some images of the vege patch

you wouldn’t think these tomato plants would yeild – but they are still ripening

the ponds and new seedtrays

ponds and seeds

pepper said:

some images of the vege patch

Looks great….

pepper said:

you wouldn’t think these tomato plants would yeild – but they are still ripening

Glad you got a good harvest Peps:)

pepper said:

ponds and seeds

When we go to Pepe’s place (twice) we have heard the frogs and boy they are just so beautiful to listen to.:D

I have visions of warm/cool evening, slurping on an icy cold skinny coke, feet up relaxing…….listening to the ribbit…ribbit… ribbit….

Glad you got a good harvest Peps:
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thanks lucky – trouble is we become snobs and refuse to enjoy any food but our home grown.

pepper said:

Glad you got a good harvest Peps:
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thanks lucky – trouble is we become snobs and refuse to enjoy any food but our home grown.

Oh well done:)

Home grown is worth being snobby over.

listening to the ribbit…ribbit… ribbit….
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the frogs are pretty active and we keep these ponds full for their sake – and to keep a multitude of birds alive – we should ask the government for a eco-subsidy. LOL

pepper said:

listening to the ribbit…ribbit… ribbit….
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the frogs are pretty active and we keep these ponds full for their sake – and to keep a multitude of birds alive – we should ask the government for a eco-subsidy. LOL

Get in quick before they rip that off ya too…….Oldies are going to loose their $500 bonus too now.

Hi Peps,
Your vegies are booming along aren’t they? Very nice. I like your ponds, I think I’ll make one eventually, for the frogs. Looks great.

Lucky1 said:

pepper said:

listening to the ribbit…ribbit… ribbit….
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the frogs are pretty active and we keep these ponds full for their sake – and to keep a multitude of birds alive – we should ask the government for a eco-subsidy. LOL

Get in quick before they rip that off ya too…….Oldies are going to loose their $500 bonus too now.

And thats just for starters ….how will things be in 3 years time I wonder?

orchid40 said:

Hi Peps,
Your vegies are booming along aren’t they? Very nice. I like your ponds, I think I’ll make one eventually, for the frogs. Looks great.

yep – now i have to eat them. fortunately my wife keeps thinking of ingeneous new meals – i run out of lettuce so – cucumber, tomato and yogurt salad tonight, corn entree.
the ponds are old metal bath – giveaways – then just rough stone rubble walls. very good and cheap.

pepper said:

orchid40 said:

Hi Peps,
Your vegies are booming along aren’t they? Very nice. I like your ponds, I think I’ll make one eventually, for the frogs. Looks great.

yep – now i have to eat them. fortunately my wife keeps thinking of ingeneous new meals – i run out of lettuce so – cucumber, tomato and yogurt salad tonight, corn entree.
the ponds are old metal bath – giveaways – then just rough stone rubble walls. very good and cheap.

Nice to have a wife with a culinary imagination with all those goodies.
I think I’ll have to use pond liner when i do mine.

drylander1 said:

Lucky1 said:

pepper said:

listening to the ribbit…ribbit… ribbit….
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the frogs are pretty active and we keep these ponds full for their sake – and to keep a multitude of birds alive – we should ask the government for a eco-subsidy. LOL

Get in quick before they rip that off ya too…….Oldies are going to loose their $500 bonus too now.

And thats just for starters ….how will things be in 3 years time I wonder?

hopefully a lot wetter than they are now – then the frogs and birds can look after themselves……and we all can breath easy again …….. and the government can keep its subsidy.

orchid40 said:

pepper said:

orchid40 said:

Hi Peps,
Your vegies are booming along aren’t they? Very nice. I like your ponds, I think I’ll make one eventually, for the frogs. Looks great.

yep – now i have to eat them. fortunately my wife keeps thinking of ingeneous new meals – i run out of lettuce so – cucumber, tomato and yogurt salad tonight, corn entree.
the ponds are old metal bath – giveaways – then just rough stone rubble walls. very good and cheap.

Nice to have a wife with a culinary imagination with all those goodies.
I think I’ll have to use pond liner when i do mine.

Any ponds up here have to be raised if you don’t want to breed toads.

