Just some random non gardening pics to start off my 2010 pics thread.

Me just relaxing. I think I better declutter my desk…

My 1 foot wide x 8 in” high tiramusu xmas cake.. the decoration top went wrong, but it was sooo yum and very moist.. Fed 20 people and have orders for more now.

Our beautiful cocker spaniel Max snuggling into hubby.

Opps santa’s had a crash.

The only kid pic of me in existance. I’m the little one. 1964 sisters wedding.

Hope you washed your feet Coz lmao

I sit like that too….lol

great cocker spaniel .. many years ago had a spaniel.. now the household is run by a sheltie

Lovely pics HP, the cake looks yummy and look at you, you slim thing!

Yay, I didn’t think it ever happened – HP DOES relax sometimes! Nice pics and yummy cake!!

orchid40 said:

Yay, I didn’t think it ever happened – HP DOES relax sometimes! Nice pics and yummy cake!!

lol O40!

And thanks Horty , i’m so enjoying getting about my day without all the bulk weight :)

Happy Potter said:

Just some random non gardening pics to start off my 2010 pics thread.

Me just relaxing. I think I better declutter my desk…

That’s what mine looks like most of the time!

AnneS said:

Happy Potter said:

Just some random non gardening pics to start off my 2010 pics thread.

Me just relaxing. I think I better declutter my desk…

That’s what mine looks like most of the time!

Yep and mine too….. feels good knowing we are not alone….

urban-wombat said:

great cocker spaniel .. many years ago had a spaniel.. now the household is run by a sheltie

I love shelties :) My dog trainers have a sheltie and a german shepherd – the sheltie is so beautiful :) She’s a little thing but she is Miss Manners, and she only has to lift her lip slightly to get even the biggest, most rambunctious puppy in line. She’s getting older now and is becoming a grand old dame.

orchid40 said:

Yay, I didn’t think it ever happened – HP DOES relax sometimes! Nice pics and yummy cake!!

I must admit it did make me feel a bit better about the state of my study.. if SuperWoman HP has clutter, then I will never be clutter-free either :D

bon008 said:

orchid40 said:

Yay, I didn’t think it ever happened – HP DOES relax sometimes! Nice pics and yummy cake!!

I must admit it did make me feel a bit better about the state of my study.. if SuperWoman HP has clutter, then I will never be clutter-free either :D

I think ‘clutter-free’ is an urban myth…

hortfurball said:

bon008 said:

orchid40 said:

Yay, I didn’t think it ever happened – HP DOES relax sometimes! Nice pics and yummy cake!!

I must admit it did make me feel a bit better about the state of my study.. if SuperWoman HP has clutter, then I will never be clutter-free either :D

I think ‘clutter-free’ is an urban myth…

A girl’s got to have a dream… :D

Doing well on the organisation front today – Mr Bon and I brought in the spare furniture (drawers at the top and filing at the bottom) from the car port.. cleaned it up and stuck it in the study. I just need to finish going through the to-be-filed pile – it’s huge because we ran out of room in the existing filing cabinet AGES ago!! Also bought a in-tray each for us, and some archive boxes.. love OfficeWorks :)

Lucky1 said:

AnneS said:

Happy Potter said:

Just some random non gardening pics to start off my 2010 pics thread.

Me just relaxing. I think I better declutter my desk…

That’s what mine looks like most of the time!

Yep and mine too….. feels good knowing we are not alone….

And mine………………

Well if it wasn’t bright enough before, it bloody well is now!! Finished shed -take 2..the doors been painted.

I need more orange in my life

and some other pics taken whilst strolling my garden, because I can’t do anything else at the moment ..

The aforementioned space that needs something green growing..

Happy Potter said:

Well if it wasn’t bright enough before, it bloody well is now!! Finished shed -take 2..the doors been painted.

I need more orange in my life

orange is my favourite colour. Can’t wait to see it with orange curtains as well :D

Shed looks fantastic, HP :)

and..
raspberries

Apples..

and, rhubarb cabbages and silverbeet

Opps can’t forget the tomatoes..green fruit but not far off..

and my next projects involve seating. I’ll paint the arbour seat royal blue, and the chairs.. I will select the best 3, ( they’re just dusty but in good nic) cut the back off one and turn it so it fits in the opposite way to the angled seats , and wella.. jack and jill seat with a little table in the middle, and then I’ll mosaic the table bit and paint the chairs to match.

Happy Potter said:

Opps can’t forget the tomatoes..green fruit but not far off..

and my next projects involve seating. I’ll paint the arbour seat royal blue, and the chairs.. I will select the best 3, ( they’re just dusty but in good nic) cut the back off one and turn it so it fits in the opposite way to the angled seats , and wella.. jack and jill seat with a little table in the middle, and then I’ll mosaic the table bit and paint the chairs to match.

Helps if I put the RIGHT pic in.. arbour seat..

Fantastic set of postings

Lastly..

The 3 chicks got out so I snuck up on them.. the male..pretty sure it’s a male going by difference in his facial ‘features’ to the hens. He’s bigger, and tens to be a loner.

The buff and the white female silkie chicks, they hang out together and stay close to each other.

Absolutely brilliant HP! The orange door sets it all off beautifully, gee you’re a clever girl!
Mr O40 thinks you’re incredible too :)

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Well if it wasn’t bright enough before, it bloody well is now!! Finished shed -take 2..the doors been painted.

I need more orange in my life

orange is my favourite colour. Can’t wait to see it with orange curtains as well :D

I’ll be scouring the op shops for them Bluegreen.. and if no joy there I’ll go to spotlight for the material and brush up on me sad sewing skills.. I’ve had so much fun! lol

Your fruit and vegies are terrific HP, very healthy and productive! How will you keep the birds off your raspberries?

orchid40 said:

Absolutely brilliant HP! The orange door sets it all off beautifully, gee you’re a clever girl!
Mr O40 thinks you’re incredible too :)

Not incredible, just bored LOL

Aw thank you all for nice comments!!
I’m so encouraged :D

Love your silkies!!!!

orchid40 said:

Your fruit and vegies are terrific HP, very healthy and productive! How will you keep the birds off your raspberries?

So far I’ve got to them first Orchid, but the earwigs are making holes in the peaches and nectarines..then theres the odd grub on the apple leaves..but so far fruit is fine. Last year birds got the apples the moment they started to colour up , so I have some sheer curtain netting to go over them soon.

Happy Potter said:

orchid40 said:

Your fruit and vegies are terrific HP, very healthy and productive! How will you keep the birds off your raspberries?

So far I’ve got to them first Orchid, but the earwigs are making holes in the peaches and nectarines..then theres the odd grub on the apple leaves..but so far fruit is fine. Last year birds got the apples the moment they started to colour up , so I have some sheer curtain netting to go over them soon.

B****** earwigs are pests…………….

And you should have seen this silkie fly when I snuck up on it and poked it!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Oh I’m so evil hehehe. (btw thats a single black feather on its bum, not dirt lol !)

BOO!!

orchid40 said:

B****** earwigs are pests…………….

I’ll do you a swap.. I’ll take all your earwigs if you’ll take all my slaters :D

bon008 said:

orchid40 said:

B****** earwigs are pests…………….

I’ll do you a swap.. I’ll take all your earwigs if you’ll take all my slaters :D

Actually I haven’t seen a slater here, and thats despite all the thick layers of manures and mulches.
But earwigs still abound.
Weird!

Happy Potter said:

bon008 said:

orchid40 said:

B****** earwigs are pests…………….

I’ll do you a swap.. I’ll take all your earwigs if you’ll take all my slaters :D

Actually I haven’t seen a slater here, and thats despite all the thick layers of manures and mulches.
But earwigs still abound.
Weird!

Yeh, it is! I get the occasional earwig, but not enough to do any damage.

I think I’ve actually imported a bazillion slaters with the lucerne mulch I buy. Fine for the fruit trees but in the future I will try a different mulch for the vegies. Mind you.. I find slaters living in the bags of manure sometimes too.. hmm.. =/

Happy Potter said:

And you should have seen this silkie fly when I snuck up on it and poked it!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Oh I’m so evil hehehe. (btw thats a single black feather on its bum, not dirt lol !)

BOO!!

LOL! Is that a snake he’s wrassling with? You’re a worry when you’re bored HP!

Happy Potter said:

And you should have seen this silkie fly when I snuck up on it and poked it!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Oh I’m so evil hehehe. (btw thats a single black feather on its bum, not dirt lol !)

BOO!!

not bothered by the rubber snake though, is it?

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

And you should have seen this silkie fly when I snuck up on it and poked it!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Oh I’m so evil hehehe. (btw thats a single black feather on its bum, not dirt lol !)

BOO!!

not bothered by the rubber snake though, is it?

They care little about the rubber snakes.. they walk right over them. and I haven’t bothered to get rid of them. I hope they never come acoss a real one!

yep that orange door blends in well with the mosaics.
well done HP – now enjoy being bored LOL.
i hope your injuries mend soom.

Wow! That sure makes a statement! Best looking shed on the street or what?

Happy Potter said:

and my next projects involve seating. I’ll paint the arbour seat royal blue, and the chairs.. I will select the best 3, ( they’re just dusty but in good nic) cut the back off one and turn it so it fits in the opposite way to the angled seats , and wella.. jack and jill seat with a little table in the middle, and then I’ll mosaic the table bit and paint the chairs to match.

Sounds great!

Happy Potter said:

Helps if I put the RIGHT pic in.. arbour seat..

I did wonder about that. :D

Happy Potter said:

I’ll be scouring the op shops for them Bluegreen.. and if no joy there I’ll go to spotlight for the material and brush up on me sad sewing skills..
I’ve had so much fun! lol

Can I suggest you paint a bit of the door colour on a bit of card and take with.

Happy Potter said:

And you should have seen this silkie fly when I snuck up on it and poked it!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Oh I’m so evil hehehe. (btw thats a single black feather on its bum, not dirt lol !)

BOO!!

Aren’t you worried the snake will eat your silky? LOL!

BTW, what’s the snake for?

Happy Potter said:

Well if it wasn’t bright enough before, it bloody well is now!! Finished shed -take 2..the doors been painted.

I need more orange in my life

Fantastic! Love it!

hortfurball said:

Happy Potter said:

I’ll be scouring the op shops for them Bluegreen.. and if no joy there I’ll go to spotlight for the material and brush up on me sad sewing skills..
I’ve had so much fun! lol

Can I suggest you paint a bit of the door colour on a bit of card and take with.

Done deal dear. I took an orange tile to the paint shop, they matched the colour then mixed that into the paint in their mixerer upperer machine, and I still have the colour card.
The inside shed window shelf also needs a fake sunflower in a little terracotta pot, have friends on the lookout for that :)

hortfurball said:

Happy Potter said:

And you should have seen this silkie fly when I snuck up on it and poked it!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Oh I’m so evil hehehe. (btw thats a single black feather on its bum, not dirt lol !)

BOO!!

Aren’t you worried the snake will eat your silky? LOL!

BTW, what’s the snake for?

The snakes were placed to keep birds off the fruit trees. But they don’t work.
Now they are just deccos, and the only snakes I’ll tolerate lol.

Happy Potter said:

hortfurball said:

Happy Potter said:

I’ll be scouring the op shops for them Bluegreen.. and if no joy there I’ll go to spotlight for the material and brush up on me sad sewing skills..
I’ve had so much fun! lol

Can I suggest you paint a bit of the door colour on a bit of card and take with.

Done deal dear. I took an orange tile to the paint shop, they matched the colour then mixed that into the paint in their mixerer upperer machine, and I still have the colour card.
The inside shed window shelf also needs a fake sunflower in a little terracotta pot, have friends on the lookout for that :)

pssst just quietyly… if you want an unique tile (you know a one of a kind), you could ask GF if she could paint you one… she can paint enamels onto a pre-made tile and then re-fire it so the enamel bakes onto the surface… it could be a centrepiece for your jack and jill table bit???

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

hortfurball said:

Can I suggest you paint a bit of the door colour on a bit of card and take with.

Done deal dear. I took an orange tile to the paint shop, they matched the colour then mixed that into the paint in their mixerer upperer machine, and I still have the colour card.
The inside shed window shelf also needs a fake sunflower in a little terracotta pot, have friends on the lookout for that :)

pssst just quietyly… if you want an unique tile (you know a one of a kind), you could ask GF if she could paint you one… she can paint enamels onto a pre-made tile and then re-fire it so the enamel bakes onto the surface… it could be a centrepiece for your jack and jill table bit???

