Giggle pigs have arrived and will be here for about 9 or 10 days. Gee they are big compared to my bunnies…..

Lucky1 said:

Giggle pigs have arrived and will be here for about 9 or 10 days. Gee they are big compared to my bunnies…..

So L1.. you has some of them very famous chuckling pigs

urban-wombat said:

Lucky1 said:

Giggle pigs have arrived and will be here for about 9 or 10 days. Gee they are big compared to my bunnies…..

So L1.. you has some of them very famous chuckling pigs

Oh I have lots of different animals here and not usually called their correct breed….lol

My kids had guinea pigs when they were growing up…me I’m more into rabbits:)

nice roasted.

pain master said:

nice roasted.

Only in the Andes

pain master said:

nice roasted.

So Pa, keeps telling me….lol

urban-wombat said:

pain master said:

nice roasted.

Only in the Andes

not only in the Andes, Cavy are well roasted in the antipodes…

pain master said:

urban-wombat said:

pain master said:

nice roasted.

Only in the Andes

not only in the Andes, Cavy are well roasted in the antipodes…

made into a soup, they are supposed to have healing qualities. Like chicken soup I suppose.

Lucky1 said:

pain master said:

nice roasted.

So Pa, keeps telling me….lol

Pa is a wise man.

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

urban-wombat said:

Only in the Andes

not only in the Andes, Cavy are well roasted in the antipodes…

made into a soup, they are supposed to have healing qualities. Like chicken soup I suppose.

I’m sorry BG, but could they heal your broken heart? I’m devastated and feeling like a bowl of Guinea Pig Chowder right now…

^{virtual boo hoo boo hoo boo hoo boo hoo boo hoo}

pain master said:

Lucky1 said:

pain master said:

nice roasted.

So Pa, keeps telling me….lol

Pa is a wise man.

Naaa he’s a shit stirrer:D But we love him.

pain master said:

I’m sorry BG, but could they heal your broken heart? I’m devastated and feeling like a bowl of Guinea Pig Chowder right now…

^{virtual boo hoo boo hoo boo hoo boo hoo boo hoo}

I wish

Lucky1 said:

pain master said:

Lucky1 said:

So Pa, keeps telling me….lol

Pa is a wise man.

Naaa he’s a shit stirrer:D But we love him.

A shit stirring wise man… even better.

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

urban-wombat said:

Only in the Andes

not only in the Andes, Cavy are well roasted in the antipodes…

made into a soup, they are supposed to have healing qualities. Like chicken soup I suppose.

sticks fingers in ears

LALALALA I can’t hear you!!!

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

not only in the Andes, Cavy are well roasted in the antipodes…

made into a soup, they are supposed to have healing qualities. Like chicken soup I suppose.

sticks fingers in ears

LALALALA I can’t hear you!!!

lol! although I am OK with killing and eating my own chooks and ducks or one day rabbits, not sure if I am ready to eat GP just yet.

bluegreen said:

lol! although I am OK with killing and eating my own chooks and ducks or one day rabbits, not sure if I am ready to eat GP just yet.

I draw a line on what animals I will eat, based on cuteness. Chickens and cows – eatable. Ducks – too cute. Lambs – too cute. Rabbits – much too cute.

OK, it’s a bit tongue in cheek – I’m a wannabe vegetarian living with a determined omnivore cook – our compromise is he eats vegie meals and I eat cows and chook. But cuteness aside, I could never eat a giggle pig. Had some lovely giggle pigs as pets.

I also won’t eat any animal that will fit in my mouth without being cut up – but mostly that just rules out seafood, and I don’t like seafood anyway :D

God, I sound awfully fussy, don’t I?? :D Truth is, I just love the taste of vegies.. meat, not so much.

my friend won’t eat anything with eyes….

pain master said:

my friend won’t eat anything with eyes….

