I don’t believe I got to start the monthly chat!

Morning folks. Another 6mm of rain last night.

bluegreen said:

I don’t believe I got to start the monthly chat!

Life is full of unexpected thrills ;)

Oh yeah it’s Dec!
Already!

Morning….the lad is here for another trilling and woofy day with the cats……..

Happy Potter said:

Good morning.
I’ve got in a good hour of gardening and weeding, mulched corn and toms and tidyied up outside :) Rain is expected again and most days this week, although not in the amount’s of last weekend!

At the orchard meeting yest’ we watched some slides of flood damage in the orchard area. It got to 1.2 mt deep around the fruit trees but they will be fine.
Not so fortunate were all the bike tracks, pedestrian bridges and boardwalks that were only recently built around the river area. Thre were some old wattle trees torn out and they’ve tumbled along and taken a lot of the river bank with them and the tracks. The weir was damaged by a big redgum falling in and going over it.

But no houses were inundated and the flood plains worked well.

are they going to be able to get the funds for repairs? Sounds like a bit of work required. Shame about the new bridges and boardwalks.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Good morning.
I’ve got in a good hour of gardening and weeding, mulched corn and toms and tidyied up outside :) Rain is expected again and most days this week, although not in the amount’s of last weekend!

At the orchard meeting yest’ we watched some slides of flood damage in the orchard area. It got to 1.2 mt deep around the fruit trees but they will be fine.
Not so fortunate were all the bike tracks, pedestrian bridges and boardwalks that were only recently built around the river area. Thre were some old wattle trees torn out and they’ve tumbled along and taken a lot of the river bank with them and the tracks. The weir was damaged by a big redgum falling in and going over it.

But no houses were inundated and the flood plains worked well.

are they going to be able to get the funds for repairs? Sounds like a bit of work required. Shame about the new bridges and boardwalks.

It was built by bicycle vic, so I’d say yes it will all be rebuilt. With a bit of a rethink on strength of structures and sites of paths!
One large pedestrian/ bycycle bridge was thought to withstand any flood, but theres only a single bollard left and nothing of the foundations.
They might remove old or weakened nearby trees too.

Lucky1 said:

Morning….the lad is here for another trilling and woofy day with the cats……..

Of course, that’s why you’ve been so quiet this week, busy playing with the grandpuppy!!!

Yeehah said:

Lucky1 said:

Morning….the lad is here for another trilling and woofy day with the cats……..

Of course, that’s why you’ve been so quiet this week, busy playing with the grandpuppy!!!

Aw cool Lucky :)
My big boofhead puppy has decided he’s not had enough attention from me this week and is trying to scramble onto my lap, clawing and scratching my arm in his effort to get me to pick him up lol.

Yeehah said:

Lucky1 said:

Morning….the lad is here for another trilling and woofy day with the cats……..

Of course, that’s why you’ve been so quiet this week, busy playing with the grandpuppy!!!

Damn straight….lol

Happy Potter said:

Yeehah said:

Lucky1 said:

Morning….the lad is here for another trilling and woofy day with the cats……..

Of course, that’s why you’ve been so quiet this week, busy playing with the grandpuppy!!!

Aw cool Lucky :)
My big boofhead puppy has decided he’s not had enough attention from me this week and is trying to scramble onto my lap, clawing and scratching my arm in his effort to get me to pick him up lol.

Second puppy hood huh????:P

Morning all. Haven’t checked rain gauge yet today, but 24 yesterday and 32 the day before. I’m guessing today’s will be much the same. Just had a really heavy shower, but it only lasted 5 mins or so :)

Weather’s going to play havoc with our village celebrations, which start today….150 years of postal services to the village. Today is supposed to be a special tennis day, tomorrow community breakfast, Fri celebration dinner dance. Sat a parade, demonstrations (eg an old timber mill), community stalls, face painting etc, Sun same again (but no parade). All this with rain p*&^%ing down. :(

Because our village is on the Princes Hwy we couldn’t get a approval to close the road during the parade so we planned to have the parade in one of the farm paddocks adjacent to our community hall. Of course it’s a bit of a bog at present :(

Not sure what we are going to do.

Happy Potter said:

Oh yeah it’s Dec!
Already!

Scary!

AnneS said:

Morning all. Haven’t checked rain gauge yet today, but 24 yesterday and 32 the day before. I’m guessing today’s will be much the same. Just had a really heavy shower, but it only lasted 5 mins or so :)

Weather’s going to play havoc with our village celebrations, which start today….150 years of postal services to the village. Today is supposed to be a special tennis day, tomorrow community breakfast, Fri celebration dinner dance. Sat a parade, demonstrations (eg an old timber mill), community stalls, face painting etc, Sun same again (but no parade). All this with rain p*&^%ing down. :(

Because our village is on the Princes Hwy we couldn’t get a approval to close the road during the parade so we planned to have the parade in one of the farm paddocks adjacent to our community hall. Of course it’s a bit of a bog at present :(

Not sure what we are going to do.

Oh that is a pity. I hope it holds off for the main events. The council here has marquees available for groups for when rain threatens outdoor activities, maybe ask your council if they have any ?

Happy Potter said:

AnneS said:

Morning all. Haven’t checked rain gauge yet today, but 24 yesterday and 32 the day before. I’m guessing today’s will be much the same. Just had a really heavy shower, but it only lasted 5 mins or so :)

Weather’s going to play havoc with our village celebrations, which start today….150 years of postal services to the village. Today is supposed to be a special tennis day, tomorrow community breakfast, Fri celebration dinner dance. Sat a parade, demonstrations (eg an old timber mill), community stalls, face painting etc, Sun same again (but no parade). All this with rain p*&^%ing down. :(

Because our village is on the Princes Hwy we couldn’t get a approval to close the road during the parade so we planned to have the parade in one of the farm paddocks adjacent to our community hall. Of course it’s a bit of a bog at present :(

Not sure what we are going to do.

Oh that is a pity. I hope it holds off for the main events. The council here has marquees available for groups for when rain threatens outdoor activities, maybe ask your council if they have any ?

mmmm but I guess the organising committee is working on alternatives.

OMG!
You would think I’d be used to ‘OMG’ days by now, but this one floored me.

Fairfax newspaper (dunno which one yet) want to do a story on sustainable gardening , growing your own and recycling ect, and interview me and photograph my garden.
I was ‘dobbed in’ by gardening associates because my garden is clean and growing well and worm farms are alive, their’s too weedy, worm farms neglected and flood affected.. because they are busy ?
They also told the newspaper contact that I would say ok!! The buggers! LOL.

FAINTS

Happy Potter said:

OMG!
You would think I’d be used to ‘OMG’ days by now, but this one floored me.

Fairfax newspaper (dunno which one yet) want to do a story on sustainable gardening , growing your own and recycling ect, and interview me and photograph my garden.
I was ‘dobbed in’ by gardening associates because my garden is clean and growing well and worm farms are alive, their’s too weedy, worm farms neglected and flood affected.. because they are busy ?
They also told the newspaper contact that I would say ok!! The buggers! LOL.

FAINTS

You might be in the coloured Sunday Magazine in the weekend paper – wouldn’t do the garden justice if it wasn’t glossy ;)

Yeehah said:

Happy Potter said:

OMG!
You would think I’d be used to ‘OMG’ days by now, but this one floored me.

Fairfax newspaper (dunno which one yet) want to do a story on sustainable gardening , growing your own and recycling ect, and interview me and photograph my garden.
I was ‘dobbed in’ by gardening associates because my garden is clean and growing well and worm farms are alive, their’s too weedy, worm farms neglected and flood affected.. because they are busy ?
They also told the newspaper contact that I would say ok!! The buggers! LOL.

FAINTS

You might be in the coloured Sunday Magazine in the weekend paper – wouldn’t do the garden justice if it wasn’t glossy ;)

Oh! don’t say that I’ll feel faint again! LOL

I have some cucs to plant! Better run!!!! It’s going between corn stalks, only spot left lol

Happy Potter said:

OMG!
You would think I’d be used to ‘OMG’ days by now, but this one floored me.

Fairfax newspaper (dunno which one yet) want to do a story on sustainable gardening , growing your own and recycling ect, and interview me and photograph my garden.
I was ‘dobbed in’ by gardening associates because my garden is clean and growing well and worm farms are alive, their’s too weedy, worm farms neglected and flood affected.. because they are busy ?
They also told the newspaper contact that I would say ok!! The buggers! LOL.

FAINTS

OMG – you’re on a roll – congrats again.
your constant hard work does mean that it’s a good time to photograph the place.

Happy Potter said:

OMG!
You would think I’d be used to ‘OMG’ days by now, but this one floored me.

Fairfax newspaper (dunno which one yet) want to do a story on sustainable gardening , growing your own and recycling ect, and interview me and photograph my garden.
I was ‘dobbed in’ by gardening associates because my garden is clean and growing well and worm farms are alive, their’s too weedy, worm farms neglected and flood affected.. because they are busy ?
They also told the newspaper contact that I would say ok!! The buggers! LOL.

FAINTS

“In My Life”…..LOL

Happy Potter said:

OMG!
You would think I’d be used to ‘OMG’ days by now, but this one floored me.

Fairfax newspaper (dunno which one yet) want to do a story on sustainable gardening , growing your own and recycling ect, and interview me and photograph my garden.
I was ‘dobbed in’ by gardening associates because my garden is clean and growing well and worm farms are alive, their’s too weedy, worm farms neglected and flood affected.. because they are busy ?
They also told the newspaper contact that I would say ok!! The buggers! LOL.

FAINTS

keep breathing HP. this what comes of being so helpful and friendly and good at what you do!!

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

OMG!
You would think I’d be used to ‘OMG’ days by now, but this one floored me.

Fairfax newspaper (dunno which one yet) want to do a story on sustainable gardening , growing your own and recycling ect, and interview me and photograph my garden.
I was ‘dobbed in’ by gardening associates because my garden is clean and growing well and worm farms are alive, their’s too weedy, worm farms neglected and flood affected.. because they are busy ?
They also told the newspaper contact that I would say ok!! The buggers! LOL.

FAINTS

keep breathing HP. this what comes of being so helpful and friendly and good at what you do!!

Aww thanks BG, and others :)
I can relax now, it’s not the ‘big’ newspaper it’s the Wyndham Weekly, another paper in the area. There’s a fellow doing a huge spread on gardening and sustainability and they need some pic’s and interviews for some side infills. Phew. Good. They are coming here on friday just after lunch.
I want everyone big and small and young and old, the interested and the disinterested, to create and maintain a garden, particularly food gardening. Best way to learn about what sustains the planet, and us :)

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

OMG!
You would think I’d be used to ‘OMG’ days by now, but this one floored me.

Fairfax newspaper (dunno which one yet) want to do a story on sustainable gardening , growing your own and recycling ect, and interview me and photograph my garden.
I was ‘dobbed in’ by gardening associates because my garden is clean and growing well and worm farms are alive, their’s too weedy, worm farms neglected and flood affected.. because they are busy ?
They also told the newspaper contact that I would say ok!! The buggers! LOL.

FAINTS

keep breathing HP. this what comes of being so helpful and friendly and good at what you do!!

Aww thanks BG, and others :)
I can relax now, it’s not the ‘big’ newspaper it’s the Wyndham Weekly, another paper in the area. There’s a fellow doing a huge spread on gardening and sustainability and they need some pic’s and interviews for some side infills. Phew. Good. They are coming here on friday just after lunch.
I want everyone big and small and young and old, the interested and the disinterested, to create and maintain a garden, particularly food gardening. Best way to learn about what sustains the planet, and us :)

I know I’ve probably said it before, but you’re such a force of good in the world, HP :)

Woo woo woo!

We had our first official meeting with the architect this morning – the first meeting since we actually picked this lot from our shortlist of three. It went really well! So confident in this chap’s ability to explain things clearly to us and he’s already thinking up so many ideas that would never have occurred to us. I’m getting really excited now – it finally feels like we’re actually going to make this happen, not just dream about it for years on end!

We’ve been assigned homework of researching particular ovens and sinks, which is like the best fun thing I can think of to do right now :D

bon008 said:

Woo woo woo!

We had our first official meeting with the architect this morning – the first meeting since we actually picked this lot from our shortlist of three. It went really well! So confident in this chap’s ability to explain things clearly to us and he’s already thinking up so many ideas that would never have occurred to us. I’m getting really excited now – it finally feels like we’re actually going to make this happen, not just dream about it for years on end!

We’ve been assigned homework of researching particular ovens and sinks, which is like the best fun thing I can think of to do right now :D

Not Germania one would think :)

Are you tearing down and rebuilding on your existing block, or building elsewhere? I can’t remember

AnneS said:

bon008 said:

Woo woo woo!

We had our first official meeting with the architect this morning – the first meeting since we actually picked this lot from our shortlist of three. It went really well! So confident in this chap’s ability to explain things clearly to us and he’s already thinking up so many ideas that would never have occurred to us. I’m getting really excited now – it finally feels like we’re actually going to make this happen, not just dream about it for years on end!

We’ve been assigned homework of researching particular ovens and sinks, which is like the best fun thing I can think of to do right now :D

Not Germania one would think :)

Are you tearing down and rebuilding on your existing block, or building elsewhere? I can’t remember

Definitely not :) The only ones we’ve found so far with the look we like are Agas or Falcons – exxy! So looking around to see if any other brands have that Aga-style appearance.

Demolishing and building – we love the spot we’re in and it would cost heaps more to get a block and start from scratch – plus I’d lose 5 years or soil improvement and all my fruit trees!

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

bon008 said:

Woo woo woo!

We had our first official meeting with the architect this morning – the first meeting since we actually picked this lot from our shortlist of three. It went really well! So confident in this chap’s ability to explain things clearly to us and he’s already thinking up so many ideas that would never have occurred to us. I’m getting really excited now – it finally feels like we’re actually going to make this happen, not just dream about it for years on end!

We’ve been assigned homework of researching particular ovens and sinks, which is like the best fun thing I can think of to do right now :D

Not Germania one would think :)

Are you tearing down and rebuilding on your existing block, or building elsewhere? I can’t remember

Definitely not :) The only ones we’ve found so far with the look we like are Agas or Falcons – exxy! So looking around to see if any other brands have that Aga-style appearance.

Demolishing and building – we love the spot we’re in and it would cost heaps more to get a block and start from scratch – plus I’d lose 5 years or soil improvement and all my fruit trees!

Oh great to hear Bon :D
I know you have said it would be sad to move from your fruit trees, they and and the soil work you have done is an investment :)

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

bon008 said:

Woo woo woo!

We had our first official meeting with the architect this morning – the first meeting since we actually picked this lot from our shortlist of three. It went really well! So confident in this chap’s ability to explain things clearly to us and he’s already thinking up so many ideas that would never have occurred to us. I’m getting really excited now – it finally feels like we’re actually going to make this happen, not just dream about it for years on end!

We’ve been assigned homework of researching particular ovens and sinks, which is like the best fun thing I can think of to do right now :D

Not Germania one would think :)

Are you tearing down and rebuilding on your existing block, or building elsewhere? I can’t remember

Definitely not :) The only ones we’ve found so far with the look we like are Agas or Falcons – exxy! So looking around to see if any other brands have that Aga-style appearance.

Demolishing and building – we love the spot we’re in and it would cost heaps more to get a block and start from scratch – plus I’d lose 5 years or soil improvement and all my fruit trees!

That’s what I thought…not to mention the reticulation system you set up…can it be salvaged and incorporated into the new buidling or will you have to re-do it?

Raining here, Having a Break before I feed all the birds seeing if this rain wants to take a break for 30mins.

Veg gardener said:

Raining here, Having a Break before I feed all the birds seeing if this rain wants to take a break for 30mins.

Doubtful. It’s still raining heaps here

AnneS said:

Veg gardener said:

Raining here, Having a Break before I feed all the birds seeing if this rain wants to take a break for 30mins.

Doubtful. It’s still raining heaps here

Yep, Might need to chuck on the Old Akubra and the frist Dry a bone that i can find.

AnneS said:

That’s what I thought…not to mention the reticulation system you set up…can it be salvaged and incorporated into the new buidling or will you have to re-do it?

That’s one question I haven’t asked yet, but I hope it will be possible. Effectively when the demolition and build happens, we’ll be fencing off the back 1/4 of the block (where the fruit trees are), so it’s possible the lines there could stay in place, and the greywater system and controllers and everything could go into storage?

We’ll also have to get a new sewerage line put in, which will go under a few of the trees, and all the fences need replacing (how they’re going to do that on the side that sits against the giant cactus, I have no idea!)

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

That’s what I thought…not to mention the reticulation system you set up…can it be salvaged and incorporated into the new buidling or will you have to re-do it?

That’s one question I haven’t asked yet, but I hope it will be possible. Effectively when the demolition and build happens, we’ll be fencing off the back 1/4 of the block (where the fruit trees are), so it’s possible the lines there could stay in place, and the greywater system and controllers and everything could go into storage?

We’ll also have to get a new sewerage line put in, which will go under a few of the trees, and all the fences need replacing (how they’re going to do that on the side that sits against the giant cactus, I have no idea!)

How big is your block?

AnneS said:

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

That’s what I thought…not to mention the reticulation system you set up…can it be salvaged and incorporated into the new buidling or will you have to re-do it?

That’s one question I haven’t asked yet, but I hope it will be possible. Effectively when the demolition and build happens, we’ll be fencing off the back 1/4 of the block (where the fruit trees are), so it’s possible the lines there could stay in place, and the greywater system and controllers and everything could go into storage?

We’ll also have to get a new sewerage line put in, which will go under a few of the trees, and all the fences need replacing (how they’re going to do that on the side that sits against the giant cactus, I have no idea!)

How big is your block?

465 sqm – so it will be a bit of a squeeze getting everything in. From our talk with the architect this morning we’ve decided definitely on 3×2, not 4×2 (since we’re planning on max 3 kids, but as we’re having a big study and allowing for a loft, we should be able to manage…)

Cucs planted between corn stalks, fernery swept and a few fronds pruned, maidenhair ferns got a powerfeed dose and all that’s left to do is tidy the patio.That’s the biggest job everytime. It seems to become a recepticle for bags of poultry feed potting mix and mulches, old pots and new plants and old plants.
I wonder who’s the messy one lol.

Happy Potter said:

Cucs planted between corn stalks, fernery swept and a few fronds pruned, maidenhair ferns got a powerfeed dose and all that’s left to do is tidy the patio.That’s the biggest job everytime. It seems to become a recepticle for bags of poultry feed potting mix and mulches, old pots and new plants and old plants.
I wonder who’s the messy one lol.

hehehe :)

Bout the best thing that happens Monday – Friday for me Happened today, past 3 of the v8 super car teams transport trucks.

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

bon008 said:

That’s one question I haven’t asked yet, but I hope it will be possible. Effectively when the demolition and build happens, we’ll be fencing off the back 1/4 of the block (where the fruit trees are), so it’s possible the lines there could stay in place, and the greywater system and controllers and everything could go into storage?

We’ll also have to get a new sewerage line put in, which will go under a few of the trees, and all the fences need replacing (how they’re going to do that on the side that sits against the giant cactus, I have no idea!)