Oohh really ? I hadn’t thought of a unique tile..how nice an idea tho PM :D

Bits of mosaic to do : tall narrow blueboard panel for an artpiece for patio, drangonflies…fernery round table, blue and white daisy design..haven’t thought up a design for jack n jill seat yet. Perhaps a diagonal.
I will let you know…thank you for the suggestion GF :)

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

Well if it wasn’t bright enough before, it bloody well is now!! Finished shed -take 2..the doors been painted.

I need more orange in my life

Fantastic! Love it!

It’s definately unique. Well done.

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

Done deal dear. I took an orange tile to the paint shop, they matched the colour then mixed that into the paint in their mixerer upperer machine, and I still have the colour card.
The inside shed window shelf also needs a fake sunflower in a little terracotta pot, have friends on the lookout for that :)

pssst just quietyly… if you want an unique tile (you know a one of a kind), you could ask GF if she could paint you one… she can paint enamels onto a pre-made tile and then re-fire it so the enamel bakes onto the surface… it could be a centrepiece for your jack and jill table bit???

Oohh really ? I hadn’t thought of a unique tile..how nice an idea tho PM :D

Bits of mosaic to do : tall narrow blueboard panel for an artpiece for patio, drangonflies…fernery round table, blue and white daisy design..haven’t thought up a design for jack n jill seat yet. Perhaps a diagonal.
I will let you know…thank you for the suggestion GF :)

pssst, I haven’t mentioned it to her yet… she’s busy packing all our belongings into boxes…

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

pssst just quietyly… if you want an unique tile (you know a one of a kind), you could ask GF if she could paint you one… she can paint enamels onto a pre-made tile and then re-fire it so the enamel bakes onto the surface… it could be a centrepiece for your jack and jill table bit???

Oohh really ? I hadn’t thought of a unique tile..how nice an idea tho PM :D

Bits of mosaic to do : tall narrow blueboard panel for an artpiece for patio, drangonflies…fernery round table, blue and white daisy design..haven’t thought up a design for jack n jill seat yet. Perhaps a diagonal.
I will let you know…thank you for the suggestion GF :)

pssst, I haven’t mentioned it to her yet… she’s busy packing all our belongings into boxes…

Thats ok. no hurry :)

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

pssst just quietyly… if you want an unique tile (you know a one of a kind), you could ask GF if she could paint you one… she can paint enamels onto a pre-made tile and then re-fire it so the enamel bakes onto the surface… it could be a centrepiece for your jack and jill table bit???

Oohh really ? I hadn’t thought of a unique tile..how nice an idea tho PM :D

Bits of mosaic to do : tall narrow blueboard panel for an artpiece for patio, drangonflies…fernery round table, blue and white daisy design..haven’t thought up a design for jack n jill seat yet. Perhaps a diagonal.
I will let you know…thank you for the suggestion GF :)

pssst, I haven’t mentioned it to her yet… she’s busy packing all our belongings into boxes…

I guess at this stage packing is exciting because you’re moving to a permanent home. I have a definate aversion to packing.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pssst, I haven’t mentioned it to her yet… she’s busy packing all our belongings into boxes…

I guess at this stage packing is exciting because you’re moving to a permanent home. I have a definate aversion to packing.

this is only our sixth pack in 9 years so we’re hoping the last one for a few years at least :)

Rhubarb before. it needed a haircut..

Rhub after. I fair savaged it…

And off to freecyclers, 7 kilos of it on my table :D

Happy Potter said:

Rhubarb before. it needed a haircut..

Rhub after. I fair savaged it…

And off to freecyclers, 7 kilos of it on my table :D

I’m licking my lips just looking at those pics. I’m also green with envy.

Well Pomolo I thought I wouldn’t have been able to grow it at all, once apon a time. I bought one crown thinking it would die and thought I wouldn’t lose much $ that way. (Ever Red crown)
Thats the middle crown and the two aside it were divided from it. Planted in horse manure, fed with worm wee and forghtnightly seasol (that stuff should be re named Plant Steroid) it grows mad and it feeds many. It’s like it’s thumbing it’s nose at me happy to prove I was wrong lol!

Crikey HP, that’s a shed load of rhubarb!!! Did you have it on steroids??? LOL

Vege Van Gough

hehehehehe

Happy Potter said:

Vege Van Gough

hehehehehe

having a bit of fun there :)

Rhub after. I fair savaged it…
———————-
amazing HP.
….and can you post pic or tell me what you did to your raspberries when you savaged them? i’ve got a raspberry jungle (well 3 jungles actually) and no fruit – boohoohoo.

pepe said:

Rhub after. I fair savaged it…
———————-
amazing HP.
….and can you post pic or tell me what you did to your raspberries when you savaged them? i’ve got a raspberry jungle (well 3 jungles actually) and no fruit – boohoohoo.

Not good Pepe not good.. I trimmed tops and then again when they scorched and they have responded by sending up many more shoots, and multiple shoots from the from cut tips as well. It’s worse than a jungle now! lol. Because of this , and the fact they are prickly, I can’t get to the fruit , let alone find them! ..I need long armed gardening gloves.. and a helmut.. I only have 2 rasp’ canes but it looks as if I have 40! I’m tossing up wheather or not they are worth it.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Vege Van Gough

hehehehehe

having a bit of fun there :)

HP, if I didn’t know better I’d say you have too much time on your hands! LOL!
Very artistic!

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Vege Van Gough

hehehehehe

having a bit of fun there :)

Can ya tell I’m bored BG ? lol..

orchid40 said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Vege Van Gough

hehehehehe

having a bit of fun there :)

HP, if I didn’t know better I’d say you have too much time on your hands! LOL!
Very artistic!

lol Orchid! I wanted to show yous the curled cucs and the lovely big spring onions,,all going in tonights salad. I popped them on the table and a pic emerged, was fun hehe

I am at a loss about my raspberry canes too. They have grown too tall for the “cage” of netting I put over them. I will have to bite the bullet and take the netting off – they’ve grown right through it – and tie them down along the top row of the wire. There’s not much fruit at the moment so I guess it’s a good time.

orchid40 said:

I am at a loss about my raspberry canes too. They have grown too tall for the “cage” of netting I put over them. I will have to bite the bullet and take the netting off – they’ve grown right through it – and tie them down along the top row of the wire. There’s not much fruit at the moment so I guess it’s a good time.

I wonder when they will stop Orchid! they are also popping up in nearby beds and that ain’t good. There’s cucs and raspberries entwined together and rasp’ coming up in the squash bed.. I only found out when picking button squash and a cane attached itself to my shirt-sleeve, ouch ouch.
They may have to go, sadly.

Happy Potter said:

Vege Van Gough

hehehehehe

hehehehehehe, too much time, love it, can tell GS out for the day LOL

orchid40 said:

I am at a loss about my raspberry canes too. They have grown too tall for the “cage” of netting I put over them. I will have to bite the bullet and take the netting off – they’ve grown right through it – and tie them down along the top row of the wire. There’s not much fruit at the moment so I guess it’s a good time.

ok thanks HP and orchid – nice to know i’m not alone.
i will put aside a couple of hours (sometime?) and tie them all up with string and tip prune. mine aren’t prickly but they are growing faster than the bouganvillea – and that’s saying something.

Happy Potter said:

orchid40 said:

I am at a loss about my raspberry canes too. They have grown too tall for the “cage” of netting I put over them. I will have to bite the bullet and take the netting off – they’ve grown right through it – and tie them down along the top row of the wire. There’s not much fruit at the moment so I guess it’s a good time.

I wonder when they will stop Orchid! they are also popping up in nearby beds and that ain’t good. There’s cucs and raspberries entwined together and rasp’ coming up in the squash bed.. I only found out when picking button squash and a cane attached itself to my shirt-sleeve, ouch ouch.
They may have to go, sadly.

Somebody said to me (On here?) when I first planted my raspberries – I hope your neighbours like them!!! LOL

Happy Potter said:

Rhubarb before. it needed a haircut..

Rhub after. I fair savaged it…

And off to freecyclers, 7 kilos of it on my table :D

I wonder if Lucky has printed these photos and shown them to #11 yet :D

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Vege Van Gough

hehehehehe

having a bit of fun there :)

Can ya tell I’m bored BG ? lol..

HP bored. The mind boggles!! :)

Happy Potter said:

Vege Van Gough

hehehehehe

That’s clever!

pepe said:

Rhub after. I fair savaged it…
———————-
amazing HP.
….and can you post pic or tell me what you did to your raspberries when you savaged them? i’ve got a raspberry jungle (well 3 jungles actually) and no fruit – boohoohoo.

I’ve got a dead raspberry and 2 dead rhubarb plants. Think it’s about time I had a re think about this gardening thing.

pomolo said:

pepe said:

Rhub after. I fair savaged it…
———————-
amazing HP.
….and can you post pic or tell me what you did to your raspberries when you savaged them? i’ve got a raspberry jungle (well 3 jungles actually) and no fruit – boohoohoo.

I’ve got a dead raspberry and 2 dead rhubarb plants. Think it’s about time I had a re think about this gardening thing.

talked to the elf about this too………… Going to buy up and store straw and pea straw for next summer’s heat………..over the cooler months. Buy stakes and shade cloth over the cooler months and then stick it good to the heat wave next summer…….

Lucky1 said:

pomolo said:

pepe said:

Rhub after. I fair savaged it…
———————-
amazing HP.
….and can you post pic or tell me what you did to your raspberries when you savaged them? i’ve got a raspberry jungle (well 3 jungles actually) and no fruit – boohoohoo.

I’ve got a dead raspberry and 2 dead rhubarb plants. Think it’s about time I had a re think about this gardening thing.

talked to the elf about this too………… Going to buy up and store straw and pea straw for next summer’s heat………..over the cooler months. Buy stakes and shade cloth over the cooler months and then stick it good to the heat wave next summer…….

I notice some of the vege patches of people of Mediterranean origin tend to have permanent shade cloth over them in summer…

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

pomolo said:

I’ve got a dead raspberry and 2 dead rhubarb plants. Think it’s about time I had a re think about this gardening thing.

talked to the elf about this too………… Going to buy up and store straw and pea straw for next summer’s heat………..over the cooler months. Buy stakes and shade cloth over the cooler months and then stick it good to the heat wave next summer…….

I notice some of the vege patches of people of Mediterranean origin tend to have permanent shade cloth over them in summer…

No marties for us this year.:( The corn I sowed…didn’t even germinate???????????????????????????????????/ strange that one…in date too….sigh.

Lucky1 said:

pomolo said:

pepe said:

Rhub after. I fair savaged it…
———————-
amazing HP.
….and can you post pic or tell me what you did to your raspberries when you savaged them? i’ve got a raspberry jungle (well 3 jungles actually) and no fruit – boohoohoo.

I’ve got a dead raspberry and 2 dead rhubarb plants. Think it’s about time I had a re think about this gardening thing.

talked to the elf about this too………… Going to buy up and store straw and pea straw for next summer’s heat………..over the cooler months. Buy stakes and shade cloth over the cooler months and then stick it good to the heat wave next summer…….

S’good thinking Lucky. I will aim to be that organised, in about ten years :D

bon008 said:

Lucky1 said:

pomolo said:

I’ve got a dead raspberry and 2 dead rhubarb plants. Think it’s about time I had a re think about this gardening thing.

talked to the elf about this too………… Going to buy up and store straw and pea straw for next summer’s heat………..over the cooler months. Buy stakes and shade cloth over the cooler months and then stick it good to the heat wave next summer…….

S’good thinking Lucky. I will aim to be that organised, in about ten years :D

Yep Bon…. Now I just have to remember this plan and stick to it.

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

pomolo said:

I’ve got a dead raspberry and 2 dead rhubarb plants. Think it’s about time I had a re think about this gardening thing.

talked to the elf about this too………… Going to buy up and store straw and pea straw for next summer’s heat………..over the cooler months. Buy stakes and shade cloth over the cooler months and then stick it good to the heat wave next summer…….

