strawberry planting – 6 weeks too late.
photo1 – 94 runners transplanted to prepared ground on left.
photo2 – 10 leftover runners in pots
photo3 – the old raspberry jungle – still to be stripped and put into more strawbs
photo4 – the detail of newly planted runner.

ms pepe has cleaned up the old lawn – now grass patch.
p1 – poa grasses almost died over summer but are real good now
p2 – nz carex grass and wallaby(?) grass

many a fruit tree is budding
p1 – prunus nigra
p2 – mulberry
p3 – quince
p4 – fig

pepe said:

strawberry planting – 6 weeks too late.

photo2 – 10 leftover runners in pots

looks like 11 to me…

pain master said:

pepe said:

strawberry planting – 6 weeks too late.

photo2 – 10 leftover runners in pots

looks like 11 to me…

you’re right – you’d make a great devil’s advocate – never take anything for granted.
i honestly counted ten – scratches head – time for a drink

pepe said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

strawberry planting – 6 weeks too late.

photo2 – 10 leftover runners in pots

looks like 11 to me…

you’re right – you’d make a great devil’s advocate – never take anything for granted.
i honestly counted ten – scratches head – time for a drink

I was gonna say 12 until I saw the empties being used as a gap-filler.

All looks great Pepe :)

Are you removing the raspberries for good?

Happy Potter said:

All looks great Pepe :) Are you removing the raspberries for good?

i will remove all this lot – roots and all – that i put in last year. they didn’t even flower but grew 4metre long tendrils and rooted all throughout the strawbs.

i have more of these supposed raspberries facing east elsewhere. this west facing, semishaded spot seems the best location i’ve got for strawbs.

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

All looks great Pepe :) Are you removing the raspberries for good?

i will remove all this lot – roots and all – that i put in last year. they didn’t even flower but grew 4metre long tendrils and rooted all throughout the strawbs.

i have more of these supposed raspberries facing east elsewhere. this west facing, semishaded spot seems the best location i’ve got for strawbs.

Arh ok. I have a specialist book on growing raspberries and read it cover to cover, but still didn’t get the quantity of fruit it touted one would get.
It takes a while to get rid of all the new ones that pop up in the patch.

Go the strawbs :)

Looks good pepe.

veg gardener said:

Looks good pepe.

ta veg.

today was a good working day with sun and no wind.

I spread more grape marc as pH equaliser and as a fertiliser. i’ve watered the strawbs 5 times since planting. it was s’pose to rain today.

planted some little kennebec seed spud.

i am basically cleaning up for the spring plantings.
seedlings up in hothouse -
- leb.cuey,
- toms – roma, big beef, black russian
- f.fennel
- basil
eggplant, capsicum and echinacea should sprout soon.

there should be about 20 timber stakes (1800mm high) no longer needed for the orchard trees
- so i’ll try an italian forest of stakes and tripods.

geez it’s a great year – wet winter says it all.

i mowed the exotic fruit tree orchard – taking care to pull the marshmallow out by hand. the soil’s damp so one hand pulls the lot out real easy. the whole area looked beyond control but me and the victor laid it flat. …. and now a thick juicy green mulch covers everything, smells terrific, looks lush.

planted corn, dwarf beans and melons.

pepe said:

geez it’s a great year – wet winter says it all.

i mowed the exotic fruit tree orchard – taking care to pull the marshmallow out by hand. the soil’s damp so one hand pulls the lot out real easy. the whole area looked beyond control but me and the victor laid it flat. …. and now a thick juicy green mulch covers everything, smells terrific, looks lush.

planted corn, dwarf beans and melons.

strewth pepe, and how much did the Missus get done?

pain master said:

pepe said:

geez it’s a great year – wet winter says it all.

i mowed the exotic fruit tree orchard – taking care to pull the marshmallow out by hand. the soil’s damp so one hand pulls the lot out real easy. the whole area looked beyond control but me and the victor laid it flat. …. and now a thick juicy green mulch covers everything, smells terrific, looks lush.

planted corn, dwarf beans and melons.

strewth pepe, and how much did the Missus get done?

longy? longy? … that you longy in another login?

no the mighty missus was cleaning up the grass bed and the pool garden. i kept an eye on her – and she’s not bad – she’s allowed to cook dinner now.

pepe said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

geez it’s a great year – wet winter says it all.

i mowed the exotic fruit tree orchard – taking care to pull the marshmallow out by hand. the soil’s damp so one hand pulls the lot out real easy. the whole area looked beyond control but me and the victor laid it flat. …. and now a thick juicy green mulch covers everything, smells terrific, looks lush.

planted corn, dwarf beans and melons.

strewth pepe, and how much did the Missus get done?

longy? longy? … that you longy in another login?

no the mighty missus was cleaning up the grass bed and the pool garden. i kept an eye on her – and she’s not bad – she’s allowed to cook dinner now.

nah, I reckon’ Longy would’ve said “Crikey”, not “Strewth”…

pepe said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

geez it’s a great year – wet winter says it all.

i mowed the exotic fruit tree orchard – taking care to pull the marshmallow out by hand. the soil’s damp so one hand pulls the lot out real easy. the whole area looked beyond control but me and the victor laid it flat. …. and now a thick juicy green mulch covers everything, smells terrific, looks lush.

planted corn, dwarf beans and melons.

strewth pepe, and how much did the Missus get done?

longy? longy? … that you longy in another login?

no the mighty missus was cleaning up the grass bed and the pool garden. i kept an eye on her – and she’s not bad – she’s allowed to cook dinner now.

Lucky girl. Hope she appreciates it.

I reckon’ Longy would’ve said “Crikey”, not “Strewth”…
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Haven’t heard “blimey” for a while either.
Or ‘Cor Blimey’ for that matter.

i’m harvesting spuds-at present and got 1835gms worth off of two plants. let’s say the seed spuds weighed 40gms each – 80gms begot 1800gms – therefore a return of 22 : 1 – my best ever (that i have recorded). – nicola type – floury i think

pepe said:

i’m harvesting spuds-at present and got 1835gms worth off of two plants. let’s say the seed spuds weighed 40gms each – 80gms begot 1800gms – therefore a return of 22 : 1 – my best ever (that i have recorded). – nicola type – floury i think

Good going Pepe…not sure of the percentage return but it sounds an excellent investment so far…

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

i’m harvesting spuds-at present and got 1835gms worth off of two plants. let’s say the seed spuds weighed 40gms each – 80gms begot 1800gms – therefore a return of 22 : 1 – my best ever (that i have recorded). – nicola type – floury i think

Good going Pepe…not sure of the percentage return but it sounds an excellent investment so far…

anyone gets 5:1 even in a bad year. 10:1 is good but peter bluddy cundal gets 50:1 he reckons.

Oh good going on the spuds Pepe :) What was the percentage that you were chasing ? Wasn’t it Sir Petes patch lot?

I have nicola’s in this year too. They are just emerging.

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

i’m harvesting spuds-at present and got 1835gms worth off of two plants. let’s say the seed spuds weighed 40gms each – 80gms begot 1800gms – therefore a return of 22 : 1 – my best ever (that i have recorded). – nicola type – floury i think

Good going Pepe…not sure of the percentage return but it sounds an excellent investment so far…

anyone gets 5:1 even in a bad year. 10:1 is good but peter bluddy cundal gets 50:1 he reckons.

Oh there it is, sorry didn’t see that… 50:1, wow.

Happy Potter said:

Oh good going on the spuds Pepe :) What was the percentage that you were chasing ? Wasn’t it Sir Petes patch lot?

I have nicola’s in this year too. They are just emerging.

thanks HP.
i grew mine over winter (april to now) so no water needed this year.

pepe said:

i’m harvesting spuds-at present and got 1835gms worth off of two plants. let’s say the seed spuds weighed 40gms each – 80gms begot 1800gms – therefore a return of 22 : 1 – my best ever (that i have recorded). – nicola type – floury i think

great harvest :)

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

i’m harvesting spuds-at present and got 1835gms worth off of two plants. let’s say the seed spuds weighed 40gms each – 80gms begot 1800gms – therefore a return of 22 : 1 – my best ever (that i have recorded). – nicola type – floury i think

great harvest :)

ditto

been to the daughters and delivered cow manure and pea straw. her garden is in order now. it’s common i spose for two people to work three times better than one. that’s what happens when we work for two hours.

in return i got a pobblebonk frog – they seem to have disappeared here….
and btw bees have returned to her suburban garden after being absent for several years.
also got our first 4 globe artichokes from her.

hot here today. spring has officially sprung
the IGA store is having a carpark sale of seedling punnets and half the town is there.

i’ve almost finished by strawberry replanting/ raspberry jungle clearance.
not only did i puncture the mains water pipe but the wheelbarrow wheel decided to have a hernia and expose its tube. long story – but it’s fixed now.

pepe said:

hot here today. spring has officially sprung
the IGA store is having a carpark sale of seedling punnets and half the town is there.

i’ve almost finished by strawberry replanting/ raspberry jungle clearance.
not only did i puncture the mains water pipe but the wheelbarrow wheel decided to have a hernia and expose its tube. long story – but it’s fixed now.

I’d say that spring has ‘burst’ itself apon you, aye.