How big is your block?

465 sqm – so it will be a bit of a squeeze getting everything in. From our talk with the architect this morning we’ve decided definitely on 3×2, not 4×2 (since we’re planning on max 3 kids, but as we’re having a big study and allowing for a loft, we should be able to manage…)

Can you extend upwards later if the need arises?

the man came and mowed the grass for me this morning. Snuck it in before today’s rain. I’ve spent the afternoon raking and depositing the clippings in my compost bay after the rain storm. By jeez it’s humid though! Sweating buckets! And I’ve got bits of grass all over me

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/mp/8425234/new-pool-laws-come-into-force-in-qld/

Good read, How about Dams? This is want I don’t get. We have to by law fence off the swimming Pool, But how about Dams, Creeks and Stock water tubs (old Bath tubs etc) still able to drown in these as well as the swimming Pool. If they can get around a pool fence and drown they could easy Climb over a farm gate and go and play by the dam or water tubs and fall in.

bluegreen said:

the man came and mowed the grass for me this morning. Snuck it in before today’s rain. I’ve spent the afternoon raking and depositing the clippings in my compost bay after the rain storm. By jeez it’s humid though! Sweating buckets! And I’ve got bits of grass all over me

We having been saving for and deliberating over buying a ride-on mower for a number of years now, because it’s just too time consuming to mow our place with just a push mower. It becomes a bit like painting the harbour bridge…you barely get it mown and it’s time to start again.One day I hope that there will be very little grass to mow, but that’s years into the future.

Well today MrS bit the bullet and went and bought one….pretty ironic timing considering how wet it is at present, but eventually it will make life a bit easier for him. I might even be able to help a bit more…I haven’t been able to help with the mowing over the last couple of years because my back goes out whenever I try.

AnneS said:

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

How big is your block?

465 sqm – so it will be a bit of a squeeze getting everything in. From our talk with the architect this morning we’ve decided definitely on 3×2, not 4×2 (since we’re planning on max 3 kids, but as we’re having a big study and allowing for a loft, we should be able to manage…)

Can you extend upwards later if the need arises?

Potentially, but this is a very one storey area and we’re not keen at all on having 2 storeys. The plan was to have a loft, but we’re not sure if we’ll be able to afford it straight away – so the architect said they could design it such that it will be relatively straight forward to add a loft in later. He said he’s done that before in a house and they put in a long hallway storage cupboard which was then removed when they had to put the stairs in.

We originally wanted a cellar but that’s definitely out of our price range:(

Veg gardener said:

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/mp/8425234/new-pool-laws-come-into-force-in-qld/

Good read, How about Dams? This is want I don’t get. We have to by law fence off the swimming Pool, But how about Dams, Creeks and Stock water tubs (old Bath tubs etc) still able to drown in these as well as the swimming Pool. If they can get around a pool fence and drown they could easy Climb over a farm gate and go and play by the dam or water tubs and fall in.

Those “tough new” laws sound like our existing ones over here.

I wonder if the dams aren’t covered because it’s more common to have unsupervised kids in a suburban backyard, than on a farm property? There must be other dangers to kids on farms apart from dams and troughs etc.

Veg gardener said:

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/mp/8425234/new-pool-laws-come-into-force-in-qld/

Good read, How about Dams? This is want I don’t get. We have to by law fence off the swimming Pool, But how about Dams, Creeks and Stock water tubs (old Bath tubs etc) still able to drown in these as well as the swimming Pool. If they can get around a pool fence and drown they could easy Climb over a farm gate and go and play by the dam or water tubs and fall in.

That is so true Veg. I suppose generally speaking though dams and water troughs are further away from the house and so not as obvious a threat as pools which are usually very close…perhaps???

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

bon008 said:

465 sqm – so it will be a bit of a squeeze getting everything in. From our talk with the architect this morning we’ve decided definitely on 3×2, not 4×2 (since we’re planning on max 3 kids, but as we’re having a big study and allowing for a loft, we should be able to manage…)

Can you extend upwards later if the need arises?

Potentially, but this is a very one storey area and we’re not keen at all on having 2 storeys. The plan was to have a loft, but we’re not sure if we’ll be able to afford it straight away – so the architect said they could design it such that it will be relatively straight forward to add a loft in later. He said he’s done that before in a house and they put in a long hallway storage cupboard which was then removed when they had to put the stairs in.

We originally wanted a cellar but that’s definitely out of our price range:(

So is it a project home design that you are modifying or your own design?

AnneS said:

So is it a project home design that you are modifying or your own design?

Custom design :) We’re on about 45 degrees to north so it’s not the ideal block, so they’ll design it with passive solar principles and oriented correctly on the block.

These are the architects we chose: http://www.solardwellings.com.au/

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

bon008 said:

Woo woo woo!

We had our first official meeting with the architect this morning – the first meeting since we actually picked this lot from our shortlist of three. It went really well! So confident in this chap’s ability to explain things clearly to us and he’s already thinking up so many ideas that would never have occurred to us. I’m getting really excited now – it finally feels like we’re actually going to make this happen, not just dream about it for years on end!

We’ve been assigned homework of researching particular ovens and sinks, which is like the best fun thing I can think of to do right now :D

Not Germania one would think :)

Are you tearing down and rebuilding on your existing block, or building elsewhere? I can’t remember

Definitely not :) The only ones we’ve found so far with the look we like are Agas or Falcons – exxy! So looking around to see if any other brands have that Aga-style appearance.

Demolishing and building – we love the spot we’re in and it would cost heaps more to get a block and start from scratch – plus I’d lose 5 years or soil improvement and all my fruit trees!

Check out Belling. I’ve only seen them online but they look good.

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

bon008 said:

That’s one question I haven’t asked yet, but I hope it will be possible. Effectively when the demolition and build happens, we’ll be fencing off the back 1/4 of the block (where the fruit trees are), so it’s possible the lines there could stay in place, and the greywater system and controllers and everything could go into storage?

We’ll also have to get a new sewerage line put in, which will go under a few of the trees, and all the fences need replacing (how they’re going to do that on the side that sits against the giant cactus, I have no idea!)

How big is your block?

465 sqm – so it will be a bit of a squeeze getting everything in. From our talk with the architect this morning we’ve decided definitely on 3×2, not 4×2 (since we’re planning on max 3 kids, but as we’re having a big study and allowing for a loft, we should be able to manage…)

Workmen have little respect for plants.

bubba louie said:

Check out Belling. I’ve only seen them online but they look good.

Thanks BL! In my Googling, Belling was the only other brand I found apart from Aga and Falcon – but Belling seems to be more affordable :)

bon008 said:

bubba louie said:

Check out Belling. I’ve only seen them online but they look good.

Thanks BL! In my Googling, Belling was the only other brand I found apart from Aga and Falcon – but Belling seems to be more affordable :)

Read all the reviews you can find.

bubba louie said:

bon008 said:

bubba louie said:

Check out Belling. I’ve only seen them online but they look good.

Thanks BL! In my Googling, Belling was the only other brand I found apart from Aga and Falcon – but Belling seems to be more affordable :)

Read all the reviews you can find.

Will do, thanks :) Or rather..I’ll pass them on to Mr Bon, since he is the cook :)

bon008 said:

bubba louie said:

bon008 said:

Thanks BL! In my Googling, Belling was the only other brand I found apart from Aga and Falcon – but Belling seems to be more affordable :)

Read all the reviews you can find.

Will do, thanks :) Or rather..I’ll pass them on to Mr Bon, since he is the cook :)

There don’t seem to be many around. I think they’re too new.

bubba louie said:

bon008 said:

bubba louie said:

Read all the reviews you can find.

Will do, thanks :) Or rather..I’ll pass them on to Mr Bon, since he is the cook :)

There don’t seem to be many around. I think they’re too new.

I’m wondering whether parts/servicing might be a problem, if they’re not very common in Aus..

bon008 said:

bubba louie said:

bon008 said:

Will do, thanks :) Or rather..I’ll pass them on to Mr Bon, since he is the cook :)

There don’t seem to be many around. I think they’re too new.

I’m wondering whether parts/servicing might be a problem, if they’re not very common in Aus..

Is a 2 year warranty average for an oven? It feels short to me, but I’ve never bought an oven :)

bon008 said:

bubba louie said:

bon008 said:

Will do, thanks :) Or rather..I’ll pass them on to Mr Bon, since he is the cook :)

There don’t seem to be many around. I think they’re too new.

I’m wondering whether parts/servicing might be a problem, if they’re not very common in Aus..

Not necessarily.

bon008 said:

bon008 said:

bubba louie said:

There don’t seem to be many around. I think they’re too new.

I’m wondering whether parts/servicing might be a problem, if they’re not very common in Aus..

Is a 2 year warranty average for an oven? It feels short to me, but I’ve never bought an oven :)

I can’t really remember, but we did buy an extended warranty.

WOO HOO! I am now connected to ADSL broadband. I have been using a mobile broadband stick up until now. This is so much faster and reliable :)

bluegreen said:

WOO HOO! I am now connected to ADSL broadband. I have been using a mobile broadband stick up until now. This is so much faster and reliable :)

Excellent :)

bon008

Those “tough new” laws sound like our existing ones over here.

I wonder if the dams aren’t covered because it’s more common to have unsupervised kids in a suburban backyard, than on a farm property? There must be other dangers to kids on farms apart from dams and troughs etc.

[/quote said:

not sure thought they would have both been about the same, to be honest I would have thought since the pools close to the house you would be able to hear the children

I’m back! We had a glitch in the puter yesterday. Rather, it was our connection that had the glitch. Poor D was on to Big Pool twice trying to fix things and of course everyone he spoke to was foreign. Anyway after much ado we are back with the herd.

We have been getting some showers of rain. Nothing fabulous but enough to be doing some good. Very nice to see.

Our newest garden plan is in the making. We have a clothes hoist (a reject from #1 daughter) that has been lying aound here for a few years. It’s now going to be used to grow a Thunbergia mysorensis to it’s fullest potential. ATM we have T.mysor. growing over a fence but it’s is a silly position to be able to take advantage of the flowers because they hang downwards. This years flowering was enormous but mostly missed because we couldn’t see them properly. Things are about to change.

I’m off to take a stroll around the place before it rains again. Checking in sometime later.

Veg gardener said:

bon008

Those “tough new” laws sound like our existing ones over here.

I wonder if the dams aren’t covered because it’s more common to have unsupervised kids in a suburban backyard, than on a farm property? There must be other dangers to kids on farms apart from dams and troughs etc.

[/quote said:

not sure thought they would have both been about the same, to be honest I would have thought since the pools close to the house you would be able to hear the children

you can’t hear children drowning

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

bon008 said:

That’s one question I haven’t asked yet, but I hope it will be possible. Effectively when the demolition and build happens, we’ll be fencing off the back 1/4 of the block (where the fruit trees are), so it’s possible the lines there could stay in place, and the greywater system and controllers and everything could go into storage?

We’ll also have to get a new sewerage line put in, which will go under a few of the trees, and all the fences need replacing (how they’re going to do that on the side that sits against the giant cactus, I have no idea!)

How big is your block?

465 sqm – so it will be a bit of a squeeze getting everything in. From our talk with the architect this morning we’ve decided definitely on 3×2, not 4×2 (since we’re planning on max 3 kids, but as we’re having a big study and allowing for a loft, we should be able to manage…)

what’s 3×2, 4×2? do you mean 3 or 4 bedrooms?
great to hear you are starting to plan and good to hear you have started with solar orientation.

Veg gardener said:

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/mp/8425234/new-pool-laws-come-into-force-in-qld/

Good read, How about Dams? This is want I don’t get. We have to by law fence off the swimming Pool, But how about Dams, Creeks and Stock water tubs (old Bath tubs etc) still able to drown in these as well as the swimming Pool. If they can get around a pool fence and drown they could easy Climb over a farm gate and go and play by the dam or water tubs and fall in.

or wetlands? i think the pool fencing laws are very sus. no-one releases figures on how many of the drownings are in legit fenced pools. i suspect the fencing is ineffectual.

bluegreen said:

the man came and mowed the grass for me this morning. Snuck it in before today’s rain. I’ve spent the afternoon raking and depositing the clippings in my compost bay after the rain storm. By jeez it’s humid though! Sweating buckets! And I’ve got bits of grass all over me

good start BG – composting and sweating are good.

Morning, rain p***ing down here. Just as well I got all my garden jobs done yesterday.

I have some cake orders to do, inc’ 36 cupcakes for a childs birthday. Gunna have fun decorating those :)

pepe said:

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

How big is your block?

465 sqm – so it will be a bit of a squeeze getting everything in. From our talk with the architect this morning we’ve decided definitely on 3×2, not 4×2 (since we’re planning on max 3 kids, but as we’re having a big study and allowing for a loft, we should be able to manage…)

what’s 3×2, 4×2? do you mean 3 or 4 bedrooms?
great to hear you are starting to plan and good to hear you have started with solar orientation.

Yeah, sorry – bedrooms x bathrooms.

pepe said:

Veg gardener said:

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/mp/8425234/new-pool-laws-come-into-force-in-qld/

Good read, How about Dams? This is want I don’t get. We have to by law fence off the swimming Pool, But how about Dams, Creeks and Stock water tubs (old Bath tubs etc) still able to drown in these as well as the swimming Pool. If they can get around a pool fence and drown they could easy Climb over a farm gate and go and play by the dam or water tubs and fall in.

or wetlands? i think the pool fencing laws are very sus. no-one releases figures on how many of the drownings are in legit fenced pools. i suspect the fencing is ineffectual.

a friend nearly lost her son as they were sitting inside the fence and took her eye of him just for a second, but I think it helps reduce drownings of kids who go in without parental knowledge or supervision. The best protection IMO is making sure a kid can swim from a very early age.

pepe said:

bluegreen said:

the man came and mowed the grass for me this morning. Snuck it in before today’s rain. I’ve spent the afternoon raking and depositing the clippings in my compost bay after the rain storm. By jeez it’s humid though! Sweating buckets! And I’ve got bits of grass all over me

good start BG – composting and sweating are good.

I hate sweating! lol!

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

bluegreen said:

the man came and mowed the grass for me this morning. Snuck it in before today’s rain. I’ve spent the afternoon raking and depositing the clippings in my compost bay after the rain storm. By jeez it’s humid though! Sweating buckets! And I’ve got bits of grass all over me

good start BG – composting and sweating are good.

I hate sweating! lol!

my back is aching today too so I am having a lazy day of rest :)

bluegreen said:

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

good start BG – composting and sweating are good.

I hate sweating! lol!

my back is aching today too so I am having a lazy day of rest :)

Would a few gentle stretches help? Say, reaching for the remote control, or reaching for a magazine :D

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

bluegreen said:

I hate sweating! lol!

my back is aching today too so I am having a lazy day of rest :)

Would a few gentle stretches help? Say, reaching for the remote control, or reaching for a magazine :D

I’m sure they would :D

storm about to pass over. I hear thunder!

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

my back is aching today too so I am having a lazy day of rest :)

Would a few gentle stretches help? Say, reaching for the remote control, or reaching for a magazine :D

I’m sure they would :D

storm about to pass over. I hear thunder!

Going by the radar you would have gotten quite a downpour BG!

bluegreen said:

Veg gardener said:

bon008

Those “tough new” laws sound like our existing ones over here.

I wonder if the dams aren’t covered because it’s more common to have unsupervised kids in a suburban backyard, than on a farm property? There must be other dangers to kids on farms apart from dams and troughs etc.

[/quote said:

not sure thought they would have both been about the same, to be honest I would have thought since the pools close to the house you would be able to hear the children

you can’t hear children drowning

What I ment bg was that you would be able to hear them moving stuff around or the gate bang shut.

pepe said:

Veg gardener said:

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/mp/8425234/new-pool-laws-come-into-force-in-qld/

Good read, How about Dams? This is want I don’t get. We have to by law fence off the swimming Pool, But how about Dams, Creeks and Stock water tubs (old Bath tubs etc) still able to drown in these as well as the swimming Pool. If they can get around a pool fence and drown they could easy Climb over a farm gate and go and play by the dam or water tubs and fall in.

or wetlands? i think the pool fencing laws are very sus. no-one releases figures on how many of the drownings are in legit fenced pools. i suspect the fencing is ineffectual.

anyone could fall Into the creek just up the road from here all there is is a 200-300mm Step.

bluegreen said:

storm about to pass over. I hear thunder!

well that was impressive! even the ducks went for cover!

bluegreen said:

bluegreen said:

storm about to pass over. I hear thunder!

well that was impressive! even the ducks went for cover!

Very! I’d just looked at the radar and thought of you..

Veg gardener said:

pepe said:

Veg gardener said:

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/mp/8425234/new-pool-laws-come-into-force-in-qld/

Good read, How about Dams? This is want I don’t get. We have to by law fence off the swimming Pool, But how about Dams, Creeks and Stock water tubs (old Bath tubs etc) still able to drown in these as well as the swimming Pool. If they can get around a pool fence and drown they could easy Climb over a farm gate and go and play by the dam or water tubs and fall in.

or wetlands? i think the pool fencing laws are very sus. no-one releases figures on how many of the drownings are in legit fenced pools. i suspect the fencing is ineffectual.

anyone could fall Into the creek just up the road from here all there is is a 200-300mm Step.

that is true, but you can’t fence everything! Statistics probably show that more kids drown in backyard pools than anywhere else. That doesn’t mean it can’t happen anywhere else though.

I’m feeling very BLAH today.

It’s hot and wet. I have to buy groceries but have absolutely no incentive. I can’t even decide what to cook for dinner.

We have two functions on Saturday and I’ve only got the same old clothes everyone’s seen me in a million times, but I hate clothes shopping and I can’t really afford it right now anyway.

Pity I can’t just wriggle my nose and someting light and summery would magically appear in the wardrobe.

I need to do some laudry too but I’ll have to use the drier.

BLAH BLAH BLAH.

bubba louie said:

I’m feeling very BLAH today.

It’s hot and wet. I have to buy groceries but have absolutely no incentive. I can’t even decide what to cook for dinner.

We have two functions on Saturday and I’ve only got the same old clothes everyone’s seen me in a million times, but I hate clothes shopping and I can’t really afford it right now anyway.

Pity I can’t just wriggle my nose and someting light and summery would magically appear in the wardrobe.

I need to do some laudry too but I’ll have to use the drier.

BLAH BLAH BLAH.

I hung out my laundry yesterday which promptly got rained on. I managed to bring it in dry before today’s storm hit though. Just as well, I was running out of undies!

bubba louie said:

I’m feeling very BLAH today.

It’s hot and wet. I have to buy groceries but have absolutely no incentive. I can’t even decide what to cook for dinner.

We have two functions on Saturday and I’ve only got the same old clothes everyone’s seen me in a million times, but I hate clothes shopping and I can’t really afford it right now anyway.

Pity I can’t just wriggle my nose and someting light and summery would magically appear in the wardrobe.

I need to do some laudry too but I’ll have to use the drier.

BLAH BLAH BLAH.