I notice some of the vege patches of people of Mediterranean origin tend to have permanent shade cloth over them in summer…

I often think that would be a great idea and then ask myself why we built such a big vegie patch on a rental property :(
The cost to fix up a system like that is more than we could afford at this stage

AnneS said:

bluegreen said:

I notice some of the vege patches of people of Mediterranean origin tend to have permanent shade cloth over them in summer…

I often think that would be a great idea and then ask myself why we built such a big vegie patch on a rental property :(
The cost to fix up a system like that is more than we could afford at this stage

yeah, helps if you own the place.

bluegreen said:

AnneS said:

bluegreen said:

I notice some of the vege patches of people of Mediterranean origin tend to have permanent shade cloth over them in summer…

I often think that would be a great idea and then ask myself why we built such a big vegie patch on a rental property :(
The cost to fix up a system like that is more than we could afford at this stage

yeah, helps if you own the place.

sure does

Lucky1 said:

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

talked to the elf about this too………… Going to buy up and store straw and pea straw for next summer’s heat………..over the cooler months. Buy stakes and shade cloth over the cooler months and then stick it good to the heat wave next summer…….

I notice some of the vege patches of people of Mediterranean origin tend to have permanent shade cloth over them in summer…

No marties for us this year.:( The corn I sowed…didn’t even germinate???????????????????????????????????/ strange that one…in date too….sigh.

No marties for us either. Too dry then too wet and they all split open hanging on the bush

Some more piccies.
Tomatoes.

Capsicums in shade behind tomatoes ..midday today.

Onions. I would have had 3 times this amount , but for the dog digging up the area. But at least I know I can grow them, you know, just in case some Great Aunt happens to cark it and leave me squillions so I can buy an acreage :P

Last, bell pepper seedlings, mulched with chook floor straw. They were laying flat on the 44.7C day but have come back.

Looking good, HP. You had a good crop of onions. I’ve given up on them. Your tomatoes are excellent!

Looking good, HP. You had a good crop of onions. I’ve given up on them. Your tomatoes are excellent!

Looking good, HP. You had a good crop of onions. I’ve given up on them. Your tomatoes are excellent!

everything is looking so healthy, well done

beaut HP.
those little yellow capsicum are sweet.
your garden and lawn are looking very robust despite the weather.

pepe said:

beaut HP.
those little yellow capsicum are sweet.
your garden and lawn are looking very robust despite the weather.

Thanks. The long yellow caps are my fave.
The veges are coming back to life after the short heat blast and the lawn didn’t even blink at the heat.

Happy Potter said:

Vege Van Gough

hehehehehe

more Chagall than van Gogh.

AnneS said:

bluegreen said:

AnneS said:

I often think that would be a great idea and then ask myself why we built such a big vegie patch on a rental property :(
The cost to fix up a system like that is more than we could afford at this stage

yeah, helps if you own the place.

sure does

ask me shortly

Some scenes from my garden,

The bulb bed where the almond tree will go.

Where it will go exactly..and it’s closer to the maple than I thought and, I would be disturbing the almond when I remove the other, so I potted the almond up and I will wait until winter to plant it out , after I’ve removed the maple.

The columnar apple on the far left had it’s growing tip burnt off in last febs 47c scorcher, and it hasn’t grow back. But it’s healthy and loaded with nice fat apples so I’ll leave it be.

Lastly, the sultana grape decided to grow it’s own way in columns rather than the fan shape I was planning for it..

good call with the almond tree and maple.

with the grape, I think when dormant you would prune those three leaders back. The outer ones to where the growth starts getting vertical and the centre leader to buds near the next line of wire, and train new growth side ways for another row allowing for a new leader to continue to grow upwards in the centre. Then do the same each year until you have many rows coming out from the centre leader. Eventually you will have lots of horizontal branches that become the permanent framework for new growth each year. Not that I know anything about growing grapes, my vine runs rampant over the top of the trees that grows nearby. It was here when we got the place and they are not table grapes so I haven’t bothered trying to tame it. Good for juice though.

Your shed has air con. now that is flash LOL

Happy Potter said:

Some scenes from my garden,

The bulb bed where the almond tree will go.

Where it will go exactly..and it’s closer to the maple than I thought and, I would be disturbing the almond when I remove the other, so I potted the almond up and I will wait until winter to plant it out , after I’ve removed the maple.

The columnar apple on the far left had it’s growing tip burnt off in last febs 47c scorcher, and it hasn’t grow back. But it’s healthy and loaded with nice fat apples so I’ll leave it be.

Lastly, the sultana grape decided to grow it’s own way in columns rather than the fan shape I was planning for it..

Loved looking at your fruit trees but I can see shed walls that need some mosaic designs on them. Anyone would think that you’ve been too busy to do it. LOL.

Loved looking at your fruit trees but I can see shed walls that need some mosaic designs on them. Anyone would think that you’ve been too busy to do it. LOL.
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LOL Pom!!

The trees will cover the shed eventually, with a bit of rain..

Happy Potter said:

Loved looking at your fruit trees but I can see shed walls that need some mosaic designs on them. Anyone would think that you’ve been too busy to do it. LOL.
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LOL Pom!!

The trees will cover the shed eventually, with a bit of rain..

sorry, I’ve got all that.

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

Loved looking at your fruit trees but I can see shed walls that need some mosaic designs on them. Anyone would think that you’ve been too busy to do it. LOL.
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LOL Pom!!

The trees will cover the shed eventually, with a bit of rain..

sorry, I’ve got all that.

Even so, that wouldn’t make me go live up that way (and I was born in qld) because of the heat and humidity. When I go visit my brissy sisters I’ve had enough after one day of it!

A couple piccies before I have to go..

this beautiful big lizzard was spotted by a friend of the family, near Meredith Vic, a few days ago.

goanna?

This flower greeted me this morn :)

Last pic of my shed (I promise!) but I wanted to show you the orange curtain :D

Nice curtain LOL

looks like a goanna to me, and that curtain is just perfect! Wherever did you find it!!

one well fed monitor.
that’s a big cactus flower.
that shed could be hired out as a kid’s playground it’s so bright and cheery.

The Estate said:

Nice curtain LOL

And nice flower :)

bluegreen said:

looks like a goanna to me, and that curtain is just perfect! Wherever did you find it!!

In an Op shop in Hoppers Crossing BG. A friend rang me to tell me she saw these hideous orange nylon crossovers perfect for the shed and where ,and I got it the next day for $2.
It was an absolute fluke to find it’s the exact same orange colour as the door paint!

Happy Potter said:

A couple piccies before I have to go..

this beautiful big lizzard was spotted by a friend of the family, near Meredith Vic, a few days ago.

goanna?

This flower greeted me this morn :)

Last pic of my shed (I promise!) but I wanted to show you the orange curtain :D

Definitely a Goanna, and a nice size too! And a fantastic cactus flower, and what Thee said.

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

looks like a goanna to me, and that curtain is just perfect! Wherever did you find it!!

In an Op shop in Hoppers Crossing BG. A friend rang me to tell me she saw these hideous orange nylon crossovers perfect for the shed and where ,and I got it the next day for $2.
It was an absolute fluke to find it’s the exact same orange colour as the door paint!

Ive been to Hopper’s Crossing.

>Ive been to Hopper’s Crossing.

I’ve been to Bali (too).

Many apologies for very blurry pics, but there wasn’t a sober soul in the place.
Just a couple of the very normal tame ones..

My 3 girls and I.

They said grab the waiter, so I did…

Happy Potter said:

Many apologies for very blurry pics, but there wasn’t a sober soul in the place.
Just a couple of the very normal tame ones..

My 3 girls and I.

They said grab the waiter, so I did…

You’re naughty. LOL.

You’re naughty. LOL.
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You haven’t seen the other pics.. riding a naked strippers back with a whip, is one..
I got nabbed trying to make my way through the throng to the rear deck.
Another still pic, me blindfolded and kneeling, hands out in a ‘give me more’ position. Completely naked stripper in front of me.
And I still don’t know what happened next! lol! The girls will tell me. one day.
The girl put the pics on her facebook and I nearly choked. I rang her and asked her to take them off right now!!
“yes mum” lol..

bet he is gay, all cute guys are gay !!!

Happy Potter said:

You’re naughty. LOL.
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You haven’t seen the other pics.. riding a naked strippers back with a whip, is one..
I got nabbed trying to make my way through the throng to the rear deck.
Another still pic, me blindfolded and kneeling, hands out in a ‘give me more’ position. Completely naked stripper in front of me.
And I still don’t know what happened next! lol! The girls will tell me. one day.
The girl put the pics on her facebook and I nearly choked. I rang her and asked her to take them off right now!!
“yes mum” lol..

goes off to investigate Lmao

The Estate said:

Happy Potter said:

You’re naughty. LOL.
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You haven’t seen the other pics.. riding a naked strippers back with a whip, is one..
I got nabbed trying to make my way through the throng to the rear deck.
Another still pic, me blindfolded and kneeling, hands out in a ‘give me more’ position. Completely naked stripper in front of me.
And I still don’t know what happened next! lol! The girls will tell me. one day.
The girl put the pics on her facebook and I nearly choked. I rang her and asked her to take them off right now!!
“yes mum” lol..

goes off to investigate Lmao

Too late deary , she’s removed the worst ones already.

Happy Potter said:

The Estate said:

Happy Potter said:

You’re naughty. LOL.
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You haven’t seen the other pics.. riding a naked strippers back with a whip, is one..
I got nabbed trying to make my way through the throng to the rear deck.
Another still pic, me blindfolded and kneeling, hands out in a ‘give me more’ position. Completely naked stripper in front of me.
And I still don’t know what happened next! lol! The girls will tell me. one day.
The girl put the pics on her facebook and I nearly choked. I rang her and asked her to take them off right now!!
“yes mum” lol..

goes off to investigate Lmao

Too late deary , she’s removed the worst ones already.

party pooper

some of my haul today. apples , pumpkin, beans, cucs and silverbeet.
With some chicken pieces I’ll make something of it :)

Cucs will go in salad sangers for tomorrow lunch, well one will..

Happy Potter said:

some of my haul today. apples , pumpkin, beans, cucs and silverbeet.
With some chicken pieces I’ll make something of it :)

Cucs will go in salad sangers for tomorrow lunch, well one will..

lovely looking veges and fruit there HP. are they your first beans this year?

i spose GA can only film the good crops but i find it disappointing that crop failures are hidden away – it gives the wrong impression – that gardening is easy and always successful.

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

some of my haul today. apples , pumpkin, beans, cucs and silverbeet.
With some chicken pieces I’ll make something of it :)

Cucs will go in salad sangers for tomorrow lunch, well one will..

lovely looking veges and fruit there HP. are they your first beans this year?

i spose GA can only film the good crops but i find it disappointing that crop failures are hidden away – it gives the wrong impression – that gardening is easy and always successful.

Thanks :)
Yes true, I’m a beginner with veges and there must be duds there somewhere! Yep there is. And I know I’ve just fluked it with some others.
First beans yes, , well I’ve been picking them a couple weeks now. I have decided to grow the dwarf ones only from now on. the climbing ones are too high.

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

some of my haul today. apples , pumpkin, beans, cucs and silverbeet.
With some chicken pieces I’ll make something of it :)

Cucs will go in salad sangers for tomorrow lunch, well one will..

lovely looking veges and fruit there HP. are they your first beans this year?

i spose GA can only film the good crops but i find it disappointing that crop failures are hidden away – it gives the wrong impression – that gardening is easy and always successful.

I’m sure I’ve seen at least one segment were they pointed out a disease or two, when visiting gardens, and told the owner what to do about it.

Lovely apples there, HP – what varieties are they please? The vegies look great too.

orchid40 said:

Lovely apples there, HP – what varieties are they please? The vegies look great too.

The green on the far right are granny smiths, the big red and green ones are from one of the columnar apples ‘Charlotte’ , they are beautiful and sweet. I’m scoffing one of these a day.
The lighter green ones are from the ‘Bolero’ columnar, or as Stehen called them ‘pencil apples’ , but these ones are quite sour. I will use them in cooking.

Happy Potter said:

orchid40 said:

Lovely apples there, HP – what varieties are they please? The vegies look great too.

The green on the far right are granny smiths, the big red and green ones are from one of the columnar apples ‘Charlotte’ , they are beautiful and sweet. I’m scoffing one of these a day.
The lighter green ones are from the ‘Bolero’ columnar, or as Stehen called them ‘pencil apples’ , but these ones are quite sour. I will use them in cooking.

Thanks HP. Grannies are a useful apple for cooking. I hope to get an apple tree soon. Charlotte sounds nice!

