ??

what about me? I can give you some from my lot on Cup Day if you want.

Aw thanks heaps BG :D but I’m after fertile eggs to set under 2 broody bantams. Just paid for 4 silkie eggs and 2 lavender araucana’s. The black astrolops would be too big. I’ll get them friday morning.

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Oh that piglet is cute!
Imagine what they would do to the garden though lol..

I’m looking for fertile eggs to set under the broody bantams, but can’t find anything near to me. I would love to raise a few. Is there a good online place to buy from ??

what about me? I can give you some from my lot on Cup Day if you want.

Aw thanks heaps BG :D but I’m after fertile eggs to set under 2 broody bantams. Just paid for 4 silkie eggs and 2 lavender araucana’s. The black astrolops would be too big. I’ll get them friday morning.

Actually re reading that , if you meant you will have fertile eggs at that time, what if my bantams wern’t broody at the same time ? How long can fertile eggs be stored for ?

My pc is crapping itself, needs a new HD, do I’m gunna bung one in right now , back up and switch things over. BBL

Happy Potter said:

Aw thanks heaps BG :D but I’m after fertile eggs to set under 2 broody bantams. Just paid for 4 silkie eggs and 2 lavender araucana’s. The black astrolops would be too big. I’ll get them friday morning.

my eggs are fertile!

but you have some now anyway :)

Happy Potter said:

Actually re reading that , if you meant you will have fertile eggs at that time, what if my bantams wern’t broody at the same time ? How long can fertile eggs be stored for ?

can be kept for some time in the fridge.

morning from adelaide
frosty cold in the mornings without the frost.

its a full moon just waning. so i guess planting time for above ground crops will be in about two weeks time. for me that will mean – beans, corn, zuchs, toms, caps, eggplant, lettuce, broc.

i have just put some onion seed in a polystyrene tray – so they will get planted in about 6 weeks – way out of any known planting guide – wat the heck.

Off soon to the quack about my ankle……. hope to get some idea or a better look see than the last doctor………who looked and didn’t touch and told me to give up gardening and rest the old thing.

Arvo All,
Bright and cold here, the garden’s loving the sun today :)
I can’t do any gardening for a couple of days, been to the Chiropracter and had my back adjusted. No Ironing or vaccing for 2 days!! Wow – wasn’t planning to do any for a week anyway LOL!
I’ve put my tommy seedlings outside for a little while to start hardening them off.

Got a fright while out this morning. SMS message from my brother. His son is honeymooning in Vanuatu and they have been rocked by 3 earthquakes this morning. That is so scary to have family in the area.

Good news on my ankle. Could be tendon, after a good look at my foot, he has ordered an ultra sound and a cortisone shot if needed…. then we go from there. I feel like I am finally getting somewhere with my ankle at last.

Lurv my new doctor….he rocks:D

Forgot to say nephew and his lovely bride are okay.

Lucky1 said:

Good news on my ankle. Could be tendon, after a good look at my foot, he has ordered an ultra sound and a cortisone shot if needed…. then we go from there. I feel like I am finally getting somewhere with my ankle at last.

Lurv my new doctor….he rocks:D

that is good news.

has anyone ever had their heating ducts professionally cleaned out, and how much did it cost? I think something has died in ours and we can’t turn the heater on for the smell.

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

Good news on my ankle. Could be tendon, after a good look at my foot, he has ordered an ultra sound and a cortisone shot if needed…. then we go from there. I feel like I am finally getting somewhere with my ankle at last.

Lurv my new doctor….he rocks:D

that is good news.

Yes very good news. He has also given me 10 days of medication to help with the pain in my ankle, Same stuff I was given for my shoulder. When I was on that medication for my shoulder, my ankle was not in pain.

Really glad I stepped up to the plate about my ankle as the last time I went (was told to give up gardening) and rest it…hence sewing…..This doctor really listened to me and saw I wasn’t nuts….maybe

bluegreen said:

has anyone ever had their heating ducts professionally cleaned out, and how much did it cost? I think something has died in ours and we can’t turn the heater on for the smell.

Yuck……and nope…

Lucky1 said:

Really glad I stepped up to the plate about my ankle as the last time I went (was told to give up gardening) and rest it…hence sewing…..This doctor really listened to me and saw I wasn’t nuts….maybe

giving up gardening wasn’t fixing the problem, or even seeing if it could be fixed, it was only avoiding the symptoms. I wouldn’t go back to that doctor anymore. I am glad it is getting looked at properly now. Giving up something is not a medical solution I don’t think. Rest may be part of the cure, but you should be able to return to your normal activities unless all has been done to try and fix it and it is incurable.

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

Really glad I stepped up to the plate about my ankle as the last time I went (was told to give up gardening) and rest it…hence sewing…..This doctor really listened to me and saw I wasn’t nuts….maybe

giving up gardening wasn’t fixing the problem, or even seeing if it could be fixed, it was only avoiding the symptoms. I wouldn’t go back to that doctor anymore. I am glad it is getting looked at properly now. Giving up something is not a medical solution I don’t think. Rest may be part of the cure, but you should be able to return to your normal activities unless all has been done to try and fix it and it is incurable.

I agree. We have change medical clinic too. Can’t make appointments at the old clinic, we’d sit there 3 hours waiting our turn and screaming kids running and playing while the mums talk to their friends. :(

So new doc and new medical clinic.

Just enquired about the Lasik eye laser correction procedure, which is done up in Perth. It’s about $6000 for both eyes.

Anyone had it done? How did it go, and would you recommend it?

bluegreen said:

has anyone ever had their heating ducts professionally cleaned out, and how much did it cost? I think something has died in ours and we can’t turn the heater on for the smell.

move to the Tropics?

CollieWA said:

Just enquired about the Lasik eye laser correction procedure, which is done up in Perth. It’s about $6000 for both eyes.

Anyone had it done? How did it go, and would you recommend it?

I’d just shell out the 3Gs to see if it works on one eye before committing to both…. But then again, I have pretty decent eyesight.

today.

Morning. Finally back after a PC crash!
His fault not mine ..dunno what he did but hubby wiped my old HD instead of reloading the new HD. Lost everything, except pics.
Still reloading and updating. Strange, but my original windows disc won’t recognise the key. I’m not buying another.

I found out why my pc was going so slow though..it’s 16 years old single processor with half a gig of ram lol.

Todays the day!! > National Rhodendron Gardens and Jazz band dinner aboard the puffing billy :D We have to be ready by 11 am for kids to pick us up and won’t be back until after midnight.

Good morning! It’s me again. I think MrP has fixed the pooter. Yeah! Bluddy son in law and grandkids. Grrrrr. For a computer whizz, SIL can leave things in a mess. Still no rain happening. They forecast it every other day but we’re still waiting.

I have discovered 4 elk/staghorns growing on the undersides of an exposed block wall. They are about the size of a 50cent piece. Didn’t know they were there until I cut back the star jasmin. Now they are exposed to the dry and sun and need a spray of water every day. Can’t let them die. How do you tell a stag from an elk when they are this tiny? Thinking about putting a plastic tub of water under each plant while we are away next week. Maybe that’ll hold them till we get back. Maybe erect a bit of shadecloth over the top too. Maybe……………..

Hi Pomolo—hope you get some rain your way we have had it here all week along with winds and cold—however the rain was most welcome

I have discovered 4 elk/staghorns growing on the undersides of an exposed block wall. They are about the size of a 50cent piece.
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Bonus find there Pomolo:)

Well today is a new beginning for me…..woke to no pain in my ankle after a year of it……I did a 10 min walk on the tread mill and then some tummy crunchers of Almost Mrs. Bimbo;‘s abswing thingy she left here for us. The doc said I could do a light exercise once a day and this shouldn’t harm my ankle too much.

What a great wake up call……. and I didn’t see any golden arches to make a pit shop…lol

Well today is a new beginning for me…..woke to no pain in my ankle after a year of it…

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That’s wonderful Lucky! Must be such a novelty!

HP, have a great day! The weather looks fair for you :)

orchid40 said:

Well today is a new beginning for me…..woke to no pain in my ankle after a year of it…

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That’s wonderful Lucky! Must be such a novelty!

HP, have a great day! The weather looks fair for you :)

Waves to O40.

Yes foot/ankle felt strange to say the least. Those tabs I’m on work quickly.

Today looks to be a FAB TAB of a day here for sure. Must eat my lunch outside today…..hope Dr. Phil won’t mind…lol

orchid40 said:

Well today is a new beginning for me…..woke to no pain in my ankle after a year of it…

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That’s wonderful Lucky! Must be such a novelty!

HP, have a great day! The weather looks fair for you :)

Thats great new Lucky! good to hear :D

Thanks Orchid , it’s beautiful and sunny out. Can’t wait :)

Hey HP:) How’s that cute puppy of yours???? Max looked so happy in his bath scene:D

Happy Potter said:

Todays the day!! > National Rhodendron Gardens and Jazz band dinner aboard the puffing billy :D We have to be ready by 11 am for kids to pick us up and won’t be back until after midnight.

oh do have a lovely fab tab of a time :D

pomolo said:

I have discovered 4 elk/staghorns growing on the undersides of an exposed block wall. They are about the size of a 50cent piece. Didn’t know they were there until I cut back the star jasmin. Now they are exposed to the dry and sun and need a spray of water every day. Can’t let them die. How do you tell a stag from an elk when they are this tiny? Thinking about putting a plastic tub of water under each plant while we are away next week. Maybe that’ll hold them till we get back. Maybe erect a bit of shadecloth over the top too. Maybe……………..