Well I’ll join you , my morning went fine but my arvo went badly, lol. I went to see a friend in hospital after her Op and got caught in the worst downpour!. My friends Op was delayed and she hadn’t even been prepped yet. Still hours to go.
So then I went to a supermarket and as I was standing there with my basket of groceries, there was a power blackout. Couldn’t wait to pay so I had to leave the groceries with staff and went home, hungry and dejected. Got home and a lot of the garden was damaged by hail.
It’s being photographed tomorrow! LOL!

My friend who was awaiting her Op has had a worse day!.. waited all day then finally they prep her and go to theater.. then it was cancelled. She will have to go in another day now.

Happy Potter said:

bubba louie said:

I’m feeling very BLAH today.

It’s hot and wet. I have to buy groceries but have absolutely no incentive. I can’t even decide what to cook for dinner.

We have two functions on Saturday and I’ve only got the same old clothes everyone’s seen me in a million times, but I hate clothes shopping and I can’t really afford it right now anyway.

Pity I can’t just wriggle my nose and someting light and summery would magically appear in the wardrobe.

I need to do some laudry too but I’ll have to use the drier.

BLAH BLAH BLAH.

Well I’ll join you , my morning went fine but my arvo went badly, lol. I went to see a friend in hospital after her Op and got caught in the worst downpour!. My friends Op was delayed and she hadn’t even been prepped yet. Still hours to go.
So then I went to a supermarket and as I was standing there with my basket of groceries, there was a power blackout. Couldn’t wait to pay so I had to leave the groceries with staff and went home, hungry and dejected. Got home and a lot of the garden was damaged by hail.
It’s being photographed tomorrow! LOL!

Oh dear what a bummer!

Happy Potter said:

My friend who was awaiting her Op has had a worse day!.. waited all day then finally they prep her and go to theater.. then it was cancelled. She will have to go in another day now.

Double bummer. That is really bad form when that happens

I have read that some haven’t had such a good day. Well I have had a good one. Didn’t do anything special but it was OK. D and I cleaned the house. I mean an honest to God clean, clean. I don’t do housework regularly like I used to so when visitors are expected it’s panic time. It feels so good when it’s all shite and brining.

We have had 32mls of rain over the last 24 hours. Still more to come I’d say so that number will climb.

Dinner’s on.

pomolo said:

I have read that some haven’t had such a good day. Well I have had a good one. Didn’t do anything special but it was OK. D and I cleaned the house. I mean an honest to God clean, clean. I don’t do housework regularly like I used to so when visitors are expected it’s panic time. It feels so good when it’s all shite and brining.

We have had 32mls of rain over the last 24 hours. Still more to come I’d say so that number will climb.

Dinner’s on.

Excellent. On both counts :)

Hi there HP.

I have just found out that Luckyland got around 70mls rain. Hope you’re above the water line Lucky1.

Mr Y has 2 days’ work 100km away, plus a meeting tonight. I offered to have the Feral Stepdaughter (a.k.a. Littlemiss), age 11, stay for the night. The kids had pizza and salad for dinner, been playing Wii games. Need to point them at the bathroom, set up a bed in the loungeroom for the girl, and get them sorted.

Lovely having an extra body and the kids are good mates.

pomolo said:

Hi there HP.

Hi there Pom. I’ve had an interesting day of up’s and downs. It’s too humid .. ppff

Happy Potter said:

bubba louie said:

I’m feeling very BLAH today.

It’s hot and wet. I have to buy groceries but have absolutely no incentive. I can’t even decide what to cook for dinner.

We have two functions on Saturday and I’ve only got the same old clothes everyone’s seen me in a million times, but I hate clothes shopping and I can’t really afford it right now anyway.

Pity I can’t just wriggle my nose and someting light and summery would magically appear in the wardrobe.

I need to do some laudry too but I’ll have to use the drier.

BLAH BLAH BLAH.

Well I’ll join you , my morning went fine but my arvo went badly, lol. I went to see a friend in hospital after her Op and got caught in the worst downpour!. My friends Op was delayed and she hadn’t even been prepped yet. Still hours to go.
So then I went to a supermarket and as I was standing there with my basket of groceries, there was a power blackout. Couldn’t wait to pay so I had to leave the groceries with staff and went home, hungry and dejected. Got home and a lot of the garden was damaged by hail.
It’s being photographed tomorrow! LOL!

I think you win the BLAH stakes.

I think you win the BLAH stakes.
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Nah, tis fine.
I’ve consoled myself with a choc nougat bar :D
I can’t switch the rain off, but I won’t have to water for a month at least!

The rain was too much for some fruits tho’.. tiny pears all dropped off. Similar with peaches, but not all the fruit. The nectarines seem fine so far.
Celery loves a flood, but not when it’s gone to seed and starting to flower. It’s gone. Sage bush is looking a bit sick too.
The 2 almonds are hanging on for grim death! They’re nuts! LOL

There’s some cool photos of the storms on the news site.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/summer-drenching-sweeps-victoria/story-e6frf7kx-1225964616788

bluegreen said:

Veg gardener said:

pepe said:

or wetlands? i think the pool fencing laws are very sus. no-one releases figures on how many of the drownings are in legit fenced pools. i suspect the fencing is ineffectual.

anyone could fall Into the creek just up the road from here all there is is a 200-300mm Step.

that is true, but you can’t fence everything! Statistics probably show that more kids drown in backyard pools than anywhere else. That doesn’t mean it can’t happen anywhere else though.

People walking along there during the night time.

Gee whiz, quiet here yesterday and looks like being the same again today!

Yeehah said:

Gee whiz, quiet here yesterday and looks like being the same again today!

Relaxing before a busy day ;)

Gorgeous morning, I’ve hardly been inside since 7 am. Brekky in the fenery just now with Max sharing my vegemite toast :)
I watched a spider spin a web. It’s a lovely view watching the morning sun through raindrops on ferns. Very relaxing :D

Happy Potter said:

Yeehah said:

Gee whiz, quiet here yesterday and looks like being the same again today!

Relaxing before a busy day ;)

Gorgeous morning, I’ve hardly been inside since 7 am. Brekky in the fenery just now with Max sharing my vegemite toast :)
I watched a spider spin a web. It’s a lovely view watching the morning sun through raindrops on ferns. Very relaxing :D

Sunlight? What’s that? Morning by the way. I’m just having my brekky and do some washing and then off to

Oops bumped the “Submit” buttone before I finished typing. Was saying…off the next event of the sesquicentennial at 10:00am…..wine tasting! Just as well the winery is only a couple of kms away…have to make sure I don’t have to blow in the bag :)

AnneS said:

Oops bumped the “Submit” buttone before I finished typing. Was saying…off the next event of the sesquicentennial at 10:00am…..wine tasting! Just as well the winery is only a couple of kms away…have to make sure I don’t have to blow in the bag :)

Have you been practicing wine tasting ? :P

Sounds like a good day :)

Happy Potter said:

AnneS said:

Oops bumped the “Submit” buttone before I finished typing. Was saying…off the next event of the sesquicentennial at 10:00am…..wine tasting! Just as well the winery is only a couple of kms away…have to make sure I don’t have to blow in the bag :)

Have you been practicing wine tasting ? :P

Sounds like a good day :)

Nah. Just accidentally bumped “enter” before I was ready…on second thoughts there might be something funny in the cuppa LOL

Got home and a lot of the garden was damaged by hail. It’s being photographed tomorrow!
LOL!
——————————-

actually a photographic study of hail damage would probably be interesting.
your poor garden – the sun is coming ……. 33C here today.

pomolo said:

I have just found out that Luckyland got around 70mls rain. Hope you’re above the water line Lucky1.

bump – i’m wondering too.

In todays local rag

http://www.southcoastregister.com.au/news/local/news/general/wandy-bash-celebrates-150-years/2015799.aspx

at our community breakfast yesterday. Just got back from this morning’s event….wine tasting at the local winery…hic!

AnneS said:

In todays local rag

http://www.southcoastregister.com.au/news/local/news/general/wandy-bash-celebrates-150-years/2015799.aspx

at our community breakfast yesterday. Just got back from this morning’s event….wine tasting at the local winery…hic!

Love your big smile there Anne :)

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

In todays local rag

http://www.southcoastregister.com.au/news/local/news/general/wandy-bash-celebrates-150-years/2015799.aspx

at our community breakfast yesterday. Just got back from this morning’s event….wine tasting at the local winery…hic!

Love your big smile there Anne :)

thanks bon

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

In todays local rag

http://www.southcoastregister.com.au/news/local/news/general/wandy-bash-celebrates-150-years/2015799.aspx

at our community breakfast yesterday. Just got back from this morning’s event….wine tasting at the local winery…hic!

Love your big smile there Anne :)

and the big double chin LOL!

AnneS said:

In todays local rag

http://www.southcoastregister.com.au/news/local/news/general/wandy-bash-celebrates-150-years/2015799.aspx

at our community breakfast yesterday. Just got back from this morning’s event….wine tasting at the local winery…hic!

Lovely Pic Anne :)

Well the interview and photo session went wonderfully :) The photographer couldn’t decide which part of the garden he wanted to take a photo of me in, so he took many pics in different areas.

The intervew went great, the woman asking me the questions declared she was going to start a vege garden asap, lol. This time I was able to answer gardening questions with a bit more knowledge.. I was a bit more clued up this time. I’m getting used to this! lol!
She could not get over that I breed composting worms to give away. I told her they are too expensive to buy and that puts people off recycling. I hope she puts that in the article..

AnneS said:

In todays local rag

http://www.southcoastregister.com.au/news/local/news/general/wandy-bash-celebrates-150-years/2015799.aspx

at our community breakfast yesterday. Just got back from this morning’s event….wine tasting at the local winery…hic!

Photo’s in colour. Bonus ;)

just had a fruitful day in town. had to go in for an Employment Services interview (these are to happen fortnightly.) After that I did a bit of a wander around town. Joined the library and borrowed some books, found some chairs I like for my dining table and put a deposit on them, got some fresh fruit & veg from an almost organic fruit shop (some organic produce but mostly just fresh and local,) then on the way home picked up a couple of kilos of cherries direct from the grower. Had to buy 2 kilos as I didn’t have the change for just one. Oh dear! Going to have to eat them I suppose! And look for some cherry recipes.

I know the chairs are going to look good with the table as they were on display with one almost identical to mine, only mine is more scruffy! I am going to have to sand and polish it now so it looks good with the new chairs!

Happy Potter said:

Well the interview and photo session went wonderfully :) The photographer couldn’t decide which part of the garden he wanted to take a photo of me in, so he took many pics in different areas.

The intervew went great, the woman asking me the questions declared she was going to start a vege garden asap, lol. This time I was able to answer gardening questions with a bit more knowledge.. I was a bit more clued up this time. I’m getting used to this! lol!
She could not get over that I breed composting worms to give away. I told her they are too expensive to buy and that puts people off recycling. I hope she puts that in the article..

Bravo HP. You really are an inspiration! If you can’t get people recycling and growing their own vegies, nothing will. LOL

Yeehah said:

AnneS said:

In todays local rag

http://www.southcoastregister.com.au/news/local/news/general/wandy-bash-celebrates-150-years/2015799.aspx

at our community breakfast yesterday. Just got back from this morning’s event….wine tasting at the local winery…hic!

Photo’s in colour. Bonus ;)

:)

Excitement plus. Boss has been off on sick leave this week (minor op), am currently drafting a “to-do” list for him to get into first thing Monday. Oh joy. Oh bliss.

;)

bluegreen said:

just had a fruitful day in town. had to go in for an Employment Services interview (these are to happen fortnightly.) After that I did a bit of a wander around town. Joined the library and borrowed some books, found some chairs I like for my dining table and put a deposit on them, got some fresh fruit & veg from an almost organic fruit shop (some organic produce but mostly just fresh and local,) then on the way home picked up a couple of kilos of cherries direct from the grower. Had to buy 2 kilos as I didn’t have the change for just one. Oh dear! Going to have to eat them I suppose! And look for some cherry recipes.

I know the chairs are going to look good with the table as they were on display with one almost identical to mine, only mine is more scruffy! I am going to have to sand and polish it now so it looks good with the new chairs!

Cool. Sounds like you have landed on your feet BG. How big is the town? I had visions of you be way out in the sticks, but looking at your photos you have close people neighbours as well as the cow paddock neighbours.

I’m jealous of you having 2kg of cherries…..yum. Might have to go out see how many raspberries I can pick.

AnneS said:

Cool. Sounds like you have landed on your feet BG. How big is the town? I had visions of you be way out in the sticks, but looking at your photos you have close people neighbours as well as the cow paddock neighbours.

I’m jealous of you having 2kg of cherries…..yum. Might have to go out see how many raspberries I can pick.

Swanpool itself only has about 600 people in the area. Benalla (what I have called “town”) is less than 25kms away and has just over 9000 people.

Tonight we have the dinner dance for the celebrations. The hall all decorated for tonight. There will be 140 people. Boy it’s going to be squashy….it’s only a small hall. I have been to dinner dances before with about 100 people and there’s not a lot of room ot move (and still have a dance floor!)

Just as well we have a couple of marquees outside to allow for a bit of overflow. There hasn’t been any rain today, but more is forecast later. Hope we don’t get much more…the paddock where we will have our parade tomorrow is still fairly wet!

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bluegreen said:

AnneS said:

Cool. Sounds like you have landed on your feet BG. How big is the town? I had visions of you be way out in the sticks, but looking at your photos you have close people neighbours as well as the cow paddock neighbours.

I’m jealous of you having 2kg of cherries…..yum. Might have to go out see how many raspberries I can pick.

Swanpool itself only has about 600 people in the area. Benalla (what I have called “town”) is less than 25kms away and has just over 9000 people.

Sounds a bit like us. We have between 200-300 here in Wandandian, but Nowra 30kms away has about 27,000. Sussex Inlet 15km away has about 4,000

bluegreen said:

Swanpool itself only has about 600 people in the area. Benalla (what I have called “town”) is less than 25kms away and has just over 9000 people.

Maaate. Huuuuuge. My town has about 6,500 people. Stuns people when I tell ‘em I have to go either 70km west or 99km south to get to a town that has shops like Big W and KMart. Target Country is our biggest shop.

Yeehah said:

bluegreen said:

Swanpool itself only has about 600 people in the area. Benalla (what I have called “town”) is less than 25kms away and has just over 9000 people.

Maaate. Huuuuuge. My town has about 6,500 people. Stuns people when I tell ‘em I have to go either 70km west or 99km south to get to a town that has shops like Big W and KMart. Target Country is our biggest shop.

Benalla has Target Country, but I would probably have to go into Wangaratta or Shepparton for Big W or KMart or Bunnings.

mmmmmm….

super fresh cherries :)

bluegreen said:

Yeehah said:

bluegreen said:

Swanpool itself only has about 600 people in the area. Benalla (what I have called “town”) is less than 25kms away and has just over 9000 people.

Maaate. Huuuuuge. My town has about 6,500 people. Stuns people when I tell ‘em I have to go either 70km west or 99km south to get to a town that has shops like Big W and KMart. Target Country is our biggest shop.

Benalla has Target Country, but I would probably have to go into Wangaratta or Shepparton for Big W or KMart or Bunnings.

I have three shopping centres withing a 15min drive. Wanna swap?????

bubba louie said:

bluegreen said:

Yeehah said:

Maaate. Huuuuuge. My town has about 6,500 people. Stuns people when I tell ‘em I have to go either 70km west or 99km south to get to a town that has shops like Big W and KMart. Target Country is our biggest shop.

Benalla has Target Country, but I would probably have to go into Wangaratta or Shepparton for Big W or KMart or Bunnings.

I have three shopping centres withing a 15min drive. Wanna swap?????

nah too humid

bluegreen said:

just had a fruitful day in town. had to go in for an Employment Services interview (these are to happen fortnightly.) After that I did a bit of a wander around town. Joined the library and borrowed some books, found some chairs I like for my dining table and put a deposit on them, got some fresh fruit & veg from an almost organic fruit shop (some organic produce but mostly just fresh and local,) then on the way home picked up a couple of kilos of cherries direct from the grower. Had to buy 2 kilos as I didn’t have the change for just one. Oh dear! Going to have to eat them I suppose! And look for some cherry recipes.

I know the chairs are going to look good with the table as they were on display with one almost identical to mine, only mine is more scruffy! I am going to have to sand and polish it now so it looks good with the new chairs!

Good-o on the chairs. Cherries too, YUM! I am going to look for a ‘pick your own cherries’ place around here too.

bubba louie said:

I have three shopping centres withing a 15min drive. Wanna swap?????

For a visit, sure, but who’d wanna live there?
I loooove living 2 blocks from work and driving anyway cos I can park right outside the door. Spoilt!

Looks like I’m going to have a sore Christmas, my surgery’s been re-booked for the 23rd Dec. Good job I’m not having Christmas at my place!
eek.

Another storm went over while I was out, there’s leaves stripped off neighbouring trees and there’s a carpet of leaves covering the back yard.
It brought a cool change with it, but it’s still so muggy. Cold turkey salad for tea :)

Happy Potter said:

Looks like I’m going to have a sore Christmas, my surgery’s been re-booked for the 23rd Dec. Good job I’m not having Christmas at my place!
eek.

bugger. will keep you quiet for a day or so I suppose!

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Looks like I’m going to have a sore Christmas, my surgery’s been re-booked for the 23rd Dec. Good job I’m not having Christmas at my place!
eek.

bugger. will keep you quiet for a day or so I suppose!

Yep, a day or two. LOL

Evening all :)

mmm…..

cherry muffins :)

bluegreen said:

mmm…..

cherry muffins :)

Oh stop it! lol!

bluegreen said:

mmm…..

cherry muffins :)

what about white chocolate and cherry muffins?

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

mmm…..

cherry muffins :)

Oh stop it! lol!

:D

Happy Potter said:

I think you win the BLAH stakes.
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Nah, tis fine.
I’ve consoled myself with a choc nougat bar :D
I can’t switch the rain off, but I won’t have to water for a month at least!

The rain was too much for some fruits tho’.. tiny pears all dropped off. Similar with peaches, but not all the fruit. The nectarines seem fine so far.
Celery loves a flood, but not when it’s gone to seed and starting to flower. It’s gone. Sage bush is looking a bit sick too.
The 2 almonds are hanging on for grim death! They’re nuts! LOL

Too bad about your garden HP. All that work and you lose your crop. Makes me wonder how farmers cope with unexpected weather and it’s their living.

AnneS said:

In todays local rag

http://www.southcoastregister.com.au/news/local/news/general/wandy-bash-celebrates-150-years/2015799.aspx

at our community breakfast yesterday. Just got back from this morning’s event….wine tasting at the local winery…hic!

Another celebrity getting their pic in the paper. GA will be contacting you shortly.

Happy Potter said:

Looks like I’m going to have a sore Christmas, my surgery’s been re-booked for the 23rd Dec. Good job I’m not having Christmas at my place!
eek.

Bad timimg.

