Yep it’s Sunday. I planned a bludge day but it hasn’t turned out like that.. never does lol. Pasta made for freezer, eggplants picked for moussaka and bechamel sauce made and assorted other kitchen-y things done.
Coffee time.

church this morning then this afternoon it was Seed Savers. Home made pizzas in a member’s hand built wood fired pizza oven. Yum! Plus cake and scones and cream and…

One of the ladies brought along a few of the new types of pumpkins she had grown and we talked about the season we had. This summer was too short and wet for some things. Flavourless tomatoes and watery pumpkins seemed to be an issue. We got to take pieces of pumpkin home to try. A pumpkin called potimarron looks like a good one. Lovely bright orange flesh with a bit of a chestnut flavour to it. A relatively small fruit but plenty of them.

bluegreen said:

church this morning then this afternoon it was Seed Savers. Home made pizzas in a member’s hand built wood fired pizza oven. Yum! Plus cake and scones and cream and…

One of the ladies brought along a few of the new types of pumpkins she had grown and we talked about the season we had. This summer was too short and wet for some things. Flavourless tomatoes and watery pumpkins seemed to be an issue. We got to take pieces of pumpkin home to try. A pumpkin called potimarron looks like a good one. Lovely bright orange flesh with a bit of a chestnut flavour to it. A relatively small fruit but plenty of them.

Yes it’s been a weird summer, everything is late or didn’t grow. My pumpkin vine has exploded with female flowers but the seasons about to end anyway. I should get another one or two though. Pizzas sound yum!
We had an arvo with our kids and Mrs Daughter and her hubby, we all went for a walk along the beach and got fish and chips on our way home :)

Just me again. This forum is becoming very sad.

pomolo said:

Just me again. This forum is becoming very sad.

more than happy to have you join Thee for coffee on her forum :) Not overly busy , just a nice size so you have time to read posts and reply if you wish ? Just a thought, let me know and I’ll post the link for you. BG has it.

pomolo said:

Just me again. This forum is becoming very sad.

I have been sittin on my bum scraping away the dirt mulch and leaves surrounding the cordyline and getting the next clump ready to chop and spray. Got visitors had a cuppa and now back to it. There’s not to many still days to do this so I have to take advantage.

Oh and I’m attending a permaculture event for people wanting to learn how to crochet and knit this coming Sunday. I want to make a crocheted vest but matching the correct yarn to the needle size is proving hard.

pomolo said:

Just me again. This forum is becoming very sad.

Expect a call from me sometime today.

We’ll visit tomorrow if that suits.

pomolo said:

Just me again. This forum is becoming very sad.

Expect a call from me sometime today.

We’ll visit tomorrow if that suits.

pomolo said:

Just me again. This forum is becoming very sad.

lurking, not much to say.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Just me again. This forum is becoming very sad.

I have been sittin on my bum scraping away the dirt mulch and leaves surrounding the cordyline and getting the next clump ready to chop and spray. Got visitors had a cuppa and now back to it. There’s not to many still days to do this so I have to take advantage.

I’m moving house on Friday. Hoping to have more time for the forum from then onwards.

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Just me again. This forum is becoming very sad.

I have been sittin on my bum scraping away the dirt mulch and leaves surrounding the cordyline and getting the next clump ready to chop and spray. Got visitors had a cuppa and now back to it. There’s not to many still days to do this so I have to take advantage.

I’m moving house on Friday. Hoping to have more time for the forum from then onwards.

hope it all goes smoothly for you :)

Thee’s Estate said:

pomolo said:

Just me again. This forum is becoming very sad.

more than happy to have you join Thee for coffee on her forum :) Not overly busy , just a nice size so you have time to read posts and reply if you wish ? Just a thought, let me know and I’ll post the link for you. BG has it.

Maybe if this one falls flat. Thanks for the offer Thee.

Happy Potter said:

Oh and I’m attending a permaculture event for people wanting to learn how to crochet and knit this coming Sunday. I want to make a crocheted vest but matching the correct yarn to the needle size is proving hard.

A permaculture event to learn to crochet and knit? I’ll bite! How does that work?

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

Just me again. This forum is becoming very sad.

Expect a call from me sometime today.

We’ll visit tomorrow if that suits.

Oh no Bubba! This week is a blow out. Gympie Hospital, Nambour Hospital and it’s only a short week. The family arrive Thursday.

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

Just me again. This forum is becoming very sad.

lurking, not much to say.

I can agree with that BG.

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Just me again. This forum is becoming very sad.

I have been sittin on my bum scraping away the dirt mulch and leaves surrounding the cordyline and getting the next clump ready to chop and spray. Got visitors had a cuppa and now back to it. There’s not to many still days to do this so I have to take advantage.

I’m moving house on Friday. Hoping to have more time for the forum from then onwards.

We’ll be looking foreward to it Bon.

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

Just me again. This forum is becoming very sad.

Expect a call from me sometime today.

We’ll visit tomorrow if that suits.

Oh no Bubba! This week is a blow out. Gympie Hospital, Nambour Hospital and it’s only a short week. The family arrive Thursday.

No worries. There’ll always be another time.

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

Expect a call from me sometime today.

We’ll visit tomorrow if that suits.

Oh no Bubba! This week is a blow out. Gympie Hospital, Nambour Hospital and it’s only a short week. The family arrive Thursday.

No worries. There’ll always be another time.

I should have given you more notice. We’re at Montville but heading home tomorrow.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Oh and I’m attending a permaculture event for people wanting to learn how to crochet and knit this coming Sunday. I want to make a crocheted vest but matching the correct yarn to the needle size is proving hard.

A permaculture event to learn to crochet and knit? I’ll bite! How does that work?

It’s a sub group

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Just me again. This forum is becoming very sad.

I have been sittin on my bum scraping away the dirt mulch and leaves surrounding the cordyline and getting the next clump ready to chop and spray. Got visitors had a cuppa and now back to it. There’s not to many still days to do this so I have to take advantage.

I’m moving house on Friday. Hoping to have more time for the forum from then onwards.

I hope all goes well for the big move :)

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Oh and I’m attending a permaculture event for people wanting to learn how to crochet and knit this coming Sunday. I want to make a crocheted vest but matching the correct yarn to the needle size is proving hard.

A permaculture event to learn to crochet and knit? I’ll bite! How does that work?

It’s a sub group

There’s many such sub groups. http://www.pow.org.au/ the wild west woolies is the one I’ll be attending

Well I’m filthy and sad and too stuffed to move for 30 mins at least. I’m resigned to the fact that that cordyline can only be removed with a bobcat. I will have a whole front garden full of it in years to come. The long cord roots travel in every direction :(

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

Oh no Bubba! This week is a blow out. Gympie Hospital, Nambour Hospital and it’s only a short week. The family arrive Thursday.

No worries. There’ll always be another time.

I should have given you more notice. We’re at Montville but heading home tomorrow.

Sorry. Hope you’ve had a great time.

Happy Potter said:

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

A permaculture event to learn to crochet and knit? I’ll bite! How does that work?

It’s a sub group

There’s many such sub groups. http://www.pow.org.au/ the wild west woolies is the one I’ll be attending

There are definate advantages to living in a big city.

Happy Potter said:

Well I’m filthy and sad and too stuffed to move for 30 mins at least. I’m resigned to the fact that that cordyline can only be removed with a bobcat. I will have a whole front garden full of it in years to come. The long cord roots travel in every direction :(

Isn’t there any other way to get rid of it?

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Well I’m filthy and sad and too stuffed to move for 30 mins at least. I’m resigned to the fact that that cordyline can only be removed with a bobcat. I will have a whole front garden full of it in years to come. The long cord roots travel in every direction :(

Isn’t there any other way to get rid of it?

I wish. We drilled and filled the holes with neat roundup and if we keep at that they will eventually die. But it wont stop new ones coming up.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Well I’m filthy and sad and too stuffed to move for 30 mins at least. I’m resigned to the fact that that cordyline can only be removed with a bobcat. I will have a whole front garden full of it in years to come. The long cord roots travel in every direction :(

Isn’t there any other way to get rid of it?

I wish. We drilled and filled the holes with neat roundup and if we keep at that they will eventually die. But it wont stop new ones coming up.

Pressed submit too soon.. I had to clear many more of the established plants than I thought I’d have to. Conifers went, inc’ the standard that I was hoping to save, and all sorts of others. As we moved earth back it was evident the c. stricta roots were going right under them and under big rocks. The man levered rocks up with a crowbar and shoved a smaller rock underneath to allow us to clear them out.. but they went on and on.. I wish I had access to a bobcat. I’d totally raze the whole front, minus the rock wall because I know it hasn’t gotten that far out, but the rest would go and for half a metre down as well. I can barely move still.. have to drag meself to the shower now.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Well I’m filthy and sad and too stuffed to move for 30 mins at least. I’m resigned to the fact that that cordyline can only be removed with a bobcat. I will have a whole front garden full of it in years to come. The long cord roots travel in every direction :(

Isn’t there any other way to get rid of it?

Grazon ® springs to mind…but that’s extreme…where’s RoughBarked when you need him…

Happy Potter said:

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Isn’t there any other way to get rid of it?

I wish. We drilled and filled the holes with neat roundup and if we keep at that they will eventually die. But it wont stop new ones coming up.

Pressed submit too soon.. I had to clear many more of the established plants than I thought I’d have to. Conifers went, inc’ the standard that I was hoping to save, and all sorts of others. As we moved earth back it was evident the c. stricta roots were going right under them and under big rocks. The man levered rocks up with a crowbar and shoved a smaller rock underneath to allow us to clear them out.. but they went on and on.. I wish I had access to a bobcat. I’d totally raze the whole front, minus the rock wall because I know it hasn’t gotten that far out, but the rest would go and for half a metre down as well. I can barely move still.. have to drag meself to the shower now.

If it were me I would go with the glypho. New ones would be easy to keep at. I say this but I don’t really understand how bad the plant can be.

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Well I’m filthy and sad and too stuffed to move for 30 mins at least. I’m resigned to the fact that that cordyline can only be removed with a bobcat. I will have a whole front garden full of it in years to come. The long cord roots travel in every direction :(

Isn’t there any other way to get rid of it?

Grazon ® springs to mind…but that’s extreme…where’s RoughBarked when you need him…

Oh it’s ok really. It’s just that as the man dug down he would shove the fork in and bring it up fast and break the long roots. He’s no idea how to go about removing an invasive, but I can’t blame him. I was trying to follow it along.
I will eventually get the clumps removed and treat any new shoots immediately. I can’t replant out the part of course until I’m well and truely satified that I’ve got it all out and that is going to take a lot of time. Including rebuilding the soil.
The soil is about as dead as you can get and very easy to dig, sandy loam and it’s dry as talc. There was not a single worm to be seen, not even a curl grub. There’s only one bookleaf conifer and an acacia cog’ left and if they have to go too, then so be it.

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

Isn’t there any other way to get rid of it?

Grazon ® springs to mind…but that’s extreme…where’s RoughBarked when you need him…

Oh it’s ok really. It’s just that as the man dug down he would shove the fork in and bring it up fast and break the long roots. He’s no idea how to go about removing an invasive, but I can’t blame him. I was trying to follow it along.
I will eventually get the clumps removed and treat any new shoots immediately. I can’t replant out the part of course until I’m well and truely satified that I’ve got it all out and that is going to take a lot of time. Including rebuilding the soil.
The soil is about as dead as you can get and very easy to dig, sandy loam and it’s dry as talc. There was not a single worm to be seen, not even a curl grub. There’s only one bookleaf conifer and an acacia cog’ left and if they have to go too, then so be it.

Wow! Extreme makeover!

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Happy Potter said:

It’s a sub group

There’s many such sub groups. http://www.pow.org.au/ the wild west woolies is the one I’ll be attending

There are definate advantages to living in a big city.

Now on the pow (permaculture out west) FB site some creative folk have started ‘melbourne revolutionary craft circle’, and they’re cross stitching on cyclone fences, with torn fabric, on disused land. It beats graffiti! Love the pics.

hortfurball said:

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

Grazon ® springs to mind…but that’s extreme…where’s RoughBarked when you need him…

Oh it’s ok really. It’s just that as the man dug down he would shove the fork in and bring it up fast and break the long roots. He’s no idea how to go about removing an invasive, but I can’t blame him. I was trying to follow it along.
I will eventually get the clumps removed and treat any new shoots immediately. I can’t replant out the part of course until I’m well and truely satified that I’ve got it all out and that is going to take a lot of time. Including rebuilding the soil.
The soil is about as dead as you can get and very easy to dig, sandy loam and it’s dry as talc. There was not a single worm to be seen, not even a curl grub. There’s only one bookleaf conifer and an acacia cog’ left and if they have to go too, then so be it.

Wow! Extreme makeover!

One I was hoping not to undertake and didn’t take before pics. Now it looks like a moon scape.
Another job on my to do list for today.. take the roots and fleshy bulb bits from this rotten weed out of the councils geen bin and place in plastic bags for rotting down. Hubby put it in there…the council takes this green stuff and shreds it and offers it to ratepayers as free mulch. I don’t wish this plant on anyone else.
I might see if a friend or one of the vege swap people can help me get it out of the bin. It’s stuffed full..in case I upend myself into this 240 litre bin and get stuck..

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Happy Potter said:

I wish. We drilled and filled the holes with neat roundup and if we keep at that they will eventually die. But it wont stop new ones coming up.

Pressed submit too soon.. I had to clear many more of the established plants than I thought I’d have to. Conifers went, inc’ the standard that I was hoping to save, and all sorts of others. As we moved earth back it was evident the c. stricta roots were going right under them and under big rocks. The man levered rocks up with a crowbar and shoved a smaller rock underneath to allow us to clear them out.. but they went on and on.. I wish I had access to a bobcat. I’d totally raze the whole front, minus the rock wall because I know it hasn’t gotten that far out, but the rest would go and for half a metre down as well. I can barely move still.. have to drag meself to the shower now.

If it were me I would go with the glypho. New ones would be easy to keep at. I say this but I don’t really understand how bad the plant can be.

Put it this way Pom, the man took to the clump with an axe and gave up covered in sweat and out of breath, and barely made a dent in it. He tried to lever it away from the front landing but the edge of the concrete was going to break so he stopped. This stuff won’t budge. he was thinking to expose the rootball enough to tie a big rope on and pull it out with his car. But we reckon the towball would come off..or the front of the house collapse!

Hmm I’ve never tried to fill the LFC but I can try.
That first mouthful of a hot cup of tea in the morning is beautiful isn’t it ? :)

A funny moment..the man always causes the worst ones, lol. He got a 3 meter long piece of 90 mm polypipe to hook up the metal 1000 lt water storage tank, plus all the bits and pieces to then redirect it to my old 1000 lt pondy tub once the others full.
So.. we get home with this long pipe and because he thought the side gate was locked, he pushed the pipe through the hole in the gate, where we put a hand through to unlatch it from inside, and from inside the house K youngest daughter was watching the length of pipe appearing through the gate.
I was still getting out of the car.
Then the pipe was through and it dropped making huge unholey noise..akin to hitting the side of a shed with a sledgehammer..which very very much upset mumchook and her 8 chicks in the patio brooder. The girl said chicks were flying into the cage sides in fright and mumchook started sqawking very loudly and inturn that upset the rooster who came running with wings open onto the patio to attack the pipe, which in turn upset all the other chickens and the din they were making was deafening.
Even the penned layers started up such a racket I wondered if a cat had got among them..this all upset Max of course and he started barking his head off…now the noise was bloody unbelieveable.
By this time though I’ve realised whats happened and I ran out with their food bucket and tried to quieten them with offerings. It took a while to settle them though and mumchook would not come out of the hutch until the pipe was take away. The look on the mans face was priceless. The girl was really cross at her dad yelling at him, she took strips off him.
Following day there was no eggs to collect and I read the riot act to the man about sudden noises upsetting the animals.

And….. Mrs Daughters 4 and a half month bump. Shes so cute.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

There’s many such sub groups. http://www.pow.org.au/ the wild west woolies is the one I’ll be attending

There are definate advantages to living in a big city.

Now on the pow (permaculture out west) FB site some creative folk have started ‘melbourne revolutionary craft circle’, and they’re cross stitching on cyclone fences, with torn fabric, on disused land. It beats graffiti! Love the pics.

What a beaut idea!

Happy Potter said:

Hmm I’ve never tried to fill the LFC but I can try.
That first mouthful of a hot cup of tea in the morning is beautiful isn’t it ? :)

A funny moment..the man always causes the worst ones, lol. He got a 3 meter long piece of 90 mm polypipe to hook up the metal 1000 lt water storage tank, plus all the bits and pieces to then redirect it to my old 1000 lt pondy tub once the others full.
So.. we get home with this long pipe and because he thought the side gate was locked, he pushed the pipe through the hole in the gate, where we put a hand through to unlatch it from inside, and from inside the house K youngest daughter was watching the length of pipe appearing through the gate.
I was still getting out of the car.
Then the pipe was through and it dropped making huge unholey noise..akin to hitting the side of a shed with a sledgehammer..which very very much upset mumchook and her 8 chicks in the patio brooder. The girl said chicks were flying into the cage sides in fright and mumchook started sqawking very loudly and inturn that upset the rooster who came running with wings open onto the patio to attack the pipe, which in turn upset all the other chickens and the din they were making was deafening.
Even the penned layers started up such a racket I wondered if a cat had got among them..this all upset Max of course and he started barking his head off…now the noise was bloody unbelieveable.
By this time though I’ve realised whats happened and I ran out with their food bucket and tried to quieten them with offerings. It took a while to settle them though and mumchook would not come out of the hutch until the pipe was take away. The look on the mans face was priceless. The girl was really cross at her dad yelling at him, she took strips off him.
Following day there was no eggs to collect and I read the riot act to the man about sudden noises upsetting the animals.