Wait, anything that originally had eyes?? Or just anything served complete with eyes? If it’s the latter – too right. How gross! :D

bon008 said:

pain master said:

my friend won’t eat anything with eyes….

Wait, anything that originally had eyes?? Or just anything served complete with eyes? If it’s the latter – too right. How gross! :D

yup served… filleted fish is okay, but prawns with heads? No Way. Its called Cat 5 Vegan.

bon008 said:

pain master said:

my friend won’t eat anything with eyes….

Wait, anything that originally had eyes?? Or just anything served complete with eyes? If it’s the latter – too right. How gross! :D

but my other friend won’t anything processed. No cooking, no plastic packaging, no steaming, no heating… its all raw and its all vegies.

pain master said:

yup served… filleted fish is okay, but prawns with heads? No Way. Its called Cat 5 Vegan.

hehe :)

bon008 said:

pain master said:

yup served… filleted fish is okay, but prawns with heads? No Way. Its called Cat 5 Vegan.

hehe :)

It makes the staff at the restaurant laugh too!

pain master said:

but my other friend won’t anything processed. No cooking, no plastic packaging, no steaming, no heating… its all raw and its all vegies.

I went to a (3 hr!!) lecture on health and digestion given by a chap call Professor Peter Dingle. He’s sort of the resident “anti-toxic chemicals” guy around Perth, but does research into digestion too. He was saying how all raw foods come ready-made with the enzymes in them that your body needs to digest that food – but if you cook the food, you kill the enzymes.

Sounds like a good theory and his family does eat mostly raw food I think, but there is no way on hell or earth that Mr Bon would try this. And I’m certainly not going to start preparing my own food.. :D

bon008 said:

pain master said:

but my other friend won’t anything processed. No cooking, no plastic packaging, no steaming, no heating… its all raw and its all vegies.

I went to a (3 hr!!) lecture on health and digestion given by a chap call Professor Peter Dingle. He’s sort of the resident “anti-toxic chemicals” guy around Perth, but does research into digestion too. He was saying how all raw foods come ready-made with the enzymes in them that your body needs to digest that food – but if you cook the food, you kill the enzymes.

Sounds like a good theory and his family does eat mostly raw food I think, but there is no way on hell or earth that Mr Bon would try this. And I’m certainly not going to start preparing my own food.. :D

That’s the guff… and I agree, 3 bags of raw garlic doesn’t sound like dinner to me.

pain master said:

bon008 said:

pain master said:

my friend won’t eat anything with eyes….

Wait, anything that originally had eyes?? Or just anything served complete with eyes? If it’s the latter – too right. How gross! :D

but my other friend won’t anything processed. No cooking, no plastic packaging, no steaming, no heating… its all raw and its all vegies.

I knew someone who would only eat raw food but they included meat. BLAH.

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

bon008 said:

Wait, anything that originally had eyes?? Or just anything served complete with eyes? If it’s the latter – too right. How gross! :D

but my other friend won’t anything processed. No cooking, no plastic packaging, no steaming, no heating… its all raw and its all vegies.

I knew someone who would only eat raw food but they included meat. BLAH.

I oftened wondered if my friend would eat sushi, but no… he was deadset against meat.

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

but my other friend won’t anything processed. No cooking, no plastic packaging, no steaming, no heating… its all raw and its all vegies.

I knew someone who would only eat raw food but they included meat. BLAH.

I oftened wondered if my friend would eat sushi, but no… he was deadset against meat.

Pedant mode on……

Raw fish is Sashimi. Sushi can contain raw fish but not always and is actually named for the rice used.

bubba louie said:

Pedant mode on……

Raw fish is Sashimi. Sushi can contain raw fish but not always and is actually named for the rice used.

Your pedant mode is wasted… I was just to lazy to type sashimi when most Australians would understand my sushi to know as raw fish.

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

Pedant mode on……

Raw fish is Sashimi. Sushi can contain raw fish but not always and is actually named for the rice used.