Happy Potter said:

Another storm went over while I was out, there’s leaves stripped off neighbouring trees and there’s a carpet of leaves covering the back yard.
It brought a cool change with it, but it’s still so muggy. Cold turkey salad for tea :)

South and north are having some wild weather.

bluegreen said:

mmm…..

cherry muffins :)

Now cut that out BG!

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

mmm…..

cherry muffins :)

Oh stop it! lol!

That was my line.

For the second night in a row we have a plague of brown beetles bombarding against the screen door and landing on their back on the verandah. You can’t walk out there without squishing a few. I suppose they are better than the flying ants because the tiny ants seem to get through the screen somehow.

That advancing rain hasn’t arrived here yet. Who took it?

pomolo said:

For the second night in a row we have a plague of brown beetles bombarding against the screen door and landing on their back on the verandah. You can’t walk out there without squishing a few. I suppose they are better than the flying ants because the tiny ants seem to get through the screen somehow.

That advancing rain hasn’t arrived here yet. Who took it?

I’ve squished three cockroaches tonight and one got away. The joys of summer in an old house.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Another storm went over while I was out, there’s leaves stripped off neighbouring trees and there’s a carpet of leaves covering the back yard.
It brought a cool change with it, but it’s still so muggy. Cold turkey salad for tea :)

South and north are having some wild weather.

Not wrong. I hope those of you in flooded areas stay safe. The river in my town is coping, but in other places in northern Vic it’s a ruin. Wettest spring on record I read.
Nsw and Qld are copping it much worse.

Little chance of rain here today though and I will get to spend some time in the garden. The euc mulch in the chooks run is holding it’s own and the hens are dry. Good stuff.

Oh, and good morning. I have some cooking to do today.

Hubby and I are amazed that we haven’t seen a single one of our five kids in five whole days. That’s a first in so many years we can’t think back to how long it’s been, or if that’s ever happened. If it hasn’t, then it’s been 33 years.
We thought it was quiet! lol.

Happy Potter said:

Oh, and good morning. I have some cooking to do today.

Really? How surprising :P

Happy Potter said:

Hubby and I are amazed that we haven’t seen a single one of our five kids in five whole days. That’s a first in so many years we can’t think back to how long it’s been, or if that’s ever happened. If it hasn’t, then it’s been 33 years.
We thought it was quiet! lol.

I’m an empty-nester every other week when younger son goes to his dad’s place. Can’t decide which feeling is dominant though – missing him, or enjoying the peace!

Yeehah said:

Happy Potter said:

Oh, and good morning. I have some cooking to do today.

Really? How surprising :P

Happy Potter said:

Hubby and I are amazed that we haven’t seen a single one of our five kids in five whole days. That’s a first in so many years we can’t think back to how long it’s been, or if that’s ever happened. If it hasn’t, then it’s been 33 years.
We thought it was quiet! lol.

I’m an empty-nester every other week when younger son goes to his dad’s place. Can’t decide which feeling is dominant though – missing him, or enjoying the peace!

We were trying to figure that out too when youngest daughter arrived to shatter the peace.
She’s been given a list of jobs. Decorate the tree and and the conifer out front, then drive her sister and sister’s work mates to the pub for their Xmas lunch do. And do the washing, lol.

As long as they are all ok, we want to try for a whole seven days without seeing a kid, lol.

Happy Potter said:

Yeehah said:

Happy Potter said:

Oh, and good morning. I have some cooking to do today.

Really? How surprising :P

Happy Potter said:

Hubby and I are amazed that we haven’t seen a single one of our five kids in five whole days. That’s a first in so many years we can’t think back to how long it’s been, or if that’s ever happened. If it hasn’t, then it’s been 33 years.
We thought it was quiet! lol.

I’m an empty-nester every other week when younger son goes to his dad’s place. Can’t decide which feeling is dominant though – missing him, or enjoying the peace!

We were trying to figure that out too when youngest daughter arrived to shatter the peace.
She’s been given a list of jobs. Decorate the tree and and the conifer out front, then drive her sister and sister’s work mates to the pub for their Xmas lunch do. And do the washing, lol.

As long as they are all ok, we want to try for a whole seven days without seeing a kid, lol.

Hmm, now I’m worried that I neglect my parents! We would average maybe three weeks between visits I think. Although my brothers hang out there more often.

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

Yeehah said:

I’m an empty-nester every other week when younger son goes to his dad’s place. Can’t decide which feeling is dominant though – missing him, or enjoying the peace!

We were trying to figure that out too when youngest daughter arrived to shatter the peace.
She’s been given a list of jobs. Decorate the tree and and the conifer out front, then drive her sister and sister’s work mates to the pub for their Xmas lunch do. And do the washing, lol.

As long as they are all ok, we want to try for a whole seven days without seeing a kid, lol.

Hmm, now I’m worried that I neglect my parents! We would average maybe three weeks between visits I think. Although my brothers hang out there more often.

They might be used to the absences Bon. We’re not, our little cherubs invade our home often, not that we mind, but it’s good for a spell without them too, lol.

My fish pond is starting to be problematic. I looked at it and it was green. Dunno why, perhaps because I took the water iris out.
So I needed to empty it completely and took out all the plants and fish. A job and a half catching those big fish! I put them all into the pondy tub.
They love it in there. Plant’s went into smaller water tubs. Also potted up, with pebbles, a reedy type natie pond plant. I forget it’s name.

But, I needed to pump some oxygen into pondy tub for fish..so I grabbed one of the girls old spa mat’s you put into a bathtub for a cheap spa … well I put that on and Holey crap!! monster bubbles near blew the fish out of the water!! I got drenched too. Quickly found ‘low massage’ setting and fishies were doing duck dives through it, lol. I put the timer on for 15 mins and I will do that perodically throughout the day.

Emptied the pond and wiped it out, emptied bio filter, flushed the lot and the lines and left in the sun to dry and that can all sit dry for a few days.
Fishies love their new holiday home, they can stay in there for about a month until I get the main pond sorted and running clear again.

I need a shower and a rest then I’m off to a friends for a BBQ tea tonight.

Happy Potter said:

Yeehah said:

Happy Potter said:

Oh, and good morning. I have some cooking to do today.

Really? How surprising :P

Happy Potter said:

Hubby and I are amazed that we haven’t seen a single one of our five kids in five whole days. That’s a first in so many years we can’t think back to how long it’s been, or if that’s ever happened. If it hasn’t, then it’s been 33 years.
We thought it was quiet! lol.

I’m an empty-nester every other week when younger son goes to his dad’s place. Can’t decide which feeling is dominant though – missing him, or enjoying the peace!

We were trying to figure that out too when youngest daughter arrived to shatter the peace.
She’s been given a list of jobs. Decorate the tree and and the conifer out front, then drive her sister and sister’s work mates to the pub for their Xmas lunch do. And do the washing, lol.

As long as they are all ok, we want to try for a whole seven days without seeing a kid, lol.
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Then comes the complete turn around. You never see them. Not exactly that bad but you certainly look forward to them visiting.

Happy Potter said:

My fish pond is starting to be problematic. I looked at it and it was green. Dunno why, perhaps because I took the water iris out.
So I needed to empty it completely and took out all the plants and fish. A job and a half catching those big fish! I put them all into the pondy tub.
They love it in there. Plant’s went into smaller water tubs. Also potted up, with pebbles, a reedy type natie pond plant. I forget it’s name.

But, I needed to pump some oxygen into pondy tub for fish..so I grabbed one of the girls old spa mat’s you put into a bathtub for a cheap spa … well I put that on and Holey crap!! monster bubbles near blew the fish out of the water!! I got drenched too. Quickly found ‘low massage’ setting and fishies were doing duck dives through it, lol. I put the timer on for 15 mins and I will do that perodically throughout the day.

Emptied the pond and wiped it out, emptied bio filter, flushed the lot and the lines and left in the sun to dry and that can all sit dry for a few days.
Fishies love their new holiday home, they can stay in there for about a month until I get the main pond sorted and running clear again.

I need a shower and a rest then I’m off to a friends for a BBQ tea tonight.

Oh thank you for the giggle HP. I just read your post to D and he cracked up. I’m sorry you got all wet and the fish thought they were being bombed but you gave us a laugh.

I’m having my first sit down for the day. Been cooking for the visitors. Have fun at your BBQ tonight. We have a Christmas break-up party tomorrow night. Should be fun. We don’t do much socialising these days so I’m looking foreward to the outing.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

My fish pond is starting to be problematic. I looked at it and it was green. Dunno why, perhaps because I took the water iris out.
So I needed to empty it completely and took out all the plants and fish. A job and a half catching those big fish! I put them all into the pondy tub.
They love it in there. Plant’s went into smaller water tubs. Also potted up, with pebbles, a reedy type natie pond plant. I forget it’s name.

But, I needed to pump some oxygen into pondy tub for fish..so I grabbed one of the girls old spa mat’s you put into a bathtub for a cheap spa … well I put that on and Holey crap!! monster bubbles near blew the fish out of the water!! I got drenched too. Quickly found ‘low massage’ setting and fishies were doing duck dives through it, lol. I put the timer on for 15 mins and I will do that perodically throughout the day.

Emptied the pond and wiped it out, emptied bio filter, flushed the lot and the lines and left in the sun to dry and that can all sit dry for a few days.
Fishies love their new holiday home, they can stay in there for about a month until I get the main pond sorted and running clear again.

I need a shower and a rest then I’m off to a friends for a BBQ tea tonight.

Oh thank you for the giggle HP. I just read your post to D and he cracked up. I’m sorry you got all wet and the fish thought they were being bombed but you gave us a laugh.

I’m having my first sit down for the day. Been cooking for the visitors. Have fun at your BBQ tonight. We have a Christmas break-up party tomorrow night. Should be fun. We don’t do much socialising these days so I’m looking foreward to the outing.

Lol Pom no worries. Actually it was like I’d put a bomb in it lol.One big fish got flung up and I did a great catch!

I’ve never seen a real spa bath jet with a strong action like that! It got the man thinking that the next time it’s empty we should anchor the spa mat in, refill it, put a couple plastic chairs in it and hop in it to relax during a scorcher!
I can just see it now.. it’s not a good look…nup.

You have fun with your visitors and tomorrow night’s outing too :D

what an exciting day for your fish, HP! lol! Hope you sort out your pond problems. Sounds like it was getting too much sun after removing the plant.

I’ve been a bit quiet here. Been feeling a bit out of sorts this week. Got a full day tomorrow so hope I am up to it. Swanpool is holding its annual Swap Meet and Village Market so I don’t want to miss that, then in the afternoon I am going to check out the Violet Town Seed Swappers and Permaculture Group. Should be a good day.

bluegreen said:

I’ve been a bit quiet here. Been feeling a bit out of sorts this week. Got a full day tomorrow so hope I am up to it. Swanpool is holding its annual Swap Meet and Village Market so I don’t want to miss that, then in the afternoon I am going to check out the Violet Town Seed Swappers and Permaculture Group. Should be a good day.

geez – country towns have moved to the left since i lived in one.
seed swapping, permaculture and market – hey BG – this town was made for you LOL.

pepe said:

bluegreen said:

Swanpool is holding its annual Swap Meet and Village Market so I don’t want to miss that, then in the afternoon I am going to check out the Violet Town Seed Swappers and Permaculture Group. Should be a good day.

geez – country towns have moved to the left since i lived in one.
seed swapping, permaculture and market – hey BG – this town was made for you LOL.

Reckon! Ain’t like that up here where our federal independent member has been copping a sledging in the letters to the editor in the local rag for backing Labor.

100km away in Armidale, which has a university, there’s more interest in recycling, permaculture, etc, but the mindset is quite right-wing here.

pepe said:

bluegreen said:

I’ve been a bit quiet here. Been feeling a bit out of sorts this week. Got a full day tomorrow so hope I am up to it. Swanpool is holding its annual Swap Meet and Village Market so I don’t want to miss that, then in the afternoon I am going to check out the Violet Town Seed Swappers and Permaculture Group. Should be a good day.

geez – country towns have moved to the left since i lived in one.
seed swapping, permaculture and market – hey BG – this town was made for you LOL.

I knew that Violet Town had a bent towards sustainability and permaculture. One of the things that attracted me to the area.

Happy Potter said:

My fish pond is starting to be problematic. I looked at it and it was green. Dunno why, perhaps because I took the water iris out.
So I needed to empty it completely and took out all the plants and fish. A job and a half catching those big fish! I put them all into the pondy tub.
They love it in there. Plant’s went into smaller water tubs. Also potted up, with pebbles, a reedy type natie pond plant. I forget it’s name.

But, I needed to pump some oxygen into pondy tub for fish..so I grabbed one of the girls old spa mat’s you put into a bathtub for a cheap spa … well I put that on and Holey crap!! monster bubbles near blew the fish out of the water!! I got drenched too. Quickly found ‘low massage’ setting and fishies were doing duck dives through it, lol. I put the timer on for 15 mins and I will do that perodically throughout the day.

Emptied the pond and wiped it out, emptied bio filter, flushed the lot and the lines and left in the sun to dry and that can all sit dry for a few days.
Fishies love their new holiday home, they can stay in there for about a month until I get the main pond sorted and running clear again.

I need a shower and a rest then I’m off to a friends for a BBQ tea tonight.

sounds like fun potter, spa treatment for the scaly friends!

Busy day here. Concert at the boy’s guitar school and then straight on to the ducati club christmas party.

Morning all,
Gardens are getting a good water, Ducks are having fun in what mud they can make.
Sydney royal Easter show dates Have been Posted out and its now a 14 day show, Going to be along time in those cages for the young birds. Most of the Judging and Comps are done in the before the Frist weekend.

back from the market already. It wasn’t very big and only 5 mins walk away (the other end of town!) Apparently one of the local papers got the date wrong and people were turning up yesterday. Don’t know if that meant that there were less stalls than there should have been. I bought some home made pasta sauce for myself, and a hamper of home made chutneys and relishes for the RE agent as he has been so helpful.

Good morning. Cloudy and cool-ish. I hope it stays cool and calm. The bbq at my friends went really late and I got home and fell into bed.
I haven’t caused any more tidal waves and the fish are happy :)

Strange things are happening in my garden.. the overwatered citrus (too much rain) that had dropped most of their fruit have put on a second lot of blossom! Not as many as the first blossoming, but obviously the trees are responding to the stress by repeat flowering. Not so the pear tree though. The pear trees down at the orchard have tons of immature fruit on them, so I won’t be short of pears when they ripen :)

Picking beaut zuchinni’s and capsicums atm, tomatoes not far off (won’t get them by Xmas tho’) and the spaghetti squash plant is starting to climb the rear fence.

My ‘swishing’ bird might be a black tailed godwit. I saw it again this morning and it’s lighter underneath. It seems what I thought was a long tail might in fact be it’s legs trailing behind. I might, one day, visit the western treatment plant and have a look at all the summer visiting migatory birds about.

bluegreen said:

back from the market already. It wasn’t very big and only 5 mins walk away (the other end of town!) Apparently one of the local papers got the date wrong and people were turning up yesterday. Don’t know if that meant that there were less stalls than there should have been. I bought some home made pasta sauce for myself, and a hamper of home made chutneys and relishes for the RE agent as he has been so helpful.

Wonderful BG. It sounds like you really did find your right ‘home’ :D

Happy Potter said:

Wonderful BG. It sounds like you really did find your right ‘home’ :D

I think so. I was talking to one of the stall holders and said I had just moved into the area. “From Melbourne?” he asked. I said “yes”. “Good move” he says.

very muggy but sunny here. last night was the first night all week it didn’t rain. Good for the market to have a fine day but I am glad I went down earlier rather than later.

I am studiously ignoring the work party. Younger Son and Stepdaughter insist that they will help Mr Y with moving furniture to spare my bad back. I had told Mr Y half an hour ago that I didn’t think i’d risk moving the light end of anything, but when I told the kids there was an outcry.

I bought more decorations, lights, etc last January sales, and they’ve never seen daylight. Kids are busting to get into them!

Stepdaughter has a new cat at their house, she’s lovely but very playful, so Mr Y isn’t willing to risk a tree and will only put up tinsel etc that the cat can’t reach. And Younger Son’s father has never bothered with Christmas decos let alone a tree. So the focus is this house, and the kids are busting to get the tree set up most of all.

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

bluegreen said:

I’ve been a bit quiet here. Been feeling a bit out of sorts this week. Got a full day tomorrow so hope I am up to it. Swanpool is holding its annual Swap Meet and Village Market so I don’t want to miss that, then in the afternoon I am going to check out the Violet Town Seed Swappers and Permaculture Group. Should be a good day.

geez – country towns have moved to the left since i lived in one.
seed swapping, permaculture and market – hey BG – this town was made for you LOL.

I knew that Violet Town had a bent towards sustainability and permaculture. One of the things that attracted me to the area.

took me a while to check it out on google earth – but that is an interesting area of the world. river, mountains, lots of (smallish) towns in a small(ish) area. i found violet town and its bigger than swanpool.

pepe said:

took me a while to check it out on google earth – but that is an interesting area of the world. river, mountains, lots of (smallish) towns in a small(ish) area. i found violet town and its bigger than swanpool.

:D

i’m gone to the beach – dog walking.
now the normal walking trail is awash with attacking ants – as well as grass seeds.
cyas

My ‘swishing’ bird might be a black tailed godwit. I
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ah good point – i’ll take my camera and see if i can ID this ‘albatross’.
gone.

Yeehah said:

I am studiously ignoring the work party. Younger Son and Stepdaughter insist that they will help Mr Y with moving furniture to spare my bad back. I had told Mr Y half an hour ago that I didn’t think i’d risk moving the light end of anything, but when I told the kids there was an outcry.

I bought more decorations, lights, etc last January sales, and they’ve never seen daylight. Kids are busting to get into them!

Stepdaughter has a new cat at their house, she’s lovely but very playful, so Mr Y isn’t willing to risk a tree and will only put up tinsel etc that the cat can’t reach. And Younger Son’s father has never bothered with Christmas decos let alone a tree. So the focus is this house, and the kids are busting to get the tree set up most of all.

Tell them to make sure it really CAN’T reach the tinsel. Our cat vet has put up a notice about the dangers of kittens eating tinsel. Apparently it can be nasty.

pepe said:

My ‘swishing’ bird might be a black tailed godwit. I
————-
ah good point – i’ll take my camera and see if i can ID this ‘albatross’.
gone.

caspian tern? the black tophalf of head is right – beak is red not yellow.

we never saw them today because we went to the parham beach .

Had a lovely time with the Violet Town Seed Savers and Permaculture group who were also joined by some from the Shepparton group. It was an informal meeting today with lots of yummy afternoon tea for Christmas. Very friendly lot. Got to chat with lots of people and have swapped emails and phone numbers with some. The main focus of the group seems to be to save seed to a seed bank which then gets put into packets which are sold at markets. The money raised goes to charities. In the meanwhile lots of socialising, guests speakers on various related topics and swapping and learning from each other. There would have been about 30 people there and seems a very active group.

bubba louie said:

Yeehah said:

Stepdaughter has a new cat at their house, she’s lovely but very playful, so Mr Y isn’t willing to risk a tree and will only put up tinsel etc that the cat can’t reach.

