Photo 1 – zucchinis producing since december
P2 – guess this flower?
P3 – a friend saw this and said she would like to launch herself into the pumpkin pool. we will miss this 10×8 metre sea of leaves when it dies.

picking spring onions, eggplant and purple kings

those purple king beans are producing a colander full every two days – and have been producing since december.

pepe said:

Photo 1 – zucchinis producing since december
P2 – guess this flower?
P3 – a friend saw this and said she would like to launch herself into the pumpkin pool. we will miss this 10×8 metre sea of leaves when it dies.

P2 – is it a weed?

P3 – you have such interesting friends…

pepe said:

Photo 1 – zucchinis producing since december
P2 – guess this flower?
P3 – a friend saw this and said she would like to launch herself into the pumpkin pool. we will miss this 10×8 metre sea of leaves when it dies.

P2 potato?

pepe said:

P2 – guess this flower?

potato

P1 – mumma orb has laid her eggs and boy –
P2 – she lost half her body size when she did it.
P3 – the native corner five years on from when it was planted as tubestock.

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

Photo 1 – zucchinis producing since december
P2 – guess this flower?
P3 – a friend saw this and said she would like to launch herself into the pumpkin pool. we will miss this 10×8 metre sea of leaves when it dies.

P2 – is it a weed?

P3 – you have such interesting friends…

not a weed

Muschee said:

pepe said:

Photo 1 – zucchinis producing since december
P2 – guess this flower?
P3 – a friend saw this and said she would like to launch herself into the pumpkin pool. we will miss this 10×8 metre sea of leaves when it dies.

P2 potato?

yep – spud it is – rain coming your way as a reward lol .

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

P2 – guess this flower?

potato

too slow – but accuracy great as always.

pepe said:

Muschee said:

pepe said:

Photo 1 – zucchinis producing since december
P2 – guess this flower?
P3 – a friend saw this and said she would like to launch herself into the pumpkin pool. we will miss this 10×8 metre sea of leaves when it dies.

P2 potato?

yep – spud it is – rain coming your way as a reward lol .

Excellent :o)

Which potato? I’m sure mine had a mauve flower and not as compact looking as yours…
Looks nice & healthy there Pepe…

I had to rip up half my vegie garden due to lack of water…I was trying to keep too much alive. And it was alot of work for little reward. Next summer I’ll just keep a couple beds going.

the fruit trees are producing as well – but

P1 – i’ve forgotten
P2 – the name’s on the tip of my tongue
P3 – that’s unusual – what’s happening here?

Muschee said:

pepe said:

Muschee said:

P2 potato?

yep – spud it is – rain coming your way as a reward lol .

Excellent :o)
Which potato? I’m sure mine had a mauve flower and not as compact looking as yours…
Looks nice & healthy there Pepe… I had to rip up half my vegie garden due to lack of water…I was trying to keep too much alive. And it was alot of work for little reward. Next summer I’ll just keep a couple beds going.

not sure which type it is – it was planted in about october when this area was my first corn patch. probably desiree or coliban but i’ll check for you later.

we all remember drought from the previous three years – very fressh in our memories – thus we know how hard it is to garden without the rain.

pepe said:

the fruit trees are producing as well – but

P1 – i’ve forgotten
P2 – the name’s on the tip of my tongue
P3 – that’s unusual – what’s happening here?

P2 pomegranite?
P3 too much water?

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

the fruit trees are producing as well – but

P1 – i’ve forgotten
P2 – the name’s on the tip of my tongue
P3 – that’s unusual – what’s happening here?

P2 pomegranite?
P3 too much water?

P2 – yes – pomegranate
P3 – could be – but probably just too many figs (overripe) despite constant picking and fig galette desserts.

pepe said:

the fruit trees are producing as well – but

P1 – i’ve forgotten
P2 – the name’s on the tip of my tongue
P3 – that’s unusual – what’s happening here?

P1, lemonade ?

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

the fruit trees are producing as well – but

P1 – i’ve forgotten
P2 – the name’s on the tip of my tongue
P3 – that’s unusual – what’s happening here?

P1, lemonade ?

When I first looked at it, I thought Mandarin because of the flat shape, but the skin is not a mandy skin (from what I can see in the photo)…grapefruit was the next choice because of the shape and skin, but still a bit too flattish for grapefruit…

P3 – the fig – too much water at the wrong time, I reckon…

The tubestock area looks wonderful, kudos to you!

And thanks for putting up the Orb egg-laying saga…

pepe said:

Muschee said:

pepe said:

yep – spud it is – rain coming your way as a reward lol .

Excellent :o)
Which potato? I’m sure mine had a mauve flower and not as compact looking as yours…
Looks nice & healthy there Pepe… I had to rip up half my vegie garden due to lack of water…I was trying to keep too much alive. And it was alot of work for little reward. Next summer I’ll just keep a couple beds going.

not sure which type it is – it was planted in about october when this area was my first corn patch. probably desiree or coliban but i’ll check for you later.

we all remember drought from the previous three years – very fressh in our memories – thus we know how hard it is to garden without the rain.

those spuds are ‘desiree’ muschee – and they need a bit of mulch on them – so just as well you asked.
desiree are a pink spud – pink spud = white flower?