I’d go the shadecloth or other temporary shade. They would have been getting that from the star jasmine and it was obviously favourable.

Lucky1 said:

Hey HP:) How’s that cute puppy of yours???? Max looked so happy in his bath scene:D

Not so bloomin cute at the moment ! LOL. He is trying to find a nice soft patch of dirt to bury a bone in. I would have lost those pics forever in the pc crash but because I sent them via hotmail, I have them back :)

>and I didn’t see any golden arches to make a pit shop…lol

If you want to improve your health L1, fatty high sugar muck like the
Golden Arches/HJ/*Chook* places dish out are a good start by avoiding them!

At our age we really need to look after ourselves too.. Not being (as) young and bulletproof as before…

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Todays the day!! > National Rhodendron Gardens and Jazz band dinner aboard the puffing billy :D We have to be ready by 11 am for kids to pick us up and won’t be back until after midnight.

oh do have a lovely fab tab of a time :D

Thanks BG :D Will take pics !! Kids are nearly here, better run. Max is being doggy sat by a lady with rabbits.. this is gunna be fun! my phone will be off LOL BBL

Oh oh seeing you reminds me too Collie, in case you ever have to take a course of prednisalone, it makes some tums swell..I took a course of this to break the migraine cycle and couldn’t eat, felt like I had a tennis ball stuck in my gullet and had to have half a mil out the band. I went underweight. Not by much tho.

gone now :D

I had always thought prednisalone was something to do with pregnancy. Obviously NOT.. LOL

This bit of my last post didn’t come through..

Ralph Lauren are trying to stop people reproducing the image using dodgy legal means to reduce embarrasment.. Read DMCA is the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, an evil US law.

Came unstuck with charactors in the url. I’ll try cheating with tinyurl…

This bit of my last post didn’t come through..

Ralph Lauren are trying to stop people reproducing the image using dodgy legal means to reduce embarrasment.. Read the story if you are interested.. DMCA is the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, an evil US law.

morning
i went to B yesterday and didn’t buy grafted tomatoes for $9 a pop. are they kiddin’? i presume this is three times the normal price but i’m not sure.

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Hey HP:) How’s that cute puppy of yours???? Max looked so happy in his bath scene:D

Not so bloomin cute at the moment ! LOL. He is trying to find a nice soft patch of dirt to bury a bone in. I would have lost those pics forever in the pc crash but because I sent them via hotmail, I have them back :)

Oh now I know why I don’t have a dog….lol

CollieWA said:

>and I didn’t see any golden arches to make a pit shop…lol

If you want to improve your health L1, fatty high sugar muck like the
Golden Arches/HJ/*Chook* places dish out are a good start by avoiding them!

At our age we really need to look after ourselves too.. Not being (as) young and bulletproof as before…

Yes, I have cut right back with visiting the golden arches…… if we have a meal out its once a fortnight on payday…… costs too much now a days.

CollieWA said:

I had always thought prednisalone was something to do with pregnancy. Obviously NOT.. LOL

Elf takes it when his asthma is really bad.

Lucky1 said:

Yes, I have cut right back with visiting the golden arches…… if we have a meal out its once a fortnight on payday…… costs too much now a days.

and when you make your own bread rolls and can get fresh salad veges and spuds straight from the garden, why wouldn’t you make a far superior burger and chips at home?

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

Yes, I have cut right back with visiting the golden arches…… if we have a meal out its once a fortnight on payday…… costs too much now a days.

and when you make your own bread rolls and can get fresh salad veges and spuds straight from the garden, why wouldn’t you make a far superior burger and chips at home?

Yes, but I usually use minute steak:D

Dern its colder here now than when we got up.

Lucky1 said:

Dern its colder here now than when we got up.

would be quite pleasant here except there is a cold wind.

Just got a quote for cleaning out our heating ducts – $280. Less than I expected so have booked them in for 20 October. Could have been earlier except we will be at Phillip Island for the GP.

Just got a quote for cleaning out our heating ducts
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Is this like a ducked a/c?????

Our gas heater died 3 winters ago and its so old there aren’t parts for it made now.

So we use the a/c on heater and when we switch it off…………the house stays warmer longer than when we used gas………go figure.

Lucky1 said:

Just got a quote for cleaning out our heating ducts
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Is this like a ducked a/c?????

Our gas heater died 3 winters ago and its so old there aren’t parts for it made now.

So we use the a/c on heater and when we switch it off…………the house stays warmer longer than when we used gas………go figure.

yes, ducted heater downstairs. Think something has died in the ducts and it stinks. Our a/c is not reverse cycle so it is the only heating we have.

Think something has died in the ducts and it stinks.
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eeeeewwwww, maybe Alex’s left over winter food stash???

I’m excited! My first Artichoke bud!!!
And the usual broad Beans :)

Oh congrats:D

Never eaten one of these.

I’m excited! My first Artichoke bud!!!
And the usual broad Beans :)
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well done orchid
your broad beans are low – mine are head height and very unwieldly. when did you plant the bbs?
do you have artichoke recipes?

pepe said:

I’m excited! My first Artichoke bud!!!
And the usual broad Beans :)
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well done orchid
your broad beans are low – mine are head height and very unwieldly. when did you plant the bbs?
do you have artichoke recipes?

Pepe, I’m hoping that my BBs will not get that high after I’ve taken off the growing tips. I sowed them in May.
I have just watched a Youtube on how to prepare artichokes. Shows you how to trim them, then you steam them, then you eat them with butter :)

orchid40 said:

pepe said:

I’m excited! My first Artichoke bud!!!
And the usual broad Beans :)
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well done orchid
your broad beans are low – mine are head height and very unwieldly. when did you plant the bbs?
do you have artichoke recipes?

Pepe, I’m hoping that my BBs will not get that high after I’ve taken off the growing tips. I sowed them in May.
I have just watched a Youtube on how to prepare artichokes. Shows you how to trim them, then you steam them, then you eat them with butter :)

taking off the growing bb tips is clever – i must remember that.
if you boil a/chokes in lemon and water do don’t have to waste so many outer leaves. the secret is to boil the outer leaves and then peel them off and just eat the soft bottoms of the outer leaves. as you eat inwards more of the leaf becomes edible until the heart is wholly consumed.

I took a photo of my callapsed water tank, put the camera down, did something else then went into town.

I forgot something, went back into town, bought mower petrol etc.

When I got back as I pulled into the carport I noticed something. It was my digital camera sitting between the bonnet and the windscreen, next to the wiper.

My lucky day!

CollieWA said:

I took a photo of my callapsed water tank, put the camera down, did something else then went into town.

I forgot something, went back into town, bought mower petrol etc.

When I got back as I pulled into the carport I noticed something. It was my digital camera sitting between the bonnet and the windscreen, next to the wiper.

My lucky day!

Wow! Near miss there :)

CollieWA said:

I took a photo of my callapsed water tank, put the camera down, did something else then went into town.

I forgot something, went back into town, bought mower petrol etc.

When I got back as I pulled into the carport I noticed something. It was my digital camera sitting between the bonnet and the windscreen, next to the wiper.

My lucky day!

Ya think??????? Lucky week more like it. So glad it’s okay.

G’day you lot.
Just passing thru, like a seed thru a mistletoe bird.

Anyone dealt with this mob?
Great nets.
My neighbour has one on order. I’ll keep you posted.

http://www.polynet.com.au/index.php

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

I have discovered 4 elk/staghorns growing on the undersides of an exposed block wall. They are about the size of a 50cent piece. Didn’t know they were there until I cut back the star jasmin. Now they are exposed to the dry and sun and need a spray of water every day. Can’t let them die. How do you tell a stag from an elk when they are this tiny? Thinking about putting a plastic tub of water under each plant while we are away next week. Maybe that’ll hold them till we get back. Maybe erect a bit of shadecloth over the top too. Maybe……………..

I’d go the shadecloth or other temporary shade. They would have been getting that from the star jasmine and it was obviously favourable.

Gonna do that BG. I have also asked a lady if she will come in and water the gardens twice, while we’re away, if it doesn’t rain.. It’s going to cost a few dollars but I can’t bear to think that plants could die because of a lack of water.

CollieWA said:

CollieWA said:

I took a photo of my callapsed water tank, put the camera down, did something else then went into town.

I forgot something, went back into town, bought mower petrol etc.

When I got back as I pulled into the carport I noticed something. It was my digital camera sitting between the bonnet and the windscreen, next to the wiper.

My lucky day!

Buy a scratchie or a lotto ticket or something. Be quick.

Longy said:

G’day you lot.
Just passing thru, like a seed thru a mistletoe bird.

Anyone dealt with this mob?
Great nets.
My neighbour has one on order. I’ll keep you posted.

http://www.polynet.com.au/index.php

The fruit orchards round here have their trees covered in much the same sort of stuff as polynet. I think it’s more to protect from the birds and bats. Fruit fly could get through the stuff they are using. I often wonder how they get the flowers pollinated because bees couldn’t fly in and out.

During one of those crazy storms last season, one place had at least an acre of it’s polynet or whatever it was, completely ripped to shreds. Never had it replaced either. It’s still open to the elements.

My lucky day!

Buy a scratchie or a lotto ticket or something. Be quick.