Tell them to make sure it really CAN’T reach the tinsel. Our cat vet has put up a notice about the dangers of kittens eating tinsel. Apparently it can be nasty.

Will do, thanks for the heads-up.

Morning. It’s hot and sticky and I’ve had little sleep.
Been on the phone most of the night.
Tough night re GS. He’s in a secure hospital ward, sedated but fine. He kicked off a number of times at his newest resi unit, then juvenile justice unit, then hosp ward. He’s hurt a nurse :( She is ok though, I spoke to her. I must have apologised a million times for the boys behaviour.

Shower and brekky then more calls to make.

Happy Potter said:

Morning. It’s hot and sticky and I’ve had little sleep.
Been on the phone most of the night.
Tough night re GS. He’s in a secure hospital ward, sedated but fine. He kicked off a number of times at his newest resi unit, then juvenile justice unit, then hosp ward. He’s hurt a nurse :( She is ok though, I spoke to her. I must have apologised a million times for the boys behaviour.

Shower and brekky then more calls to make.

Oh no! Not again :(
(((hugs)))

Not much that I cando apart from let you know that my thoughts are with you. Wish I could do more to help :(

Good morning. I’ve been absent again but all back to normal again now. It’s still dull and rainy with just a chance of getting washing dry. Need to get some washing done because things re going to start crawling out of the laundry basket if I don’t.

Slugs are becoming the bain of my life. After lots of years of not having any we have a plague of them this year. If the now wet conditions aren’t ruining the strawberries then the slugs are. But they are very small. I haven’t seen a big one yet. (slugs, that is) We have planted Butternut pumpkins, dwarf beans and commercial sweet corn seedlings. Daughter got the corn seedlings at the local markets yesterday and the keeper said they were commercial sweet corn seedlings. She never asked how they were different to normal sweet corn so I don’t know what to expect. So long as they are edible sweet corn I don’t really care. If anyone else understands how they differ I’d appreciate you passing the info on please.

Morning all. All that flooding over east has made the news over here – I hope you’re all out of the path of the water.

We finally had some rain last night! The forecast was only for “chance of a shower” so I thumbed my nose at it and left my washing outside. So we got a lovely, prolonged (though not especially heavy) rain that actually wet the ground. The top of the soil, at least. I’d br surprised if we get any more before Christmas, but then this has been a very odd Spring/Summer.

bon008 said:

… but then this has been a very odd Spring/Summer.

Too bluddy right!

AnneS said:

Happy Potter said:

Morning. It’s hot and sticky and I’ve had little sleep.
Been on the phone most of the night.
Tough night re GS. He’s in a secure hospital ward, sedated but fine. He kicked off a number of times at his newest resi unit, then juvenile justice unit, then hosp ward. He’s hurt a nurse :( She is ok though, I spoke to her. I must have apologised a million times for the boys behaviour.

Shower and brekky then more calls to make.

Oh no! Not again :(
(((hugs)))

Not much that I cando apart from let you know that my thoughts are with you. Wish I could do more to help :(

What Anne said.
more ((((((((((hugs)))))))))) too :)

bluegreen said:

Had a lovely time with the Violet Town Seed Savers and Permaculture group who were also joined by some from the Shepparton group. It was an informal meeting today with lots of yummy afternoon tea for Christmas. Very friendly lot. Got to chat with lots of people and have swapped emails and phone numbers with some. The main focus of the group seems to be to save seed to a seed bank which then gets put into packets which are sold at markets. The money raised goes to charities. In the meanwhile lots of socialising, guests speakers on various related topics and swapping and learning from each other. There would have been about 30 people there and seems a very active group.

Sounds good to me.

Thee said:

Morning to you TE. I like that Dawg.

Happy Potter said:

Morning. It’s hot and sticky and I’ve had little sleep.
Been on the phone most of the night.
Tough night re GS. He’s in a secure hospital ward, sedated but fine. He kicked off a number of times at his newest resi unit, then juvenile justice unit, then hosp ward. He’s hurt a nurse :( She is ok though, I spoke to her. I must have apologised a million times for the boys behaviour.

Shower and brekky then more calls to make.

Can’t think of anything to say except that I am feeling for you.

AnneS said:

Happy Potter said:

Morning. It’s hot and sticky and I’ve had little sleep.
Been on the phone most of the night.
Tough night re GS. He’s in a secure hospital ward, sedated but fine. He kicked off a number of times at his newest resi unit, then juvenile justice unit, then hosp ward. He’s hurt a nurse :( She is ok though, I spoke to her. I must have apologised a million times for the boys behaviour.

Shower and brekky then more calls to make.

Oh no! Not again :(
(((hugs)))

Not much that I cando apart from let you know that my thoughts are with you. Wish I could do more to help :(

Thanks Anne, no one can do anything, but I appreciate your words. Nothing will change because the boy doesn’t have a mental illness, so he can’t be held for long or kept in a more secure environment.
Thats for crims.

Settlement on the house happened this afternoon. It’s finally all mine :)

bluegreen said:

Settlement on the house happened this afternoon. It’s finally all mine :)

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay congratulations :)

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

Settlement on the house happened this afternoon. It’s finally all mine :)

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay congratulations :)

Yes!!!!!!!! :D

bluegreen said:

Settlement on the house happened this afternoon. It’s finally all mine :)

Oh that is fantastic news:) Congrats

thanks. it is a relief.

bluegreen said:

Settlement on the house happened this afternoon. It’s finally all mine :)

You’re lucky you could move in before settlement. When we bought this place the seller wouldn’t even let us start moving some furniture to under the house until settlement.

We’d sold our old place but we couldn’t move out until the same day the new owner was moving in, so we were literally taking the last things out the back door when she started moving in the front door.

bubba louie said:

bluegreen said:

Settlement on the house happened this afternoon. It’s finally all mine :)

You’re lucky you could move in before settlement. When we bought this place the seller wouldn’t even let us start moving some furniture to under the house until settlement.

We’d sold our old place but we couldn’t move out until the same day the new owner was moving in, so we were literally taking the last things out the back door when she started moving in the front door.

I very nearly wasn’t able to move in at first and it has cost me in a number of ways.

bluegreen said:

Settlement on the house happened this afternoon. It’s finally all mine :)

And so it should be.

Happy Potter said:

Good morning. Cloudy and cool-ish. I hope it stays cool and calm. The bbq at my friends went really late and I got home and fell into bed.
I haven’t caused any more tidal waves and the fish are happy :)

Strange things are happening in my garden.. the overwatered citrus (too much rain) that had dropped most of their fruit have put on a second lot of blossom! Not as many as the first blossoming, but obviously the trees are responding to the stress by repeat flowering. Not so the pear tree though. The pear trees down at the orchard have tons of immature fruit on them, so I won’t be short of pears when they ripen :)

Picking beaut zuchinni’s and capsicums atm, tomatoes not far off (won’t get them by Xmas tho’) and the spaghetti squash plant is starting to climb the rear fence.

My ‘swishing’ bird might be a black tailed godwit. I saw it again this morning and it’s lighter underneath. It seems what I thought was a long tail might in fact be it’s legs trailing behind. I might, one day, visit the western treatment plant and have a look at all the summer visiting migatory birds about.

That would be a special thing if you have a Black Tailed Godwit in your garden! Lucky you!

bluegreen said:

Settlement on the house happened this afternoon. It’s finally all mine :)

Excellent.

bluegreen said:

Settlement on the house happened this afternoon. It’s finally all mine :)

Fantastic! Now you can knock out walls and add all those little homely touches.

Thee said:

But I’d get arrested, lol!!!

Our computer connection packed it in again last night. D was on to Piddle Pond early and eventually we got reconnected. He never finished on the phone till almost 10am, gnashing his teeth and tearing out his hair. At least this tech bloke could speak some sort of English.

Thinking it all might have something to do with the laying of the phone cable. Yes, that has been done at last. Only took them 8 months.

I’m going to go and find myself some lunch. Did my duty at the Centre this morning and now I’m starving.

Back, phew what a day. Had a great meeting with dhs, lot’s of positive things are going to happen to help ease the stressors on GS. And the resi unit’s staff. Too much to go into, but we look forward to better days ahead, for all of us.

Gotta cook tea, ‘‘ll catch up later.

Happy Potter said:

Back, phew what a day. Had a great meeting with dhs, lot’s of positive things are going to happen to help ease the stressors on GS. And the resi unit’s staff. Too much to go into, but we look forward to better days ahead, for all of us.

Gotta cook tea, ‘‘ll catch up later.

another step forward :)

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Back, phew what a day. Had a great meeting with dhs, lot’s of positive things are going to happen to help ease the stressors on GS. And the resi unit’s staff. Too much to go into, but we look forward to better days ahead, for all of us.

Gotta cook tea, ‘‘ll catch up later.

another step forward :)

Great to hear :)

Happy Potter said:

Back, phew what a day. Had a great meeting with dhs, lot’s of positive things are going to happen to help ease the stressors on GS. And the resi unit’s staff. Too much to go into, but we look forward to better days ahead, for all of us.

You are such a positive person HP, can’t imagine you not looking forward to better days!

My inner pessimist thinks that although the words might be good, let’s see what the follow-through realises.

Yeehah said:

Happy Potter said:

Back, phew what a day. Had a great meeting with dhs, lot’s of positive things are going to happen to help ease the stressors on GS. And the resi unit’s staff. Too much to go into, but we look forward to better days ahead, for all of us.

You are such a positive person HP, can’t imagine you not looking forward to better days!

My inner pessimist thinks that although the words might be good, let’s see what the follow-through realises.

Ok I have time to elaborate now. A little anyway.
dhs has finally realised that the boy needs to live alone. People are his anger triggers. His one stint at living alone over year ago went really great, until they decided to move another teen in with him because they thought he had ‘settled’..

So they are applying for a supported single residence for him that is visited twice a day for up to two hours morning and night, mainly to check all is ok and see to meal times, medication, washing, ect. We won’t know until January, but they are very confident GS will get it, he is on the higest priority list and fits all the right check boxes.
His psych just short of attacked the case manager/s and asked “when are yous going to stop applying band aids and writing incident reports”, and similar. The meeting went for 5 hours. But the psych was brilliant in his address.

In the meantime GS was discharged from the hosp tonight and taken back to the resi unit he was in before the last temporary one, but with a support person who will live there with him (keeping their distance, but available just for GS) and under very strict conditions, which the boy has agreed to.
No phone whilst at the unit. 99% of the time when GS does kick off it is during or instantly after a phone call. Dad allowed to call GS only once a week (hubby is one of the biggest triggers for GS, who will be supervised for the call) Other rules apply, but too many to go into.
Now he just has to hold it together until this accommodation becomes available. He was so over the moon to hear about it that he stood frozen, statue like, and when asked why was he doing that, he replied “because I want to show you that I can be good”.

I have a big cake order to be picked up in the morning and have just finshed icing and decorating the lot and put into the shed fridge.
There’s chocolate and cashos and sprinkles everyyyyywhere.. quick clean up then bed, with a fan on me. The humidity is knocking me about something terrible.
Can ya banana benders take your tropical weather back, please?

Happy Potter said:

Back, phew what a day. Had a great meeting with dhs, lot’s of positive things are going to happen to help ease the stressors on GS. And the resi unit’s staff. Too much to go into, but we look forward to better days ahead, for all of us.

Gotta cook tea, ‘‘ll catch up later.

I’m glad.

Happy Potter said:

Yeehah said:

Happy Potter said:

Back, phew what a day. Had a great meeting with dhs, lot’s of positive things are going to happen to help ease the stressors on GS. And the resi unit’s staff. Too much to go into, but we look forward to better days ahead, for all of us.

You are such a positive person HP, can’t imagine you not looking forward to better days!

My inner pessimist thinks that although the words might be good, let’s see what the follow-through realises.

Ok I have time to elaborate now. A little anyway.
dhs has finally realised that the boy needs to live alone. People are his anger triggers. His one stint at living alone over year ago went really great, until they decided to move another teen in with him because they thought he had ‘settled’..

So they are applying for a supported single residence for him that is visited twice a day for up to two hours morning and night, mainly to check all is ok and see to meal times, medication, washing, ect. We won’t know until January, but they are very confident GS will get it, he is on the higest priority list and fits all the right check boxes.
His psych just short of attacked the case manager/s and asked “when are yous going to stop applying band aids and writing incident reports”, and similar. The meeting went for 5 hours. But the psych was brilliant in his address.

In the meantime GS was discharged from the hosp tonight and taken back to the resi unit he was in before the last temporary one, but with a support person who will live there with him (keeping their distance, but available just for GS) and under very strict conditions, which the boy has agreed to.
No phone whilst at the unit. 99% of the time when GS does kick off it is during or instantly after a phone call. Dad allowed to call GS only once a week (hubby is one of the biggest triggers for GS, who will be supervised for the call) Other rules apply, but too many to go into.
Now he just has to hold it together until this accommodation becomes available. He was so over the moon to hear about it that he stood frozen, statue like, and when asked why was he doing that, he replied “because I want to show you that I can be good”.

Sounds more positive this time.

Happy Potter said:

I have a big cake order to be picked up in the morning and have just finshed icing and decorating the lot and put into the shed fridge.
There’s chocolate and cashos and sprinkles everyyyyywhere.. quick clean up then bed, with a fan on me. The humidity is knocking me about something terrible.
Can ya banana benders take your tropical weather back, please?

You should try our humidity. This is real humidity.

Happy Potter said:

Yeehah said:

Happy Potter said:

Back, phew what a day. Had a great meeting with dhs, lot’s of positive things are going to happen to help ease the stressors on GS. And the resi unit’s staff. Too much to go into, but we look forward to better days ahead, for all of us.

You are such a positive person HP, can’t imagine you not looking forward to better days!

My inner pessimist thinks that although the words might be good, let’s see what the follow-through realises.

Ok I have time to elaborate now. A little anyway.
dhs has finally realised that the boy needs to live alone. People are his anger triggers. His one stint at living alone over year ago went really great, until they decided to move another teen in with him because they thought he had ‘settled’..

So they are applying for a supported single residence for him that is visited twice a day for up to two hours morning and night, mainly to check all is ok and see to meal times, medication, washing, ect. We won’t know until January, but they are very confident GS will get it, he is on the higest priority list and fits all the right check boxes.
His psych just short of attacked the case manager/s and asked “when are yous going to stop applying band aids and writing incident reports”, and similar. The meeting went for 5 hours. But the psych was brilliant in his address.

In the meantime GS was discharged from the hosp tonight and taken back to the resi unit he was in before the last temporary one, but with a support person who will live there with him (keeping their distance, but available just for GS) and under very strict conditions, which the boy has agreed to.
No phone whilst at the unit. 99% of the time when GS does kick off it is during or instantly after a phone call. Dad allowed to call GS only once a week (hubby is one of the biggest triggers for GS, who will be supervised for the call) Other rules apply, but too many to go into.
Now he just has to hold it together until this accommodation becomes available. He was so over the moon to hear about it that he stood frozen, statue like, and when asked why was he doing that, he replied “because I want to show you that I can be good”.

Oh, poor kid, he obviously tries really hard. I hope this works out for him :)

Poor Teddy has a broken foot. Probably because he’s a rocket propelled energised little bullet who bounds around the house up and over everything and doesn’t draw a breath. He launched himself off the back of the couch and onto the table. There was a metre gap and he missed. His battery pack must be running down, he’s never missed it before, lol.

Happy Potter said:

Poor Teddy has a broken foot. Probably because he’s a rocket propelled energised little bullet who bounds around the house up and over everything and doesn’t draw a breath. He launched himself off the back of the couch and onto the table. There was a metre gap and he missed. His battery pack must be running down, he’s never missed it before, lol.

Teddy is Mrs. Daughters teacup poodle. She said the plaster hasn’t slowed him down one bit!

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

I have a big cake order to be picked up in the morning and have just finshed icing and decorating the lot and put into the shed fridge.
There’s chocolate and cashos and sprinkles everyyyyywhere.. quick clean up then bed, with a fan on me. The humidity is knocking me about something terrible.
Can ya banana benders take your tropical weather back, please?

You should try our humidity. This is real humidity.

I don’t care whose humidity it is, I want no part of it, lol!!!

Happy Potter said:

Happy Potter said:

Poor Teddy has a broken foot. Probably because he’s a rocket propelled energised little bullet who bounds around the house up and over everything and doesn’t draw a breath. He launched himself off the back of the couch and onto the table. There was a metre gap and he missed. His battery pack must be running down, he’s never missed it before, lol.

Teddy is Mrs. Daughters teacup poodle. She said the plaster hasn’t slowed him down one bit!

Hehe, is that a cross between a chihuahua and a poodle, or something like that??

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

Happy Potter said:

Poor Teddy has a broken foot. Probably because he’s a rocket propelled energised little bullet who bounds around the house up and over everything and doesn’t draw a breath. He launched himself off the back of the couch and onto the table. There was a metre gap and he missed. His battery pack must be running down, he’s never missed it before, lol.

Teddy is Mrs. Daughters teacup poodle. She said the plaster hasn’t slowed him down one bit!

Hehe, is that a cross between a chihuahua and a poodle, or something like that??

No he’s a purebred, just clipped short for summer.

Happy Potter said:

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

Teddy is Mrs. Daughters teacup poodle. She said the plaster hasn’t slowed him down one bit!

Hehe, is that a cross between a chihuahua and a poodle, or something like that??

No he’s a purebred, just clipped short for summer.

I ended up Googling teacup poodles.. hmm, poodle owners aren’t very positive about them! He looks gorgeous though :)

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

bon008 said:

Hehe, is that a cross between a chihuahua and a poodle, or something like that??

No he’s a purebred, just clipped short for summer.

I ended up Googling teacup poodles.. hmm, poodle owners aren’t very positive about them! He looks gorgeous though :)

He’s a real cutie, and a livewire! This is the second teacup poodle she’d had and loves them. She found Teddy advertised in a Sydney newspaper as an 8 week old puppy and had him flown over to Melb, and brought him home in her pocket! lol.

Happy Potter said:

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

No he’s a purebred, just clipped short for summer.

I ended up Googling teacup poodles.. hmm, poodle owners aren’t very positive about them! He looks gorgeous though :)

He’s a real cutie, and a livewire! This is the second teacup poodle she’d had and loves them. She found Teddy advertised in a Sydney newspaper as an 8 week old puppy and had him flown over to Melb, and brought him home in her pocket! lol.

Awwwwwwwwwwww, I miss puppies :) We’ve decided to only ever get rescue dogs from now on, so if we’re lucky we may snag a puppy one day but more likely it’ll be adults. I always feel sorriest for the dogs who have been waiting for a home the longest and want to take them home!!

Mind you, there is a lot to be said for taking home a dog who is already toilet trained, lead trained, and knows the difference between dog toys and household objects!!! :D

Happy Potter said:

Poor Teddy has a broken foot. Probably because he’s a rocket propelled energised little bullet who bounds around the house up and over everything and doesn’t draw a breath. He launched himself off the back of the couch and onto the table. There was a metre gap and he missed. His battery pack must be running down, he’s never missed it before, lol.