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

the fruit trees are producing as well – but

P1 – i’ve forgotten
P2 – the name’s on the tip of my tongue
P3 – that’s unusual – what’s happening here?

P1, lemonade ?

mandarine – japanese seedless – just beginning to ripen.
i don’t have a lemonade – but it would make a good pot plant – probably a good idea..

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

the fruit trees are producing as well – but

P1 – i’ve forgotten
P2 – the name’s on the tip of my tongue
P3 – that’s unusual – what’s happening here?

P1, lemonade ?

mandarine – japanese seedless – just beginning to ripen.
i don’t have a lemonade – but it would make a good pot plant – probably a good idea..

Ooooh! oooh! oooh! I got something right!! (Mandarine)…well, close…

Dinetta said:

P3 – the fig – too much water at the wrong time, I reckon…
The tubestock area looks wonderful, kudos to you!
And thanks for putting up the Orb egg-laying saga…

mandarin was right – the fig could be water but we are having our best year ever and no-one has gone right through the figs and picked everything – so some ripe ones just split open.

normally the birds would take them quick – but those blighters are full too.

Gardenings Lookin good pepe.

pepe said:

pepe said:

Muschee said:

Excellent :o)
Which potato? I’m sure mine had a mauve flower and not as compact looking as yours…
Looks nice & healthy there Pepe… I had to rip up half my vegie garden due to lack of water…I was trying to keep too much alive. And it was alot of work for little reward. Next summer I’ll just keep a couple beds going.

not sure which type it is – it was planted in about october when this area was my first corn patch. probably desiree or coliban but i’ll check for you later.

we all remember drought from the previous three years – very fressh in our memories – thus we know how hard it is to garden without the rain.

those spuds are ‘desiree’ muschee – and they need a bit of mulch on them – so just as well you asked.
desiree are a pink spud – pink spud = white flower?

Are they a Hard or a Soft spud as well?

Are they a Hard or a Soft spud as well?
—————

i don’t know the terms veg – can you tell me.

they are a ‘floury’ type i think.

pepe said:

Photo 1 – zucchinis producing since december
P2 – guess this flower?
P3 – a friend saw this and said she would like to launch herself into the pumpkin pool. we will miss this 10×8 metre sea of leaves when it dies.

A potato?

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

Photo 1 – zucchinis producing since december
P2 – guess this flower?
P3 – a friend saw this and said she would like to launch herself into the pumpkin pool. we will miss this 10×8 metre sea of leaves when it dies.

P2 – is it a weed?

P3 – you have such interesting friends…

She’d be a very itchy friend.

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

the fruit trees are producing as well – but

P1 – i’ve forgotten
P2 – the name’s on the tip of my tongue
P3 – that’s unusual – what’s happening here?

P1, lemonade ?

Grapefruit?

pepe said:

Are they a Hard or a Soft spud as well?
—————

i don’t know the terms veg – can you tell me.

they are a ‘floury’ type i think.

I’d class Desiree as a bit all purpose.

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

Are they a Hard or a Soft spud as well?
—————

i don’t know the terms veg – can you tell me.

they are a ‘floury’ type i think.

I’d class Desiree as a bit all purpose.

Told ya. :)

http://www.lovepotatoes.co.uk/the-potato/potato-varieties/desiree/

pepe said:

Photo 1 – zucchinis producing since december
P2 – guess this flower?
P3 – a friend saw this and said she would like to launch herself into the pumpkin pool. we will miss this 10×8 metre sea of leaves when it dies.

Taters.

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

Are they a Hard or a Soft spud as well?
—————

i don’t know the terms veg – can you tell me.

they are a ‘floury’ type i think.

I’d class Desiree as a bit all purpose.

Told ya. :)

http://www.lovepotatoes.co.uk/the-potato/potato-varieties/desiree/

wedges, chips ???? you would be joking !!!
don’t waste your time – grow kennebec for that.

from memory – desiree are fabulous boiled and as a salad spud.

pepe said:

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

I’d class Desiree as a bit all purpose.

Told ya. :)

http://www.lovepotatoes.co.uk/the-potato/potato-varieties/desiree/

wedges, chips ???? you would be joking !!!
don’t waste your time – grow kennebec for that.

from memory – desiree are fabulous boiled and as a salad spud.

My kids loved it when I used Desirees for wedges and chips, they said they tasted potato-ier than the standard spud – mental blank on name – ah yeah, sebago.

pepe said:

pepe said:

Muschee said:

Excellent :o)
Which potato? I’m sure mine had a mauve flower and not as compact looking as yours…
Looks nice & healthy there Pepe… I had to rip up half my vegie garden due to lack of water…I was trying to keep too much alive. And it was alot of work for little reward. Next summer I’ll just keep a couple beds going.

not sure which type it is – it was planted in about october when this area was my first corn patch. probably desiree or coliban but i’ll check for you later.

we all remember drought from the previous three years – very fressh in our memories – thus we know how hard it is to garden without the rain.

those spuds are ‘desiree’ muschee – and they need a bit of mulch on them – so just as well you asked.
desiree are a pink spud – pink spud = white flower?