They probably thought long, black and wriggly has to be a snake. Can’t say I blame them either.

Happy Potter said:

And….. Mrs Daughters 4 and a half month bump. Shes so cute.

Yes she is and not just because she is pregnant.

Just about ready to disappear for the day. Stay afloat you lot.

Where are all our male contributors these days? Did we say something wrong? Was it my perfume or what?

Happy Potter said:

And….. Mrs Daughters 4 and a half month bump. Shes so cute.

looking good :)

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

There are definate advantages to living in a big city.

Now on the pow (permaculture out west) FB site some creative folk have started ‘melbourne revolutionary craft circle’, and they’re cross stitching on cyclone fences, with torn fabric, on disused land. It beats graffiti! Love the pics.

What a beaut idea!

couldn’t find it :(

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Now on the pow (permaculture out west) FB site some creative folk have started ‘melbourne revolutionary craft circle’, and they’re cross stitching on cyclone fences, with torn fabric, on disused land. It beats graffiti! Love the pics.

What a beaut idea!

couldn’t find it :(

It’s not on their main site, only facebook. I’m guessing it may be slightly illegal lol

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

What a beaut idea!

couldn’t find it :(

It’s not on their main site, only facebook. I’m guessing it may be slightly illegal lol

love it!

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

I have been sittin on my bum scraping away the dirt mulch and leaves surrounding the cordyline and getting the next clump ready to chop and spray. Got visitors had a cuppa and now back to it. There’s not to many still days to do this so I have to take advantage.

I’m moving house on Friday. Hoping to have more time for the forum from then onwards.

hope it all goes smoothly for you :)

Thanks BG :) We have all of Easter weekend so it shouldn’t be too tough. I’m relying heavily on my OH and my parents, because I’m not very strong at the moment – but I can drive, look after the dog, and make teas and coffees :)

Happy Potter said:

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

I have been sittin on my bum scraping away the dirt mulch and leaves surrounding the cordyline and getting the next clump ready to chop and spray. Got visitors had a cuppa and now back to it. There’s not to many still days to do this so I have to take advantage.

I’m moving house on Friday. Hoping to have more time for the forum from then onwards.

I hope all goes well for the big move :)

Thanks HP :)

pomolo said:

Thee’s Estate said:

pomolo said:

Just me again. This forum is becoming very sad.

more than happy to have you join Thee for coffee on her forum :) Not overly busy , just a nice size so you have time to read posts and reply if you wish ? Just a thought, let me know and I’ll post the link for you. BG has it.

Maybe if this one falls flat. Thanks for the offer Thee.

NP :)

pomolo said:

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

I have been sittin on my bum scraping away the dirt mulch and leaves surrounding the cordyline and getting the next clump ready to chop and spray. Got visitors had a cuppa and now back to it. There’s not to many still days to do this so I have to take advantage.

I’m moving house on Friday. Hoping to have more time for the forum from then onwards.

We’ll be looking foreward to it Bon.

Thanks pomolo :) I don’t know how much I’ll have to say about gardening, though! Moving in with my parents while the new house is built, so it won’t be “my” garden – although my dad has saved me one vegie bed, and I’ll have some pots. I was a bit disappointed when dad told me about the vegie bed – I was looking forward to a break with no pressure!! But I would like to get some nice potted herbs established so we have them ready when we move out.

We’ll see. When I live in someone else’s house I always feel like I have stacks more time, so maybe I’ll jump right back into gardening! At least it won’t be depressing as it has been in the current house – I’m at the end of my tether with the crappy soil and don’t have the energy to deal with it any more.

bon008 said:

pomolo said:

bon008 said:

I’m moving house on Friday. Hoping to have more time for the forum from then onwards.

We’ll be looking foreward to it Bon.

Thanks pomolo :) I don’t know how much I’ll have to say about gardening, though! Moving in with my parents while the new house is built, so it won’t be “my” garden – although my dad has saved me one vegie bed, and I’ll have some pots. I was a bit disappointed when dad told me about the vegie bed – I was looking forward to a break with no pressure!! But I would like to get some nice potted herbs established so we have them ready when we move out.

We’ll see. When I live in someone else’s house I always feel like I have stacks more time, so maybe I’ll jump right back into gardening! At least it won’t be depressing as it has been in the current house – I’m at the end of my tether with the crappy soil and don’t have the energy to deal with it any more.

sounds like your dad thought you might like to do some gardening. Don’t feel pressured though if you don’t feel up to it, but I expect there will be times when you might want some time to yourself so this would be a good outlet. Great that your parents are willing to help you out by having you there though.

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

pomolo said:

We’ll be looking foreward to it Bon.

Thanks pomolo :) I don’t know how much I’ll have to say about gardening, though! Moving in with my parents while the new house is built, so it won’t be “my” garden – although my dad has saved me one vegie bed, and I’ll have some pots. I was a bit disappointed when dad told me about the vegie bed – I was looking forward to a break with no pressure!! But I would like to get some nice potted herbs established so we have them ready when we move out.

We’ll see. When I live in someone else’s house I always feel like I have stacks more time, so maybe I’ll jump right back into gardening! At least it won’t be depressing as it has been in the current house – I’m at the end of my tether with the crappy soil and don’t have the energy to deal with it any more.

sounds like your dad thought you might like to do some gardening. Don’t feel pressured though if you don’t feel up to it, but I expect there will be times when you might want some time to yourself so this would be a good outlet. Great that your parents are willing to help you out by having you there though.

Very true :) I think I will like gardening in a small space, I just felt too overwhelmed in the old garden because it was too big and too much work. So I may get some of my mojo back just pottering around with one vegie bed and some pots.

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

I’m moving house on Friday. Hoping to have more time for the forum from then onwards.

hope it all goes smoothly for you :)

Thanks BG :) We have all of Easter weekend so it shouldn’t be too tough. I’m relying heavily on my OH and my parents, because I’m not very strong at the moment – but I can drive, look after the dog, and make teas and coffees :)

You get well Bon.

Off to catch a movie now.

Happy Potter said:

I might see if a friend or one of the vege swap people can help me get it out of the bin. It’s stuffed full..in case I upend myself into this 240 litre bin and get stuck..

Such a mental image! LOL!

Happy Potter said:

Hmm I’ve never tried to fill the LFC but I can try.
That first mouthful of a hot cup of tea in the morning is beautiful isn’t it ? :)

A funny moment..the man always causes the worst ones, lol. He got a 3 meter long piece of 90 mm polypipe to hook up the metal 1000 lt water storage tank, plus all the bits and pieces to then redirect it to my old 1000 lt pondy tub once the others full.
So.. we get home with this long pipe and because he thought the side gate was locked, he pushed the pipe through the hole in the gate, where we put a hand through to unlatch it from inside, and from inside the house K youngest daughter was watching the length of pipe appearing through the gate.
I was still getting out of the car.
Then the pipe was through and it dropped making huge unholey noise..akin to hitting the side of a shed with a sledgehammer..which very very much upset mumchook and her 8 chicks in the patio brooder. The girl said chicks were flying into the cage sides in fright and mumchook started sqawking very loudly and inturn that upset the rooster who came running with wings open onto the patio to attack the pipe, which in turn upset all the other chickens and the din they were making was deafening.
Even the penned layers started up such a racket I wondered if a cat had got among them..this all upset Max of course and he started barking his head off…now the noise was bloody unbelieveable.
By this time though I’ve realised whats happened and I ran out with their food bucket and tried to quieten them with offerings. It took a while to settle them though and mumchook would not come out of the hutch until the pipe was take away. The look on the mans face was priceless. The girl was really cross at her dad yelling at him, she took strips off him.
Following day there was no eggs to collect and I read the riot act to the man about sudden noises upsetting the animals.

He meant well…

pomolo said:

Just about ready to disappear for the day. Stay afloat you lot.

Where are all our male contributors these days? Did we say something wrong? Was it my perfume or what?

Quick! While they’re away, let’s talk girl stuff! ;)

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

bon008 said:

I’m moving house on Friday. Hoping to have more time for the forum from then onwards.

I hope all goes well for the big move :)

Thanks HP :)

Are you renting while they build your new house Bon?

bon008 said:

pomolo said:

bon008 said:

I’m moving house on Friday. Hoping to have more time for the forum from then onwards.

We’ll be looking foreward to it Bon.

Thanks pomolo :) I don’t know how much I’ll have to say about gardening, though! Moving in with my parents while the new house is built, so it won’t be “my” garden – although my dad has saved me one vegie bed, and I’ll have some pots. I was a bit disappointed when dad told me about the vegie bed – I was looking forward to a break with no pressure!! But I would like to get some nice potted herbs established so we have them ready when we move out.

We’ll see. When I live in someone else’s house I always feel like I have stacks more time, so maybe I’ll jump right back into gardening! At least it won’t be depressing as it has been in the current house – I’m at the end of my tether with the crappy soil and don’t have the energy to deal with it any more.

Oh, that just answered my previous question.

bon008 said:

Very true :) I think I will like gardening in a small space, I just felt too overwhelmed in the old garden because it was too big and too much work. So I may get some of my mojo back just pottering around with one vegie bed and some pots.

I know how to cheer you up – will get ‘before’ pics of the Mandurah place ASAP, you’ll be so horrified at what confronts me that you’ll think all your christmasses have come at once, LOL!

Grazon® springs to mind…but that’s extreme…where’s RoughBarked when you need him…

>

somewhere about no doubt.

roughbarked said:

Grazon® springs to mind…but that’s extreme…where’s RoughBarked when you need him…

>

somewhere about no doubt.

You’re a worry…would Grazon ® kill the cordyline, or would she need Tordon?

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

Grazon® springs to mind…but that’s extreme…where’s RoughBarked when you need him…

>

somewhere about no doubt.

You’re a worry…would Grazon ® kill the cordyline, or would she need Tordon?

Lining up or looking for work I imagine RB.. I’ve never heard of those poisons. I have 5 litres of glyco and can’t afford anything else at the moment. I’m horrified that I even have to use poison. Atm the untreated clumps are leafless because it’s been so dry, plus the planted area is under the house eves, it’s dry there anyway. No rain on the hoizon so we will continue with the drilling and filling holes.

What I don’t know is, after the clumps are hopefully killed off, will they break down enough for removal? This plants been foliar sprayed with diluted round up before and died right back, but the base clump didn’t and it re sprouted. I need to remove every trace of it.

hortfurball said:

Happy Potter said:

I might see if a friend or one of the vege swap people can help me get it out of the bin. It’s stuffed full..in case I upend myself into this 240 litre bin and get stuck..

Such a mental image! LOL!

Haha, I did end up having to lay the bin on the ground and crawl into it to get fleshy root bits out. These big deep bins scare me, lol.

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

Grazon® springs to mind…but that’s extreme…where’s RoughBarked when you need him…

>

somewhere about no doubt.

You’re a worry…would Grazon ® kill the cordyline, or would she need Tordon?

Lining up or looking for work I imagine RB.. I’ve never heard of those poisons. I have 5 litres of glyco and can’t afford anything else at the moment. I’m horrified that I even have to use poison. Atm the untreated clumps are leafless because it’s been so dry, plus the planted area is under the house eves, it’s dry there anyway. No rain on the hoizon so we will continue with the drilling and filling holes.

What I don’t know is, after the clumps are hopefully killed off, will they break down enough for removal? This plants been foliar sprayed with diluted round up before and died right back, but the base clump didn’t and it re sprouted. I need to remove every trace of it.

Yes I’m looking for work. Though I will be having a peck at the ground in White Cliffs by Saturday.

Glyphosate works best when plant is in full growth and preferably in flower or coming into flower. If it kills the plant the plant will lose all the structure and wither away rather rapidly, eventually completely collapsing in approx 6 weeks. Cutting and painting works well if the chemical is painted onto exposed cambium within aprox 20 seconds after cutting into cambium. Diluting glyphosate only serves to spread it over larger areas. I find that a dab of pure chemical does a better job with less effect outside the target plant. I’ve cut many trees just below soil level painted them with pure or weakly diluted glyphosate, covered the stump with earth and never seen it again.

Seems from all that I have read, digging and cutting main roots will kill these plants if dug during warmer months. Cold wet roots or penetration of cold water into the growing point are more likely to kill the plant than frost.

As for other chemicals such as Grazon or Tordon, these are more dufficult to obtain and glyphosate should be good enough if applied at best times.

I learned the other day that glyphosate is more affective when acidic and a bit of lemon juice means you only need about 2/3 of the recommended amount when diluting. I learned this from a farmer who sprays from the back of his truck and only uses one lemon’s worth in his big tank, so not a lot is required.

roughbarked said:

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

You’re a worry…would Grazon ® kill the cordyline, or would she need Tordon?

Lining up or looking for work I imagine RB.. I’ve never heard of those poisons. I have 5 litres of glyco and can’t afford anything else at the moment. I’m horrified that I even have to use poison. Atm the untreated clumps are leafless because it’s been so dry, plus the planted area is under the house eves, it’s dry there anyway. No rain on the hoizon so we will continue with the drilling and filling holes.

What I don’t know is, after the clumps are hopefully killed off, will they break down enough for removal? This plants been foliar sprayed with diluted round up before and died right back, but the base clump didn’t and it re sprouted. I need to remove every trace of it.

Yes I’m looking for work. Though I will be having a peck at the ground in White Cliffs by Saturday.

Glyphosate works best when plant is in full growth and preferably in flower or coming into flower. If it kills the plant the plant will lose all the structure and wither away rather rapidly, eventually completely collapsing in approx 6 weeks. Cutting and painting works well if the chemical is painted onto exposed cambium within aprox 20 seconds after cutting into cambium. Diluting glyphosate only serves to spread it over larger areas. I find that a dab of pure chemical does a better job with less effect outside the target plant. I’ve cut many trees just below soil level painted them with pure or weakly diluted glyphosate, covered the stump with earth and never seen it again.

Seems from all that I have read, digging and cutting main roots will kill these plants if dug during warmer months. Cold wet roots or penetration of cold water into the growing point are more likely to kill the plant than frost.

As for other chemicals such as Grazon or Tordon, these are more dufficult to obtain and glyphosate should be good enough if applied at best times.

I know I’m late in treating it and spring/summer would have been a better time. But I did notice it had new tiny shoots/ buds all down the cut stalks, on top of the fleshy base and under the ground level, roughly 2 feet down. We scraped away heaps of soil. It’s well and truly alive just waiting for moisture. I will keep at it.
I can barely believe it will die and collapse after 6 weeks when I have been trying to kill it for 10 years.

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

Grazon® springs to mind…but that’s extreme…where’s RoughBarked when you need him…

>

somewhere about no doubt.

You’re a worry…would Grazon ® kill the cordyline, or would she need Tordon?

Lining up or looking for work I imagine RB.. I’ve never heard of those poisons. I have 5 litres of glyco and can’t afford anything else at the moment. I’m horrified that I even have to use poison. Atm the untreated clumps are leafless because it’s been so dry, plus the planted area is under the house eves, it’s dry there anyway. No rain on the hoizon so we will continue with the drilling and filling holes.

What I don’t know is, after the clumps are hopefully killed off, will they break down enough for removal? This plants been foliar sprayed with diluted round up before and died right back, but the base clump didn’t and it re sprouted. I need to remove every trace of it.

I still don’t see why continued dosing with Glypho wouldn’t eventually kill all of the plant including the base clump. It’s a bit like Bruce and the Spider. Continuing the treatment must kill the plant in the long run. It would be steadily getting weaker every time it got hit. A long process maybe but less labour intensive than all the digging. Less pressure on your poor worn out back and everything else that’s sore.

roughbarked said:

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

You’re a worry…would Grazon ® kill the cordyline, or would she need Tordon?

Lining up or looking for work I imagine RB.. I’ve never heard of those poisons. I have 5 litres of glyco and can’t afford anything else at the moment. I’m horrified that I even have to use poison. Atm the untreated clumps are leafless because it’s been so dry, plus the planted area is under the house eves, it’s dry there anyway. No rain on the hoizon so we will continue with the drilling and filling holes.

What I don’t know is, after the clumps are hopefully killed off, will they break down enough for removal? This plants been foliar sprayed with diluted round up before and died right back, but the base clump didn’t and it re sprouted. I need to remove every trace of it.

Yes I’m looking for work. Though I will be having a peck at the ground in White Cliffs by Saturday.

Glyphosate works best when plant is in full growth and preferably in flower or coming into flower. If it kills the plant the plant will lose all the structure and wither away rather rapidly, eventually completely collapsing in approx 6 weeks. Cutting and painting works well if the chemical is painted onto exposed cambium within aprox 20 seconds after cutting into cambium. Diluting glyphosate only serves to spread it over larger areas. I find that a dab of pure chemical does a better job with less effect outside the target plant. I’ve cut many trees just below soil level painted them with pure or weakly diluted glyphosate, covered the stump with earth and never seen it again.

Seems from all that I have read, digging and cutting main roots will kill these plants if dug during warmer months. Cold wet roots or penetration of cold water into the growing point are more likely to kill the plant than frost.

As for other chemicals such as Grazon or Tordon, these are more dufficult to obtain and glyphosate should be good enough if applied at best times.

He has surfaced. Don’t you run off too far RB. As you can see we need you on here.

Hope work comes your way very soon.

bluegreen said:

I learned the other day that glyphosate is more affective when acidic and a bit of lemon juice means you only need about 2/3 of the recommended amount when diluting. I learned this from a farmer who sprays from the back of his truck and only uses one lemon’s worth in his big tank, so not a lot is required.