I agree poor Teddy but who is Teddy? Don’t think we’ve met.

Happy Potter said:

Happy Potter said:

Poor Teddy has a broken foot. Probably because he’s a rocket propelled energised little bullet who bounds around the house up and over everything and doesn’t draw a breath. He launched himself off the back of the couch and onto the table. There was a metre gap and he missed. His battery pack must be running down, he’s never missed it before, lol.

Ah Huh! Pleased to meet you Teddy.

Teddy is Mrs. Daughters teacup poodle. She said the plaster hasn’t slowed him down one bit!

Yeehah said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

I have a big cake order to be picked up in the morning and have just finshed icing and decorating the lot and put into the shed fridge.
There’s chocolate and cashos and sprinkles everyyyyywhere.. quick clean up then bed, with a fan on me. The humidity is knocking me about something terrible.
Can ya banana benders take your tropical weather back, please?

You should try our humidity. This is real humidity.

I don’t care whose humidity it is, I want no part of it, lol!!!

There are times I side with you Yeehah.

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

bon008 said:

I ended up Googling teacup poodles.. hmm, poodle owners aren’t very positive about them! He looks gorgeous though :)

He’s a real cutie, and a livewire! This is the second teacup poodle she’d had and loves them. She found Teddy advertised in a Sydney newspaper as an 8 week old puppy and had him flown over to Melb, and brought him home in her pocket! lol.

Awwwwwwwwwwww, I miss puppies :) We’ve decided to only ever get rescue dogs from now on, so if we’re lucky we may snag a puppy one day but more likely it’ll be adults. I always feel sorriest for the dogs who have been waiting for a home the longest and want to take them home!!

Mind you, there is a lot to be said for taking home a dog who is already toilet trained, lead trained, and knows the difference between dog toys and household objects!!! :D

Experience teaches a lot eh Bon?

pomolo said:

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

He’s a real cutie, and a livewire! This is the second teacup poodle she’d had and loves them. She found Teddy advertised in a Sydney newspaper as an 8 week old puppy and had him flown over to Melb, and brought him home in her pocket! lol.

Awwwwwwwwwwww, I miss puppies :) We’ve decided to only ever get rescue dogs from now on, so if we’re lucky we may snag a puppy one day but more likely it’ll be adults. I always feel sorriest for the dogs who have been waiting for a home the longest and want to take them home!!

Mind you, there is a lot to be said for taking home a dog who is already toilet trained, lead trained, and knows the difference between dog toys and household objects!!! :D

Experience teaches a lot eh Bon?

Too right :) But then we’re always telling stories of the naughty things the rottie did as a pup – you forget the frustration and the inconvenience quickly, but the mischief sticks with you :)

siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh

This will probably be our last Christmas with her :(

Happy Potter said:

Poor Teddy has a broken foot. Probably because he’s a rocket propelled energised little bullet who bounds around the house up and over everything and doesn’t draw a breath. He launched himself off the back of the couch and onto the table. There was a metre gap and he missed. His battery pack must be running down, he’s never missed it before, lol.

awwww, poor thing :(

Happy Potter said:

Poor Teddy has a broken foot. Probably because he’s a rocket propelled energised little bullet who bounds around the house up and over everything and doesn’t draw a breath. He launched himself off the back of the couch and onto the table. There was a metre gap and he missed. His battery pack must be running down, he’s never missed it before, lol.

poor Teddy, cute doggy though!

we have a new night time visitor. D had been telling me about the duck that roams around the property during the wee hours of the night. I happened to hear it one evening and guessed it was a quacking frog. The strange thing is that there is only one and it’s the only one I have ever heard. You can’t mistake the call though.

Lately it has taken to calling all night and it’s still unseen. It sounds as though it must be the size of a wombat. The storm bird has left us but now we have the quacking frog all night long.

pomolo said:

we have a new night time visitor. D had been telling me about the duck that roams around the property during the wee hours of the night. I happened to hear it one evening and guessed it was a quacking frog. The strange thing is that there is only one and it’s the only one I have ever heard. You can’t mistake the call though.

Lately it has taken to calling all night and it’s still unseen. It sounds as though it must be the size of a wombat. The storm bird has left us but now we have the quacking frog all night long.

lol, sorry I shouldn’t giggle. I have a neighbour who want’s to kill the pobblebonk frogs that my pond attracts.. they’re keeping him awake.
I should take up the drums eh and really drive him nuts! LOL

Evening all,
Just got home a while ago after a day trip to Canberra to pick up #1 son. He’s here for a couple of days before he goes to a concert in Sydney and then we all go to bubbly girl’s 2nd birthday party on Sun.

He wants to play in the garden again tomorrow, but the forecast isn’t promising. Fingers crossed.

Probably should really go to bed cause I am pretty tired, but I know from past experience that I need to unwind a bit first, so I will use the time to catch up on today’s posts :)

Yeehah said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

I have a big cake order to be picked up in the morning and have just finshed icing and decorating the lot and put into the shed fridge.
There’s chocolate and cashos and sprinkles everyyyyywhere.. quick clean up then bed, with a fan on me. The humidity is knocking me about something terrible.
Can ya banana benders take your tropical weather back, please?

You should try our humidity. This is real humidity.

I don’t care whose humidity it is, I want no part of it, lol!!!

neither do I, but we’ve got it. 86% at present and 22.2C. Not going to be very comfortable sleeping I don’t think :(

anyone else can’t sleep?

let’s blame the weather…

pain master said:

anyone else can’t sleep?

guess not eh?

pain master said:

pain master said:

anyone else can’t sleep?

guess not eh?

tuesday night was a light show.
everyone who lives north of adealide was treated to continuous lightning from 9pm – 12pm. weird thing was the silence of the sheet lightning. the forked lightning was followed by the usual crash and thunder but the black night sky was turned to white every minute or so by sheet lightning – and no thunder.

how is this relevant ? – we slept well wednesday night.

Morning from late me. Not that I’m late, or even expected but..
I had an invasion of visitors, cake eating ones. One visitor looked too closely at the spitting fish in the pondy tub. Because they are in the tub they are higher up and if you only need to bend a little to cop a faceful, lol.
Visitor’s all gone now, they only left crumb’s lol. Pocketed some dollars for my cake orders and I’m saving it for more ingredients :)

I have a psych appointment shorty. She better be refreshed and ready for me, lol!

got a call from the goose man so popped into Benalla to meet him and collect my Christmas goose. Should have taken the camera with me as the river is over its banks and the gardens and sports ground were under water.

bluegreen said:

got a call from the goose man so popped into Benalla to meet him and collect my Christmas goose. Should have taken the camera with me as the river is over its banks and the gardens and sports ground were under water.

Our creek is running again finally; it’s been just a trickle for the last few years. And the flat is starting to get a bit of moisture too.

bluegreen said:

got a call from the goose man so popped into Benalla to meet him and collect my Christmas goose. Should have taken the camera with me as the river is over its banks and the gardens and sports ground were under water.

I’ve never had Goose for Xmas, nor at any time of year… what’s it like and is it worth getting one? We are thinking of making a Turducken.

pain master said:

bluegreen said:

got a call from the goose man so popped into Benalla to meet him and collect my Christmas goose. Should have taken the camera with me as the river is over its banks and the gardens and sports ground were under water.

I’ve never had Goose for Xmas, nor at any time of year… what’s it like and is it worth getting one? We are thinking of making a Turducken.

I’ve never had goose before either, so I will let you know :)

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

bluegreen said:

got a call from the goose man so popped into Benalla to meet him and collect my Christmas goose. Should have taken the camera with me as the river is over its banks and the gardens and sports ground were under water.

I’ve never had Goose for Xmas, nor at any time of year… what’s it like and is it worth getting one? We are thinking of making a Turducken.

I’ve never had goose before either, so I will let you know :)

what is the difference ?

We spent half of today in town. Most of the time was spent shopping for Christmas ingredients so I can get to and make all those things that mean Xmas to the family. Bits of this and that that I never buy at any other time of the year. What a shock when we got the register total. Now I know why I don’t buy the stuff at any time except Christmas.

pain master said:

bluegreen said:

got a call from the goose man so popped into Benalla to meet him and collect my Christmas goose. Should have taken the camera with me as the river is over its banks and the gardens and sports ground were under water.

I’ve never had Goose for Xmas, nor at any time of year… what’s it like and is it worth getting one? We are thinking of making a Turducken.

We had goose for Christmas when I was a kid, but I can’t remember what it tasted like. We mostly only had roast chicken, and pork. Never had turkey. Christmas was the only time we had roast chicken. The rest of the year we had old boilers, which I hated :)

AnneS said:

pain master said:

bluegreen said:

got a call from the goose man so popped into Benalla to meet him and collect my Christmas goose. Should have taken the camera with me as the river is over its banks and the gardens and sports ground were under water.

I’ve never had Goose for Xmas, nor at any time of year… what’s it like and is it worth getting one? We are thinking of making a Turducken.

We had goose for Christmas when I was a kid, but I can’t remember what it tasted like. We mostly only had roast chicken, and pork. Never had turkey. Christmas was the only time we had roast chicken. The rest of the year we had old boilers, which I hated :)

I don’t think I’ve ever had goose. When I was a kid Christmas was always at my maternal grandparent’s place and they grew most of their own food. They had chooks, ducks, goats, a house cow and some beef cattle but I don’t remember any geese.

AnneS said:

Never had turkey.

January before last I got a huge 3kg frozen chunk of turkey for $5 in the post-Christmas supermarket specials (reduced from about $40!!! I couldn’t NOT buy it!)

At that stage we were still building the house and our kitchen was the gas camp stove, a washup bowl and the “spare” table and chairs on the dirt under the verandah. (Beds were set up in the house and we moved them from room to room as we plastered and painted etc).

Didn’t have a proper oven.

The turkey wouldn’t fit in the little gas camp fridge so it defrosted overnight, but somehow we forgot about cooking it and this was only noticed at 5pm on day 2.

We checked it, it smelled ok, so we cut a chunk of breast meat off to make dinner to start using it up. We had no freezer so the three of us home at the time had about 3 days to get our money’s worth.

While I was being creative with turkey breast Mr Y and Younger Son built a fire, then when there were plenty of coals, dug a hole and layered coals, turkey (in a camp oven) and more coals. It stayed there overnight and we had a turkey brunch and dinner that day … lunch and dinner next day too I think … but in the end it all got too much and we all agreed it was the kelpie’s turn and she had the leftovers.

Good candidate for a “best $5 I ever spent” story. I reckon ;)

Good morning, I’ve had my weet bix and zooming about already.
There was a storm overnight with a sudden dump of rain and the garden is sodden in parts again. The vege beds and mini orchard are fine though :) The rest will drain well.
I’m catching up on my own cooking for freezing, and Xmas cooking.
I’m off shortly to a cake supply shop to collect an Xmas tree shaped cake tin. I will bake two of the cakes, one a butter cake and the other a boiled fruit cake, then take the tin back. It’s $10 a day to hire the tin. If I organise myself well I’ll be baking the butter cake whilst cooling the boiled mix the for the fruit one, then I’ll only need the tin for one day.

Coffee first then off at 9, after the peak hour traffic has slowed.

Yesterday coming home from the psych appointment, a truck nearly ran into the back of my car. I was stopped at roadworks, (man with the lollipop stop sign) I saw that the truck behind me didn’t see me and I couldn’t move my car. I watched as the truckie suddenly saw me, hit the skids and kangaroo hopped his rig to a thuddering stop, me bracing myself, but the truck stopped in time. Just missed my car by a few cms.
But then part the load of steel rods on the truck slid over the top of the trucks cabin and slid all the way to the road in front of my car, again missing my car completely.

I’m meant to be here!

So is my car LOL!

It’s been 6 months since I’ve given up smoking. All I have to do is quit eating now. At least the gym has maintained a stable weight.

Last day for school – GA message board is closing – most TV and radio programmes go into recess – and just about all normalcy ends today. So see ya down the shops LOL.

Happy Potter said:

Good morning, I’ve had my weet bix and zooming about already.
There was a storm overnight with a sudden dump of rain and the garden is sodden in parts again. The vege beds and mini orchard are fine though :) The rest will drain well.
I’m catching up on my own cooking for freezing, and Xmas cooking.
I’m off shortly to a cake supply shop to collect an Xmas tree shaped cake tin. I will bake two of the cakes, one a butter cake and the other a boiled fruit cake, then take the tin back. It’s $10 a day to hire the tin. If I organise myself well I’ll be baking the butter cake whilst cooling the boiled mix the for the fruit one, then I’ll only need the tin for one day.

Coffee first then off at 9, after the peak hour traffic has slowed.

Yesterday coming home from the psych appointment, a truck nearly ran into the back of my car. I was stopped at roadworks, (man with the lollipop stop sign) I saw that the truck behind me didn’t see me and I couldn’t move my car. I watched as the truckie suddenly saw me, hit the skids and kangaroo hopped his rig to a thuddering stop, me bracing myself, but the truck stopped in time. Just missed my car by a few cms.
But then part the load of steel rods on the truck slid over the top of the trucks cabin and slid all the way to the road in front of my car, again missing my car completely.
I’m meant to be here! So is my car LOL!

eeekkk!!!. whew!!! potter survives again – well done.

it happened to me in darwin years ago. a big truck came zooming into my rear vision when i was forced to stop for a car turning right. i watched (in slo mo) as the truck driver was horrified, then made a quick decision to change lanes just in time to miss me but get horns honking.

pepe said:

It’s been 6 months since I’ve given up smoking. All I have to do is quit eating now. At least the gym has maintained a stable weight.

Last day for school – GA message board is closing – most TV and radio programmes go into recess – and just about all normalcy ends today. So see ya down the shops LOL.

We we all made it to this age, and this Christmas, after all life’s scares Pepe.. yep see ya down the shops lol.

pepe said:

It’s been 6 months since I’ve given up smoking. All I have to do is quit eating now. At least the gym has maintained a stable weight.

Last day for school – GA message board is closing – most TV and radio programmes go into recess – and just about all normalcy ends today. So see ya down the shops LOL.

well done pepe, I never knew you where a smoker and given up, for me is was a year back in the 1/10/2010, and yes I put weight on but is is slowly coming off and should be fine now :)

Thee said:

pepe said:

It’s been 6 months since I’ve given up smoking. All I have to do is quit eating now. At least the gym has maintained a stable weight.

Last day for school – GA message board is closing – most TV and radio programmes go into recess – and just about all normalcy ends today. So see ya down the shops LOL.

well done pepe, I never knew you where a smoker and given up, for me is was a year back in the 1/10/2010, and yes I put weight on but is is slowly coming off and should be fine now :)

that’s good news thee – well done.

actually our fridge is full of food including leftovers. it’s almost as tho’ we’ve lost interest in food – but i keep snacking. ah well. this is NOT the season to worry about it.

Happy Potter said:

Good morning, I’ve had my weet bix and zooming about already.
There was a storm overnight with a sudden dump of rain and the garden is sodden in parts again. The vege beds and mini orchard are fine though :) The rest will drain well.
I’m catching up on my own cooking for freezing, and Xmas cooking.
I’m off shortly to a cake supply shop to collect an Xmas tree shaped cake tin. I will bake two of the cakes, one a butter cake and the other a boiled fruit cake, then take the tin back. It’s $10 a day to hire the tin. If I organise myself well I’ll be baking the butter cake whilst cooling the boiled mix the for the fruit one, then I’ll only need the tin for one day.

Coffee first then off at 9, after the peak hour traffic has slowed.

Yesterday coming home from the psych appointment, a truck nearly ran into the back of my car. I was stopped at roadworks, (man with the lollipop stop sign) I saw that the truck behind me didn’t see me and I couldn’t move my car. I watched as the truckie suddenly saw me, hit the skids and kangaroo hopped his rig to a thuddering stop, me bracing myself, but the truck stopped in time. Just missed my car by a few cms.
But then part the load of steel rods on the truck slid over the top of the trucks cabin and slid all the way to the road in front of my car, again missing my car completely.

I’m meant to be here!

So is my car LOL!

OMG! How many of your 9 lives have you used up now?

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

It’s been 6 months since I’ve given up smoking. All I have to do is quit eating now. At least the gym has maintained a stable weight.

Last day for school – GA message board is closing – most TV and radio programmes go into recess – and just about all normalcy ends today. So see ya down the shops LOL.

We we all made it to this age, and this Christmas, after all life’s scares Pepe.. yep see ya down the shops lol.

morning HP – buy local.
my tank pump was fixed for no cost yesterday – because i took it back to the local bloke and he just tested it and immediately found the problem and fixed it.
my wife has been buying chocolates off a local woman as well. very handy when you have to customise a stack of chocolates in school colours for gifts to kids at school.

pepe said:

It’s been 6 months since I’ve given up smoking. All I have to do is quit eating now. At least the gym has maintained a stable weight.

Last day for school – GA message board is closing – most TV and radio programmes go into recess – and just about all normalcy ends today. So see ya down the shops LOL.

Much congratulations on your 6 months without cigarettes. That is a monumental achievement.

Have heard that the Gov, via our taxes, is going to reduce the price of quit patches to get more people to give cigs up. Smoking is interfering too much with how we live now so I’‘ll have to think about quitting too. It makes me really mad that I have to quit because the price is so outrageous. Only a smoker would understand thatsentence.

I started this post to praise you Pepe. Sorry it turned into a whinge.

Thee said:

pepe said:

It’s been 6 months since I’ve given up smoking. All I have to do is quit eating now. At least the gym has maintained a stable weight.

Last day for school – GA message board is closing – most TV and radio programmes go into recess – and just about all normalcy ends today. So see ya down the shops LOL.

well done pepe, I never knew you where a smoker and given up, for me is was a year back in the 1/10/2010, and yes I put weight on but is is slowly coming off and should be fine now :)

You are a good girl too TheE. I don’t know how you manage to drag up the will power. I just don’t have any left.

pomolo said:

Thee said:

pepe said:

It’s been 6 months since I’ve given up smoking. All I have to do is quit eating now. At least the gym has maintained a stable weight.

Last day for school – GA message board is closing – most TV and radio programmes go into recess – and just about all normalcy ends today. So see ya down the shops LOL.

well done pepe, I never knew you where a smoker and given up, for me is was a year back in the 1/10/2010, and yes I put weight on but is is slowly coming off and should be fine now :)

You are a good girl too TheE. I don’t know how you manage to drag up the will power. I just don’t have any left.

It was my time, I was ready :), was not easy at first but the $$ I had extra per week and the fact I was saving to renovate the house was a great incentive YaY Still miss it from time to time but would never ever smoke again, I cant even stand being next to a smoker now, they stink _blushes Esp in the stoopid market if your in a que, I have to move away :(

Happy Potter said:

Good morning, I’ve had my weet bix and zooming about already.
There was a storm overnight with a sudden dump of rain and the garden is sodden in parts again. The vege beds and mini orchard are fine though :) The rest will drain well.
I’m catching up on my own cooking for freezing, and Xmas cooking.
I’m off shortly to a cake supply shop to collect an Xmas tree shaped cake tin. I will bake two of the cakes, one a butter cake and the other a boiled fruit cake, then take the tin back. It’s $10 a day to hire the tin. If I organise myself well I’ll be baking the butter cake whilst cooling the boiled mix the for the fruit one, then I’ll only need the tin for one day.