Ahhh thanks for that…well I planted kestrel that have purple eyes, thats where my purple flowers came from

pepe said:

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

I’d class Desiree as a bit all purpose.

Told ya. :)

http://www.lovepotatoes.co.uk/the-potato/potato-varieties/desiree/

wedges, chips ???? you would be joking !!!
don’t waste your time – grow kennebec for that.

from memory – desiree are fabulous boiled and as a salad spud.

I’ve used desiree for chips lots of times.

pepe said:

Photo 1 – zucchinis producing since december
P2 – guess this flower?
P3 – a friend saw this and said she would like to launch herself into the pumpkin pool. we will miss this 10×8 metre sea of leaves when it dies.

P2 Potato

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

bubba louie said:

Told ya. :)

http://www.lovepotatoes.co.uk/the-potato/potato-varieties/desiree/

wedges, chips ???? you would be joking !!!
don’t waste your time – grow kennebec for that.

from memory – desiree are fabulous boiled and as a salad spud.

I’ve used desiree for chips lots of times.

does it hold its shape?

scrabbled wedges and mashed chips

pepe said:

Are they a Hard or a Soft spud as well?
—————

i don’t know the terms veg – can you tell me.

they are a ‘floury’ type i think.

Dunno it myself, seen it up on the peeler settings List.

pepe said:

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

I’d class Desiree as a bit all purpose.

Told ya. :)

http://www.lovepotatoes.co.uk/the-potato/potato-varieties/desiree/

wedges, chips ???? you would be joking !!!
don’t waste your time – grow kennebec for that.

from memory – desiree are fabulous boiled and as a salad spud.

Yep we don’t use Des as Chips, K-Becs are good for chips and baking.

It’s raining outside and I’m wearing a jumper and thinking of lighting a fire for the first time this season. The rat plague, that extends from Cape Howe to Cape Naturaliste, is somehow less frightening that seeing slug slime over the pea patch.

Before they were poisoned by everyone in the district, the rats did show their usual fashion sense. They nibbled the snow peas and left the purple beans alone. Humans are doing the same and fighting over new season stuff while getting bored with the fatter, fuller bodied fruit of last summer. Not me though – I love the walk down our citrus avenue, seeing everything complete, full, ripe, stuffed and nearing the end of it’s cycle.

I did some work on bricklaying and rendering the front fence and am now one sore old man. I’m hobbling around and finding it just as sore to sit as it is to walk.

Can someone show me the ‘words’ thread please?
Good morning.

pepe said:

It’s raining outside and I’m wearing a jumper and thinking of lighting a fire for the first time this season. The rat plague, that extends from Cape Howe to Cape Naturaliste, is somehow less frightening that seeing slug slime over the pea patch.

Before they were poisoned by everyone in the district, the rats did show their usual fashion sense. They nibbled the snow peas and left the purple beans alone. Humans are doing the same and fighting over new season stuff while getting bored with the fatter, fuller bodied fruit of last summer. Not me though – I love the walk down our citrus avenue, seeing everything complete, full, ripe, stuffed and nearing the end of it’s cycle.

I did some work on bricklaying and rendering the front fence and am now one sore old man. I’m hobbling around and finding it just as sore to sit as it is to walk.

Can someone show me the ‘words’ thread please?
Good morning.

I hope you mend and pull up ok Pepe. How much did you do to get that sore ?
Send the chooks in to clean up the slugs? My lemons are finally turning yellow. They’re late.

pepe said:

Can someone show me the ‘words’ thread please?
Good morning.

http://tokyo3.org/forums/gardening/topics/1761/

Will this do, or do you want the thread that you started?

pepe said:

It’s raining outside and I’m wearing a jumper and thinking of lighting a fire for the first time this season. The rat plague, that extends from Cape Howe to Cape Naturaliste, is somehow less frightening that seeing slug slime over the pea patch.

Before they were poisoned by everyone in the district, the rats did show their usual fashion sense. They nibbled the snow peas and left the purple beans alone. Humans are doing the same and fighting over new season stuff while getting bored with the fatter, fuller bodied fruit of last summer. Not me though – I love the walk down our citrus avenue, seeing everything complete, full, ripe, stuffed and nearing the end of it’s cycle.

I did some work on bricklaying and rendering the front fence and am now one sore old man. I’m hobbling around and finding it just as sore to sit as it is to walk.

Can someone show me the ‘words’ thread please?
Good morning.