That’s nifty to know thanks BG.

We’ve done the medical run for today. Lots of traffic on the highway. Early Easter holidayers getting a head start obviously. It’s a good time to stay home I think.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

You’re a worry…would Grazon ® kill the cordyline, or would she need Tordon?

Lining up or looking for work I imagine RB.. I’ve never heard of those poisons. I have 5 litres of glyco and can’t afford anything else at the moment. I’m horrified that I even have to use poison. Atm the untreated clumps are leafless because it’s been so dry, plus the planted area is under the house eves, it’s dry there anyway. No rain on the hoizon so we will continue with the drilling and filling holes.

What I don’t know is, after the clumps are hopefully killed off, will they break down enough for removal? This plants been foliar sprayed with diluted round up before and died right back, but the base clump didn’t and it re sprouted. I need to remove every trace of it.

I still don’t see why continued dosing with Glypho wouldn’t eventually kill all of the plant including the base clump. It’s a bit like Bruce and the Spider. Continuing the treatment must kill the plant in the long run. It would be steadily getting weaker every time it got hit. A long process maybe but less labour intensive than all the digging. Less pressure on your poor worn out back and everything else that’s sore.

I’m clearing the dirt away to expose the base as it is well underground. The plant itself is just stalks emerging from the base. I have done the cut and paint, within seconds, on the tall stalks before and it came back. This time I’m directly injecting the fleshy base. The old dead stalks I treated are still there, plenty of them.
Cleared away a bit more just now even further down and it’s any bloody wonder it comes back.. those clumps are huge, some round and as big as a basketball and others long and thick as my arm.

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

Grazon® springs to mind…but that’s extreme…where’s RoughBarked when you need him…

>

somewhere about no doubt.

You’re a worry…would Grazon ® kill the cordyline, or would she need Tordon?

Lining up or looking for work I imagine RB.. I’ve never heard of those poisons. I have 5 litres of glyco and can’t afford anything else at the moment. I’m horrified that I even have to use poison. Atm the untreated clumps are leafless because it’s been so dry, plus the planted area is under the house eves, it’s dry there anyway. No rain on the hoizon so we will continue with the drilling and filling holes.

What I don’t know is, after the clumps are hopefully killed off, will they break down enough for removal? This plants been foliar sprayed with diluted round up before and died right back, but the base clump didn’t and it re sprouted. I need to remove every trace of it.

How soon after drilling are you filling the holes HP? Plants have amazing healing abilities. If you cut and paint with Roundup you have about a three second window (I think) before the plant forms a healing film over the cut. In other words, be quick!

Happy Potter said:

hortfurball said:

Happy Potter said:

I might see if a friend or one of the vege swap people can help me get it out of the bin. It’s stuffed full..in case I upend myself into this 240 litre bin and get stuck..

Such a mental image! LOL!

Haha, I did end up having to lay the bin on the ground and crawl into it to get fleshy root bits out. These big deep bins scare me, lol.

Didn’t it occur to you to upend the bin instead of crawling into it?

roughbarked said:

Cutting and painting works well if the chemical is painted onto exposed cambium within aprox 20 seconds after cutting into cambium.

Oops…correct my last post to 20 seconds please. My memory’s a bit questionable sometimes.

bluegreen said:

I learned the other day that glyphosate is more affective when acidic and a bit of lemon juice means you only need about 2/3 of the recommended amount when diluting. I learned this from a farmer who sprays from the back of his truck and only uses one lemon’s worth in his big tank, so not a lot is required.

I didn’t know about the lemon theory. What I do know is that glyphosate is more effective when a surfactant is added (ie wetting agent) because it helps it to stick to the surface.

hortfurball said:

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

I hope all goes well for the big move :)

Thanks HP :)

Are you renting while they build your new house Bon?

Staying with my parents – they have a bigger house than they need.

hortfurball said:

bon008 said:

Very true :) I think I will like gardening in a small space, I just felt too overwhelmed in the old garden because it was too big and too much work. So I may get some of my mojo back just pottering around with one vegie bed and some pots.

I know how to cheer you up – will get ‘before’ pics of the Mandurah place ASAP, you’ll be so horrified at what confronts me that you’ll think all your christmasses have come at once, LOL!

No, that won’t work at all. I classify you as one of these HP-style people, with plenty of energy and enthusiasm to conquer whatever is thrown at you! :)

hortfurball said:

Happy Potter said:

hortfurball said:

Such a mental image! LOL!

Haha, I did end up having to lay the bin on the ground and crawl into it to get fleshy root bits out. These big deep bins scare me, lol.

Didn’t it occur to you to upend the bin instead of crawling into it?

I can’t lift it, I can only push one over. Then the wheel end is heavy. How big are the wheely bins over that way? Our main rubbish bin is 120 lt, I think, but roughly a bit less than half the size of the recycle bin and green bins at 240 lt.

bon008 said:

hortfurball said:

bon008 said:

Very true :) I think I will like gardening in a small space, I just felt too overwhelmed in the old garden because it was too big and too much work. So I may get some of my mojo back just pottering around with one vegie bed and some pots.

I know how to cheer you up – will get ‘before’ pics of the Mandurah place ASAP, you’ll be so horrified at what confronts me that you’ll think all your christmasses have come at once, LOL!

No, that won’t work at all. I classify you as one of these HP-style people, with plenty of energy and enthusiasm to conquer whatever is thrown at you! :)

Hahaha, ‘HP-style people’. Not all are wins…

Well now to wait for the mongrel to die.. the cordylines been drilled and filled. Actually I did a double bunger treatment going on RB’s advice about lifting the bark. With the taller stalks that were re sprouting I ran the pruning saw down each side virtually stripping the cambrian layer off and within 3 seconds, drenched it with spray.
I used 2 litres of glypho and I will keep my eyes open for any new ones popping up.

A curse on the public hospital system. :(

I requested a copy of my records and it arrived today. In among it were two pages of reports for somebody else. I’m sure they’d be thrilled to learn I have them.

What I wanted wasn’t even there so goodness knows where it’s ended up.

It’s times like this that I’m so glad to have private health cover.

cambium layer

trichome said:

cambium layer

Yeah that too ;)

Ta.

Happy Potter said:

trichome said:

cambium layer

Yeah that too ;)

Ta.

glad to be of service :)

bubba louie said:

A curse on the public hospital system. :(

I requested a copy of my records and it arrived today. In among it were two pages of reports for somebody else. I’m sure they’d be thrilled to learn I have them.

What I wanted wasn’t even there so goodness knows where it’s ended up.

It’s times like this that I’m so glad to have private health cover.

perhaps you should wish a pox on the public health system?

Happy Potter said:

Well now to wait for the mongrel to die.. the cordylines been drilled and filled. Actually I did a double bunger treatment going on RB’s advice about lifting the bark. With the taller stalks that were re sprouting I ran the pruning saw down each side virtually stripping the cambrian layer off and within 3 seconds, drenched it with spray.
I used 2 litres of glypho and I will keep my eyes open for any new ones popping up.

You have the POWER!

bubba louie said:

A curse on the public hospital system. :(

I requested a copy of my records and it arrived today. In among it were two pages of reports for somebody else. I’m sure they’d be thrilled to learn I have them.

What I wanted wasn’t even there so goodness knows where it’s ended up.

It’s times like this that I’m so glad to have private health cover.

Maybe they haven’t done right by you but we have nothing but praise for the treatment that they have shown us. Without them I don’t know where we would have turned.

trichome said:

cambium layer

Yay! He sticks his head out from the cambium layer. How ya been TC? How’s your weather?

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

A curse on the public hospital system. :(

I requested a copy of my records and it arrived today. In among it were two pages of reports for somebody else. I’m sure they’d be thrilled to learn I have them.

What I wanted wasn’t even there so goodness knows where it’s ended up.

It’s times like this that I’m so glad to have private health cover.

perhaps you should wish a pox on the public health system?

Don’t you dare. We depend on that system. Even with it’s pitfalls.

pomolo said:

trichome said:

cambium layer

Yay! He sticks his head out from the cambium layer. How ya been TC? How’s your weather?

fine weather, a few clouds passing above, very pleasant, however i am asking for heavy showers of rain twice a day to water the garden, so i don’t have to :)

Happy Potter said:

hortfurball said:

Happy Potter said:

Haha, I did end up having to lay the bin on the ground and crawl into it to get fleshy root bits out. These big deep bins scare me, lol.

Didn’t it occur to you to upend the bin instead of crawling into it?

I can’t lift it, I can only push one over. Then the wheel end is heavy. How big are the wheely bins over that way? Our main rubbish bin is 120 lt, I think, but roughly a bit less than half the size of the recycle bin and green bins at 240 lt.

Good question. Some councils have smaller bins but my bin is the same size as my recycling bin. Will check the size and get back to you. Actually it’s bin night so will do that as soon as I’ve finished my cuppa.

bon008 said:

hortfurball said:

bon008 said:

Very true :) I think I will like gardening in a small space, I just felt too overwhelmed in the old garden because it was too big and too much work. So I may get some of my mojo back just pottering around with one vegie bed and some pots.

I know how to cheer you up – will get ‘before’ pics of the Mandurah place ASAP, you’ll be so horrified at what confronts me that you’ll think all your christmasses have come at once, LOL!

No, that won’t work at all. I classify you as one of these HP-style people, with plenty of energy and enthusiasm to conquer whatever is thrown at you! :)

Compared to you in your current state maybe, but I think HP would run rings around me!

Happy Potter said:

Well now to wait for the mongrel to die.. the cordylines been drilled and filled. Actually I did a double bunger treatment going on RB’s advice about lifting the bark. With the taller stalks that were re sprouting I ran the pruning saw down each side virtually stripping the cambrian layer off and within 3 seconds, drenched it with spray.
I used 2 litres of glypho and I will keep my eyes open for any new ones popping up.

Wow! :O Two litres of glypho on one plant! If that doesn’t kill it I’ll be surprised.

trichome said:

cambium layer

After reading this I had to go back and see what she wrote, LOL! Missed it the first time round.

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

A curse on the public hospital system.

What I wanted wasn’t even there so goodness knows where it’s ended up.

It’s times like this that I’m so glad to have private health cover.

Maybe they haven’t done right by you but we have nothing but praise for the treatment that they have shown us. Without them I don’t know where we would have turned.

Just think how they could be even better if they got their act together. A whole week of my mothers hospital stay was missing from her file and they sent someone else in her ward for her brain scan.

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

A curse on the public hospital system. :(

What I wanted wasn’t even there so goodness knows where it’s ended up.

It’s times like this that I’m so glad to have private health cover.

perhaps you should wish a pox on the public health system?

That too.

bubba louie said:

Just think how they could be even better if they got their act together. A whole week of my mothers hospital stay was missing from her file and they sent someone else in her ward for her brain scan.

Is this happening right now Bubba, or was it something that happened in the past? Bad form, whichever.

hortfurball said:

Happy Potter said:

Well now to wait for the mongrel to die.. the cordylines been drilled and filled. Actually I did a double bunger treatment going on RB’s advice about lifting the bark. With the taller stalks that were re sprouting I ran the pruning saw down each side virtually stripping the cambrian layer off and within 3 seconds, drenched it with spray.
I used 2 litres of glypho and I will keep my eyes open for any new ones popping up.

Wow! :O Two litres of glypho on one plant! If that doesn’t kill it I’ll be surprised.

Umm maybe I forgot to mention.. this was originally 4 plants that I put along the front wall of the house which is some 10 metres long, facing south west. It’s spread meant that it joined up and it’s easily 75 cm out from the brick wall and runs the whole length. There were plants spring up nearly 2 meters in front of that. The roots run out a further metre and a half. What I don’t know is how deep the rootball goes.

hortfurball said:

bon008 said:

hortfurball said:

I know how to cheer you up – will get ‘before’ pics of the Mandurah place ASAP, you’ll be so horrified at what confronts me that you’ll think all your christmasses have come at once, LOL!

No, that won’t work at all. I classify you as one of these HP-style people, with plenty of energy and enthusiasm to conquer whatever is thrown at you! :)

Compared to you in your current state maybe, but I think HP would run rings around me!

Oh as if! I can’t spell LOL

hortfurball said:

Happy Potter said:

hortfurball said:

Didn’t it occur to you to upend the bin instead of crawling into it?

I can’t lift it, I can only push one over. Then the wheel end is heavy. How big are the wheely bins over that way? Our main rubbish bin is 120 lt, I think, but roughly a bit less than half the size of the recycle bin and green bins at 240 lt.

Good question. Some councils have smaller bins but my bin is the same size as my recycling bin. Will check the size and get back to you. Actually it’s bin night so will do that as soon as I’ve finished my cuppa.

The bins don’t have the size on them and it’s not on my council website. I give up.

hortfurball said:

bubba louie said:

Just think how they could be even better if they got their act together. A whole week of my mothers hospital stay was missing from her file and they sent someone else in her ward for her brain scan.

Is this happening right now Bubba, or was it something that happened in the past? Bad form, whichever.

Past. We found out some of it after she had passed away and we were looking for answers. So much was handled badly.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Lining up or looking for work I imagine RB.. I’ve never heard of those poisons. I have 5 litres of glyco and can’t afford anything else at the moment. I’m horrified that I even have to use poison. Atm the untreated clumps are leafless because it’s been so dry, plus the planted area is under the house eves, it’s dry there anyway. No rain on the hoizon so we will continue with the drilling and filling holes.

What I don’t know is, after the clumps are hopefully killed off, will they break down enough for removal? This plants been foliar sprayed with diluted round up before and died right back, but the base clump didn’t and it re sprouted. I need to remove every trace of it.

I still don’t see why continued dosing with Glypho wouldn’t eventually kill all of the plant including the base clump. It’s a bit like Bruce and the Spider. Continuing the treatment must kill the plant in the long run. It would be steadily getting weaker every time it got hit. A long process maybe but less labour intensive than all the digging. Less pressure on your poor worn out back and everything else that’s sore.

I’m clearing the dirt away to expose the base as it is well underground. The plant itself is just stalks emerging from the base. I have done the cut and paint, within seconds, on the tall stalks before and it came back. This time I’m directly injecting the fleshy base. The old dead stalks I treated are still there, plenty of them.
Cleared away a bit more just now even further down and it’s any bloody wonder it comes back.. those clumps are huge, some round and as big as a basketball and others long and thick as my arm.

I’m wondering.. was it planted above ground in the first place.. In a boxed in bed?

Happy Potter said:

Well now to wait for the mongrel to die.. the cordylines been drilled and filled. Actually I did a double bunger treatment going on RB’s advice about lifting the bark. With the taller stalks that were re sprouting I ran the pruning saw down each side virtually stripping the cambrian layer off and within 3 seconds, drenched it with spray.
I used 2 litres of glypho and I will keep my eyes open for any new ones popping up.

I hope that wasn’t 2 litres of pure glyphosate.

Some plants can be quite problematic to kill if they can seal between each node underground. They die back to that node then grow from behind it. It saves a lot on chemical if you hit it during full flowering growth.

pomolo said:

He has surfaced. Don’t you run off too far RB. As you can see we need you on here.

Hope work comes your way very soon.

heh, I’m sure you all have very nice gardens :)

I’ll be away in White cliffs for a short while, digging way deeper than the cordyline roots.

bubba louie said:

hortfurball said:

bubba louie said:

Just think how they could be even better if they got their act together. A whole week of my mothers hospital stay was missing from her file and they sent someone else in her ward for her brain scan.

Is this happening right now Bubba, or was it something that happened in the past? Bad form, whichever.

Past. We found out some of it after she had passed away and we were looking for answers. So much was handled badly.

Sorry for your loss ((hug))

Yawnnnnnnnnn.
The resident kiddlywink is off to the airport. Mums taxi at her service. Yawnnnnnnnnn. She’s off to see my other kiddlywink and grandson in Brissy for a few days, then both are off to a besties wedding in Mildura.
Line up the cuppas. It should be me going!

roughbarked said:

Happy Potter said:

Well now to wait for the mongrel to die.. the cordylines been drilled and filled. Actually I did a double bunger treatment going on RB’s advice about lifting the bark. With the taller stalks that were re sprouting I ran the pruning saw down each side virtually stripping the cambrian layer off and within 3 seconds, drenched it with spray.
I used 2 litres of glypho and I will keep my eyes open for any new ones popping up.

I hope that wasn’t 2 litres of pure glyphosate.

Some plants can be quite problematic to kill if they can seal between each node underground. They die back to that node then grow from behind it. It saves a lot on chemical if you hit it during full flowering growth.

1.Yes it was.
2. That’s what I fear. It was planted in the ground as 4 tiny clumps and has been growing for some 12-13 years. It was planted as a screen to keep the hot sun from heating the front brick wall. I fail to see how spraying a liquid onto it, no matter what it was, will kill it.

Anyone got some dynamite?

I wondered why some parts of it on the sides of the house area hadn’t spread much at all when the middle clump roots had gone mad.
Waiting for the alarm to go off, it hit me.. where I had the old garden bed it was enclosed by a semi circular path. Where the root spread had stopped suddenly was at the path, where I had weed matting and gravel on top. This so called breathable weed matting wasn’t at all and stopped anything growing even under it. The widest section in the middle is where it’s roots freely invaded other shrubs.

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

He has surfaced. Don’t you run off too far RB. As you can see we need you on here.

Hope work comes your way very soon.

heh, I’m sure you all have very nice gardens :)

I’ll be away in White cliffs for a short while, digging way deeper than the cordyline roots.