Your pedant mode is wasted… I was just to lazy to type sashimi when most Australians would understand my sushi to know as raw fish.

sorry… that should be “too” lazy

urban-wombat said:

pain master said:

nice roasted.

Only in the Andes

Nah, in the Weber’s good too…

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

lol! although I am OK with killing and eating my own chooks and ducks or one day rabbits, not sure if I am ready to eat GP just yet.

I draw a line on what animals I will eat, based on cuteness. Chickens and cows – eatable. Ducks – too cute. Lambs – too cute. Rabbits – much too cute.

OK, it’s a bit tongue in cheek – I’m a wannabe vegetarian living with a determined omnivore cook – our compromise is he eats vegie meals and I eat cows and chook. But cuteness aside, I could never eat a giggle pig. Had some lovely giggle pigs as pets.

I also won’t eat any animal that will fit in my mouth without being cut up – but mostly that just rules out seafood, and I don’t like seafood anyway :D

God, I sound awfully fussy, don’t I?? :D Truth is, I just love the taste of vegies.. meat, not so much.

You obviously haven’t spent much time with day old calves…but I’m with you, I only eat beef, chicken and a little plain fish, no shellfish, oh and ham but not pork. I eat mostly vegetarian meals though, can’t eat meat every day, it’s too heavy. I’m happy with once a week.

bon008 said:

pain master said:

but my other friend won’t anything processed. No cooking, no plastic packaging, no steaming, no heating… its all raw and its all vegies.

I went to a (3 hr!!) lecture on health and digestion given by a chap call Professor Peter Dingle. He’s sort of the resident “anti-toxic chemicals” guy around Perth, but does research into digestion too. He was saying how all raw foods come ready-made with the enzymes in them that your body needs to digest that food – but if you cook the food, you kill the enzymes.

Sounds like a good theory and his family does eat mostly raw food I think, but there is no way on hell or earth that Mr Bon would try this. And I’m certainly not going to start preparing my own food.. :D

Not that much prep if it’s all raw…

hortfurball said:

urban-wombat said:

pain master said:

nice roasted.

Only in the Andes

Nah, in the Weber’s good too…

That’s the answer I was looking for!

pain master said:

bon008 said:

pain master said:

my friend won’t eat anything with eyes….

Wait, anything that originally had eyes?? Or just anything served complete with eyes? If it’s the latter – too right. How gross! :D

but my other friend won’t anything processed. No cooking, no plastic packaging, no steaming, no heating… its all raw and its all vegies.

I knew someone like that. Probably the only true vegeterian. He wouldn’t use any of the vege. substitute sausages etc. All food was consumed fresh and raw. Certainly not the way I’d want to live.

>my friend won’t eat anything with eyes….

Not even spuds?

>Professor Peter Dingle

I’ve been tio talks by him..

Very persuasive and very entertaining!

CollieWA said:

>my friend won’t eat anything with eyes….

Not even spuds?

Oh haha, very funny CollieWA!

orchid40 said:

CollieWA said:

>my friend won’t eat anything with eyes….

Not even spuds?

Oh haha, very funny CollieWA!

A few weeks back the grand kinder stayed with us for a couple of days.. the first thing one of them announced was she is now a Vegetarian .. and in the next breath what’s for tea.. when I said Welsh Rarebit.. she reminded me she was VEGETARIAN.. Boom! Boom!

hortfurball said:

urban-wombat said:

pain master said:

nice roasted.

Only in the Andes

Nah, in the Weber’s good too…

There’s a couple in the Bris area who raise them for food and they reccommend butterflied in an old verticle grill.

My Jan thread has been butchers….LMAO…(pardon the pun)

Lucky1 said:

My Jan thread has been butchers….LMAO…(pardon the pun)

Sorry for this !

urban-wombat said:

Sorry for this !

no you’re not! lol!

urban-wombat said:

Lucky1 said:

My Jan thread has been butchers….LMAO…(pardon the pun)

Sorry for this !