Glad you’re enjoying the fruits of your labours, so to speak…they do say there’s a native rat plague at the moment, because of the sustained rain in the dead centre…I think you need Deep Heat or whatever it’s called now or even invest in a visit to the physiotherapist…

…and what’s with the “old”…

Dinetta said:

…and what’s with the “old”…

Yeah?

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

It’s raining outside and I’m wearing a jumper and thinking of lighting a fire for the first time this season. The rat plague, that extends from Cape Howe to Cape Naturaliste, is somehow less frightening that seeing slug slime over the pea patch. Before they were poisoned by everyone in the district, the rats did show their usual fashion sense. They nibbled the snow peas and left the purple beans alone. Humans are doing the same and fighting over new season stuff while getting bored with the fatter, fuller bodied fruit of last summer. Not me though – I love the walk down our citrus avenue, seeing everything complete, full, ripe, stuffed and nearing the end of it’s cycle. I did some work on bricklaying and rendering the front fence and am now one sore old man. I’m hobbling around and finding it just as sore to sit as it is to walk. Can someone show me the ‘words’ thread please? Good morning.

I have a thirty-something friend helping me and he knows no pain. We worked for 6 hours on the first day and that is the bit that stiffened my legs, butt, hips and back. Arms and from the shoulders up is OK LOL.

I hope you mend and pull up ok Pepe. How much did you do to get that sore ?
Send the chooks in to clean up the slugs? My lemons are finally turning yellow. They’re late.

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

…and what’s with the “old”…

Yeah?

flatterers! – please continue LOL.

I have a thirty-something friend helping me and he knows no pain. We worked for 6 hours on the first day and that is the bit that stiffened my legs, butt, hips and back. Arms and from the shoulders up is OK LOL.
————————————————————-
Ya need to get into stretching for flexability.

Happy Potter said:

I have a thirty-something friend helping me and he knows no pain. We worked for 6 hours on the first day and that is the bit that stiffened my legs, butt, hips and back. Arms and from the shoulders up is OK LOL.
————————————————————-
Ya need to get into stretching for flexability.

yeah – i do like stretching exercises – good suggestion.

Photo1 – a better shot of the golden orb weaver nest. i guess we know now that creatures are multiplying massively this year, and these orb spiders have gone from none previously to many hundreds here this year.
P2 – a skeletonizer at work
P3 – always reminds me of those gumnut characters

P1 – fennel – summer crops failed so i’m trying it as a winter crop
P2 – garlic by the 100’s
P3 – furry native plant is nice to touch
P4 – RIP big gum tree that once harboured hundreds of birds
P5 – pumpkin pool, pepes ponds and the poultry pen.

the front fence – three years in the making and not finished yet – moan groan.

pepe said:

the front fence – three years in the making and not finished yet – moan groan.

bit like ours, Mum and dad want to get a new fence and Entrance, still is a waiting game for that, full timber fence.

A white pipe gate does us, and star pickets with 4 plain wires (I think there must have been sheep next door back in the early subdivision days)…

We have some rosewood fencing (I think…impervious to termites) as well as star picket fencing…no big announcements as we prefer privacy. You can’t really see our house from the road. The neighbours didn’t help by wrapping red reflectors around our street number (theirs is missing) and our power pole…but if you love the statement made by a grand entrance, go for it…

Dinetta said:

We have some rosewood fencing (I think…impervious to termites) as well as star picket fencing…no big announcements as we prefer privacy. You can’t really see our house from the road. The neighbours didn’t help by wrapping red reflectors around our street number (theirs is missing) and our power pole…but if you love the statement made by a grand entrance, go for it…

we bought the place with a tumble down front fence and are reusing all the demolition materials from the reno. not a grand statement – not even a statement until its finished. …. and i don’t like working out the front – too public – i much prefer the privacy of the rest of the place.

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

We have some rosewood fencing (I think…impervious to termites) as well as star picket fencing…no big announcements as we prefer privacy. You can’t really see our house from the road. The neighbours didn’t help by wrapping red reflectors around our street number (theirs is missing) and our power pole…but if you love the statement made by a grand entrance, go for it…

we bought the place with a tumble down front fence and are reusing all the demolition materials from the reno. not a grand statement – not even a statement until its finished. …. and i don’t like working out the front – too public – i much prefer the privacy of the rest of the place.

Sorry Pepe, I let my personal preferences colour my post…

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

We have some rosewood fencing (I think…impervious to termites) as well as star picket fencing…no big announcements as we prefer privacy. You can’t really see our house from the road. The neighbours didn’t help by wrapping red reflectors around our street number (theirs is missing) and our power pole…but if you love the statement made by a grand entrance, go for it…

we bought the place with a tumble down front fence and are reusing all the demolition materials from the reno. not a grand statement – not even a statement until its finished. …. and i don’t like working out the front – too public – i much prefer the privacy of the rest of the place.

Sorry Pepe, I let my personal preferences colour my post…

no probs D;

we’re not getting much work done today – go outside and it rains a freezing cold rain (it was 31C on friday but 18C now) – go inside and the rain stops and out comes the sun.

only 4mm of rain so far.

these fairy moths are everywhere here. i saw the 100 strong horde of sparrows blitzing a piece of the paddock i had just mowed and it was these fellows they were eating.