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

hot here today. spring has officially sprung
the IGA store is having a carpark sale of seedling punnets and half the town is there.

i’ve almost finished by strawberry replanting/ raspberry jungle clearance.
not only did i puncture the mains water pipe but the wheelbarrow wheel decided to have a hernia and expose its tube. long story – but it’s fixed now.

I’d say that spring has ‘burst’ itself apon you, aye.

chuckle – that’s it .

just a small digression. the couple who cut the poodles’ locks have put in a big aquaponics system with water recycling thru fish ponds and chooks free ranging under the benches. it looks really expensive but the bloke doing it reckons the first fish harvest will pay for it. my pond has got clear water in it this year when normally it’s black water?? i don’t know why.

pepe said:

just a small digression. the couple who cut the poodles’ locks have put in a big aquaponics system with water recycling thru fish ponds and chooks free ranging under the benches. it looks really expensive but the bloke doing it reckons the first fish harvest will pay for it. my pond has got clear water in it this year when normally it’s black water?? i don’t know why.

aquaponics seems a good idea to me.

would the extra rain this winter mean your pond got a good flush out?

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

just a small digression. the couple who cut the poodles’ locks have put in a big aquaponics system with water recycling thru fish ponds and chooks free ranging under the benches. it looks really expensive but the bloke doing it reckons the first fish harvest will pay for it. my pond has got clear water in it this year when normally it’s black water?? i don’t know why.

aquaponics seems a good idea to me.

would the extra rain this winter mean your pond got a good flush out?

each year the water goes from black to clear when i ‘superchlorinate’. so i think it’s algae causing the black water . so i’m not sure if the colder temps did it.

the real money spinner in the aquaponics is the fish. the bloke seems to have a lot of greens growing in beds but i doubt they would sell for much

pepe said:

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

just a small digression. the couple who cut the poodles’ locks have put in a big aquaponics system with water recycling thru fish ponds and chooks free ranging under the benches. it looks really expensive but the bloke doing it reckons the first fish harvest will pay for it. my pond has got clear water in it this year when normally it’s black water?? i don’t know why.

aquaponics seems a good idea to me.

would the extra rain this winter mean your pond got a good flush out?

each year the water goes from black to clear when i ‘superchlorinate’. so i think it’s algae causing the black water . so i’m not sure if the colder temps did it.

the real money spinner in the aquaponics is the fish. the bloke seems to have a lot of greens growing in beds but i doubt they would sell for much

I’d like to get into aquaponics, because I gave up fish when I learnt how bad the overfishing of the oceans really is – but now I want to eat fish again, or at least, when I have bubs I want to.

I’m not sure how well it works for household consumption (rather than selling the fish) though, because I think the fish can take ages to mature, and you have to keep big fish separate from little fish, to stop the littlies being eaten, right? So if you wanted a staggered harvest, you’d need several different tanks.. hmm.

I’m trying to talk my brother into trying it first, so I can learn from his mistakes, but he’s holding off for his dream rural block.. :)

pepe said:

the real money spinner in the aquaponics is the fish. the bloke seems to have a lot of greens growing in beds but i doubt they would sell for much

I would consider a set-up for my own consumption.

I’d like to get into aquaponics, because I gave up fish when I learnt how bad the overfishing of the oceans really is – but now I want to eat fish again, or at least, when I have bubs I want to. I’m not sure how well it works for household consumption (rather than selling the fish) though, because I think the fish can take ages to mature, and you have to keep big fish separate from little fish, to stop the littlies being eaten, right? So if you wanted a staggered harvest, you’d need several different tanks.. hmm. I’m trying to talk my brother into trying it first, so I can learn from his mistakes, but he’s holding off for his dream rural block.. :)
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someone suggested that i grow fish in my pool over winter – not so silly.
i need to research water demand, temperature demand, fish purchase and sale.

pepe said:

someone suggested that i grow fish in my pool over winter – not so silly.
i need to research water demand, temperature demand, fish purchase and sale.

This place is local to me, but some of the info might be applicable for over East too?

http://www.backyardaquaponics.com.au/

It’s always struck me as a site chockers with info, especially on the forum, but I haven’t spent a great deal of time looking through it all…

pepe said:

hot here today. spring has officially sprung
the IGA store is having a carpark sale of seedling punnets and half the town is there.

i’ve almost finished by strawberry replanting/ raspberry jungle clearance.
not only did i puncture the mains water pipe but the wheelbarrow wheel decided to have a hernia and expose its tube. long story – but it’s fixed now.

Damn and I missed all the fun too……..bugger about the mains pipe:(

bon008 said:

pepe said:

someone suggested that i grow fish in my pool over winter – not so silly.
i need to research water demand, temperature demand, fish purchase and sale.

This place is local to me, but some of the info might be applicable for over East too?

http://www.backyardaquaponics.com.au/

It’s always struck me as a site chockers with info, especially on the forum, but I haven’t spent a great deal of time looking through it all…

good one thanks bon.
for winter – trout is the go.
unbelievable stocking rate of 700 fish in my pool !

pepe said:

bon008 said:

pepe said:

someone suggested that i grow fish in my pool over winter – not so silly.
i need to research water demand, temperature demand, fish purchase and sale.

This place is local to me, but some of the info might be applicable for over East too?

http://www.backyardaquaponics.com.au/

It’s always struck me as a site chockers with info, especially on the forum, but I haven’t spent a great deal of time looking through it all…

good one thanks bon.
for winter – trout is the go.
unbelievable stocking rate of 700 fish in my pool !

how big is your pool?

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

bon008 said:

This place is local to me, but some of the info might be applicable for over East too?

http://www.backyardaquaponics.com.au/

It’s always struck me as a site chockers with info, especially on the forum, but I haven’t spent a great deal of time looking through it all…

good one thanks bon.
for winter – trout is the go.
unbelievable stocking rate of 700 fish in my pool !

how big is your pool?

50,000 litres maybe 55,000 when fully full

pepe said:

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

good one thanks bon.
for winter – trout is the go.
unbelievable stocking rate of 700 fish in my pool !

how big is your pool?

50,000 litres maybe 55,000 when fully full

ex-swimming pool?

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

bluegreen said:

how big is your pool?

50,000 litres maybe 55,000 when fully full

ex-swimming pool?

no no – we luv our summer cooling system.
the fish will have to fatten from march to october.

pepe said:

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

just a small digression. the couple who cut the poodles’ locks have put in a big aquaponics system with water recycling thru fish ponds and chooks free ranging under the benches. it looks really expensive but the bloke doing it reckons the first fish harvest will pay for it. my pond has got clear water in it this year when normally it’s black water?? i don’t know why.

aquaponics seems a good idea to me.

would the extra rain this winter mean your pond got a good flush out?

each year the water goes from black to clear when i ‘superchlorinate’. so i think it’s algae causing the black water . so i’m not sure if the colder temps did it.

the real money spinner in the aquaponics is the fish. the bloke seems to have a lot of greens growing in beds but i doubt they would sell for much

Superchlorinate? I thought you had fish in the pond?

pepe said:

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

50,000 litres maybe 55,000 when fully full

ex-swimming pool?

no no – we luv our summer cooling system.
the fish will have to fatten from march to october.

lol! it could be labour intensive switching from one to the other twice a year.

as to the fish in da pool – only an idea BL – labour intensive and possibly impossible – i haven’t done anything about it.

ok – an update
- firstly this topic is now so buried i might start a new one.

- 2 mates helped me knock 5 dead pine trees down and they were chopped up by lunch – and in the arvo we watched the GF. i was in a room full of collingwood supporters so i basically sat quietly.

- 25 tomato seedlings now potted up and soil preparation well underway.
- winter tomatoes still growing and starting to fruit.

pepe said:

- 2 mates helped me knock 5 dead pine trees down and they were chopped up by lunch – and in the arvo we watched the GF. i was in a room full of collingwood supporters so i basically sat quietly.

You’re a wise man Pepe.

if ever spring were characterised by a day – today is that day.

i was up early – not a breath of wind so i lit the pine tree bonfire that was set. scared myself silly when it was in full roar – but no probs and no spreading …..beautiful.

done some mowing too. i did the exotic fruit tree orchard for the second time and that was a lot easier than the first mow – as you would expect. what i didn’t expect was the way the perimeter walk has been overgrown. whooaa!! 2 metre high grass that won’t be felled by the slasher.

saw a small and a big sleepy lizard. nice.
sat under the shade of trees and watched a murder !! three crows make a murder of crows – don’t they? wattle bird and new holland were harassing the murder.

pepe said:

if ever spring were characterised by a day – today is that day.

i was up early – not a breath of wind so i lit the pine tree bonfire that was set. scared myself silly when it was in full roar – but no probs and no spreading …..beautiful.

done some mowing too. i did the exotic fruit tree orchard for the second time and that was a lot easier than the first mow – as you would expect. what i didn’t expect was the way the perimeter walk has been overgrown. whooaa!! 2 metre high grass that won’t be felled by the slasher.

saw a small and a big sleepy lizard. nice.
sat under the shade of trees and watched a murder !! three crows make a murder of crows – don’t they? wattle bird and new holland were harassing the murder.

I saw the first blue tongue of the season this afternoon. No more unsupervised outside time for our old cat now.

I saw the first blue tongue of the season this afternoon. No more unsupervised outside time for our old cat now.
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saw both of mine in the remaining heaped materials. these lizard had fresh skin and were slow. at this stage they are not straying far from home.

pepe said:

I saw the first blue tongue of the season this afternoon. No more unsupervised outside time for our old cat now.
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saw both of mine in the remaining heaped materials. these lizard had fresh skin and were slow. at this stage they are not straying far from home.

