SPRING is sprung!

Morning Pomolo :) I’m not sure what I’m doing today yet..no doubt I’ll find something to do.

Spring? hoho hohohohohohohoho!

The “big pool” (50 metre) was filled last week: they’re opening for the summer (Sept to May) on this coming Saturday, the 5th.

Sounds like you need a covered patch like Orchid04o’s to grow foods in Pomolo. I know I will have to one day cover my mini orchard from flocks of parrots looking for fruit and almonds.
Thats if it survives. Yesdy there was a 5 min hailstorm that knocked most of the blossom off my little stone fruits.

No wonder gardening is deemed as being good for ones health , theres challenges aplenty. And always something to do :)

It’s very cool this morning: that south-easterly that picked up early last night (about 19:30) has cooled things right down…cat is on my lap…she “told” me yesterday that a cool change was coming through…I’m still going swimming this afternoon, tho…

We’ve got a backyard full of magpies…they follow the sprinkler and pick off the meat ants (well we call them meat ants)…the other birds are not happy about this, so I have two sprinklers going, they needn’t fight over one…

What’s the coloured parrot, blue/grey/green and yellow wings and red around his bottom?

Dinetta said:

The “big pool” (50 metre) was filled last week: they’re opening for the summer (Sept to May) on this coming Saturday, the 5th.

Still too cool here for the outdoor pool. I think that doesn’t open until late Oct. Indoor ones don’t close of course.

Where do you live Dinetta?

roughbarked said:

Where do you live Dinetta?

Central Highlands area of Central Queensland…

Why?

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

Where do you live Dinetta?

Central Highlands area of Central Queensland…

Why?

um okay why relates to the parrot you spoke of above.. has it a very long tail?

Yes

Dinetta said:

Yes

Well consider yourself a lucky viewer if when you google images of the Paradise Parrot and it looks the same .. ;)

Thanks RoughBarked…will Google and check…

:)

http://www.graemechapman.com.au/cgi-bin/viewphotos.php?c=371
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No, it looks nothing like this…sorry…

Dinetta said:

http://www.graemechapman.com.au/cgi-bin/viewphotos.php?c=371
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No, it looks nothing like this…sorry…

OK then maybe a northern rosella?

just going on your colour description..

Sorry, have been browsing using all the common names I can think of…

BRB,,,

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

http://www.graemechapman.com.au/cgi-bin/viewphotos.php?c=371
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No, it looks nothing like this…sorry…

OK then maybe a northern rosella?

just going on your colour description..

Googling…

Very close…the northern rosella is close…as these (whatever they are) are quite common in the summer months, especially when there’s a big birdbath around, I may be able to take a photo when there’s a camera in the house…

http://www.graemechapman.com.au/cgi-bin/viewphotos.php?c=448

IF the the feathers on 287202 were more green and yellow, it would be closest…

They do kind of look like budgerigars, then you look a second time and they are much longer…I think they are on an Arnott’s biscuit tin but not that “blue mountain parrot” (multicoloured) bird…

Dinetta said:

They do kind of look like budgerigars, then you look a second time and they are much longer…I think they are on an Arnott’s biscuit tin but not that “blue mountain parrot” (multicoloured) bird…

OK I venture to guess that you are looking at a Rosella.. ;)

Sorry to get your hopes up…I saw another beauty this AM, he was bathing in the old garbage bin lid that I have on the round front vegetable bed, with a rock in it (the lid that is), to attract the insect eaters…he was a wren, black with **reeeeeed**in lots of places…stunning…hopefully they are nesting somewhere, this is where the wait-a-while comes in handy (besides a breeding spot for the white butterfly…) MrD is expressly forbidden to poison any more wait-a-while…

Dinetta said:

Sorry to get your hopes up…I saw another beauty this AM, he was bathing in the old garbage bin lid that I have on the round front vegetable bed, with a rock in it (the lid that is), to attract the insect eaters…he was a wren, black with **reeeeeed**in lots of places…stunning…hopefully they are nesting somewhere, this is where the wait-a-while comes in handy (besides a breeding spot for the white butterfly…) MrD is expressly forbidden to poison any more wait-a-while…

red backed wren

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

Sorry to get your hopes up…I saw another beauty this AM, he was bathing in the old garbage bin lid that I have on the round front vegetable bed, with a rock in it (the lid that is), to attract the insect eaters…he was a wren, black with **reeeeeed**in lots of places…stunning…hopefully they are nesting somewhere, this is where the wait-a-while comes in handy (besides a breeding spot for the white butterfly…) MrD is expressly forbidden to poison any more wait-a-while…

red backed wren

Judging by the photos, yes…hope he’s a hard worker!

Good Morning all,

orchid40 said:

Good Morning all,

Morning O40 :) How’s the weather over your way these days?

‘Lo Orchid…how’s it going?

Hello Bon008

:)

Morning , I’ve been busy as a bee. First a visit from the hairdresser who is going to do the wedding partys hair and talk about organised, this is 6 months away still!
Well she’s transformed me from looking like Harry in ‘Harry and the Hendersons’ to Miranda Priestly in ‘ The Devil Wears Prada’ aka Meryl Streep’s character. I’ve been boofed and coloured and teased and blow dried to within an inch of my life lol.
Noice!
Next off to get tile glue and continue on with finishing the shed mosaic :)

Then this arvo off to drs appt, re CT scan results ..he rang me so gotta go see what he’s found.
At least I’ll look good LOL!

Happy Potter said:

Morning , I’ve been busy as a bee. First a visit from the hairdresser who is going to do the wedding partys hair and talk about organised, this is 6 months away still!
Well she’s transformed me from looking like Harry in ‘Harry and the Hendersons’ to Miranda Priestly in ‘ The Devil Wears Prada’ aka Meryl Streep’s character. I’ve been boofed and coloured and teased and blow dried to within an inch of my life lol.
Noice!
Next off to get tile glue and continue on with finishing the shed mosaic :)

Then this arvo off to drs appt, re CT scan results ..he rang me so gotta go see what he’s found.
At least I’ll look good LOL!

I went to have all my lumps and moles checked out this morning. I came away with a perfect chart. What a thrill. Was for me anyway. It does your heart good to get a positive report while everything else seems to be throwing in the towel.

Waiting calmly to see how you get on HP.

Our latest bundle of online garden purchases arrived yesterday. We made a small boo boo too. We ordered 2 Polygala ‘fairy lights’ thinking they were just another version of the Polygala x something, that we already have growing. Wrong! These new ones only grow to 15cm x 30cm. 2 of them can hardly be seen let alone bring colour to the Lillium bed when the lilies are dormant.

So they’ve been put in a pot for now. Might order some more to fulfil the original plan or might just let them make their home in the pot forever. We would need a dozen or so to use in the lilium bed. To expensive just now. I so wish I would read descriptions and directions before I jump in feet first.

where is everyone?

pomolo said:

where is everyone?

me’s here , just came in for a cuppa , tile glue all over me, and hubby fenced off the new vege bed ( where the orange tree was) now choooks and Max can’t get in there when I plant seedlings out :)

Searching for a monte carlo bikky..

and listening to Summer Dream cd album (Sweet People) , song Et les oiseaux chantaient, which is the one I was searching for yesterday. It’so beautiful.

Hello again folks. Sorry I didn’t answer your replies this morning but I got the bum’s rush out of here to go shopping in a hurry! We had to be back in time for Mr O40 to go to take his computer class. I went to Spotlight to buy wool in their sale to finish off a charity blanket and to start a baby blanket for DH’s daughter’s which is due in Feb.
I also bought the new Snow Leopard system for my iMac and have installed it all by myself! I haven’t found anything that doesn’t work yet so keep ya fingers crossed for me LOL!

Doing a fly by visit.. It turns out I do have something wrong with my brain, picked up on the CT scan.
Got to see a neurosurgeon in a couple weeks.
Well I’m not going to worry. Shit happens and all that.

Tea’s on and I’m starving. BBL

Happy Potter said:

Doing a fly by visit.. It turns out I do have something wrong with my brain, picked up on the CT scan.
Got to see a neurosurgeon in a couple weeks.
Well I’m not going to worry. Shit happens and all that.

:(

hope it turns out to be something insignificant….

Happy Potter said:

Doing a fly by visit.. It turns out I do have something wrong with my brain, picked up on the CT scan.
Got to see a neurosurgeon in a couple weeks.
Well I’m not going to worry. Shit happens and all that.

Your in my prayers.

Happy Potter said:

Doing a fly by visit.. It turns out I do have something wrong with my brain, picked up on the CT scan.
Got to see a neurosurgeon in a couple weeks.
Well I’m not going to worry. Shit happens and all that.

Tea’s on and I’m starving. BBL

If it’s any consolation, HP, they don’t keep you waiting that long if it’s serious. My sister had a brain tumor and everything happened within days.

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

Doing a fly by visit.. It turns out I do have something wrong with my brain, picked up on the CT scan.
Got to see a neurosurgeon in a couple weeks.
Well I’m not going to worry. Shit happens and all that.

Your in my prayers.

Yep things happening fast.
Thanks Lucky , could do with a few prayers right now.
How is your sister now BL?
It’s not insignificant BG , but I’ll be around don’t you worry!
Thanks ladies :) but anything any of you want to know email me okies. This is a gardening forum. Well it was lol.

pomolo said:

where is everyone?

Well, Pain Master has headed up to Cape York, Longy is OS, Collie can’t log on as often as he used to, Pepe has gone AWOL, Percy is OS, BlueGreen is OS, TheeEstate is busy with her own forum, the Elf’s Pa is visiting Lucky and The Elf so Lucky is making the most of his short stay…

If you look at the front page of the forum, you will see that it is very community-minded…all topics open for discussion…

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

where is everyone?

Well, Pain Master has headed up to Cape York, Longy is OS, Collie can’t log on as often as he used to, Pepe has gone AWOL, Percy is OS, BlueGreen is OS, TheeEstate is busy with her own forum, the Elf’s Pa is visiting Lucky and The Elf so Lucky is making the most of his short stay…

Holy smokes, can you honestly remember all that at once?! I’m hard-pressed just to keep track of everyone’s gender here!

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

Doing a fly by visit.. It turns out I do have something wrong with my brain, picked up on the CT scan.
Got to see a neurosurgeon in a couple weeks.
Well I’m not going to worry. Shit happens and all that.

Your in my prayers.

Mine too HP.

>Doing a fly by visit.. It turns out I do have something w>rong with my brain, picked up on the CT scan. Got to see a neurosurgeon in a couple weeks. Well I’m not going to worry. Shit happens and all that.

Oh, best wishes.

>Holy smokes, can you honestly remember all that at once?! I’m hard-pressed just to keep track of everyone’s gender here!

Pretty sure mine is stationary for the time being. Hang on.

Yep, it is for now.. ;^)

colliewa said:

>Holy smokes, can you honestly remember all that at once?! I’m hard-pressed just to keep track of everyone’s gender here!

Pretty sure mine is stationary for the time being. Hang on.

Yep, it is for now.. ;^)

ROFL :)

Happy Potter said:

Doing a fly by visit.. It turns out I do have something wrong with my brain, picked up on the CT scan.
Got to see a neurosurgeon in a couple weeks.
Well I’m not going to worry. Shit happens and all that.

Tea’s on and I’m starving. BBL

Take heart HP. We’ve all got something wrong with our brain. It’s just that some of us don’t know about it yet.

Be strong.

bon008 said:

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

where is everyone?

Well, Pain Master has headed up to Cape York, Longy is OS, Collie can’t log on as often as he used to, Pepe has gone AWOL, Percy is OS, BlueGreen is OS, TheeEstate is busy with her own forum, the Elf’s Pa is visiting Lucky and The Elf so Lucky is making the most of his short stay…

Holy smokes, can you honestly remember all that at once?! I’m hard-pressed just to keep track of everyone’s gender here!

I’m a country gal: in a small town one needs to remember all the “news” about people so’s not to get into trouble…

Happy Potter said:

Doing a fly by visit.. It turns out I do have something wrong with my brain, picked up on the CT scan.
Got to see a neurosurgeon in a couple weeks.
Well I’m not going to worry. Shit happens and all that.

You’re not going to worry? Can the rest of us do it instead?

Yep things happening fast.
Thanks Lucky , could do with a few prayers right now.
How is your sister now BL?
It’s not insignificant BG , but I’ll be around don’t you worry!
Thanks ladies :) but anything any of you want to know email me okies. This is a gardening forum. Well it was lol.

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

Doing a fly by visit.. It turns out I do have something wrong with my brain, picked up on the CT scan.
Got to see a neurosurgeon in a couple weeks.
Well I’m not going to worry. Shit happens and all that.

You’re not going to worry? Can the rest of us do it instead?

Damn! got lost with the “quotes” before….

Dinetta said:

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

Doing a fly by visit.. It turns out I do have something wrong with my brain, picked up on the CT scan.
Got to see a neurosurgeon in a couple weeks.
Well I’m not going to worry. Shit happens and all that.

You’re not going to worry? Can the rest of us do it instead?

Damn! got lost with the “quotes” before….

Yes go for it lol.
Theres got to be an upside to this brain cond. , think of the fun one could have ..I’m listing the things that I can get away with and blame lost brain cells LOL!
Well I told my dear friend June who lives in the UK, we talk daily, and within minutes the whole of England knows and is ringing me!
I forgot they are english. rofl!

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Doing a fly by visit.. It turns out I do have something wrong with my brain, picked up on the CT scan.
Got to see a neurosurgeon in a couple weeks.
Well I’m not going to worry. Shit happens and all that.

Tea’s on and I’m starving. BBL

Take heart HP. We’ve all got something wrong with our brain. It’s just that some of us don’t know about it yet.

Be strong.

I was trying to thin k of something along those lines Pom!
HP, you keep on being you, nothing gets you down and you cope so well with everything. Here’s hoping your problem is fixed quick. And we need to know how you’re going, as Dinetta said, it’s not a purely gardening forum.
We are family da da da da da la la la la la………………….

Good morning All

Hello Orchid40…coming to grips with a housetrained pony here…hope the chicken feed pellets have given him a mild bellyache…I tell him I only let him live (a) he’s cute (b) he poops a lot LOL!

Morning, just finished the dishes here and soon we’re off for morning tea at a friend’s place. Our friends were quite taken with Pa.:)

I have a magpie who flies in morning and most evenings for a feed from the kitchen. If there is a piece of scrap meat, I usually throw it to him and he’s off for the day.

Very spring weather here this morning.

Spent all day in the kitchen yesterday cooking up a storm. Pa was stuffed full when he went to bed last night:D

Better keep moving.

Later today I am planning on updating my blog on the little pink Perc:)

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

Doing a fly by visit.. It turns out I do have something wrong with my brain, picked up on the CT scan.
Got to see a neurosurgeon in a couple weeks.
Well I’m not going to worry. Shit happens and all that.

Your in my prayers.

Yep things happening fast.
Thanks Lucky , could do with a few prayers right now.
How is your sister now BL?
It’s not insignificant BG , but I’ll be around don’t you worry!
Thanks ladies :) but anything any of you want to know email me okies. This is a gardening forum. Well it was lol.

She’s good HP.

CRANKY OLD MAN
When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in country New South Wales, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value.

Later, when the nurses were going through his meager possessions, They found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital.

One nurse took her copy to Melbourne. The old man’s sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas editions of magazines around the country and appearing in mags for Mental Health. A slide presentation has also been made based on his simple, but eloquent, poem.

And this old man, with nothing left to give to the world, is now the author of this ‘anonymous’ poem winging across the Internet.

Cranky Old Man

What do you see nurses? . . . . .What do you see?
What are you thinking .. . . . . when you’re looking at me?
A cranky old man, . . . . . .not very wise,
Uncertain of habit .. . . . . . . . with faraway eyes?

Who dribbles his food .. . .. . . . . and makes no reply.
When you say in a loud voice . . . . .. ‘I do wish you’d try!’
Who seems not to notice . . . . .the things that you do.
And forever is losing . . . . . . . . . . A sock or shoe?

Who, resisting or not .. . . . . . . . . . . lets you do as you will,
With bathing and feeding . . . . . .The long day to fill?
Is that what you’re thinking? . . . . . . Is that what you see?
Then open your eyes, nurse . . . . . . you’re not looking at me.