P1 – you know it’s time to plant spuds when ferals come up as healthy as this
P2 – a burnley bounty tomato – a winter type – first time i’ve seen them.
P3 – early peas planted in early february

pepe said:

these fairy moths are everywhere here. i saw the 100 strong horde of sparrows blitzing a piece of the paddock i had just mowed and it was these fellows they were eating.

Stop feeding the sparrows LOL!

pepe said:

P1 – you know it’s time to plant spuds when ferals come up as healthy as this
P2 – a burnley bounty tomato – a winter type – first time i’ve seen them.
P3 – early peas planted in early february

You’ve got something going right!

pepe said:

these fairy moths are everywhere here. i saw the 100 strong horde of sparrows blitzing a piece of the paddock i had just mowed and it was these fellows they were eating.

hope Pomolo approves… ;P

assorted things on the native trees. if you know what they are sing out.

I know these are two moths.
the photo2 moth has been caught by an orb spider. this moth (rain moth?) is something like 2-10 times the weight of the spider….like a lion bringing down an elephant. i’m interested to know if it gets eaten and how long it takes.

pepe said:

assorted things on the native trees. if you know what they are sing out.

Great shots, but sorry, I can’t help…

pepe said:

I know these are two moths.
the photo2 moth has been caught by an orb spider. this moth (rain moth?) is something like 2-10 times the weight of the spider….like a lion bringing down an elephant. i’m interested to know if it gets eaten and how long it takes.

We had an orb web under the ceiling of the back deck, about 15 years ago (haven’t had orbs for a couple of years now, not sure why?) and it “caught” a humungous grasshopper…we’re talking the 4 inch long grasshopper here…bound it up and had a right old feast for 2 – 3 nights…while we were dining underneath…surreal…

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

assorted things on the native trees. if you know what they are sing out.

Great shots, but sorry, I can’t help…

Too easy. Eggs. spider. Captured moth. Another moth. I think that’s how they went.

the moth has fallen from the web leaving me none the wiser.
the carcass is being finished off by ants but why isn’t the spider bigger after that meal? was the moth body cast off – or did its weight break the web?

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

assorted things on the native trees. if you know what they are sing out.

Great shots, but sorry, I can’t help…

Too easy. Eggs. spider. Captured moth. Another moth. I think that’s how they went.

Woops. No3 Case Moth.

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

I know these are two moths.
the photo2 moth has been caught by an orb spider. this moth (rain moth?) is something like 2-10 times the weight of the spider….like a lion bringing down an elephant. i’m interested to know if it gets eaten and how long it takes.

We had an orb web under the ceiling of the back deck, about 15 years ago (haven’t had orbs for a couple of years now, not sure why?) and it “caught” a humungous grasshopper…we’re talking the 4 inch long grasshopper here…bound it up and had a right old feast for 2 – 3 nights…while we were dining underneath…surreal…

their webs are notoriously strong so i guess they intend to catch big prey. nice story – well sorta – you know – gruesomely interesting LOL.

pepe said:

I know these are two moths.
the photo2 moth has been caught by an orb spider. this moth (rain moth?) is something like 2-10 times the weight of the spider….like a lion bringing down an elephant. i’m interested to know if it gets eaten and how long it takes.

Spider will probably only eat the innards out of the moth. Like humans they leave the hard bits. LOL.

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

assorted things on the native trees. if you know what they are sing out.

Great shots, but sorry, I can’t help…

Too easy. Eggs. spider. Captured moth. Another moth. I think that’s how they went.

case moth for number three and yes – you’re right !!!! – but some people require a little more detail.

pepe said:

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

Great shots, but sorry, I can’t help…

Too easy. Eggs. spider. Captured moth. Another moth. I think that’s how they went.

case moth for number three and yes – you’re right !!!! – but some people require a little more detail.

You mean I didn’t get the ribbon? I’m cut now.

pomolo said:

pepe said:

pomolo said:

Too easy. Eggs. spider. Captured moth. Another moth. I think that’s how they went.

case moth for number three and yes – you’re right !!!! – but some people require a little more detail.

You mean I didn’t get the ribbon? I’m cut now.

some one will give them names – but -
don’t be too sad – bubba will swap multisyllabic botanical names with you some time soon LOL.

Great pics Pepe!
You’re getting better with that camera too :D

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

assorted things on the native trees. if you know what they are sing out.

Great shots, but sorry, I can’t help…

Too easy. Eggs. spider. Captured moth. Another moth. I think that’s how they went.

3 is a case moth of some sort

pepe said:

the moth has fallen from the web leaving me none the wiser.
the carcass is being finished off by ants but why isn’t the spider bigger after that meal? was the moth body cast off – or did its weight break the web?