Bubba Louie said:

orchid40 said:

pepper said:

orchid40 said:

Hi Peps,
Your vegies are booming along aren’t they? Very nice. I like your ponds, I think I’ll make one eventually, for the frogs. Looks great.

yep – now i have to eat them. fortunately my wife keeps thinking of ingeneous new meals – i run out of lettuce so – cucumber, tomato and yogurt salad tonight, corn entree.
the ponds are old metal bath – giveaways – then just rough stone rubble walls. very good and cheap.

Nice to have a wife with a culinary imagination with all those goodies.
I think I’ll have to use pond liner when i do mine.

Any ponds up here have to be raised if you don’t want to breed toads.

Eew, who’d want to ?? Horrid things.

orchid40 said:

Bubba Louie said:

orchid40 said:

pepper said:

orchid40 said:

Hi Peps,
Your vegies are booming along aren’t they? Very nice. I like your ponds, I think I’ll make one eventually, for the frogs. Looks great.

yep – now i have to eat them. fortunately my wife keeps thinking of ingeneous new meals – i run out of lettuce so – cucumber, tomato and yogurt salad tonight, corn entree.
the ponds are old metal bath – giveaways – then just rough stone rubble walls. very good and cheap.

Nice to have a wife with a culinary imagination with all those goodies.
I think I’ll have to use pond liner when i do mine.

Any ponds up here have to be raised if you don’t want to breed toads.

Eew, who’d want to ?? Horrid things.

That reminds me, I’ve got one in my freezer that needs to get binned.

wifes silk / wool knitting, daughters caught another skink, my first non-hybrid corn

pepper said:

daughters caught another skink,

He’s a Blue Tongue.

Nice corn Peps, juicy and sweet I’ll bet. Who is your wife knitting for? looks interesting.

Bubba Louie said:

pepper said:

daughters caught another skink,

He’s a Blue Tongue.

Yeah I thought it was a baby blue tongue too.

Bubba Louie said:

pepper said:

daughters caught another skink,

He’s a Blue Tongue.

right you are – just making sure you were awake.
small isn’t it?

orchid40 said:

Nice corn Peps, juicy and sweet I’ll bet. Who is your wife knitting for? looks interesting.

my first non-hybrid corn – much stronger taste – but tougher and cheweyer – i like it – will keep some seed.
my wife has had some old silk spun with some wool and is knitting a jumper for herself.

pepper said:

ponds and seeds

Love your ponds Peps.

…….Oldies are going to loose their $500 bonus too now.
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Yeah! I am just about to qualify to recieve it and they are going to give it the chop. Story of my life actually! ! !

citrus caterpillar is back – and incredibly exposed to bird attack. i think i saw its butterfly around too.

pepe did u grow any punkins this year i have had a good haverset this year still some punkins on the vines out the front

veg gardener said:

pepe did u grow any punkins this year i have had a good haverset this year still some punkins on the vines out the front

yeh – today i pulled off the last tip from all the runners – so the pumpkins can concentrate on producing fruit rather than running about everywhere. i have got about 8 – butternuts and queensland blue.

yeah i cant get my punkins as big as uncle petes (peter cundall)

veg gardener said:

yeah i cant get my punkins as big as uncle petes (peter cundall)

holy heck – are you growing those giants?

pepper said:

citrus caterpillar is back – and incredibly exposed to bird attack. i think i saw its butterfly around too.

Death wish in the making.

pepper said:

veg gardener said:

yeah i cant get my punkins as big as uncle petes (peter cundall)

holy heck – are you growing those giants?

i dont know who to and i emailed them askin how they do it and they wont say =[

veg gardener said:

pepper said:

veg gardener said:

yeah i cant get my punkins as big as uncle petes (peter cundall)

holy heck – are you growing those giants?

i dont know who to and i emailed them askin how they do it and they wont say =[

That really huge pumpkin is grown from a special seed of that variety….. I think you can find them on the Diggers site and such. Grown for comps and not for eating……

Lucky1 said:

veg gardener said:

pepper said:

veg gardener said:

yeah i cant get my punkins as big as uncle petes (peter cundall)

holy heck – are you growing those giants?

i dont know who to and i emailed them askin how they do it and they wont say =[

That really huge pumpkin is grown from a special seed of that variety….. I think you can find them on the Diggers site and such. Grown for comps and not for eating……

o ok i though he put somethin like drugs in them to make them that big

veg gardener said:

pepper said:

veg gardener said:

yeah i cant get my punkins as big as uncle petes (peter cundall)

holy heck – are you growing those giants?