I’ll tell you who I am . . . . . . . As I sit here so still,
As I do at your bidding, . . . . . . as I eat at your will.
I’m a small child of Ten . . . . . . . with a father and mother,
Brothers and sisters .. . . . . . . . who love one another

A young boy of Sixteen . . . . . with wings on his feet
Dreaming that soon now . . . . .. . . a lover he’ll meet.
A groom soon at Twenty . . . . . . . my heart gives a leap.
Remembering, the vows .. . . . . . that I promised to keep.

At Twenty-Five, now . . . . . … . . . . I have young of my own.
Who need me to guide . . . . And a secure happy home.
A man of Thirty . . . . . . . . .. My young now grown fast,
Bound to each other . . . . . . . With ties that should last.

At Forty, my young sons .. . . . . have grown and are gone,
But my woman is beside me . . . . . . . to see I don’t mourn.
At Fifty, once more, . . . . . . ..Babies play ‘round my knee,
Again, we know children . . . . . . . My loved one and me.

Dark days are upon me . . . . . . . . My wife is now dead.
I look at the future … . . . . . . . . . . . . . I shudder with dread.
For my young are all rearing . . . . . . young of their own.
And I think of the years . . .. . . . . And the love that I’ve known.

I’m now an old man . . . . . . . . . and nature is cruel.
It’s jest to make old age . . . . . . . look like a fool.
The body, it crumbles .. . . . … . . . . . grace and vigor, depart.
There is now a stone .. . . . . .. . where I once had a heart.

But inside this old carcass . . . .. A young man still dwells,
And now and again . . . .. . . . my battered heart swells
I remember the joys . .. . . . . . . . .. . I remember the pain.
And I’m loving and living . . . . .. . . . . . . . . life over again.

I think of the years . all too few . . . . . . gone too fast.
And accept the stark fact . . . . . . . . that nothing can last.
So open your eyes, people . . . . . . . . open and see.
Not a cranky old man . Look closer . . . . see . . . . . .. . ME!!

Remember this poem when you next meet an older person who you might brush aside without looking at the young soul within . . . . . we will all, one day, be there, too!

Dinetta said:

Hello Orchid40…coming to grips with a housetrained pony here…hope the chicken feed pellets have given him a mild bellyache…I tell him I only let him live (a) he’s cute (b) he poops a lot LOL!

A housetrained pony??? LOL Does he live in the house?
I gather you want to use the end product in your garden!

orchid40 said:

Dinetta said:

Hello Orchid40…coming to grips with a housetrained pony here…hope the chicken feed pellets have given him a mild bellyache…I tell him I only let him live (a) he’s cute (b) he poops a lot LOL!

A housetrained pony??? LOL Does he live in the house?
I gather you want to use the end product in your garden!

Just what every house needs…house train pony in the loo and you with a huge guts ache:P

CRANKY OLD MAN

Sniff Sniff that’s so good Lucky. Goes off to find tissues……………..

orchid40 said:

CRANKY OLD MAN

Sniff Sniff that’s so good Lucky. Goes off to find tissues……………..

I know…. sniff…so beautiful.

Pa has such a smart brain and so alert still too………Love listening to all his old yarns:)

orchid40 said:

Dinetta said:

Hello Orchid40…coming to grips with a housetrained pony here…hope the chicken feed pellets have given him a mild bellyache…I tell him I only let him live (a) he’s cute (b) he poops a lot LOL!

A housetrained pony??? LOL Does he live in the house?
I gather you want to use the end product in your garden!

No, thank goodness! however he will walk through the house if a door is open, we have him in the house yard at the moment to keep an eye on him and his hooves…by housetrained, I mean he does not gallop through the house or use it for a toilet…

Dinetta said:

orchid40 said:

Dinetta said:

Hello Orchid40…coming to grips with a housetrained pony here…hope the chicken feed pellets have given him a mild bellyache…I tell him I only let him live (a) he’s cute (b) he poops a lot LOL!

A housetrained pony??? LOL Does he live in the house?
I gather you want to use the end product in your garden!

No, thank goodness! however he will walk through the house if a door is open, we have him in the house yard at the moment to keep an eye on him and his hooves…by housetrained, I mean he does not gallop through the house or use it for a toilet…

ROFL! That’s a relief!

Why oh why did I decide to have this 21st at home? I must have been mad. The house is a pigsty, everwhere I look is dust. How on earth did i let it get so bad?

Panic is setting in and I have a headache. :(

bubba louie said:

Why oh why did I decide to have this 21st at home? I must have been mad. The house is a pigsty, everwhere I look is dust. How on earth did i let it get so bad?

Panic is setting in and I have a headache. :(

I’ve spent two hours in the kitchen and it’s still not clean. Two panadol a cup of tea and some computer time before I start again.

At least dust doesn’t show up as much at night. LOL

When/if we move I’m not taking all my collectables. they’re just more work.

bubba louie said:

At least dust doesn’t show up as much at night. LOL

When/if we move I’m not taking all my collectables. they’re just more work.

Plus the average 21 year old wouldn’t notice dust at all, I reckon.

bon008 said:

bubba louie said:

At least dust doesn’t show up as much at night. LOL

When/if we move I’m not taking all my collectables. they’re just more work.

Plus the average 21 year old wouldn’t notice dust at all, I reckon.

That’s true but some of their parents are coming as well. :(

bubba louie said:

bon008 said:

bubba louie said:

At least dust doesn’t show up as much at night. LOL

When/if we move I’m not taking all my collectables. they’re just more work.

Plus the average 21 year old wouldn’t notice dust at all, I reckon.

That’s true but some of their parents are coming as well. :(

2 glasses of wine, 2 beers and that’s the parents sorted … ask the Mums to help in the kitchen and get the Dads to “help” Mr BL with supervision…that’s the parents as participants in the party and who gives a rats what they think…is that “super” sister in law coming as well???

bubba louie said:

bon008 said:

bubba louie said:

At least dust doesn’t show up as much at night. LOL

When/if we move I’m not taking all my collectables. they’re just more work.

Plus the average 21 year old wouldn’t notice dust at all, I reckon.

That’s true but some of their parents are coming as well. :(

Try candles and tea lights… no one will see anything:)

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

bon008 said:

Plus the average 21 year old wouldn’t notice dust at all, I reckon.

That’s true but some of their parents are coming as well. :(

2 glasses of wine, 2 beers and that’s the parents sorted … ask the Mums to help in the kitchen and get the Dads to “help” Mr BL with supervision…that’s the parents as participants in the party and who gives a rats what they think…is that “super” sister in law coming as well???

It’s not the sister in law that’s the rabid house cleaner, it’s my sister, and no they’re OS. :)
My S-I-L is as bad as me. LOL

Lucky1 said:

bubba louie said:

bon008 said:

Plus the average 21 year old wouldn’t notice dust at all, I reckon.

That’s true but some of their parents are coming as well. :(

Try candles and tea lights… no one will see anything:)

Until the house burns down. LOL

I’m slowly getting things in order and the party isn’t until the 19th.

The cake is sorted, I just need the birthday boy to decide what type he wants. The shop only needs 1 day notice. I’ve more or less got the menu worked out in my head. It’s a barby so that’s easy. I’m buying some of the appertisers and making salads. Leonards poultry does catering packs of finger food and we’ve found an Indian shop that has bulk frozen samosas. The cake is desert with some fruit salad for anyone not into rich cake.
I’m not sure wether to do a creamy potato bake or baby jacket spuds with herb butter??????
MrBL is getting a big screen and a projector from his work and we’re going to have pictures of the BB, at various ages, running on a loop. We hope anyway, he hasn’t organised it yet.
Lots of music and booze should keep everyone happy.

I’ve had a fun day in the garden, I grabbed a window in the rain and wind and sprayed the roses for fungal stuff. Built a support fence for the broad beans cos I know they’ll get tall and the wind will knock them around. My carrots and Spring onions are up and the leeks are nearly big enough to transplant. We had an admiration moment discussing how good the lemon tree is now, compared to the miserable specimen we inherited. The nectarine blossom is opening now, I only just squeezed the leafcurl spray in before that. Whew! The raspberries have new leaves happening, and suckers are coming up from where I shifted 2 of them. I suppose they grow into fruiting canes ?? Lots of blossom on the little Lemonade tree, gee it’s a productive little thing. The strawberries are looking good and healthy so far :)
When can I expect the artichokes to flower? They are spreading themselves out and very leafy. The plum trees are in blossom and the Spring bulbs, Azaleas,Orchids and Camellias are flowering. Oh, and I have bins full of potatoes growing again :)
That’s what’s happening in my little world.

When can I expect the artichokes to flower? They are spreading themselves out and very leafy. The plum trees are in blossom and the Spring bulbs, Azaleas,Orchids and Camellias are flowering. Oh, and I have bins full of potatoes growing again :)
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the artichokes are flowering and being picked at my daughters place in adelaide. mine are not flowering yet but they will be one of the early spring treats.
my strawbs and raspberries are growing well too. my big (15kg of seed spuds) potato patch has been chewed by mites.

Got tomatoes up already :) The rare heritage ones, yellow oxheart, prosperity, yellow stuffing and college challenger. The light box is fantastic. Theres also 2 little pots of sweet basil in there and they have come up so prolifically they are pushing the potting mix up and out lol.
Piccies tomorrow.

pepe said:

When can I expect the artichokes to flower? They are spreading themselves out and very leafy. The plum trees are in blossom and the Spring bulbs, Azaleas,Orchids and Camellias are flowering. Oh, and I have bins full of potatoes growing again :)
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the artichokes are flowering and being picked at my daughters place in adelaide. mine are not flowering yet but they will be one of the early spring treats.
my strawbs and raspberries are growing well too. my big (15kg of seed spuds) potato patch has been chewed by mites.

Where have you been? We (I) were getting quite worried about your non-appearance?

Ah, OK, I have just seen your post in the For Pepe thread…whew!

Good that you’ve found computer company who understand your mindset…

Get this…because Fashionasta’s IBM laptop is top of the range, it can’t be touched by dem hicks in Rockhampton, Oi Heck! no…so it has to be delivered to the workshop at Sid’s Knee or Brisneyland…but you can’t just deliver it…on the day that you are ready to part with this ‘puter, you ring the workshop at said destinations and they organize the pickup …bet she’s glad it’s a business computer…she said the IBM chap was rude…

Happy Potter said:

Got tomatoes up already :) The rare heritage ones, yellow oxheart, prosperity, yellow stuffing and college challenger. The light box is fantastic. Theres also 2 little pots of sweet basil in there and they have come up so prolifically they are pushing the potting mix up and out lol.
Piccies tomorrow.

Aren’t your seeds clever clogs LOL!!

Mine (planted Sunday) are still thinking about it…the 10C at night has them huddled into their nice warm soil…I have spread a very thin layer of almost powdered HP over their pots…

A couple of my corn seedlings have passed away…not sure if they were eaten, but I am not worried…next moon phase I will plant replacements now that I know I have a viable batch of seeds…

Get this…because Fashionasta’s IBM laptop is top of the range, it can’t be touched by dem hicks in Rockhampton, Oi Heck! no…so it has to be delivered to the workshop at Sid’s Knee or Brisneyland…but you can’t just deliver it…on the day that you are ready to part with this ‘puter, you ring the workshop at said destinations and they organize the pickup…bet she’s glad it’s a business computer…she said the IBM chap was rude…
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thank goodness for business tax deductions.
the awkward bit is that top of the range will be bottom in two year’s time. i like the look of the new 19 inch computer screens – and you can buy them fairly cheaply now. a new screen will be my next upgrade i’m thinking.

Happy Potter said:

Got tomatoes up already :) The rare heritage ones, yellow oxheart, prosperity, yellow stuffing and college challenger. The light box is fantastic. Theres also 2 little pots of sweet basil in there and they have come up so prolifically they are pushing the potting mix up and out lol.
Piccies tomorrow.

that light box does sound excellent – my seedlings are spindly again. can we see the light box in the piccies please.
my garden is producing fantastic spinach and silver beet as well as the usual suspects like carrots, herbs, celery, kale, cabbage, leeks, beetroot. the sprouts are not the best – too loose and some going to seed. chickpeas and peas are just coming on and i’ve picked my first broad beans.
the broccoli have finished and the winter toms grew huge but not a single fruit. lettuce.

the broccoli have finished and the winter toms grew huge but not a single fruit. lettuce.
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lettuce what pepe???

“the broccoli and lettuce have finished and the winter toms grew huge but not a single fruit.

Afternoon all :)

Things are all go here – we’ve just had our first appointment with our finance broker about the new house plan.

It’s come down to.. either find a block we like more than this one, and in our price range, or we knock down this place.. sniffles

Mrs. Almost Bimbo just rang…… her and Mr. Almost Bimbo are taking the dad’s out for Father’s Day lunch and the mum’s & Pa get to go as well. Hope Jimbob goes too…….seeing as Pa is here.

Lucky1 said:

Mrs. Almost Bimbo just rang…… her and Mr. Almost Bimbo are taking the dad’s out for Father’s Day lunch and the mum’s & Pa get to go as well. Hope Jimbob goes too…….seeing as Pa is here.

That’ll be nice :)

bon008 said:

Lucky1 said:

Mrs. Almost Bimbo just rang…… her and Mr. Almost Bimbo are taking the dad’s out for Father’s Day lunch and the mum’s & Pa get to go as well. Hope Jimbob goes too…….seeing as Pa is here.

That’ll be nice :)

Yeah……… beautiful….

Lucky1 said:

Mrs. Almost Bimbo just rang…… her and Mr. Almost Bimbo are taking the dad’s out for Father’s Day lunch and the mum’s & Pa get to go as well. Hope Jimbob goes too…….seeing as Pa is here.

They thought of this off their own bat? What a fantastic gesture! Means more than gifts…well it is a gift I suppose…one of my daughters calls this kind of thing “making memories”…(when she was in years 8 & 9!!)

CRANKY OLD MAN

so true, Lucky…

Good Morning gardeners,
Looking good outside here ATM
BB soon

Well I inspected the troops and weeded a bed or two and then it rained. Ah well my Dr said I mustn’t weed for 6 hours at a time anyway LOL!

Sounds to me like you need l-o-t-s more mulch, Orchid40!

g’day
its been raining again
yes weeds are a nuisance altho’ they are a sign of good soil and a boon for the compost.

the state government is planning on increasing the population in this area by 120,000 people. in thirty years. that should overwhelm the current 20,000 residents. its all good farming land being consumed. blah – goodbye countryside.

one last coffee for the day.

Dinetta said:

Lucky1 said:

Mrs. Almost Bimbo just rang…… her and Mr. Almost Bimbo are taking the dad’s out for Father’s Day lunch and the mum’s & Pa get to go as well. Hope Jimbob goes too…….seeing as Pa is here.

They thought of this off their own bat? What a fantastic gesture! Means more than gifts…well it is a gift I suppose…one of my daughters calls this kind of thing “making memories”…(when she was in years 8 & 9!!)

Yes, first time this year they she has ever done this for us;) Worth the wait.

pops in briefly

grumble grumble grumble

Mother in law dropped my phone and now it won’t turn on. Harrrrrrummmph. Not impressed.

bon008 said:

pops in briefly

grumble grumble grumble

Mother in law dropped my phone and now it won’t turn on. Harrrrrrummmph. Not impressed.

Mine fell out when I was riding my bike…I managed to get it up off the bitumen before a cattle truck ran over the spot…all that was broken was the battery…so there’s hope yet, Bon008

My new mobile handset is here

:)

A very handsome “red” one it is, too… more like a dark ochre but hey that’s red isn’t it?

Off for a coffee while I read the instruction book…might feed this cat that’s trying to push my keyboard off the desk, while I’m about it…

The cat won, I am typing with the keyboard on my knee…he has been “sooky” all week…

Dinetta said:

The cat won, I am typing with the keyboard on my knee…he has been “sooky” all week…

Love a happy ending:)

Morning

Got me plaster and tile glue yard clothes on,,going to see if I can finish the shed tiling background today. Then grout next , seal it and hopefully finished soon :)

>Mother in law dropped my phone and now it won’t turn on. Harrrrrrummmph. Not impressed.

Take off the battery. Clean the contacts (phone and battery) with a soft white rubber. Blow off rubber bits.

Put together. Try now..

It might work, you never know.

bubba louie said:

Why oh why did I decide to have this 21st at home? I must have been mad. The house is a pigsty, everwhere I look is dust. How on earth did i let it get so bad?

Panic is setting in and I have a headache. :(

get someone in to do the cleaning for you?

Oh yes – Good Morning all!