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One of the things I did buy on one of those runs was a system 9 for tomorrow. I go halves in that with the boss each week. Hopefully it’ll come through!

CollieWA said:

My lucky day!

Buy a scratchie or a lotto ticket or something. Be quick.

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One of the things I did buy on one of those runs was a system 9 for tomorrow. I go halves in that with the boss each week. Hopefully it’ll come through!

Just remember who your friends are. lol.

It happened!!! We got 2mls of the precious stuff last night. I know it won’t have done much good in the long term but it was so nice to walk around the yard and hear drips from the trees falling on the leaves of plants below. The ground is wet on top and it was enough to stop the crackling of the grass underfoot.

Faith is restored.

pomolo said:

CollieWA said:

pomolo said:

pomolo said:

CollieWA said:

Good morning.. erggg we all have the ‘wine flu’ here lol.

We had a fantastic time yest’ at the rhody gardens, climbed so many hills! Not many flowers out , it’s too dry. But what ones were out are so pretty. We got there too late for lunch so we spent the time between visiting the gardens and puffing billy trip at a bar where I had some imported beer that tasted like fruit tingles.
The trip on the train was great and took as many pics as I could before it got too dark. Like stepping back in time on this train, lovely and relaxing :)
The meal in the packing shed was ok but I reckon could have been better. Roast meats and no alternative. I ate what I could. Then more wines and beers. My family loved the meal tho. The trip back was a real hoot with our whole carriage in a singalong.. mostly Irish ballards, but some aussies put them back on track hehehe, with Waltzing Matilda and others, so much fun. More drinks and wine.
Then it degraded down to bawdy songs. I had tears running down my face laughing so much, hubby too lol. The kids looked puzzled , they’re too young to have heard any of the dirty dittys our age sang. I was laughing at them!

Long drive home and a stop off to pick up Max from the dog sitters, she didn’t mind us calling in to get him at 1.30 am because he’d chased one of her rabbits behind her washing machine lol, hubby retreived it.

Piccies later when I reinstall imaging software and my camera disc :)

wine flu…. hee hee

pain master said:

wine flu…. hee hee

Everything hurts.. crawled up some hills and fell down others, got whacked and scratched by branches , half scared to death by speeding locals on tiny winding roads, and then too many drinks lol.
Doing absolutely nothing today!

Oh one thing, before we left yesterday the fertile eggs were delivered, so I unpacked them and quickly ran to place them under the 2 broodys. One (Mum1) had collected all the other chooks eggs and was sitting on such a pile I cracked up laughing , this little bantam had eggs bulging out from under her…I set 4 silkie eggs under her , then the 2 blue eggs under ther other broody (Mum 2). At this point Mum1 decided she didn’t like the deal, losing all those eggs to only get 4 small eggs in return, so she took off and didn’t come back. I checked 20 mins later and she was digging herself in a dust bath, so I set all 6 eggs under Mum2. So far so good and she’s sitting pretty.
End of Oct should hear some chirping in Cluckingham Palace :)

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

wine flu…. hee hee

Everything hurts.. crawled up some hills and fell down others, got whacked and scratched by branches , half scared to death by speeding locals on tiny winding roads, and then too many drinks lol.
Doing absolutely nothing today!

Perhaps you need some chicken with your Jacob’s Crack Sparkling this morning?

Happy Potter said:

Oh one thing, before we left yesterday the fertile eggs were delivered, so I unpacked them and quickly ran to place them under the 2 broodys. One (Mum1) had collected all the other chooks eggs and was sitting on such a pile I cracked up laughing , this little bantam had eggs bulging out from under her…I set 4 silkie eggs under her , then the 2 blue eggs under ther other broody (Mum 2). At this point Mum1 decided she didn’t like the deal, losing all those eggs to only get 4 small eggs in return, so she took off and didn’t come back. I checked 20 mins later and she was digging herself in a dust bath, so I set all 6 eggs under Mum2. So far so good and she’s sitting pretty.
End of Oct should hear some chirping in Cluckingham Palace :)

I have 5 eggs from the isa browns crossed with Radar (pure sussex bantam) sitting under Hot Lips. So with any luck some chickens in 3 weeks too.

This is her first sitting, so hope she does well. She’s a tight sitter.

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

End of Oct should hear some chirping in Cluckingham Palace :)

I have 5 eggs from the isa browns crossed with Radar (pure sussex bantam) sitting under Hot Lips. So with any luck some chickens in 3 weeks too.

This is her first sitting, so hope she does well. She’s a tight sitter.

Cool :) What colouring will they be ?

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

wine flu…. hee hee

Everything hurts.. crawled up some hills and fell down others, got whacked and scratched by branches , half scared to death by speeding locals on tiny winding roads, and then too many drinks lol.
Doing absolutely nothing today!

Perhaps you need some chicken with your Jacob’s Crack Sparkling this morning?

No hair of the dog, gees no , I wanna live lol Spinach in omelette rolls and a big mug of tea :)

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

End of Oct should hear some chirping in Cluckingham Palace :)

I have 5 eggs from the isa browns crossed with Radar (pure sussex bantam) sitting under Hot Lips. So with any luck some chickens in 3 weeks too.

This is her first sitting, so hope she does well. She’s a tight sitter.

Cool :) What colouring will they be ?

Going from the rooster we had to get rid off from the last of Bonnie’s and also “Aspro” that went out to Pepe…… white with red/brown through the white feathers. Very pretty…. and big chooks too. Not small like a bantam.

Speaking/reading of wine flu

We had our swine flu jabs the other day…… Me I’m fine bar the sore arm area. Elf….. he’s not as good. Having a few of the side affects….he’ll live.

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

I have 5 eggs from the isa browns crossed with Radar (pure sussex bantam) sitting under Hot Lips. So with any luck some chickens in 3 weeks too.

This is her first sitting, so hope she does well. She’s a tight sitter.

Cool :) What colouring will they be ?

Going from the rooster we had to get rid off from the last of Bonnie’s and also “Aspro” that went out to Pepe…… white with red/brown through the white feathers. Very pretty…. and big chooks too. Not small like a bantam.

Nice. Big eggs too.
My Isa browns lay double yolkers a couple times a week. This is the first hatching ever for me..going in blind lol, I hope I’ve done things right. I don’t want the hassel of having to incubate and have a separate pen, then trying to introduce them in ect. Let the chook do it all.

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

Cool :) What colouring will they be ?

Going from the rooster we had to get rid off from the last of Bonnie’s and also “Aspro” that went out to Pepe…… white with red/brown through the white feathers. Very pretty…. and big chooks too. Not small like a bantam.

Nice. Big eggs too.
My Isa browns lay double yolkers a couple times a week. This is the first hatching ever for me..going in blind lol, I hope I’ve done things right. I don’t want the hassel of having to incubate and have a separate pen, then trying to introduce them in ect. Let the chook do it all.

Have you got her seperated from the other chooks???

Lucky1 said:

Speaking/reading of wine flu

We had our swine flu jabs the other day…… Me I’m fine bar the sore arm area. Elf….. he’s not as good. Having a few of the side affects….he’ll live.

Oh poor elf.
We haven’t had those jabs yet, not sure if we need to.

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Speaking/reading of wine flu

We had our swine flu jabs the other day…… Me I’m fine bar the sore arm area. Elf….. he’s not as good. Having a few of the side affects….he’ll live.

Oh poor elf.
We haven’t had those jabs yet, not sure if we need to.

They said even the healthy people should…. as they can pass it onto a non healthy person.

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Going from the rooster we had to get rid off from the last of Bonnie’s and also “Aspro” that went out to Pepe…… white with red/brown through the white feathers. Very pretty…. and big chooks too. Not small like a bantam.

Nice. Big eggs too.
My Isa browns lay double yolkers a couple times a week. This is the first hatching ever for me..going in blind lol, I hope I’ve done things right. I don’t want the hassel of having to incubate and have a separate pen, then trying to introduce them in ect. Let the chook do it all.

Have you got her seperated from the other chooks???

No I haven’t , because they were broody for a good couple weeks and thought if I moved them they would get upset. And because they happily let the other chooks lay their eggs over the other side of the nest box and I quickly collect the duds. Should I attempt to move them now ?

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

wine flu…. hee hee

Everything hurts.. crawled up some hills and fell down others, got whacked and scratched by branches , half scared to death by speeding locals on tiny winding roads, and then too many drinks lol.
Doing absolutely nothing today!

So glad you enjoyed your day HP! I hope the wine flu passes quickly and I hope you’re not expecting sympathyLOL! I went on that Puffing Billy dinner trip with my employers when they used to splash out a bit at Christmas and mid year. I don’t remember the meal, but I know we didn’t have the fun you did – too many stuffed shirts!

Morning All :)

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

Nice. Big eggs too.
My Isa browns lay double yolkers a couple times a week. This is the first hatching ever for me..going in blind lol, I hope I’ve done things right. I don’t want the hassel of having to incubate and have a separate pen, then trying to introduce them in ect. Let the chook do it all.

Have you got her seperated from the other chooks???

No I haven’t , because they were broody for a good couple weeks and thought if I moved them they would get upset. And because they happily let the other chooks lay their eggs over the other side of the nest box and I quickly collect the duds. Should I attempt to move them now ?

Tonight…when its dark. Take some of her bedding with her and the eggs….. it’ll have her smells on it.

You risk the loss of those chickens when they hatch, the other chooks/rooster could attack them. I have to do this not only with my chickens but with the ducks as well.