Seen the first dead one here :( Don’t see live ones as often since I moved away from the coast :(

pepe said:

I saw the first blue tongue of the season this afternoon. No more unsupervised outside time for our old cat now.
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saw both of mine in the remaining heaped materials. these lizard had fresh skin and were slow. at this stage they are not straying far from home.

Seen the first dead one here :( Don’t see live ones as often since I moved away from the coast :(

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

if ever spring were characterised by a day – today is that day.

i was up early – not a breath of wind so i lit the pine tree bonfire that was set. scared myself silly when it was in full roar – but no probs and no spreading …..beautiful.

done some mowing too. i did the exotic fruit tree orchard for the second time and that was a lot easier than the first mow – as you would expect. what i didn’t expect was the way the perimeter walk has been overgrown. whooaa!! 2 metre high grass that won’t be felled by the slasher.

saw a small and a big sleepy lizard. nice.
sat under the shade of trees and watched a murder !! three crows make a murder of crows – don’t they? wattle bird and new holland were harassing the murder.

I saw the first blue tongue of the season this afternoon. No more unsupervised outside time for our old cat now.

I knew it. It was a snake day today although I didn’t see one. The day just had that feel about it. Not that I’m paranoid or anything.

you know how we cleanup before the cleaner arrives?

well i’ve just been preparing for the slasher. now i know the arrival of the slasher does not, at first, seem like a life saving, or even noteworthy event, but it is.

i’ve got sections of the block that are not visible. the neighbours have all got prissy mowed grass lawns and are thinking seriously of alerting crime watch about my jungle. so it’s to my advantage to ensure that the slasher and his tractor actually survive their experience here on pepe’s prairie.

to that end i have been filling ditches left by the bobcat man, highlighting steep inclines around the tank platform and burning bonfires hidden beneath the dense grass. somewhere in this process of mattocking, hoeing and mowing i have ripped a muscle on my right side rib cage.

pepe said:

…somewhere in this process of mattocking, hoeing and mowing i have ripped a muscle on my right side rib cage.

ow :(

pepe said:

you know how we cleanup before the cleaner arrives?

well i’ve just been preparing for the slasher.

…

somewhere in this process of mattocking, hoeing and mowing i have ripped a muscle on my right side rib cage.

The human cost of enthusiasm …

When I moved from the flat to this house I pulled a muscle (or something) in my left calf with all the lifting and carrying. Nurofen-ed and Deep Heat-ed for a couple of days but couldn’t dance on it for a couple of weeks.

Mowed the lawn today and can still feel discomfort in that leg. Moved a month ago.

You have my sympathy, Pepe. Hope you have Nurofen and Deep Heat!

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

…somewhere in this process of mattocking, hoeing and mowing i have ripped a muscle on my right side rib cage.

ow :(

well i don’t feel it until i bent down and do a one handed lift upwards. maybe pulling the wooden stake out arond the black sapote caused it. still it had better repair itself overnight because i have a thursday date with the worm wee woman and no straw left.

pepe said:

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

…somewhere in this process of mattocking, hoeing and mowing i have ripped a muscle on my right side rib cage.

ow :(

well i don’t feel it until i bent down and do a one handed lift upwards. maybe pulling the wooden stake out arond the black sapote caused it. still it had better repair itself overnight because i have a thursday date with the worm wee woman and no straw left.

starting the mower?

You have my sympathy, Pepe. Hope you have Nurofen and Deep Heat!
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ta yeehah.
i have – but there is no regular pain only specific sharp pain from certain actions. not as annoying as an ankle or back injury.

the neighbours have all got prissy mowed grass lawns and are thinking seriously of alerting crime watch about my jungle

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During my gossip session this morning I found out there’s a nasty dispute going on betwen two neighbours. A has been sending nasty solicitors letters to B because B’s tree drops leaves on A’s driveway.

B has invited us to christmas drinks in their driveway, where everyone that she and I don’t like and who aren’t invited, can see us. LOL
The joys of suburbia.

bubba louie said:

the neighbours have all got prissy mowed grass lawns and are thinking seriously of alerting crime watch about my jungle

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During my gossip session this morning I found out there’s a nasty dispute going on betwen two neighbours. A has been sending nasty solicitors letters to B because B’s tree drops leaves on A’s driveway.

B has invited us to christmas drinks in their driveway, where everyone that she and I don’t like and who aren’t invited, can see us. LOL
The joys of suburbia.

Woooooooooooooooooooow. Suddenly grateful for my neighbours and their stupid weedy invasive plants!

New people moving in on that side at the moment – we discussed what if the weedy plants just sort of accidentally died in all the confusion… :D

bon008 said:

bubba louie said:

the neighbours have all got prissy mowed grass lawns and are thinking seriously of alerting crime watch about my jungle

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During my gossip session this morning I found out there’s a nasty dispute going on betwen two neighbours. A has been sending nasty solicitors letters to B because B’s tree drops leaves on A’s driveway.

B has invited us to christmas drinks in their driveway, where everyone that she and I don’t like and who aren’t invited, can see us. LOL
The joys of suburbia.

Woooooooooooooooooooow. Suddenly grateful for my neighbours and their stupid weedy invasive plants!

New people moving in on that side at the moment – we discussed what if the weedy plants just sort of accidentally died in all the confusion… :D

LOL

A went into C’s yard when she wasn’t home and cut a tree down, so now C throws dog poo in A’s pool.

Nobody likes A.

bubba louie said:

LOL

A went into C’s yard when she wasn’t home and cut a tree down, so now C throws dog poo in A’s pool.

Nobody likes A.

Cripes, your street could be on Today Tonight!!

bon008 said:

bubba louie said:

LOL

A went into C’s yard when she wasn’t home and cut a tree down, so now C throws dog poo in A’s pool.

Nobody likes A.

Cripes, your street could be on Today Tonight!!

And that doesn’t even include the problems between us and one of our neighbours. Also the solicitor who was hired to write the letters lives in the street too. Never a dull moment.

It IS a very long street. LOL

pepe said:

somewhere in this process of mattocking, hoeing and mowing i have ripped a muscle on my right side rib cage.

Painful!

bubba louie said:

And that doesn’t even include the problems between us and one of our neighbours. Also the solicitor who was hired to write the letters lives in the street too. Never a dull moment.

It IS a very long street. LOL

Is this the people with no children and who dress up their dogs all the time?

bubba louie said:

the neighbours have all got prissy mowed grass lawns and are thinking seriously of alerting crime watch about my jungle

==========

During my gossip session this morning I found out there’s a nasty dispute going on betwen two neighbours. A has been sending nasty solicitors letters to B because B’s tree drops leaves on A’s driveway.

B has invited us to christmas drinks in their driveway, where everyone that she and I don’t like and who aren’t invited, can see us. LOL
The joys of suburbia.

there’s not been disputes – it’s just that they have rideon mowers which can only handle 300mm high grass and therefore their grass is never higher than that. the slasher/farmer who i hire uses a tractor mower which can easily slash two metre high stuff. and i only slash twice a year whereas they mow every month and every two weeks in spring.

neighbourly disputes are a pain – and a waste of money.

i have cleared, fertilised and forked this year’s tomato patch.
now i’ve dug a trench and filled it with henhouse sweepings. now to wet with molasses and pigeon poo sludge.
preparation is everything – i might even give the stakes a dash of oil.

pepe said:

you know how we cleanup before the cleaner arrives?

well i’ve just been preparing for the slasher. now i know the arrival of the slasher does not, at first, seem like a life saving, or even noteworthy event, but it is.

i’ve got sections of the block that are not visible. the neighbours have all got prissy mowed grass lawns and are thinking seriously of alerting crime watch about my jungle. so it’s to my advantage to ensure that the slasher and his tractor actually survive their experience here on pepe’s prairie.

to that end i have been filling ditches left by the bobcat man, highlighting steep inclines around the tank platform and burning bonfires hidden beneath the dense grass. somewhere in this process of mattocking, hoeing and mowing i have ripped a muscle on my right side rib cage.

Gees Pepe you’re a worry. Get better quickly.

bon008 said:

bubba louie said:

the neighbours have all got prissy mowed grass lawns and are thinking seriously of alerting crime watch about my jungle

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During my gossip session this morning I found out there’s a nasty dispute going on betwen two neighbours. A has been sending nasty solicitors letters to B because B’s tree drops leaves on A’s driveway.

B has invited us to christmas drinks in their driveway, where everyone that she and I don’t like and who aren’t invited, can see us. LOL
The joys of suburbia.

Woooooooooooooooooooow. Suddenly grateful for my neighbours and their stupid weedy invasive plants!

New people moving in on that side at the moment – we discussed what if the weedy plants just sort of accidentally died in all the confusion… :D

That would get my vote. Be sneaky Bon.

pomolo said:

bon008 said:

bubba louie said:

the neighbours have all got prissy mowed grass lawns and are thinking seriously of alerting crime watch about my jungle

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During my gossip session this morning I found out there’s a nasty dispute going on betwen two neighbours. A has been sending nasty solicitors letters to B because B’s tree drops leaves on A’s driveway.

B has invited us to christmas drinks in their driveway, where everyone that she and I don’t like and who aren’t invited, can see us. LOL
The joys of suburbia.