Don’t recall our grasshopper-eating spider getting any bigger at all…didn’t think about it at the time…

pepe said:

their webs are notoriously strong so i guess they intend to catch big prey. nice story – well sorta – you know – gruesomely interesting LOL.

Gruesome was the word…while the spider sucked the life out of the g’hopper, we ate our dinner and watched…

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

I know these are two moths.
the photo2 moth has been caught by an orb spider. this moth (rain moth?) is something like 2-10 times the weight of the spider….like a lion bringing down an elephant. i’m interested to know if it gets eaten and how long it takes.

We had an orb web under the ceiling of the back deck, about 15 years ago (haven’t had orbs for a couple of years now, not sure why?) and it “caught” a humungous grasshopper…we’re talking the 4 inch long grasshopper here…bound it up and had a right old feast for 2 – 3 nights…while we were dining underneath…surreal…

their webs are notoriously strong so i guess they intend to catch big prey. nice story – well sorta – you know – gruesomely interesting LOL.

I have read of birds being caught in their webs… but not in my garden

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

assorted things on the native trees. if you know what they are sing out.

Great shots, but sorry, I can’t help…

Too easy. Eggs. spider. Captured moth. Another moth. I think that’s how they went.

Not the captured moth, that’s a hatched case moth.

pomolo said:

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

Great shots, but sorry, I can’t help…

Too easy. Eggs. spider. Captured moth. Another moth. I think that’s how they went.

Woops. No3 Case Moth.

I spoke too soon.

pepe said:

pomolo said:

pepe said:

case moth for number three and yes – you’re right !!!! – but some people require a little more detail.

You mean I didn’t get the ribbon? I’m cut now.

some one will give them names – but -
don’t be too sad – bubba will swap multisyllabic botanical names with you some time soon LOL.

Only after i look them up. my memory isn’t that good.

pain master said:

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

We had an orb web under the ceiling of the back deck, about 15 years ago (haven’t had orbs for a couple of years now, not sure why?) and it “caught” a humungous grasshopper…we’re talking the 4 inch long grasshopper here…bound it up and had a right old feast for 2 – 3 nights…while we were dining underneath…surreal…

their webs are notoriously strong so i guess they intend to catch big prey. nice story – well sorta – you know – gruesomely interesting LOL.

I have read of birds being caught in their webs… but not in my garden

several of the oldest spider residents have disappeared in the last two weeks. i suspect birds can pick them off – the mystery is why such exposed delicacies have lasted so long – because there are at least 300 hundred birds resident in the area..
the orb spider is new here this year – and there are hundreds of them. how did they arrive so quickly and in such large numbers???

was that lucky passing thru’ to report a pumpkin harvest?
missed her but she’s right about the weather – glorious- walk outside at night in a t-shirt – and even the moon is bright so you don’t need a torch.

i did think gino’s big pumpkin on GA looked like a sculpture in the garden so i might try one next year.
watdoya reckon – 40/60 kilos?

pepe said:

was that lucky passing thru’ to report a pumpkin harvest?
missed her but she’s right about the weather – glorious- walk outside at night in a t-shirt – and even the moon is bright so you don’t need a torch.

i did think gino’s big pumpkin on GA looked like a sculpture in the garden so i might try one next year.
watdoya reckon – 40/60 kilos?

If you can catch it on TV, it’s worth watching the Yanks with one of their annual pumpkin harvest…I mean they mainline milk and other nutrients to these punkins…

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

was that lucky passing thru’ to report a pumpkin harvest?
missed her but she’s right about the weather – glorious- walk outside at night in a t-shirt – and even the moon is bright so you don’t need a torch.

i did think gino’s big pumpkin on GA looked like a sculpture in the garden so i might try one next year.
watdoya reckon – 40/60 kilos?

If you can catch it on TV, it’s worth watching the Yanks with one of their annual pumpkin harvest…I mean they mainline milk and other nutrients to these punkins…

a mate grew a 40 kilo one this year and i can get seed off him.
mainly its high fertiliser and water and restricting the plant to just one pumpkin.
i think.
the yank halloween ones are the right sort of pumpkin.

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

was that lucky passing thru’ to report a pumpkin harvest?
missed her but she’s right about the weather – glorious- walk outside at night in a t-shirt – and even the moon is bright so you don’t need a torch.

i did think gino’s big pumpkin on GA looked like a sculpture in the garden so i might try one next year.
watdoya reckon – 40/60 kilos?

If you can catch it on TV, it’s worth watching the Yanks with one of their annual pumpkin harvest…I mean they mainline milk and other nutrients to these punkins…

a mate grew a 40 kilo one this year and i can get seed off him.
mainly its high fertiliser and water and restricting the plant to just one pumpkin.
i think.
the yank halloween ones are the right sort of pumpkin.

I hear the secret is to get the one pumikin happening on the vine and then covering the whole vine minus the leaves in sheep manure???