Bundy once got hold of a duckling a few days old and was throwing it around his side of the fence….he killed it:(

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Have you got her seperated from the other chooks???

No I haven’t , because they were broody for a good couple weeks and thought if I moved them they would get upset. And because they happily let the other chooks lay their eggs over the other side of the nest box and I quickly collect the duds. Should I attempt to move them now ?

Tonight…when its dark. Take some of her bedding with her and the eggs….. it’ll have her smells on it.

You risk the loss of those chickens when they hatch, the other chooks/rooster could attack them. I have to do this not only with my chickens but with the ducks as well.

Bundy once got hold of a duckling a few days old and was throwing it around his side of the fence….he killed it:(

ok! I will have to find/ make a little penned area then. I do have spare nest boxes. I don’t have a rooster. Hmmmm where..it may have to be on the patio.. only other place under cover I have and I can temp’ fence it from Max. Will report back later tonight.

Happy Potter said:

Good morning.. erggg we all have the ‘wine flu’ here lol.

We had a fantastic time yest’ at the rhody gardens, climbed so many hills! Not many flowers out , it’s too dry. But what ones were out are so pretty. We got there too late for lunch so we spent the time between visiting the gardens and puffing billy trip at a bar where I had some imported beer that tasted like fruit tingles.
The trip on the train was great and took as many pics as I could before it got too dark. Like stepping back in time on this train, lovely and relaxing :)
The meal in the packing shed was ok but I reckon could have been better. Roast meats and no alternative. I ate what I could. Then more wines and beers. My family loved the meal tho. The trip back was a real hoot with our whole carriage in a singalong.. mostly Irish ballards, but some aussies put them back on track hehehe, with Waltzing Matilda and others, so much fun. More drinks and wine.
Then it degraded down to bawdy songs. I had tears running down my face laughing so much, hubby too lol. The kids looked puzzled , they’re too young to have heard any of the dirty dittys our age sang. I was laughing at them!

Long drive home and a stop off to pick up Max from the dog sitters, she didn’t mind us calling in to get him at 1.30 am because he’d chased one of her rabbits behind her washing machine lol, hubby retreived it.

Piccies later when I reinstall imaging software and my camera disc :)

Sounds like big fun all round.

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

No I haven’t , because they were broody for a good couple weeks and thought if I moved them they would get upset. And because they happily let the other chooks lay their eggs over the other side of the nest box and I quickly collect the duds. Should I attempt to move them now ?

Tonight…when its dark. Take some of her bedding with her and the eggs….. it’ll have her smells on it.

You risk the loss of those chickens when they hatch, the other chooks/rooster could attack them. I have to do this not only with my chickens but with the ducks as well.

Bundy once got hold of a duckling a few days old and was throwing it around his side of the fence….he killed it:(

ok! I will have to find/ make a little penned area then. I do have spare nest boxes. I don’t have a rooster. Hmmmm where..it may have to be on the patio.. only other place under cover I have and I can temp’ fence it from Max. Will report back later tonight.

Before hand… if you not sure …start another thread up and see what other chook people think.

the baby stag/elks have a neat little home now. Each plant has a plastic jelly cup of water next to it and there is now shadecloth over that part of wall. Can’t do more than that. It’s up to the Man upstairs now.

We have just been through the most ridiculous rigmarole with an Aust Airline over seat allocation online. Spoke to a foreign lady eventually and that made it worse. This was after we chose “English” as our prefered language. I can laugh about it now but MrP wasn’t prepared to laugh at the time. In fact he used the F word which is very rare for him. Finally she forwarded us the email with the seat bookings and it was all wrong.

MrP rang airline again and got an Aussie bloke. Great improvement. We now, officially, have somewhere to sit.

pomolo said:

the baby stag/elks have a neat little home now. Each plant has a plastic jelly cup of water next to it and there is now shadecloth over that part of wall. Can’t do more than that. It’s up to the Man upstairs now.

We have just been through the most ridiculous rigmarole with an Aust Airline over seat allocation online. Spoke to a foreign lady eventually and that made it worse. This was after we chose “English” as our prefered language. I can laugh about it now but MrP wasn’t prepared to laugh at the time. In fact he used the F word which is very rare for him. Finally she forwarded us the email with the seat bookings and it was all wrong.

MrP rang airline again and got an Aussie bloke. Great improvement. We now, officially, have somewhere to sit.

Glad it worked out in the end Pom. I often have to explain I’m not a racist but I want to speak to someone I can understand. So frustrating.
When do you go away ?

Long drive home and a stop off to pick up Max from the dog sitters, she didn’t mind us calling in to get him at 1.30 am because he’d chased one of her rabbits behind her washing machine lol, hubby retreived it.
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sounds like a long night of fun – rest now HP – you birthday is all over for another year.

arvo all
such fine weather i should have a barbie – i wonder if the missus can organise it?

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

the baby stag/elks have a neat little home now. Each plant has a plastic jelly cup of water next to it and there is now shadecloth over that part of wall. Can’t do more than that. It’s up to the Man upstairs now.

We have just been through the most ridiculous rigmarole with an Aust Airline over seat allocation online. Spoke to a foreign lady eventually and that made it worse. This was after we chose “English” as our prefered language. I can laugh about it now but MrP wasn’t prepared to laugh at the time. In fact he used the F word which is very rare for him. Finally she forwarded us the email with the seat bookings and it was all wrong.

MrP rang airline again and got an Aussie bloke. Great improvement. We now, officially, have somewhere to sit.

Glad it worked out in the end Pom. I often have to explain I’m not a racist but I want to speak to someone I can understand. So frustrating.
When do you go away ?

Leave tomorrow. Will be in Adelaide for a week. This seat is reserved till then.

pepe said:

Long drive home and a stop off to pick up Max from the dog sitters, she didn’t mind us calling in to get him at 1.30 am because he’d chased one of her rabbits behind her washing machine lol, hubby retreived it.
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sounds like a long night of fun – rest now HP – you birthday is all over for another year.

arvo all
such fine weather i should have a barbie – i wonder if the missus can organise it?

Beautiful here too, the wind is cold but the sun warm. Thank goodness another year until another birthday! I can’t handle the pace , nor the drinks lol. YOU make a bbq FOR your missus . OK ? LOL

pepe said:

Long drive home and a stop off to pick up Max from the dog sitters, she didn’t mind us calling in to get him at 1.30 am because he’d chased one of her rabbits behind her washing machine lol, hubby retreived it.
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sounds like a long night of fun – rest now HP – you birthday is all over for another year.

arvo all
such fine weather i should have a barbie – i wonder if the missus can organise it?

Do you have barbies like Longfella?

Just got back from grocery shopping. What a chore. Got enough meats for a month though. No cook ups this week, too busy with other stuff , so into the freezer it all goes. Got another wedding cake to do, and theres things popping up on the calendar with appointments.

pomolo said:

pepe said:

Long drive home and a stop off to pick up Max from the dog sitters, she didn’t mind us calling in to get him at 1.30 am because he’d chased one of her rabbits behind her washing machine lol, hubby retreived it.
———-
sounds like a long night of fun – rest now HP – you birthday is all over for another year.

arvo all
such fine weather i should have a barbie – i wonder if the missus can organise it?

Do you have barbies like Longfella?

well me missus thought i was joking – so there goes my superiority – i must go and get lessons – how does he do it? LOL.

Lucky1 said:

Speaking/reading of wine flu

We had our swine flu jabs the other day…… Me I’m fine bar the sore arm area. Elf….. he’s not as good. Having a few of the side affects….he’ll live.

Has his tail now got a curl in it?

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

MrP rang airline again and got an Aussie bloke. Great improvement. We now, officially, have somewhere to sit.

Glad it worked out in the end Pom. I often have to explain I’m not a racist but I want to speak to someone I can understand. So frustrating.
When do you go away ?

Happy Potter said:

When do you go away ?

HP said “When do you go away?”
Teenage kids say those kinda things to their parents when first being left alone…

We hired youngest son’s outfit for the school formal today. Very spiffy it looks too. A suit with a long line jacket and black and gold vest.

Bubba Louie said:

We hired youngest son’s outfit for the school formal today. Very spiffy it looks too. A suit with a long line jacket and black and gold vest.

Oh cool, I bet he will look the fab young man :)

pepe said:

pomolo said:

pepe said:

Long drive home and a stop off to pick up Max from the dog sitters, she didn’t mind us calling in to get him at 1.30 am because he’d chased one of her rabbits behind her washing machine lol, hubby retreived it.
———-
sounds like a long night of fun – rest now HP – you birthday is all over for another year.

arvo all
such fine weather i should have a barbie – i wonder if the missus can organise it?

Do you have barbies like Longfella?

well me missus thought i was joking – so there goes my superiority – i must go and get lessons – how does he do it? LOL.

Be a man and accept defeat.
LOL

I just got back from a really cool afternoon @ Almost Mrs. Bimbo’s place. She couldn’t get her lawn mower started…. I got to mow a very weedy front yard:D

pain master said:

Lucky1 said:

Speaking/reading of wine flu

We had our swine flu jabs the other day…… Me I’m fine bar the sore arm area. Elf….. he’s not as good. Having a few of the side affects….he’ll live.

Has his tail now got a curl in it?