Yes true, I’m a beginner with veges and there must be duds there somewhere! Yep there is. And I know I’ve just fluked it with some others. First beans yes, , well I’ve been picking them a couple weeks now. I have decided to grow the dwarf ones only from now on. the climbing ones are too high.
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dwarf beans – ‘hawkesbury wonder’ in particular – seem to fruit even in hot weather. my climbing beans have climbed but don’t produce until the colder autumn weather.

pepe said:

Yes true, I’m a beginner with veges and there must be duds there somewhere! Yep there is. And I know I’ve just fluked it with some others. First beans yes, , well I’ve been picking them a couple weeks now. I have decided to grow the dwarf ones only from now on. the climbing ones are too high.
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dwarf beans – ‘hawkesbury wonder’ in particular – seem to fruit even in hot weather. my climbing beans have climbed but don’t produce until the colder autumn weather.

I’m going to try another dwarf bean this time, ‘brown beauty’ , see how that one goes. I love the experimenting and the science of gardening with veges and finding out what grows best in the area :)

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

Yes true, I’m a beginner with veges and there must be duds there somewhere! Yep there is. And I know I’ve just fluked it with some others. First beans yes, , well I’ve been picking them a couple weeks now. I have decided to grow the dwarf ones only from now on. the climbing ones are too high.
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dwarf beans – ‘hawkesbury wonder’ in particular – seem to fruit even in hot weather. my climbing beans have climbed but don’t produce until the colder autumn weather.

I’ve pulled out my Madagascar Beans because one season gave me more than I’ll use for a while. I was planning to plant some Blue Lake climbers but the rain set in, so they’ll have to wait.

I’m going to try another dwarf bean this time, ‘brown beauty’ , see how that one goes. I love the experimenting and the science of gardening with veges and finding out what grows best in the area :)

pics of the wedding :D
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Happy Potter said:

pics of the wedding :D
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Absolutely gorgeous!! What a lovely bride, just love her dress and the flowers they all carried. I’m so glad it went so well and the weather was perfect too! What a proud Dad and Mum as well. Gush gush!

Glad all went well for you Coralee, unusual to see a bride with no veil over her face ! Perfect weather as well. Was your dress orange or red ?

orchid40 said:

Happy Potter said:

pics of the wedding :D
(clickable thumbnail will take you to more in the album)

Absolutely gorgeous!! What a lovely bride, just love her dress and the flowers they all carried. I’m so glad it went so well and the weather was perfect too! What a proud Dad and Mum as well. Gush gush!

Thank you Orchid :) It was such a perfect day, we are very proud parents, especially as the young couple organised the whole thing without me or hubby so much as lifting a finger.(knowing we are busy with GS)

Mum’s creation I would think ? very plain and simple always works for me !

Mum’s creation I would think ? very plain and simple always works for me !

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Absolutely Thee :)
My only contribution, and exactly the way my daughter wanted it :D
I made it months ago and froze it, iced a couple weeks ago and stored at the parents in law for safety.

Happy Potter said:

pics of the wedding :D
(clickable thumbnail will take you to more in the album)

what a beautiful bride!

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

pics of the wedding :D
(clickable thumbnail will take you to more in the album)

what a beautiful bride!

Thanks :D She is a beautiful girl. She looked like a giant white glittery cupcake lol

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

pics of the wedding :D
(clickable thumbnail will take you to more in the album)

what a beautiful bride!

Thanks :D She is a beautiful girl. She looked like a giant white glittery cupcake lol

mum & dad are looking pretty swish too :)

Happy Potter said:

Mum’s creation I would think ? very plain and simple always works for me !

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Absolutely Thee :)
My only contribution, and exactly the way my daughter wanted it :D
I made it months ago and froze it, iced a couple weeks ago and stored at the parents in law for safety.

well I must say with the ‘VERY FEW’ pics we have gotten to see I am most impressed, I just loved the soft pink of the attendants, beautiful Coz, not these bright or morbid colors you see, was all fresh and innocence, yer right Lmao, they did well, now lets just hope the they grow roolly old together and give you lots of grandies that give youa lot of trouble for all the trouble you both went to LOLOLOL

The Estate said:

Happy Potter said:

Mum’s creation I would think ? very plain and simple always works for me !

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Absolutely Thee :)
My only contribution, and exactly the way my daughter wanted it :D
I made it months ago and froze it, iced a couple weeks ago and stored at the parents in law for safety.

well I must say with the ‘VERY FEW’ pics we have gotten to see I am most impressed, I just loved the soft pink of the attendants, beautiful Coz, not these bright or morbid colors you see, was all fresh and innocence, yer right Lmao, they did well, now lets just hope the they grow roolly old together and give you lots of grandies that give youa lot of trouble for all the trouble you both went to LOLOLOL

Aw Thee :) thanks. I loved those bridesmaids dresses too, so soft and pretty. It’s a classic style that suits every figure.
Immediately behind the bride , in the rotunda pic, are her 2 sisters, and behind the groom, his 2 brothers.
The bridesmaid in the pic on her own, is eldest daughter, who’s lost 10 dress sizes since lap banded and is a stunner :D
She has more to lose yet..

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

what a beautiful bride!

Thanks :D She is a beautiful girl. She looked like a giant white glittery cupcake lol

mum & dad are looking pretty swish too :)

Thanks:) Hubby looked like a man mountain in his suit, so proud.

Coralee everyone looked’ stunning’ was just refreshing to see what I would like if I had of married, simple, elegants and lots of style, and yes I noted the other daughter looking fab as our gay guy to the straight guy would say, hey chill out babes and do whatever I say, now deff orfts wil reads posts when I getting paid to do so LOL

Is that one of you dancing with GS? It’s great!

orchid40 said:

Is that one of you dancing with GS? It’s great!

Yes it is, thanks :)
He did this ‘robot’ dance and it was a real hoot!
We tried not to photograph the scraped sore side of his face.

>what a beautiful bride!

A definite looker!

Happy Potter said:

pics of the wedding :D
(clickable thumbnail will take you to more in the album)

looks like a fairytale alright.
gardens look good too.
luvly wedding HP – thanks for sharing.

Happy Potter said:

pics of the wedding :D
(clickable thumbnail will take you to more in the album)

How beautiful…….. wow that dress is stunning……… lovely and thanks for the photos too.

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

pics of the wedding :D
(clickable thumbnail will take you to more in the album)

How beautiful…….. wow that dress is stunning……… lovely and thanks for the photos too.

looks like a fairytale alright.
gardens look good too.
luvly wedding HP – thanks for sharing.

Thank you Lucky, Pepe.

I’ll add more pics as I get them from others. And my brother in law the ‘tsunami bloke’ is also a wedding photograpger who took his own version (he wasn’t the official photographer) and he said he has some fab pics he’s compiling on a cd for us :)

Happy Potter said:

pics of the wedding :D
(clickable thumbnail will take you to more in the album)

Beautiful photos :)

Ok I have a gardening question , lol.
And pics
Pumpkins leaves are going mouldy but still have oodles of fruit growing well.
Do I milk spray it,
Do nothing,
Or try and pick off the worst affected leaves ?

other piccies.
tomatoes had it..but the sweet basil is fine, I’m drying as much of it as I can for the year.

Climbing beans are now pulling branches of neighbours olive tree over.
I have frozen and vacc sealed about 5 kilos, in lots, and I reckon there’s that much on the vine again. I can’t reach the top, and I’m not getting the ladder out..
Will it die over winter?

HP, I would try the milk spray first and if that doesn’t work do one of the others. Milk spray won’t hurt them anyway. I don’t really know, just guessing!

Happy Potter said:

Ok I have a gardening question , lol.
And pics
Pumpkins leaves are going mouldy but still have oodles of fruit growing well.
Do I milk spray it,
Do nothing,
Or try and pick off the worst affected leaves ?

This time of year either pic of the leaves or do nothing COz

Wonderful beans and basil HP, well done!

and lastly just some other garden things.. Salaginella groundcover in the fernery is looking lush and finally creeping, well it is now that I’ve given the fernery better protection from savage hot winds.. ( not the brightest bulb in the packet am I ? LOL)

Happy Potter said:

and lastly just some other garden things.. Salaginella groundcover in the fernery is looking lush and finally creeping, well it is now that I’ve given the fernery better protection from savage hot winds.. ( not the brightest bulb in the packet am I ? LOL)

Now that does look great Coz, love it !!

No this is the last one.. A. Cognata ‘Moptop” has grown way past what it said it would on the tag. Half a mt high by 1 mt wide..it’s easily triple that. I asked Mr Ryan why and he said theres some in the genus that just do that.
Ok, well I started off not liking it, but now I love it. It looks like a miniture weeping willow and looks great over the pond.

Happy Potter said:

No this is the last one.. A. Cognata ‘Moptop” has grown way past what it said it would on the tag. Half a mt high by 1 mt wide..it’s easily triple that. I asked Mr Ryan why and he said theres some in the genus that just do that.
Ok, well I started off not liking it, but now I love it. It looks like a miniture weeping willow and looks great over the pond.

correction, triple the width, and it’s nearly 2 mt tall.

Happy Potter said:

No this is the last one.. A. Cognata ‘Moptop” has grown way past what it said it would on the tag. Half a mt high by 1 mt wide..it’s easily triple that. I asked Mr Ryan why and he said theres some in the genus that just do that.
Ok, well I started off not liking it, but now I love it. It looks like a miniture weeping willow and looks great over the pond.

sure does !

orchid40 said:

HP, I would try the milk spray first and if that doesn’t work do one of the others. Milk spray won’t hurt them anyway. I don’t really know, just guessing!

No worries.. the heats sent me inside for now anyway. I did freeze and vacc seal pumpkin cubes, then used straight from frozen in my fav pumpkin risotto and it worked, (sauteed on high heat first to brown) so I’m rapt and want to keep as many as I can grow.

Happy Potter said:

and lastly just some other garden things.. Salaginella groundcover in the fernery is looking lush and finally creeping, well it is now that I’ve given the fernery better protection from savage hot winds.. ( not the brightest bulb in the packet am I ? LOL)

Beautiful, and as you say, lush!!

Happy Potter said:

No this is the last one.. A. Cognata ‘Moptop” has grown way past what it said it would on the tag. Half a mt high by 1 mt wide..it’s easily triple that. I asked Mr Ryan why and he said theres some in the genus that just do that.
Ok, well I started off not liking it, but now I love it. It looks like a miniture weeping willow and looks great over the pond.

Isn’t that lovely! So graceful and pretty :)

orchid40 said:

Happy Potter said:

No this is the last one.. A. Cognata ‘Moptop” has grown way past what it said it would on the tag. Half a mt high by 1 mt wide..it’s easily triple that. I asked Mr Ryan why and he said theres some in the genus that just do that.
Ok, well I started off not liking it, but now I love it. It looks like a miniture weeping willow and looks great over the pond.

Isn’t that lovely! So graceful and pretty :)

Thanks Orchid. That little nook in the path under it is Max’s snooze corner when I’m out gardening , it’s cooler under there :)

Cool pics HP, personally, I wouldn’t expend too much effort in saving the pumikin, I’d be letting it go and harvesting the fruit once the vine has perished….

The Estate said:

Happy Potter said:

and lastly just some other garden things.. Salaginella groundcover in the fernery is looking lush and finally creeping, well it is now that I’ve given the fernery better protection from savage hot winds.. ( not the brightest bulb in the packet am I ? LOL)

Now that does look great Coz, love it !!

Thee I only ever bought one tiny pot of it, it grows mad, obviously when in the right conditions. Dormant in winter but stays green. It overhangs the little border and I chop it off straight and pot up the bits. Great for pots in the shade with taller plants in, hangs down over the sides. Easily controlled though.

pain master said:

Cool pics HP, personally, I wouldn’t expend too much effort in saving the pumikin, I’d be letting it go and harvesting the fruit once the vine has perished….

Arh ok, so even when all leaf is crunchyand brown , the fruit will still be attached and maturing?

orchid40 said:

Wonderful beans and basil HP, well done!

Thanks Orchid :)

The basil is super, got a nice bag of it dried.

I don’t want to grow this bean again though, it’s feral! lol

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

Cool pics HP, personally, I wouldn’t expend too much effort in saving the pumikin, I’d be letting it go and harvesting the fruit once the vine has perished….

Arh ok, so even when all leaf is crunchyand brown , the fruit will still be attached and maturing?