Woooooooooooooooooooow. Suddenly grateful for my neighbours and their stupid weedy invasive plants!

New people moving in on that side at the moment – we discussed what if the weedy plants just sort of accidentally died in all the confusion… :D

That would get my vote. Be sneaky Bon.

Can’t bring myself to do it :( My current half-baked plan is to maybe write a letter to GA to see if Josh would want to come out and use if for a “what the hell do you do in this situation” segment – but only if I don’t have to be in it :D

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

And that doesn’t even include the problems between us and one of our neighbours. Also the solicitor who was hired to write the letters lives in the street too. Never a dull moment.

It IS a very long street. LOL

Is this the people with no children and who dress up their dogs all the time?

Yes, but they haven’t done it in a while. There was a moving van at their place this morning so something’s going on.

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

And that doesn’t even include the problems between us and one of our neighbours. Also the solicitor who was hired to write the letters lives in the street too. Never a dull moment.

It IS a very long street. LOL

Is this the people with no children and who dress up their dogs all the time?

Yes, but they haven’t done it in a while. There was a moving van at their place this morning so something’s going on.

Maybe she’s taking the dogs and leaving him…maybe he got a dose of reality?

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

Is this the people with no children and who dress up their dogs all the time?

Yes, but they haven’t done it in a while. There was a moving van at their place this morning so something’s going on.

Maybe she’s taking the dogs and leaving him…maybe he got a dose of reality?

Better still, maybe they’re both going. :)

planted my tomato seedlings today. a double row of stakes forming a group of twelve toms.
planted 5 cueys in their own pyramid too.

the rain yesterday followed by an overcast day today should get all the little ‘lings off to a start at least.
no camera at present since not even my daughter can download from the camera to the puter.

it’s cold in adelaide today. i mean the ears-need-covering type of cold. and yet i’ve got a suntan from the spring heat earlier. so from hot to cold in a day.

probably ideal for late planted strawbs but less than ideal for heat loving tomatoes. i just planted twelve of them in my italianised row of stakes. even tho’ my winter toms are growing well and are a metre higher or more we have no ripe fruit as yet. which is disappointing because we had egg burgers for tea last night. the toms for the burgers had to come from a can of whole peeled tomatoes from italy. tasteless. italian canned toms are tasteless.

pepe said:

it’s cold in adelaide today. i mean the ears-need-covering type of cold. and yet i’ve got a suntan from the spring heat earlier. so from hot to cold in a day.

probably ideal for late planted strawbs but less than ideal for heat loving tomatoes. i just planted twelve of them in my italianised row of stakes. even tho’ my winter toms are growing well and are a metre higher or more we have no ripe fruit as yet. which is disappointing because we had egg burgers for tea last night. the toms for the burgers had to come from a can of whole peeled tomatoes from italy. tasteless. italian canned toms are tasteless.

I generally buy the “Australian” ones, as in Australian grown…but sometimes I stock up on the italian ones if it’s a good “special”, for the meat casseroles and such…

Not sure what you can do to encourage fruit on your winter tomatoes, except wait for the nights to warm up on a more regular basis…

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

it’s cold in adelaide today. i mean the ears-need-covering type of cold. and yet i’ve got a suntan from the spring heat earlier. so from hot to cold in a day.

probably ideal for late planted strawbs but less than ideal for heat loving tomatoes. i just planted twelve of them in my italianised row of stakes. even tho’ my winter toms are growing well and are a metre higher or more we have no ripe fruit as yet. which is disappointing because we had egg burgers for tea last night. the toms for the burgers had to come from a can of whole peeled tomatoes from italy. tasteless. italian canned toms are tasteless.

I generally buy the “Australian” ones, as in Australian grown…but sometimes I stock up on the italian ones if it’s a good “special”, for the meat casseroles and such…

Not sure what you can do to encourage fruit on your winter tomatoes, except wait for the nights to warm up on a more regular basis…

i’m growing a lot of toms this year – 12 in fact and another twelve in pots plus 6 winter toms being spoilt. if i get 10 kilos off each bush i’ll be preserving my own.
are you a successful tom grower D?

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

it’s cold in adelaide today. i mean the ears-need-covering type of cold. and yet i’ve got a suntan from the spring heat earlier. so from hot to cold in a day.

probably ideal for late planted strawbs but less than ideal for heat loving tomatoes. i just planted twelve of them in my italianised row of stakes. even tho’ my winter toms are growing well and are a metre higher or more we have no ripe fruit as yet. which is disappointing because we had egg burgers for tea last night. the toms for the burgers had to come from a can of whole peeled tomatoes from italy. tasteless. italian canned toms are tasteless.

I generally buy the “Australian” ones, as in Australian grown…but sometimes I stock up on the italian ones if it’s a good “special”, for the meat casseroles and such…

Not sure what you can do to encourage fruit on your winter tomatoes, except wait for the nights to warm up on a more regular basis…

i’m growing a lot of toms this year – 12 in fact and another twelve in pots plus 6 winter toms being spoilt. if i get 10 kilos off each bush i’ll be preserving my own.
are you a successful tom grower D?

Yep, they like the front bed, it gets lots of breezes which I think help keep the black spot and fungal rots minimised…sometimes I wonder if I should shade cloth them but I’m too lazy, really…

I’d love to preserve my own, which is why I have been “growing the soil” in the front bed…so I can have a you-beaut crop this summer…am looking for another bed so I can have a winter crop as well…

Plenty of bird life to keep most of the bugs down…

pepe said:

it’s cold in adelaide today. i mean the ears-need-covering type of cold. and yet i’ve got a suntan from the spring heat earlier. so from hot to cold in a day.

currently, I do not miss Adelaide Spring weather.

pain master said:

pepe said:

it’s cold in adelaide today. i mean the ears-need-covering type of cold. and yet i’ve got a suntan from the spring heat earlier. so from hot to cold in a day.

currently, I do not miss Adelaide Spring weather.

You don’t get the same weather as Adelaide? No?

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

it’s cold in adelaide today. i mean the ears-need-covering type of cold. and yet i’ve got a suntan from the spring heat earlier. so from hot to cold in a day.

currently, I do not miss Adelaide Spring weather.

You don’t get the same weather as Adelaide? No?

It did rain here today and I did note that it rained in Adelaide…. so perhaps we do. :P

pain master said:

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

currently, I do not miss Adelaide Spring weather.

You don’t get the same weather as Adelaide? No?

It did rain here today and I did note that it rained in Adelaide…. so perhaps we do. :P

Food. I need food. I thought that was Pepe’s comment…

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

Dinetta said:

You don’t get the same weather as Adelaide? No?

It did rain here today and I did note that it rained in Adelaide…. so perhaps we do. :P

Food. I need food. I thought that was Pepe’s comment…

pepe’s ‘twas the original comment which i reflected on.

i have my old camera back.
photo 1 – freshly picked nicola spuds, lemons and globe artichokes for a new recipe ‘lemon chokes on a bed of spud’
p2 – cornish pasties made by ‘pepe’
p3 – the new ‘control the roll’ coopers freebie bar mat.

you are very domesticated Pepe, welcome here any time !

p1 – sweet peas just emerging
p2 – massive about of flowering on this lime (and all citrus)
p3 – the grasses garden which replaced the lawn by the pool is doing well with all the poas surviving the drought.

150 newly transplanted strawbs (tioga and hokowasi)
little fruit just setting

p1 – florence fennel
p2 – globe artichokes (massive plants)
p3 – winter toms

pepe said:

i have my old camera back.
photo 1 – freshly picked nicola spuds, lemons and globe artichokes for a new recipe ‘lemon chokes on a bed of spud’
p2 – cornish pasties made by ‘pepe’
p3 – the new ‘control the roll’ coopers freebie bar mat.

Yay! It’s baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

Good looking spuds…and what is the story with the beer mat?

photo1 – peas are a picking
p2 – the italianate tomato trellis
p3 – kale growing to seed
p4 – dwarf beans
p5 – silver beet

and dats all

pepe said:

p1 – sweet peas just emerging
p2 – massive about of flowering on this lime (and all citrus)
p3 – the grasses garden which replaced the lawn by the pool is doing well with all the poas surviving the drought.

and more visually appealing, too…

pepe said:

150 newly transplanted strawbs (tioga and hokowasi)
little fruit just setting

Hardacre used to swear by Hokowase…

pepe said:

photo1 – peas are a picking
p2 – the italianate tomato trellis
p3 – kale growing to seed
p4 – dwarf beans
p5 – silver beet

and dats all

Good looking trellis…thanks for sharing the photos….

pepe said:

photo1 – peas are a picking
p2 – the italianate tomato trellis
p3 – kale growing to seed
p4 – dwarf beans
p5 – silver beet

and dats all

you did not say wibbida wibbida first Pepe lmao

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

i have my old camera back.
photo 1 – freshly picked nicola spuds, lemons and globe artichokes for a new recipe ‘lemon chokes on a bed of spud’
p2 – cornish pasties made by ‘pepe’
p3 – the new ‘control the roll’ coopers freebie bar mat.

