It was on a sad note that we arrived in Mangolia as we had discovered that a recent Ex-TC had blown over the Macamadamia Tree (Macadamia integrifolia) and I am in the process of pruning it back and standing it back upright in the hope that it may survive. Other than that, everything is sweet and life in Mangolia is full of joy.

But the list of jobs to do!
-clean out the guttering
-save the Macamadamia
-tidy up all the garden beds
-get rid of the green waste (limbs and fronds)
-unpack the rest of the boxes
-create the compost bays
-cut the grass
-build the vegie beds

pain master said:

It was on a sad note that we arrived in Mangolia as we had discovered that a recent Ex-TC had blown over the Macamadamia Tree (Macadamia integrifolia) and I am in the process of pruning it back and standing it back upright in the hope that it may survive. Other than that, everything is sweet and life in Mangolia is full of joy.

But the list of jobs to do!
-clean out the guttering
-save the Macamadamia
-tidy up all the garden beds
-get rid of the green waste (limbs and fronds)
-unpack the rest of the boxes
-create the compost bays
-cut the grass
-build the vegie beds

Sounds like bliss to me :)
Have you got a good shredder PM ?

Happy Potter said:

Sounds like bliss to me :)
Have you got a good shredder PM ?

yes and no.

I may have to with this first lot, get the council around and remove the green waste. In the storm, I lost a few other smaller trees which I have already ripped out the ground, but the Macamadamia, I will try to save. The others were thinks like overgrown Murrayas and Durantas so no big loss there!

pain master said:

It was on a sad note that we arrived in Mangolia as we had discovered that a recent Ex-TC had blown over the Macamadamia Tree (Macadamia integrifolia) and I am in the process of pruning it back and standing it back upright in the hope that it may survive. Other than that, everything is sweet and life in Mangolia is full of joy.

But the list of jobs to do!
-clean out the guttering
-save the Macamadamia
-tidy up all the garden beds
-get rid of the green waste (limbs and fronds)
-unpack the rest of the boxes
-create the compost bays
-cut the grass
-build the vegie beds

….and that’s in the first week LOL.

pepe said:

pain master said:

It was on a sad note that we arrived in Mangolia as we had discovered that a recent Ex-TC had blown over the Macamadamia Tree (Macadamia integrifolia) and I am in the process of pruning it back and standing it back upright in the hope that it may survive. Other than that, everything is sweet and life in Mangolia is full of joy.

But the list of jobs to do!
-clean out the guttering
-save the Macamadamia
-tidy up all the garden beds
-get rid of the green waste (limbs and fronds)
-unpack the rest of the boxes
-create the compost bays
-cut the grass
-build the vegie beds

….and that’s in the first week LOL.

and the list just gets longer… love it :)

Where’s out pics

pain master said:

It was on a sad note that we arrived in Mangolia as we had discovered that a recent Ex-TC had blown over the Macamadamia Tree (Macadamia integrifolia) and I am in the process of pruning it back and standing it back upright in the hope that it may survive. Other than that, everything is sweet and life in Mangolia is full of joy.

But the list of jobs to do!
-clean out the guttering
-save the Macamadamia
-tidy up all the garden beds
-get rid of the green waste (limbs and fronds)
-unpack the rest of the boxes
-create the compost bays
-cut the grass
-build the vegie beds

I’m tired just reading it.

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

Sounds like bliss to me :)
Have you got a good shredder PM ?

yes and no.

I may have to with this first lot, get the council around and remove the green waste. In the storm, I lost a few other smaller trees which I have already ripped out the ground, but the Macamadamia, I will try to save. The others were thinks like overgrown Murrayas and Durantas so no big loss there!

Hire yourself a skip bin once you’ve got enough to fill it. That is unless the council pick it up for free.

this thread is worthless without pics :)

drylander1 said:

this thread is worthless without pics :)

eggactly as Lucky would say LOL

I have been too lazy to download the pics…

Well, I had a go at saving the Mac yesterday until a 14mm downpour made everything wet and slippy. Currently the Mac has been pruned and the canopy is in the pile, all the nuts have been removed and there is a rope around the tree.