ROTFPIMP……

LOVE IT just LOVE IT:D

bluegreen said:

urban-wombat said:

Sorry for this !

no you’re not! lol!

ROFL!!
Well done UW hehehe

bubba louie said:

hortfurball said:

urban-wombat said:

Only in the Andes

Nah, in the Weber’s good too…

There’s a couple in the Bris area who raise them for food and they reccommend butterflied in an old verticle grill.

I hope you realise I wasn’t serious. I wouldn’t eat a gigglepig under any circumstances.

hortfurball said:

bubba louie said:

hortfurball said:

Nah, in the Weber’s good too…

There’s a couple in the Bris area who raise them for food and they reccommend butterflied in an old verticle grill.

I hope you realise I wasn’t serious. I wouldn’t eat a gigglepig under any circumstances.

Oh I know your a softy at heart:) Didn’t think you had.

urban-wombat said:

Lucky1 said:

My Jan thread has been butchers….LMAO…(pardon the pun)

Sorry for this !

LMAO!!

Lucky1 said:

urban-wombat said:

Lucky1 said:

My Jan thread has been butchers….LMAO…(pardon the pun)

Sorry for this !

ROTFPIMP……

LOVE IT just LOVE IT:D

That’s GOLD!

>and in the next breath what’s for tea.. when I said Welsh Rarebit.. she reminded me she was VEGETARIAN.. Boom! Boom!

I had to look it up.. I had thought it was bunny too.

urban-wombat said:

Lucky1 said:

My Jan thread has been butchers….LMAO…(pardon the pun)

Sorry for this !

LOL!

CollieWA said:

urban-wombat said:

Lucky1 said:

My Jan thread has been butchers….LMAO…(pardon the pun)

Sorry for this !

LOL!

I have actually printed it off large on an A4 paper and its on my fridge:D

CollieWA said:

>and in the next breath what’s for tea.. when I said Welsh Rarebit.. she reminded me she was VEGETARIAN.. Boom! Boom!

I had to look it up.. I had thought it was bunny too.

LOL the way I enjoy WR.. it’s a real winter comfort food..( because of a slight health problem should cut back on this..)

large slabs of home made bread with lost butter ‘n hat mustard covered with the rarebit ( made with free range eggs and full cream cheese) pop under the burner.

Eat with…

A home made pumpkin ‘n chilli ( gives it a real kick ) soup.. roll on winter

>roll on winter

Sorry UW, Lucky’s got first dibs on winter.

CollieWA said:

>roll on winter

Sorry UW, Lucky’s got first dibs on winter.

Oh bother!

urban-wombat said:

CollieWA said:

>and in the next breath what’s for tea.. when I said Welsh Rarebit.. she reminded me she was VEGETARIAN.. Boom! Boom!

I had to look it up.. I had thought it was bunny too.

LOL the way I enjoy WR.. it’s a real winter comfort food..( because of a slight health problem should cut back on this..)

large slabs of home made bread with lost butter ‘n hat mustard covered with the rarebit ( made with free range eggs and full cream cheese) pop under the burner.

Eat with…

A home made pumpkin ‘n chilli ( gives it a real kick ) soup.. roll on winter

Oooohh! Pumpkin and Chilli soup! That sounds yum! I put a pinch of curry powder in my pumpkin soup to give it a bit of pep but I might steal your idea…as you said – roll on winter!

CollieWA said:

>roll on winter

Sorry UW, Lucky’s got first dibs on winter.

Yep….. but maybe 2 of us screaming I WANT MY WINTER may be better than one …..

urban-wombat said:

CollieWA said:

>roll on winter

Sorry UW, Lucky’s got first dibs on winter.

Oh bother!

Naa you go right ahead:) Can’t have people say I am not a sharing kinda gal:)

He’s loves me:D

http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/2010/01/buddy-update.html

CollieWA said:

>my friend won’t eat anything with eyes….