Dunno…. want me to have a look;P

pepe said:

pomolo said:

pepe said:

Long drive home and a stop off to pick up Max from the dog sitters, she didn’t mind us calling in to get him at 1.30 am because he’d chased one of her rabbits behind her washing machine lol, hubby retreived it.
———-
sounds like a long night of fun – rest now HP – you birthday is all over for another year.

arvo all
such fine weather i should have a barbie – i wonder if the missus can organise it?

Do you have barbies like Longfella?

well me missus thought i was joking – so there goes my superiority – i must go and get lessons – how does he do it? LOL.

Like this…………………………

From: Longy
ID: 65588Subject: re: Longy
Yeah thanks Pom. She’s OK. Getting better each day.
Should be starting the mower on her own by the start of next week, so i can get some rest and not have to go out and keep starting it. She could always empty the catcher while it’s still running i s’pose. I’d let her use the ride-on but she was on her butt for a week and needs the excercise.

Now, onto similarly important matters, please see the following:

We are about to enter the BBQ season. Therefore it is important to refresh your memory on the etiquette of this sublime outdoor cooking activity . When a man volunteers to do the BBQ the following chain of events are put into motion:

Routine…
(1) The woman buys the food.
(2) The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables, and makes dessert.
(3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to the man who is lounging beside the grill – beer in hand.
(4) The woman remains outside the compulsory three meter exclusion zone where the exuberance of testosterone and other manly bonding activities can take place without the interference of the woman.

Here comes the important part:
(5) THE MAN PLACES THE MEAT ON THE GRILL.

More routine…
(6) The woman goes inside to organise the plates and cutlery.
(7) The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is looking great. He thanks her and asks if she will bring another beer while he flips the meat

Important again:
(8) THE MAN TAKES THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL AND HANDS IT TO THE WOMAN.

More routine…
(9) The woman prepares the plates, salad, bread, utensils, napkins, sauces, and brings them to the table.

(10) After eating, the woman clears the table and does the dishes.

And most important of all:
(11) Everyone PRAISES the MAN and THANKS HIM for his cooking efforts.

(12) The man asks the woman how she enjoyed ’ her night off ’ and, upon seeing her annoyed reaction, concludes that there’s just no pleasing some women!

I’m sure you read it. That’s how most women organise a BBQ. So the other half can bask in the glory.

Come fly with me…Come fly with me…..Let’s fly away……………….

Contact in a week. Bye.

pomolo said:

Come fly with me…Come fly with me…..Let’s fly away……………….

Contact in a week. Bye.

do have a great time :)

pomolo said:

Come fly with me…Come fly with me…..Let’s fly away……………….

Contact in a week. Bye.

Waves to Pomolo.. have fun! :)

Morning, slept in again ..gorgeous day , sunny, and still!!
Lots to do outside, and check chookie mum is ok.

pomolo said:

Come fly with me…Come fly with me…..Let’s fly away……………….

Contact in a week. Bye.

Have a lovely time over here………

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Come fly with me…Come fly with me…..Let’s fly away……………….

Contact in a week. Bye.

Waves to Pomolo.. have fun! :)

I must have missed something, but have a great time whereever you are. LOL

roughbarked said:

Happy Potter said:

I’m not sure what to tell you what to do Dinetta, as my BBY toms are looking the same as yours! Quite pale and some whitish leaves. But they are way taller and have 2 and 3 sets of leaf. Mine are still in the tubes in the light box but out in the daytime morning sun, then I bring them in at night , no light on..it’s still very cold at night here sometimes 3C so I’m not planting them out yet.
I might try the potash at planting time too.

Most likely too wet and cold.. tomatoes hate both in unision.

I’m trying to keep them warm as I can , but winter is hanging on for all it’s worth.
They are inside at 18c at night..

Evening all,
I’ve had a lovely weekend.
Last night we went to listen to the Victorian Welsh Male Voice Choir, an absolutely great evening. Those boys can SING!
Today we went to a family lunch in the city for my daughter’s birthday. As always it’s wonderful to catch up with the kids!
Here are the newest arrivals in my garden,

orchid40 said:

Here are the newest arrivals in my garden,

beautiful irises. mine are still only putting up buds :(

orchid40 said:

Evening all,
I’ve had a lovely weekend.
Last night we went to listen to the Victorian Welsh Male Voice Choir, an absolutely great evening. Those boys can SING!
Today we went to a family lunch in the city for my daughter’s birthday. As always it’s wonderful to catch up with the kids!
Here are the newest arrivals in my garden,

stunning colours as always OC. our poppies, cannas, hollyhocks and irises are just out now.

frigid cold again in the morning and a bit of drizzle.

a friend gave us two rhubarb in pots yesterday. uumm? he said they die back in summer and thrive with cow manure in winter. i don’t like thier chances here but ms p. is enthused by their leaf shape and will plant them next to pepe’s ponds.

pepe said:

frigid cold again in the morning and a bit of drizzle.

a friend gave us two rhubarb in pots yesterday. uumm? he said they die back in summer and thrive with cow manure in winter. i don’t like thier chances here but ms p. is enthused by their leaf shape and will plant them next to pepe’s ponds.

Rhubarb dies back in summer ??
Opposite here..they slow down in winter and start growing in spring, summer they are at their best.
They love the manure whatever sort it is. Keep them moist. Mine get a bucket of water each , 3 plants, every second day.

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

frigid cold again in the morning and a bit of drizzle.

a friend gave us two rhubarb in pots yesterday. uumm? he said they die back in summer and thrive with cow manure in winter. i don’t like thier chances here but ms p. is enthused by their leaf shape and will plant them next to pepe’s ponds.

Rhubarb dies back in summer ??
Opposite here..they slow down in winter and start growing in spring, summer they are at their best.
They love the manure whatever sort it is. Keep them moist. Mine get a bucket of water each , 3 plants, every second day.

I can’t comment……;P

Lurvly and cold here:D

Blowing a pile of wind though:( Cuts though me like a knife if I go out the front door. Backyard is more sheltered.

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

frigid cold again in the morning and a bit of drizzle.

a friend gave us two rhubarb in pots yesterday. uumm? he said they die back in summer and thrive with cow manure in winter. i don’t like thier chances here but ms p. is enthused by their leaf shape and will plant them next to pepe’s ponds.

Rhubarb dies back in summer ??
Opposite here..they slow down in winter and start growing in spring, summer they are at their best.
They love the manure whatever sort it is. Keep them moist. Mine get a bucket of water each , 3 plants, every second day.

I can’t comment……;P

Go water it Lucky! LOL Oh and also , if I think of it at the time, put worm wee or seasol in those buckets of water.

Rhubarb dies back in summer ??
Opposite here..they slow down in winter and start growing in spring, summer they are at their best.
They love the manure whatever sort it is. Keep them moist. Mine get a bucket of water each , 3 plants, every second day.
——
right – interesting. now i’m totally confused. will do a bit of research. thanks HP

I can’t comment……;P
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chuckle

Lucky1 said:

Lurvly and cold here:D

Blowing a pile of wind though:( Cuts though me like a knife if I go out the front door. Backyard is more sheltered.

warm wind here. I can see a washing day happening….

and hello to you all :)

Hi BlueGreen…

Woof has been for her run and would like to go again…30 minutes to do 4 miles…on very short legs…think corgi with a full-sized border collie body…I am resisting the urge to water the vegetable patch…have you ever bought tomato seeds from IronBarkBob, BlueGreen?

Dinetta said:

Hi BlueGreen…

Woof has been for her run and would like to go again…30 minutes to do 4 miles…on very short legs…think corgi with a full-sized border collie body…I am resisting the urge to water the vegetable patch…have you ever bought tomato seeds from IronBarkBob, BlueGreen?

oh to have the energy of a dog!

I don’t think I have bought seeds from Ironbarkbob, but I remember him as being a tomato guru from the old days. I think you would be pretty safe buying from him.

Two loads of washing blowing in the breeze, and another load in the machine…

Need to do the floors. Might make a cake…

bluegreen said:

oh to have the energy of a dog!

Two loads of washing blowing in the breeze, and another load in the machine…

Need to do the floors. Might make a cake…

Good work BlueGreen…

I’m about to make some of Happy Potter’s sultana scones, wholemeal flour of course and double the ‘tanas…

Maybe the stars are temporarily lined up for baking? LOL!

have to freeze some legs of lamb as NLR (no longer required)…

downstairs floors done, banana cake out of the oven.

bluegreen said:

downstairs floors done, banana cake out of the oven.

I cleaned too, floors and made an apple slice.
Chilli con carne for tea, real hot…

Getting eaten alive here…they are trying to suck my blood through the footy socks I wear for my walks…

morning
rain overnight and cold this morning.
we’ve just spread 35 bales of pea straw and lucerne. all nicely damp now so it won’t blow away. the ground dries out quickly this time of year so this return to winter is pleasant.