P1 – hopping spider – very cute – jumped onto camera lens after this hot.
P2 – beans and jerusalem artichokes. a big orb spider died of old age outside my bedroom window so i have pulled down the bean trellis and pulled up the artichokes that his mighty web was connected to.
P3 – mandies are very close to ripe.
P4 – yellow, gold, brown, muave, orange and several shades of green – male liberation colours LOL.

pepe said:

P1 – hopping spider – very cute – jumped onto camera lens after this hot.

I once wasted a lot of time playing with one that was trying to catch the cursor on my screen :)

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

P1 – hopping spider – very cute – jumped onto camera lens after this hot.

I once wasted a lot of time playing with one that was trying to catch the cursor on my screen :)

they don’t run away. they just launch themselves into the air. this one could jump a 100mm or more.

pepe said:

P1 – hopping spider – very cute – jumped onto camera lens after this hot.
P2 – beans and jerusalem artichokes. a big orb spider died of old age outside my bedroom window so i have pulled down the bean trellis and pulled up the artichokes that his mighty web was connected to.
P3 – mandies are very close to ripe.
P4 – yellow, gold, brown, muave, orange and several shades of green – male liberation colours LOL.

You seem to do very well with those beans and the mandies look good too.

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

was that lucky passing thru’ to report a pumpkin harvest?
missed her but she’s right about the weather – glorious- walk outside at night in a t-shirt – and even the moon is bright so you don’t need a torch.

i did think gino’s big pumpkin on GA looked like a sculpture in the garden so i might try one next year.
watdoya reckon – 40/60 kilos?

If you can catch it on TV, it’s worth watching the Yanks with one of their annual pumpkin harvest…I mean they mainline milk and other nutrients to these punkins…

a mate grew a 40 kilo one this year and i can get seed off him.
mainly its high fertiliser and water and restricting the plant to just one pumpkin.
i think.
the yank halloween ones are the right sort of pumpkin.

Only good as stock feed so i’ve been told.

I hear the secret is to get the one pumikin happening on the vine and then covering the whole vine minus the leaves in sheep manure???
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NOTED. I PROBABLY SHOULD BE CHOOSING A SPOT IN THE SUN FOR NEXT SPRING AND PREPARING THE SOIL NOW.

caps lock on – damn

pomolo said:

pepe said:

P1 – hopping spider – very cute – jumped onto camera lens after this hot.
P2 – beans and jerusalem artichokes. a big orb spider died of old age outside my bedroom window so i have pulled down the bean trellis and pulled up the artichokes that his mighty web was connected to.
P3 – mandies are very close to ripe.
P4 – yellow, gold, brown, muave, orange and several shades of green – male liberation colours LOL.

You seem to do very well with those beans and the mandies look good too.

the beans flowered relentlessly – that’s the trouble with homegrown – if you are successful there is more than you can handle.

i had hundreds of leeks growing last winter and i’ve none growing this winter. that’s another problem, altho’ similar, planting just the right amount and never forgetting to plant something.

this will be our first big crop of mandies – so they will be wolfed down.

Veg gardener said:

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

If you can catch it on TV, it’s worth watching the Yanks with one of their annual pumpkin harvest…I mean they mainline milk and other nutrients to these punkins…

a mate grew a 40 kilo one this year and i can get seed off him.
mainly its high fertiliser and water and restricting the plant to just one pumpkin.
i think.
the yank halloween ones are the right sort of pumpkin.

Only good as stock feed so i’ve been told.

apparently that’s true. i will grow a crop of pumpkin besides.
it’s a garden feature whilst it’s growing and a tourist attraction when it’s finished. my mate is using it as a fund raiser for a school.

pepe said:

it’s a garden feature whilst it’s growing and a tourist attraction when it’s finished. my mate is using it as a fund raiser for a school.

LOL why not!

pepe said:

Veg gardener said:

pepe said:

a mate grew a 40 kilo one this year and i can get seed off him.
mainly its high fertiliser and water and restricting the plant to just one pumpkin.
i think.
the yank halloween ones are the right sort of pumpkin.

Only good as stock feed so i’ve been told.

apparently that’s true. i will grow a crop of pumpkin besides.
it’s a garden feature whilst it’s growing and a tourist attraction when it’s finished. my mate is using it as a fund raiser for a school.

Might be alright for the chooks.

i luv the way these native flowers emerge – fireworks uncurling

P1 – spot the grevillea looper
P2 – carob beans fully ripe and about to drop from the tree
P3 – carob bean broken open – its the soft caramel bit in between skin and seed that is sweet. once the skin is dry roasted and powdered it can be eaten as well.

P1 – lisbon lemon is just beginning to produce ripe fruit
P2 – the basil in foreground is flowering but still producing heapsof pesto whereas the english spinach in the mid field is going to seed before it should
P3 – from left – mandies, beans, eggplant, capsicum and spring onions in front
P4 – the jamaican grass as a backdrop to the echinacea. one eggplant between the echinaceas has ruined the display but it produced good eggplant so ……

P1 & P2 – planter boxes out the front being filled – after the old compacted driveway gravel has been crowbarred loosed
P3 – a fungus

pepe said:

P1 & P2 – planter boxes out the front being filled – after the old compacted driveway gravel has been crowbarred loosed
P3 – a fungus

Well done! Whats going in these boxes?