I started off by tackling the canopy and removing a fair bit of weight, but I was mindful of where the cuts where being made. I cut it back to what I thought was a reasonable shape (I haven’t pruned many trees while they are lying on the ground before) and then I tried to budge the tree, you know get under the main trunk and see if it would head upandicular…

Nope she was still way too heavy, so a bit more timber was removed, and this time a rope was tied around its limb and looped around a nearby Mango, with a truckies hitch knot I winched the tree upwards. Then GF came out to help and with a second rope for support on a second mango we slowly hoisted the tree upwards.

Until the rope broke, and it came slinging back with such force and elasticity. In slow motion I watched it thinking this is going to hur… I didn’t finish my thought as the end of the rope smacked me square in the eyeball. And then the rain came… so it is back to the tree this morning with a large piece of timber to aid in supporting the trunk as we inch it upward. Two ropes will be used to winch it now. One with weight on a load bearing, while the other can be winched a foot, tied off to then provide support while the bearing rope hopefully now a little slack will become the winch.

I have starpickets and heavy gauge wire to hold it all in place when finished…. and prolly the ropes will remain anchored to the Mangos as supports for the first year???

pain master said:

I have been too lazy to download the pics…

Well, I had a go at saving the Mac yesterday until a 14mm downpour made everything wet and slippy. Currently the Mac has been pruned and the canopy is in the pile, all the nuts have been removed and there is a rope around the tree.

I started off by tackling the canopy and removing a fair bit of weight, but I was mindful of where the cuts where being made. I cut it back to what I thought was a reasonable shape (I haven’t pruned many trees while they are lying on the ground before) and then I tried to budge the tree, you know get under the main trunk and see if it would head upandicular…

Nope she was still way too heavy, so a bit more timber was removed, and this time a rope was tied around its limb and looped around a nearby Mango, with a truckies hitch knot I winched the tree upwards. Then GF came out to help and with a second rope for support on a second mango we slowly hoisted the tree upwards.

Until the rope broke, and it came slinging back with such force and elasticity. In slow motion I watched it thinking this is going to hur… I didn’t finish my thought as the end of the rope smacked me square in the eyeball. And then the rain came… so it is back to the tree this morning with a large piece of timber to aid in supporting the trunk as we inch it upward. Two ropes will be used to winch it now. One with weight on a load bearing, while the other can be winched a foot, tied off to then provide support while the bearing rope hopefully now a little slack will become the winch.

I have starpickets and heavy gauge wire to hold it all in place when finished…. and prolly the ropes will remain anchored to the Mangos as supports for the first year???

I think that mac tree should give in and go with the flow. You sound awfully determined. Protect your eyes too!

hope the eye is OK PM!

pomolo said:

I think that mac tree should give in and go with the flow. You sound awfully determined. Protect your eyes too!

I do want to save it, because none of its roots are broken, and I believe it is still alive. And they take soooooo long to bare nuts if a new tree were to be planted.

And I had only just removed a pair of safety glasses because I had sweated them up and I was too determined to wipe them and put em back on my face. Doh!

bluegreen said:

hope the eye is OK PM!

I’ve got the other one to fall back on.

pain master said:

bluegreen said:

hope the eye is OK PM!

I’ve got the other one to fall back on.

reminds me of the knight in a monty python skit who lost all his limbs and still wanted to fight on. eyes do heal quickly – but they sting – take care.

well we are officially knackered.

GF got on the mower and off she went, round the trees, round the house, round the clothesline, round me, round the mangoes, round, the block and round and round and round…

I however, met Barry, nice guy, he’s a neighbour and he had a winch. So we slung a sling around a Mango, hooked a rope up to the Macamadamia, and we hoisted the tree upandicular. I tied off with ropes to other trees and we have one upright and standing Macamadamia Tree!

I said thanks Barry.

So I had a winner, so the pole saw came out and removed a Melaleuca branch that had split in last saturday’s storm and this limb was cleaned up and carted to my ever increasing pile. Then a few limbs from Mangoes and palms were added. Then I got stuck into the Brachychiton that had gone base up and this took some chainsaw work…. lucky the timber was lighter than the Macamadamia so I was able to take bigger chunks.

But at the end of the day (Now), GF and I have enjoyed an cold frostie, cut the lawns, cleared most of the fallen and made a list for tomorrow.