Don’t work too hard.
Haha, you will.

Happy Potter said:

roughbarked said:

Happy Potter said:

Well now to wait for the mongrel to die.. the cordylines been drilled and filled. Actually I did a double bunger treatment going on RB’s advice about lifting the bark. With the taller stalks that were re sprouting I ran the pruning saw down each side virtually stripping the cambrian layer off and within 3 seconds, drenched it with spray.
I used 2 litres of glypho and I will keep my eyes open for any new ones popping up.

I hope that wasn’t 2 litres of pure glyphosate.

Some plants can be quite problematic to kill if they can seal between each node underground. They die back to that node then grow from behind it. It saves a lot on chemical if you hit it during full flowering growth.

1.Yes it was.
2. That’s what I fear. It was planted in the ground as 4 tiny clumps and has been growing for some 12-13 years. It was planted as a screen to keep the hot sun from heating the front brick wall. I fail to see how spraying a liquid onto it, no matter what it was, will kill it.

Anyone got some dynamite?

I wondered why some parts of it on the sides of the house area hadn’t spread much at all when the middle clump roots had gone mad.
Waiting for the alarm to go off, it hit me.. where I had the old garden bed it was enclosed by a semi circular path. Where the root spread had stopped suddenly was at the path, where I had weed matting and gravel on top. This so called breathable weed matting wasn’t at all and stopped anything growing even under it. The widest section in the middle is where it’s roots freely invaded other shrubs.

Failing all else, you may try wrapping sections of the cordyline with weed matting or a sheet of plastic.
When I try to dig something out, I start at one end and dig to the required depth.. then I stay at that depth as I move along removing the weed. Don’t look back, just keep digging..

Back now.. might have brekky then a nap.

roughbarked said:

Happy Potter said:

roughbarked said:

I hope that wasn’t 2 litres of pure glyphosate.

Some plants can be quite problematic to kill if they can seal between each node underground. They die back to that node then grow from behind it. It saves a lot on chemical if you hit it during full flowering growth.

1.Yes it was.
2. That’s what I fear. It was planted in the ground as 4 tiny clumps and has been growing for some 12-13 years. It was planted as a screen to keep the hot sun from heating the front brick wall. I fail to see how spraying a liquid onto it, no matter what it was, will kill it.

Anyone got some dynamite?

I wondered why some parts of it on the sides of the house area hadn’t spread much at all when the middle clump roots had gone mad.
Waiting for the alarm to go off, it hit me.. where I had the old garden bed it was enclosed by a semi circular path. Where the root spread had stopped suddenly was at the path, where I had weed matting and gravel on top. This so called breathable weed matting wasn’t at all and stopped anything growing even under it. The widest section in the middle is where it’s roots freely invaded other shrubs.

Failing all else, you may try wrapping sections of the cordyline with weed matting or a sheet of plastic.
When I try to dig something out, I start at one end and dig to the required depth.. then I stay at that depth as I move along removing the weed. Don’t look back, just keep digging..

I had thought of that previously and I started at the side corner where the concrete porch meets the driveway where the root system is smallest and digging down until I can see where clump starts, and remove it altogether. Probably by power saw/ or my fave jackhammer would do it. I’d need to remove and rebuild that section of retaining wall. So glad I didn’t cement it in.
But, I gave up as there’s a house roof support beam on that corner thats well concreted in and the roots have invaded under the concrete. But not under the porch I noticed. If I go that method again that’s some hole to dig and clear out, real hard yakka.
Best have me weet bix.

I have tried to avoid planting things up against the house. Though the last house I lived in before this had a passionfruit vine that covered about 12 m of wallspace on the north side.
That particular house hadn’t been cared for before I arrived and it had kikuyu growing from one side of the house to the other underneath and the walls were full of kikuyu popping out under the eaves.

roughbarked said:

It saves a lot on chemical if you hit it during full flowering growth.

Amen.

trichome said:

pomolo said:

trichome said:

cambium layer

Yay! He sticks his head out from the cambium layer. How ya been TC? How’s your weather?

fine weather, a few clouds passing above, very pleasant, however i am asking for heavy showers of rain twice a day to water the garden, so i don’t have to :)

I have put in an order like that too.

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

A curse on the public hospital system.

What I wanted wasn’t even there so goodness knows where it’s ended up.

It’s times like this that I’m so glad to have private health cover.

Maybe they haven’t done right by you but we have nothing but praise for the treatment that they have shown us. Without them I don’t know where we would have turned.

Just think how they could be even better if they got their act together. A whole week of my mothers hospital stay was missing from her file and they sent someone else in her ward for her brain scan.

Never had any complaints even close to what you are saying. I still have no complaints.

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

He has surfaced. Don’t you run off too far RB. As you can see we need you on here.

Hope work comes your way very soon.

heh, I’m sure you all have very nice gardens :)

I’ll be away in White cliffs for a short while, digging way deeper than the cordyline roots.

What’s at White Cliffs? Or am I being too nosy? Just say so. I can take it.

Happy Potter said:

Yawnnnnnnnnn.
The resident kiddlywink is off to the airport. Mums taxi at her service. Yawnnnnnnnnn. She’s off to see my other kiddlywink and grandson in Brissy for a few days, then both are off to a besties wedding in Mildura.
Line up the cuppas. It should be me going!

Your turn next time.

pomolo said:

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

He has surfaced. Don’t you run off too far RB. As you can see we need you on here.

Hope work comes your way very soon.

heh, I’m sure you all have very nice gardens :)

I’ll be away in White cliffs for a short while, digging way deeper than the cordyline roots.

What’s at White Cliffs? Or am I being too nosy? Just say so. I can take it.

opal mine

Never had any complaints even close to what you are saying. I still have no complaints.

—————————————————————

I really hope you never do.

roughbarked said:

I have tried to avoid planting things up against the house. Though the last house I lived in before this had a passionfruit vine that covered about 12 m of wallspace on the north side.
That particular house hadn’t been cared for before I arrived and it had kikuyu growing from one side of the house to the other underneath and the walls were full of kikuyu popping out under the eaves.

That’s unbelieveable. No wonder people curse kikuyu.

Ah huh! Now it becomes clearer.

pomolo said:

Ah huh! Now it becomes clearer.

White cliffs that is.

pomolo said:

pomolo said:

Ah huh! Now it becomes clearer.

White cliffs that is.

ah, yeah.

Right click open in new page and there may be others to see.

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

pomolo said:

Ah huh! Now it becomes clearer.

White cliffs that is.

ah, yeah.

They are just beautiful and so were the others via the link.

Well Easter time is here again. Tourists everywhere. We’ll stay put right here thankyou. Got plenty to entertain us anyway.

I hope you and yours enjoy the break.

Stay safe and enjoy Easter………..

pomolo said:

Well Easter time is here again. Tourists everywhere. We’ll stay put right here thankyou. Got plenty to entertain us anyway.

I hope you and yours enjoy the break.

You too :) Not going anywhere here either, just enjoying the quiet with the kids away and the lovely weather.

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

pomolo said:

Ah huh! Now it becomes clearer.

White cliffs that is.

ah, yeah.

Beautiful. The bottom right one looks like a bushfire scene

Hey birdie people, can you tell me what sort of bird this is please? I keep referring to it as a wattlebird, but it looks different to pics of them, no red wattle and the beak is sharper. These birds keep getting into my chooks pen. Introduced or native? Legs are reddish brown.

Is it a starling?

Happy Potter said:

Hey birdie people, can you tell me what sort of bird this is please? I keep referring to it as a wattlebird, but it looks different to pics of them, no red wattle and the beak is sharper. These birds keep getting into my chooks pen. Introduced or native? Legs are reddish brown.

I reckon it is a Common Starling.

That is a juvenile common European starling

neomyrtus_ said:

That is a juvenile common European starling

Thanks all..clearing that up for me.

Hello gardeners. I have been busy. My patient load for March was, um, high. I’ve done a bit of gardening this morning, although I don’t know how the plants will survive…..we have had 30 degrees and winds gusting to 50-60km and a bit higher at times. Very unpleasant. The wind seems to be calming down a bit now.

My chooks look very amusing at the moment…full moult going on here. So they have no tail feathers. And a carpet of feathers in the yard. They look so funny with stumpy tails!

I’m thinking I might go over to Casterton tomorrow and check out the work the builder has been doing for me. Depends on the weather.

For now….off to bed.

buffy said:

Hello gardeners. I have been busy. My patient load for March was, um, high. I’ve done a bit of gardening this morning, although I don’t know how the plants will survive…..we have had 30 degrees and winds gusting to 50-60km and a bit higher at times. Very unpleasant. The wind seems to be calming down a bit now.

My chooks look very amusing at the moment…full moult going on here. So they have no tail feathers. And a carpet of feathers in the yard. They look so funny with stumpy tails!

I’m thinking I might go over to Casterton tomorrow and check out the work the builder has been doing for me. Depends on the weather.

For now….off to bed.

Sounds very busy your way. Some of my chooks have started moutling too, they look so messy. I come inside and pick feathers from my hair.

Wow what a night for gale winds.. 72 klm an hour and bins blew over, windows rattled some branches down and 5 minutes of heavy rain.

A big shrub I’d put into the green bin blew down the road somewhere. Cleaning up the backyard today and giving the chooks some fresh straw back.

Thee’s Estate said:

Stay safe and enjoy Easter………..

Same back to you thee.

buffy said:

Hello gardeners. I have been busy. My patient load for March was, um, high. I’ve done a bit of gardening this morning, although I don’t know how the plants will survive…..we have had 30 degrees and winds gusting to 50-60km and a bit higher at times. Very unpleasant. The wind seems to be calming down a bit now.

My chooks look very amusing at the moment…full moult going on here. So they have no tail feathers. And a carpet of feathers in the yard. They look so funny with stumpy tails!

I’m thinking I might go over to Casterton tomorrow and check out the work the builder has been doing for me. Depends on the weather.

For now….off to bed.

Don’t like the sound of those winds.

Happy Potter said:

Wow what a night for gale winds.. 72 klm an hour and bins blew over, windows rattled some branches down and 5 minutes of heavy rain.

A big shrub I’d put into the green bin blew down the road somewhere. Cleaning up the backyard today and giving the chooks some fresh straw back.

Now I really don’t like the sound of those winds. Keep them down there will ya.

Good morning. Woke up to 5 degrees this morning. Much better than yesterday. Pretty still now. So I’ve done some mowing, some walking.

I just checked the BOM observations stations around here. Casterton did an 80km/hr gust late yesterday afternoon, and we did something very close (78-79) around 6.30pm. It was, to put it mildly, windy. We have lots and lots of bits of gumtree in the backyard, but no big ones. Just looks like the cockies have been pruning. The campers over the road in the little camping ground in our Botanic Gardens don’t seem to have suffered too much, although one tent lost a door.

We are going to the local pub for lunch today. Intending to go right on 12 noon to beat the tourists.

>>Don’t like the sound of those winds.<<

I wasn’t too keen on the fire listening set starting up with a local fire mid afternoon either. All controlled. Only small.

Happy Potter said:

Wow what a night for gale winds.. 72 klm an hour and bins blew over, windows rattled some branches down and 5 minutes of heavy rain.

A big shrub I’d put into the green bin blew down the road somewhere. Cleaning up the backyard today and giving the chooks some fresh straw back.

we were supposed to get some last night but it didn’t eventuate. It did cool down a lot though which was a relief as it has been quite warm and humid the past week. Have just had a lovely time with Alexander and his mum & dad & Miss N. He is such a happy baby. Can’t wait until next time.

Erk! It’s the end of an era! Just went to Tech Talk to ask for some advice on wireless routers, and the ABC is in the process of closing ALL of the old forums! Science forum, Tech Talk and Scribbly will all be gone in a matter of months. :O

The sciency ones have already migrated to the holiday forum, which now looks like some crazy science fair.

Someone has tried to create a ‘new temporary home’ but someone else suggested it will go the way of the Gardening ‘bulletin board’ and die a slow death.

This sent me, out of curiosity, to have a look at the ‘new’ ABC gardening forum/board for the first time in a couple of years, and it just reinforced clearly why I don’t bother. It’s like wading through treacle…there is a sad little post there from some poor hapless hopeful gardener back in February that hasn’t had a single response. Some other posts have three posts over a day apart – Waahh! I answered one because I strenuously disagreed with the advice already given, but my answer won’t appear until Tuesday so I left again…so pointless…so sad…

hortfurball said:

Erk! It’s the end of an era! Just went to Tech Talk to ask for some advice on wireless routers, and the ABC is in the process of closing ALL of the old forums! Science forum, Tech Talk and Scribbly will all be gone in a matter of months. :O

The sciency ones have already migrated to the holiday forum, which now looks like some crazy science fair.

Someone has tried to create a ‘new temporary home’ but someone else suggested it will go the way of the Gardening ‘bulletin board’ and die a slow death.

This sent me, out of curiosity, to have a look at the ‘new’ ABC gardening forum/board for the first time in a couple of years, and it just reinforced clearly why I don’t bother. It’s like wading through treacle…there is a sad little post there from some poor hapless hopeful gardener back in February that hasn’t had a single response. Some other posts have three posts over a day apart – Waahh! I answered one because I strenuously disagreed with the advice already given, but my answer won’t appear until Tuesday so I left again…so pointless…so sad…

when the old ABC Cricket Forum died, it morphed into a privately arranged sporting forum which morphed into a bulletin board forum which had advertising and was aimed more at the Rugby League crowd. It was called Grandstand or something similar. This was then told that someone else had that name already and was buy the Australian based version or something along those lines and the new version which I was automatically incorporated was dire, so I didn’t bother.

Don’t know what that crew are doing these days but I still keep in touch on fcbk with Shorty and Pieman. Some of you will know those monikers, and I believe Yeehah, Bubba and perhaps Dinetta0 would know of at least Shorty.

The ABC forums have all moved Horty. I’ll look up the addy for you.

bubba louie said:

The ABC forums have all moved Horty. I’ll look up the addy for you.

http://www.abcforums.com/forum.php

hortfurball said:

Erk! It’s the end of an era! Just went to Tech Talk to ask for some advice on wireless routers, and the ABC is in the process of closing ALL of the old forums! Science forum, Tech Talk and Scribbly will all be gone in a matter of months. :O

The sciency ones have already migrated to the holiday forum, which now looks like some crazy science fair.

Someone has tried to create a ‘new temporary home’ but someone else suggested it will go the way of the Gardening ‘bulletin board’ and die a slow death.

This sent me, out of curiosity, to have a look at the ‘new’ ABC gardening forum/board for the first time in a couple of years, and it just reinforced clearly why I don’t bother. It’s like wading through treacle…there is a sad little post there from some poor hapless hopeful gardener back in February that hasn’t had a single response. Some other posts have three posts over a day apart – Waahh! I answered one because I strenuously disagreed with the advice already given, but my answer won’t appear until Tuesday so I left again…so pointless…so sad…

Yes been having a look myself and it is sad. The situation won’t improve with Hairy McLairy as host of the new show either. It’s migrating away from how to garden and showing the viewer the finer points and tips, to being about the presenters themselves. It died when Sir Pete left.

Morning. It’s cool and cloudy, just perfect for a spot of cooking. Devilled eggs for a plate to take to ‘wild west woolies’, first meet up for a permaculture sub group for those wanting to learn knitting or crochet.
After lots of experimenting with trying to peel fresh hard boiled eggs, there is no way to do it well. The eggs need to be at least a week old. I have 10 in the pot and I’ve been stirring them gently to centre the yolks.
I have chunky wool mix in a flecked beige colour, a 10 mm crochet hook, and a beginners pattern for a ladies vest. I love vests. There goes sleeping time, lol.

I like Costa :)

bubba louie said:

The ABC forums have all moved Horty. I’ll look up the addy for you.

Found it last night Bubba, but thanks. That’s the privately run one that I mentioned. It’s not run by the ABC but by someone who works there.

Good morning. I’m not sure when the new Gardening Australia started (was it last week?) but I managed to have a look last night. I didn’t like the old one and hadn’t really watched it seriously for years. I quite like Costa, for all that he is rather manic. I think the segments seemed longer too…..is that right? I like longer segments.

I don’t like the V bulletin format of the alternative SSSF. I like the simple setup like this one. I doubt I will be bothering. SSSF and Scribbly are still running at the moment. I haven’t checked TechTalk in the last couple of days. It’s all been badly done, bad information, etc etc. It is uncertain when the forums are to be shut.

buffy said:

I don’t like the V bulletin format of the alternative SSSF. I like the simple setup like this one. I doubt I will be bothering. SSSF and Scribbly are still running at the moment. I haven’t checked TechTalk in the last couple of days. It’s all been badly done, bad information, etc etc. It is uncertain when the forums are to be shut.

The old Tech Talk is still running but now pre moderated, so my question won’t appear until Tuesday. My log in didn’t work either so I logged in as a guest. My log in did work for the GA bulletin board though, even after all these years of absenteeism.

Thee’s Estate said:

I like Costa :)

So do I, but it doesn’t mean he will be good for this show. He’s ok for it. I supposes someone has to do it, lol.

buffy said:

Hello gardeners. I have been busy. My patient load for March was, um, high. I’ve done a bit of gardening this morning, although I don’t know how the plants will survive…..we have had 30 degrees and winds gusting to 50-60km and a bit higher at times. Very unpleasant. The wind seems to be calming down a bit now.

My chooks look very amusing at the moment…full moult going on here. So they have no tail feathers. And a carpet of feathers in the yard. They look so funny with stumpy tails!

I’m thinking I might go over to Casterton tomorrow and check out the work the builder has been doing for me. Depends on the weather.