Morning:) I’m all cakefied this morn, chocolate, flour eggs and sugar all about me, roll of baking paper at the ready. Making a wedding cake of 3 teirs of mud cake. Oven pre heated. Of course I had to taste test the dark chocolate.
I’ve no idea of the time each size tin of batter will take to cook so I’ll need to skewer test often.
Cold windy and showery, just the sort of day to get stuck into baking :)

Good morning green gardeners,
We had a mini cyclone/typhoon/ whatever here yesterday. It looked a bit dark so I thought I’d put the seedlings back in the greenhouse before a possible storm hit. I just got them inside and it DID hit – HARD! Hailstones, lashing wind etc. It was very scary and I thought the whole thing would collapse, walls bending in and the noise was incredible. One roof panel blew out and went visiting next door, and a side panel has come out of it’s support. We tried to get it back in when the wind dropped but it’s going to be very difficult even in good weather as the edges of the corflute panels are damaged and won’t slide in to their slots. Plus it’s difficult being next to the fence too. I’d never buy this type of greenhouse again, I’m angry at how much it cost now. We may have to get sheets of perspex to replace panels but I don’t know how we’d get them in yet. Mr O40’s good at “thinking outside the square” so hopefully he’ll come up with something. Meanwhile we have wooden planks on the roof holding the panel in place.
I’ve been out inspecting the garden for damage this morning, it’s not too bad, I’ve only found a few roses that needed staking.
So that’s today’s news!

I’ve been out inspecting the garden for damage this morning, it’s not too bad, I’ve only found a few roses that needed staking. So that’s today’s news!
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powerful winds in adelaide yesterday too orchid.
the poppies are down – some will get staked but others just pulled out.

Good Morning Pepe and N E Lerkers…

It tried very hard to rain here last night…we had to sleep with no bedcovers because it was hot but this morning it is cool again…the sun is ferocious during the day…the rain is trying to come up from the south west but yesterday’s wind was from the north-west (hot and drying)…

Good weather for tomatoes and well-watered corn…

Sorry to hear about your greenhouse, Orchid…

Morning all,
It’s pouring with rain here and has been most of the night. I’ll be interested to see the rainguage if I can get to it without getting drenched!
Come to think of it – I have to go down the garden anyway, my seedlings are the only things not getting wet!
Pepe, when I grew Kale, my red one didn’t survive in the garden. The Scotch and Black kale did OK, but we found them bitter and I haven’t grown them again.

orchid40 said:

Morning all,
It’s pouring with rain here and has been most of the night. I’ll be interested to see the rainguage if I can get to it without getting drenched!

9mm here

bluegreen said:

orchid40 said:

Morning all,
It’s pouring with rain here and has been most of the night. I’ll be interested to see the rainguage if I can get to it without getting drenched!

9mm here

Raining here too :)

Morning.
Baking the big base of the wedding cake today , a double lot of mud cake mix.

bluegreen said:

orchid40 said:

Morning all,
It’s pouring with rain here and has been most of the night. I’ll be interested to see the rainguage if I can get to it without getting drenched!

9mm here

17mm here. I have braved the elements and watered the seedlings. I had to stake a couple more roses, they get very heavy with wet leaves.
Gee I hope the Thompson dam is getting plenty.

orchid40 said:

Morning all,
It’s pouring with rain here and has been most of the night. I’ll be interested to see the rainguage if I can get to it without getting drenched!
Come to think of it – I have to go down the garden anyway, my seedlings are the only things not getting wet!
Pepe, when I grew Kale, my red one didn’t survive in the garden. The Scotch and Black kale did OK, but we found them bitter and I haven’t grown them again.

We got kale in our weekly vegie deliveries a few times. Was initially very excited because Pete loved it so much.. then couldn’t work out why! Maybe we just didn’t work out the right why to cook it, but.. bleh. Not nice at all. And after tasting it as part of a meal, I wasn’t game to try Pete’s method of boiling it then drinking the juice.

Arvo all,
I think Kale taste nice the chooks love it as well havent tried the Jucie but.

bon008 said:

orchid40 said:

Morning all,
It’s pouring with rain here and has been most of the night. I’ll be interested to see the rainguage if I can get to it without getting drenched!
Come to think of it – I have to go down the garden anyway, my seedlings are the only things not getting wet!
Pepe, when I grew Kale, my red one didn’t survive in the garden. The Scotch and Black kale did OK, but we found them bitter and I haven’t grown them again.

We got kale in our weekly vegie deliveries a few times. Was initially very excited because Pete loved it so much.. then couldn’t work out why! Maybe we just didn’t work out the right why to cook it, but.. bleh. Not nice at all. And after tasting it as part of a meal, I wasn’t game to try Pete’s method of boiling it then drinking the juice.

kale needs to be well cooked, and young leaves rather than older ones. I like putting it in soups and stews as it holds together better than spinach and can handle the long cooking.

I’m hoping to get back on here every day now, still on my 2am starts at work, gonna stick it out for alot longer now i reckon starting to be aloud to do more stuff there, witch is always fun.

Get Practise on the forklift and then get my Ticket after I turn 18 and then stick there for a little bit longer, and get my Earthmoving tickets by Helping my Neighbour on Saturdays. Allan Steggles Brings in a good amount a week, dont spend Half of it. Earthmoving i just do it for Exprenice thats all but he wants to pay me.

veg gardener said:

I’m hoping to get back on here every day now, still on my 2am starts at work, gonna stick it out for alot longer now i reckon starting to be aloud to do more stuff there, witch is always fun.

Get Practise on the forklift and then get my Ticket after I turn 18 and then stick there for a little bit longer, and get my Earthmoving tickets by Helping my Neighbour on Saturdays. Allan Steggles Brings in a good amount a week, dont spend Half of it. Earthmoving i just do it for Exprenice thats all but he wants to pay me.

sounds like you have a plan there Veg! Always good to earn more money than you spend :)

Save the rest in a good savings account and you will have a nice bundle for when you need to buy something big, or a deposit on a house.

Good that your neighbour can give you practice with earthmoving too.

Well the rain stopped this afternoon and I got a few jobs done. I planted 2 blueberry bushes with my others and pulled a few weeds out. The raspberries have put on some tremendous growth this week – must be the rain!
I’ve got Hippeastrums in bud for the first time, and just rescued a bud from the snails who have been loving the wet obviously!
It’s still very windy so I stuck a few more stakes among the roses.

Arvo)

Went for my ultra sound scan today. Showed up a small amount of Arther-wrong-gus and swelling…but nothing too eggciting.

So I have another Dr. App on Monday to maybe then go for a x-ray…… from what the Doc said at the place we went.

Cleaning out the fridge and giving it a shampoo and blow dry;)

Lucky1 said:

Went for my ultra sound scan today. Showed up a small amount of Arther-wrong-gus and swelling…but nothing too eggciting.

Does that mean arthritis?? I’m confused :)

She means Arthur-wrong-Gus…nah, arthritis…just how young are you Bon? Don’t answer that, but a lot of the older people pronounce arthritis as “arther-rightus”…

Lucky1 said:

Arvo)

Went for my ultra sound scan today. Showed up a small amount of Arther-wrong-gus and swelling…but nothing too eggciting.

So I have another Dr. App on Monday to maybe then go for a x-ray…… from what the Doc said at the place we went.

Cleaning out the fridge and giving it a shampoo and blow dry;)

Glad it’s nothing sinister, Lucky, but Arthur-wrong-Gus in the ankle would be very painful as that’s one of your load-bearing joints…LOL! sounds like we’re built like houses…!

A clean fridge is good for the morale…

:)

bon008 said:

Lucky1 said:

Went for my ultra sound scan today. Showed up a small amount of Arther-wrong-gus and swelling…but nothing too eggciting.

Does that mean arthritis?? I’m confused :)

Small amount in the ankle Bon….but not sure if this is causing the problem…so back to the doc.

Dinetta said:

She means Arthur-wrong-Gus…nah, arthritis…just how young are you Bon? Don’t answer that, but a lot of the older people pronounce arthritis as “arther-rightus”…

LOL…Dinetta……but I don’t see anything “write, rite or right” about this…..

Dinetta said:

Lucky1 said:

Arvo)

Went for my ultra sound scan today. Showed up a small amount of Arther-wrong-gus and swelling…but nothing too eggciting.

So I have another Dr. App on Monday to maybe then go for a x-ray…… from what the Doc said at the place we went.

Cleaning out the fridge and giving it a shampoo and blow dry;)

Glad it’s nothing sinister, Lucky, but Arthur-wrong-Gus in the ankle would be very painful as that’s one of your load-bearing joints…LOL! sounds like we’re built like houses…!

A clean fridge is good for the morale…

:)

Yes the fridge enjoyed the wash and blowdry……… removed any streaks inside too;P

Only a nutcase like me would try to take photos on a windy day. Some of them are OK though

Dinetta said:

She means Arthur-wrong-Gus…nah, arthritis…just how young are you Bon? Don’t answer that, but a lot of the older people pronounce arthritis as “arther-rightus”…

Hmm, my dad would pull me up on it if I ever pronounced it that way! :D

Pepe, when I grew Kale, my red one didn’t survive in the garden. The Scotch and Black kale did OK, but we found them bitter and I haven’t grown them again.
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ms pepe would agree with you OC40.
however i successfully hide it in soups and spinach pies.
it’s a question of eating for taste or eating for health. i feel better after eating kale so the taste is tolerable.

Get Practise on the forklift and then get my Ticket after I turn 18 and then stick there for a little bit longer, and get my Earthmoving tickets by Helping my Neighbour on Saturdays. Allan Steggles Brings in a good amount a week, dont spend Half of it. Earthmoving i just do it for Exprenice thats all but he wants to pay me.
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great news there VG. if you manage to run chooks and a vege garden as well you will be fit as well as wealthy.