Coffee first then off at 9, after the peak hour traffic has slowed.

Yesterday coming home from the psych appointment, a truck nearly ran into the back of my car. I was stopped at roadworks, (man with the lollipop stop sign) I saw that the truck behind me didn’t see me and I couldn’t move my car. I watched as the truckie suddenly saw me, hit the skids and kangaroo hopped his rig to a thuddering stop, me bracing myself, but the truck stopped in time. Just missed my car by a few cms.
But then part the load of steel rods on the truck slid over the top of the trucks cabin and slid all the way to the road in front of my car, again missing my car completely.

I’m meant to be here!

So is my car LOL!

“HP in Real Life” LOL
G’day by the way.

Morning HP and co.

Happy Potter said:

Yesterday coming home from the psych appointment, a truck nearly ran into the back of my car. I was stopped at roadworks, (man with the lollipop stop sign) I saw that the truck behind me didn’t see me and I couldn’t move my car. I watched as the truckie suddenly saw me, hit the skids and kangaroo hopped his rig to a thuddering stop, me bracing myself, but the truck stopped in time. Just missed my car by a few cms.
But then part the load of steel rods on the truck slid over the top of the trucks cabin and slid all the way to the road in front of my car, again missing my car completely.

I’m meant to be here!

So is my car LOL!

phew! how close was that?

Thee said:

pomolo said:

Thee said:

well done pepe, I never knew you where a smoker and given up, for me is was a year back in the 1/10/2010, and yes I put weight on but is is slowly coming off and should be fine now :)

You are a good girl too TheE. I don’t know how you manage to drag up the will power. I just don’t have any left.

It was my time, I was ready :), was not easy at first but the $$ I had extra per week and the fact I was saving to renovate the house was a great incentive YaY Still miss it from time to time but would never ever smoke again, I cant even stand being next to a smoker now, they stink _blushes Esp in the stoopid market if your in a que, I have to move away :(

I gave up smoking in 1981. Pity I can’t give up eating and lose weight. lol
It is amazing though isn’t it how smoking does dull your sense of smell. It’s not until you stop smoking that you realise how revolting a smoker smells…especially when the stale cigarette smoke is mixed with the smell of cheap perfume. Yuk!

pepe said:

It’s been 6 months since I’ve given up smoking. All I have to do is quit eating now. At least the gym has maintained a stable weight.

sounds of enthusiastic applause

I’ve got a cold and I’m feeling sorry for myself, especially since I’m going to see the grandkids on the weekend :(

pepe said:

actually our fridge is full of food including leftovers. it’s almost as tho’ we’ve lost interest in food – but i keep snacking. ah well. this is NOT the season to worry about it.

if you are continually snacking then you won’t have much of an appetite. Need to get hungry to really appreciate food!

AnneS said:

I’ve got a cold and I’m feeling sorry for myself, especially since I’m going to see the grandkids on the weekend :(

awww. hope you feel better by then. I recommend Ease-A-Cold capsule, available at your stupidmarket. (((HUGS)))

AnneS said:

Thee said:

pomolo said:

You are a good girl too TheE. I don’t know how you manage to drag up the will power. I just don’t have any left.

It was my time, I was ready :), was not easy at first but the $$ I had extra per week and the fact I was saving to renovate the house was a great incentive YaY Still miss it from time to time but would never ever smoke again, I cant even stand being next to a smoker now, they stink _blushes Esp in the stoopid market if your in a que, I have to move away :(

I gave up smoking in 1981. Pity I can’t give up eating and lose weight. lol
It is amazing though isn’t it how smoking does dull your sense of smell. It’s not until you stop smoking that you realise how revolting a smoker smells…especially when the stale cigarette smoke is mixed with the smell of cheap perfume. Yuk!

amen sister !

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

It’s been 6 months since I’ve given up smoking. All I have to do is quit eating now. At least the gym has maintained a stable weight.

sounds of enthusiastic applause

Ditto :)

AnneS said:

Happy Potter said:

Good morning, I’ve had my weet bix and zooming about already.
There was a storm overnight with a sudden dump of rain and the garden is sodden in parts again. The vege beds and mini orchard are fine though :) The rest will drain well.
I’m catching up on my own cooking for freezing, and Xmas cooking.
I’m off shortly to a cake supply shop to collect an Xmas tree shaped cake tin. I will bake two of the cakes, one a butter cake and the other a boiled fruit cake, then take the tin back. It’s $10 a day to hire the tin. If I organise myself well I’ll be baking the butter cake whilst cooling the boiled mix the for the fruit one, then I’ll only need the tin for one day.

Coffee first then off at 9, after the peak hour traffic has slowed.

Yesterday coming home from the psych appointment, a truck nearly ran into the back of my car. I was stopped at roadworks, (man with the lollipop stop sign) I saw that the truck behind me didn’t see me and I couldn’t move my car. I watched as the truckie suddenly saw me, hit the skids and kangaroo hopped his rig to a thuddering stop, me bracing myself, but the truck stopped in time. Just missed my car by a few cms.
But then part the load of steel rods on the truck slid over the top of the trucks cabin and slid all the way to the road in front of my car, again missing my car completely.

I’m meant to be here!

So is my car LOL!

“HP in Real Life” LOL
G’day by the way.

Morning HP and co.

Yiiiiiiiiiiiiiikes! I’d be shaking all day from a scare like that! So glad you’re OK :)

Morning all!

AnneS said:

I’ve got a cold and I’m feeling sorry for myself, especially since I’m going to see the grandkids on the weekend :(

Summer colds are shockers. You have my sympathy.

I’ve just finished making biscuits for a customer but I did something wrong with the ingredients. I went over it in my mind a dozen times but couldn’t understand what I’d done wrong. With the bikkies I make, I make them bread and butter plate size which means I have to mould each one to the appropriate size. The mixture has to be spot on so the batter can be handled. Anyway I stuffed it up so it’s taken me twice as long to do the job.

I had no more ingredients to make a new batch so i had to persevere. There cooked and edible but I would like to know what I did wrong.

pomolo said:

pepe said:

It’s been 6 months since I’ve given up smoking. All I have to do is quit eating now. At least the gym has maintained a stable weight.

Last day for school – GA message board is closing – most TV and radio programmes go into recess – and just about all normalcy ends today. So see ya down the shops LOL.

Much congratulations on your 6 months without cigarettes. That is a monumental achievement.

Have heard that the Gov, via our taxes, is going to reduce the price of quit patches to get more people to give cigs up. Smoking is interfering too much with how we live now so I’‘ll have to think about quitting too. It makes me really mad that I have to quit because the price is so outrageous. Only a smoker would understand thatsentence. I started this post to praise you Pepe. Sorry it turned into a whinge.

not having to pay for cigs is probably the best part of quitting. i was smoking a couple of old pipes in the end – it wasn’t pleasurable and therefore not hard to give up.

like thee says – the time had come – and i won’t be starting again.

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

It’s been 6 months since I’ve given up smoking. All I have to do is quit eating now. At least the gym has maintained a stable weight.

sounds of enthusiastic applause

bows – (” ‘bout time”)

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

actually our fridge is full of food including leftovers. it’s almost as tho’ we’ve lost interest in food – but i keep snacking. ah well. this is NOT the season to worry about it.

if you are continually snacking then you won’t have much of an appetite. Need to get hungry to really appreciate food!

but but…i eat as a smoking substitute. never mind … this too will pass.

pomolo said:

I’ve just finished making biscuits for a customer but I did something wrong with the ingredients. I went over it in my mind a dozen times but couldn’t understand what I’d done wrong. With the bikkies I make, I make them bread and butter plate size which means I have to mould each one to the appropriate size. The mixture has to be spot on so the batter can be handled. Anyway I stuffed it up so it’s taken me twice as long to do the job.

I had no more ingredients to make a new batch so i had to persevere. There cooked and edible but I would like to know what I did wrong.

did you forget to add the sugar?
call them health biscuits if you did LOL.

pepe said:

pomolo said:

I’ve just finished making biscuits for a customer but I did something wrong with the ingredients. I went over it in my mind a dozen times but couldn’t understand what I’d done wrong. With the bikkies I make, I make them bread and butter plate size which means I have to mould each one to the appropriate size. The mixture has to be spot on so the batter can be handled. Anyway I stuffed it up so it’s taken me twice as long to do the job.

I had no more ingredients to make a new batch so i had to persevere. There cooked and edible but I would like to know what I did wrong.

did you forget to add the sugar?
call them health biscuits if you did LOL.

I wasn’t a lack of sugar. They actually taste ok but they don’t look quite right.

pomolo said:

I’ve just finished making biscuits for a customer but I did something wrong with the ingredients. I went over it in my mind a dozen times but couldn’t understand what I’d done wrong. With the bikkies I make, I make them bread and butter plate size which means I have to mould each one to the appropriate size. The mixture has to be spot on so the batter can be handled. Anyway I stuffed it up so it’s taken me twice as long to do the job.

I had no more ingredients to make a new batch so i had to persevere. There cooked and edible but I would like to know what I did wrong.

Sometimes humidity can do it. Do you store your flour in unsealed containers?

sigh

Why do I always forget to bookmark the Cuties thread? This time I will.. when I find it!

pomolo said:

I’ve just finished making biscuits for a customer but I did something wrong with the ingredients. I went over it in my mind a dozen times but couldn’t understand what I’d done wrong. With the bikkies I make, I make them bread and butter plate size which means I have to mould each one to the appropriate size. The mixture has to be spot on so the batter can be handled. Anyway I stuffed it up so it’s taken me twice as long to do the job.

I had no more ingredients to make a new batch so i had to persevere. There cooked and edible but I would like to know what I did wrong.

Consistancy wrong ? too runny? When you find out what you did wrong, let us know, lol.
That can happen if, for example, you’re making Anzacs and use quick oats instead of rolled oats. Humidity can affect some things, eggs that aren’t fresh too.

Just taking a quick break from my baking. Smells lovely here :)

I tried every which way to line the Xmas tree shaped tin with baking paper, but gave up and buttered and floured it instead. It has an embossed base and impossible to line. Prob’ is it’s aluminium and thin..I’ll skewer test it more often than I normally would.
The man made our lunch. I had half of a chicken sanger and a lime spider.

Cool here, and not so humid. Thank goodness.

Yeehah said:

pomolo said:

I’ve just finished making biscuits for a customer but I did something wrong with the ingredients. I went over it in my mind a dozen times but couldn’t understand what I’d done wrong. With the bikkies I make, I make them bread and butter plate size which means I have to mould each one to the appropriate size. The mixture has to be spot on so the batter can be handled. Anyway I stuffed it up so it’s taken me twice as long to do the job.

I had no more ingredients to make a new batch so i had to persevere. There cooked and edible but I would like to know what I did wrong.

Sometimes humidity can do it. Do you store your flour in unsealed containers?

Flour is fine. Flour is stored in canisters.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

I’ve just finished making biscuits for a customer but I did something wrong with the ingredients. I went over it in my mind a dozen times but couldn’t understand what I’d done wrong. With the bikkies I make, I make them bread and butter plate size which means I have to mould each one to the appropriate size. The mixture has to be spot on so the batter can be handled. Anyway I stuffed it up so it’s taken me twice as long to do the job.

I had no more ingredients to make a new batch so i had to persevere. There cooked and edible but I would like to know what I did wrong.

Yes they were Anzacs but I always use quick oats and it doesn’t need any eggs. I’m wondering now if I put in enought oats!!! It’s the only ingredient that I can’t remember exactly how many cups I put in. Oats look a bit sparce in the finished biscuits too…………………I bet it was lack of oats. Too late anyway. Whats done is done. We’ll just have to rename them Big Bikkies.

Consistancy wrong ? too runny? When you find out what you did wrong, let us know, lol.
That can happen if, for example, you’re making Anzacs and use quick oats instead of rolled oats. Humidity can affect some things, eggs that aren’t fresh too.

Can’t find the family stuff thread.

Been on the phone off and on since 8 tonight when Dad rang to say Mum’s in hospital. Septicaemia and suspected mild heart attack. Mum’s a heavy smoker and one sister and I agree that all those other odd symptoms probably mean emphysema too. Another sister looked up septicaemia, she said it’s got a worse prognosis if there’s underlying health problems. Remember the lymphoedema I mentioned? Her lymphatic system is buggered. Her lungs could well be buggered. And now it could be that her circulatory system is buggered. And she has a nasty infection.

Am very worried. Probably will do the 2hr drive to see her on Sunday.

She’s only just turned 69.

Yeehah said:

Good candidate for a “best $5 I ever spent” story. I reckon ;)

hear hear or is that here here!

Happy Potter said:

Yesterday coming home from the psych appointment, a truck nearly ran into the back of my car. I was stopped at roadworks, (man with the lollipop stop sign) I saw that the truck behind me didn’t see me and I couldn’t move my car. I watched as the truckie suddenly saw me, hit the skids and kangaroo hopped his rig to a thuddering stop, me bracing myself, but the truck stopped in time. Just missed my car by a few cms.
But then part the load of steel rods on the truck slid over the top of the trucks cabin and slid all the way to the road in front of my car, again missing my car completely.

I’m meant to be here!

So is my car LOL!

OMG! Aren’t you meant to secure your loads down south? Did you go out and buy a lotto ticket?

pepe said:

It’s been 6 months since I’ve given up smoking. All I have to do is quit eating now. At least the gym has maintained a stable weight.

Well done pepe, Xmas is a time to exercise diligence when it comes to social smoking, so try not to undo the fantastic start you have created.

I heard recently, the average Australian can gain 4-5kg of fat and lose 2-3kg of muscle during Xmas…

AnneS said:

I gave up smoking in 1981. Pity I can’t give up eating and lose weight. lol
It is amazing though isn’t it how smoking does dull your sense of smell. It’s not until you stop smoking that you realise how revolting a smoker smells…especially when the stale cigarette smoke is mixed with the smell of cheap perfume. Yuk!

You must have bumped into our real estate lady?

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

Yesterday coming home from the psych appointment, a truck nearly ran into the back of my car. I was stopped at roadworks, (man with the lollipop stop sign) I saw that the truck behind me didn’t see me and I couldn’t move my car. I watched as the truckie suddenly saw me, hit the skids and kangaroo hopped his rig to a thuddering stop, me bracing myself, but the truck stopped in time. Just missed my car by a few cms.
But then part the load of steel rods on the truck slid over the top of the trucks cabin and slid all the way to the road in front of my car, again missing my car completely.

I’m meant to be here!

So is my car LOL!

OMG! Aren’t you meant to secure your loads down south? Did you go out and buy a lotto ticket?

I guess the truckie will have a lot to answer for as to why the load wasn’t secure. The roadworkers helped clean up the spilled steel. I was driving away by that time.

First thing I thought, “oh no not the car, again!” lol

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

I’ve just finished making biscuits for a customer but I did something wrong with the ingredients. I went over it in my mind a dozen times but couldn’t understand what I’d done wrong. With the bikkies I make, I make them bread and butter plate size which means I have to mould each one to the appropriate size. The mixture has to be spot on so the batter can be handled. Anyway I stuffed it up so it’s taken me twice as long to do the job.

I had no more ingredients to make a new batch so i had to persevere. There cooked and edible but I would like to know what I did wrong.

Yes they were Anzacs but I always use quick oats and it doesn’t need any eggs. I’m wondering now if I put in enought oats!!! It’s the only ingredient that I can’t remember exactly how many cups I put in. Oats look a bit sparce in the finished biscuits too…………………I bet it was lack of oats. Too late anyway. Whats done is done. We’ll just have to rename them Big Bikkies.

Consistancy wrong ? too runny? When you find out what you did wrong, let us know, lol.
That can happen if, for example, you’re making Anzacs and use quick oats instead of rolled oats. Humidity can affect some things, eggs that aren’t fresh too.

Oh I know how easy it is to get some big thing wrong re baking,lol.

My Xmas tree fruit cake turned out beautiful. But, I didn’t think to first make sure I have a flat plate big enough to hold it. I have cake boards so I used a lovely gold covered one just big enough.
But.. then the whole thing wouldn’t fit in the fridge. What to do, what to do..
I cut the cake right in half, placed it on smaller flat plates and wrapped and fridged it. I will rejoin it when I ice and decorate it. No one will know, except me lol.

G,morning. I feel flat today. Gray and still, like the weather at the moment.

School holidays, yay, my grandson is coming over for the week. That’ll brighten me :) I’ll cook something for him! lol. We will go eat raw veges from the garden, capsicums and beans and strawberries, and dig up spuds. I will show him what else I have growing that we can raid later on.
The young boy has his martial arts grading tomorrow and we all have to be up super early.

Yeehah said:

Can’t find the family stuff thread.

Been on the phone off and on since 8 tonight when Dad rang to say Mum’s in hospital. Septicaemia and suspected mild heart attack. Mum’s a heavy smoker and one sister and I agree that all those other odd symptoms probably mean emphysema too. Another sister looked up septicaemia, she said it’s got a worse prognosis if there’s underlying health problems. Remember the lymphoedema I mentioned? Her lymphatic system is buggered. Her lungs could well be buggered. And now it could be that her circulatory system is buggered. And she has a nasty infection.

Am very worried. Probably will do the 2hr drive to see her on Sunday.

She’s only just turned 69.

Very sorry to hear that Yeehah. I hope she can recover enough to enjoy Christmas with everybody.

Yeehah said:

Can’t find the family stuff thread.

Been on the phone off and on since 8 tonight when Dad rang to say Mum’s in hospital. Septicaemia and suspected mild heart attack. Mum’s a heavy smoker and one sister and I agree that all those other odd symptoms probably mean emphysema too. Another sister looked up septicaemia, she said it’s got a worse prognosis if there’s underlying health problems. Remember the lymphoedema I mentioned? Her lymphatic system is buggered. Her lungs could well be buggered. And now it could be that her circulatory system is buggered. And she has a nasty infection.

Am very worried. Probably will do the 2hr drive to see her on Sunday.

She’s only just turned 69.

It doesn’t sound good. Hope she comes good. (((HUGS)))

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Yes they were Anzacs but I always use quick oats and it doesn’t need any eggs. I’m wondering now if I put in enought oats!!! It’s the only ingredient that I can’t remember exactly how many cups I put in. Oats look a bit sparce in the finished biscuits too…………………I bet it was lack of oats. Too late anyway. Whats done is done. We’ll just have to rename them Big Bikkies.

Consistancy wrong ? too runny? When you find out what you did wrong, let us know, lol.
That can happen if, for example, you’re making Anzacs and use quick oats instead of rolled oats. Humidity can affect some things, eggs that aren’t fresh too.

Oh I know how easy it is to get some big thing wrong re baking,lol.

My Xmas tree fruit cake turned out beautiful. But, I didn’t think to first make sure I have a flat plate big enough to hold it. I have cake boards so I used a lovely gold covered one just big enough.
But.. then the whole thing wouldn’t fit in the fridge. What to do, what to do..
I cut the cake right in half, placed it on smaller flat plates and wrapped and fridged it. I will rejoin it when I ice and decorate it. No one will know, except me lol.