For now….off to bed.

My chooks are moulting too. One had about four feathers left on her tail, next day she had one pathetic feather and OH was calling her Hiawatha. Now she’s a stumpy too! Feathers everywhere! The other chooks all still have their tails. we drop them off at their new home tomorrow.

hortfurball said:

bubba louie said:

The ABC forums have all moved Horty. I’ll look up the addy for you.

Found it last night Bubba, but thanks. That’s the privately run one that I mentioned. It’s not run by the ABC but by someone who works there.

I know. :)

pain master said:

Don’t know what that crew are doing these days but I still keep in touch on fcbk with Shorty and Pieman. Some of you will know those monikers, and I believe Yeehah, Bubba and perhaps Dinetta0 would know of at least Shorty.

I remember Shorty too.

Happy Potter said:

Thee’s Estate said:

I like Costa :)

So do I, but it doesn’t mean he will be good for this show. He’s ok for it. I supposes someone has to do it, lol.

give him a bit of time. It might just work.

hortfurball said:

buffy said:

Hello gardeners. I have been busy. My patient load for March was, um, high. I’ve done a bit of gardening this morning, although I don’t know how the plants will survive…..we have had 30 degrees and winds gusting to 50-60km and a bit higher at times. Very unpleasant. The wind seems to be calming down a bit now.

My chooks look very amusing at the moment…full moult going on here. So they have no tail feathers. And a carpet of feathers in the yard. They look so funny with stumpy tails!

I’m thinking I might go over to Casterton tomorrow and check out the work the builder has been doing for me. Depends on the weather.

For now….off to bed.

My chooks are moulting too. One had about four feathers left on her tail, next day she had one pathetic feather and OH was calling her Hiawatha. Now she’s a stumpy too! Feathers everywhere! The other chooks all still have their tails. we drop them off at their new home tomorrow.

mine too :)

Happy Potter said:

Morning. It’s cool and cloudy, just perfect for a spot of cooking. Devilled eggs for a plate to take to ‘wild west woolies’, first meet up for a permaculture sub group for those wanting to learn knitting or crochet.
After lots of experimenting with trying to peel fresh hard boiled eggs, there is no way to do it well. The eggs need to be at least a week old. I have 10 in the pot and I’ve been stirring them gently to centre the yolks.
I have chunky wool mix in a flecked beige colour, a 10 mm crochet hook, and a beginners pattern for a ladies vest. I love vests. There goes sleeping time, lol.

Did you see Heston the other night when he made the perfect Scotch Eggs that had a soft boiled centre! Oh my giddy Aunt, they looked scrumptious!

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Thee’s Estate said:

I like Costa :)

So do I, but it doesn’t mean he will be good for this show. He’s ok for it. I supposes someone has to do it, lol.

give him a bit of time. It might just work.

Costa is great for the G.A. show, he brings a new energy to it :)
might need to put Col and Jane in the long paddock (maybe with guest appearances sometimes), and bring some new young blood into the show :)
Hope the G.A. people read this.

trichome said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

So do I, but it doesn’t mean he will be good for this show. He’s ok for it. I supposes someone has to do it, lol.

give him a bit of time. It might just work.

Costa is great for the G.A. show, he brings a new energy to it :)
might need to put Col and Jane in the long paddock (maybe with guest appearances sometimes), and bring some new young blood into the show :)
Hope the G.A. people read this.

I concur Trichome, I felt when Sir Pete retired that they needed a new vibrant young guy for front of house… even thought I’d do a fine job of it. But am glad that they have found someone just as hairy and exciting. Good choice I reckon’. And yeah Jane and Col have done the team well for a long time, just as long as they keep horticulturists on the show and not bring in a wannabe handyman…

just as long as they keep horticulturists on the show and not bring in a wannabe handyman…
…

yes for sure :)

I’d like to see a bit of the bush regen. side on the show as well, a presenter with that flair would be most welcome, sort the weeds from the plants a bit :)

I’ll just pop this question in here and come back tomorrow….

Does anyone remember the telescopic spring loaded planter poles for indoor plants. From the 1980s. They went from floor to ceiling. I had one. I’d actually like another one now. Any ideas about where I might procure such a thing?

buffy said:

I’ll just pop this question in here and come back tomorrow….

Does anyone remember the telescopic spring loaded planter poles for indoor plants. From the 1980s. They went from floor to ceiling. I had one. I’d actually like another one now. Any ideas about where I might procure such a thing?

I remember them. No idea where you would get one though.

buffy said:

I’ll just pop this question in here and come back tomorrow….

Does anyone remember the telescopic spring loaded planter poles for indoor plants. From the 1980s. They went from floor to ceiling. I had one. I’d actually like another one now. Any ideas about where I might procure such a thing?

http://www.mileskimball.com/MilesKimball/Shopping/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=BC00360137&ICMP=Search&SourceCode=10509000002

Yep, that’s it. Thanks. I haven’t actually tried the hardware places yet, but Googling was pretty unproductive.

This morning we have some showers and 8 degrees. We are going over to Casterton to see how the builder got on in the last part of last week and to cut some grass, if it isn’t too damp.

Morning. I remember those planter poles from the 70s. I had a couple at my old place and I’m not sure whatever happened to them. Lost in a move probably.

I’m the worlds worst crochet-er lol. I was shown how to and left to it.. stuffed it up and then undid the piece. And repeat, lol. I always end up with more or less chains. Never mind, I will lick this. It can’t be that hard. Mind you, the lady who was showing me wasn’t real sure herself and the one who was supposed to teach me wasn’t able to make it, so it may not be my fault lol.
I will take my hidious piece to the qulter ladies on wed and watch them laugh, lol. There’s a lady there who makes incredible crochet garments, I’m sure she will show me :)

Cleaning up the patio today. There’s feathers galore, but of course there will be more by tomorrow. Never mind, they’re great for the compost. I have visitors coming tomorrow from afar to choose some silkie pullets, and swapping a black roo for their buff roo :D

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

Morning. It’s cool and cloudy, just perfect for a spot of cooking. Devilled eggs for a plate to take to ‘wild west woolies’, first meet up for a permaculture sub group for those wanting to learn knitting or crochet.
After lots of experimenting with trying to peel fresh hard boiled eggs, there is no way to do it well. The eggs need to be at least a week old. I have 10 in the pot and I’ve been stirring them gently to centre the yolks.
I have chunky wool mix in a flecked beige colour, a 10 mm crochet hook, and a beginners pattern for a ladies vest. I love vests. There goes sleeping time, lol.

Did you see Heston the other night when he made the perfect Scotch Eggs that had a soft boiled centre! Oh my giddy Aunt, they looked scrumptious!

Scotch Eggs must be the new lamb shanks or pork belly because Matt Moran has his recipe for them in today’s Sunday Mail.

Hi there. I’m still here and so are the house guests. They opted to go for a walk so I took some time out. All good here. Enjoy the rest of your break.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

Morning. It’s cool and cloudy, just perfect for a spot of cooking. Devilled eggs for a plate to take to ‘wild west woolies’, first meet up for a permaculture sub group for those wanting to learn knitting or crochet.
After lots of experimenting with trying to peel fresh hard boiled eggs, there is no way to do it well. The eggs need to be at least a week old. I have 10 in the pot and I’ve been stirring them gently to centre the yolks.
I have chunky wool mix in a flecked beige colour, a 10 mm crochet hook, and a beginners pattern for a ladies vest. I love vests. There goes sleeping time, lol.

Did you see Heston the other night when he made the perfect Scotch Eggs that had a soft boiled centre! Oh my giddy Aunt, they looked scrumptious!

Scotch Eggs must be the new lamb shanks or pork belly because Matt Moran has his recipe for them in today’s Sunday Mail.

Yum. I love making them for a special occasion.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

Morning. It’s cool and cloudy, just perfect for a spot of cooking. Devilled eggs for a plate to take to ‘wild west woolies’, first meet up for a permaculture sub group for those wanting to learn knitting or crochet.
After lots of experimenting with trying to peel fresh hard boiled eggs, there is no way to do it well. The eggs need to be at least a week old. I have 10 in the pot and I’ve been stirring them gently to centre the yolks.
I have chunky wool mix in a flecked beige colour, a 10 mm crochet hook, and a beginners pattern for a ladies vest. I love vests. There goes sleeping time, lol.

Did you see Heston the other night when he made the perfect Scotch Eggs that had a soft boiled centre! Oh my giddy Aunt, they looked scrumptious!

Scotch Eggs must be the new lamb shanks or pork belly because Matt Moran has his recipe for them in today’s Sunday Mail.

I was a big fan of Scotch Eggs when I was a kid. Used to be able to buy them at my local butcher too.

just stripped the tomato vines and pulled them out, between fighting off a couple of calves who thought it would be fun to get into the vege bed with me. lol! Left them browsing on the discarded vines. Hope it doesn’t give them tummy ache. Got a bucket of mostly green tomatoes for chutney. going to have to rethink the flimsy fence around the bed that was enough for keeping chooks out but not, it seems, for calves.

I made tomato sauce yesterday with Tommy Toe tomatoes. I adjusted the salt and sugar levels down this year…last year I made it waaaay too salty. This lot will have to live in the fridge, but it tastes pretty good.

Oh, and I found a planter pole thing in the shed…..I thought there was still one around somewhere. Now I have to try and remember how to assemble it. I know…it should be easy. But it is testing me a bit! I think I remember the spring going in the top of the pole against the ceiling bit. Because I seem to remember having to find the spring when the thing fell over years ago!

My garden is depressing.

We took out a lot of shrubs months ago and then with all the rain the weeds bolted. Since than it’s either been too wet or too hot to do much about it.

The wandering Jew is rampant but I need the right conditions to spray it, I’ve totally given up trying to hand weed it, and the nutgrass that I had nearly beaten is back as well.

It’s so disheartening that I just don’t know where to start.

How is everyone enjoying their hol? Lots of chocolate eaten? We didn’t have any here.

Pom, give yourself and MrP a hug from me. Those grandies run you ragged yet?

I think we made a bit of a booboo with the lady slipper vines. The holes in the mesh we used on top of the pergola aren’t big enough to let the dead leaves fall through so there’s a nice layer of them building up.
Plus one vine would have been plenty. I totally underestimated how vigorous they are and the two of them are taking over the world. It’d be much too difficult to remove one now because they are totally entwined.

bubba louie said:

I think we made a bit of a booboo with the lady slipper vines. The holes in the mesh we used on top of the pergola aren’t big enough to let the dead leaves fall through so there’s a nice layer of them building up.
Plus one vine would have been plenty. I totally underestimated how vigorous they are and the two of them are taking over the world. It’d be much too difficult to remove one now because they are totally entwined.

two things.. wire cutters and pruning secateurs.

buffy said:

I made tomato sauce yesterday with Tommy Toe tomatoes. I adjusted the salt and sugar levels down this year…last year I made it waaaay too salty. This lot will have to live in the fridge, but it tastes pretty good.

I make sauce without salt and sugar..
I freeze it for cooking with.

My friend, a mum my age and who has the same spine problem as me, and who doesn’t have private health ins, her operation was cancelled this morning at 6.30 am.
Her’s was caused when she fell off a low roof a couple years back trying to do a repair and injured her back. (def not something I’d do) She’s been pretty much immobile since.
Stuff the public system. It doesn’t matter if you’re in agony as long as you’re still pink skinned and breathing, you have to wait.

By contrast, I see my surgeon this saturday and he will give me a procedure date and I will go in on that date.

Happy Potter said:

My friend, a mum my age and who has the same spine problem as me, and who doesn’t have private health ins, her operation was cancelled this morning at 6.30 am.
Her’s was caused when she fell off a low roof a couple years back trying to do a repair and injured her back. (def not something I’d do) She’s been pretty much immobile since.
Stuff the public system. It doesn’t matter if you’re in agony as long as you’re still pink skinned and breathing, you have to wait.

By contrast, I see my surgeon this saturday and he will give me a procedure date and I will go in on that date.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/9193015/Healthy-competition-in-the-NHS-is-a-sick-joke.html

Happy Potter said:

My friend, a mum my age and who has the same spine problem as me, and who doesn’t have private health ins, her operation was cancelled this morning at 6.30 am.
Her’s was caused when she fell off a low roof a couple years back trying to do a repair and injured her back. (def not something I’d do) She’s been pretty much immobile since.
Stuff the public system. It doesn’t matter if you’re in agony as long as you’re still pink skinned and breathing, you have to wait.

By contrast, I see my surgeon this saturday and he will give me a procedure date and I will go in on that date.

it’s a matter of money. never enough for the public health system. going private will always give you faster service because you pay full price. Health insurance helps but it is possible to “self insure” by putting aside a regular amount yourself and only use that money for health purposes.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

My friend, a mum my age and who has the same spine problem as me, and who doesn’t have private health ins, her operation was cancelled this morning at 6.30 am.
Her’s was caused when she fell off a low roof a couple years back trying to do a repair and injured her back. (def not something I’d do) She’s been pretty much immobile since.
Stuff the public system. It doesn’t matter if you’re in agony as long as you’re still pink skinned and breathing, you have to wait.

By contrast, I see my surgeon this saturday and he will give me a procedure date and I will go in on that date.

it’s a matter of money. never enough for the public health system. going private will always give you faster service because you pay full price. Health insurance helps but it is possible to “self insure” by putting aside a regular amount yourself and only use that money for health purposes.

having said that, it could be worse. we could have no public health system at all!

bluegreen said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

My friend, a mum my age and who has the same spine problem as me, and who doesn’t have private health ins, her operation was cancelled this morning at 6.30 am.
Her’s was caused when she fell off a low roof a couple years back trying to do a repair and injured her back. (def not something I’d do) She’s been pretty much immobile since.
Stuff the public system. It doesn’t matter if you’re in agony as long as you’re still pink skinned and breathing, you have to wait.

By contrast, I see my surgeon this saturday and he will give me a procedure date and I will go in on that date.

it’s a matter of money. never enough for the public health system. going private will always give you faster service because you pay full price. Health insurance helps but it is possible to “self insure” by putting aside a regular amount yourself and only use that money for health purposes.

having said that, it could be worse. we could have no public health system at all!

Yes thats true. But really sad watching someone in so much pain waiting for the op to fix it.

been chopping up a bucket full of green tomatoes. I now have 7 jars in the Flowlers Vacola preserver and a batch of chutney on the stove. Any suggestions for other uses of green tomatoes welcome (for using up the preserved ones.)

decided to put the heater on. I figured if the house hasn’t warmed up by now, it’s not going to!

So, no one noticed that I’ve been away, done a lot of rock breaking and shovelling and have arrived home after having seen so much water filling every low spot in the most arid parts of NSW?

clicky

of course we noticed you were gone. just didn’t notice you were back! lol!

any good finds? or is that a rude question?

bluegreen said:

of course we noticed you were gone. just didn’t notice you were back! lol!

any good finds? or is that a rude question?

I don’t do rude questions ;)

nothing fantastic apart from the fact that I hit traces again half an hour before due to pack up and come home time.. as per usual. It will probably take me a good deal of dirt shifting to see what treasures may be hidden. In short a lot of hard work to be put in on a big gamble that at least looks like it may pay off or perhaps disappear within a few inches.. lifes like that for opal miners prospectors.

bluegreen said:

been chopping up a bucket full of green tomatoes. I now have 7 jars in the Flowlers Vacola preserver and a batch of chutney on the stove. Any suggestions for other uses of green tomatoes welcome (for using up the preserved ones.)

decided to put the heater on. I figured if the house hasn’t warmed up by now, it’s not going to!

green tommie pickles my fav…………

roughbarked said:

So, no one noticed that I’ve been away, done a lot of rock breaking and shovelling and have arrived home after having seen so much water filling every low spot in the most arid parts of NSW?

I noticed you were gone. But I also figured you’d be back.

I am disappointed in my chutney attempt. To my taste, and by comparing with other recipes, there is way too much vinegar for the amount of fruit which has then been reduced to a very strong chutney. The question is, do I count my losses and throw it out? or add a jar or two of the bottled tomato and see if that improves it at the risk of just throwing even more away?

bluegreen said:

I am disappointed in my chutney attempt. To my taste, and by comparing with other recipes, there is way too much vinegar for the amount of fruit which has then been reduced to a very strong chutney. The question is, do I count my losses and throw it out? or add a jar or two of the bottled tomato and see if that improves it at the risk of just throwing even more away?

That seems odd..I’ve never heard of having to reduce it much. Then again I haven’t made green tomato chutney before. I’m not really sure what you can do, sorry.

pain master said:

roughbarked said:

So, no one noticed that I’ve been away, done a lot of rock breaking and shovelling and have arrived home after having seen so much water filling every low spot in the most arid parts of NSW?

I noticed you were gone. But I also figured you’d be back.

Not for much longer if I don’t soon start making some money.

bubba louie said:

My garden is depressing.

We took out a lot of shrubs months ago and then with all the rain the weeds bolted. Since than it’s either been too wet or too hot to do much about it.

The wandering Jew is rampant but I need the right conditions to spray it, I’ve totally given up trying to hand weed it, and the nutgrass that I had nearly beaten is back as well.

It’s so disheartening that I just don’t know where to start.

How is everyone enjoying their hol? Lots of chocolate eaten? We didn’t have any here.

Pom, give yourself and MrP a hug from me. Those grandies run you ragged yet?