But at the end of the day (Now), GF and I have enjoyed an cold frostie, cut the lawns, cleared most of the fallen and made a list for tomorrow.
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Well done & that coldie is well deserved:D

Lucky1 said:

But at the end of the day (Now), GF and I have enjoyed an cold frostie, cut the lawns, cleared most of the fallen and made a list for tomorrow.
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Well done & that coldie is well deserved:D

Thanks Lucky :)

Big storm cloud building up to the South of us… some thunder is being heard over the sound of the AC. Photos have been downloaded.

Good onya PM. Well done! Sounds like you really earned that coldie. I just had one and I’ve done nothing to earn it! LOL

BTW still waiting for some photos. We definitely want to se see before and after photos

AnneS said:

BTW still waiting for some photos. We definitely want to se see before and after photos

just waded through a bunch of photos… maybe tomorrow…. so tired… so hungry….

pain master said:

AnneS said:

BTW still waiting for some photos. We definitely want to se see before and after photos

just waded through a bunch of photos… maybe tomorrow…. so tired… so hungry….

Ok..we’ll keep you to that promise…LOL

AnneS said:

pain master said:

AnneS said:

BTW still waiting for some photos. We definitely want to se see before and after photos

just waded through a bunch of photos… maybe tomorrow…. so tired… so hungry….

Ok..we’ll keep you to that promise…LOL

well GF and I talked up some Indian Curry Food, and GF (not only can she mow a meadow, but she can cook) has whipped up some Samosas for a pre-dinner snack. Yummo!

Now I am feeling better, might be able to rearrange these photos…

Well it maybe Waitangi Day in Enzud, but in Mangolia it is Butterfly Day. They are absolutely everywhere and so many varieties! Awesome!

pain master said:

LOL. We’re not huge fans of curry, but we are just about sti down to Roast Pork with our spuds, carrots, zucchini and cabbage. Only the kumara and peas are bought. Yummo

sounds like a good and fruitful day’s work there PM. Your GF is a gem by the sounds of it. Fancy cooking after all that mowing!! And good to see you are getting to know your neighbours. Nice of him to help you out with the Macca tree. Sounds like the winch was just the thing for the job.

bluegreen said:

sounds like a good and fruitful day’s work there PM. Your GF is a gem by the sounds of it. Fancy cooking after all that mowing!! And good to see you are getting to know your neighbours. Nice of him to help you out with the Macca tree. Sounds like the winch was just the thing for the job.

thanks BG, it is awfully sweet that GF sees cooking as a form of relaxation. I’m struggling to keep my eyes open! The neighbour seems like a good bloke and I am real happy to have made the acquaintance.

But tomorrow is another day, and there a re a few more chores on the blackboard of Mangolia so tonight I rest, sip on some wine and awake tomorrow to find a brand new sun.

pain master said:

Well it maybe Waitangi Day in Enzud, but in Mangolia it is Butterfly Day. They are absolutely everywhere and so many varieties! Awesome!

we’re getting the wanderer and that citrus swallow tailed here. that GF does have some good hobbies – mowing and cooking – awesome bird!

pain master said:

well we are officially knackered.

GF got on the mower and off she went, round the trees, round the house, round the clothesline, round me, round the mangoes, round, the block and round and round and round…

I however, met Barry, nice guy, he’s a neighbour and he had a winch. So we slung a sling around a Mango, hooked a rope up to the Macamadamia, and we hoisted the tree upandicular. I tied off with ropes to other trees and we have one upright and standing Macamadamia Tree!

I said thanks Barry.

So I had a winner, so the pole saw came out and removed a Melaleuca branch that had split in last saturday’s storm and this limb was cleaned up and carted to my ever increasing pile. Then a few limbs from Mangoes and palms were added. Then I got stuck into the Brachychiton that had gone base up and this took some chainsaw work…. lucky the timber was lighter than the Macamadamia so I was able to take bigger chunks.

But at the end of the day (Now), GF and I have enjoyed an cold frostie, cut the lawns, cleared most of the fallen and made a list for tomorrow.

Oh I remember it well. And this is one day. 365 to go at least.

pain master said:

Well it maybe Waitangi Day in Enzud, but in Mangolia it is Butterfly Day. They are absolutely everywhere and so many varieties! Awesome!