Nah, I reckon that be perished enough for me… When it looks like the vine can offer no more, I’d be digging it all out….

Happy Potter said:

orchid40 said:

HP, I would try the milk spray first and if that doesn’t work do one of the others. Milk spray won’t hurt them anyway. I don’t really know, just guessing!

No worries.. the heats sent me inside for now anyway. I did freeze and vacc seal pumpkin cubes, then used straight from frozen in my fav pumpkin risotto and it worked, (sauteed on high heat first to brown) so I’m rapt and want to keep as many as I can grow.

Would not bother COz TOO LATE IN THE SEASON AND THEY ALL END UP LIKE THAT after awhile , same as zuc plants , sowwy caps LOL

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

Cool pics HP, personally, I wouldn’t expend too much effort in saving the pumikin, I’d be letting it go and harvesting the fruit once the vine has perished….

Arh ok, so even when all leaf is crunchyand brown , the fruit will still be attached and maturing?

Nah, I reckon that be perished enough for me… When it looks like the vine can offer no more, I’d be digging it all out….

did the same last night with my apple cucs

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

Cool pics HP, personally, I wouldn’t expend too much effort in saving the pumikin, I’d be letting it go and harvesting the fruit once the vine has perished….

Arh ok, so even when all leaf is crunchyand brown , the fruit will still be attached and maturing?

Nah, I reckon that be perished enough for me… When it looks like the vine can offer no more, I’d be digging it all out….

Ok I’ll do that , and thanks for the advice :)

The Estate said:

Happy Potter said:

orchid40 said:

HP, I would try the milk spray first and if that doesn’t work do one of the others. Milk spray won’t hurt them anyway. I don’t really know, just guessing!

No worries.. the heats sent me inside for now anyway. I did freeze and vacc seal pumpkin cubes, then used straight from frozen in my fav pumpkin risotto and it worked, (sauteed on high heat first to brown) so I’m rapt and want to keep as many as I can grow.

Would not bother COz TOO LATE IN THE SEASON AND THEY ALL END UP LIKE THAT after awhile , same as zuc plants , sowwy caps LOL

yep, my toms are coming out when it’s a bit cooler, tomorrow perhaps.

Happy Potter said:

Climbing beans are now pulling branches of neighbours olive tree over.
I have frozen and vacc sealed about 5 kilos, in lots, and I reckon there’s that much on the vine again. I can’t reach the top, and I’m not getting the ladder out..
Will it die over winter?

I am so jealous as I didn’t get to grow beans this year. They will probably die back over winter. Beans left to dry can be used as pulses I suppose, or planted again next Spring.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Climbing beans are now pulling branches of neighbours olive tree over.
I have frozen and vacc sealed about 5 kilos, in lots, and I reckon there’s that much on the vine again. I can’t reach the top, and I’m not getting the ladder out..
Will it die over winter?

I am so jealous as I didn’t get to grow beans this year. They will probably die back over winter. Beans left to dry can be used as pulses I suppose, or planted again next Spring.

I will keep some of the pods for you then. I can post if I don’t get to see you.

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Climbing beans are now pulling branches of neighbours olive tree over.
I have frozen and vacc sealed about 5 kilos, in lots, and I reckon there’s that much on the vine again. I can’t reach the top, and I’m not getting the ladder out..
Will it die over winter?

I am so jealous as I didn’t get to grow beans this year. They will probably die back over winter. Beans left to dry can be used as pulses I suppose, or planted again next Spring.

I will keep some of the pods for you then. I can post if I don’t get to see you.

sweet :)

Happy Potter said:

and lastly just some other garden things.. Salaginella groundcover in the fernery is looking lush and finally creeping, well it is now that I’ve given the fernery better protection from savage hot winds.. ( not the brightest bulb in the packet am I ? LOL)

It certainly looks lush HP. I think it’s something that is a nuisance up here. Like military fern. It’s a bugga.

Happy Potter said:

No this is the last one.. A. Cognata ‘Moptop” has grown way past what it said it would on the tag. Half a mt high by 1 mt wide..it’s easily triple that. I asked Mr Ryan why and he said theres some in the genus that just do that.
Ok, well I started off not liking it, but now I love it. It looks like a miniture weeping willow and looks great over the pond.

That is beautiful. I wonder if it grows it up here. I want one!!!!

Happy Potter said:

Happy Potter said:

No this is the last one.. A. Cognata ‘Moptop” has grown way past what it said it would on the tag. Half a mt high by 1 mt wide..it’s easily triple that. I asked Mr Ryan why and he said theres some in the genus that just do that.
Ok, well I started off not liking it, but now I love it. It looks like a miniture weeping willow and looks great over the pond.

correction, triple the width, and it’s nearly 2 mt tall.

I still want one.

Happy Potter said:

orchid40 said:

HP, I would try the milk spray first and if that doesn’t work do one of the others. Milk spray won’t hurt them anyway. I don’t really know, just guessing!

No worries.. the heats sent me inside for now anyway. I did freeze and vacc seal pumpkin cubes, then used straight from frozen in my fav pumpkin risotto and it worked, (sauteed on high heat first to brown) so I’m rapt and want to keep as many as I can grow.

That’s a good tip. We’ve got feral pumpkin vines taking over the area just outside the fence. They have HUGE pumpkins on them and I was wondering how to store them for later use. You have given me a good clue.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

orchid40 said:

HP, I would try the milk spray first and if that doesn’t work do one of the others. Milk spray won’t hurt them anyway. I don’t really know, just guessing!

No worries.. the heats sent me inside for now anyway. I did freeze and vacc seal pumpkin cubes, then used straight from frozen in my fav pumpkin risotto and it worked, (sauteed on high heat first to brown) so I’m rapt and want to keep as many as I can grow.

That’s a good tip. We’ve got feral pumpkin vines taking over the area just outside the fence. They have HUGE pumpkins on them and I was wondering how to store them for later use. You have given me a good clue.

Pomolo some pumpkins are too watery to use this way, the real giants are mostly water, thats why I grew the butternuts. But you can have a go and see..

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

orchid40 said:

HP, I would try the milk spray first and if that doesn’t work do one of the others. Milk spray won’t hurt them anyway. I don’t really know, just guessing!

No worries.. the heats sent me inside for now anyway. I did freeze and vacc seal pumpkin cubes, then used straight from frozen in my fav pumpkin risotto and it worked, (sauteed on high heat first to brown) so I’m rapt and want to keep as many as I can grow.

That’s a good tip. We’ve got feral pumpkin vines taking over the area just outside the fence. They have HUGE pumpkins on them and I was wondering how to store them for later use. You have given me a good clue.

They keep well roasted first and then frozen as well.

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

No worries.. the heats sent me inside for now anyway. I did freeze and vacc seal pumpkin cubes, then used straight from frozen in my fav pumpkin risotto and it worked, (sauteed on high heat first to brown) so I’m rapt and want to keep as many as I can grow.

That’s a good tip. We’ve got feral pumpkin vines taking over the area just outside the fence. They have HUGE pumpkins on them and I was wondering how to store them for later use. You have given me a good clue.

They keep well roasted first and then frozen as well.

Ok, I could try that too :)

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

No worries.. the heats sent me inside for now anyway. I did freeze and vacc seal pumpkin cubes, then used straight from frozen in my fav pumpkin risotto and it worked, (sauteed on high heat first to brown) so I’m rapt and want to keep as many as I can grow.

That’s a good tip. We’ve got feral pumpkin vines taking over the area just outside the fence. They have HUGE pumpkins on them and I was wondering how to store them for later use. You have given me a good clue.

Pomolo some pumpkins are too watery to use this way, the real giants are mostly water, thats why I grew the butternuts. But you can have a go and see..

If not I’ll cook it first.

Happy Potter said:

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

That’s a good tip. We’ve got feral pumpkin vines taking over the area just outside the fence. They have HUGE pumpkins on them and I was wondering how to store them for later use. You have given me a good clue.

They keep well roasted first and then frozen as well.

Ok, I could try that too :)

thanks BL.

Happy Potter said:

Ok I have a gardening question , lol.
And pics
Pumpkins leaves are going mouldy but still have oodles of fruit growing well.
Do I milk spray it,
Do nothing,
Or try and pick off the worst affected leaves ?

my zuchs are the same. i think full sun, liquid fert and pruning off all effected leaves might revive them…..but is it worth it?

Climbing beans are now pulling branches of neighbours olive tree over.
————-
geez they look alright and you are harvesting – well done. i believe they will keep fruiting for a while yet – so i’m giving mine liquid fert. tell tall hubby to pick em when he can.

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

Ok I have a gardening question , lol.
And pics
Pumpkins leaves are going mouldy but still have oodles of fruit growing well.
Do I milk spray it,
Do nothing,
Or try and pick off the worst affected leaves ?

my zuchs are the same. i think full sun, liquid fert and pruning off all effected leaves might revive them…..but is it worth it?

Nar. I’ll follow the good advice I was given here and leave them be, picking what I can to use.

pepe said:

Climbing beans are now pulling branches of neighbours olive tree over.
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geez they look alright and you are harvesting – well done. i believe they will keep fruiting for a while yet – so i’m giving mine liquid fert. tell tall hubby to pick em when he can.

Yes I will do that. However I hesitate to ask anything of him at the mo, he’s working arvo shift on one job then straight to nightshift on the other ,for the last 3 days. Mad I reckon, but he says it’s a holiday!
He has the rest of today and tomorrow off, but I’ll try get a friends hubby to come over and raid the beans.

I will have beans for a year, and I’ve given away bags of them too.
The pumpkin vine also snuck in under the beans and theres beans, olives and pumpkins all tangled in together lol.

I will have beans for a year, and I’ve given away bags of them too.
The pumpkin vine also snuck in under the beans and theres beans, olives and pumpkins all tangled in together lol.
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you’ve done well to build up the soil fertility – the sort of power growth you’re getting only comes from extremely rich and well balanced soil.

pepe said:

I will have beans for a year, and I’ve given away bags of them too.
The pumpkin vine also snuck in under the beans and theres beans, olives and pumpkins all tangled in together lol.
——-
you’ve done well to build up the soil fertility – the sort of power growth you’re getting only comes from extremely rich and well balanced soil.

Thanks Pepe. It was the horse manure that did it. I piled bags of it on the bed , dug it in, let lucern grow from it then dug that all in again. Whilst I can get heaps of that manure free, I will keep doing it to all the veg beds.

Nowhere near the quality of PM’s grasshopper pic, but heres a pic of another spider thats here in abundance at the moment.
I watched this one make it’s web, facinated. I don’t know what type it is and the flash was too bright, but it’s grey bodied with mainly red legs and about as big as a 50c coin.

Happy Potter said:

Nowhere near the quality of PM’s grasshopper pic, but heres a pic of another spider thats here in abundance at the moment.
I watched this one make it’s web, facinated. I don’t know what type it is and the flash was too bright, but it’s grey bodied with mainly red legs and about as big as a 50c coin.

he’d be one of those Orb weaver Spiders, not sure which one though…

Orb Weaver eh. Orby still out there catching insects.
The underside of it.

And, I tried to put the spider in focus and blur the background, but somehow managed to get the opposite lol!

Oh and I’ve added some more wedding pics to my p’bucket album, for those interested.

Happy Potter said:

Oh and I’ve added some more wedding pics to my p’bucket album, for those interested.

better remind us what the link is…

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Oh and I’ve added some more wedding pics to my p’bucket album, for those interested.

better remind us what the link is…

All the just added pics are on the first page.

Gorgeous photos HP, what a lovely spot too!

very nice. looks a lovely location too.

orchid40 said:

Gorgeous photos HP, what a lovely spot too!

Thanks Orchid, and BG. It is a lovely spot.

Happy Potter said:

Orb Weaver eh. Orby still out there catching insects.
The underside of it.

And, I tried to put the spider in focus and blur the background, but somehow managed to get the opposite lol!

Ah Spideys are tricky to get good photos of… We get some big Orb Weavers up here and I walked through a web the other day while mowing under the Mangos. Luckily the spidey itself were just above head height. Might go see if it is there this morn, and try to get a picture for youse all.

hehehe
This little tub of seaweed fert granules costs $14.95.
The 3 lt tub of it I made cost me $4. Couple tablespoons of warer storage crystals and seaweed fert and neat worm wee :)
hehehe

Happy Potter said:

hehehe
This little tub of seaweed fert granules costs $14.95.
The 3 lt tub of it I made cost me $4. Couple tablespoons of warer storage crystals and seaweed fert and neat worm wee :)
hehehe

Very clever HP – and very economical!