Morning! Reporting in after 48hrs in Bris. Starting to hate the higiway travel between there and home. Trucks seem to be getting bigger and faster. There are road works everywhere. Notices up to say that the section of Bruce Higiway closest to us is about to be upgraded to 4 lanes. Now this is definately good and needed but can you imagine the frustration while it.s happening. “Groan”

We had a little rain last night. 4mls in fact. Not much evidence left of it now but it was a start, I hope.

I’m using delaying tactics while trying to muster up some energy and head out into the garden. MrP is achieving and achieving out there and I’m hiding. Just not going to be my day I feel.

Dinetta said:

bon008 said:

pops in briefly

grumble grumble grumble

Mother in law dropped my phone and now it won’t turn on. Harrrrrrummmph. Not impressed.

Mine fell out when I was riding my bike…I managed to get it up off the bitumen before a cattle truck ran over the spot…all that was broken was the battery…so there’s hope yet, Bon008

Don’t think it will be that simple – it gets halfway through booting up, then hangs. But we’ll see.. sigh

Crap:( Just poured skinny coke into a dirty coffee mug. Oh well extra caffeine… won’t go astray.

Happy Fathers Day to all you dads out there :D

I hope you have a great day and lots of hugs and kisses from your kids.

My middle daughter and her fiance are planning to cook a roast for Fathers Day at their place, and both sets of parents there and all kids, and with all our combined kids siblings and grandkids it’s going to be big! My two other girls will help their sister cook the meal, but the son in law to be only has brothers and they arn’t allowed in the kitchen. They will however get taught how to do table settings lol. I laugh because they are all builders and wouldn’t have a clue what a dessert fork is.

I think this is a nicer thing for their dads than a gift wrapped pressie :D
I’m not allowed to help either, so an easy day for me too :)

Happy Father’s Day to all dads out there.
I am new to this forum, but some of you will know me from ‘around the traps’…I am known as Karingal or Midgin. I look forward to reading the old posts and catching up on the news.

Hello Karingal: long time no see…it’s been years…

Happy Father’s day……… Mr. & Mrs. Almost Bimbo are taking their dads out for lunch and the hanger on’s get to go too.

Been years since we had FD with Pa:D

Morning All,
Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads, Pas, Pops, etc out there. I hope your kids give you a great day.
Mr O40’s daughter & BF are coming down. I get to do the cooking. Hmm – what’s wrong with this picture? Hahaha.
Hi Karingal – good to see you here!
HP, enjoy your day as much as the menfolk do!

Morning All,
Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads, Pas, Pops, etc out there. I hope your kids give you a great day.
Mr O40’s daughter & BF are coming down. I get to do the cooking. Hmm – what’s wrong with this picture? Hahaha.
Hi Karingal – good to see you here!
HP, enjoy your day as much as the menfolk do!

Pa is staying another week…………………… yay.

Morning All,
Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads, Pas, Pops, etc out there. I hope your kids give you a great day.
Mr O40’s daughter & BF are coming down. I get to do the cooking. Hmm – what’s wrong with this picture? Hahaha.
Hi Karingal – good to see you here!
HP, enjoy your day as much as the menfolk do!

Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads..

I lost mine in 1994, but think of him often. A really solid character and so capable in whatever he tried.

But most of all he was wise in ways I still admire.

Treasure your Dad and tell him you do, while you still can.

colliewa said:

Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads..

I lost mine in 1994, but think of him often. A really solid character and so capable in whatever he tried.

But most of all he was wise in ways I still admire.

Treasure your Dad and tell him you do, while you still can.

Children are so lucky when we see our parents in eyes like yours Collie:)

Happy Potter said:

Happy Fathers Day to all you dads out there :D
I hope you have a great day and lots of hugs and kisses from your kids.

dark chocolates here – yum.
i hate the father’s day advertising and told them not to give me anything.

Happy Potter said:

My middle daughter and her fiance are planning to cook a roast for Fathers Day at their place, and both sets of parents there and all kids, and with all our combined kids siblings and grandkids it’s going to be big! My two other girls will help their sister cook the meal, but the son in law to be only has brothers and they arn’t allowed in the kitchen. They will however get taught how to do table settings lol. I laugh because they are all builders and wouldn’t have a clue what a dessert fork is.

I think this is a nicer thing for their dads than a gift wrapped pressie :D
I’m not allowed to help either, so an easy day for me too :)

ROFL… for fathers’ day my dad is coming over to help me pick up some mulch with his trailer… :D

morning folks. Mr BG got the movies 2001 & 2010 on Blu-ray from #1 daughter. He’s stoked.

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

Happy Fathers Day to all you dads out there :D
I hope you have a great day and lots of hugs and kisses from your kids.

dark chocolates here – yum.
i hate the father’s day advertising and told them not to give me anything.

JimBob is here and gad the elf a show bag of Charlesworth Nuts. Elf is very happy.

Whew. Dad has been and gone – we picked up one trailer load of mulch which was just enough to mulch the area I’ve weeded so far. He also tied up my wisteria for me so hopfully this season it will grow upwards rather than outwards.

Sent him home with a couple of lemons and a whole lot of mushrooms – can’t keep up with our box at the moment.

He’s still full of beans but I’m knackered – my hands are aching like nuts.

orchid40 said:

Morning All,
Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads, Pas, Pops, etc out there. I hope your kids give you a great day.
Mr O40’s daughter & BF are coming down. I get to do the cooking. Hmm – what’s wrong with this picture? Hahaha.
Hi Karingal – good to see you here!
HP, enjoy your day as much as the menfolk do!

Sorry about all these repeats – my pooter was behaving like it wasn’t posting when it was !

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

Happy Fathers Day to all you dads out there :D
I hope you have a great day and lots of hugs and kisses from your kids.

dark chocolates here – yum.
i hate the father’s day advertising and told them not to give me anything.

I forgot it was Father’s Day, ignored all the advertisements…but a friend told me on Friday night what they were doing so … whew!

Darrell Lea chocholates (dark and milk, hard and soft mix) and a scratch-it casket ticket, in a monkey burning the BBQ bag…plus a brunch that’s nearly carried us to dinner…that’s about as much fuss as he can cope with!!

colliewa said:

Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads..

I lost mine in 1994, but think of him often. A really solid character and so capable in whatever he tried.

But most of all he was wise in ways I still admire.

Treasure your Dad and tell him you do, while you still can.

I whole heartedly second that Collie.

Well that’s another Father’s Day over. MrP got a subscription to the Sub-tropical Gardening Magazine. Guess who wins this fathers day. Me! I made him pancakes for breakfast just to make him feel loved and needed, which he is.

Hope all the Dads around had a memorable day with their families.

Now I sit round and wait a while because my birthday is the next event on the calendar.

>my hands are aching like nuts.

Bon, with the greatest respect, how would you know? ;^|

This just makes me very happy, and well worth the 62,000,000 youtube hits!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8

The evolution of dance is pretty good too..

>Bon, with the greatest respect, how would you know? ;^|

I’m only joking Bon, no offence intended!

pomolo said:

Well that’s another Father’s Day over. MrP got a subscription to the Sub-tropical Gardening Magazine.

some fellers are just so lucky…

colliewa said:

>my hands are aching like nuts.

Bon, with the greatest respect, how would you know? ;^|

ROFL!!

colliewa said:

This just makes me very happy, and well worth the 62,000,000 youtube hits!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8

need to find the headphones…

Well Here I am, happy as a bumble bee as four out of 8 of my BBY tomato seeds have come up, including the yellow one. They were about ½ an inch high yesterday…one came up to the side of the pot when I distinctly remember planting them all in the middle…so who knows? Possibly with moving the HP each day, I may have moved the seeds and disadvantaged the others….there is a feral in the garden bed, so I’ll pot him/her up until the rest are ready to move out…or is that in?

One of the corn is 6” high already…I’m waiting on the chainsaw to come back from its service as some leucaena is right beside the carport wall and needs to dieeeeeeeeeeeeeee…..hahahahahaha (evil cackle)…there’s plenty of boganvillea there for the pumpkins to climb once they get going…I think I will plant… copying this to my Dinetta’s Projects thread…

colliewa said:

This just makes me very happy, and well worth the 62,000,000 youtube hits!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8

Boy, do those fingers move or what?

Morning, lovely FD arvo had by all and a yummy meal cooked by the girls. Mr.HP got a bag of his fave choc goodies, he’s a chocolate freak. He had a great time, as did the fiance’s dad :D

But we couldn’t even have a FD without a drama. It’s not in the familys ‘consta-bloody-tution’ lol! 2 seconds after I posted yesdy morn my eldest girl rang me in tears, she was taken to hospital by her boyfriend with terrible abdominal pain and was there for hours. Looks like she has gallstones now. Ultrasound today. She was feeling too icky still to help cook but she had pain tabs and needed to rest so I fussed over her.

Storms and rain expected tonight. Hope they’re right. Did more pruning yesterday so the mulcher will be off to a roaring start today.

Have to squeeze in some grocery shopping today. How come the thrill of grocery shopping isn’t happening anymore for me? I think I actually hate it. My list is never very long but I still have to take out a personal loan to pay for everything.

Has anyone ever tried to grow a longan tree? I bought a few fruit to try one day and they are rather nice. A lot like lychees. Now we have the seeds and MrP wants to plant them. I will have to do a bit or research on the net I guess. Our Lychee tree is covered in flowers this year. Should get some fruit if the weather is kind.

Good morning to all that go here. Enjoy your Monday.

Happy Potter said:

Morning, lovely FD arvo had by all and a yummy meal cooked by the girls. Mr.HP got a bag of his fave choc goodies, he’s a chocolate freak. He had a great time, as did the fiance’s dad :D

But we couldn’t even have a FD without a drama. It’s not in the familys ‘consta-bloody-tution’ lol! 2 seconds after I posted yesdy morn my eldest girl rang me in tears, she was taken to hospital by her boyfriend with terrible abdominal pain and was there for hours. Looks like she has gallstones now. Ultrasound today. She was feeling too icky still to help cook but she had pain tabs and needed to rest so I fussed over her.

Morning HP. Gallstones can be bluddy painful things. Glad you had a good FD though.

Thanks Pomolo, the daughter will be right soon enough.

I’m off myself today to help re build an elderly gents garden. He’s a neighbour of a friend of mine and the other day whilst visiting her we thought we might ask him if would like some plants in his bare yard. Then he showed us pics of his previously beautiful garden.. it was destroyed by his sons dog when the son came back home to live for a few months. Pots too. Only thing left is a beautiful ornate arch that did have a climbing rose on it.
I’ve got a carport full of bags of horse manure so taking lots of that and garden tools to dig it in. In time we will re plant the lot inc rose beds and flower borders and shrubs and things in pots that are easily looked after. My friend got a couple large wooden fruit crates from a market gardener, so we’re going to fill them for a raised vege bed , and I have the vege seedlings.

Brekky and shower then I’m off :)

This just makes me very happy, and well worth the 62,000,000 youtube hits!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8

>Boy, do those fingers move or what?

He is a talented individual, that’s for sure!

pomolo said:

Has anyone ever tried to grow a longan tree?

Tried the DPI website? Is there a DPI in Gympie, or perhaps you could ring somebody?

I think a friend of ours, who grows tropical fruit for the market, grows longans and lychees side by side, so to speak…

colliewa said:

>my hands are aching like nuts.

Bon, with the greatest respect, how would you know? ;^|

Umm.. I’m highly empathetic? :D

Trust you Collie! LOL

colliewa said:

>Bon, with the greatest respect, how would you know? ;^|

I’m only joking Bon, no offence intended!

hehe, none taken, I had gone by then since this place was so quiet!

Happy Potter said:

I’m off myself today to help re build an elderly gents garden. He’s a neighbour of a friend of mine and the other day whilst visiting her we thought we might ask him if would like some plants in his bare yard. Then he showed us pics of his previously beautiful garden.. it was destroyed by his sons dog when the son came back home to live for a few months. Pots too. Only thing left is a beautiful ornate arch that did have a climbing rose on it.
I’ve got a carport full of bags of horse manure so taking lots of that and garden tools to dig it in. In time we will re plant the lot inc rose beds and flower borders and shrubs and things in pots that are easily looked after. My friend got a couple large wooden fruit crates from a market gardener, so we’re going to fill them for a raised vege bed , and I have the vege seedlings.

Oh my goodness – Lucky, I think you need to lend the super undies to HP!! Is this woman crazy or what? I don’t know how you have the energy, on top of everything else in your life!!

I hope one day I work out the secret to having this much get-up-and-go..

:)

Happy Potter said:

Thanks Pomolo, the daughter will be right soon enough.

I’m off myself today to help re build an elderly gents garden. He’s a neighbour of a friend of mine and the other day whilst visiting her we thought we might ask him if would like some plants in his bare yard. Then he showed us pics of his previously beautiful garden.. it was destroyed by his sons dog when the son came back home to live for a few months. Pots too. Only thing left is a beautiful ornate arch that did have a climbing rose on it.
I’ve got a carport full of bags of horse manure so taking lots of that and garden tools to dig it in. In time we will re plant the lot inc rose beds and flower borders and shrubs and things in pots that are easily looked after. My friend got a couple large wooden fruit crates from a market gardener, so we’re going to fill them for a raised vege bed , and I have the vege seedlings.

Brekky and shower then I’m off :)

what a lovely thing to do. I’m sure he will love it :)

bon008 said:

I hope one day I work out the secret to having this much get-up-and-go..

:)

me too!

morning folks. I thought I was over this jet lag thing as I felt quite normal yesterday, but last night I got about 3 hours sleep and now I feel crap! Going to go have lunch with Mr BG who is back at work today, and then I think I will get my haircut. Should feel a bit better after that. Hen that went broody while I was away has hatched 2 chicks. She started off with more eggs apparently but they kept disappearing. I suspect crows. Will have to clean out the nursery cage for them as they are currently in the main chook pen which means the other chooks steal the crumbles and dirty up the chick’s water.

Morning bg :)

hi bon

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

I hope one day I work out the secret to having this much get-up-and-go..

:)

me too!

I don’t have a secret for get- up- and- go, but the nike logo ‘ just do it!’ is one of my fave mottos. I thought it was great!

Well the rain made us stop so I’m back home. It’s freezing and it’s just the day for a vege filled beef casserole. Decided on an apple pie too, with a custard shortcrust pastry. I must be hungry.

Happy Potter said:

I don’t have a secret for get- up- and- go, but the nike logo ‘ just do it!’ is one of my fave mottos. I thought it was great!

Well the rain made us stop so I’m back home. It’s freezing and it’s just the day for a vege filled beef casserole. Decided on an apple pie too, with a custard shortcrust pastry. I must be hungry.

Well, “just do it” could apply to lying around on the couch as well grin

Happy Potter said:

Well the rain made us stop so I’m back home. It’s freezing and it’s just the day for a vege filled beef casserole. Decided on an apple pie too, with a custard shortcrust pastry. I must be hungry.

What’s a custard shortcrust pastry?

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

Well the rain made us stop so I’m back home. It’s freezing and it’s just the day for a vege filled beef casserole. Decided on an apple pie too, with a custard shortcrust pastry. I must be hungry.

What’s a custard shortcrust pastry?

Beautiful thats what..some custard powder in the mix gives it a lovely vanilla flavour , golden colour and makes it melt in the mouth.

I’m getting good at this short crust ,so I can show off my applie pie now rather than hide it LOL

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

I’m off myself today to help re build an elderly gents garden. He’s a neighbour of a friend of mine and the other day whilst visiting her we thought we might ask him if would like some plants in his bare yard. Then he showed us pics of his previously beautiful garden.. it was destroyed by his sons dog when the son came back home to live for a few months. Pots too. Only thing left is a beautiful ornate arch that did have a climbing rose on it.
I’ve got a carport full of bags of horse manure so taking lots of that and garden tools to dig it in. In time we will re plant the lot inc rose beds and flower borders and shrubs and things in pots that are easily looked after. My friend got a couple large wooden fruit crates from a market gardener, so we’re going to fill them for a raised vege bed , and I have the vege seedlings.

Oh my goodness – Lucky, I think you need to lend the super undies to HP!! Is this woman crazy or what? I don’t know how you have the energy, on top of everything else in your life!!

I hope one day I work out the secret to having this much get-up-and-go..

:)

Passes my wonder woman undies over to HP……..freshly washed of course;P

had a nice lunch with Mr BG. Got my hair cut. Have set up and moved mother hen with her two chicks to their own pen and cleaned out the old litter from the chook pen and put fresh straw in. Worked up a bit of a sweat after that so having a rest.