Thanks Bubba. I passed on your hug. G’kids are gone now and we are resting for a couple of days to recover.

bubba louie said:

I think we made a bit of a booboo with the lady slipper vines. The holes in the mesh we used on top of the pergola aren’t big enough to let the dead leaves fall through so there’s a nice layer of them building up.
Plus one vine would have been plenty. I totally underestimated how vigorous they are and the two of them are taking over the world. It’d be much too difficult to remove one now because they are totally entwined.

I have convinced D not to put up any mesh at all after reading what you said. Ours is growing over an old rotary clothes line so it will have to support itself on that. I would imagine that eventually it will become clogged with leaves no matter what precautions you take.

roughbarked said:

bubba louie said:

I think we made a bit of a booboo with the lady slipper vines. The holes in the mesh we used on top of the pergola aren’t big enough to let the dead leaves fall through so there’s a nice layer of them building up.
Plus one vine would have been plenty. I totally underestimated how vigorous they are and the two of them are taking over the world. It’d be much too difficult to remove one now because they are totally entwined.

two things.. wire cutters and pruning secateurs.

Couldn’t you kill the unwanted vine and extract the dead bits as they become obvious? I’ve done that before.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

My friend, a mum my age and who has the same spine problem as me, and who doesn’t have private health ins, her operation was cancelled this morning at 6.30 am.
Her’s was caused when she fell off a low roof a couple years back trying to do a repair and injured her back. (def not something I’d do) She’s been pretty much immobile since.
Stuff the public system. It doesn’t matter if you’re in agony as long as you’re still pink skinned and breathing, you have to wait.

By contrast, I see my surgeon this saturday and he will give me a procedure date and I will go in on that date.

it’s a matter of money. never enough for the public health system. going private will always give you faster service because you pay full price. Health insurance helps but it is possible to “self insure” by putting aside a regular amount yourself and only use that money for health purposes.

And don’t we all wish we had the will power to be able to stick to a principal like that. Same could go for anything that needed to be insured.

bluegreen said:

I am disappointed in my chutney attempt. To my taste, and by comparing with other recipes, there is way too much vinegar for the amount of fruit which has then been reduced to a very strong chutney. The question is, do I count my losses and throw it out? or add a jar or two of the bottled tomato and see if that improves it at the risk of just throwing even more away?

Isn’t potato supposed to absorb excess flavours from dishes. Mostly it’s used on too much salt but I imagine it could work on vinegar too. Put in whole and remove when cooked.

Good morning. I’m back at work today. We presently have around 10 degrees, overcast and it is very still. I think the forecast is to a bit warmer towards the weekend.

Yep, checked the forecast and going 26-27 for the weekend and Monday. My tomatoes will get a little more ripening yet. Although I generally don’t pull them out until around late May anyway. One or two of the more exposed and ‘sensitive’ ones are starting to yellow off on the leaves now.

I’ve just eaten a bowl of pumpkin and tomato soup for breakfast. I threw in a parsnip that was going soft too. It’s not a bad breakfast.

buffy said:

Yep, checked the forecast and going 26-27 for the weekend and Monday. My tomatoes will get a little more ripening yet. Although I generally don’t pull them out until around late May anyway. One or two of the more exposed and ‘sensitive’ ones are starting to yellow off on the leaves now.

I’ve just eaten a bowl of pumpkin and tomato soup for breakfast. I threw in a parsnip that was going soft too. It’s not a bad breakfast.

Vegetarian breakfast.. ;)

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

My friend, a mum my age and who has the same spine problem as me, and who doesn’t have private health ins, her operation was cancelled this morning at 6.30 am.
Her’s was caused when she fell off a low roof a couple years back trying to do a repair and injured her back. (def not something I’d do) She’s been pretty much immobile since.
Stuff the public system. It doesn’t matter if you’re in agony as long as you’re still pink skinned and breathing, you have to wait.

By contrast, I see my surgeon this saturday and he will give me a procedure date and I will go in on that date.

it’s a matter of money. never enough for the public health system. going private will always give you faster service because you pay full price. Health insurance helps but it is possible to “self insure” by putting aside a regular amount yourself and only use that money for health purposes.

And don’t we all wish we had the will power to be able to stick to a principal like that. Same could go for anything that needed to be insured.

I knew a lady who did that. She had epilepsy and funded all her medications, psychiatrist visits, brain surgery as well as the needs of her husband and two kids this way.

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

it’s a matter of money. never enough for the public health system. going private will always give you faster service because you pay full price. Health insurance helps but it is possible to “self insure” by putting aside a regular amount yourself and only use that money for health purposes.

And don’t we all wish we had the will power to be able to stick to a principal like that. Same could go for anything that needed to be insured.

I knew a lady who did that. She had epilepsy and funded all her medications, psychiatrist visits, brain surgery as well as the needs of her husband and two kids this way.

I also know a couple who have paid into a medical insurance scheme all their married life. (42years) The woman has had to have two hip operations in the past 2 years and they are out of pocket by about $4000 exccess even though they have only ever used their medical insurance for a serious medical operation on one occasion in all those years.

SIL has hooked me up to Dropbox, so now I can put up photos, if and when I get any. No more P Bucket for me. It makes life so much simpler.

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

And don’t we all wish we had the will power to be able to stick to a principal like that. Same could go for anything that needed to be insured.

I knew a lady who did that. She had epilepsy and funded all her medications, psychiatrist visits, brain surgery as well as the needs of her husband and two kids this way.

I also know a couple who have paid into a medical insurance scheme all their married life. (42years) The woman has had to have two hip operations in the past 2 years and they are out of pocket by about $4000 exccess even though they have only ever used their medical insurance for a serious medical operation on one occasion in all those years.

I haven’t been paying for that long, but I was a bit miffed when I had dental surgery a couple of years ago. It cost $10 000 and I only got $3000 back from my insurance. They helpfully told me I could get more back if I split the surgery into two lots, in two different years – but I didn’t want to go through that TWICE.

Mind you, ever since I’ve been doing weekly clinical pilates and occasional physio I feel like I’m getting my money’s worth from the insurance – I use up the allowances for that each year.

(By the way, hi! I have moved, although still quite busy & not properly unpacked yet!)

hi bon at her new place :)

bluegreen said:

hi bon at her new place :)

:) Once I catch up on sleep, I am going to LOVE it here. There is a corner store just one block down, the library, train station, shops, lots of food places, all in walking distance! And if you walk the other way, bushland and a lake etc. At my stage of life I wouldn’t buy a house here (need more space in the garden etc for kids), but it’s going to be really convenient for while we’re here.

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

hi bon at her new place :)

:) Once I catch up on sleep, I am going to LOVE it here. There is a corner store just one block down, the library, train station, shops, lots of food places, all in walking distance! And if you walk the other way, bushland and a lake etc. At my stage of life I wouldn’t buy a house here (need more space in the garden etc for kids), but it’s going to be really convenient for while we’re here.

sounds good :)

Just a test.

A magnificent flower, in more ways than one!! LOL

Dinetta said:

A magnificent flower, in more ways than one!! LOL

what flower?

trichome said:

Dinetta said:

A magnificent flower, in more ways than one!! LOL

what flower?

Are you kidding me? Pomolo’s experiment with the Louisiana lily (I think it’s Louisiana)

Dinetta said:

trichome said:

Dinetta said:

A magnificent flower, in more ways than one!! LOL

what flower?

Are you kidding me? Pomolo’s experiment with the Louisiana lily (I think it’s Louisiana)

Looked to me like the image was too large to display properly.

big test pom.

Dinetta said:

A magnificent flower, in more ways than one!! LOL

hello stranger. ;)

Dinetta said:

trichome said:

Dinetta said:

A magnificent flower, in more ways than one!! LOL

what flower?

Are you kidding me? Pomolo’s experiment with the Louisiana lily (I think it’s Louisiana)

no way in the world can i read all posts, many other things to do, thanks for the answer :)

trichome said:

Dinetta said:

trichome said:

what flower?

Are you kidding me? Pomolo’s experiment with the Louisiana lily (I think it’s Louisiana)

no way in the world can i read all posts, many other things to do, thanks for the answer :)

what experiment?

pain master said:

hello stranger. ;)

Back at you…

RoughBarked the picture downloaded (after about a minute on broadband) OK, but I had to scroll across and scroll up and down, to view it all…

pomolo said:

Just a test.

Huge success! lol What a pretty flower.

Morning. Good to see the sun come out! It’s been so cold. I didn’t even get a chance to get on here yesty, too busy.
Todays better for time, only one visitor this arvo and a freecycle item to pick up this morning..6 big curtains from someone redecorating in exc’ condition. Newies for my windows and I will recycle mine :)
I will get to play with my chookies and the new buff rooster. He’s fine and can come out of quarantine and mix with the others. I let him out yest’ evening an hour before dark with all the others locked away and I found him asleep right up next to the 5 wk olds cage. The young chicks were right next to him on the other side of the wire mesh. So sweet.
He isn’t used to dogs though and is terrified of Max. Give him time and he will see the dogs no threat :)

We’ve certainly got our moneys worth out of our medical insurance. Even the dental receptionist asked who we were with because the paid up so well.

bubba louie said:

We’ve certainly got our moneys worth out of our medical insurance. Even the dental receptionist asked who we were with because the paid up so well.

Same thing with my physiotherapist and my fees were covered fully for the first 6 visits and a small out of pocket fee for after that. I didn’t need more than the 6 though. And with the surgeries I’ve had over recent times, I’m wayyyyy out in front.

Saffron flowers galore, and another 7 opening shortly :D

roughbarked said:

third time lucky?

roughbarked said:

third time lucky?

Indeed :)
beautiful flowers the desert pea.

April is relatively early to see them in flower though.. Especially south of the line between Kalbarri and Brisbane

awesome RB. Love the Sturt’s Desert Pea.

:) http://www.flickr.com/photos/99559986@N00/6917467704/in/photostream/

Also.. a rare form.

if you right click on these photos.. you may find out even more about me.

WOW! I have not seen that variation before. Absolutely stunning!

pomolo said:

SIL has hooked me up to Dropbox, so now I can put up photos, if and when I get any. No more P Bucket for me. It makes life so much simpler.

i’m having trouble with pbucket doing slow uploads too – whats’ dropbox?

justin said:

pomolo said:

SIL has hooked me up to Dropbox, so now I can put up photos, if and when I get any. No more P Bucket for me. It makes life so much simpler.

i’m having trouble with pbucket doing slow uploads too – whats’ dropbox?

https://www.dropbox.com/

https://www.dropbox.com/terms

roughbarked said:

https://www.dropbox.com/terms

thanks RB – i found it.
i will need time to check it out.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Just a test.

Huge success! lol What a pretty flower.

yeah, nice Iris :)
Thanks :)

roughbarked said:

third time lucky?

well worth the wait. Lurverly peas!

trichome said:

Dinetta said:

trichome said:

what flower?

Are you kidding me? Pomolo’s experiment with the Louisiana lily (I think it’s Louisiana)

no way in the world can i read all posts, many other things to do, thanks for the answer :)

You don’t have to read them all – just mine. Lol.

Now that you have all had a BIG larf at my BIG Iris pic I might sulk for a while. My installer didn’t explain to me about downsizing so I fell right into the trap. I shall improve my presentation with practice. Hope you all have the patience.

pomolo said:

Now that you have all had a BIG larf at my BIG Iris pic I might sulk for a while. My installer didn’t explain to me about downsizing so I fell right into the trap. I shall improve my presentation with practice. Hope you all have the patience.

we await more attempts with anticipation :)

Happy Potter said:

Saffron flowers galore, and another 7 opening shortly :D

So if you end up with 20grams of saffron, what would it be worth?

roughbarked said:

third time lucky?

They are so bright and cheerful. Lovely shot.

pomolo said:

Now that you have all had a BIG larf at my BIG Iris pic I might sulk for a while. My installer didn’t explain to me about downsizing so I fell right into the trap. I shall improve my presentation with practice. Hope you all have the patience.

Even for big photos, bring em on! :D

roughbarked said:

:) http://www.flickr.com/photos/99559986@N00/6917467704/in/photostream/

Also.. a rare form.

if you right click on these photos.. you may find out even more about me.

They are very beautiful. Thanks for letting me know that a sturt pea flower isn’t always red and black.

justin said:

pomolo said:

SIL has hooked me up to Dropbox, so now I can put up photos, if and when I get any. No more P Bucket for me. It makes life so much simpler.

i’m having trouble with pbucket doing slow uploads too – whats’ dropbox?

Probably just google it.

roughbarked said:

https://www.dropbox.com/terms

Onya RB.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Saffron flowers galore, and another 7 opening shortly :D

So if you end up with 20grams of saffron, what would it be worth?

I don’t know. There are those in my vege swap who look at current prices for all they harvest and put a dollar amount on what they’re saving. I think they’re wrong on that final figure as there’s so much more to it than saving money. It costs money to grow things too. As far as I’m concerned, it will take me a year or so more to get my $ back from buying the bulbs.

There’s about another 17 or so with fat flower buds that will open over the coming days, and even more bulbs pushing through the surface. If I can recall, I have about 160 bulbs in. Some of the ones I planted the year before have multiple blooms. Maybe just part of the year to get my dough back :)
As long as I grew it, I feel better about consuming it. Not to mention it tastes bluddy wonderful!

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Saffron flowers galore, and another 7 opening shortly :D

So if you end up with 20grams of saffron, what would it be worth?

A good exercise no matter which way you look at it.

I don’t know. There are those in my vege swap who look at current prices for all they harvest and put a dollar amount on what they’re saving. I think they’re wrong on that final figure as there’s so much more to it than saving money. It costs money to grow things too. As far as I’m concerned, it will take me a year or so more to get my $ back from buying the bulbs.

There’s about another 17 or so with fat flower buds that will open over the coming days, and even more bulbs pushing through the surface. If I can recall, I have about 160 bulbs in. Some of the ones I planted the year before have multiple blooms. Maybe just part of the year to get my dough back :)
As long as I grew it, I feel better about consuming it. Not to mention it tastes bluddy wonderful!

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

So if you end up with 20grams of saffron, what would it be worth?

A good exercise no matter which way you look at it.

I don’t know. There are those in my vege swap who look at current prices for all they harvest and put a dollar amount on what they’re saving. I think they’re wrong on that final figure as there’s so much more to it than saving money. It costs money to grow things too. As far as I’m concerned, it will take me a year or so more to get my $ back from buying the bulbs.

There’s about another 17 or so with fat flower buds that will open over the coming days, and even more bulbs pushing through the surface. If I can recall, I have about 160 bulbs in. Some of the ones I planted the year before have multiple blooms. Maybe just part of the year to get my dough back :)
As long as I grew it, I feel better about consuming it. Not to mention it tastes bluddy wonderful!

I did a boo boo!

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

hi bon at her new place :)

:) Once I catch up on sleep, I am going to LOVE it here. There is a corner store just one block down, the library, train station, shops, lots of food places, all in walking distance! And if you walk the other way, bushland and a lake etc. At my stage of life I wouldn’t buy a house here (need more space in the garden etc for kids), but it’s going to be really convenient for while we’re here.

Whereabouts have you moved to Bon? Don’t have to say exactly where if you don’t want, can just say if it’s N, S E or W of where you used to be, and approximately how far?

Did you see that I’m moving to Mandurah? Every weekend that D comes up here we load his wagon with stuff to take back, and when I go down there for the weekend I take stuff too, but that’s harder cos I have Ella and her bed in the car too, and a smaller car to boot. We are hoping that by the time the official move happens, that we will only need two truck loads, one for furniture and a few oddments, and one for plants and garden stuff, LOL!

RB, your unusual Sturt’s Desert Pea is a stunner! Wonder if there will be any there next year after the dust storm… will you remember to check or is your memory like mine?

justin said:

pomolo said:

SIL has hooked me up to Dropbox, so now I can put up photos, if and when I get any. No more P Bucket for me. It makes life so much simpler.

i’m having trouble with pbucket doing slow uploads too – whats’ dropbox?

Apparently a photo hosting page that has GIANT photos, LOL!

hortfurball said:

RB, your unusual Sturt’s Desert Pea is a stunner! Wonder if there will be any there next year after the dust storm… will you remember to check or is your memory like mine?

I haven’t seen many Sturts Peas surive dust storms but then I don’t see many as a general rule. However I do know a few places where I can expect to see plants every year.

Morning. I’m heading out early with two friends to visit a factory outlet, but bearing in mind lot’s of those saffron flowers will open today I will be back just after lunch. What I have picked already is drying between two sheets of kitchen towel. I can’t wait to make a saffron cake.

There was a great kerfuffle in mumchooks brooder pen earlier.. I think it was a mouse but I didn’t see it. There’s been an explosion of mice and 3 neighbours and I are putting out poison blocks in their hidey spots.

Good morning. Bright and sunny. Started at around 7 degrees, but heading to about 27. I’ve picked lettuce, on zucchini, tomatoes and a handful of beans. Watered. Aquasolled. When the leave dry I’ll derris dust the Brassicas lightly. Got the odd cabbage moth around still, but they seem to have invited some woolly aphids in too.

Then I’ll be off to work. Oh, I have a haircut due in about 20 minutes too. Today I will be consulting 11.30am to 8.00pm.

hortfurball said:

justin said:

pomolo said:

SIL has hooked me up to Dropbox, so now I can put up photos, if and when I get any. No more P Bucket for me. It makes life so much simpler.

i’m having trouble with pbucket doing slow uploads too – whats’ dropbox?

Apparently a photo hosting page that has GIANT photos, LOL!

I’ll allow you a larf too HFB. But only one now.