Happy Potter said:

hehehe
This little tub of seaweed fert granules costs $14.95.
The 3 lt tub of it I made cost me $4. Couple tablespoons of warer storage crystals and seaweed fert and neat worm wee :)
hehehe

hehehe..
that tub turned into a volcano and the swelling crystals lifted it’s lid off! The small is awful but it’s good stuff aye. I dug 4 holes around each citrus and dropped in 2 tablespoons of the gel into each hole and buried it. I still have 3/4 of a container left.
heheehe I’m having a blast! lol!

Happy Potter said:

Happy Potter said:

hehehe
This little tub of seaweed fert granules costs $14.95.
The 3 lt tub of it I made cost me $4. Couple tablespoons of warer storage crystals and seaweed fert and neat worm wee :)
hehehe

hehehe..
that tub turned into a volcano and the swelling crystals lifted it’s lid off! The small is awful but it’s good stuff aye. I dug 4 holes around each citrus and dropped in 2 tablespoons of the gel into each hole and buried it. I still have 3/4 of a container left.
heheehe I’m having a blast! lol!

That’s good stuff HP. However, the repeated ‘hehehe’ bit makes me wonder if you are a witch!

That’s good stuff HP. However, the repeated ‘hehehe’ bit makes me wonder if you are a witch!
————————————————————-
Grinning like the cat that got the cream, I’m just pleased with myself :)

Happy Potter said:

That’s good stuff HP. However, the repeated ‘hehehe’ bit makes me wonder if you are a witch!
————————————————————-
Grinning like the cat that got the cream, I’m just pleased with myself :)

and so you should be!

Happy Potter said:

Happy Potter said:

hehehe
This little tub of seaweed fert granules costs $14.95.
The 3 lt tub of it I made cost me $4. Couple tablespoons of warer storage crystals and seaweed fert and neat worm wee :)
hehehe

hehehe..
that tub turned into a volcano and the swelling crystals lifted it’s lid off! The small is awful but it’s good stuff aye. I dug 4 holes around each citrus and dropped in 2 tablespoons of the gel into each hole and buried it. I still have 3/4 of a container left.
heheehe I’m having a blast! lol!

Professor Potter’s gone mad I tells ya!

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

Happy Potter said:

hehehe
This little tub of seaweed fert granules costs $14.95.
The 3 lt tub of it I made cost me $4. Couple tablespoons of warer storage crystals and seaweed fert and neat worm wee :)
hehehe

hehehe..
that tub turned into a volcano and the swelling crystals lifted it’s lid off! The small is awful but it’s good stuff aye. I dug 4 holes around each citrus and dropped in 2 tablespoons of the gel into each hole and buried it. I still have 3/4 of a container left.
heheehe I’m having a blast! lol!

Professor Potter’s gone mad I tells ya!

You bet!
Today my garden. Digging little holes all over the place. Tomorrow the towns gardens!!!!! lol. I’m spreading my news..

Ta Darrr!
Saffron!
These bulbs didn’t flower last year, but they did this year.
Nine little stamens from 3 flowers, it’s but a mere half pinch, but will do for saffron rice for 2. When they dry I will keep them in a small glass jar. You have no idea of the size of the grin on my face :D

Happy Potter said:

Ta Darrr!
Saffron!
These bulbs didn’t flower last year, but they did this year.
Nine little stamens from 3 flowers, it’s but a mere half pinch, but will do for saffron rice for 2. When they dry I will keep them in a small glass jar. You have no idea of the size of the grin on my face :D

GF is well impressed and wants to know where you got the bulbs and will they grow in the tropics??? GF is excited for you HP.

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

Ta Darrr!
Saffron!
These bulbs didn’t flower last year, but they did this year.
Nine little stamens from 3 flowers, it’s but a mere half pinch, but will do for saffron rice for 2. When they dry I will keep them in a small glass jar. You have no idea of the size of the grin on my face :D

GF is well impressed and wants to know where you got the bulbs and will they grow in the tropics??? GF is excited for you HP.

Aw thank you PM and GF :) I can’t grow a rhody from a cutting, but who cares, I can grow saffron ! lol.

I got the bulbs at my local ‘Plants Plus’ nursery. I don’t know enough about them to tell you much, but they grow well in Tassie, (and Vic!) so I’m guessing they need a temperate /cold climate. (I live on the temperate west side of Melb, the east side is temperate/cold)

Although ,my place last winter was mild with no frosts, and over summer I put the pots with the bulbs left in behind a shed to stay dry. I took them out about a month ago when I noticed shoots growing, placed them in full sun and watered them with weak seasol.

Well you don’t know unless you have a go, is all I can say :)

Happy Potter said:

Ta Darrr!
Saffron!
These bulbs didn’t flower last year, but they did this year.
Nine little stamens from 3 flowers, it’s but a mere half pinch, but will do for saffron rice for 2. When they dry I will keep them in a small glass jar. You have no idea of the size of the grin on my face :D

believe me, I can :D

I tried growing some with no success. Only got leaves, and after a while not even that!

We’ll have to start addressing Happy Potter as “O Green Fingered One” soon…

Happy Potter said:

Ta Darrr!
Saffron!
These bulbs didn’t flower last year, but they did this year.
Nine little stamens from 3 flowers, it’s but a mere half pinch, but will do for saffron rice for 2. When they dry I will keep them in a small glass jar. You have no idea of the size of the grin on my face :D

Wow that’s amazing HP! I see now the difference between ordinary crocuses and Saffron ones. The bit you harvest is not the stamens with pollen on, but another part!

Happy Potter said:

Ta Darrr!
Saffron!
These bulbs didn’t flower last year, but they did this year.
Nine little stamens from 3 flowers, it’s but a mere half pinch, but will do for saffron rice for 2. When they dry I will keep them in a small glass jar. You have no idea of the size of the grin on my face :D

Those are the first real live saffron threads I have ever seen. They are pretty bright orange in colour. No wonder they colour up food well. Congrats HP.

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

Ta Darrr!
Saffron!
These bulbs didn’t flower last year, but they did this year.
Nine little stamens from 3 flowers, it’s but a mere half pinch, but will do for saffron rice for 2. When they dry I will keep them in a small glass jar. You have no idea of the size of the grin on my face :D

GF is well impressed and wants to know where you got the bulbs and will they grow in the tropics??? GF is excited for you HP.

Probably already answered but the answer is “no.” They don’t like our tropics.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Ta Darrr!
Saffron!
These bulbs didn’t flower last year, but they did this year.
Nine little stamens from 3 flowers, it’s but a mere half pinch, but will do for saffron rice for 2. When they dry I will keep them in a small glass jar. You have no idea of the size of the grin on my face :D

believe me, I can :D

I tried growing some with no success. Only got leaves, and after a while not even that!

Strange BG, because by all rights, saffron should grow better on your side of town better than mine!

Dinetta said:

We’ll have to start addressing Happy Potter as “O Green Fingered One” soon…

Not until I can grow a rhody from a cutting !
Saffron is easy! LOL

orchid40 said:

Happy Potter said:

Ta Darrr!
Saffron!
These bulbs didn’t flower last year, but they did this year.
Nine little stamens from 3 flowers, it’s but a mere half pinch, but will do for saffron rice for 2. When they dry I will keep them in a small glass jar. You have no idea of the size of the grin on my face :D

Wow that’s amazing HP! I see now the difference between ordinary crocuses and Saffron ones. The bit you harvest is not the stamens with pollen on, but another part!

Orchid, I read that the part with pollen isn’t to touch the red stamens at any time or they will ruin them with pollen, so I plucked them out very carefully.

Happy Potter said:

Ta Darrr!
Saffron!
These bulbs didn’t flower last year, but they did this year.
Nine little stamens from 3 flowers, it’s but a mere half pinch, but will do for saffron rice for 2. When they dry I will keep them in a small glass jar. You have no idea of the size of the grin on my face :D

a tiny yield but it’s a start. well done.

Happy Potter said:

orchid40 said:

Happy Potter said:

Ta Darrr!
Saffron!
These bulbs didn’t flower last year, but they did this year.
Nine little stamens from 3 flowers, it’s but a mere half pinch, but will do for saffron rice for 2. When they dry I will keep them in a small glass jar. You have no idea of the size of the grin on my face :D

Wow that’s amazing HP! I see now the difference between ordinary crocuses and Saffron ones. The bit you harvest is not the stamens with pollen on, but another part!

Orchid, I read that the part with pollen isn’t to touch the red stamens at any time or they will ruin them with pollen, so I plucked them out very carefully.

OK. Good job you did your homework!

Have a pretty pic.
Zygos flowering. They are’t in full flower yet, but I couldn’t wait to take a photo.

Shots of the fernery looking much healthier than last year. I dipel’ed the grubs, white oiled the scale, pelleted the slugs and snails and worm wee’d the lot.

spectacular zygos there. they look a lot greener and healthier than mine! and the fernery is looking great as well.

bluegreen said:

spectacular zygos there. they look a lot greener and healthier than mine! and the fernery is looking great as well.

Thanks BG :) I’m more convinced then ever that whilst zygo’s will survive in sunlight, they do best in shade.
These one’s get dappled light in the morning for an hour or so, facing east, then it’s full shade for the rest of the day.

There’s no artificial lights out in my fernery, they love the dark and need it to flower.

those zygos are stunning and three of them in a cascade down the wall is well planned.
your ferns make it look as tho’ you’re in a wet green rainforest.

Beautiful Zygos, HP, they look wonderful the way you have them arranged. Your fernery looks lush and healthy, well done :)

It must be picture time. The cactus shelf all broken up, well not the shelf itself, but the pots that were on it. I’d picked up the broken pieces and started cleaning the area up then thought to take a photo.. it was a lot worse than this pic shows.

and after …

I don’t know what the name of this succulent is, but it has a pretty flower and it looks good in this pot. I call it my ‘Australia Plant’ :) It flowered straight after I repotted it!

I got a piece of this cactus (centre one) off Thee at one of her meets :D

BIG lemons…
Since I have been following Jerry Coleby-Williams’ fact sheet on citrus to a tee, the meyer lemons have doubled in size!

garlic bed. The pipe divides the different varieties.

And the first Jonquil..in autumn ?

The fernery is even heaps bigger than when GA was here to film. And of course Max had to get his face into the pic.

And a pic of the shed again, to show you the pots of cacti and succulents I kept and repotted that my friend who moved house gave to me. They look ok in front of the shed.

Happy Potter said:

BIG lemons…
Since I have been following Jerry Coleby-Williams’ fact sheet on citrus to a tee, the meyer lemons have doubled in size!

must give me some tips. Mine are only tiny. Mind you, I have let the grass go around the base and should remove that.

all looking pretty good there HP. the cactus garden looks as good as ever now :)

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

BIG lemons…
Since I have been following Jerry Coleby-Williams’ fact sheet on citrus to a tee, the meyer lemons have doubled in size!

must give me some tips. Mine are only tiny. Mind you, I have let the grass go around the base and should remove that.

This fact sheet Bluegreen. The man’s right, they are high performance and need to be fed and watered regularly. Well, I knew about the watering part..
Absolutely, remove the grass , it will be stealing all the goodies that’s meant for the tree.

oops..
This fact sheet BG…

http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s2634370.htm

bluegreen said:

all looking pretty good there HP. the cactus garden looks as good as ever now :)

Thanks BG. It was an opportunity for improvement :)

Happy Potter said:

I don’t know what the name of this succulent is, but it has a pretty flower and it looks good in this pot. I call it my ‘Australia Plant’ :) It flowered straight after I repotted it!

That’s pretty :)

Happy Potter said:

BIG lemons…
Since I have been following Jerry Coleby-Williams’ fact sheet on citrus to a tee, the meyer lemons have doubled in size!

Any good for a Meringue?

Happy Potter said:

garlic bed. The pipe divides the different varieties.

And the first Jonquil..in autumn ?

The Jonquils (Early Cheer) that I used to look after in SA would be flowering now I reckon… Always close on Anzac Day.

Happy Potter said:

He’s Gorgeous!!!

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

BIG lemons…
Since I have been following Jerry Coleby-Williams’ fact sheet on citrus to a tee, the meyer lemons have doubled in size!

Any good for a Meringue?