Yay! It’s baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

Good looking spuds…and what is the story with the beer mat?

thee just called me domesticated – i’ll have to call you a yobbo just to balance this gender thingy out.
ah the beer mat – it’s a gift with every slab of pale ale. good quality rubber mat with guidelines on how to roll the stubbie to activate the sediment just right. we drink the dregs here in s.a. LOL

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

i have my old camera back.
photo 1 – freshly picked nicola spuds, lemons and globe artichokes for a new recipe ‘lemon chokes on a bed of spud’
p2 – cornish pasties made by ‘pepe’
p3 – the new ‘control the roll’ coopers freebie bar mat.

Yay! It’s baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

Good looking spuds…and what is the story with the beer mat?

thee just called me domesticated – i’ll have to call you a yobbo just to balance this gender thingy out.
ah the beer mat – it’s a gift with every slab of pale ale. good quality rubber mat with guidelines on how to roll the stubbie to activate the sediment just right. we drink the dregs here in s.a. LOL

shit they take some wringin out Pepe are a few bottle of piss lol

they take some wringin out Pepe are a few bottle of piss lol
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now there’s the voice of experience – you ever served behind a bar thee?

pepe said:

they take some wringin out Pepe are a few bottle of piss lol
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now there’s the voice of experience – you ever served behind a bar thee?

Only my own LOL, dont share top shelf here and NOT for sale, I have to keep them to gather dusting so I can dust them lmao. I have the .05 ones here , just as well they cant drive HAHAHAHAHA

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

150 newly transplanted strawbs (tioga and hokowasi)
little fruit just setting

Hardacre used to swear by Hokowase…

old hangloose did go on – but tioga are the classics here. i think they are both japanese originally??

pepe said:

thee just called me domesticated – i’ll have to call you a yobbo just to balance this gender thingy out.
Dinetta said:

No worries

ah the beer mat – it’s a gift with every slab of pale ale. good quality rubber mat with guidelines on how to roll the stubbie to activate the sediment just right. we drink the dregs here in s.a. LOL

Wonder if that’s why the Guinness has those plastic thingamibobs in the bottom of the can…and a can of Kilkenny’s is not the same as a Kilkenny’s from the keg…

pepe said:

Hardacre used to swear by Hokowase…

old hangloose did go on – but tioga are the classics here. i think they are both japanese originally??

I don’t know but if you can grow them, I should be able to…our summers being so much alike (except my go on for longer…or they used to…)

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

150 newly transplanted strawbs (tioga and hokowasi)
little fruit just setting

Hardacre used to swear by Hokowase…

old hangloose did go on – but tioga are the classics here. i think they are both japanese originally??

He goes on still, basking in the glow of admiration over on GA.

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

Hardacre used to swear by Hokowase…

old hangloose did go on – but tioga are the classics here. i think they are both japanese originally??

He goes on still, basking in the glow of admiration over on GA.

Does he what, and they go to a great deal of trouble to keep him soothed too…not that I’ve been over for quite some months now…went over to see if it had got some life in it but Dave’s Gardening Forum (not sure if right name) has more vitality…haven’t been since…

pepe said:

p3 – the new ‘control the roll’ coopers freebie bar mat.

You’ve got to be kidding me…. I first saw some stupid ass in a pub in Sydney roll my Coopers and I said “Mate, WTF are you doing?” He said that the sediment yadda yadda needs to be turned. I said “I’m a sozzie mate, we drink our Coopers straight from the fridge and we then enjoy the sediment at the bottom in one final swig, please stop playing with my beer and just give it to me”!

Are you telling me pepe, that Coopers are promoting this behaviour???

pepe said:

p1 – florence fennel
p2 – globe artichokes (massive plants)
p3 – winter toms

the fennel looks fab!

pepe said:

photo1 – peas are a picking
p2 – the italianate tomato trellis
p3 – kale growing to seed
p4 – dwarf beans
p5 – silver beet

and dats all

I miss Silverbeet.

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

thee just called me domesticated – i’ll have to call you a yobbo just to balance this gender thingy out.
Dinetta said:

No worries

ah the beer mat – it’s a gift with every slab of pale ale. good quality rubber mat with guidelines on how to roll the stubbie to activate the sediment just right. we drink the dregs here in s.a. LOL

Wonder if that’s why the Guinness has those plastic thingamibobs in the bottom of the can…and a can of Kilkenny’s is not the same as a Kilkenny’s from the keg…

Widget.

pain master said:

pepe said:

photo1 – peas are a picking
p2 – the italianate tomato trellis
p3 – kale growing to seed
p4 – dwarf beans
p5 – silver beet

and dats all

I miss Silverbeet.

Why not try Pom’s Italian Spinach? If she can grow it maybe you could too?

AnneS said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

photo1 – peas are a picking
p2 – the italianate tomato trellis
p3 – kale growing to seed
p4 – dwarf beans
p5 – silver beet

and dats all

I miss Silverbeet.

Why not try Pom’s Italian Spinach? If she can grow it maybe you could too?

He did.

AnneS said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

photo1 – peas are a picking
p2 – the italianate tomato trellis
p3 – kale growing to seed
p4 – dwarf beans
p5 – silver beet

and dats all

I miss Silverbeet.

Why not try Pom’s Italian Spinach? If she can grow it maybe you could too?

I do indeed grow Pom’s Italian Spinach, but it just doesn’t have that heavy over the top metallic iron taste that Boiled Silverbeet does…

pain master said:

AnneS said:

pain master said:

I miss Silverbeet.

Why not try Pom’s Italian Spinach? If she can grow it maybe you could too?

I do indeed grow Pom’s Italian Spinach, but it just doesn’t have that heavy over the top metallic iron taste that Boiled Silverbeet does…

That’s what I like about it. Silverbeet is a bit too strong for me.

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

AnneS said:

Why not try Pom’s Italian Spinach? If she can grow it maybe you could too?

I do indeed grow Pom’s Italian Spinach, but it just doesn’t have that heavy over the top metallic iron taste that Boiled Silverbeet does…

That’s what I like about it. Silverbeet is a bit too strong for me.

I luuurve silverbeet. strange, I know.

bluegreen said:

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

I do indeed grow Pom’s Italian Spinach, but it just doesn’t have that heavy over the top metallic iron taste that Boiled Silverbeet does…

That’s what I like about it. Silverbeet is a bit too strong for me.

I luuurve silverbeet. strange, I know.

I don’t mind it cooked in things, just not on it’s own.

bubba louie said:

He did.

Oh? Ok. Guess I’ve been ouit of action for so long I didn’t realise :(

pain master said:

AnneS said:

pain master said:

I miss Silverbeet.

Why not try Pom’s Italian Spinach? If she can grow it maybe you could too?

I do indeed grow Pom’s Italian Spinach, but it just doesn’t have that heavy over the top metallic iron taste that Boiled Silverbeet does…

True. It is quite mild isn’t it?

bluegreen said:

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

I do indeed grow Pom’s Italian Spinach, but it just doesn’t have that heavy over the top metallic iron taste that Boiled Silverbeet does…

That’s what I like about it. Silverbeet is a bit too strong for me.

I luuurve silverbeet. strange, I know.

picked fresh from the garden and lightly steamed…perfect

AnneS said:

pain master said:

AnneS said:

Why not try Pom’s Italian Spinach? If she can grow it maybe you could too?

I do indeed grow Pom’s Italian Spinach, but it just doesn’t have that heavy over the top metallic iron taste that Boiled Silverbeet does…

True. It is quite mild isn’t it?

I do like Pom’s, and I have other varieties of spinach in the garden from Rocket to Nepalese Climbing Spinach, but Silverbeet is different.

Wonder if that’s why the Guinness has those plastic thingamibobs in the bottom of the can…and a can of Kilkenny’s is not the same as a Kilkenny’s from the keg…
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no idea with those.
coopers is unique in the world i believe in that, at a time when breweries everywhere were subscribing to the theory that ‘the world is just a chemical soup’, coopers were producing a beer (ale?) that came from a living breathing batch of brewers yeast.

painmaster – why so upset that some people roll their sediment? i don’t myself – but those who do normally drink the bottle dry – so at least admire their thoroughness. and yes – coopers are encouraging any discussion that keeps their product foremost in the mind.

I don’t know but if you can grow them, I should be able to…our summers being so much alike (except my go on for longer…or they used to…)
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should be able to dinetta.

we refer to them as our strawberry children here because they need a lot of care. add water every day, prune off any dead leaves, fertilise fortnightly, protect against birds, snails, slugs and millipedes, weed and mulch all the time, pick fruit in the morning.

I miss Silverbeet.
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a cinch to grow here – great for the kid’s garden. what i’ve never understood is why there are so many substitutes. rocket, doc, nettle and lots of others are described as substitutes for spinach – silver beet is a substitute and grows wildly.

pepe said:

Wonder if that’s why the Guinness has those plastic thingamibobs in the bottom of the can…and a can of Kilkenny’s is not the same as a Kilkenny’s from the keg…
—————
no idea with those.
coopers is unique in the world i believe in that, at a time when breweries everywhere were subscribing to the theory that ‘the world is just a chemical soup’, coopers were producing a beer (ale?) that came from a living breathing batch of brewers yeast.

painmaster – why so upset that some people roll their sediment? i don’t myself – but those who do normally drink the bottle dry – so at least admire their thoroughness. and yes – coopers are encouraging any discussion that keeps their product foremost in the mind.

oh there are no remnants of beer left in my stubby when I take my final swig. At the time, Coopers was trying to break into the Sydney market and it just appeared to be a bit of typical Eastern States wankyness to make a song and dance about opening a bottle of beer. If I wanted theatre with my cleansing ale then I would drink cocktails at that Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown Pub. In fact I went to one of those “pubs” once and ordered a cocktail for the missus, but I let the guy know that he could shake or stir it at much as he required, just don’t chuck it over your shoulder into the ceiling fan….