Saffron, some dried from past days blooms and todays fresh. I’m picking them everyday atm.

does anyone remember that weird longish word that means “to stare at and become one with the garden” ?
sometimes i catch myself not really looking at the garden but staring at it, sort of becomeing one with it, tuning into the garden if you like, sometimes i come up with ideas for the garden that way or it is a type of meditation :)

trichome said:

does anyone remember that weird longish word that means “to stare at and become one with the garden” ?
sometimes i catch myself not really looking at the garden but staring at it, sort of becomeing one with it, tuning into the garden if you like, sometimes i come up with ideas for the garden that way or it is a type of meditation :)

I don’t know the word but I know exactly what you mean! I think it’s a type of meditation. I can truely zone out looking at the garden, or part of it. I’ve had some light bulb moments in that state.

Happy Potter said:

trichome said:

does anyone remember that weird longish word that means “to stare at and become one with the garden” ?
sometimes i catch myself not really looking at the garden but staring at it, sort of becomeing one with it, tuning into the garden if you like, sometimes i come up with ideas for the garden that way or it is a type of meditation :)

I don’t know the word but I know exactly what you mean! I think it’s a type of meditation. I can truely zone out looking at the garden, or part of it. I’ve had some light bulb moments in that state.

yes that is it, good stuff too, anyway just had the light bulb moment, it’s gongoozle :)

Happy Potter said:

Saffron, some dried from past days blooms and todays fresh. I’m picking them everyday atm.

You’re doing well HP.

trichome said:

does anyone remember that weird longish word that means “to stare at and become one with the garden” ?
sometimes i catch myself not really looking at the garden but staring at it, sort of becomeing one with it, tuning into the garden if you like, sometimes i come up with ideas for the garden that way or it is a type of meditation :)

That word is Pomolo. do it all the time.

Wouldn’t ming a glimpse of your garden sometime trichome. Even a description would do.

pomolo said:

trichome said:

does anyone remember that weird longish word that means “to stare at and become one with the garden” ?
sometimes i catch myself not really looking at the garden but staring at it, sort of becomeing one with it, tuning into the garden if you like, sometimes i come up with ideas for the garden that way or it is a type of meditation :)

That word is Pomolo. do it all the time.

Wouldn’t ming a glimpse of your garden sometime trichome. Even a description would do.

Wouldn’t mind, even.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Saffron, some dried from past days blooms and todays fresh. I’m picking them everyday atm.

You’re doing well HP.

Something happened there. None of my submits came up till I refreshed. Don’t like things I can’t understand.

Bed early for me as I have an early start to get to the other side of the city by 9.30 am for a neurologists appointment, re my slipped vertebra. It seems to be worsening daily and my leg goes from tingly, which is quite painful, to numb from my heel to my hip, but despite the numbness, still painful. A pain in the arse, literally. Well apparently Mr. Han very good. I hope so.

Happy Potter said:

Saffron, some dried from past days blooms and todays fresh. I’m picking them everyday atm.

Oh how wonderful Potter. I am so envious. I think I would splurge and buy some really good quality seafood and rice and home made stock and create a Paella. I do have a wonderful Paella Pan if you want to come over and share some of your saffron threads?

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

Saffron, some dried from past days blooms and todays fresh. I’m picking them everyday atm.

Oh how wonderful Potter. I am so envious. I think I would splurge and buy some really good quality seafood and rice and home made stock and create a Paella. I do have a wonderful Paella Pan if you want to come over and share some of your saffron threads?

I’ve not forgotten yours ;) Some will be heading your way very soon. I have been cramming the info pages regarding grading it as I’m curious to know what grade mine might be, and going on colour depth as the old growers used to and no way to test for chemical content, this is top stuff :D

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

Saffron, some dried from past days blooms and todays fresh. I’m picking them everyday atm.

Oh how wonderful Potter. I am so envious. I think I would splurge and buy some really good quality seafood and rice and home made stock and create a Paella. I do have a wonderful Paella Pan if you want to come over and share some of your saffron threads?

I’ve not forgotten yours ;) Some will be heading your way very soon. I have been cramming the info pages regarding grading it as I’m curious to know what grade mine might be, and going on colour depth as the old growers used to and no way to test for chemical content, this is top stuff :D

Oh, and if I’m ever up brownsville way, your on :) And yeah, I need a decent preferably old paella pan..I might traipse fleabay..

Good morning. We are presently pleasantly cool, clear sky, going for a mid to high twenties. I intend to do gardening type things today. I’ve watered the veggies. They are on a one day with-holding from derris dusting yesterday, so no picking this morning. But I picked before dusting yesterday, so have some to eat tonight.

I just tipped out the Ruby Lou and King Edward potato tubs….disappointing. They are going straight back in with some fresh dirt. Summer potatoes are a gamble. The Dutch Cream did OK though.

I also need to get those saffron crocus bulbs into some soil. Other than that, some seeds to put into the raising trays and some pruning. I start on the roses around Easter, so…..about now.

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

Saffron, some dried from past days blooms and todays fresh. I’m picking them everyday atm.

Oh how wonderful Potter. I am so envious. I think I would splurge and buy some really good quality seafood and rice and home made stock and create a Paella. I do have a wonderful Paella Pan if you want to come over and share some of your saffron threads?

I’ve not forgotten yours ;) Some will be heading your way very soon. I have been cramming the info pages regarding grading it as I’m curious to know what grade mine might be, and going on colour depth as the old growers used to and no way to test for chemical content, this is top stuff :D

Oh it looks wonderful. GF and I just drooled over your picture again. They are such a pretty flower, it would be amazeballs to see a field of them!

Oh dear, I just had another look at that saffron picture……mine look horrible from being shut up in a brown paper bag and trying to grow out. I admit to forgetting about them, but I did think I had April to plant out! Some have tried to grow backwards because of the bag. Anyway, they are in soil now and they can sort themselves out.

:)

Here are the poor crocuses…..and for whoever it was asking about mint from seed, the pot in front at the right is my mint seedlings:

And these are some of my tomatoes this year. At the back are Rouge de Marmande, Black Krim, Brandy WIne and Periforme. In the centre are Tommy Toes. In the front are Valentine, Brown Berry and Black Cherry

Happy Potter said:

Bed early for me as I have an early start to get to the other side of the city by 9.30 am for a neurologists appointment, re my slipped vertebra. It seems to be worsening daily and my leg goes from tingly, which is quite painful, to numb from my heel to my hip, but despite the numbness, still painful. A pain in the arse, literally. Well apparently Mr. Han very good. I hope so.

My fingers are crossed for you. About your op that is, not about whether you actually make it across town or not.lol.

buffy said:

Good morning. We are presently pleasantly cool, clear sky, going for a mid to high twenties. I intend to do gardening type things today. I’ve watered the veggies. They are on a one day with-holding from derris dusting yesterday, so no picking this morning. But I picked before dusting yesterday, so have some to eat tonight.

I just tipped out the Ruby Lou and King Edward potato tubs….disappointing. They are going straight back in with some fresh dirt. Summer potatoes are a gamble. The Dutch Cream did OK though.

I also need to get those saffron crocus bulbs into some soil. Other than that, some seeds to put into the raising trays and some pruning. I start on the roses around Easter, so…..about now.

At least you’re out there amongst it Buffy. Wish I was too.

buffy said:

Here are the poor crocuses…..and for whoever it was asking about mint from seed, the pot in front at the right is my mint seedlings:

And these are some of my tomatoes this year. At the back are Rouge de Marmande, Black Krim, Brandy WIne and Periforme. In the centre are Tommy Toes. In the front are Valentine, Brown Berry and Black Cherry

Well done but I’m jealous now.

We’ve just returned from doing the supermarket rampage. We weren’t on a rampage but everyone else seemed to be. I don’t know how we end up being there on a Saturday morning! Experience should have taught us by now don’t you think?

What I want to know from youoll out there is, am I one of only a few living people who still make custard from powder? I had to track down one of the staff for directions to the custard powder on the shelves today. There was one brand available and only 3 packets at that. Beside it were various brands of long life custard (made up ready to pour) None of which interested me. The girl told me that they only stock one brand of powder now (and it wasn’t the one I usually use) because sales have dwindled. I might add that they were displayed on the very bottom shelf just to get my ire up even further.

Does this mean that almost all the population that consumes custard, buy the one from the refrigerated cabinets? I guess it does. Home made is far superior to that stuff and they will never know what they are missing. So much for progress.

Here endeth the lesson.

I could go on in the same vein about gravy but I better not.

pomolo said:

We’ve just returned from doing the supermarket rampage. We weren’t on a rampage but everyone else seemed to be. I don’t know how we end up being there on a Saturday morning! Experience should have taught us by now don’t you think?

What I want to know from youoll out there is, am I one of only a few living people who still make custard from powder? I had to track down one of the staff for directions to the custard powder on the shelves today. There was one brand available and only 3 packets at that. Beside it were various brands of long life custard (made up ready to pour) None of which interested me. The girl told me that they only stock one brand of powder now (and it wasn’t the one I usually use) because sales have dwindled. I might add that they were displayed on the very bottom shelf just to get my ire up even further.

Does this mean that almost all the population that consumes custard, buy the one from the refrigerated cabinets? I guess it does. Home made is far superior to that stuff and they will never know what they are missing. So much for progress.

Here endeth the lesson.

I make my custard from eggs now, but I expect most people buy the ready made stuff.

buffy said:

Here are the poor crocuses…..and for whoever it was asking about mint from seed, the pot in front at the right is my mint seedlings:

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n245/lizza_06/SaffronCrocus114April12.jpg

And these are some of my tomatoes this year. At the back are Rouge de Marmande, Black Krim, Brandy WIne and Periforme. In the centre are Tommy Toes. In the front are Valentine, Brown Berry and Black Cherry

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n245/lizza_06/TomatoesApril12.jpg

A burst of sun and dirt might do magic things to that saffron :) keep a close eye on it. I’ve forgotten bulbs too and they were growing in the bag.. planted out pronto and they bloomed 4 days later.

>>What I want to know from youoll out there is, am I one of only a few living people who still make custard from powder? I had to track down one of the staff for directions to the custard powder on the shelves today. There was one brand available and only 3 packets at that. Beside it were various brands of long life custard (made up ready to pour) None of which interested me. The girl told me that they only stock one brand of powder now (and it wasn’t the one I usually use) because sales have dwindled. I might add that they were displayed on the very bottom shelf just to get my ire up even further.<<

I make from custard powder…..be very careful. I use one which does not have sugar in the mix. On one occasion Mr buffy got a different brand and I did not realize this. By the time I made my custard in the customary way it was waaaaay too sweet. I have found IGA locally to be the best bet. And I buy multiple packets when I see it there. My favoured brand is Parsons.

And you need custard powder to make yo-yo biscuits too!

:)

>>A burst of sun and dirt might do magic things to that saffron :) keep a close eye on it. I’ve forgotten bulbs too and they were growing in the bag.. planted out pronto and they bloomed 4 days later.<<

There actually is a flower on one of those, but it won’t come to anything now. I’m hoping they will straighten themselves up and green up and maybe throw some flowers this year. I’ve put the pot where I will look at it each time I water the veggie patch. (One of my veggie patches…..I have veggies spread around all sorts of places in this garden)

pomolo said:

We’ve just returned from doing the supermarket rampage. We weren’t on a rampage but everyone else seemed to be. I don’t know how we end up being there on a Saturday morning! Experience should have taught us by now don’t you think?

What I want to know from youoll out there is, am I one of only a few living people who still make custard from powder? I had to track down one of the staff for directions to the custard powder on the shelves today. There was one brand available and only 3 packets at that. Beside it were various brands of long life custard (made up ready to pour) None of which interested me. The girl told me that they only stock one brand of powder now (and it wasn’t the one I usually use) because sales have dwindled. I might add that they were displayed on the very bottom shelf just to get my ire up even further.

Does this mean that almost all the population that consumes custard, buy the one from the refrigerated cabinets? I guess it does. Home made is far superior to that stuff and they will never know what they are missing. So much for progress.

Here endeth the lesson.

Bird’s Custard in the best powder…. but hard to find now :(

pomolo said:

I could go on in the same vein about gravy but I better not.

don’t start me on gravy.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Bed early for me as I have an early start to get to the other side of the city by 9.30 am for a neurologists appointment, re my slipped vertebra. It seems to be worsening daily and my leg goes from tingly, which is quite painful, to numb from my heel to my hip, but despite the numbness, still painful. A pain in the arse, literally. Well apparently Mr. Han very good. I hope so.

My fingers are crossed for you. About your op that is, not about whether you actually make it across town or not.lol.

Oh I’ll be right :) Really.
What a nice surgeon. I urgently need an MRI scan silent scream, noooooooooo not that! I’m claustrophobic. That and heights turn me into a whinging drama queen. But he said there’s a couple much bigger MRI tunnel scanners in the state, one in Glen Waverly and another in Bundoora. And if thats still too hard for people ‘like me’, they will use sedation. Yay! I can do sedation no worries. Bring it on.
I will ring Monday for an appt date and after I have that scan I will get the op date. The nice doc told me if the MRI date is more than a month or so away to ring him back about it and he will get me in sooner because I’m in danger of having a permanant neurological injury. I’m already bent forward too much. That happened very quickly.
I’m gunna go sit out in the sun with a cuppa and play with the chookies :)

buffy said:

And you need custard powder to make yo-yo biscuits too!

:)

Is this true?

My yo-yo recipe has custard powder in it.

4oz S.R. Flour, 2oz custard powder, 4oz butter and 1.5oz icing sugar. Mix all together, make into bikkies. Cook. Cool. Sandwich together with butter icing. Even better with chocolate butter icing.

Yum.

pomolo said:

I could go on in the same vein about gravy but I better not.

That bought stuff is gross. I don’t buy it but when I was at work once hubby got liquid dianne sauce and it was revolting.
So is the custard.

pain master said:

buffy said:

And you need custard powder to make yo-yo biscuits too!

:)

Is this true?

a friend uses custard powder instead of flour to make sponge cakes.

So, gravy comes in a packet? I make it with flour and the drippings in the roasting pan. Although getting gravy flour can sometimes be challenging these days.

You would think with all the cooking shows on TV and stuff that these things would not be so difficult.

The other thing I don’t understand is pancake mix. For goodness sake…..some flour, some sugar, an egg and some milk….mix. The premix you still add the egg and milk, so you might as well use your normal SR flour (or plain, depending on which sort of pancake you are making).

pain master said:

buffy said:

And you need custard powder to make yo-yo biscuits too!

:)

Is this true?

Bloody oath it is!

Custard powder is mostly cornflour, I think.

OK, got the box..wheat starch, colour (102,124), salt, flavour (contains milk)

So it’s wheat type cornflour…..another thing to watch when buying. I buy cornflour made from corn, but some cornflour is made from wheat.

All so confusing!

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

buffy said:

And you need custard powder to make yo-yo biscuits too!

:)

Is this true?

a friend uses custard powder instead of flour to make sponge cakes.

Replace a tablespoon of plain flour for custard powder when making sweet shortcrust pastry. Try once and you will do it this way everytime.

buffy said:

My yo-yo recipe has custard powder in it.

4oz S.R. Flour, 2oz custard powder, 4oz butter and 1.5oz icing sugar. Mix all together, make into bikkies. Cook. Cool. Sandwich together with butter icing. Even better with chocolate butter icing.

Yum.

Yum indeed.

That’s me away for now then. I’m going to read Choice and some Discworld and have a nap.

pain master said:

buffy said:

My yo-yo recipe has custard powder in it.

4oz S.R. Flour, 2oz custard powder, 4oz butter and 1.5oz icing sugar. Mix all together, make into bikkies. Cook. Cool. Sandwich together with butter icing. Even better with chocolate butter icing.

Yum.

Yum indeed.

My recipe too only I usually sandwich with orange icing. Or passionfruit icing.

buffy said:

So, gravy comes in a packet? I make it with flour and the drippings in the roasting pan. Although getting gravy flour can sometimes be challenging these days.

You would think with all the cooking shows on TV and stuff that these things would not be so difficult.

The other thing I don’t understand is pancake mix. For goodness sake…..some flour, some sugar, an egg and some milk….mix. The premix you still add the egg and milk, so you might as well use your normal SR flour (or plain, depending on which sort of pancake you are making).

getting beef nowadays with a good layer of fat for roasting is getting hard too. Not enough roasting fat to make Yorkshire Puds! GRRRRR!!!!!

buffy said:

Custard powder is mostly cornflour, I think.

OK, got the box..wheat starch, colour (102,124), salt, flavour (contains milk)

So it’s wheat type cornflour…..another thing to watch when buying. I buy cornflour made from corn, but some cornflour is made from wheat.

All so confusing!

It is hard to get Corn Flour up here from Corn… it is always from wheat and I cannot make corn tortillas with it. So we grew Corn Tortillas Corn last year to dry and pulverise, and make our own corn flour.

We are also growing Cacao Trees so we can make our own chocolate again.

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

Is this true?

a friend uses custard powder instead of flour to make sponge cakes.

Replace a tablespoon of plain flour for custard powder when making sweet shortcrust pastry. Try once and you will do it this way everytime.

Put rice flour in shortcrust.

To while away some idle hours, the man got me a couple 3D movies. Beauty and the Beast. Awww :) and Cane Toads, The Conquest. Hmm..
The kids pooled their dough and bought their dad a 3D TV for his birfday a few weeks back. I’m having a blast with it, a lot more than he is, lol.

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

a friend uses custard powder instead of flour to make sponge cakes.

Replace a tablespoon of plain flour for custard powder when making sweet shortcrust pastry. Try once and you will do it this way everytime.

Put rice flour in shortcrust.

Yeah, but it’s go no flavour..the custard powder add a lovely flavour.

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

Replace a tablespoon of plain flour for custard powder when making sweet shortcrust pastry. Try once and you will do it this way everytime.