Happy Potter said:

Thanks Pomolo, the daughter will be right soon enough.

I’m off myself today to help re build an elderly gents garden. He’s a neighbour of a friend of mine and the other day whilst visiting her we thought we might ask him if would like some plants in his bare yard. Then he showed us pics of his previously beautiful garden.. it was destroyed by his sons dog when the son came back home to live for a few months. Pots too. Only thing left is a beautiful ornate arch that did have a climbing rose on it.
I’ve got a carport full of bags of horse manure so taking lots of that and garden tools to dig it in. In time we will re plant the lot inc rose beds and flower borders and shrubs and things in pots that are easily looked after. My friend got a couple large wooden fruit crates from a market gardener, so we’re going to fill them for a raised vege bed , and I have the vege seedlings.

Brekky and shower then I’m off :)

You and your friend are good people HP. What goes around will come around and ‘it’ will return to you one day.

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

Has anyone ever tried to grow a longan tree?

Tried the DPI website? Is there a DPI in Gympie, or perhaps you could ring somebody?

I think a friend of ours, who grows tropical fruit for the market, grows longans and lychees side by side, so to speak…

Never thought of the DPI. Yes they are in Gympie somewhere. Thanks Dinetta.

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

I hope one day I work out the secret to having this much get-up-and-go..

:)

me too!

Please God! And me as well.

bluegreen said:

morning folks. I thought I was over this jet lag thing as I felt quite normal yesterday, but last night I got about 3 hours sleep and now I feel crap! Going to go have lunch with Mr BG who is back at work today, and then I think I will get my haircut. Should feel a bit better after that. Hen that went broody while I was away has hatched 2 chicks. She started off with more eggs apparently but they kept disappearing. I suspect crows. Will have to clean out the nursery cage for them as they are currently in the main chook pen which means the other chooks steal the crumbles and dirty up the chick’s water.

Fancy you being a grandmother again while you weren’t even there to supervise.

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

I don’t have a secret for get- up- and- go, but the nike logo ‘ just do it!’ is one of my fave mottos. I thought it was great!

Well the rain made us stop so I’m back home. It’s freezing and it’s just the day for a vege filled beef casserole. Decided on an apple pie too, with a custard shortcrust pastry. I must be hungry.

Well, “just do it” could apply to lying around on the couch as well grin

I like it. LOL.

Just had to report that we have had a few showers this arvo. Nothing to blow your mind but things look a little less stressed.

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

morning folks. I thought I was over this jet lag thing as I felt quite normal yesterday, but last night I got about 3 hours sleep and now I feel crap! Going to go have lunch with Mr BG who is back at work today, and then I think I will get my haircut. Should feel a bit better after that. Hen that went broody while I was away has hatched 2 chicks. She started off with more eggs apparently but they kept disappearing. I suspect crows. Will have to clean out the nursery cage for them as they are currently in the main chook pen which means the other chooks steal the crumbles and dirty up the chick’s water.

Fancy you being a grandmother again while you weren’t even there to supervise.

got another sitting on eggs down the side of the house too. Couldn’t budge her for quits so might just leave her there. It is a relatively safe spot as it is well covered with growth and has climbing rose brambles through it too. One reason it was so hard for me to remove her! lol! will just have to keep an eye on her and be ready to pop her in a safe place once the chicks hatch.

Passes my wonder woman undies over to HP……..freshly washed of course;P

LOL
Hands them back freshly washed with lavendar in the rinse water :)

My day is done, I’m stuffed and ready to relax in pj’s and fluffy slippers.
The apple pie was demolished by males wanting seconds! I’ll have to make another for visitors tomorrow.

bluegreen said:

had a nice lunch with Mr BG. Got my hair cut. Have set up and moved mother hen with her two chicks to their own pen and cleaned out the old litter from the chook pen and put fresh straw in. Worked up a bit of a sweat after that so having a rest.

You will feel less spaced out once you’re back in a routine.
Chooks love fresh straw eh!

BTW ,the white bantams are going great, laying an egg a day each and have abandoned all thoughts of ever leaving Cluckingham Palace again, they absolutely love it here now. They were eating brown grubs I got off a fern straight out of my hand :)
They and the 3 isa browns were let out yesdy to forage in the garden beds and they had a bug blast and didn’t wreck any plants.
Only thing was , they don’t know quite yet that when I walk to their pen with my white bucket of food for them, that it’s time to go back home..so I grabbed the broom and walked up the path and they took one look at me and went back in instantly lol!

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

had a nice lunch with Mr BG. Got my hair cut. Have set up and moved mother hen with her two chicks to their own pen and cleaned out the old litter from the chook pen and put fresh straw in. Worked up a bit of a sweat after that so having a rest.

You will feel less spaced out once you’re back in a routine.
Chooks love fresh straw eh!

BTW ,the white bantams are going great, laying an egg a day each and have abandoned all thoughts of ever leaving Cluckingham Palace again, they absolutely love it here now. They were eating brown grubs I got off a fern straight out of my hand :)
They and the 3 isa browns were let out yesdy to forage in the garden beds and they had a bug blast and didn’t wreck any plants.
Only thing was , they don’t know quite yet that when I walk to their pen with my white bucket of food for them, that it’s time to go back home..so I grabbed the broom and walked up the path and they took one look at me and went back in instantly lol!

glad to hear that they have settled in :)

Good nearly afternoon All

hello o40 :)

floors done :)

Afternoon :)

Woohoo terrific day here!
I’ve been in meetings and running about madly.
Firstly giant son has finally been accepted by disability victoria, with an excellent annual funding package that will go a long way to help him with various programmes and educational courses. Psychologist weekly, and consultant psychiatrist monthly. He is 18 in Nov and he cannot stay in Resi care after then and we know we won’t cope with him at home fulltime, so next on the list is looking for accomodation for him.

Secondly, eldest daughter has won a scolarship to Deakin Uni to further her nursing studies for next year. Her sights are set on midwifery.
Well good on her. But she can have that. I’d hate it , all those screaming bubs lol.

Hubby and I are escaping for the night and going to a meal then a movie. :D

Happy Potter said:

Afternoon :)

Woohoo terrific day here!
I’ve been in meetings and running about madly.
Firstly giant son has finally been accepted by disability victoria, with an excellent annual funding package that will go a long way to help him with various programmes and educational courses. Psychologist weekly, and consultant psychiatrist monthly. He is 18 in Nov and he cannot stay in Resi care after then and we know we won’t cope with him at home fulltime, so next on the list is looking for accomodation for him.

Secondly, eldest daughter has won a scolarship to Deakin Uni to further her nursing studies for next year. Her sights are set on midwifery.
Well good on her. But she can have that. I’d hate it , all those screaming bubs lol.

Hubby and I are escaping for the night and going to a meal then a movie. :D

excellent news about Giant Son, HP, and not before time!

as for midwifery, it would be the screaming mums that would get to me, but congratulations to eldest daughter nevertheless.

Enjoy your night out :)

Happy Potter said:

Afternoon :)

Woohoo terrific day here!
I’ve been in meetings and running about madly.
Firstly giant son has finally been accepted by disability victoria, with an excellent annual funding package that will go a long way to help him with various programmes and educational courses. Psychologist weekly, and consultant psychiatrist monthly. He is 18 in Nov and he cannot stay in Resi care after then and we know we won’t cope with him at home fulltime, so next on the list is looking for accomodation for him.

Secondly, eldest daughter has won a scolarship to Deakin Uni to further her nursing studies for next year. Her sights are set on midwifery.
Well good on her. But she can have that. I’d hate it , all those screaming bubs lol.

Hubby and I are escaping for the night and going to a meal then a movie. :D

Excellent news HP! Finally you are getting somewhere with GS’s needs and yours. Congratulations to your daughter too, very well done and good luck to her :)

Happy Potter said:

Afternoon :)

Woohoo terrific day here!
I’ve been in meetings and running about madly.
Firstly giant son has finally been accepted by disability victoria, with an excellent annual funding package that will go a long way to help him with various programmes and educational courses. Psychologist weekly, and consultant psychiatrist monthly. He is 18 in Nov and he cannot stay in Resi care after then and we know we won’t cope with him at home fulltime, so next on the list is looking for accomodation for him.

Secondly, eldest daughter has won a scolarship to Deakin Uni to further her nursing studies for next year. Her sights are set on midwifery.
Well good on her. But she can have that. I’d hate it , all those screaming bubs lol.

Hubby and I are escaping for the night and going to a meal then a movie. :D

Woohoo, good news there HP :)

Happy Potter said:

Afternoon :)

Woohoo terrific day here!
I’ve been in meetings and running about madly.
Firstly giant son has finally been accepted by disability victoria, with an excellent annual funding package that will go a long way to help him with various programmes and educational courses. Psychologist weekly, and consultant psychiatrist monthly. He is 18 in Nov and he cannot stay in Resi care after then and we know we won’t cope with him at home fulltime, so next on the list is looking for accomodation for him.

Secondly, eldest daughter has won a scolarship to Deakin Uni to further her nursing studies for next year. Her sights are set on midwifery.
Well good on her. But she can have that. I’d hate it , all those screaming bubs lol.

Hubby and I are escaping for the night and going to a meal then a movie. :D

Most egg-cellent news:) So hope this will make thing easier for you as parents and for R and his siblings.

Most egg-cellent news:) So hope this will make thing easier for you as parents and for R and his siblings.

————————————————
Thanks ladies :)
Yes not before blimmin time. But thank goodness it finally arrived.

Just back again after a call from eldest girl to fix her PC as she couldn’t open some forms in pdf that she needed to fill in. All fixed and cleaned out her PC of crap and updated it. Got her printer and networking going too.

Rest time finally! after being on the go since 7 am I’m ready for the couch, nightie on and a hot choc and my tv shows.
Arhhhh :)
Ni ni’s

Glad you finally got some movement from them on GS HP. You’ve been a saint dealing with this. I couldn’t have done it.

Well today I went another couple of steps along the way to a guvmint job (prisons). Did the interview last week on Monday and that went well, got the letter today. Had my medical today too.

Had to tell Doc about the banding as there was a question about operations. When having asked if I had lost any weight and hearing the answer, he said “Oh, 17Kg.” When I said “No, 70 kg” his eyes widened.. “Bet you feel better” he said… What an understatement.

In front of me is a psych interview by phone on Monday morning (I was open about my breakdown and time with the black dog) and the one I’m dreading, the physical fitness test… I was training for the physical test but my 2 week course (industrial medic) put that on hold.

colliewa said:

Well today I went another couple of steps along the way to a guvmint job (prisons). Did the interview last week on Monday and that went well, got the letter today. Had my medical today too.

Had to tell Doc about the banding as there was a question about operations. When having asked if I had lost any weight and hearing the answer, he said “Oh, 17Kg.” When I said “No, 70 kg” his eyes widened.. “Bet you feel better” he said… What an understatement.

In front of me is a psych interview by phone on Monday morning (I was open about my breakdown and time with the black dog) and the one I’m dreading, the physical fitness test… I was training for the physical test but my 2 week course (industrial medic) put that on hold.

Good luck Collie. Hope it all goes well :)

BTW Collie – my brother took my mobile phone in to a repair place. They managed to fix the not booting up problem, but it isn’t picking up any signal, and they said we’d be throwing money away if we tried to fix it up. Better to replace it :(

I guess I’ll stick it on freecycle in case any electronics nerds want to give it a go.

>Better to replace it :(

Oh well..

You know you can buy a repaid from the same company and swap over the SIM cad.. (works with Helstra at least).

Means you’ll get another phone for guessing $50..

colliewa said:

>Better to replace it :(

Oh well..

You know you can buy a repaid from the same company and swap over the SIM cad.. (works with Helstra at least).

Means you’ll get another phone for guessing $50..

Yeh. I always buy phones outright rather than go on a plan.

I have Mr Bon’s old phone to use at the moment. I’m just going to have to get used to it, until he upgrades his phone to a shinier, new one. I’ve been coveting his for a while anyway because of the GPS functionality, but it’ll be a while before he wants to upgrade.

Happy Potter said:

Afternoon :)

Woohoo terrific day here!
I’ve been in meetings and running about madly.
Firstly giant son has finally been accepted by disability victoria, with an excellent annual funding package that will go a long way to help him with various programmes and educational courses. Psychologist weekly, and consultant psychiatrist monthly. He is 18 in Nov and he cannot stay in Resi care after then and we know we won’t cope with him at home fulltime, so next on the list is looking for accomodation for him.

Secondly, eldest daughter has won a scolarship to Deakin Uni to further her nursing studies for next year. Her sights are set on midwifery.
Well good on her. But she can have that. I’d hate it , all those screaming bubs lol.

Hubby and I are escaping for the night and going to a meal then a movie. :D

Definately good news about GS. Maybe a light at the end of the tunnel at last. Congrats to daughter. Well deserved I’m sure.

colliewa said:

Well today I went another couple of steps along the way to a guvmint job (prisons). Did the interview last week on Monday and that went well, got the letter today. Had my medical today too.

Had to tell Doc about the banding as there was a question about operations. When having asked if I had lost any weight and hearing the answer, he said “Oh, 17Kg.” When I said “No, 70 kg” his eyes widened.. “Bet you feel better” he said… What an understatement.

In front of me is a psych interview by phone on Monday morning (I was open about my breakdown and time with the black dog) and the one I’m dreading, the physical fitness test… I was training for the physical test but my 2 week course (industrial medic) put that on hold.

You’ve come so far Collie. I don’t think there is too much that can stop you now. There is always a door open somewhere.

>You’ve come so far Collie. I don’t think there is too much that can stop you now. There is always a door open somewhere.

Thanks Pom. My boss has said if I don’t have anything else when the current job ends he has an industrial cleaning job for me. Not ideal but it is a job at least. But the current job is looking like it will continue next year anyway so I’m not worried about employment.

WA is picking up at a pace now and even around where I live – as opposed to the NW – there is projects kicking off. There is two multibillion projects starting where I am now in the next 12 months!! The NW is going to be mad in the next 5 years too with gas and mining stuff coming up. Would be a great time to be a youngun wanting to set him/herself up..

http://www.scamdex.com/MHON/A/msg01311.php

A scam email that I received this morning…as I have a PayPal account but have never used it I was surprised…however there is a spelling error in the email…so I Googled and the above link is what advised this is a scam…

It’s been around a while: I found a phishing alert on this one that goes back to 2006!!

good luck on the job collie. good luck finding accommodation for the GS happy.

i collected the worm wee and left some lemons at lucky’s place. noone home but i was running out of time so’s sees ya later in the year elf and L1.

Dinetta said:

It’s been around a while: I found a phishing alert on this one that goes back to 2006!!

Also you should always check the real target of a link before clicking on it. E.g. the text of the link might be something that looks sensible (like Dispute Transaction) but if you hold your cursor over the link without clicking, depending on your email client, you should be able to see where the link really goes, and with phishing emails it’s usually obvious that it’s not a legit link.

OK, that’s a good tip, thanks Bon008

:)

I was shocked, confused, bewildered
As I entered Heaven’s door,
Not by the beauty of it all,
Nor the lights or its decor.

But it was the folks in Heaven
Who made me sputter and gasp—
The thieves, the liars, the sinners,
The alcoholics and the trash.

There stood the kid from seventh grade
Who swiped my lunch money twice.
Next to him was my old neighbor
Who never said anything nice.

Herb, who I always thought
Was rotting away in hell,
Was sitting pretty on cloud nine,
Looking incredibly well.

I nudged Jesus, ‘What’s the deal?
I would love to hear Your take.
How’d all these sinners get up here?
God must’ve made a mistake.

‘And why is everyone so quiet,
So somber – give me a clue.’
‘Hush, child,’ He said, ‘they’re all in shock.
No one thought they’d be seeing you.’

JUDGE NOT!!

Linking Land Clearing to Drought and Climate Change

“Soil can store Methane“http://www.abc.net.au/rural/nsw/content/2009/08/s2649416.htm

Soil can store Methane

limps in by the side door

Just had my first clinical pilates session. My goodness it was so exhausting!!

MrD goes to Pilates…he and the other blokes (3) show solidarity by forming the back row…

Dinetta said:

MrD goes to Pilates…he and the other blokes (3) show solidarity by forming the back row…

hehehe, good on them :)

This is a one-on-one session, so no need for solidarity!