They are perfectly good for a meringue. I’ll be making one very soon. Drool..

Happy Potter said:

It must be picture time. The cactus shelf all broken up, well not the shelf itself, but the pots that were on it. I’d picked up the broken pieces and started cleaning the area up then thought to take a photo.. it was a lot worse than this pic shows.

and after …

No wonder escapee used it to get over the fence. It’s a rope ladder. It looks all good now.

Happy Potter said:

garlic bed. The pipe divides the different varieties.

And the first Jonquil..in autumn ?

Geepers. My Jonquils haven’t even surfaced yet.

Happy Potter said:

The fernery is even heaps bigger than when GA was here to film. And of course Max had to get his face into the pic.

And a pic of the shed again, to show you the pots of cacti and succulents I kept and repotted that my friend who moved house gave to me. They look ok in front of the shed.

Max the wonder dog. He’s just gorgeous. All my cockers were black. I miss my cocker spaniels. Luv my Cavalier though.

Happy Potter said:

I don’t know what the name of this succulent is, but it has a pretty flower and it looks good in this pot. I call it my ‘Australia Plant’ :) It flowered straight after I repotted it!

Is it a Mesembryanthemum? It’s cute.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

I don’t know what the name of this succulent is, but it has a pretty flower and it looks good in this pot. I call it my ‘Australia Plant’ :) It flowered straight after I repotted it!

Is it a Mesembryanthemum? It’s cute.

I wouldn’t like to have to pronounce that, but it could well be going by google images..

Happy Potter said:

oops..
This fact sheet BG…

http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s2634370.htm

Hmm, I think I need to get more organised. Maybe print the fact sheet out, and sit down and mark key dates on the calendar? Even if I don’t get the job done on that particular day, I’d know it’s roughly due..

Happy Potter said:

And of course Max had to get his face into the pic.

/quote]

_I dooo love that dog-gie in the window, I doooo hope that dog-gie’s for sale…

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

And of course Max had to get his face into the pic.

_I dooo love that dog-gie in the window, I doooo hope that dog-gie’s for sale…

Will this be better? didn’t see that square bracket disappear…

Yep, better…

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

oops..
This fact sheet BG…

http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s2634370.htm

Hmm, I think I need to get more organised. Maybe print the fact sheet out, and sit down and mark key dates on the calendar? Even if I don’t get the job done on that particular day, I’d know it’s roughly due..

Organisation is the key Bon. I’m too busy to remember everything else let alone time to feed the citrus what it wants!!
I can’t say I followed the fact sheet 100%, but as you say, close enough to when it was due within a day or two.
A reminder note definately helped.

And there’s an added problem I’ve noticed with dwarf citrus, if indeed it is a ‘problem’ and that is, the mini trees seem to be forever in flower. Mine all have flowers, and new growth ,at the same time as immature and mature fruit. Limes, lemons, navel and valencia oranges’, and dwarf mandarine.

My standard size citrus have clearer indicators, eg the lisbon lemon has lot’s of large green fruit but no flowers atm, same with the imperial mandarine.

It’s an education!

D-E-F-I-N-I-T-E-L-Y helped, even..

Happy Potter said:

The fernery is even heaps bigger than when GA was here to film. And of course Max had to get his face into the pic.

And a pic of the shed again, to show you the pots of cacti and succulents I kept and repotted that my friend who moved house gave to me. They look ok in front of the shed.

beautiful lighting in that fernery – a bit too clean tho’.
good pics HP – thanks.

And there’s an added problem I’ve noticed with dwarf citrus, if indeed it is a ‘problem’ and that is, the mini trees seem to be forever in flower. Mine all have flowers, and new growth ,at the same time as immature and mature fruit. Limes, lemons, navel and valencia oranges’, and dwarf mandarine.
My standard size citrus have clearer indicators, eg the lisbon lemon has lot’s of large green fruit but no flowers atm, same with the imperial mandarine.
It’s an education!
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i must prune mine sometime but they are all flowering and fruiting now. so jerry’s advice to feed when its not in fruit is a bit odd.

pepe said:

And there’s an added problem I’ve noticed with dwarf citrus, if indeed it is a ‘problem’ and that is, the mini trees seem to be forever in flower. Mine all have flowers, and new growth ,at the same time as immature and mature fruit. Limes, lemons, navel and valencia oranges’, and dwarf mandarine.
My standard size citrus have clearer indicators, eg the lisbon lemon has lot’s of large green fruit but no flowers atm, same with the imperial mandarine.
It’s an education!
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i must prune mine sometime but they are all flowering and fruiting now. so jerry’s advice to feed when its not in fruit is a bit odd.

Yes it is. I’d say the dwarf stock fruit trees are in a category all to themselves. But I just keep treating them as per the standard citrus and all is fine so far.

I don’t prune the lotsa lemons, just where the branhces may overhang the path and fruit whacks me in the head as I walk past. The taller people here don’t have that problem! lol.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

I don’t know what the name of this succulent is, but it has a pretty flower and it looks good in this pot. I call it my ‘Australia Plant’ :) It flowered straight after I repotted it!

Is it a Mesembryanthemum? It’s cute.

There are 16 letters in that word!

pain master said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

I don’t know what the name of this succulent is, but it has a pretty flower and it looks good in this pot. I call it my ‘Australia Plant’ :) It flowered straight after I repotted it!

Is it a Mesembryanthemum? It’s cute.

There are 16 letters in that word!

Just remembered after seeing your Acacia limelight in the background of that pic HP. I asked at my nursery if they could get me one of them. They said they could get them no trouble but ones they have ordered for customers previously, all died. They concluded that it is our humidity that kills them up here. I was very disappointed. Another plant I have to cross of my list of “wants.”

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

Is it a Mesembryanthemum? It’s cute.

There are 16 letters in that word!

Just remembered after seeing your Acacia limelight in the background of that pic HP. I asked at my nursery if they could get me one of them. They said they could get them no trouble but ones they have ordered for customers previously, all died. They concluded that it is our humidity that kills them up here. I was very disappointed. Another plant I have to cross of my list of “wants.”

aw no :(
Strange though , because they are after all only wattle trees. Surely there’s wattles about where you are. It gets humid here too, in fact this summer was more humid then ever.
But I wonder, when the soils up that way were dry for a while that killed them because, unlike the bigger tree these dwarfs need regular waterering..

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

There are 16 letters in that word!

Just remembered after seeing your Acacia limelight in the background of that pic HP. I asked at my nursery if they could get me one of them. They said they could get them no trouble but ones they have ordered for customers previously, all died. They concluded that it is our humidity that kills them up here. I was very disappointed. Another plant I have to cross of my list of “wants.”

aw no :(
Strange though , because they are after all only wattle trees. Surely there’s wattles about where you are. It gets humid here too, in fact this summer was more humid then ever.
But I wonder, when the soils up that way were dry for a while that killed them because, unlike the bigger tree these dwarfs need regular waterering..

I wish it was that easy. I don’t think we could compare our humidity to yours. There is humidity and there is humidity I imagine. I have had a few stays in Adelaide and their humidity is miniscule.

There are also Acacias that only grow down your way and won’t perform up here. Some wattles only like the dry arid conditions. I’m sure one day someone will hybridise one that will be for the North.

I do love yours though.

Just a couple of the pinnys I’ve been making. There’s about a dozen to go. The girls want a couple each, and a friend wants three. I can do two a day.
The end yellow and white one is from an old linen tablecloth and boy what a hard material to work with!

Happy Potter said:

Just a couple of the pinnys I’ve been making. There’s about a dozen to go. The girls want a couple each, and a friend wants three. I can do two a day.
The end yellow and white one is from an old linen tablecloth and boy what a hard material to work with!

great aprons, and good use of an old tablecloth as well. Did you have a pattern or did you make it up?

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Just a couple of the pinnys I’ve been making. There’s about a dozen to go. The girls want a couple each, and a friend wants three. I can do two a day.
The end yellow and white one is from an old linen tablecloth and boy what a hard material to work with!

great aprons, and good use of an old tablecloth as well. Did you have a pattern or did you make it up?

I have an old pinafore that I used for the pattern. I made some up years ago, but sort of forgot I’d lost weight and they needn’t be so wide! lol.
I’m using up whatever material scrap I can get my hands on, old curtains, tablecloths, ect. The bias binding I bought though.

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More aprons made

Happy Potter said:

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p/bucket is back – yeah.

nice aprons – you don’t do anything by halves do you?

Happy Potter said:

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Well done! I rather like the tablecloth one:)

Happy Potter said:

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my goodness! I only have one and only sometimes use that! I suppose you do a lot more cooking than me though….

Great aprons HP, one for all the family? Glad you’re up and around but don’t push it!! Flu like that can come back and bite you on the bum if you do too much.

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

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More aprons made

p/bucket is back – yeah.

nice aprons – you don’t do anything by halves do you?

No I don’t lol, but it’s because I have three daughters and several sisters who all want some aprons, friends too but they buy them. Material only though.

The ‘paintball’ apron is a hoot, it’s a heavy drill fabric with a slight spandex stretch, comfy and for heavy duty cleaning. I bought the material cheap as no one wants to wear those colours. I have 3 more cut out to make up.
Some of the others are a light fabric and good for stuffing the pockets with clean cloths and implements as you clean windows/brush dog/ light cooking.

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

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Well done! I rather like the tablecloth one:)

Thanks , I do too Dinetta, it’s great. I sewed up some tea towels out of the scraps, linen tea towels are the best. I have another apron cut out ready to sew up too.
I’ll keep both of the linen ones for myself.

I can remember one of my Grandmothers wearing this style of apron.

orchid40 said:

I can remember one of my Grandmothers wearing this style of apron.

I tend to live in them. My girls wonder why I don’t have coffee spills or food stains on my shirts and tops , so now they want some.
Fling the apron off and I’m clean enough to go out if I need to.

Happy Potter said:

orchid40 said:

I can remember one of my Grandmothers wearing this style of apron.

I tend to live in them. My girls wonder why I don’t have coffee spills or food stains on my shirts and tops , so now they want some.
Fling the apron off and I’m clean enough to go out if I need to.

It’s a good idea. I should do that too, it’s very annoying to get a grease spot on something that you’re wearing that is good.

Happy Potter said:

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They would sell well at a country market I reckon. Well done.

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

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More aprons made

Well done! I rather like the tablecloth one:)

Thanks , I do too Dinetta, it’s great. I sewed up some tea towels out of the scraps, linen tea towels are the best. I have another apron cut out ready to sew up too.
I’ll keep both of the linen ones for myself.

I have one shelf in the linen cupboard full of tablecloths. Most of which I never ever use. Maybe I should make some aprons as well.

orchid40 said:

I can remember one of my Grandmothers wearing this style of apron.

I can remember when woolies check out chicks used to wear red ones.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

Well done! I rather like the tablecloth one:)

Thanks , I do too Dinetta, it’s great. I sewed up some tea towels out of the scraps, linen tea towels are the best. I have another apron cut out ready to sew up too.
I’ll keep both of the linen ones for myself.

I have one shelf in the linen cupboard full of tablecloths. Most of which I never ever use. Maybe I should make some aprons as well.

Absolutely. If you’re not using them as tablecloths, recycle them into aprons.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

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They would sell well at a country market I reckon. Well done.

Thank you :D

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Thanks , I do too Dinetta, it’s great. I sewed up some tea towels out of the scraps, linen tea towels are the best. I have another apron cut out ready to sew up too.
I’ll keep both of the linen ones for myself.

I have one shelf in the linen cupboard full of tablecloths. Most of which I never ever use. Maybe I should make some aprons as well.

Absolutely. If you’re not using them as tablecloths, recycle them into aprons.

And I might do just that.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

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More aprons made

They would sell well at a country market I reckon. Well done.

Love aprons and have made a few myself;) That red one is lovely and bright.

First pics. The day was glorious and the river like glass. I love the reflections.

A pretty orchid at the nursery :)

The Harbour Master tower.
And moi. I wasn’t ready for the pic ,lol.

Coode Island, fuel storage, the one that blew it’s lid on the 29 th of nov 1991. I remember the date because giant son was born that night just after midnight.
Driving to the hosp was terrible through the thick black smoke. There wasn’t another way.

The fifth one in the first series is a corker…and you look elegant even if you were unprepared…

That watercourse does not look very deep in some of those photos…

The most interesting one. Some 35 years ago the Maribynong River flooded. The water went up to the red part on this pole. The pole was down the embankment a bit, but if I stood next to it, the top of the red mark is way over my head.