Have you ever seen the palaver involved in ordering 2 Blondes at the Belgian Beer Cafe!?!?!?!?!?

And the widget in Guinness is to ensure the correct amount of gas is released into the can and hopefully ensuring consistency of the head which Guinness is famous. Strange though, the Guinness Draught in a bottle does not head up like the Keg nor the Can.

One time, I ordered a Guinness (Can) in a pub in Moresby, and the lady just gave me the can. I said “Can I have a glass, and do you know how to pour a Guinness?” She said “No, but please demonstrate” to which I did and she was in awe at the head-forming magic that went on… Converted.

pepe said:

I miss Silverbeet.
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a cinch to grow here – great for the kid’s garden. what i’ve never understood is why there are so many substitutes. rocket, doc, nettle and lots of others are described as substitutes for spinach – silver beet is a substitute and grows wildly.

it doesn’t help pepe, I miss it more now…

bluegreen said:

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

I do indeed grow Pom’s Italian Spinach, but it just doesn’t have that heavy over the top metallic iron taste that Boiled Silverbeet does…

That’s what I like about it. Silverbeet is a bit too strong for me.

I luuurve silverbeet. strange, I know.

so do chooks. i feed them an armful each day (that i think of it) and it always gets eaten.
maggie beer says she loves the big white stems for their crunchiness.

pain master said:

pepe said:

I miss Silverbeet.
———
a cinch to grow here – great for the kid’s garden. what i’ve never understood is why there are so many substitutes. rocket, doc, nettle and lots of others are described as substitutes for spinach – silver beet is a substitute and grows wildly.

it doesn’t help pepe, I miss it more now…

I don’t see why it wouldn’t grow there.

i have used old steel posts (50mm diam?) to construct another temporary trellis in the vege patch.
… and found enuff wood/steel for at least three more.
this trellis teepee building adds to the time taken to plant a crop but..
…gives an instant sense of height
…gives instant enclosure
…gives an instant sense of protection.

i’m enjoying it.

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

I miss Silverbeet.
———
a cinch to grow here – great for the kid’s garden. what i’ve never understood is why there are so many substitutes. rocket, doc, nettle and lots of others are described as substitutes for spinach – silver beet is a substitute and grows wildly.

it doesn’t help pepe, I miss it more now…

I don’t see why it wouldn’t grow there.

I’ve never tried it… that’s why.

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

I don’t see why it wouldn’t grow there.

I’ve never tried it… that’s why.

Groannnnnnnnnnn ……….

just before i go – a tip.

corn seed are disgustingly dear in the shops ($5.50 for a small pkt with hardly any seed in it). so if you want to plant a decent crop of corn between now and christmas – remember the mail order companies – green harvest, eden and diggers.

photo1 – this fennel bulb looks good but it is the hollow bulb of last year’s plant.
p2&3 – bird netting over 2 of the strawberry plots. 3 plots remain unprotected.

pepe said:

photo1 – this fennel bulb looks good but it is the hollow bulb of last year’s plant.
p2&3 – bird netting over 2 of the strawberry plots. 3 plots remain unprotected.

your always a busy pepe :)

Thee said:

pepe said:

photo1 – this fennel bulb looks good but it is the hollow bulb of last year’s plant.
p2&3 – bird netting over 2 of the strawberry plots. 3 plots remain unprotected.

your always a busy pepe :)

how would you know if you weren’t equally busy?
morning thee.
are you birdnetting any of your magnificent garden? i have 15 species of bird here – and some species have got over 100 resident members. the top knot pigeons are moving about like russian ballet dancers – body. neck and head perfectly still while little legs shuffle rapidly below.

pepe said:

photo1 – this fennel bulb looks good but it is the hollow bulb of last year’s plant.
p2&3 – bird netting over 2 of the strawberry plots. 3 plots remain unprotected.

Looking FAB TAB there pepe

Nah never have bothered Pepe, I dont mind sharing with the bird and my bun points too close to the ground these days and wont get up a ladder LOL :)

Lucky1 said:

pepe said:

photo1 – this fennel bulb looks good but it is the hollow bulb of last year’s plant.
p2&3 – bird netting over 2 of the strawberry plots. 3 plots remain unprotected.

Looking FAB TAB there pepe

Yes, doesn’t it?

one of pepe’s pizzas from last night. homegrown garlic, globe artichokes and fennel. pumpkin, garlic and chokes are roasted prior to the oven. the thinly sliced raw fennel is placed on top and oven cooked. the aniseed fennel taste is not dominant in soup or pizza. it does taste very healthy for some reason.

rhubarb flowering.

my last few shots have had 131 views on my p/bucket album.
a record.
does that mean 120 people are lerking on this forum?

pepe said:

one of pepe’s pizzas from last night. homegrown garlic, globe artichokes and fennel. pumpkin, garlic and chokes are roasted prior to the oven. the thinly sliced raw fennel is placed on top and oven cooked. the aniseed fennel taste is not dominant in soup or pizza. it does taste very healthy for some reason.

rhubarb flowering.

Can I have salami on my half thanks Pepe :)

pepe said:

my last few shots have had 131 views on my p/bucket album.
a record.
does that mean 120 people are lerking on this forum?

It might mean folk are interested in the tags…e.g. Italian gardens, trellising…???

pepe said:

one of pepe’s pizzas from last night. homegrown garlic, globe artichokes and fennel. pumpkin, garlic and chokes are roasted prior to the oven. the thinly sliced raw fennel is placed on top and oven cooked. the aniseed fennel taste is not dominant in soup or pizza. it does taste very healthy for some reason.

There’s a freshness to fennel, for some reason…

The Estate said:

pepe said:

one of pepe’s pizzas from last night. homegrown garlic, globe artichokes and fennel. pumpkin, garlic and chokes are roasted prior to the oven. the thinly sliced raw fennel is placed on top and oven cooked. the aniseed fennel taste is not dominant in soup or pizza. it does taste very healthy for some reason.

rhubarb flowering.

Can I have salami on my half thanks Pepe :)

have you been good?
actually i can’t now – the thing’s cooked – go on have a meatless wensdy. LOL.

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

one of pepe’s pizzas from last night. homegrown garlic, globe artichokes and fennel. pumpkin, garlic and chokes are roasted prior to the oven. the thinly sliced raw fennel is placed on top and oven cooked. the aniseed fennel taste is not dominant in soup or pizza. it does taste very healthy for some reason.

There’s a freshness to fennel, for some reason…

what’s the main ingredient of ouzo? i’ll look it up but i’m guessing it could be fennel.

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

one of pepe’s pizzas from last night. homegrown garlic, globe artichokes and fennel. pumpkin, garlic and chokes are roasted prior to the oven. the thinly sliced raw fennel is placed on top and oven cooked. the aniseed fennel taste is not dominant in soup or pizza. it does taste very healthy for some reason.

There’s a freshness to fennel, for some reason…

what’s the main ingredient of ouzo? i’ll look it up but i’m guessing it could be fennel.

fennel is not really a prominent ingredient in ouzo but one of the possibilities.

pepe said:

The Estate said:

pepe said:

one of pepe’s pizzas from last night. homegrown garlic, globe artichokes and fennel. pumpkin, garlic and chokes are roasted prior to the oven. the thinly sliced raw fennel is placed on top and oven cooked. the aniseed fennel taste is not dominant in soup or pizza. it does taste very healthy for some reason.

rhubarb flowering.

Can I have salami on my half thanks Pepe :)

have you been good?
actually i can’t now – the thing’s cooked – go on have a meatless wensdy. LOL.

bugga oh well next time lol

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

one of pepe’s pizzas from last night. homegrown garlic, globe artichokes and fennel. pumpkin, garlic and chokes are roasted prior to the oven. the thinly sliced raw fennel is placed on top and oven cooked. the aniseed fennel taste is not dominant in soup or pizza. it does taste very healthy for some reason.

There’s a freshness to fennel, for some reason…

what’s the main ingredient of ouzo? i’ll look it up but i’m guessing it could be fennel.

I love pernot and also Sambucca, should have been greek lol

The Estate said:

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

There’s a freshness to fennel, for some reason…

what’s the main ingredient of ouzo? i’ll look it up but i’m guessing it could be fennel.

I love pernot and also Sambucca, should have been greek lol

Thee, Pernot’s French and Sambucca’s Italian. :P

bubba louie said:

The Estate said:

pepe said:

what’s the main ingredient of ouzo? i’ll look it up but i’m guessing it could be fennel.

I love pernot and also Sambucca, should have been greek lol

Thee, Pernot’s French and Sambucca’s Italian. :P

was referring to ouzo lol

The Estate said:

bubba louie said:

The Estate said:

I love pernot and also Sambucca, should have been greek lol

Thee, Pernot’s French and Sambucca’s Italian. :P

was referring to ouzo lol

oi – who started this debate? – oh – it was me –
bubba is technically right but thee is more into the spirit of the subject.
sambucca is almost a total stranger to me.
i spent my time in italy researching cognac.

pepe said:

The Estate said:

bubba louie said:

Thee, Pernot’s French and Sambucca’s Italian. :P

was referring to ouzo lol

oi – who started this debate? – oh – it was me –
bubba is technically right but thee is more into the spirit of the subject.
sambucca is almost a total stranger to me.
i spent my time in italy researching cognac.