Dinetta said:

http://www.scamdex.com/MHON/A/msg01311.php

A scam email that I received this morning…as I have a PayPal account but have never used it I was surprised…however there is a spelling error in the email…so I Googled and the above link is what advised this is a scam…

Got to have eyes where eyes aren’t supposed to be ‘eh Dinny.

bluegreen said:

I was shocked, confused, bewildered
As I entered Heaven’s door,
Not by the beauty of it all,
Nor the lights or its decor.

But it was the folks in Heaven
Who made me sputter and gasp—
The thieves, the liars, the sinners,
The alcoholics and the trash.

There stood the kid from seventh grade
Who swiped my lunch money twice.
Next to him was my old neighbor
Who never said anything nice.

Herb, who I always thought
Was rotting away in hell,
Was sitting pretty on cloud nine,
Looking incredibly well.

I nudged Jesus, ‘What’s the deal?
I would love to hear Your take.
How’d all these sinners get up here?
God must’ve made a mistake.

‘And why is everyone so quiet,
So somber – give me a clue.’
‘Hush, child,’ He said, ‘they’re all in shock.
No one thought they’d be seeing you.’

JUDGE NOT!!

You mean that even though I’ve tried to be a good person all my life that I needent have bothered? It’s a bit late to find out now. LOL.

bluegreen said:

Soil can store Methane

At last, a positive. Thanks for passing that on BG.

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

I was shocked, confused, bewildered
As I entered Heaven’s door,
Not by the beauty of it all,
Nor the lights or its decor.

But it was the folks in Heaven
Who made me sputter and gasp—
The thieves, the liars, the sinners,
The alcoholics and the trash.

There stood the kid from seventh grade
Who swiped my lunch money twice.
Next to him was my old neighbor
Who never said anything nice.

Herb, who I always thought
Was rotting away in hell,
Was sitting pretty on cloud nine,
Looking incredibly well.

I nudged Jesus, ‘What’s the deal?
I would love to hear Your take.
How’d all these sinners get up here?
God must’ve made a mistake.

‘And why is everyone so quiet,
So somber – give me a clue.’
‘Hush, child,’ He said, ‘they’re all in shock.
No one thought they’d be seeing you.’

JUDGE NOT!!

You mean that even though I’ve tried to be a good person all my life that I needent have bothered? It’s a bit late to find out now. LOL.

LOL you and me both, Pomolo!

Thinking of all the times I’ve turned the other cheek when I could have enjoyed producing a right royal raspberry…sigh

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

You mean that even though I’ve tried to be a good person all my life that I needent have bothered? It’s a bit late to find out now. LOL.

LOL you and me both, Pomolo!

Thinking of all the times I’ve turned the other cheek when I could have enjoyed producing a right royal raspberry…sigh

he he! of course getting to heaven was never about being GOOD!

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

You mean that even though I’ve tried to be a good person all my life that I needent have bothered? It’s a bit late to find out now. LOL.

LOL you and me both, Pomolo!

Thinking of all the times I’ve turned the other cheek when I could have enjoyed producing a right royal raspberry…sigh

he he! of course getting to heaven was never about being GOOD!

Uh oh. does that mean I’m going to that other place ? LOL.

Evening green friends. I’m way behind now.
We , friends and I, spent the entire day re building the old gents garden, and half of my garden beds are missing parts off plants for cuttings.. the rose has had it’s 2nd pruning. Rhubarb got divided , gerberas and daisey plants, veges planted ect.
I think I’m missing some parts too, I cant feel my legs! or my back. Or my elbows lol.

Pomolo, I asked my friend does helping this man fix his garden up make us good people, and she said no, it just means we are guilty old farts who are grasping the chance to attone for our sins. I pushed her over! lol..

Happy Potter said:

Pomolo, I asked my friend does helping this man fix his garden up make us good people, and she said no, it just means we are guilty old farts who are grasping the chance to attone for our sins. I pushed her over! lol..

LOL!

Sounds like a very productive day.

What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895…

Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895?

This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina , Kansas , USA . It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina , and reprinted by the Salina Journal..

8th Grade Final Exam:
Salina , KS – 1895

Grammar (Time, one hour)
1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters.
2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications.
3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph.
4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of ‘lie,’ ‘play,’ and ‘run’.
5. Define case; illustrate each case.
6 What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation.
7 – 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.

Arithmetic (Time,1 hour 15 minutes)

1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. Deep, 10 feet Long, and 3 ft. Wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs, what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs for tare?
4. District No 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find the cost of 6,720 lbs. Coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7percent per annum.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft long at $20 per metre?
8.. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of which is 640 rods?
10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.

U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)

1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided
2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus .
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States .
5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas .
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton , Bell , Lincoln , Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865.

Orthography (Time, one hour)

1. What is meant by the following: alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, and syllabication?
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
3. What are the following, and give examples of each: trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals?
4. Give four substitutes for caret ‘u’.
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final ‘e.’ Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi, dis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup.
8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane , vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.

Geography (Time, one hour)

1 What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas ?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe the mountains of North America .
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia , Odessa , Denver , Manitoba , Hecla , Yukon , St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco .
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth.

Gives the saying ‘he only had an 8th grade education’ a whole new meaning, doesn’t it?!
Also shows you how poor our education system has become.

Go Collie!! The thing is , you won’t ever be in that old place in the past again, thats long gone. And whatever job or industry you work in , you will grasp with both hands and a new sense of well being and happiness ,just to be there. :D

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

http://www.scamdex.com/MHON/A/msg01311.php

A scam email that I received this morning…as I have a PayPal account but have never used it I was surprised…however there is a spelling error in the email…so I Googled and the above link is what advised this is a scam…

Got to have eyes where eyes aren’t supposed to be ‘eh Dinny.

Made my heart go pit-a-pat, I can tell you! :P

bluegreen said:

Gives the saying ‘he only had an 8th grade education’ a whole new meaning, doesn’t it?!
Also shows you how poor our education system has become.

An interesting take on this:

http://www.snopes.com/language/document/1895exam.asp

bluegreen said:

What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895…

Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895?

This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina , Kansas , USA . It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina , and reprinted by the Salina Journal..

8th Grade Final Exam:
Salina , KS – 1895

Gives the saying ‘he only had an 8th grade education’ a whole new meaning, doesn’t it?!
Also shows you how poor our education system has become.

Reminds me of my own education…they teach things differently now…and life was more absolute back then, which was good and bad…

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

Gives the saying ‘he only had an 8th grade education’ a whole new meaning, doesn’t it?!
Also shows you how poor our education system has become.

An interesting take on this:

http://www.snopes.com/language/document/1895exam.asp

Yes it is interesting, and much of it is true…

Dinetta said:

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

Gives the saying ‘he only had an 8th grade education’ a whole new meaning, doesn’t it?!
Also shows you how poor our education system has become.

An interesting take on this:

http://www.snopes.com/language/document/1895exam.asp

Yes it is interesting, and much of it is true…

I gotta say, I didn’t think the 1895 questions were that hard – and that may be because it’s not so very long ago since I was in school. I do frequently mourn the loss of knowledge I took for granted, which has snuck out of my brain due to lack of use. I miss knowing some of the things I learnt at school and don’t need now.. calculus, physics. Kinda looking forward to learning it all again when I have kids with homework :D

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bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

Gives the saying ‘he only had an 8th grade education’ a whole new meaning, doesn’t it?!
Also shows you how poor our education system has become.

An interesting take on this:

http://www.snopes.com/language/document/1895exam.asp

touché

Happy Potter said:

Evening green friends. I’m way behind now.
We , friends and I, spent the entire day re building the old gents garden, and half of my garden beds are missing parts off plants for cuttings.. the rose has had it’s 2nd pruning. Rhubarb got divided , gerberas and daisey plants, veges planted ect.
I think I’m missing some parts too, I cant feel my legs! or my back. Or my elbows lol.

Pomolo, I asked my friend does helping this man fix his garden up make us good people, and she said no, it just means we are guilty old farts who are grasping the chance to attone for our sins. I pushed her over! lol..

Pushing her over was a good tack. You don’t have to worry about being good anymore because you’ll still go to heaven anyway. lol.

bluegreen said:

What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895…

Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895?

This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina , Kansas , USA . It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina , and reprinted by the Salina Journal..

8th Grade Final Exam:
Salina , KS – 1895

Grammar (Time, one hour)
1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters.
2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications.
3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph.
4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of ‘lie,’ ‘play,’ and ‘run’.
5. Define case; illustrate each case.
6 What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation.
7 – 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.

Arithmetic (Time,1 hour 15 minutes)

1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. Deep, 10 feet Long, and 3 ft. Wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs, what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs for tare?
4. District No 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find the cost of 6,720 lbs. Coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7percent per annum.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft long at $20 per metre?
8.. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of which is 640 rods?
10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.

U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)

1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided
2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus .
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States .
5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas .
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton , Bell , Lincoln , Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865.

Orthography (Time, one hour)

1. What is meant by the following: alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, and syllabication?
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
3. What are the following, and give examples of each: trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals?
4. Give four substitutes for caret ‘u’.
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final ‘e.’ Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi, dis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup.
8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane , vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.

Geography (Time, one hour)

1 What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas ?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe the mountains of North America .
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia , Odessa , Denver , Manitoba , Hecla , Yukon , St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco .
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth.

Gives the saying ‘he only had an 8th grade education’ a whole new meaning, doesn’t it?!
Also shows you how poor our education system has become.

Plus they probably learned Latin as well.

>Plus they probably learned Latin as well.

At least they weren’t burdened by political correctness…

bluegreen said:

Stunning Rice Crop Art In Japan

This has me thinking aboit a new art crop for the vegie garden. Picture has to be long and skinny though. LOL.

colliewa said:

>Plus they probably learned Latin as well.

At least they weren’t burdened by political correctness…

Good old Latin…one of the main foundations of the English language after Ango-Saxon…it seems to me that people use their language to better effect after learning Latin…

morning folks. another sleep in. I could get used to this ;)

bluegreen said:

morning folks. another sleep in. I could get used to this ;)

Morning bg. I’ve had an interesting morning – got a puncture in my tyre on the way to work. Luckily it was just around the corner from work, so I got to practice my tyre-changing skills in a traffic-free environment. And even better, my brother thinks he can repair the punctured tyre so I will take the car to his place tonight.

A bit more interesting than the usual morning in the office!

a different start to the day indeed, bon. I’ve been digging out weeds. Much easier now the soil is moist.

bluegreen said:

a different start to the day indeed, bon. I’ve been digging out weeds. Much easier now the soil is moist.

I’ve got so much weeding to do at home, but these days it tends to be raining when I get home from work – or if it isn’t, I have just enough time to talk the dog, and then the rain starts.

Not sure if I will be brave enough to watch “Pedigree Dogs Exposed” on TV tonight:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/10/2681558.htm

It’s been very controversial, apparently.

When we (family – my parents and brothers) got our first dog, we thought we were doing the right thing by going to a breeder – reducing the chances of there being any health/temperament problems. Oops. Hip dysplasia, deafness, and a heart defect. I suspect in our case though it was just this one lot of breeders (we heard more stories about them afterwards) rather than being indicative of the whole breeding community.

Anyway, I will definitely stick to pound dogs from now on. So many sad doggies waiting for a good home.

bon008 said:

Not sure if I will be brave enough to watch “Pedigree Dogs Exposed” on TV tonight:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/10/2681558.htm

It’s been very controversial, apparently.

When we (family – my parents and brothers) got our first dog, we thought we were doing the right thing by going to a breeder – reducing the chances of there being any health/temperament problems. Oops. Hip dysplasia, deafness, and a heart defect. I suspect in our case though it was just this one lot of breeders (we heard more stories about them afterwards) rather than being indicative of the whole breeding community.

Anyway, I will definitely stick to pound dogs from now on. So many sad doggies waiting for a good home.

it is generally considered that certain breeds of dogs have inherent problems due the inbreeding required to get favoured characteristics, so the only thing I am surprised at is it took so long for it to become news! supposedly good breeders will put down pups with problems, but obviously many are less scrupulous and the desired characteristics themselves leave much to be desired (pug noses = breathing & eye problems etc.) I believe some breeders are just in it for the shows and the money, and care little for the animals themselves.

I would go for the pound puppy too, myself, if I were to consider getting another dog. But I am not sure I would anyway.

Oooh ooh. Have just found a house on the market we will probably put an offer on (to knock down and build). It’s just around the corner from our place so now I’m itching to go home and have a peep at the block.

Sorry I’m filling the forum up with my musings today – not a lot of work to do just now in the office!

bon008 said:

Oooh ooh. Have just found a house on the market we will probably put an offer on (to knock down and build). It’s just around the corner from our place so now I’m itching to go home and have a peep at the block.

Sorry I’m filling the forum up with my musings today – not a lot of work to do just now in the office!

sounds exciting bon, and you could hardly be accused of filling up the forum! been a bit quiet today, hasn’t it?

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

Oooh ooh. Have just found a house on the market we will probably put an offer on (to knock down and build). It’s just around the corner from our place so now I’m itching to go home and have a peep at the block.

Sorry I’m filling the forum up with my musings today – not a lot of work to do just now in the office!

sounds exciting bon, and you could hardly be accused of filling up the forum! been a bit quiet today, hasn’t it?

Definitely.

I start a 6-day training course tomorrow, so I can’t really get stuck into any other work because there wouldn’t be time to finish it.

what is the course on?

bluegreen said:

what is the course on?

A new piece of software we have to learn. We are a satellite office of our agency, and we’ve been using different mapping software for our websites, and now head office has decided we need to use the same software they use.

So our next big project, which already has a crazily short deadline, will be done using a software package we have never used before… yay!

g’day

we just hired a cleaner – thank goodness – i may be a gardener and a sometime cook – but i never did get things clean.

cooking gluten for tonight’s tea/dinner.

quiet here eh but?

pepe said:

g’day

we just hired a cleaner – thank goodness – i may be a gardener and a sometime cook – but i never did get things clean.

cooking gluten for tonight’s tea/dinner.

quiet here eh but?

Go pepe :) I am so in love with having a cleaner.. we are having friends over this weekend for the first time in ages – it’s so nice to know we won’t have to do a massive clean-up before they arrive.

bon008 said:

pepe said:

g’day we just hired a cleaner – thank goodness – i may be a gardener and a sometime cook – but i never did get things clean. cooking gluten for tonight’s tea/dinner. quiet here eh but?

Go pepe :) I am so in love with having a cleaner.. we are having friends over this weekend for the first time in ages – it’s so nice to know we won’t have to do a massive clean-up before they arrive.

this one is a male – VIP group
he seems punctual so here’s hoping.

where am i to go to bon? oh i see you mean like ‘go crows’
speaking of which if HP can master ‘pie floaters’ there’s probably 20,000 crows fans passing thru’ werribee this weekend

That’s a lot of pie floaters!

bon008 said:

That’s a lot of pie floaters!

a little injection of cash for the garden state.

you sound as tho’ you’re in for a hretic time in the office soon. i bet you are keen to see this new house block. why are you demolishing the house – you must have said but i missed it?

pepe said:

g’day

we just hired a cleaner – thank goodness -

quiet here eh but?

Yair, ‘er’s been a quiet old forum lately…‘owever, if I was to get a cleaner, I’d have to clean before he/she got here…‘twould take a month…

pepe said:

bon008 said:

That’s a lot of pie floaters!

a little injection of cash for the garden state.

you sound as tho’ you’re in for a hretic time in the office soon. i bet you are keen to see this new house block. why are you demolishing the house – you must have said but i missed it?

Yep, it’s going to be busy for a while. I don’t really mind, but there’s a bit of low morale at the moment related to job security.

Well, we’re upgrading because we need a bigger house. We don’t want to extend ours (too many issues already with it being so old), and we’re too picky to buy an existing one, so we want to go all out and build our dream home. Still undecided yet weather we:

- demolish our house and build on our block (cheapest option)
- buy an empty block and build there
- buy an old house, knock it down, and build there

All depends on what is on the market and for how much.

…

Aww, poop. I just read in the news reports that our suburb was one of the worst hit with today’s storms – lots of calls to the SES for roof repairs. I’m leaving 2 minutes early!!! Will be back ont he forum later :) waves

Yair, ‘er’s been a quiet old forum lately…‘owever, if I was to get a cleaner, I’d have to clean before he/she got here…‘twould take a month…
———
we have had cleaners before – and yer right – yer have to clean before they come.
still once a fortnight is no big deal.

pepe said:

bon008 said:

pepe said:

g’day we just hired a cleaner – thank goodness – i may be a gardener and a sometime cook – but i never did get things clean. cooking gluten for tonight’s tea/dinner. quiet here eh but?