i dont know who to and i emailed them askin how they do it and they wont say =[

don’t worry – uncle pete says they are tasteless.

pepper said:

veg gardener said:

pepper said:

veg gardener said:

yeah i cant get my punkins as big as uncle petes (peter cundall)

holy heck – are you growing those giants?

i dont know who to and i emailed them askin how they do it and they wont say =[

don’t worry – uncle pete says they are tasteless.

ok

veg gardener said:

Lucky1 said:

veg gardener said:

pepper said:

veg gardener said:

yeah i cant get my punkins as big as uncle petes (peter cundall)

holy heck – are you growing those giants?

i dont know who to and i emailed them askin how they do it and they wont say =[

That really huge pumpkin is grown from a special seed of that variety….. I think you can find them on the Diggers site and such. Grown for comps and not for eating……

o ok i though he put somethin like drugs in them to make them that big

LOL spoken like a teenager…… no drugs my young friend… all organic and drug free.:)

Lucky1 said:
LOL spoken like a teenager…… no drugs my young friend… all organic and drug free.:)

are u sure about this we dont know what happens when they arent fliming it

veg gardener said:

Lucky1 said:
LOL spoken like a teenager…… no drugs my young friend… all organic and drug free.:)

are u sure about this we dont know what happens when they arent fliming it

Bite your tongue …….. lol

>yeah i cant get my punkins as big as uncle petes (peter cundall)

Pete grew the Atlantic pumpkin. All show and no good to eat.

CollieWA said:

>yeah i cant get my punkins as big as uncle petes (peter cundall)

Pete grew the Atlantic pumpkin. All show and no good to eat.

Hate it when the said pumpkins are shown on the news and the winner is sent to an oldies place to be made into soup for them…… poor buggers will be eating orange water for weeks with no taste in it.

pepper said:

citrus caterpillar is back – and incredibly exposed to bird attack. i think i saw its butterfly around too.

That looks a bit different to the ones we get. Does it stick out red “horns” if you bother it?

veg gardener said:

pepper said:

veg gardener said:

yeah i cant get my punkins as big as uncle petes (peter cundall)

holy heck – are you growing those giants?

i dont know who to and i emailed them askin how they do it and they wont say =[

They’re a special breed Vege and only for show anyway.

ok thanks BL

That looks a bit different to the ones we get. Does it stick out red “horns” if you bother it?
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i’ve got my doubts? the bubbly bits on the back were orange in last years model.
it has a stick crystalist(?).

pepper said:

That looks a bit different to the ones we get. Does it stick out red “horns” if you bother it?
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i’ve got my doubts? the bubbly bits on the back were orange in last years model.
it has a stick crystalist(?).

Sounds like a Case Moth. This is the Orchard Swallowtail which is the usual citrus pillar.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/Bubbalouie/th_IMG_1530.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/Bubbalouie/th_IMG_1517.jpg

try again.

Bubba Louie said:

pepper said:

That looks a bit different to the ones we get. Does it stick out red “horns” if you bother it?
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i’ve got my doubts? the bubbly bits on the back were orange in last years model.
it has a stick crystalist(?).

Sounds like a Case Moth. This is the Orchard Swallowtail which is the usual citrus pillar.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/Bubbalouie/th_IMG_1530.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/Bubbalouie/th_IMG_1517.jpg

looks unusual – i will try and get a shot of the butterfly when i cools down but that ain’t my bug.

pepper said:

Bubba Louie said:

pepper said:

That looks a bit different to the ones we get. Does it stick out red “horns” if you bother it?
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i’ve got my doubts? the bubbly bits on the back were orange in last years model.
it has a stick crystalist(?).

Sounds like a Case Moth. This is the Orchard Swallowtail which is the usual citrus pillar.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/Bubbalouie/th_IMG_1530.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/Bubbalouie/th_IMG_1517.jpg

looks unusual – i will try and get a shot of the butterfly when i cools down but that ain’t my bug.