They reckon that cooks don’t make mistakes they just hide them. Tricky Dickie ‘eh?

Happy Potter said:

G,morning. I feel flat today. Gray and still, like the weather at the moment.

School holidays, yay, my grandson is coming over for the week. That’ll brighten me :) I’ll cook something for him! lol. We will go eat raw veges from the garden, capsicums and beans and strawberries, and dig up spuds. I will show him what else I have growing that we can raid later on.
The young boy has his martial arts grading tomorrow and we all have to be up super early.

Grand kids have a way of making life normal .

just back from the monthly Violet Town Markets. I was impressed with how much was there. Who else is getting apricots for $3/kg? Lucky not included.

bluegreen said:

just back from the monthly Violet Town Markets. I was impressed with how much was there. Who else is getting apricots for $3/kg? Lucky not included.

not up here we don’t… Mangoes are $10 a bucket.

bluegreen said:

just back from the monthly Violet Town Markets. I was impressed with how much was there. Who else is getting apricots for $3/kg? Lucky not included.

great – you have found your local market.
the neighbour’s apricot trees are loaded – hehe – we sozzies are scroungers (and so are our wattles birds judging by the peck holes).

pepe said:

bluegreen said:

just back from the monthly Violet Town Markets. I was impressed with how much was there. Who else is getting apricots for $3/kg? Lucky not included.

great – you have found your local market.
the neighbour’s apricot trees are loaded – hehe – we sozzies are scroungers (and so are our wattles birds judging by the peck holes).

there is a closer one than that in Tatong, but I missed that one. Will go next month.

thinking of getting one of these. I saw them at the markets.

bluegreen said:

thinking of getting one of these. I saw them at the markets.

groovy, does Benalla still have its big pottery place?

A couple pics of our nicola spud harvest..
I got 18 kilos. I had nine plants in a 1.2 mt sq bed. The close planting didn’t seem to bother them one bit.
I started with five seed spuds but some had eyes both ends so I cut them in half.
This time though, instead of mostly small or medium potatoes the majority are large, around the 450-600 gram mark. The couple handful of little ones will get planted next August.
Biggest was 606 gr.
Potato pancakes for tea!

pain master said:

bluegreen said:

thinking of getting one of these. I saw them at the markets.

groovy, does Benalla still have its big pottery place?

don’t know of one. you thinking of Bendigo?

Happy Potter said:

A couple pics of our nicola spud harvest..
I got 18 kilos. I had nine plants in a 1.2 mt sq bed. The close planting didn’t seem to bother them one bit.
I started with five seed spuds but some had eyes both ends so I cut them in half.
This time though, instead of mostly small or medium potatoes the majority are large, around the 450-600 gram mark. The couple handful of little ones will get planted next August.
Biggest was 606 gr.
Potato pancakes for tea!

beautiful.
5 seed spuds (some cut in halves) – say – 500gms of seed – for 18 kilos – geez that’s 36:1 return. the best yet.!! well done – in a small but fertile patch with close planting.
those nicola are superb mash.

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

A couple pics of our nicola spud harvest..
I got 18 kilos. I had nine plants in a 1.2 mt sq bed. The close planting didn’t seem to bother them one bit.
I started with five seed spuds but some had eyes both ends so I cut them in half.
This time though, instead of mostly small or medium potatoes the majority are large, around the 450-600 gram mark. The couple handful of little ones will get planted next August.
Biggest was 606 gr.
Potato pancakes for tea!

beautiful.
5 seed spuds (some cut in halves) – say – 500gms of seed – for 18 kilos – geez that’s 36:1 return. the best yet.!! well done – in a small but fertile patch with close planting.
those nicola are superb mash.

Thanks Pepe :)

BUT..sorry to muck up your calculation.. I went to fork the bed over and got another I big one and 3 mediums = 1 kg, so 19 kg now. Just a smidgeon over actually.

I’ve already re-built the bed up again. Chucked in a bag of moo poo, B&B, bit of potash, compost and worm casts, and a load of soiled chook straw. The bed is so small all those goodies made it sit really high. I’ll let it brew and settle whilst I decide what will go in there next.
I’m filthy and need a shower and a rest and a cool drink.

BUT..sorry to muck up your calculation.. I went to fork the bed over and got another I big one and 3 mediums = 1 kg, so 19 kg now. Just a smidgeon over actually.

I’ve already re-built the bed up again. Chucked in a bag of moo poo, B&B, bit of potash, compost and worm casts, and a load of soiled chook straw. The bed is so small all those goodies made it sit really high. I’ll let it brew and settle whilst I decide what will go in there next.
——-
the calcs were based on a 100gm seed spud and were guesswork anyhoo. still that is a remarkable return HP – and you (plus younguns) would have been thrilled as you dug them up.

my suggestion for a replacement crop would be climbing beans or snap peas on a 6’0” high pyramid frame of wooden stakes..

Happy Potter said:

A couple pics of our nicola spud harvest..
I got 18 kilos. I had nine plants in a 1.2 mt sq bed. The close planting didn’t seem to bother them one bit.
I started with five seed spuds but some had eyes both ends so I cut them in half.
This time though, instead of mostly small or medium potatoes the majority are large, around the 450-600 gram mark. The couple handful of little ones will get planted next August.
Biggest was 606 gr.
Potato pancakes for tea!

nice work potter… green with envy here.

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

bluegreen said:

thinking of getting one of these. I saw them at the markets.

groovy, does Benalla still have its big pottery place?

don’t know of one. you thinking of Bendigo?

yeah probably… you say ter-may-ta, I say toe-mar-toe.

bluegreen said:

just back from the monthly Violet Town Markets. I was impressed with how much was there. Who else is getting apricots for $3/kg? Lucky not included.

I don’t like apricots so have no idea of the price!

bluegreen said:

just back from the monthly Violet Town Markets. I was impressed with how much was there. Who else is getting apricots for $3/kg? Lucky not included.

I’m not even listening to that BG.

pain master said:

bluegreen said:

just back from the monthly Violet Town Markets. I was impressed with how much was there. Who else is getting apricots for $3/kg? Lucky not included.

not up here we don’t… Mangoes are $10 a bucket.

Boo hoo! I haven’t had apricots or mangoes. The Christmas fruit season is passing my by.

Happy Potter said:

A couple pics of our nicola spud harvest..
I got 18 kilos. I had nine plants in a 1.2 mt sq bed. The close planting didn’t seem to bother them one bit.
I started with five seed spuds but some had eyes both ends so I cut them in half.
This time though, instead of mostly small or medium potatoes the majority are large, around the 450-600 gram mark. The couple handful of little ones will get planted next August.
Biggest was 606 gr.
Potato pancakes for tea!

You did a lot better than me. Onya HP.

the potato plants in one of the big tubs I have that I started in Melbourne and brought up with me are looking pretty healthy. I have no idea what is going on underneath though!

bluegreen said:

the potato plants in one of the big tubs I have that I started in Melbourne and brought up with me are looking pretty healthy. I have no idea what is going on underneath though!

Cool :)

I lerve my home grown spuds, they are so much nicer. This lot especially. And they didn’t discolour when I grated them for the spud pancake mix.

I made 3 doz Thai chicken patties today. All packed and frozen for the Chrissy holidays. Did the same of sausage rolls the other day. I am planning on doing as little meal prep as possible while we are away. Tomorrow I’ll do a terrine and some noodle fingers then I start on the sweet stuff.

pomolo said:

I made 3 doz Thai chicken patties today. All packed and frozen for the Chrissy holidays. Did the same of sausage rolls the other day. I am planning on doing as little meal prep as possible while we are away. Tomorrow I’ll do a terrine and some noodle fingers then I start on the sweet stuff.

What’s a noodle finger?

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

I made 3 doz Thai chicken patties today. All packed and frozen for the Chrissy holidays. Did the same of sausage rolls the other day. I am planning on doing as little meal prep as possible while we are away. Tomorrow I’ll do a terrine and some noodle fingers then I start on the sweet stuff.

What’s a noodle finger?

Tey are just noodles, baked and cut into fingers, crumbed and shallow fried.

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

I made 3 doz Thai chicken patties today. All packed and frozen for the Chrissy holidays. Did the same of sausage rolls the other day. I am planning on doing as little meal prep as possible while we are away. Tomorrow I’ll do a terrine and some noodle fingers then I start on the sweet stuff.

What’s a noodle finger?

Tey are just noodles, baked and cut into fingers, crumbed and shallow fried.

What sort of noodles? i’m trying to picture this.

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

What’s a noodle finger?

Tey are just noodles, baked and cut into fingers, crumbed and shallow fried.

What sort of noodles? i’m trying to picture this.

They are just made from those Maggi 2minute noodles. I am doing them for the grandchildren. You just mix in ham & parsley, set, then cut into fingers etc.

I have just noticed (aside from the typo) that I said they are baked. Not true. They are allowed to set in the fridge.

greetings and good gardening to you all :)

greetings trichome, its awfully quiet in here… hang around someone may move some furniture later.

i dare say the forum revs up from time to time, just nice to chat about garden matters

trichome said:

i dare say the forum revs up from time to time, just nice to chat about garden matters

Dont think we have met

yeah it ebbs and flows here, but there are a few with some skills and knowledge which certainly makes it worth while hanging around…

no we haven’t met, greetings to you :)

trichome said:

no we haven’t met, greetings to you :)

hello

hello bluegreen :)

we’re off to christchurch tomorrow.
so –
- pool cleaning after that storm – wat a mess – will take all day
- lady dizzie is my standin gardener whilst i’m gone. so i have educated her on pepe’s way of doing things – but she’s a country girl and will probably do it right anyhow.
- poodles to pound – poor things – but its best we can do

i might be buying a camera duty free – since the one i’ve been using all these years has been my wifes.

pepe said:

we’re off to christchurch tomorrow.
so –
- pool cleaning after that storm – wat a mess – will take all day
- lady dizzie is my standin gardener whilst i’m gone. so i have educated her on pepe’s way of doing things – but she’s a country girl and will probably do it right anyhow.
- poodles to pound – poor things – but its best we can do

i might be buying a camera duty free – since the one i’ve been using all these years has been my wifes.

wonderful stuff pepe, you’ll love Col Light’s other attempt at town-planning… and yes do get a camera. You do know that you can just go out and buy one at a shop and claim the GST at the airport? Same as duty-free these days….

pain master said:

pepe said:

we’re off to christchurch tomorrow.
so –
- pool cleaning after that storm – wat a mess – will take all day
- lady dizzie is my standin gardener whilst i’m gone. so i have educated her on pepe’s way of doing things – but she’s a country girl and will probably do it right anyhow.
- poodles to pound – poor things – but its best we can do

i might be buying a camera duty free – since the one i’ve been using all these years has been my wifes.

wonderful stuff pepe, you’ll love Col Light’s other attempt at town-planning… and yes do get a camera. You do know that you can just go out and buy one at a shop and claim the GST at the airport? Same as duty-free these days….

nope i didn’t know – we stop at airports – auckland and melbourne as 1 hour stopovers – so i will look.
i doubt it will be a canon SLR 550 – altho’ maybe ??

pepe said:

we’re off to christchurch tomorrow.
so –
- pool cleaning after that storm – wat a mess – will take all day
- lady dizzie is my standin gardener whilst i’m gone. so i have educated her on pepe’s way of doing things – but she’s a country girl and will probably do it right anyhow.
- poodles to pound – poor things – but its best we can do

i might be buying a camera duty free – since the one i’ve been using all these years has been my wifes.

ooh! have fun!

trichome said:

no we haven’t met, greetings to you :)

people call me Thee or Cheryl

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

we’re off to christchurch tomorrow.
so –
- pool cleaning after that storm – wat a mess – will take all day
- lady dizzie is my standin gardener whilst i’m gone. so i have educated her on pepe’s way of doing things – but she’s a country girl and will probably do it right anyhow.
- poodles to pound – poor things – but its best we can do

i might be buying a camera duty free – since the one i’ve been using all these years has been my wifes.

ooh! have fun!

cool Pepe I love my camera

pepe said:

we’re off to christchurch tomorrow.
so –
- pool cleaning after that storm – wat a mess – will take all day
- lady dizzie is my standin gardener whilst i’m gone. so i have educated her on pepe’s way of doing things – but she’s a country girl and will probably do it right anyhow.
- poodles to pound – poor things – but its best we can do

i might be buying a camera duty free – since the one i’ve been using all these years has been my wifes.

Do pounds board??????

pain master said:

pepe said:

we’re off to christchurch tomorrow.
so –
- pool cleaning after that storm – wat a mess – will take all day
- lady dizzie is my standin gardener whilst i’m gone. so i have educated her on pepe’s way of doing things – but she’s a country girl and will probably do it right anyhow.
- poodles to pound – poor things – but its best we can do

i might be buying a camera duty free – since the one i’ve been using all these years has been my wifes.

wonderful stuff pepe, you’ll love Col Light’s other attempt at town-planning… and yes do get a camera. You do know that you can just go out and buy one at a shop and claim the GST at the airport? Same as duty-free these days….

Christchurch is one of my fav places. Don’t you dare miss the bot gardens.

trichome said:

no we haven’t met, greetings to you :)

Hello from me too.

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

we’re off to christchurch tomorrow.
so –
- pool cleaning after that storm – wat a mess – will take all day
- lady dizzie is my standin gardener whilst i’m gone. so i have educated her on pepe’s way of doing things – but she’s a country girl and will probably do it right anyhow.
- poodles to pound – poor things – but its best we can do

i might be buying a camera duty free – since the one i’ve been using all these years has been my wifes.

wonderful stuff pepe, you’ll love Col Light’s other attempt at town-planning… and yes do get a camera. You do know that you can just go out and buy one at a shop and claim the GST at the airport? Same as duty-free these days….

Christchurch is one of my fav places. Don’t you dare miss the bot gardens.

thanks guys – hectic last day at home tho’.
i will see the bot gardens and the caves, glo worms, kiwis etc.
cyas L8r.

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

we’re off to christchurch tomorrow.
so –
- pool cleaning after that storm – wat a mess – will take all day
- lady dizzie is my standin gardener whilst i’m gone. so i have educated her on pepe’s way of doing things – but she’s a country girl and will probably do it right anyhow.
- poodles to pound – poor things – but its best we can do

i might be buying a camera duty free – since the one i’ve been using all these years has been my wifes.

Do pounds board??????

groan – kennels LOL.
cyas

trichome said:

greetings and good gardening to you all :)

Greetings back to you:) Have we a newie?
If so, welcome :) and here’s a bit about us..

This isn’t a forum, it’s a lifestyle! Once in you’re trapped, but in the nicest way because it’s a grand place to be!

If you need advice on anything gardening, just ask. We’re a dirty lot and covered in compost. We know a bit about trees and stuff. Good stuff.

ID a plant? No probs, many heads will search it until we find it’s name. It’s a – green- thingy.

If you need a recipe, ask away. There’s several cooks lurking. Nom nom nom nom nom..

If you’re crook we will send you virtual hugs and sympathasize. Coff coff. Sniffffff.

Whinge about the weather? No probs, we do that a lot. Bluddy rain! – Bluddy no rain!

Sit back and enjoy some great armchair travel, at times. We have some fab photographers! who travel too!

If your married, divorced, have 10 kids or no kids, have a loved pet or no pets, and one or more are annoying you, or making you puff up with pride, we’re great listeners!

Or if you’re just bored, come in and chat :)

:D

pepe said:

we’re off to christchurch tomorrow.
so –
- pool cleaning after that storm – wat a mess – will take all day
- lady dizzie is my standin gardener whilst i’m gone. so i have educated her on pepe’s way of doing things – but she’s a country girl and will probably do it right anyhow.
- poodles to pound – poor things – but its best we can do

i might be buying a camera duty free – since the one i’ve been using all these years has been my wifes.

Ooooo have fun Pepe & family :D
Yes get a camera, you know what we’re like with pics..

Happy Potter said:

trichome said:

greetings and good gardening to you all :)

Greetings back to you:) Have we a newie?
If so, welcome :) and here’s a bit about us..

This isn’t a forum, it’s a lifestyle! Once in you’re trapped, but in the nicest way because it’s a grand place to be!

If you need advice on anything gardening, just ask. We’re a dirty lot and covered in compost. We know a bit about trees and stuff. Good stuff.

ID a plant? No probs, many heads will search it until we find it’s name. It’s a – green- thingy.

If you need a recipe, ask away. There’s several cooks lurking. Nom nom nom nom nom..

If you’re crook we will send you virtual hugs and sympathasize. Coff coff. Sniffffff.

Whinge about the weather? No probs, we do that a lot. Bluddy rain! – Bluddy no rain!

Sit back and enjoy some great armchair travel, at times. We have some fab photographers! who travel too!

If your married, divorced, have 10 kids or no kids, have a loved pet or no pets, and one or more are annoying you, or making you puff up with pride, we’re great listeners!

Or if you’re just bored, come in and chat :)

:D

sounds like a fair summary.

thanks for the comments and hello’s
i might chip in if there are garden topics

trichome said:

thanks for the comments and hello’s
i might chip in if there are garden topics

they do arise from time to time , but lots of over the back fence gossips as well lol

trichome said:

thanks for the comments and hello’s
i might chip in if there are garden topics

and of course, feel free to start a topic of your own… introduce yerself by letting us know what is growing in the trichome area???

pepe said:

we’re off to christchurch tomorrow.
so –
- pool cleaning after that storm – wat a mess – will take all day
- lady dizzie is my standin gardener whilst i’m gone. so i have educated her on pepe’s way of doing things – but she’s a country girl and will probably do it right anyhow.
- poodles to pound – poor things – but its best we can do

i might be buying a camera duty free – since the one i’ve been using all these years has been my wifes.

Have a great holiday Pepe and Merry Christmas to you and Mrs Pepe.

evening Pom, rain your way today?

Happy Potter said:

trichome said:

greetings and good gardening to you all :)

Greetings back to you:) Have we a newie?
If so, welcome :) and here’s a bit about us..

This isn’t a forum, it’s a lifestyle! Once in you’re trapped, but in the nicest way because it’s a grand place to be!

If you need advice on anything gardening, just ask. We’re a dirty lot and covered in compost. We know a bit about trees and stuff. Good stuff.

ID a plant? No probs, many heads will search it until we find it’s name. It’s a – green- thingy.

If you need a recipe, ask away. There’s several cooks lurking. Nom nom nom nom nom..

If you’re crook we will send you virtual hugs and sympathasize. Coff coff. Sniffffff.

Whinge about the weather? No probs, we do that a lot. Bluddy rain! – Bluddy no rain!

Sit back and enjoy some great armchair travel, at times. We have some fab photographers! who travel too!

If your married, divorced, have 10 kids or no kids, have a loved pet or no pets, and one or more are annoying you, or making you puff up with pride, we’re great listeners!

Or if you’re just bored, come in and chat :)

:D

I think I’ll join after reading that from you HP.