Go pepe :) I am so in love with having a cleaner.. we are having friends over this weekend for the first time in ages – it’s so nice to know we won’t have to do a massive clean-up before they arrive.

this one is a male – VIP group
he seems punctual so here’s hoping.

where am i to go to bon? oh i see you mean like ‘go crows’
speaking of which if HP can master ‘pie floaters’ there’s probably 20,000 crows fans passing thru’ werribee this weekend

hehehe.
I hate pie floaters..yuk.
ps. Go the pies!! lol

- demolish our house and build on our block (cheapest option)
– buy an empty block and build there
– buy an old house, knock it down, and build there
——-
ok thanks.
keep us informed
and fingers crossed for the storm
cooking tea so in and out all the time.

pepe said:

and fingers crossed for the storm

Thanks :) Just got home – house and dog intact. Wouldn’t normally be so worried, but I didn’t see the severe weather warning until after I got to work today, and there are still heaps of tools propped up around the garden. Also usually if we know the weather’s going to be really bad, we leave the dog door open so the dog can shelter a bit better than what she can in the laundry.

pepe said:

Yair, ‘er’s been a quiet old forum lately…‘owever, if I was to get a cleaner, I’d have to clean before he/she got here…‘twould take a month…
———
we have had cleaners before – and yer right – yer have to clean before they come.
still once a fortnight is no big deal.

yeah, they don’t tidy up, they just clean. So if it is messy they clean around your mess. This was told to me by a friend who cleaned for a living.

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

Yair, ‘er’s been a quiet old forum lately…‘owever, if I was to get a cleaner, I’d have to clean before he/she got here…‘twould take a month…
———
we have had cleaners before – and yer right – yer have to clean before they come.
still once a fortnight is no big deal.

yeah, they don’t tidy up, they just clean. So if it is messy they clean around your mess. This was told to me by a friend who cleaned for a living.

Yep.. but I like it that way – it gives us motivation, if only every two weeks, to do our own tidying. And actually we find that we don’t let it go for the two weeks, we tidy up a lot more as we go. I know that’s just normal for other people, but we’re not too good at it yet..

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

Yair, ‘er’s been a quiet old forum lately…‘owever, if I was to get a cleaner, I’d have to clean before he/she got here…‘twould take a month…
———
we have had cleaners before – and yer right – yer have to clean before they come.
still once a fortnight is no big deal.

yeah, they don’t tidy up, they just clean. So if it is messy they clean around your mess. This was told to me by a friend who cleaned for a living.

Yep.. but I like it that way – it gives us motivation, if only every two weeks, to do our own tidying. And actually we find that we don’t let it go for the two weeks, we tidy up a lot more as we go. I know that’s just normal for other people, but we’re not too good at it yet..

yes, it is a good incentive :)

brrrr, weather’s gotten all woolly again here

Hope it calms down before I go over to my brothers to get the tyre issue sorted out.

Warm here today and windy tomorrow with temps in the high 20’s.

Have to catch 2 young drakes and take them out to the poultry place near us. Three boys in the backyard is too many and they eat too much to bludge and look cute. So Bundy can rest once they are gone.

bon008 said:

pepe said:

and fingers crossed for the storm

Thanks :) Just got home – house and dog intact. Wouldn’t normally be so worried, but I didn’t see the severe weather warning until after I got to work today, and there are still heaps of tools propped up around the garden. Also usually if we know the weather’s going to be really bad, we leave the dog door open so the dog can shelter a bit better than what she can in the laundry.

i luv happy endings – give that dog a liver treat LOL.

Yep.. but I like it that way – it gives us motivation,
—
its true – we tidy up – but a fortnightly purge is a good idea – throw out the magazines and stuff that been on the coffee table too long.

It was very wooly down here (200km south of Perth for you small staters) too…

Rain was driven hard all day… Only 28mm since 9am but the fronts coming through made their presence felt…

Dinetta said:

colliewa said:

>Plus they probably learned Latin as well.

At least they weren’t burdened by political correctness…

Good old Latin…one of the main foundations of the English language after Ango-Saxon…it seems to me that people use their language to better effect after learning Latin…

Crikey – some of that reminded me of my school days – I have succeeded in forgetting them for many years! Not all of it though! (We learned Latin too)

Not sure if I will be brave enough to watch “Pedigree Dogs Exposed” on TV tonight: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/10/2681558.htm
It’s been very controversial, apparently.

I watched about 3 minutes of it about Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and I had to run from the room.

>I watched about 3 minutes of it about Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and I had to run from the room.

Golly. Might have to have a look..

I haven’t ben able to get this forum up all day. Weird.

orchid40 said:

Not sure if I will be brave enough to watch “Pedigree Dogs Exposed” on TV tonight: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/10/2681558.htm
It’s been very controversial, apparently.

I watched about 3 minutes of it about Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and I had to run from the room.

I’m so glad I opted out. We have a CavalierKCS. The apple of our eyes. I don’t want to know the pain for the glory bit.

colliewa said:

>I watched about 3 minutes of it about Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and I had to run from the room.

Golly. Might have to have a look..

Don’t tell us about the ugly bits.

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

Yair, ‘er’s been a quiet old forum lately…‘owever, if I was to get a cleaner, I’d have to clean before he/she got here…‘twould take a month…
———
we have had cleaners before – and yer right – yer have to clean before they come.
still once a fortnight is no big deal.

yeah, they don’t tidy up, they just clean. So if it is messy they clean around your mess. This was told to me by a friend who cleaned for a living.

I’d be grateful for that, BlueGreen…there’s plenty of cleaning they can do without moving anything…

Morning all, first warm day of spring :)
We’re making a propper gate/ door to the chooks shed here and using recycled materials, it looks a bit odd but is solid , and today I’m re seating pavers we had to move and lastly cleaning up the area.
Then tonight girls coming for tea with their partners and I want to cook up something I don’t cook often..might have an indian feast..or greek. Can’t decide.

I’m horrorfied at those stupid stubborn and greedy pedigree dog breeders. But not surprised. I had german shepherd kennels many years ago and was sent a beautiful dog from the USA to widen the gene pool with, but ‘Abe’ short for Abraham, was so inbred I refused to use him. Instead I bought him and kept him as a pet.
I had an USA Open Champion dog nutured and got into a lot of trouble.

colliewa said:

It was very wooly down here (200km south of Perth for you small staters) too…

Rain was driven hard all day… Only 28mm since 9am but the fronts coming through made their presence felt…

I have a friend getting married Saturday week. Many fingers crossed that they get some nice weather – it’s an outdoor ceremony.

colliewa said:

>I watched about 3 minutes of it about Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and I had to run from the room.

Golly. Might have to have a look..

I wimped out. I would have had to tape it anyway, as I had to go to my brother’s place so he could patch up my punctured tyre.

Happy Potter said:

I had an USA Open Champion dog nutured and got into a lot of trouble.

Well if you owned him you could have him shaved like a poodle if you wanted, or even, Shock! Horror! sent him off to be shepherd with sheep…

mornings
windy and warm here in the centre of australia’s coastline.

i’ve got all my sunflowers and corn planted into damp soil so this heat should bring them up. i’m walking ‘round in t-shirt and using water with wrigglers in it to water the seeds. hopefully i have just avoided mozzie problems by early action and thoughtful removal of winters accumulated ponding.

Morning All

Don’t get me started on dog breeders. :(

but yeah, have a poke around my garden.. pull some weeds for me.

just some recent images I’ve uploaded..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/99559986@N00/

http://cobberwebs.com/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=16&page=3

>Don’t tell us about the ugly bits.

Let’s just say if I saw a representative of Crufts or The Kennel Club we’d be have a very animated blue…

Happy Potter said:

I’m horrorfied at those stupid stubborn and greedy pedigree dog breeders. But not surprised. I had german shepherd kennels many years ago and was sent a beautiful dog from the USA to widen the gene pool with, but ‘Abe’ short for Abraham, was so inbred I refused to use him. Instead I bought him and kept him as a pet.
I had an USA Open Champion dog nutured and got into a lot of trouble.

good for you HP. I watched a bit of it and was disgusted on how the Kennel Club justified it all as “improving the breed” when the dogs were so obviously unable to move normally, or had to have operations and ice packs in order to be able to breath!

roughbarked said:

Don’t get me started on dog breeders. :(

but yeah, have a poke around my garden.. pull some weeds for me.

just some recent images I’ve uploaded..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/99559986@N00/

http://cobberwebs.com/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=16&page=3

How was White Cliffs?

Whew – day one of training over.

Well my run at that job miht have come to a halt.

My unassisted sight is pretty bad.. Mine is 6/45 and 6/45+

Suspect the cutoff is 6/30.

I had to get a second opinion from an optician today.

Find out for sure monday I suspect.

pete Cundal was just on ‘can we help’.
bit of a tear jerking story but the message that fresh home grown organic food is good for you came through.
mind you the same programme was also glorifying the health benefits of dark chocolate.
i’m sipping red wine at present – can’t be too safe LOL.

pepe said:

pete Cundal was just on ‘can we help’.
bit of a tear jerking story but the message that fresh home grown organic food is good for you came through.
mind you the same programme was also glorifying the health benefits of dark chocolate.
i’m sipping red wine at present – can’t be too safe LOL.

Oooh thanks – I’ve set it to record :)

I watched it too – I must admit I got a bit blurry eyed. it was one of their better segments I thought.
Note to self :- must put dark chocolate on my shopping list.

orchid40 said:

I watched it too – I must admit I got a bit blurry eyed. it was one of their better segments I thought.
Note to self :- must put dark chocolate on my shopping list.

I recommend the Green & Blacks organic dark chocolate.

bluegreen said:

orchid40 said:

I watched it too – I must admit I got a bit blurry eyed. it was one of their better segments I thought.
Note to self :- must put dark chocolate on my shopping list.

I recommend the Green & Blacks organic dark chocolate.

Or the Maya Gold.. nom nom nom

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

orchid40 said:

I watched it too – I must admit I got a bit blurry eyed. it was one of their better segments I thought.
Note to self :- must put dark chocolate on my shopping list.

I recommend the Green & Blacks organic dark chocolate.

Or the Maya Gold.. nom nom nom

yes, the Maya Gold is yummy too :)

woohoo, just finished the hard bit in the code for Mr Bon’s website :)

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

I recommend the Green & Blacks organic dark chocolate.

Or the Maya Gold.. nom nom nom

yes, the Maya Gold is yummy too :)

I like Lindt chocolate :) Haven’t tried your other recommendations ladies, but I’m in favour of the idea!

pepe said:

pete Cundal was just on ‘can we help’.
bit of a tear jerking story but the message that fresh home grown organic food is good for you came through.
mind you the same programme was also glorifying the health benefits of dark chocolate.
i’m sipping red wine at present – can’t be too safe LOL.

hehe, the lady’s reaction when she saw Pete was fantastic :) Bless her cottons!

orchid40 said:

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

Or the Maya Gold.. nom nom nom

yes, the Maya Gold is yummy too :)

I like Lindt chocolate :) Haven’t tried your other recommendations ladies, but I’m in favour of the idea!

Lindt used to be my favourite before I gave up non-fairtrade chocolate. If you like the red lindt balls, then you’ll probably like the Green and Blacks Milk chocolate – it’s got the same creamy smoothness.

colliewa said:

Well my run at that job miht have come to a halt.

My unassisted sight is pretty bad.. Mine is 6/45 and 6/45+

Suspect the cutoff is 6/30.

I had to get a second opinion from an optician today.

Find out for sure monday I suspect.

By the sound of it,” they” might be more upset about it than you, Collie.

I’m not sure what those figures mean…

Happy Potter said:

Morning all, first warm day of spring :)
We’re making a propper gate/ door to the chooks shed here and using recycled materials, it looks a bit odd but is solid , and today I’m re seating pavers we had to move and lastly cleaning up the area.
Then tonight girls coming for tea with their partners and I want to cook up something I don’t cook often..might have an indian feast..or greek. Can’t decide.

I’m horrorfied at those stupid stubborn and greedy pedigree dog breeders. But not surprised. I had german shepherd kennels many years ago and was sent a beautiful dog from the USA to widen the gene pool with, but ‘Abe’ short for Abraham, was so inbred I refused to use him. Instead I bought him and kept him as a pet.
I had an USA Open Champion dog nutured and got into a lot of trouble.

You should chat to Bubba Louie. She had German Shepherds too.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

I’m horrorfied at those stupid stubborn and greedy pedigree dog breeders. But not surprised. I had german shepherd kennels many years ago and was sent a beautiful dog from the USA to widen the gene pool with, but ‘Abe’ short for Abraham, was so inbred I refused to use him. Instead I bought him and kept him as a pet.
I had an USA Open Champion dog nutured and got into a lot of trouble.

You should chat to Bubba Louie. She had German Shepherds too.

That would be nice, would love to.
I had the dogs for showing and not breeding , but the ex then wanted to breed some for a security Co.
At one stage I had 16 and tried walking them all at once! lol

Am I the only person here who has little or no interest in dogs.. the gardeners bane..

Morning. Supposed to get to 25C today , but it’s north winds warming us.
I’ve planted out some veges and butternut pumpkin seeds, but the tomatoes and capsicums and a few other things will be planted out late sept. We can still get frosts into Oct, but thats rare , so fingers crossed.

Greek creamed rice for brekky. YUM!

I’ll be on my roof again today.. after a trip opal prospecting in between.. got one course of ridge capping to cleanup and restick..

The goshawk’s still nesting in the tree above me as I work chippng and scraping mortar off and slapping new mortar on the roof.

but that’s only because I have no cats or dogs..

roughbarked said:

Am I the only person here who has little or no interest in dogs.. the gardeners bane..

Probably not Roughbarked, but I’ve had dogs, it seems forever, and wouldn’t be without one. Even if they did dig up the onions..

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

I’m horrorfied at those stupid stubborn and greedy pedigree dog breeders. But not surprised. I had german shepherd kennels many years ago and was sent a beautiful dog from the USA to widen the gene pool with, but ‘Abe’ short for Abraham, was so inbred I refused to use him. Instead I bought him and kept him as a pet.
I had an USA Open Champion dog nutured and got into a lot of trouble.

good for you HP. I watched a bit of it and was disgusted on how the Kennel Club justified it all as “improving the breed” when the dogs were so obviously unable to move normally, or had to have operations and ice packs in order to be able to breath!

Oh BG. I didn’t want to know about the horrible bits from anybody. I abhore animal cruelty in any shape or form.

roughbarked said:

Don’t get me started on dog breeders. :(

but yeah, have a poke around my garden.. pull some weeds for me.

just some recent images I’ve uploaded..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/99559986@N00/

http://cobberwebs.com/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=16&page=3

I have had a gander at your flickr shots and loved them. Some good images in that lot. Is the gnarled mulbery very old ? It looks like it’s 1,000 years at least.

colliewa said:

Well my run at that job miht have come to a halt.

My unassisted sight is pretty bad.. Mine is 6/45 and 6/45+

Suspect the cutoff is 6/30.

I had to get a second opinion from an optician today.

Find out for sure monday I suspect.

What’s that old saying? One door closing while another is opening? It’s pretty true too.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

I’m horrorfied at those stupid stubborn and greedy pedigree dog breeders. But not surprised. I had german shepherd kennels many years ago and was sent a beautiful dog from the USA to widen the gene pool with, but ‘Abe’ short for Abraham, was so inbred I refused to use him. Instead I bought him and kept him as a pet.
I had an USA Open Champion dog nutured and got into a lot of trouble.

You should chat to Bubba Louie. She had German Shepherds too.

That would be nice, would love to.
I had the dogs for showing and not breeding , but the ex then wanted to breed some for a security Co.
At one stage I had 16 and tried walking them all at once! lol

I’d like to have had a video cam on that.

Happy Potter said:

roughbarked said:

Am I the only person here who has little or no interest in dogs.. the gardeners bane..

Probably not Roughbarked, but I’ve had dogs, it seems forever, and wouldn’t be without one. Even if they did dig up the onions..

I’m a pet lover too. I’m kinda choosy about which breed is suitable for any one situation though.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

roughbarked said:

Am I the only person here who has little or no interest in dogs.. the gardeners bane..