This is the Orchard Swallowtail.
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_butters/Orch_butt.htm

There’s also one similar called a Dingy Swallowtail that lays on citrus.

the moth that belongs to the citrus caterpillar (i think?) and a little spider that was there whilst i was waiting for the butterfly to arrive

This is the Orchard Swallowtail.
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_butters/Orch_butt.htm
There’s also one similar called a Dingy Swallowtail that lays on citrus.
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its looks great but we are slightly different down here – some call us mexicans.

pepper said:

the moth that belongs to the citrus caterpillar (i think?) and a little spider that was there whilst i was waiting for the butterfly to arrive

The buterfly looks like the Orchid Swallowtail. Maybe it’s not the mother of the pillar.

pepper said:

This is the Orchard Swallowtail.
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_butters/Orch_butt.htm
There’s also one similar called a Dingy Swallowtail that lays on citrus.
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its looks great but we are slightly different down here – some call us mexicans.

I don’t know how far their range extends.

The buterfly looks like the Orchid Swallowtail. Maybe it’s not the mother of the pillar.
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the butterfly is the swallowtale i believe and the pillar is the citrus pillar – its just that our pillar has little brown/orange baubles on its back with tiny black spikes coming off each bauble. your caterpillar looks like a cucumber with a red thingy poking out LOL.

pepper said:

The buterfly looks like the Orchid Swallowtail. Maybe it’s not the mother of the pillar.
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the butterfly is the swallowtale i believe and the pillar is the citrus pillar – its just that our pillar has little brown/orange baubles on its back with tiny black spikes coming off each bauble. your caterpillar looks like a cucumber with a red thingy poking out LOL.

They only poke out the “horns” if you pester them into it.

They only poke out the “horns” if you pester them into it.
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i patted mine on the nose – no horn.
the daughter has found lots of little ones – they seem to do very little damage – just a few leaves munched.

pepper said:

They only poke out the “horns” if you pester them into it.
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i patted mine on the nose – no horn.
the daughter has found lots of little ones – they seem to do very little damage – just a few leaves munched.

Be interesting to see what the crysalus (sp) looks like.

Bubba Louie said:

pepper said:

They only poke out the “horns” if you pester them into it.
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i patted mine on the nose – no horn. the daughter has found lots of little ones – they seem to do very little damage – just a few leaves munched.

Be interesting to see what the crysalus (sp) looks like.

it looks similar to the one you posted in this topic. i saw one when pruning in spring – very well hidden. i thought it might have been a bit bigger with sticks in it but the butterfly had left so it had gaping holes and was a wreck.

this big wolf spider is about 125mm across.

capsicums and a couple of pollinators at work for you to spot

pepper said:

capsicums and a couple of pollinators at work for you to spot

Middle plant, is that a sedum????

Middle plant, is that a sedum????
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yes L1 – very good – we used to call it centovibum(?) – but its flowering now and attracting lots of attention from the insects.

pepper said:

Middle plant, is that a sedum????
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yes L1 – very good – we used to call it centovibum(?) – but its flowering now and attracting lots of attention from the insects.

Aren’t you gonna ask me how I knew that, considering you don’t eat them???LOL

Aren’t you gonna ask me how I knew that, considering you don’t eat them???LOL
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well? no – i’m not surprised – you IDed amaranthus and have been hanging out with this crew for a while – but ok how did you know?

pepper said:

Aren’t you gonna ask me how I knew that, considering you don’t eat them???LOL
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well? no – i’m not surprised – you IDed amaranthus and have been hanging out with this crew for a while – but ok how did you know?

My sister showed me at the shops in Big W garden area yesterday some of them and they had the same flower……ROTFL

Lucky1 said:

pepper said:

Aren’t you gonna ask me how I knew that, considering you don’t eat them???LOL
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well? no – i’m not surprised – you IDed amaranthus and have been hanging out with this crew for a while – but ok how did you know?

My sister showed me at the shops in Big W garden area yesterday some of them and they had the same flower……ROTFL

has your sis got them? – they are very common – but extremely drought tolerant and a good butterfly attractant. all you have to do now is ID those two white speckled moths in the photo. .

pepper said:

Lucky1 said:

pepper said:

Aren’t you gonna ask me how I knew that, considering you don’t eat them???LOL
——
well? no – i’m not surprised – you IDed amaranthus and have been hanging out with this crew for a while – but ok how did you know?

My sister showed me at the shops in Big W garden area yesterday some of them and they had the same flower……ROTFL

has your sis got them? – they are very common – but extremely drought tolerant and a good butterfly attractant. all you have to do now is ID those two white speckled moths in the photo. .

Yes, out on the station, had trouble with the rabbits eating them…. couple of nights prowling with the shot gun, pretty well fixed that problem.