Put rice flour in shortcrust.

Yeah, but it’s go no flavour..the custard powder add a lovely flavour.

fair call and lucky you with the Cane Toad movie!

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

Put rice flour in shortcrust.

Yeah, but it’s go no flavour..the custard powder add a lovely flavour.

fair call and lucky you with the Cane Toad movie!

$12.99 in Big W. I will watch a trailor on it first.

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

Yeah, but it’s go no flavour..the custard powder add a lovely flavour.

fair call and lucky you with the Cane Toad movie!

$12.99 in Big W. I will watch a trailor on it first.

I need to have time to sit in front of the teev before I spent $13 bucks. And a 3D teev? I’m still surviving on my CRT.

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

We’ve just returned from doing the supermarket rampage. We weren’t on a rampage but everyone else seemed to be. I don’t know how we end up being there on a Saturday morning! Experience should have taught us by now don’t you think?

What I want to know from youoll out there is, am I one of only a few living people who still make custard from powder? I had to track down one of the staff for directions to the custard powder on the shelves today. There was one brand available and only 3 packets at that. Beside it were various brands of long life custard (made up ready to pour) None of which interested me. The girl told me that they only stock one brand of powder now (and it wasn’t the one I usually use) because sales have dwindled. I might add that they were displayed on the very bottom shelf just to get my ire up even further.

Does this mean that almost all the population that consumes custard, buy the one from the refrigerated cabinets? I guess it does. Home made is far superior to that stuff and they will never know what they are missing. So much for progress.

Here endeth the lesson.

I make my custard from eggs now, but I expect most people buy the ready made stuff.

I don’t use the egg recipe because I’m not an egg lover but it’s nice to know some people at least make their own.

buffy said:

>>What I want to know from youoll out there is, am I one of only a few living people who still make custard from powder? I had to track down one of the staff for directions to the custard powder on the shelves today. There was one brand available and only 3 packets at that. Beside it were various brands of long life custard (made up ready to pour) None of which interested me. The girl told me that they only stock one brand of powder now (and it wasn’t the one I usually use) because sales have dwindled. I might add that they were displayed on the very bottom shelf just to get my ire up even further.<<

I make from custard powder…..be very careful. I use one which does not have sugar in the mix. On one occasion Mr buffy got a different brand and I did not realize this. By the time I made my custard in the customary way it was waaaaay too sweet. I have found IGA locally to be the best bet. And I buy multiple packets when I see it there. My favoured brand is Parsons.

And you need custard powder to make yo-yo biscuits too!

:)

Oh good, another one. Definately for yo-yos and lots of other baking recipes too.

pain master said:

pomolo said:

We’ve just returned from doing the supermarket rampage. We weren’t on a rampage but everyone else seemed to be. I don’t know how we end up being there on a Saturday morning! Experience should have taught us by now don’t you think?

What I want to know from youoll out there is, am I one of only a few living people who still make custard from powder? I had to track down one of the staff for directions to the custard powder on the shelves today. There was one brand available and only 3 packets at that. Beside it were various brands of long life custard (made up ready to pour) None of which interested me. The girl told me that they only stock one brand of powder now (and it wasn’t the one I usually use) because sales have dwindled. I might add that they were displayed on the very bottom shelf just to get my ire up even further.

Does this mean that almost all the population that consumes custard, buy the one from the refrigerated cabinets? I guess it does. Home made is far superior to that stuff and they will never know what they are missing. So much for progress.

Here endeth the lesson.

Bird’s Custard in the best powder…. but hard to find now :(

All custard powders are becoming hard to find now it seems.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Bed early for me as I have an early start to get to the other side of the city by 9.30 am for a neurologists appointment, re my slipped vertebra. It seems to be worsening daily and my leg goes from tingly, which is quite painful, to numb from my heel to my hip, but despite the numbness, still painful. A pain in the arse, literally. Well apparently Mr. Han very good. I hope so.

My fingers are crossed for you. About your op that is, not about whether you actually make it across town or not.lol.

Oh I’ll be right :) Really.
What a nice surgeon. I urgently need an MRI scan silent scream, noooooooooo not that! I’m claustrophobic. That and heights turn me into a whinging drama queen. But he said there’s a couple much bigger MRI tunnel scanners in the state, one in Glen Waverly and another in Bundoora. And if thats still too hard for people ‘like me’, they will use sedation. Yay! I can do sedation no worries. Bring it on.
I will ring Monday for an appt date and after I have that scan I will get the op date. The nice doc told me if the MRI date is more than a month or so away to ring him back about it and he will get me in sooner because I’m in danger of having a permanant neurological injury. I’m already bent forward too much. That happened very quickly.
I’m gunna go sit out in the sun with a cuppa and play with the chookies :)

That all sounds pretty serious HP so don’t muck around at this stage. Like you I am allergic to MRIs. I don’ care how big the tunnel is it’s still confining. And the noise!!!!!

pain master said:

pomolo said:

We’ve just returned from doing the supermarket rampage. We weren’t on a rampage but everyone else seemed to be. I don’t know how we end up being there on a Saturday morning! Experience should have taught us by now don’t you think?

What I want to know from youoll out there is, am I one of only a few living people who still make custard from powder? I had to track down one of the staff for directions to the custard powder on the shelves today. There was one brand available and only 3 packets at that. Beside it were various brands of long life custard (made up ready to pour) None of which interested me. The girl told me that they only stock one brand of powder now (and it wasn’t the one I usually use) because sales have dwindled. I might add that they were displayed on the very bottom shelf just to get my ire up even further.

Does this mean that almost all the population that consumes custard, buy the one from the refrigerated cabinets? I guess it does. Home made is far superior to that stuff and they will never know what they are missing. So much for progress.

Here endeth the lesson.

Bird’s Custard in the best powder…. but hard to find now :(

Never heard of Birds. My educaton is lacking.

pain master said:

pomolo said:

I could go on in the same vein about gravy but I better not.

don’t start me on gravy.

Grrrrr! The next generation and their lack of knowledge on some subjects. I’ll say no more.

pain master said:

buffy said:

And you need custard powder to make yo-yo biscuits too!

:)

Is this true?

Yes it’s true and you need it for Custard Creams too

pain master said:

buffy said:

And you need custard powder to make yo-yo biscuits too!

:)

Is this true?

Yes it’s true and you need it for Custard Creams too

buffy said:

My yo-yo recipe has custard powder in it.

4oz S.R. Flour, 2oz custard powder, 4oz butter and 1.5oz icing sugar. Mix all together, make into bikkies. Cook. Cool. Sandwich together with butter icing. Even better with chocolate butter icing.

Yum.

Must try that version.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

I could go on in the same vein about gravy but I better not.

That bought stuff is gross. I don’t buy it but when I was at work once hubby got liquid dianne sauce and it was revolting.
So is the custard.

When I was working in a fast food place, years ago, we ran out of the stock gravy mix. As it was needed I made some from scratch and the teens (our main customers) wouldn’t eat it. Goes to show………..

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

buffy said:

And you need custard powder to make yo-yo biscuits too!

:)

Is this true?

a friend uses custard powder instead of flour to make sponge cakes.

It would work too because custard powder is basically corn flour.

buffy said:

So, gravy comes in a packet? I make it with flour and the drippings in the roasting pan. Although getting gravy flour can sometimes be challenging these days.

You would think with all the cooking shows on TV and stuff that these things would not be so difficult.

The other thing I don’t understand is pancake mix. For goodness sake…..some flour, some sugar, an egg and some milk….mix. The premix you still add the egg and milk, so you might as well use your normal SR flour (or plain, depending on which sort of pancake you are making).

LOL. So true. You can even buy your daily vegies peeled and ready for the pot these days.

buffy said:

Custard powder is mostly cornflour, I think.

OK, got the box..wheat starch, colour (102,124), salt, flavour (contains milk)

So it’s wheat type cornflour…..another thing to watch when buying. I buy cornflour made from corn, but some cornflour is made from wheat.

All so confusing!

Yeah! Cornflour doesn’t necessarily mean it’s ground from corn. Crazy isn’t it?

pain master said:

buffy said:

Custard powder is mostly cornflour, I think.

OK, got the box..wheat starch, colour (102,124), salt, flavour (contains milk)

So it’s wheat type cornflour…..another thing to watch when buying. I buy cornflour made from corn, but some cornflour is made from wheat.

All so confusing!

It is hard to get Corn Flour up here from Corn… it is always from wheat and I cannot make corn tortillas with it. So we grew Corn Tortillas Corn last year to dry and pulverise, and make our own corn flour.

We are also growing Cacao Trees so we can make our own chocolate again.

Now that’s alternatve living.

Happy Potter said:

To while away some idle hours, the man got me a couple 3D movies. Beauty and the Beast. Awww :) and Cane Toads, The Conquest. Hmm..
The kids pooled their dough and bought their dad a 3D TV for his birfday a few weeks back. I’m having a blast with it, a lot more than he is, lol.

Don’t tell D about it. He’ll want one too.

buffy said:

So, gravy comes in a packet? I make it with flour and the drippings in the roasting pan. Although getting gravy flour can sometimes be challenging these days.

You would think with all the cooking shows on TV and stuff that these things would not be so difficult.

The other thing I don’t understand is pancake mix. For goodness sake…..some flour, some sugar, an egg and some milk….mix. The premix you still add the egg and milk, so you might as well use your normal SR flour (or plain, depending on which sort of pancake you are making).

So, gravy comes in a packet? I make it with flour and the drippings in the roasting pan. Although getting gravy flour can sometimes be challenging these days.

What is gravy flower?????

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

We’ve just returned from doing the supermarket rampage. We weren’t on a rampage but everyone else seemed to be. I don’t know how we end up being there on a Saturday morning! Experience should have taught us by now don’t you think?

What I want to know from youoll out there is, am I one of only a few living people who still make custard from powder? I had to track down one of the staff for directions to the custard powder on the shelves today. There was one brand available and only 3 packets at that. Beside it were various brands of long life custard (made up ready to pour) None of which interested me. The girl told me that they only stock one brand of powder now (and it wasn’t the one I usually use) because sales have dwindled. I might add that they were displayed on the very bottom shelf just to get my ire up even further.

Does this mean that almost all the population that consumes custard, buy the one from the refrigerated cabinets? I guess it does. Home made is far superior to that stuff and they will never know what they are missing. So much for progress.

Here endeth the lesson.

Bird’s Custard in the best powder…. but hard to find now :(

Never heard of Birds. My educaton is lacking.

Oh my giddy Aunt! Bird’s Custard Powder is as British as HP Sauce and Golliwog Robertson’s Jam. It is the only custard powder and I as a child would inappropriately call it Kird’s Bustard Powder…

pomolo said:

pain master said:

buffy said:

Custard powder is mostly cornflour, I think.

OK, got the box..wheat starch, colour (102,124), salt, flavour (contains milk)

So it’s wheat type cornflour…..another thing to watch when buying. I buy cornflour made from corn, but some cornflour is made from wheat.

All so confusing!

It is hard to get Corn Flour up here from Corn… it is always from wheat and I cannot make corn tortillas with it. So we grew Corn Tortillas Corn last year to dry and pulverise, and make our own corn flour.

We are also growing Cacao Trees so we can make our own chocolate again.

Now that’s alternatve living.

really its just a bit of fun, shits and giggles… just to see if we can turn something like Cacao Seeds into a chocolate drink or an ear of corn into a tortilla. Some of our experiments worked in the last 12 months. We have had a cup of hot chocolate from a seed pod collected from the Bot Gardens and we had a dozen varieties of chiles so we made true moles and mexican sauces and we even now have our own smoky habanero sauce and a home made tabasco sauce. Both are fiery but tasty.

bubba louie said:

So, gravy comes in a packet? I make it with flour and the drippings in the roasting pan. Although getting gravy flour can sometimes be challenging these days.

What is gravy flower?????

A little brown bloom from the Gravy Vine?

So, gravy comes in a packet? I make it with flour and the drippings in the roasting pan. Although getting gravy flour can sometimes be challenging these days.
What is gravy flower?????

A little brown bloom from the Gravy Vine?
……………

Whoops.

>>What is gravy flower?????<<

White Wings market a “Special Gravy Flour” which we have used for 25 or 30 years. It’s basically a wheat semolina. It doesn’t lump up and you can just sprinkle it across the baking dish.

buffy said:

>>What is gravy flower?????<<

White Wings market a “Special Gravy Flour” which we have used for 25 or 30 years. It’s basically a wheat semolina. It doesn’t lump up and you can just sprinkle it across the baking dish.

I’ve never seen it.

Looks like this…..

http://www.nqronline.com.au/catalog/product/view/id/1225/s/white-wings-special-gravy-flour-375g/

The supermarket moves it around. Sometimes with the flour. Sometimes with the stocks. Sometimes with the premade gravy. And not always available. Another one that IGA is pretty reliable for, rather than the Big Two.

Mmm, I can smell the chicken kievs being dished up. And the onion and tomato pie. Mmmmm.

buffy said:

Mmm, I can smell the chicken kievs being dished up. And the onion and tomato pie. Mmmmm.

Oh I love that onion and tomato pie!

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

So, gravy comes in a packet? I make it with flour and the drippings in the roasting pan. Although getting gravy flour can sometimes be challenging these days.

What is gravy flower?????

A little brown bloom from the Gravy Vine?

Hahaha!

bubba louie said:

buffy said:

>>What is gravy flower?????<<

White Wings market a “Special Gravy Flour” which we have used for 25 or 30 years. It’s basically a wheat semolina. It doesn’t lump up and you can just sprinkle it across the baking dish.

I’ve never seen it.

Queensland

Just got back from a posties fashion party..I mighta been a bit naughty and ordered 3 garments, including a jacket to add to my coat collection…….. the price of which shall remain forever secret, esp’ from the man! LOL

bubba louie said:

So, gravy comes in a packet? I make it with flour and the drippings in the roasting pan. Although getting gravy flour can sometimes be challenging these days.

What is gravy flower?????

I’ll start you a cutting Bubba. lol.

pain master said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

Bird’s Custard in the best powder…. but hard to find now :(

Never heard of Birds. My educaton is lacking.

Oh my giddy Aunt! Bird’s Custard Powder is as British as HP Sauce and Golliwog Robertson’s Jam. It is the only custard powder and I as a child would inappropriately call it Kird’s Bustard Powder…

Well pardon me! I’m not British. HP Sauce I have heard of but Golliwog Jam is no longer politically correct.

pain master said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

It is hard to get Corn Flour up here from Corn… it is always from wheat and I cannot make corn tortillas with it. So we grew Corn Tortillas Corn last year to dry and pulverise, and make our own corn flour.

We are also growing Cacao Trees so we can make our own chocolate again.

Now that’s alternatve living.

really its just a bit of fun, shits and giggles… just to see if we can turn something like Cacao Seeds into a chocolate drink or an ear of corn into a tortilla. Some of our experiments worked in the last 12 months. We have had a cup of hot chocolate from a seed pod collected from the Bot Gardens and we had a dozen varieties of chiles so we made true moles and mexican sauces and we even now have our own smoky habanero sauce and a home made tabasco sauce. Both are fiery but tasty.

You go for it.

bubba louie said:

buffy said:

>>What is gravy flower?????<<

White Wings market a “Special Gravy Flour” which we have used for 25 or 30 years. It’s basically a wheat semolina. It doesn’t lump up and you can just sprinkle it across the baking dish.

I’ve never seen it.

I’ve never used it.

buffy said:

Looks like this…..

http://www.nqronline.com.au/catalog/product/view/id/1225/s/white-wings-special-gravy-flour-375g/

The supermarket moves it around. Sometimes with the flour. Sometimes with the stocks. Sometimes with the premade gravy. And not always available. Another one that IGA is pretty reliable for, rather than the Big Two.

I think I might have seen it on the shelves.

I got to see Gardening Aust tonight and to sit in on Costa’s performance. He was certainly the centre of the show and if I can bring myself to ignore all the hair and beard I think he’s pretty good as the host. Don’t imagine that I will be a constant fan though. Haven’t been one for quite a while.

Thought I’d go and have a browse.

Have a look at the dessert recipes for Custard Powder and others.

http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/161320/F_clark_book_1.pdf

pomolo said:

Thought I’d go and have a browse.

Have a look at the dessert recipes for Custard Powder and others.

http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/161320/F_clark_book_1.pdf

Unreal! Thank you Pomolo. any idea what year this book was printed??

That’s the infamous brand with the sugar already in the mix. Much too sweet. I like to undersugar things, so that custard powder is never to be used in this house.

:)

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

Never heard of Birds. My educaton is lacking.

Oh my giddy Aunt! Bird’s Custard Powder is as British as HP Sauce and Golliwog Robertson’s Jam. It is the only custard powder and I as a child would inappropriately call it Kird’s Bustard Powder…

Well pardon me! I’m not British. HP Sauce I have heard of but Golliwog Jam is no longer politically correct.

I am aware that you are not from the little grey cold country on the other side of the globe, but as I grew up in Little Britain myself, I was referencing my own “multi-cultural” history and its influence on Australia, a growing nation. As a young fella growing up, I would collect the Golliwog stamps and send them back to the UK and to Robertsons and they would send me stickers and colouring in books and transfers. I never ate enough jam to get myself a Golliwog itself, but I got the lesser prizes. Robertson’s Fruit Mince is the only product suitable for Christmas Mince Pies.

buffy said:

That’s the infamous brand with the sugar already in the mix. Much too sweet. I like to undersugar things, so that custard powder is never to be used in this house.

:)

Are you referring to my beloved Bird’s?