Probably not Roughbarked, but I’ve had dogs, it seems forever, and wouldn’t be without one. Even if they did dig up the onions..

I’m a pet lover too. I’m kinda choosy about which breed is suitable for any one situation though.

I know I wont be looking at any pedigrees in the future though. Max is fine and no health probs that I know of, but I did look up what things may affect his breed and was worried. But he’s free of breed inherited and inbreeding probs thank God.
There are just some things you need to know in order to save your pet from possible suffering.

What happened to Friday? I missed Friday! Where’d it go? I seem to have absolutely nothing to show for Friday. I must have been off with the fairies. I know I watered the vegies in the evening. Ho hum!

Lovely Saturday here. Nights are still cold. Minimum is still in single digets. It’s almost the middle of September for heavens sake.

We have purchased a new grafted avocado tree. the other 2 that are lower down the paddock just can’t seem to handle the frost or could be the dry. This new one(shepherd) will be planted in the higher area. It might still get some frost but it should be better protected up there.

We are also planning on getting another mango tree. Same reason as for the avocado. The poinciana might have to go though. We’ll see.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Probably not Roughbarked, but I’ve had dogs, it seems forever, and wouldn’t be without one. Even if they did dig up the onions..

I’m a pet lover too. I’m kinda choosy about which breed is suitable for any one situation though.

I know I wont be looking at any pedigrees in the future though. Max is fine and no health probs that I know of, but I did look up what things may affect his breed and was worried. But he’s free of breed inherited and inbreeding probs thank God.
There are just some things you need to know in order to save your pet from possible suffering.

If’s true. Needless to say I just had to take a piece of stick out of ZeeZee’s mouth. It had lodged across the roof of her mouth, from one side to the other. Her gum was bleeding. She wasn’t that keen on me doing the operation either.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

I’m a pet lover too. I’m kinda choosy about which breed is suitable for any one situation though.

I know I wont be looking at any pedigrees in the future though. Max is fine and no health probs that I know of, but I did look up what things may affect his breed and was worried. But he’s free of breed inherited and inbreeding probs thank God.
There are just some things you need to know in order to save your pet from possible suffering.

If’s true. Needless to say I just had to take a piece of stick out of ZeeZee’s mouth. It had lodged across the roof of her mouth, from one side to the other. Her gum was bleeding. She wasn’t that keen on me doing the operation either.

She will be more comfortable now though and appreciate your attention :)
I often look into the dogs mouth and ears between paw pads poking and prodding ect , they get used to it and don’t care what you are doing after a while. Easier for when vets need to examine them.

pomolo said:

I have had a gander at your flickr shots and loved them. Some good images in that lot. Is the gnarled mulbery very old ? It looks like it’s 1,000 years at least.

I grafted it in 1976. It was thrown on the rubbish heap because the graft was 6” too low.. for the standard. I planted it at my mothers .. When I moved here in 1981 she said can you take this mulberry with you? It is walking across my driveway. So here it has sat since then ;)

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

I know I wont be looking at any pedigrees in the future though. Max is fine and no health probs that I know of, but I did look up what things may affect his breed and was worried. But he’s free of breed inherited and inbreeding probs thank God.
There are just some things you need to know in order to save your pet from possible suffering.

If’s true. Needless to say I just had to take a piece of stick out of ZeeZee’s mouth. It had lodged across the roof of her mouth, from one side to the other. Her gum was bleeding. She wasn’t that keen on me doing the operation either.

She will be more comfortable now though and appreciate your attention :)
I often look into the dogs mouth and ears between paw pads poking and prodding ect , they get used to it and don’t care what you are doing after a while. Easier for when vets need to examine them.

I had a pedigree Basset hound once.. my only ever dog of my own.. The poor lad was showing signs of early hip displaysia., thankfully he walked in front of a car before it got too bad.. Yes I have been a pet person up until that point in my life which ended in 1974.. Since then the only pets I have allowed have been birds or fish. So my kids got budgies.

roughbarked said:

Am I the only person here who has little or no interest in dogs.. the gardeners bane..

Me Too, RB. I had dogs all my life, but since I have been into serious gardening I’m not keen on getting one,

Morning All,
Tis a warmish overcast day so far.
I have to find somewhere to plant a lot of tomatoes! All the seeds germinated, all the seedlings survived me transplanting them. Damn! I wasn’t expecting all this – too hard to throw them away though LOL.
The only spot that’s available is where I grew them last year. :(
I’ll be able to give some away so it won’t be that bad I guess.
Just need an idea for where to put them……………….

orchid40 said:

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

Or the Maya Gold.. nom nom nom

yes, the Maya Gold is yummy too :)

I like Lindt chocolate :) Haven’t tried your other recommendations ladies, but I’m in favour of the idea!

Lindt chocolate is yummy, but unfortunately they get their cocoa from suspect (read slave labour) sources, or so I believe.

bluegreen said:

orchid40 said:

bluegreen said:

yes, the Maya Gold is yummy too :)

I like Lindt chocolate :) Haven’t tried your other recommendations ladies, but I’m in favour of the idea!

Lindt chocolate is yummy, but unfortunately they get their cocoa from suspect (read slave labour) sources, or so I believe.

Really??? Crikey. I don’t buy it anyway – just like it!

roughbarked said:

Am I the only person here who has little or no interest in dogs.. the gardeners bane..

I have had dogs in the past, but not currently and would have no qualms if I never do again. Too much work for me. Same with cats. Alex is lovely, but when he goes I will not get another.

Happy Potter said:

Morning. Supposed to get to 25C today , but it’s north winds warming us.

good day for hanging out the washing today

Happy Potter said:

Greek creamed rice for brekky. YUM!

recipe? #2 daughter loves creamed rice but I have lost my recipe!

this cat.. was buried alive(in a Milo tin) as what seemed like a frozen and dead kitten that the mother had not bothered to clean up.. the morning was -2ºC

that afternoon the girl next door asked me to exhume the body.. When I dug up the tin and opened it.. the kitten was alive and mewling.. walking around and around the tin looking for mummy.. Still later I started the lawnmower and said kitten was sitting on the rotor plate.. suffice to say a blood spray ensued on three walls of the house before the kitten landed, shook his bloodied head and wandered off back to a cat’s day.

Morning:D

The lads are out bonding… I’m cleaning the house. Washing machine is working over time today…good drying weather.

Elf lost a 10 cent bet with Pa last night.

Went to my nieces place, Tupperware party I was invited as a bum on the seat, no buying needed on my part:)

Elf bet I would buy something….. HA!!!!!! I didn’t. Haven’t been to a party for over 15 years. Used to have 1 yearly in Whyalla and sold around a thousand $$ each time. People came for the home cooking and popped orders in as they ate…..:P

Pa told be about the bet this morning. So I didn’t buy a thing…… saw some items I want but too stingy to pay for it……. so I’m having a party……..instead.

This Friday night at 7 pm in my rumpus room…. if you can get here…. great…… Your invited gardening guru’s.

Mrs. Almost Bimbo is taking a book to work to help get me some orders:D She’s a good girl.

So got some yummo baking to do Thursday and Friday of this coming week.

roughbarked said:

Am I the only person here who has little or no interest in dogs.. the gardeners bane..

I’m a cat person myself……love all animals…except foxes… got the trap last night too……….

did a bit in the garden this morning. too hot and windy now. Got sheets and pillowcases blowing around on the line – perfect weather for getting them dry.

bluegreen said:

did a bit in the garden this morning. too hot and windy now. Got sheets and pillowcases blowing around on the line – perfect weather for getting them dry.

Im washing here as its windy too.

Arvo all,
I’ve been busy doing lots of small stuff in the garden today – tidying, moving, potting up, filling in holes.
I had another go at spraying since the last time I did it the rain followed shortly. Guess what happened this time. IT RAINED as soon as I’d finished. @#$%*&%$ !

Was on my roof recementing the ridge capping.. stupid tilers didn’t place batons to correct possible problems with big footed son’s walking on it.. all fixed now though.

Son is long gone too..

nearly got blown off the roof by the wind.

oops got to go out in the dark and wash tools..

Good morning :)
We sweltered last night and near midnight it was still 26C , unreal!

I’m busy today , first up a freecycler is coming to collect a few barrow loads of small white stones I have on the driveway, I’ve used what I can as mulch on pot plants so the rest can go.
The stone mulch helped very much with keeping the pots upright in savage winds, so that turned out to be a great idea.

Then off to wash up brush hair and off to a banders meet up. Theres a couple members who are just back from round the world cruises, so it will be good to catch up and hear about their adventures :)
I’m slightly above my goal weight again, so it’s a rap on the knuckles for me lol.

Brekky then yard clothes on, BBL

Good arvo all,
Hope you’re all having a pleasant Sunday,
Here’s my latest spud bin crop. I’m a bit worried that the leaves are so big. Maybe no spuds underneath!

orchid40 said:

Good arvo all,
Hope you’re all having a pleasant Sunday,
Here’s my latest spud bin crop. I’m a bit worried that the leaves are so big. Maybe no spuds underneath!

I wouldn’t be worried. Lots of goodies being stored up underneath I think.

Which reminds me – I have some spuds that need planting….

bluegreen said:

orchid40 said:

Good arvo all,
Hope you’re all having a pleasant Sunday,
Here’s my latest spud bin crop. I’m a bit worried that the leaves are so big. Maybe no spuds underneath!

I wouldn’t be worried. Lots of goodies being stored up underneath I think.

Which reminds me – I have some spuds that need planting….

Leaves make shade.. more spuds will grow in shade.. just keep up the straw mulch.. to add to the productivity.

o40, do you use potting mix for your spuds, or your own mix?

Afternoon O40, BG and RB.

Having a rest here – had a slow start to the day after cleaning up from last night’s mini-dinner party, but now Mr Bon has gone out to a movie so I’ve been out weeding – beautiful weather at the moment. Watching this weekend’s GA then I guess I’ll go back out again.

g’day

i went on a tour of the permaculture garden at the food forest, near here.
probably the highlight were all these geese sitting on open air nests with 16 eggs each. amazing birds that work over the grass of a 10 acre orchard. the orchard has got betons (native small marsupials) behind an electric fence.
olive oil, home grown wine, cider, pictachios, walnuts are all for sale – quite a productive farm.
i learnt that leeks and broccoli are naturals here as are lettuce and a green kale.

good 3 hour tour with lots of strawbale building including the WWOOF’s accommodation.

orchid40 said:

Good arvo all,
Hope you’re all having a pleasant Sunday,
Here’s my latest spud bin crop. I’m a bit worried that the leaves are so big. Maybe no spuds underneath!

at least nothing is eating the leaves. i can’t tell what the tubers are doing either – you could add a bit of potash – altho’ i guess you have done that already.

bluegreen said:

o40, do you use potting mix for your spuds, or your own mix?

I use a bit of potting mix at the bottom and lots of compost, a bit of B&B and cane mulch.

at least nothing is eating the leaves. i can’t tell what the tubers are doing either – you could add a bit of potash – altho’ i guess you have done that already.

I can’t remember Pepe!! I’ll give them some tomorrow to be sure to be sure begorrah!

Fairly productive w/e. More pruning done. A self sown crepe myrtle got planted in it’s new home. Hope it doesn’t take 7 years to flower.

Went and bought some seedlings for the veg bed. Sw corn, beans, mixed lettuce, cucumbers, watermelon etc. Still picking cabbages, sugar snap peas, kohl rabi and strawberries. Got 3 different types of tomatoes to go in yet. Hopefully some rain will ease the hosing chore. New avocado is planted. Will buy a mango next week. Which reminds me, the mango trees around here are loaded with flower this year. I mean ‘covered.’ Every tree that you can see from the road when passing is the same. The fruit should be a reasonable price this season if the weather does the right thing.

Shopping drudgery today. Enjoy whatever you do.

pomolo said:

Fairly productive w/e. More pruning done. A self sown crepe myrtle got planted in it’s new home. Hope it doesn’t take 7 years to flower.

Went and bought some seedlings for the veg bed. Sw corn, beans, mixed lettuce, cucumbers, watermelon etc. Still picking cabbages, sugar snap peas, kohl rabi and strawberries. Got 3 different types of tomatoes to go in yet. Hopefully some rain will ease the hosing chore. New avocado is planted. Will buy a mango next week. Which reminds me, the mango trees around here are loaded with flower this year. I mean ‘covered.’ Every tree that you can see from the road when passing is the same. The fruit should be a reasonable price this season if the weather does the right thing.

Shopping drudgery today. Enjoy whatever you do.

Pleasant gardening Pom :)
What will happen if the dam goes ahead though ?

Happy Potter said:

Pleasant gardening Pom :)
What will happen if the dam goes ahead though ?

SSSShhhh!

orchid40 said:

at least nothing is eating the leaves. i can’t tell what the tubers are doing either – you could add a bit of potash – altho’ i guess you have done that already.

I can’t remember Pepe!! I’ll give them some tomorrow to be sure to be sure begorrah!

Great looking spud crop Orchid :) I hate the commercial spuds now, unless you pay a fortune they are no good. I have beds of them coming up well , and I’ve mulched with straw from the horse manure piles. It’s free so I’m using heaps.

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

Pleasant gardening Pom :)
What will happen if the dam goes ahead though ?

SSSShhhh!

I read that item with a heavy heart. I hope some solution is found other than building the dam. :(

My BBY tomato seedlings are going alright, some are four-leaved already. Am only going to get one “yellow” plant by the looks of it, but that’s a100% strike rate as it would appear that the other two were, as we suspected, uncooked rolled oat bits (the seeds fell out before I wiped up after making my porridge)…it’s not a very healthy looking plant but time will tell…

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

Pleasant gardening Pom :)
What will happen if the dam goes ahead though ?

SSSShhhh!

I read that item with a heavy heart. I hope some solution is found other than building the dam. :(

…as do I…

Dinetta said:

My BBY tomato seedlings are going alright, some are four-leaved already. Am only going to get one “yellow” plant by the looks of it, but that’s a100% strike rate as it would appear that the other two were, as we suspected, uncooked rolled oat bits (the seeds fell out before I wiped up after making my porridge)…it’s not a very healthy looking plant but time will tell…

Oh cool :) mine are going great , taller but still in the light box. Theres 2 of the oxheart yellows ( out of 3 seeds) and one of the smaller yellow,and oodles of the 2 reds.

Walking dead here………………. spent from 11 pm Saturday night to late yesterday with my head in a bucket and my bum on the loo.

So sore today……………… taking it easy.

Till I have to cook dinner tonight. Kids are coming over as Pa goes home this Wednesday.

oh dear Lucky, not good! Something you ate? or a bug do you think?

Lucky1 said:

Walking dead here………………. spent from 11 pm Saturday night to late yesterday with my head in a bucket and my bum on the loo.

So sore today……………… taking it easy.

Till I have to cook dinner tonight. Kids are coming over as Pa goes home this Wednesday.

ewww

_pats Lucky’s shoulder sympathetically…

What do you think it was?

Lucky, ring the kids and put them off. They WILL understand.

Hope you get well quickly.

Dinetta said:

Lucky1 said:

Walking dead here………………. spent from 11 pm Saturday night to late yesterday with my head in a bucket and my bum on the loo.

So sore today……………… taking it easy.

Till I have to cook dinner tonight. Kids are coming over as Pa goes home this Wednesday.

ewww

pats Lucky’s shoulder sympathetically…

What do you think it was?

Damn…trigger finger…

Should work now…

colliewa said:

Lucky, ring the kids and put them off. They WILL understand.

Hope you get well quickly.

Good Idea Collie, except how about the “kids” all bring a “plate”? They’ll feel more a part of the occasion then…

off to change the hose…

Arvo All,
Great day for washing and gardening today :)
Lucky I hope you feel better soon. (((Hugs)))

Stuff the housework! One could clean all day everyday and still have things to clean.

So I’m planning tea.. chicken cheese schnitzels and potato salad, and I’ve picked a nice bunch of rhubarb which I’ll make into a sort of self saucing pudding. It’s gone dark and cool again , so cooking is in order :)

bluegreen said:

oh dear Lucky, not good! Something you ate? or a bug do you think?

Not sure … I ate only 1 thing different from the lads….so maybe it was that as it was a bought item.

Lucky1 said:

Walking dead here………………. spent from 11 pm Saturday night to late yesterday with my head in a bucket and my bum on the loo.

So sore today……………… taking it easy.

Till I have to cook dinner tonight. Kids are coming over as Pa goes home this Wednesday.