Yes, out on the station, had trouble with the rabbits eating them
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ah – they dont look edible.

pepper said:

Yes, out on the station, had trouble with the rabbits eating them
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ah – they dont look edible.

Well the bunnies seem to love it…..LOL

poor lighting but -
compost, clean chook shed and the vege patch which will be mostly finished in 6 weeks

pepper said:

poor lighting but -
compost, clean chook shed and the vege patch which will be mostly finished in 6 weeks

Looks great Pepper:)

Lots of straw for the girlies.

very nice pep

Looks great Pepper:) Lots of straw for the girlies.
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thanks – i’ve dropped sawdust because it ends up as mulch in the garden and is non-wetting.

pepper said:

Looks great Pepper:) Lots of straw for the girlies.
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thanks – i’ve dropped sawdust because it ends up as mulch in the garden and is non-wetting.

I’m going to use the bunny wood shavings as paths in the garden. So I can have some safe spots to walk. Last thing I need to is plant out and forget to make paths.

beaut basil, cueys (continental) growing on tripod frame and compost

blackbird nest right in the middle of my grapevine – no wonder ‘Ugly & Gruesome’ found my grapes before i did

pepper said:

beaut basil, cueys (continental) growing on tripod frame and compost

very nice pep

veg gardener said:

pepper said:

beaut basil, cueys (continental) growing on tripod frame and compost

very nice pep

thanks VG – i’m sure the compost is shrinking whilst i’m trying to build it up.

yeah i just got home from a drive with dad me driving i havent been out to the garden yet

veg gardener said:

yeah i just got home from a drive with dad me driving i havent been out to the garden yet

how do you find driving ?- need to concentrate ?

pepper said:

veg gardener said:

yeah i just got home from a drive with dad me driving i havent been out to the garden yet

how do you find driving ?- need to concentrate ?

driving is ok sucks when i got poast nice gardens cant look out the window…yeah u need to concentrate

pepper said:

blackbird nest right in the middle of my grapevine – no wonder ‘Ugly & Gruesome’ found my grapes before i did

LOL, they like to nest in the pantry!

veg gardener said:

pepper said:

beaut basil, cueys (continental) growing on tripod frame and compost

very nice pep

Your basil looks ace, Pepper. So do your cucumbers!

we grow them big in gawler – this hopper is 90mm long

LOL, they like to nest in the pantry
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thats a good saying OC – thanks for the other comments too

pepper said:

we grow them big in gawler – this hopper is 90mm long

locusts and honey for dinner?

Love the vegie photos…… I didn’t grow Basil this season:(

i popped in over 60 corms of garlic in 4 rows.
(BTW a clove is the whole bulb – right or wrong?)
thanks BG and L1 for your comments – i was gonna say ‘i love basil too’ – but collie is listening LOL

pepper said:

i popped in over 60 corms of garlic in 4 rows.
(BTW a clove is the whole bulb – right or wrong?)
thanks BG and L1 for your comments – i was gonna say ‘i love basil too’ – but collie is listening LOL

from Wikipedia:

“A bulb of garlic, the most commonly used part of the plant, is divided into numerous fleshy sections called cloves.”

bluegreen said:

pepper said:

i popped in over 60 corms of garlic in 4 rows.
(BTW a clove is the whole bulb – right or wrong?)
thanks BG and L1 for your comments – i was gonna say ‘i love basil too’ – but collie is listening LOL

from Wikipedia:

“A bulb of garlic, the most commonly used part of the plant, is divided into numerous fleshy sections called cloves.”

simon byrant on ‘the cook and the chef’ put a whole bulb in the recipe he was preparing and called it a ‘clove’ – so i was wondering if the chefs have a different definition.

pepper said:

bluegreen said:

pepper said:

i popped in over 60 corms of garlic in 4 rows.
(BTW a clove is the whole bulb – right or wrong?)
thanks BG and L1 for your comments – i was gonna say ‘i love basil too’ – but collie is listening LOL

from Wikipedia:

“A bulb of garlic, the most commonly used part of the plant, is divided into numerous fleshy sections called cloves.”

simon byrant on ‘the cook and the chef’ put a whole bulb in the recipe he was preparing and called it a ‘clove’ – so i was wondering if the chefs have a different definition.

maybe simon bryant does… caught a plane with him last year from Adelaide to Townsville via some airport somewhere…