Been lots of them around here too. Moths at night as well.

>reminds me of the knight in a monty python skit who lost all his limbs and still wanted to fight on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKhEw7nD9C4

A classic.. 8^)

>GF (not only can she mow a meadow, but she can cook)

Talented with beauty, Impressive.

But does she have a boat?

CollieWA said:

>GF (not only can she mow a meadow, but she can cook)

Talented with beauty, Impressive.

But does she have a boat?

Sadly no boat, but she has asked me if I can go out and buy one. Not only can she mow a meadow and cook, but GF’s a quality hunter when it comes to catching fish.

when are we getting piccies Ggrrrrrrr

The Estate said:

when are we getting piccies Ggrrrrrrr

piccies are close…..

pain master said:

The Estate said:

when are we getting piccies Ggrrrrrrr

piccies are close…..

coolies, caNT WAIT

Here’s me Bamboo. It’s a real bulbous type with a real fatty trunk. This photo doesn’t really show it that well.

and Here’s me ironbark. It’s a tall bugger!

and here’s the clod that dumped some rain on us a few days back…

And here’s a view of the street with another storm on its way!

and here’s a view of Mt Stuart I took while on a bike ride a few days back…

and on the same ride, a view of the Ross River with another storm clod.

Looks like a really nice spot PM, a really good find, love the huge tree :) not too close to anything I hope ??

wow looks like you have heaps of space…….:)

plenty of room for some chooks and vegies…. still cleaning up after the last ex-TC though…

pain master said:

Here’s me Bamboo. It’s a real bulbous type with a real fatty trunk. This photo doesn’t really show it that well.

Buddah’s Belly bamboo perhaps?

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

Here’s me Bamboo. It’s a real bulbous type with a real fatty trunk. This photo doesn’t really show it that well.

Buddah’s Belly bamboo perhaps?

I’m hoping! I like the old Buddah belly one…

Great photos, PM. It looks like a really nice spot you have there :)
More please ?

pain master said:

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

Here’s me Bamboo. It’s a real bulbous type with a real fatty trunk. This photo doesn’t really show it that well.

Buddah’s Belly bamboo perhaps?

I’m hoping! I like the old Buddah belly one…

I don’t think it’s “bellies” are big enough.

it’s not a bare block then – it looks quite treed.
… and congrats on saving the macadamia – worth it if you want immediate fruit.

pepe said:

it’s not a bare block then – it looks quite treed.
… and congrats on saving the macadamia – worth it if you want immediate fruit.

plenty of trees, part of the attraction. There’s Mangoes a many, a few Soursops and a couple Custard Apples, 2 Mandarins that don’t look so good anymore, a handful of palms, coconuts, many Golden Canes, a few old Bottle Brushes, a Klinki Pine, and a few poplar gums. There’s a lovely specimen of a Peltosporum, another that is so-so, a Delonix regia and an Albizia lebbeck next to a Ficus of some kind. There’s also Calliandras, Murrayas and Durantas everywhere.

pain master said:

Here’s me Bamboo. It’s a real bulbous type with a real fatty trunk. This photo doesn’t really show it that well.

It’s called “Budda Belly” bamboo but there are a few different ones. I suppose someone has alredy told you that.

pain master said:

And here’s a view of the street with another storm on its way!

Not sure if that is the front of your property or the pic is taken from your property. Either way the outlook is good. Just you and all that green.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

And here’s a view of the street with another storm on its way!

Not sure if that is the front of your property or the pic is taken from your property. Either way the outlook is good. Just you and all that green.

the shot was taken in the neighbourhood, but nearer to where I could get a better view.

well GF has been busy, and so have I… the Mulcher Man came today to look at the piles of branches I have compiled. There’s Melaleuca, Brachychiton, Mangifera, Macadamia, Murraya all piled up high waiting for Mulcher Man and his 18inch Mulcher to come in tomorrow to make us some Mulch. This will be used to mulch the fruit trees.

I have also started cleaning up some of the old bits of timber around the yard and have discovered (not that the Building and Pest Inspection Guy did) that there are some young colonies of termites in and around the yard. Not uncommon here in North Queensland. I chatted to my Termite Mate and I have now got a remedy for these small colonies… I just need a fine sunny day with no rain to apply to said Termites.