Not even spuds?

boom tish!

CollieWA said:

>Professor Peter Dingle

I’ve been tio talks by him..

Very persuasive and very entertaining!

Yeh. I like his stuff. He can be a bit full-on because he’s so enthusiastic about what he does, but the science seems pretty sound.

If you google his website, you can sign up for a free newsletter, if you’re interested.

Lucky1 said:

CollieWA said:

urban-wombat said:

Sorry for this !

LOL!

I have actually printed it off large on an A4 paper and its on my fridge:D

Hmm.. Harley might be starting to worry when he sees it??

Hmm.. Harley might be starting to worry when he sees it??
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Naa only if the book is a Chinese recipe book….

Lucky1 said:

Hmm.. Harley might be starting to worry when he sees it??

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Naa only if the book is a Chinese recipe book….

ewwwwwwwww :)

The area where we had a plum tree that never grew has been just sitting there and not being used. I love pepino fruit and thought this was a great area to put one. Not only can it cover the “people fence” it can grow and not smother my other vegies.

That’s my most fav fruit, white nectarine. Mulched that area behind it with sheep manure and pea straw…..getting it ready for autumn sowing.

Close up of the pepino. On the really hot days, some old shade cloth will be used to cover the fence until the plant really grows. Still need to pop a trellis of some kind there.

Elf’s new passion fruit vine. Its a black Nelli Kelly. This area was were the raspberries were growing. They all died as Almost Mr.s Bimbo didn’t water them while we were in Sydney back 2 years ago. To the left under the bricks is where we buried Clancy, Roz and Bonnie. As this vine grows so will the trellis and I am thinking it’ll be a good shade area for the gang/girls.

Lemonade tree that Pomolo gave me one year for my birthday. Its grown heaps since I have seen Pepe’s lemon tree. Today it was mulched after a side dressing of chicken manure was spread around the outer edges.

Lucky1 said:

Lemonade tree that Pomolo gave me one year for my birthday. Its grown heaps since I have seen Pepe’s lemon tree. Today it was mulched after a side dressing of chicken manure was spread around the outer edges.

That’ll teach me to not preview :(

Here we go.

So there you have it, today/mornings effort.

Still a few items on the list to be done. But a couple done each day instead of struggling to find a full day (and not being done at all) will bring my garden back in no time.

Lucky1 said:

Close up of the pepino. On the really hot days, some old shade cloth will be used to cover the fence until the plant really grows. Still need to pop a trellis of some kind there.

you got fruit already? My plants are bigger but no fruit as yet…

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

Close up of the pepino. On the really hot days, some old shade cloth will be used to cover the fence until the plant really grows. Still need to pop a trellis of some kind there.

you got fruit already? My plants are bigger but no fruit as yet…

It came with the fruit on it. All the plants did and I took my time picking out the plant.

Looking good Lucky

AnneS said:

Looking good Lucky

Thanks Anne:)

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

Close up of the pepino. On the really hot days, some old shade cloth will be used to cover the fence until the plant really grows. Still need to pop a trellis of some kind there.

you got fruit already? My plants are bigger but no fruit as yet…

Mine is a about the same size but bushier…but it gets knocked by frost every year (this is the 3rd summer it has been in). Gone have to organise some protection for it, the tamarillo and my hibiscus this year I do believe.

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

Close up of the pepino. On the really hot days, some old shade cloth will be used to cover the fence until the plant really grows. Still need to pop a trellis of some kind there.

you got fruit already? My plants are bigger but no fruit as yet…

Mine has no fruit yet either!

The passion vine will look great when it grows there Lucky :)

orchid40 said:

The passion vine will look great when it grows there Lucky :)

This is what I thought when I said to the elf about putting one there:)

Lucky1 said:

Lemonade tree that Pomolo gave me one year for my birthday. Its grown heaps since I have seen Pepe’s lemon tree. Today it was mulched after a side dressing of chicken manure was spread around the outer edges.