Dinetta said:

The fifth one in the first series is a corker…and you look elegant even if you were unprepared…

That watercourse does not look very deep in some of those photos…

Actually very deep, and it was recently dredged. It looks shallow but apparently a feature of this river is the depth is deceiving.
The history of the river was very interesting.

Happy Potter said:

The most interesting one. Some 35 years ago the Maribynong River flooded. The water went up to the red part on this pole. The pole was down the embankment a bit, but if I stood next to it, the top of the red mark is way over my head.

Whole lotta watter!

Lastly the boat itself. Very comfortable and the crew were fantastic, lot’s of fun, and the food was just beautiful :)
I have many more pics but had to whittle them down. Pics taken with my phone as I forgot my camera.

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

The fifth one in the first series is a corker…and you look elegant even if you were unprepared…

That watercourse does not look very deep in some of those photos…

Actually very deep, and it was recently dredged. It looks shallow but apparently a feature of this river is the depth is deceiving.
The history of the river was very interesting.

Oh good, my eyes are still OK…what river did you say again, Marynbong?

Happy Potter said:

Lastly the boat itself. Very comfortable and the crew were fantastic, lot’s of fun, and the food was just beautiful :)
I have many more pics but had to whittle them down. Pics taken with my phone as I forgot my camera.

Must have been very good food, if you say so…I can see what you mean by “TramBoat” now…

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

The fifth one in the first series is a corker…and you look elegant even if you were unprepared…

That watercourse does not look very deep in some of those photos…

Actually very deep, and it was recently dredged. It looks shallow but apparently a feature of this river is the depth is deceiving.
The history of the river was very interesting.

Oh good, my eyes are still OK…what river did you say again, Marynbong?

Maribyrnong River. I stood in awe of the amount of that flood water back then. I can’t even imagine it.

Dinetta said:

The fifth one in the first series is a corker…and you look elegant even if you were unprepared…

That watercourse does not look very deep in some of those photos…

Just remembered too, re the deceptive depth, a fella died there the day before yest’ trying to swim across it.

I’ve done a quick check: this is the second major watercourse for Melbourne, and flows past Flemington race course…(Melbourne Cup Racecourse)…it’s saltwater as it flows toward Phillip Island…was very degraded during the latter part of the 19C because of all the factories along it, but now it’s been cleared up and cared for…

Wonder why that optical illusion happens? Must be somethig in the water’s composition…

Found a couple others that may be interesting..

this bridge is so low those standing on the top deck of the tramboat had to duck!

Where sugar is unloaded. Still operational.

And last where, umm, someone I know works on those monter cranes.

Monster cranes, even..

Dinetta said:

I’ve done a quick check: this is the second major watercourse for Melbourne, and flows past Flemington race course…(Melbourne Cup Racecourse)…it’s saltwater as it flows toward Phillip Island…was very degraded during the latter part of the 19C because of all the factories along it, but now it’s been cleared up and cared for…

Wonder why that optical illusion happens? Must be somethig in the water’s composition…

It’s more psychological apparently. It just looks so serene, so inviting. But theres one heck of a current under that surface.

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

I’ve done a quick check: this is the second major watercourse for Melbourne, and flows past Flemington race course…(Melbourne Cup Racecourse)…it’s saltwater as it flows toward Phillip Island…was very degraded during the latter part of the 19C because of all the factories along it, but now it’s been cleared up and cared for…

Wonder why that optical illusion happens? Must be somethig in the water’s composition…

It’s more psychological apparently. It just looks so serene, so inviting. But theres one heck of a current under that surface.

Oh,and it’s tidal and they have photos on the walls of the boat of dolphins swimming alongside the bow. And pics of sharks. There was a shark warning sign just near a park, ‘don’t swim here’..

thanks for the great pics HP.

Just a couple more bridges..last pics.
First one is the Bolte Bridge. With it’s stick towers..

And 2nd is the West Gate Bridge in the background, the one I hate travelling over. If you are unfortunate to get stuck in heavy traffic and stop on the top of it, your car gently bounces with the movement..

bluegreen said:

thanks for the great pics HP.

Thank you BG :)

Happy Potter said:

First pics. The day was glorious and the river like glass. I love the reflections.

Beaut pics HP. Love the one with the sun reflected on the water. No wonder you enjoyed the day. How still was that water?

Thanks Pomolo :)

The the one with the sun reflected on the water is actually quite strange. When I zoomed in on it in PB , the sun has ripples around it as if it were in the water. Really strange!

Happy Potter said:

Thanks Pomolo :)

The the one with the sun reflected on the water is actually quite strange. When I zoomed in on it in PB , the sun has ripples around it as if it were in the water. Really strange!

It would be great to paint.

here’s a couple pics and questions for any brainyiacs out there..

Why has my meyer lemon only got ripe fruit on the bottom half of the tree?

And, where to spread compost that is predominantly made up of gum leaves ?
Can I put it in a resting vege bed ?

Happy Potter said:

here’s a couple pics and questions for any brainyiacs out there..

Why has my meyer lemon only got ripe fruit on the bottom half of the tree?

Don’t be greedy. Aren’t there enough on the lower branches?

And, where to spread compost that is predominantly made up of gum leaves ?
Can I put it in a resting vege bed ?

woohoo we have the tub.
And according to a bloke in the know, I can get half inch screw in type lugs to plug them :D Easy peasy. The plastic is quite thick, about 4 mm so it would hold them well.

Tub in situ..
It’s next to a down pipe so the bloke is going to put a diverter on it tomorrow and hopefully it will rain next week :)

Mucking about cleaning the inside of it. I hid inside it and Max nearly went nut’s trying to find me ,hehe.

Happy Potter said:

Tub in situ..
It’s next to a down pipe so the bloke is going to put a diverter on it tomorrow and hopefully it will rain next week :)

Mucking about cleaning the inside of it. I hid inside it and Max nearly went nut’s trying to find me ,hehe.

Hey HP:) I just know you’ll blossom into a beautiful flower:D

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

Tub in situ..
It’s next to a down pipe so the bloke is going to put a diverter on it tomorrow and hopefully it will rain next week :)

Mucking about cleaning the inside of it. I hid inside it and Max nearly went nut’s trying to find me ,hehe.

Hey HP:) I just know you’ll blossom into a beautiful flower:D

LOL Lucky!

Happy Potter said:

Mucking about cleaning the inside of it. I hid inside it and Max nearly went nut’s trying to find me ,hehe.

that is so cute! lol!

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

Tub in situ..
It’s next to a down pipe so the bloke is going to put a diverter on it tomorrow and hopefully it will rain next week :)

Mucking about cleaning the inside of it. I hid inside it and Max nearly went nut’s trying to find me ,hehe.

Hey HP:) I just know you’ll blossom into a beautiful flower:D

strangest flower pot man me ever did see lmao

Happy Potter said:

Tub in situ..
It’s next to a down pipe so the bloke is going to put a diverter on it tomorrow and hopefully it will rain next week :)

Mucking about cleaning the inside of it. I hid inside it and Max nearly went nut’s trying to find me ,hehe.

haha!! The second last photo is fantastic! :)

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

Tub in situ..
It’s next to a down pipe so the bloke is going to put a diverter on it tomorrow and hopefully it will rain next week :)

Mucking about cleaning the inside of it. I hid inside it and Max nearly went nut’s trying to find me ,hehe.

haha!! The second last photo is fantastic! :)

I concur, the Max shot is wonderful.

pain master said:

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

Tub in situ..
It’s next to a down pipe so the bloke is going to put a diverter on it tomorrow and hopefully it will rain next week :)

Mucking about cleaning the inside of it. I hid inside it and Max nearly went nut’s trying to find me ,hehe.

haha!! The second last photo is fantastic! :)

I concur, the Max shot is wonderful.

Hey thanks yous :D

Some pics :)

chooks in the orchard, and my little apple graft.

My pondy tub (I just had to show yous, lol)

Strike me pink!

Zygos. Both of the smaller plants are offspring of the large top one.

Interesting thing about that middle zygo pot …I thought that the previously heat affected red ‘leaves’ would green up , or at least new growth would be green when I repotted it and moved it to here in the full shade. No go, and no flowers. But, to fill gaps in the pot I added a couple pieces of the green stuff, and they are flowering. It’s been 18 months or so since I repotted these and moved them into the fernery.
So, in order to bloom well they need shade from the start.
I will remove the red growth plant and replace with the green bits later on, after the parent plant finishes flowering.

those bits of hose are your earwigs traps I gather?
that tub could not get any fuller!
I have a zygo that has reddish stems due to too much sun, but it still flowers.

Happy Potter said:

Some pics :)

chooks in the orchard, and my little apple graft.

My pondy tub (I just had to show yous, lol)

Strike me pink!

Zygos. Both of the smaller plants are offspring of the large top one.

Interesting thing about that middle zygo pot …I thought that the previously heat affected red ‘leaves’ would green up , or at least new growth would be green when I repotted it and moved it to here in the full shade. No go, and no flowers. But, to fill gaps in the pot I added a couple pieces of the green stuff, and they are flowering. It’s been 18 months or so since I repotted these and moved them into the fernery.
So, in order to bloom well they need shade from the start.
I will remove the red growth plant and replace with the green bits later on, after the parent plant finishes flowering.

I had a zygo that never flowered for more than 10 years…it was a beauty…simply a matter of watching the night-time light in the end…sadly it died of dehydration after the cows knocked the pot over and I didn’t notice…

bluegreen said:

those bits of hose are your earwigs traps I gather?
that tub could not get any fuller!
I have a zygo that has reddish stems due to too much sun, but it still flowers.

Yes the hose bits are earwig traps. There’s many of them in there and when the chooks are out I’ll pick up a hose bit and tap it on the path , the chooks come running to gobble them up.
In fact the chooks are getting so used to this that they try to kick the hose bits about hoping for an earwig snack.

My redish leafed zygo was probably too heat affected to flower. I have seen these ones flower so I assumed it would. I want these ‘column pots’ zygos to grow to the same size and flower all at the same time, so I will repot that one. That will set it back a few years though, so if I find an advanced pot of the same flower and colour, I will get a couple.

Loved the “pondy” picture…tranquil…my zygos have finished flowering for the year…to water them, I soaked them in an open tub of diluted worm wee, a couple of times…the flowers lasted longer, I thought…

Dinetta said:

Loved the “pondy” picture…tranquil…my zygos have finished flowering for the year…to water them, I soaked them in an open tub of diluted worm wee, a couple of times…the flowers lasted longer, I thought…

Yes they love a worm wee ‘tipple’. They need to dry between waterings, but an unwatered one is a sad sight.
Pity about your old one getting knocked over :(

I’m rapt about the full tub of water. More water for summer veges :)

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

Loved the “pondy” picture…tranquil…my zygos have finished flowering for the year…to water them, I soaked them in an open tub of diluted worm wee, a couple of times…the flowers lasted longer, I thought…

Yes they love a worm wee ‘tipple’. They need to dry between waterings, but an unwatered one is a sad sight. Pity about your old one getting knocked over :( I’m rapt about the full tub of water. More water for summer veges :)

our rw tank is three quarters full. there’s been 25mm o/night.

pepe said:

our rw tank is three quarters full. there’s been 25mm o/night.

Oh goodie, nearly there! :)

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

our rw tank is three quarters full. there’s been 25mm o/night.

Oh goodie, nearly there!:)

it is a relief. after spending all that money and time i was a bit nervous that it would never rain again. good timing as well – none of the previous three winters would have filled it.

umm – sorry about the hijack HP.

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

our rw tank is three quarters full. there’s been 25mm o/night.

Oh goodie, nearly there!:)

it is a relief. after spending all that money and time i was a bit nervous that it would never rain again. good timing as well – none of the previous three winters would have filled it.

umm – sorry about the hijack HP.

I know exactly what you mean…just because you’ve got a nice empty (in your case, b_i_g) rainwater tank doesn’t mean the heavens will automatically come and fill it for you…very good timing indeed…

Right, some pics, but I did forget my good camera so these are off my phone. But at least they are in the rigtht thread this time..

Jane E and some of the WPHO people and graft masters. My orchard friend is the fellow with his hand behind his back.

Steps down to the orchard. I got my excercise today running up and down them a few times!

And a very very old quince tree.