The rain that Pomolo predicted has arrived this afternoon and it is teeming down :) Good stuff, love it!

GF and cleaned up all the packing boxes and drove to town and sold them back to The Box Factory, Sally there is a nice lady and she happily chatted away as we unloaded the car full of flattened boxes. And we took the hard earned greens to the Big Green Shed where I bought a 5litre sprayer for the Termiticide, and GF bought some seeds. Jeez that store looks a whole world different when you are no longer renting…

Yesterday in the Green house GF planted:

Long Purple Eggplant
Long Capsicum
Coriander
Red Ball Chillies
Parsley
Baby Roma Tomatoes
Bugle Pumikin
Fennel
Mint
Oregano

some were cuttings, some were seed collected by us, some were collected by our old neighbour

Today, planted were:

Spring Onions
Cucumber
Basil
Rocket
Zucchini

I also turned the compost heap while GF made a pottery table out of an old door that was hanging in the stables.

But now the rain is coming down. It reached 34C just before the rain came…. now it is 27C and we have 27mms in rain.

Well done PM. Makes me tired just thinking about all that hard work. Me….I’ve been making digital scrapbook type birthday card for my twin niece and nephew who become dreaded teenagers on Sat. Not be a particularly artistic person, that’s been a bit of a challenge.
I should take you lead and get out there I think.

I know what you mean about the Big Green Shed (although we are in the renting category). Would be great to be able to there for stuff for our place if we had (and of course if we had the moolah; which we don’t as that is the reason we are renting!)

AnneS said:

Well done PM. Makes me tired just thinking about all that hard work. Me….I’ve been making digital scrapbook type birthday card for my twin niece and nephew who become dreaded teenagers on Sat. Not be a particularly artistic person, that’s been a bit of a challenge.
I should take you lead and get out there I think.

I know what you mean about the Big Green Shed (although we are in the renting category). Would be great to be able to there for stuff for our place if we had (and of course if we had the moolah; which we don’t as that is the reason we are renting!)

the moohlah is a deciding factor… I recall Homer trying to fold one of those MAD Fold-In back pages and coming up with “he alighty ollar” and getting quite grumpy because he didn;t understand… It seemed old Homer folded the page wrong and should have got what everyone else would’ve and that was “The Almighty Dollar”.

pain master said:

AnneS said:

Well done PM. Makes me tired just thinking about all that hard work. Me….I’ve been making digital scrapbook type birthday card for my twin niece and nephew who become dreaded teenagers on Sat. Not be a particularly artistic person, that’s been a bit of a challenge.
I should take you lead and get out there I think.

I know what you mean about the Big Green Shed (although we are in the renting category). Would be great to be able to there for stuff for our place if we had (and of course if we had the moolah; which we don’t as that is the reason we are renting!)

the moohlah is a deciding factor… I recall Homer trying to fold one of those MAD Fold-In back pages and coming up with “he alighty ollar” and getting quite grumpy because he didn;t understand… It seemed old Homer folded the page wrong and should have got what everyone else would’ve and that was “The Almighty Dollar”.

Goodness there were a few bits missing there. Think my brain was working faster than my fingers for a change. Oh well you got the drift. LOL

well I have just wandered around Mangolia in the pouring rain, now that we have had 50mms and with gumboots on and umbrella I checked out all the wet spots. Found a big arsed huge Cane Toad with yellow colouring around his face.

Life is wet, life is good.

I’m so enjoying your new life at Mangolia, PM. You seem to find new discoveries every day, it’s exciting!
Bad luck about the cane toad though :(

orchid40 said:

I’m so enjoying your new life at Mangolia, PM. You seem to find new discoveries every day, it’s exciting!
Bad luck about the cane toad though :(

No dramas there, it seems the lie of the land suggests I have a Cane Toad Nursery just front of my front fence… Jeez the Fat Buggers ran when I was whipper snippering their cover!

Mangolia Mangoes.

mangomangomangomangomango.

Perfect size for a green masala pickle PM.
Awesome tucker.

pain master said:

mangomangomangomangomango.

Heard you the first time lol!

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

mangomangomangomangomango.

Heard you the first time lol!

eating a green one as part of a salad tonight.