The raspberries have put on some tremendous growth this week – must be the rain!
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the rain is fabulous stuff. my raspberries are throwing out thick new branches which look like they might be the fruit bearing branches – not sure?

orchid40 said:

Only a nutcase like me would try to take photos on a windy day. Some of them are OK though

i’ll say it again – great colours there orchid. and good photos in the wind too.

rains stopped – check rain gauge and mumchook – report back – seeyas in an hour or so.

bon008 said:

Dinetta said:

She means Arthur-wrong-Gus…nah, arthritis…just how young are you Bon? Don’t answer that, but a lot of the older people pronounce arthritis as “arther-rightus”…

Hmm, my dad would pull me up on it if I ever pronounced it that way! :D

You gotta have fun with the language…my late father would say that someone had been “booked for being under the affluence of incohol…” I reckon you think more about words and their meanings if you fool around with them…

orchid40 said:

Only a nutcase like me would try to take photos on a windy day. Some of them are OK though

Love this little baby…

…and it’s a good morning to all, of course…

While the lucky Melburnians are swimming in rain, it will be another hot day on the Tropic of Capricorn today…the breeze has sprung up already…

morning everybody. have had an influx of visitors this week, prior to heading down to Phillip Island today for the MotoGP this weekend. Will be popping back now and again as we don’t have a pet sitter this year so someone has to come back each night to care for the animals. Taking turns with Mr BG.

pepe said:

rains stopped – check rain gauge and mumchook – report back – seeyas in an hour or so.

24mm in the rain gauge – i feel happy – luvly stuff.
mumchook has eaten more but her comb is looking less red. a quietly determined individual – i think she’ll endure.

Morning All…………..just passing through…………..gone now.

Morning ladies and lurkers. For all the rain reports there’s only been a mere drop here so I still need to water some things. I’m eargely awaiting this weekend when warmer spring temps are forcasted to arrive.
What I’d planted out in mid sept warmth isn’t growing because of return to winter conditions, so all needs to be replaced.
Except spuds, they are fine.

Wedding cake teirs are done , wrapped well and fridged for a week, then I will ice them , fresh lily flower arrangement for the top ordered and purple ribbon to match dresses. then get it to the venue in parts the following week and assemble it, with knitted brow that it all goes ok..

I’m glad some of your raspberries are groing well, but mine seem to be going backwards.. they’re sticks with a few leaves on, and one plant looks dead and another heading that way.
I planted 4 ‘crowns’? 2 in each hole and one plant in each is ok, but it’s immediate companion isn’t..

Well draining rich soil, and I know I haven’t overwatered. so I have to assume it’s the cold..I haven’t used any ferts other than seasol to water them in at planting time. Manure dug in well before I planted them..

Dinetta said:

bon008 said:

Dinetta said:

She means Arthur-wrong-Gus…nah, arthritis…just how young are you Bon? Don’t answer that, but a lot of the older people pronounce arthritis as “arther-rightus”…

Hmm, my dad would pull me up on it if I ever pronounced it that way! :D

You gotta have fun with the language…my late father would say that someone had been “booked for being under the affluence of incohol…” I reckon you think more about words and their meanings if you fool around with them…

Oh, sure.. as long as you’re doing it knowingly and not just blundering around Kath&Kim style!!

My dad and I share a passion for spoonerisms.. for some reason my brain is particularly obliging in spitting them out :) Dad carries a bit of paper around so he can always write them down for posterity :D

“Kath and Kim style” is part of their charm…IMHO…

Hello folks, back briefly. Here’s what this morning gave me,

orchid40 said:

Hello folks, back briefly. Here’s what this morning gave me,

You lucky thing, you!

Mine have not flowered for 2 years, do they need lots of water? also rather cramped in a pot…

Dinetta said:

“Kath and Kim style” is part of their charm…IMHO…

It’s funny to watch – but I wouldn’t want my children speaking that way unintentionally!

bluegreen said:

veg gardener said:

I’m hoping to get back on here every day now, still on my 2am starts at work, gonna stick it out for alot longer now i reckon starting to be aloud to do more stuff there, witch is always fun.

Get Practise on the forklift and then get my Ticket after I turn 18 and then stick there for a little bit longer, and get my Earthmoving tickets by Helping my Neighbour on Saturdays. Allan Steggles Brings in a good amount a week, dont spend Half of it. Earthmoving i just do it for Exprenice thats all but he wants to pay me.

sounds like you have a plan there Veg! Always good to earn more money than you spend :)

Save the rest in a good savings account and you will have a nice bundle for when you need to buy something big, or a deposit on a house.

Good that your neighbour can give you practice with earthmoving too.

yep its going into a good savings account saving for a ute.

pepe said:

Get Practise on the forklift and then get my Ticket after I turn 18 and then stick there for a little bit longer, and get my Earthmoving tickets by Helping my Neighbour on Saturdays. Allan Steggles Brings in a good amount a week, dont spend Half of it. Earthmoving i just do it for Exprenice thats all but he wants to pay me.
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great news there VG. if you manage to run chooks and a vege garden as well you will be fit as well as wealthy.

Yep.

Dinetta said:

orchid40 said:

Hello folks, back briefly. Here’s what this morning gave me,

You lucky thing, you!

Mine have not flowered for 2 years, do they need lots of water? also rather cramped in a pot…

Dinetta, they probably need to be divided, they don’t flower if they’re cramped. You can do this in Autumn. They don’t need a lot of water they’re happy to be fairly dry once they’re established. In the heat of Summer they’ll need more of course. Apparently if they’re over-watered they can rot. I’m a beginner and got a lot to learn!

orchid40 said:

Dinetta, they probably need to be divided, they don’t flower if they’re cramped. You can do this in Autumn. They don’t need a lot of water they’re happy to be fairly dry once they’re established. In the heat of Summer they’ll need more of course. Apparently if they’re over-watered they can rot. I’m a beginner and got a lot to learn!

Thanks Orchid…I’ve got a couple of pots that the caladium failed in this winter (and some lovely shows of caladium in the successful pots) so I’ll recycle those

:)

Americans have a reputation for being really stupid at times.. Sometimes it is well deserved!!!

Interesting, especially as the child was missing when the balloon touched down…

I went to the plant nursery yesterday, looking for some lemon thyme (don’t have the green fingers for striking it from a WW cutting) and they are going to put it on order for me… :)

This is the local nursery that sources a lot of its seedlings from a local (I suspect Rockhampton / Yeppoon but that’s close enough) grower.

May have bought more than I can deal with today, but we’ll see.

*Oregano (for shading around the roots of the other herbs)

*Basil – can’t find my own seeds :(

*Onion seedlings – leap of faith there – how do they go in the SA summers? (should’ve asked before I bought)

*Sage

*Dill – this is going where it gets morning sun only, and indirect sun for the rest of the day

*Sweet Rose strawberry – as it’s supposed to be able to handle the warmer months…the lass told me it won’t fruit until autumn/winter up here, which is true, and to keep it cool and well-watered while dormant. Has anybody tried this? It has a pink flower…

*Lettuce (asian mix) and a punnet of rocket…how deep does the styro box need to be? I have a 6” one and a 12” one…

a cold good morning to yas from adelaide.

its weird having daylight saving and still to be shivering.
i’ll go and off load some chook manure from the trailer load i bought yesterday – that should warm the body up

Unbelievable.

Just came back to Collie (went to Perth for that Lasik appointment) an came up behind a road train with the load release handle flapping loose. The trailers (esp the second trailer) on the winding Coalfields Highway rock and roll a lot, but to have that handle which is about 2 metres long flopping out to the side of the trailer at head height was just dangerous.

Must have been a surprise for the trucky to get pulled over by a 800kg mini car in a 100km/h zone…

I think he knew about it too because when I told him to get of his bum and secure the handle because it will kill someone all he said was “Oh, OK.”

CollieWA said:

Unbelievable.

I think he knew about it too because when I told him to get of his bum and secure the handle because it will kill someone all he said was “Oh, OK.”

Prolly never did anything unless Mum told him to get off his bum….habits die hard…yes I know it was irresponsible and dangerous but some people have to be told …

CollieWA said:

Unbelievable.

Just came back to Collie (went to Perth for that Lasik appointment) an came up behind a road train with the load release handle flapping loose. The trailers (esp the second trailer) on the winding Coalfields Highway rock and roll a lot, but to have that handle which is about 2 metres long flopping out to the side of the trailer at head height was just dangerous.

Must have been a surprise for the trucky to get pulled over by a 800kg mini car in a 100km/h zone…

I think he knew about it too because when I told him to get of his bum and secure the handle because it will kill someone all he said was “Oh, OK.”

Cripes! =/

Good work Collie. How do you pull over a roadtrain??

Anyway seems I am OK to have the laser eye fixing, will see the surgeon next friday.

They can get me in as soon as 3-4 weeks for the treatment.

>How do you pull over a roadtrain??

Pull in front about 20-30 feet, put on hazard lights. Tap the brakes repeatedly to flash the brake lights, Point towards the left over the top of the car. Slow down.

Hope he does.

CollieWA said:

Anyway seems I am OK to have the laser eye fixing, will see the surgeon next friday.

They can get me in as soon as 3-4 weeks for the treatment.

Will this get you back in the running for that job you were after? Or just something you wanted to do for future opportunities etc?

Hi everyone…. finally have a few mins to drop in and wave.

Been spending a lot of time in Quilt shops with my sister. Deb’s heading back to the sheep station tomorrow at about 9 am.

Cold here, had rain and the garden is loving it.

waves to Lucky v. v. hot up here…and dry as…even the dog cringes when I go to pat here…good you’re getting some rain…enjoy the cool weather while it lasts…hehehehhehe!