Mine is being considered for the axe. Damn fruit fly magnet.

Mine is being considered for the axe. Damn fruit fly magnet
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Gee it must be frustrating for you:(

This evening I am going to have fun planting out in the mulched areas, apple cucumbers, basil, silverbeet and loose leaf lettuces. The a lovely little feed of Pepe’s pigie poo he gave me the other day. That should get the neighbours sniffing and hiding inside;P

Lucky1 said:

This evening I am going to have fun planting out in the mulched areas, apple cucumbers, basil, silverbeet and loose leaf lettuces. The a lovely little feed of Pepe’s pigie poo he gave me the other day. That should get the neighbours sniffing and hiding inside;P

water it in well and put it on the straw rather than the new seedlings.

we’re using your little preserved beets tonight – swapping is great – all benefit.

pepe said:

we’re using your little preserved beets tonight – swapping is great – all benefit.

Hope you like them:) I’m taking the tin variety off our shopping list:D

water it in well and put it on the straw rather than the new seedlings.
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Only used the tiniest bit and it was spread all over the garden. I used one of those snap on seasole bottles with about a cm in the bottom and then filled that with water and then it was clipped onto the hose:)

Lucky1 said:

pepe said:

we’re using your little preserved beets tonight – swapping is great – all benefit.

Hope you like them:) I’m taking the tin variety off our shopping list:D

they are superb lucky. the wife’s home made mayonaise is beaut as well. plus i picked a few lettuce leaves and carrots from the garden – blended it all with an omelette of our eggs.

pepe said:

Lucky1 said:

pepe said:

we’re using your little preserved beets tonight – swapping is great – all benefit.

Hope you like them:) I’m taking the tin variety off our shopping list:D

they are superb lucky. the wife’s home made mayonaise is beaut as well. plus i picked a few lettuce leaves and carrots from the garden – blended it all with an omelette of our eggs.

Oh I am so pleased you enjoyed them:D

pepe said:

they are superb lucky. the wife’s home made mayonaise is beaut as well. plus i picked a few lettuce leaves and carrots from the garden – blended it all with an omelette of our eggs.

= yum

I just went out and feed a w/farm the daily scraps they get. Man its hot and steamy outside. I can hear rain on the roof. Humidity is 41%

Lucky1 said:

I just went out and feed a w/farm the daily scraps they get. Man its hot and steamy outside. I can hear rain on the roof. Humidity is 41%

Oh, if only it were that dry here…

pain master said:

Lucky1 said:

I just went out and feed a w/farm the daily scraps they get. Man its hot and steamy outside. I can hear rain on the roof. Humidity is 41%

Oh, if only it were that dry here…

Not a lot happening here:( Love to know how Pepe is going out at his place.

Humidity is now 55% and I can here rain on the room…not heavy but its there.

Wonder how much of this is evaporating before it gets to us????

Lucky1 said:

pain master said:

Lucky1 said:

I just went out and feed a w/farm the daily scraps they get. Man its hot and steamy outside. I can hear rain on the roof. Humidity is 41%

Oh, if only it were that dry here…

Not a lot happening here:( Love to know how Pepe is going out at his place.

i’m watering the garden – almost finished.
the rain is just a lick and a promise – the soil is dry and those hollow clouds are throwing a few spots and the occasional clap of thunder my way – nothing really.

i’m climbing – good luck with the op BL.

i’m watering the garden – almost finished.
the rain is just a lick and a promise – the soil is dry and those hollow clouds are throwing a few spots and the occasional clap of thunder my way – nothing really.
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Yeah elf said enough to make the car dirty.

pain master said:

Lucky1 said:

I just went out and feed a w/farm the daily scraps they get. Man its hot and steamy outside. I can hear rain on the roof. Humidity is 41%

Oh, if only it were that dry here…

That’s funny.