We spent more time sampling Metaxa in Greece than Ouzo.

At the Bol d’or 24hr race in France there was a Ricard tent and if you were from another country it was free entry and free drinks. Needless to say Brits and Aussies were very evident. lol

We spent more time sampling Metaxa in Greece than Ouzo. At the Bol d’or 24hr race in France there was a Ricard tent and if you were from another country it was free entry and free drinks. Needless to say Brits and Aussies were very evident. lol
————————————-
looks up metaxa. you ladies drink exotic stuff.

so what was on offer at the Bol – gin?

pepe said:

We spent more time sampling Metaxa in Greece than Ouzo. At the Bol d’or 24hr race in France there was a Ricard tent and if you were from another country it was free entry and free drinks. Needless to say Brits and Aussies were very evident. lol
————————————-
looks up metaxa. you ladies drink exotic stuff.

so what was on offer at the Bol – gin?

Ricard is like Pernot.

Metaxa is sold at every corner store in Greece.

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

We spent more time sampling Metaxa in Greece than Ouzo. At the Bol d’or 24hr race in France there was a Ricard tent and if you were from another country it was free entry and free drinks. Needless to say Brits and Aussies were very evident. lol
————————————-
looks up metaxa. you ladies drink exotic stuff.

so what was on offer at the Bol – gin?

Ricard is like Pernot.

Metaxa is sold at every corner store in Greece.

What’s Pernot like? Apart from Ricard?

colliewa said:

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

We spent more time sampling Metaxa in Greece than Ouzo. At the Bol d’or 24hr race in France there was a Ricard tent and if you were from another country it was free entry and free drinks. Needless to say Brits and Aussies were very evident. lol
————————————-
looks up metaxa. you ladies drink exotic stuff.

so what was on offer at the Bol – gin?

Ricard is like Pernot.

Metaxa is sold at every corner store in Greece.

What’s Pernot like? Apart from Ricard?

Aniseed.

bubba louie said:

colliewa said:

bubba louie said:

Ricard is like Pernot.

Metaxa is sold at every corner store in Greece.

What’s Pernot like? Apart from Ricard?

Aniseed.

Ahh. Liquid licorice. Gotcha.

colliewa said:

bubba louie said:

colliewa said:

What’s Pernot like? Apart from Ricard?

Aniseed.

Ahh. Liquid licorice. Gotcha.

I’m not too keen on it really, but we were young and it was free. lol

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

We spent more time sampling Metaxa in Greece than Ouzo. At the Bol d’or 24hr race in France there was a Ricard tent and if you were from another country it was free entry and free drinks. Needless to say Brits and Aussies were very evident. lol
————————————-
looks up metaxa. you ladies drink exotic stuff.

so what was on offer at the Bol – gin?

Ricard is like Pernot.

Metaxa is sold at every corner store in Greece.

The Bol was a HOOT. Lots of really funny happenings. Drunken Brits having wheely bin races, with someone in the bin. Running out of firewood and stealing more from super organised Germans and then resorting to burning rubbish.

The drunked Brits not us.

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

We spent more time sampling Metaxa in Greece than Ouzo. At the Bol d’or 24hr race in France there was a Ricard tent and if you were from another country it was free entry and free drinks. Needless to say Brits and Aussies were very evident. lol
————————————-
looks up metaxa. you ladies drink exotic stuff.

so what was on offer at the Bol – gin?

Ricard is like Pernot.

Metaxa is sold at every corner store in Greece.

The Bol was a HOOT. Lots of really funny happenings. Drunken Brits having wheely bin races, with someone in the bin. Running out of firewood and stealing more from super organised Germans and then resorting to burning rubbish. The drunked Brits not us.

i was old – celebrating a friends 50th birfdy when i was in greece – so we drank but needed to walk back to bed.
you must have been sober enough to remember the Bol.

pepe said:

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

Ricard is like Pernot.

Metaxa is sold at every corner store in Greece.

The Bol was a HOOT. Lots of really funny happenings. Drunken Brits having wheely bin races, with someone in the bin. Running out of firewood and stealing more from super organised Germans and then resorting to burning rubbish. The drunked Brits not us.

i was old – celebrating a friends 50th birfdy when i was in greece – so we drank but needed to walk back to bed.
you must have been sober enough to remember the Bol.

I was definately sober.

we’re just back from the bundaleer forest.
the hut we stayed in and some of the forest scenery.

some fungi in the forest – including tonight’s tea

pepe said:

we’re just back from the bundaleer forest.
the hut we stayed in and some of the forest scenery.

that looks sooooo peaceful :)

Knappstein brewery in Clare – and two photos of Auburn mainstreet

pepe said:

we’re just back from the bundaleer forest.
the hut we stayed in and some of the forest scenery.

Beautiful Pepe. Love the water scene :)

yay ! – the crops are looking really good are a depressing 3 year drought.

pepe said:

Knappstein brewery in Clare – and two photos of Auburn mainstreet

Oh wow.. thanks Pepe! It looks like it hasn’t changed since my family lived in a nearby town and used to visit Clare often!

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

we’re just back from the bundaleer forest.
the hut we stayed in and some of the forest scenery.

that looks sooooo peaceful :)

our friends are on their 5th visit – it’s our second but last time it was winter.

pepe said:

yay ! – the crops are looking really good are a depressing 3 year drought.

Only 3 years?

jeez some people get it good.

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

Knappstein brewery in Clare – and two photos of Auburn mainstreet

Oh wow.. thanks Pepe! It looks like it hasn’t changed since my family lived in a nearby town and used to visit Clare often!

coming back the place was crowded with sunday drivers. there is still a terrific op shop, cafe and gallery in auburn. knappstein beer has a fruity taste.

roughbarked said:

pepe said:

yay ! – the crops are looking really good are a depressing 3 year drought.

Only 3 years? jeez some people get it good.

luxury – you reckon LOL.
good to see the farmers smiling – the bloke in the header waved.

how are you going to cook this beauty YUMMO

The Estate said:

how are you going to cook this beauty YUMMO

good question – i’m not sure. i will let you know.

pepe said:

roughbarked said:

pepe said:

yay ! – the crops are looking really good are a depressing 3 year drought.

Only 3 years? jeez some people get it good.

luxury – you reckon LOL.
good to see the farmers smiling – the bloke in the header waved.

3 years is bad enough when bills have to be paid but we had it dry here from January 1991 to March 2010

pepe said:

The Estate said:

how are you going to cook this beauty YUMMO

good question – i’m not sure. i will let you know.

From here that looks like Agaricus austrovinaceous. Cook it anyway you like but they are best just warmed up until the juice starts to run.

roughbarked said:

pepe said:

roughbarked said:

Only 3 years? jeez some people get it good.

luxury – you reckon LOL.
good to see the farmers smiling – the bloke in the header waved.

3 years is bad enough when bills have to be paid but we had it dry here from January 1991 to March 2010

…and this year ? good surely?
a three year drought is horrible – i don’t want to imagine a 10 year one.

roughbarked said:

pepe said:

The Estate said:

how are you going to cook this beauty YUMMO

good question – i’m not sure. i will let you know.

From here that looks like Agaricus austrovinaceous. Cook it anyway you like but they are best just warmed up until the juice starts to run.

Butter p & s and lots of fresh bread sounds nice for a snack, or do like a kilpratick sauce also be nice , SHUT UP CHERYL your tormenting yourself lol

pepe said:

roughbarked said:

pepe said:

luxury – you reckon LOL.
good to see the farmers smiling – the bloke in the header waved.

3 years is bad enough when bills have to be paid but we had it dry here from January 1991 to March 2010

…and this year ? good surely?
a three year drought is horrible – i don’t want to imagine a 10 year one.

try 19 years.. yes this year is above average.

The Estate said:

roughbarked said:

pepe said:

good question – i’m not sure. i will let you know.

From here that looks like Agaricus austrovinaceous. Cook it anyway you like but they are best just warmed up until the juice starts to run.

Butter p & s and lots of fresh bread sounds nice for a snack, or do like a kilpratick sauce also be nice , SHUT UP CHERYL your tormenting yourself lol

kilpatrick is for oysters – keep shucking LOL.

The Estate said:

roughbarked said:

pepe said:

good question – i’m not sure. i will let you know.

From here that looks like Agaricus austrovinaceous. Cook it anyway you like but they are best just warmed up until the juice starts to run.

Butter p & s and lots of fresh bread sounds nice for a snack, or do like a kilpratick sauce also be nice , SHUT UP CHERYL your tormenting yourself lol

Other than warming it up and dropping it on fresh buttered toast.. One could puta slice of tomato and warm it a little under the grill then top it with cheese and warm it some more.

of course a touch of sea salt doesn’t go astray with mushrooms. If it is the species I mentioned above.. The taste is slihtly sharper than the common field mushroom and they would go well with curries and the ilk.

pepe said:

The Estate said:

roughbarked said:

From here that looks like Agaricus austrovinaceous. Cook it anyway you like but they are best just warmed up until the juice starts to run.