Dinetta said:

waves to Lucky v. v. hot up here…and dry as…even the dog cringes when I go to pat here…good you’re getting some rain…enjoy the cool weather while it lasts…hehehehhehe!

Now, now Dinetta…… play nicely….LOL

At the risk of sounding like an advert, I’ve found a great range of clothes for those of us who aren’t as skinny as they once were. If you join the loyalty club you get a discount. Not a tent in sight. LOL

http://www.ts14plus.com.au/home.html

Very nice, twitchy mouse tho’…

Evening, just grabbing 5 mins to say hello. We’ve been very busy with Giant Son and it’s was ‘code yellow’ all day ( code red and we call the authorities) but it’s quiet at this moment.

Max is in hiding for two reasons, the above mentioned one , and the second because jumped up on the temporary broody pen fence for a sniff and knocked over one of the pot stands I’d put in there , boy the noise of the crash! and what a mess!
Mum chook now has lots of potting mix to scratch around in when she stretches her legs.
Wasn’t a good idea to use the pair of matching pots on stands to help hold the mesh in place.

I shall try and read up..

>Will this get you back in the running for that job you were after? Or just something you wanted to do for future opportunities etc?

Not this time round, but I’ll be right next intake.

CollieWA said:

>Will this get you back in the running for that job you were after? Or just something you wanted to do for future opportunities etc?

Not this time round, but I’ll be right next intake.

Ahh, cool :)

>http://www.ts14plus.com.au/home.html

I’ll look dapper in that stuff Bubba! Ta!

CollieWA said:

>http://www.ts14plus.com.au/home.html

I’ll look dapper in that stuff Bubba! Ta!

I think a different colour lacy top though Collie;P

Maybe a tan/beige:)

CollieWA said:

>http://www.ts14plus.com.au/home.html

I’ll look dapper in that stuff Bubba! Ta!

Don’t mention it. LOL

CollieWA said:

Anyway seems I am OK to have the laser eye fixing, will see the surgeon next friday.

They can get me in as soon as 3-4 weeks for the treatment.

This is very encouraging…

:)

Lucky1 said:

Cold here, had rain and the garden is loving it.

cold here too just now…shorts and tee shirt but my skin feels cool…the wind is from the S-E and that explains it…

Morning , very quiet on the homefront this am..the big lad is asleep for hours yet. I will be able to catch up on some cleaning.

Question.. how to clean/sanitise a very large concrete patio floor without using much water? It drains into the gutter. Bleach with detergent in ??
Spit. Disgusting :(
I could ask the council if I can get a permit to hose it perhaps , but has to be cleaned today
Clean it then tell them after the event why it needed cleaning .. thinking out loud what to do.

What dissolves spit? Bubba Louie might know…

If you use a solvent then you prolly won’t need so much water…

Are talking saliva or phlegm?

Morning All,
Not much to report here. Spent yesterday hunting for something to replace the panel from the greenhouse roof. Haven’t found anything affordable yet!!
Going to an Iris Farm’s open day later :)
I hope you all have a good one.

hmm, anyone know what happened to the ABC forums?

roughbarked said:

hmm, anyone know what happened to the ABC forums?

Wow just went there and its gone?????

Morning RB:)

roughbarked said:

hmm, anyone know what happened to the ABC forums?

Maybe a troll got out of control?

yeah there was a bit of a shitfight happening.. I was watching then it went blank and has been so since last night about 11pm

anyway .. on a lighter note.. http://cobberwebs.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10007/DSC_0402.jpg

Dinetta said:

What dissolves spit? Bubba Louie might know…

If you use a solvent then you prolly won’t need so much water…

The yukky stuff. Got onto a fellow in Geelong who does concrete cleaning and treatments, he said he could steam clean it.
He cleans prison floors so he knows what I meant.
Gawd the price though, we will be on baked beans for a month! He asked if I have a family member on a health care card, yep giant son, so he said he will do it under his name, esp seeing as the kid is to blame for the mess, and he can pay it back too!
He will come over later to have a look, then clean it on Monday.

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

What dissolves spit? Bubba Louie might know…

If you use a solvent then you prolly won’t need so much water…

The yukky stuff. Got onto a fellow in Geelong who does concrete cleaning and treatments, he said he could steam clean it.
He cleans prison floors so he knows what I meant.
Gawd the price though, we will be on baked beans for a month! He asked if I have a family member on a health care card, yep giant son, so he said he will do it under his name, esp seeing as the kid is to blame for the mess, and he can pay it back too!
He will come over later to have a look, then clean it on Monday.

sugar soap.. or citrus hand cleaner?

roughbarked said:

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

What dissolves spit? Bubba Louie might know…

If you use a solvent then you prolly won’t need so much water…

The yukky stuff. Got onto a fellow in Geelong who does concrete cleaning and treatments, he said he could steam clean it.
He cleans prison floors so he knows what I meant.
Gawd the price though, we will be on baked beans for a month! He asked if I have a family member on a health care card, yep giant son, so he said he will do it under his name, esp seeing as the kid is to blame for the mess, and he can pay it back too!
He will come over later to have a look, then clean it on Monday.

sugar soap.. or citrus hand cleaner?

In an area of 10 meters by 15 mt ..I’d need a huge tub of it. Better to let cleaning bloke do it. I don’t have to move the pots or broody chook pen.

You can rent a high pressure cleaner from those hire places (Crommlins, Coates etc).

If you get a bucket of water with lots of pine-o-clean in it and soap it up before you pressure clean it you’ll be right I reckon.

Heap cheaper than getting the fella in.

CollieWA said:

You can rent a high pressure cleaner from those hire places (Crommlins, Coates etc).

If you get a bucket of water with lots of pine-o-clean in it and soap it up before you pressure clean it you’ll be right I reckon.

Heap cheaper than getting the fella in.

yeah but it is all the elbow grease .. you save by getting someone else to do it.

roughbarked said:

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

What dissolves spit? Bubba Louie might know…

If you use a solvent then you prolly won’t need so much water…

The yukky stuff. Got onto a fellow in Geelong who does concrete cleaning and treatments, he said he could steam clean it.
He cleans prison floors so he knows what I meant.
Gawd the price though, we will be on baked beans for a month! He asked if I have a family member on a health care card, yep giant son, so he said he will do it under his name, esp seeing as the kid is to blame for the mess, and he can pay it back too!
He will come over later to have a look, then clean it on Monday.

sugar soap.. or citrus hand cleaner?

salt will break up phlegm, but getting someone else to steam clean it will be less work for you. If too pricey, check out how much to hire a steam cleaning unit.

>yeah but it is all the elbow grease .. you save by getting someone else to do it.

Not much elbow grease involved in a pressure cleaner.. That was the whole point of the “pressure” bit when they invented them..

8^)

BBL

roughbarked said:

yeah there was a bit of a shitfight happening.. I was watching then it went blank and has been so since last night about 11pm

anyway .. on a lighter note.. http://cobberwebs.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10007/DSC_0402.jpg

Lychees? Rumballs?

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

yeah there was a bit of a shitfight happening.. I was watching then it went blank and has been so since last night about 11pm

anyway .. on a lighter note.. http://cobberwebs.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10007/DSC_0402.jpg

Lychees? Rumballs?

Quandongs.. didn’t you realise they were seeds in the foreground?

Hi Rough whats going on in the forums they have been down all morning—or is it me

Grasshopper said:

Hi Rough whats going on in the forums they have been down all morning—or is it me

They have been down since last night .. some little disagreement about what should be posted on the abc.. happened in a couple of forums or three..

roughbarked said:

Grasshopper said:

Hi Rough whats going on in the forums they have been down all morning—or is it me

They have been down since last night .. some little disagreement about what should be posted on the abc.. happened in a couple of forums or three..

but hey.. it may be bushfires or something more practical like that which has caused the downtime.

roughbarked said:

They have been down since last night .. some little disagreement about what should be posted on the abc.. happened in a couple of forums or three..

I don’t think disagreements have anything to do with the forums being down. It’s just the software playing up again.

I host the Holiday Forum here too, if you didn’t know about it.

cb88 said:

roughbarked said:

They have been down since last night .. some little disagreement about what should be posted on the abc.. happened in a couple of forums or three..

I don’t think disagreements have anything to do with the forums being down. It’s just the software playing up again.

I host the Holiday Forum here too, if you didn’t know about it.

heh yeah it just happened while a .. disgreement was going down.. as if that doesn’t happen all the time ;)

yes software is likely.. but then.. they could use better software. ;)

Thanks Rough—sorry for the delay I was outside working

Thanks for that as well cb—

roughbarked said:

heh yeah it just happened while a .. disgreement was going down.. as if that doesn’t happen all the time ;)

In the SSSF anyway… :)

roughbarked said:

yes software is likely.. but then.. they could use better software. ;)

Yep, but unfortunately The Lab probably doesn’t have the resources to write something better.

>Yep, but unfortunately The Lab probably doesn’t have the resources to write something better.

Maybe you could get some part time work there CB88? Put in html and more reasonable conditions of use if you get a chance too please maaaate? ;^)

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

yeah there was a bit of a shitfight happening.. I was watching then it went blank and has been so since last night about 11pm

anyway .. on a lighter note.. http://cobberwebs.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10007/DSC_0402.jpg

Lychees? Rumballs?

Quandongs.. didn’t you realise they were seeds in the foreground?

Sorry, I’ve never seen quandongs…