Aw Lucky, sorry you are crook. I hope t goes quick. Get the kids to help ?

colliewa said:

Lucky, ring the kids and put them off. They WILL understand.

Hope you get well quickly.

Oh no Collie………… Bimbo is at school Tuesday & Wednesday at night so if its not tonight it won’t happen:(

Happy Potter said:

Stuff the housework! One could clean all day everyday and still have things to clean.

So I’m planning tea.. chicken cheese schnitzels and potato salad, and I’ve picked a nice bunch of rhubarb which I’ll make into a sort of self saucing pudding. It’s gone dark and cool again , so cooking is in order :)

I’ve got 2 chooks to roast for tonight….. Jimbob cooked chicken only once and made himself crook on it. Don’t think he cooked it properly.

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Walking dead here………………. spent from 11 pm Saturday night to late yesterday with my head in a bucket and my bum on the loo.

So sore today……………… taking it easy.

Till I have to cook dinner tonight. Kids are coming over as Pa goes home this Wednesday.

Aw Lucky, sorry you are crook. I hope t goes quick. Get the kids to help ?

Kids are coming straight from work.

I’m okay now…just sore and tired.

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

Stuff the housework! One could clean all day everyday and still have things to clean.

So I’m planning tea.. chicken cheese schnitzels and potato salad, and I’ve picked a nice bunch of rhubarb which I’ll make into a sort of self saucing pudding. It’s gone dark and cool again , so cooking is in order :)

I’ve got 2 chooks to roast for tonight….. Jimbob cooked chicken only once and made himself crook on it. Don’t think he cooked it properly.

He needs a cooking thermometer by the sounds. No guessing and heaps safer for youngins starting out and cooking for themselves.

Lucky1 said:

….. Jimbob cooked chicken only once and made himself crook on it. Don’t think he cooked it properly.

did you know…

commercially produced chickens are fed antibiotics as a matter of course. this produces super-bugs as they become resistant to the antibiotics. so if the chook you buy is going to have nasty bugs in it, it will be these more virile super-bugs. so if you get sick from not cooking you chook properly, you risk getting REALLY sick.

Another reason to buy organically produced chicken.

been to the B shop to check out sleepers for some new raised vege beds I’m planning. The only sleepers they had that looked suitable were the CCA (Arsenic) treated ones. They only had light planks with the ACQ (Ammonia & Chlorine) treatment. Red Gum I suspect is old growth felling so that is out too.

So I did some online research and came across this site where you can buy “EcoWood” – presumably a treated plantation pine timber that is safe. The website if you care to browse is a hoot! Not sure if I love it or hate it but they are not shy in coming forward in their opinion of the “Big Green Shed” or what football club you should support!

Anyway, this EcoWood looks like the stuff to get.

Before we went away I bought some seed potatoes (Nicola) and a couple of potato bags to grow them in. So while at the “Big Green Shed” I got a couple of bags of mushroom compost which I have combined with my own compost and planted the spuds in the bags and watered in. So here goes for some nice home grown ones, hey!

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

Stuff the housework! One could clean all day everyday and still have things to clean.

So I’m planning tea.. chicken cheese schnitzels and potato salad, and I’ve picked a nice bunch of rhubarb which I’ll make into a sort of self saucing pudding. It’s gone dark and cool again , so cooking is in order :)

I’ve got 2 chooks to roast for tonight….. Jimbob cooked chicken only once and made himself crook on it. Don’t think he cooked it properly.

This is what’s called a learning experience…he’s cooked chickens successfully since then?

You think they’re watching your every move in the kitchen, then they leave home and the telephone calls start…Muuum, if I put a chook on to roast now, will it be ready in 20 mins? …

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

….. Jimbob cooked chicken only once and made himself crook on it. Don’t think he cooked it properly.

Another reason to buy organically produced chicken.

with the whole chickens I do, because they’re labelled, but the specials in the deli aren’t (labelled)…however it’s difficult to undercook chicken breast or thigh…

Before we went away I bought some seed potatoes (Nicola) and a couple of potato bags to grow them in. So while at the “Big Green Shed” I got a couple of bags of mushroom compost which I have combined with my own compost and planted the spuds in the bags and watered in. So here goes for some nice home grown ones, hey!

—————————————————
Sounds perfect! Since we’ve been eating home grown spuds, the commercially available ones are crap. This year I have twice as many plants in. Do you have to have wood bordered vegie beds ? What about bessa bricks..I’ve used large thick pavers and they are great , so far no probs at all.

Elf News

Had a big check up today and he was weighed…………………

Since last October…… he has lost 7 kilo.

No wonder he needs a belt to keep his jeans up!!!!!!

So proud of him.:D

Lucky1 said:

Elf News

Had a big check up today and he was weighed…………………

Since last October…… he has lost 7 kilo.

No wonder he needs a belt to keep his jeans up!!!!!!

So proud of him.:D

go Elf! :)

Happy Potter said:

Do you have to have wood bordered vegie beds ? What about bessa bricks..I’ve used large thick pavers and they are great , so far no probs at all.

I thought it would be cheaper and easier to put together – not sure I could lay blocks in a straight line!

Lucky1 said:

Elf News

Had a big check up today and he was weighed…………………

Since last October…… he has lost 7 kilo.

That’s over 1 stone, and it will stay off too, which is the good thing.

Congratulations to the Elf!!

:D

Dinetta said:

Lucky1 said:

Elf News

Had a big check up today and he was weighed…………………

Since last October…… he has lost 7 kilo.

That’s over 1 stone, and it will stay off too, which is the good thing.

Congratulations to the Elf!!

:D

Thanks Dinetta:D We were trying to work it out……lol

microwave oven just died :(

oh well, it was almost 20 years old.

Lucky1 said:

Dinetta said:

Lucky1 said:

Elf News

Had a big check up today and he was weighed…………………

Since last October…… he has lost 7 kilo.

That’s over 1 stone, and it will stay off too, which is the good thing.

Congratulations to the Elf!!

:D

Thanks Dinetta:D We were trying to work it out……lol

Elf is my vintage: I think he might be a year older

:)

It’s 1 stone, 1.43 pounds…

Glad to be of assistance…

bluegreen said:

microwave oven just died :(

oh well, it was almost 20 years old.

…and they don’t make ‘em like that any more…good solid numbers they were back then…

Mine is the same age as Sonny Jim and that makes it 19 y o: it has had 2 major repairs but the sparky said that next time is “IT” and sniff we shall have to let it go…

bluegreen said:

microwave oven just died :(

oh well, it was almost 20 years old.

Geez……… that was a good run.

>Since last October…… he has lost 7 kilo.

Good on him! Bet he feels better for it!

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

microwave oven just died :(

oh well, it was almost 20 years old.

…and they don’t make ‘em like that any more…good solid numbers they were back then…

Mine is the same age as Sonny Jim and that makes it 19 y o: it has had 2 major repairs but the sparky said that next time is “IT” and sniff we shall have to let it go…

we have never had any problems with ours, except when someone broke the turntable and we had to get a replacement – but that wasn’t the fault of the oven!

been looking at the cost of a replacement – the budget fairy is feeling faint! All these fancy features we will probably never ever use too…

Remember the older the get the more they leak microwaves; you don’t want to be near one when it is running, more so when it is of drinking age!!!

Just saw on the abc news site that Mike Leyland (Mike and Mal fame) has died. HERE

Lucky1 said:

Elf News

Had a big check up today and he was weighed…………………

Since last October…… he has lost 7 kilo.

No wonder he needs a belt to keep his jeans up!!!!!!

So proud of him.:D

Well done to the Elf :)

Ooooh, I love this episode of Seachange.

Mr Bon is cooking up a Thai Beef Salad (improvised – we ran out of soy sauce), I’ve got my henna in for the next few hours.. and an episode of Seachange. It’s a good life :)

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

Pleasant gardening Pom :)
What will happen if the dam goes ahead though ?

SSSShhhh!

We’ll most likely know something in a month. Mr Garrett is mulling it over as we speak. Do politicians mull? We have had all the TV news helicoptors (one blue, one red and one white) buzzing around. Landing, taking off, at will. Gatherings of protestors. It’s all been like a carnival round here.

Although I never agreed with having a new dam, drowning vast acres of beautiful farming land, I have to swing the other way at this stage. The Governments buy up every farm and residence in a vast area around us has devastated the crux of our small town. Many sold their homes to the Gov and left the area. The empty homes have been rented out cheaply (by rent standards) to mostly, city folk. Often they don’t stay long because it’s too lonely so the population is changing about every 3 months. On the other hand these people have little in the way of community spirit and small towns can only survive with community spirit.

All this had made me realise that we need this dam now. If we are ever to be a rural town again then the dam might be the “fix” we need.

Here endeth the lesson.

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

Pleasant gardening Pom :)
What will happen if the dam goes ahead though ?

SSSShhhh!

I read that item with a heavy heart. I hope some solution is found other than building the dam. :(

I should have mentioned in that last epistle that our property is only incorporated in stage 2 of this dam business. Excuse the pun. This isn’t expected to happen till 2035 and we have a lease on this house till that time. We now pay rent to the Gov and can stay here till our land is swamped. The most upsetting thing for me was the fact that our property was to be our childrens inheritance. Now it’s gone.

Lucky1 said:

bluegreen said:

oh dear Lucky, not good! Something you ate? or a bug do you think?

Not sure … I ate only 1 thing different from the lads….so maybe it was that as it was a bought item.

I have a grandson in Adelaide suffering from the same sort of thing. Maybe it’s going around?

RightO! It’s all yours now. Gotta go and start the day. Trying to sound interested……………………..

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

Pleasant gardening Pom :)
What will happen if the dam goes ahead though ?

SSSShhhh!

We’ll most likely know something in a month. Mr Garrett is mulling it over as we speak. Do politicians mull? We have had all the TV news helicoptors (one blue, one red and one white) buzzing around. Landing, taking off, at will. Gatherings of protestors. It’s all been like a carnival round here.

Although I never agreed with having a new dam, drowning vast acres of beautiful farming land, I have to swing the other way at this stage. The Governments buy up every farm and residence in a vast area around us has devastated the crux of our small town. Many sold their homes to the Gov and left the area. The empty homes have been rented out cheaply (by rent standards) to mostly, city folk. Often they don’t stay long because it’s too lonely so the population is changing about every 3 months. On the other hand these people have little in the way of community spirit and small towns can only survive with community spirit.

All this had made me realise that we need this dam now. If we are ever to be a rural town again then the dam might be the “fix” we need.

Here endeth the lesson.

Applause you should send that to the Editor at The Courier Mail Pomolo…best I’ve read yet on the matter…

pomolo said:

The most upsetting thing for me was the fact that our property was to be our childrens inheritance. Now it’s gone.

Send that in too…

pomolo said:

RightO! It’s all yours now. Gotta go and start the day. Trying to sound interested……………………..

Course you are! I’m interested in what you’re doing…it’s rather tiring, reading your posts, but informative…

I have soaked 2 pots of frangipani, they all need repotting as they are trying to escape their pots…need to be taken out, roots cut back and potting mix freshened…

The tomatoes are going OK, at least they are alive…just need to get Sonny Joe (he comes home on Thursday) to trim me some likely leucaena saplings to use as tomato stakes, as per BBY’s last magazine…then they can go into the garden bed.

The corn is nearly up to my knee, I have worked out where I am putting the second sowing. After that goes in, I’ll wait again until it’s knee-high and then I’ll plant the pumpkins, the seeds of which I have been saving from particularly tasty specimens from WW…at the same time the second sowing of corn goes in, I’ll be sowing beans around the first corn plants…the pumpkins will go in at the very last, as we have such a long summer and if they go in too early, the other plants can’t compete (too much shadow).

Found some caladiums! was disturbing the soil of a pot they were in last year, as I was going to use it for a (supposedly) very red geranium. Thought the caladiums must have rotted along with the adenium during that big water during the winter, but nup! the bulbs were waaaayyyy down (nearly 3 inches!) in the pot and bursting with lovely healthy roots…so I took them and some mix out, placed some worm castings in, and replaced the mix and bulbs…

Had to find another home for the geranium, and have recycled the old adenium pot for that purpose.

I also screwed up my courage and had a look at some Iris that I have, horribly root bound in a nice pot. Pulled out the dry foliage and presto! some of the rhizome came with them…so I have repotted these in a pot that had a plant in it once upon a twice…I think these like to be almost waterlogged so I’ll have to consider a better potting arrangement for them…

And that, folks, was my gardening for yesterday…a little light reading whilst you sip your cuppas…

good morning folks. not sure what I am up to today. sew some vege seeds in trays I think (got some seed raising mix while at the big green shed yesterday.) Do some more planning for my new vege beds. Do some washing…..

bluegreen said:

good morning folks. not sure what I am up to today. sew some vege seeds in trays I think (got some seed raising mix while at the big green shed yesterday.) Do some more planning for my new vege beds. Do some washing…..

have a chat…

Patrick Swayze has died from pancreatic cancer.

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

good morning folks. not sure what I am up to today. sew some vege seeds in trays I think (got some seed raising mix while at the big green shed yesterday.) Do some more planning for my new vege beds. Do some washing…..

have a chat…

hi Dinetta :)

i just cleaned up because the cleaner is coming shortly. i took the rugs off the tiled floor and left behind patches of dirt from under the rugs. still the dishes are cleaned and put away – what more could a cleaner want?

pepe said:

i just cleaned up because the cleaner is coming shortly. i took the rugs off the tiled floor and left behind patches of dirt from under the rugs. still the dishes are cleaned and put away – what more could a cleaner want?

:D

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

good morning folks. not sure what I am up to today. sew some vege seeds in trays I think (got some seed raising mix while at the big green shed yesterday.) Do some more planning for my new vege beds. Do some washing…..

have a chat…

hi Dinetta :)

sorry BlueGreen, I was just catching up briefly and this was a suggestion for your “things to do today” ;)

Hi BlueGreen

pepe said:

i just cleaned up because the cleaner is coming shortly. i took the rugs off the tiled floor and left behind patches of dirt from under the rugs. still the dishes are cleaned and put away – what more could a cleaner want?

Not too many “this cleans that and that cleans the other and don’t use X on Y’‘…bet they tune out after the second direction…

One of my SIL has so many cleaning products…it comes as no surprise that she and the son have asthma…or am I being harsh…

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

i just cleaned up because the cleaner is coming shortly. i took the rugs off the tiled floor and left behind patches of dirt from under the rugs. still the dishes are cleaned and put away – what more could a cleaner want?

Not too many “this cleans that and that cleans the other and don’t use X on Y’‘…bet they tune out after the second direction…

One of my SIL has so many cleaning products…it comes as no surprise that she and the son have asthma…or am I being harsh…

this bloke’s a professional and brings all his own gear. he’s here now – i would have preferred a french maid but my wife….
anyrate we will find out what his standard is when he’s finished i guess. personally i like spiders too much to be a cleaner so i guess they will get short shift.

>he’s here now – i would have preferred a french maid

I’m with you mate.

colliewa said:

>he’s here now – i would have preferred a french maid

I’m with you mate.

chuckle – still you see blokes cleaning supermarkets and stuff so i guess what they lack in looks they might (?) make up for in ability (??) – maybe.

Dinetta said:

One of my SIL has so many cleaning products…it comes as no surprise that she and the son have asthma…or am I being harsh…

perhaps not. Although having asthma, cleanliness becomes more of an issue. But I think that there are too many chemicals in these cleaning products and the number of products in the stupidmarket aisle never ceases to amaze me. We don’t need them all but they tell us that we do.

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

i just cleaned up because the cleaner is coming shortly. i took the rugs off the tiled floor and left behind patches of dirt from under the rugs. still the dishes are cleaned and put away – what more could a cleaner want?

Not too many “this cleans that and that cleans the other and don’t use X on Y’‘…bet they tune out after the second direction…

One of my SIL has so many cleaning products…it comes as no surprise that she and the son have asthma…or am I being harsh…

this bloke’s a professional and brings all his own gear. he’s here now – i would have preferred a french maid but my wife….
anyrate we will find out what his standard is when he’s finished i guess. personally i like spiders too much to be a cleaner so i guess they will get short shift.

there are professional “green” cleaners out there too – who only use friendly products. I like spiders too. I told our builder they were our friends so would rather them relocated than killed if possible. Haven’t been able to open the window above the kitchen sink for years because there is always a spider in residence keeping the flies at bay.