Butter p & s and lots of fresh bread sounds nice for a snack, or do like a kilpratick sauce also be nice , SHUT UP CHERYL your tormenting yourself lol

kilpatrick is for oysters – keep shucking LOL.

Nah you use the mushroom like an oyster, tastes yummo, bacon etc… in the cup of the mushie TRUE trut me I have had and delish

roughbarked said:

pepe said:

roughbarked said:

3 years is bad enough when bills have to be paid but we had it dry here from January 1991 to March 2010

…and this year ? good surely?
a three year drought is horrible – i don’t want to imagine a 10 year one.

try 19 years.. yes this year is above average.

my maths – sorry.
i prefer to think of this year – springs flowing, watery rivers and damp to wet subsoil.

Nah you use the mushroom like an oyster, tastes yummo, bacon etc… in the cup of the mushie TRUE trut me I have had and delish
—-

- its going in a steak (gluten) sanger with cheese and lettuce.
ok i’m off – thanks for the recipes and chat.

pepe said:

we’re just back from the bundaleer forest.
the hut we stayed in and some of the forest scenery.

Looks like a beautiful, peaceful place pepe

AnneS said:

pepe said:

we’re just back from the bundaleer forest.
the hut we stayed in and some of the forest scenery.

Looks like a beautiful, peaceful place pepe

the ‘maple walk’ is very elvish. all evergreen exotic trees. very old trees grown as a botanic experiment to discover what grew best in the new colony.

pepe said:

we’re just back from the bundaleer forest.
the hut we stayed in and some of the forest scenery.

That looks so peaceful.

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

we’re just back from the bundaleer forest.
the hut we stayed in and some of the forest scenery.

that looks sooooo peaceful :)

snap

pepe said:

we’re just back from the bundaleer forest.
the hut we stayed in and some of the forest scenery.

looks lovely pepe.

pepe said:

we’re just back from the bundaleer forest.
the hut we stayed in and some of the forest scenery.

Aww, that hut is just gorgeous :)

bon008 said:

pepe said:

we’re just back from the bundaleer forest.
the hut we stayed in and some of the forest scenery.

Aww, that hut is just gorgeous :)

volunteers rebuilt it – fantastic stopover for walkers on the heysen trail.

The Estate said:

er thanks thee – this topic needed a fluffy pink puppy – only thing it didn’t have LOL.

pepe said:

The Estate said:

er thanks thee – this topic needed a fluffy pink puppy – only thing it didn’t have LOL.

Ummm was supposed to be in chat but then I thought Pepe needs a bit of fluff in his life as well lmao

nutties cooked and pasties in the oven. always do another job when cleaning the pool because there are always long intervals in pool activity.

pool has been vacuumed to waste. which means i suck up whatever is on the pool bottom and compress it into the skimmer basket!!
this year relatively small numbers of tadpoles (say 30) but equal numbers of nymphs. big nymphs so probably dragonfly? i will need to search – i’m not good on my nymph ID.

currently pool is being flocculated.

yep definitely dragonfly nymphs – now what were they doing in my pool? – are they responsible for the unusual clarity of water? – and how have they been able to replace 300 tadpoles?

i’m 87% certain that i’ll never know.

http://www.google.com/images?oe=UTF-8&gfns=1&q=dragonfly+nymph&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=lqTGTKCUK4fKvQOGnLn6Dw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CB8QsAQwAA&biw=1016&bih=570

pepe said:

yep definitely dragonfly nymphs – now what were they doing in my pool? – are they responsible for the unusual clarity of water? – and how have they been able to replace 300 tadpoles?

i’m 87% certain that i’ll never know.

http://www.google.com/images?oe=UTF-8&gfns=1&q=dragonfly+nymph&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=lqTGTKCUK4fKvQOGnLn6Dw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CB8QsAQwAA&biw=1016&bih=570

wonder where our Nymphs live because we got bucket loads of the adults!?

pepe said:

yep definitely dragonfly nymphs – now what were they doing in my pool? – are they responsible for the unusual clarity of water? – and how have they been able to replace 300 tadpoles?

i’m 87% certain that i’ll never know.

http://www.google.com/images?oe=UTF-8&gfns=1&q=dragonfly+nymph&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=lqTGTKCUK4fKvQOGnLn6Dw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CB8QsAQwAA&biw=1016&bih=570

They’re voracious preditors.

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

yep definitely dragonfly nymphs – now what were they doing in my pool? – are they responsible for the unusual clarity of water? – and how have they been able to replace 300 tadpoles?

i’m 87% certain that i’ll never know.

http://www.google.com/images?oe=UTF-8&gfns=1&q=dragonfly+nymph&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=lqTGTKCUK4fKvQOGnLn6Dw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CB8QsAQwAA&biw=1016&bih=570

They’re voracious preditors.

http://www.dragonfly-site.com/what-do-dragonflies-eat.html

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

yep definitely dragonfly nymphs – now what were they doing in my pool? – are they responsible for the unusual clarity of water? – and how have they been able to replace 300 tadpoles? i’m 87% certain that i’ll never know.

They’re voracious preditors.

http://www.dragonfly-site.com/what-do-dragonflies-eat.html

whooaa – so those nymphs have been decimating the tadpoles.
that answers questions 1 & 3 – oh no my stats are ruined.

pool flocculated and the heavy duty sludge is vaccuummedd.
now stabilising, testing and final clean with creepy crawly. then —- “splash”.

pepe said:

whooaa – so those nymphs have been decimating the tadpoles.
that answers questions 1 & 3 – oh no my stats are ruined.

Nah, not ruined, just open to reinterpretation (make up some new ‘uns!).

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

whooaa – so those nymphs have been decimating the tadpoles.
that answers questions 1 & 3 – oh no my stats are ruined.

Nah, not ruined, just open to reinterpretation (make up some new ‘uns!).

no no – a taxpayer funded research survey into “nymphatic reproduction in backyard pools and its proper statistical analysis”. LOL

pepe said:

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

whooaa – so those nymphs have been decimating the tadpoles.
that answers questions 1 & 3 – oh no my stats are ruined.

Nah, not ruined, just open to reinterpretation (make up some new ‘uns!).

no no – a taxpayer funded research survey into “nymphatic reproduction in backyard pools and its proper statistical analysis”. LOL

Ah, so you’ll need a research assistant either to help with the application for funding OR more likely won’t be able to afford to pay the research assistant until the grant has been approved.

Either way …

Pick me! Pick me!

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

Yeehah said:

Nah, not ruined, just open to reinterpretation (make up some new ‘uns!).

no no – a taxpayer funded research survey into “nymphatic reproduction in backyard pools and its proper statistical analysis”. LOL

Ah, so you’ll need a research assistant either to help with the application for funding OR more likely won’t be able to afford to pay the research assistant until the grant has been approved.

Either way …

Pick me! Pick me!

Oh and a tea lady with coffee pot and cream filled cakes and assorted other delectable treats on a trolley.

Pick me! Pick me!

Happy Potter said:

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

no no – a taxpayer funded research survey into “nymphatic reproduction in backyard pools and its proper statistical analysis”. LOL

Ah, so you’ll need a research assistant either to help with the application for funding OR more likely won’t be able to afford to pay the research assistant until the grant has been approved.
Either way …Pick me! Pick me!

Oh and a tea lady with coffee pot and cream filled cakes and assorted other delectable treats on a trolley. Pick me! Pick me!

yeehah you can consult on the need for a research assistant – and HP can be a food consultant – statistically there’s less risk of injury if you do nothing physical.

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

Yeehah said:

Ah, so you’ll need a research assistant either to help with the application for funding OR more likely won’t be able to afford to pay the research assistant until the grant has been approved.
Either way …Pick me! Pick me!

Oh and a tea lady with coffee pot and cream filled cakes and assorted other delectable treats on a trolley. Pick me! Pick me!

yeehah you can consult on the need for a research assistant – and HP can be a food consultant – statistically there’s less risk of injury if you do nothing physical.

As long as the pay packet is expressed physically into my bank account, then I’ll be happy to issue a tax invoice for my consultancy fees.

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

Oh and a tea lady with coffee pot and cream filled cakes and assorted other delectable treats on a trolley. Pick me! Pick me!

yeehah you can consult on the need for a research assistant – and HP can be a food consultant – statistically there’s less risk of injury if you do nothing physical.

As long as the pay packet is expressed physically into my bank account, then I’ll be happy to issue a tax invoice for my consultancy fees.

do you need a photographer to document your findings?

As long as the pay packet is expressed physically into my bank account, then I’ll be happy to issue a tax invoice for my consultancy fees.
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first strawb picked and eaten yesterday. only small but tasty in the way of homegrown.

cueys and all but one zuch have gone down to mites. not a good time to plant cucurbits i’ve decided.

toms, beans and corn beginning to be seen and looking promising.

poodles are going around eating the manure – charming and alarming – a couple of basil seedlings buried in the mad dog digging.

the downside of spring is wind.

it’s just plain uncomfortable outside.
i got some straw – it’s self serve now the farmer trusts me. his big shed is down to its last 100 dry bales.

i didn’t pile the trailer high for the return journey. 110 kph thru’ open countryside with wild side winds and it’s best to have a low, well tied load. home safe but i’m not spreading no straw now.

5 echinacea plants put in the grasses bed. all the grasses are flowering now. apparently when native grasses have finished flowering you cut them back to the bushy level and they luv you for it.