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

P1 & P2 – planter boxes out the front being filled – after the old compacted driveway gravel has been crowbarred loosed
P3 – a fungus

Well done! Whats going in these boxes?

plants. lol.
we have some ideas – two oleanders are fixed in my wife’s mind as the toughest and most fire proof plants for the situation. this area is to the west of the house – so toughness is a must. the chinese pistachio tree is doing well.

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

P1 & P2 – planter boxes out the front being filled – after the old compacted driveway gravel has been crowbarred loosed
P3 – a fungus

Well done! Whats going in these boxes?

plants. lol.
we have some ideas – two oleanders are fixed in my wife’s mind as the toughest and most fire proof plants for the situation. this area is to the west of the house – so toughness is a must. the chinese pistachio tree is doing well.

Cool.
I wouldn’t be able to resist putting nut trees in there.

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

Well done! Whats going in these boxes?

plants. lol.
we have some ideas – two oleanders are fixed in my wife’s mind as the toughest and most fire proof plants for the situation. this area is to the west of the house – so toughness is a must. the chinese pistachio tree is doing well.

Cool.
I wouldn’t be able to resist putting nut trees in there.

nut trees? – walnut? pistachio ?
unfortunately almonds are a pest here – but probably a new variety would be ok.
I like the idea i’ll have to check out the local nursery.

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

plants. lol.
we have some ideas – two oleanders are fixed in my wife’s mind as the toughest and most fire proof plants for the situation. this area is to the west of the house – so toughness is a must. the chinese pistachio tree is doing well.

Cool.
I wouldn’t be able to resist putting nut trees in there.

nut trees? – walnut? pistachio ?
unfortunately almonds are a pest here – but probably a new variety would be ok.
I like the idea i’ll have to check out the local nursery.

Yes, and whatever other nut trees will grow in your area. Macadamia? I’m all for food growing.

pepe said:

P1 & P2 – planter boxes out the front being filled – after the old compacted driveway gravel has been crowbarred loosed
P3 – a fungus

Are the sides of the bed concrete?

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

P1 & P2 – planter boxes out the front being filled – after the old compacted driveway gravel has been crowbarred loosed
P3 – a fungus

Are the sides of the bed concrete?

recycled brick rendered to match the house. i have piled the old driveway gravel against them to relieve the water pressure (should the soil be saturated).

pepe said:

two oleanders are fixed in my wife’s mind as the toughest and most fire proof plants for the situation. this area is to the west of the house – so toughness is a must. the chinese pistachio tree is doing well.

Oleanders were the staple of the west up here, because once established they didn’t need much water and they could cope with the stinking hot days of high summer…

However I hate them otherwise…

Another staple, sadly you can’t buy it any more, but they were planted as hedges and shade trees…cook trees…(related to oleander, too)

Dinetta said:

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Another staple, sadly you can’t buy it any more, but they were planted as hedges and shade trees…cook trees…(related to oleander, too)

Number one on the poisonous list. One seed can kill a child.

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

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Another staple, sadly you can’t buy it any more, but they were planted as hedges and shade trees…cook trees…(related to oleander, too)

Number one on the poisonous list. One seed can kill a child.

We had them in our school yard, we knew they were poisonous so we didn’t touch the seed because we knew what dead meant…we used to play housie under those trees for years and as far as I know the vast majority of us are still alive…

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

..

Another staple, sadly you can’t buy it any more, but they were planted as hedges and shade trees…cook trees…(related to oleander, too)

Number one on the poisonous list. One seed can kill a child.

We had them in our school yard, we knew they were poisonous so we didn’t touch the seed because we knew what dead meant…we used to play housie under those trees for years and as far as I know the vast majority of us are still alive…

the italians laugh at australia for its treatment of the oleander – they have millions of the trees and no real problem with its poison.
most plants can’t be eaten so we are hardly likely to munch on this one.

i did investigate the nut trees for this area – pistachio and almonds are the guaranteed successes.
They both need pollinators –
so for almonds its – ‘chelaston’ and ‘johnstones prolific’ or ‘biggs’ which is self pollinating.
for pistachios the female is ‘kerman’ and the male ‘peters19-8’

balhannah nursery is my nearest supplier but its oakbank races weekend and the traffic in balhannah would be bumper to bumper.

The Blanchtown bridge is an hours drive from here so we had a look at the murray river yesterday. The river has peaked at the top of lock1 (left photo) – no flooding but 2.5metres higher than normal.
the last photo is the lawn mower the lockmaster made for his wife LOL.

pepe said:

The Blanchtown bridge is an hours drive from here so we had a look at the murray river yesterday. The river has peaked at the top of lock1 (left photo) – no flooding but 2.5metres higher than normal.
the last photo is the lawn mower the lockmaster made for his wife LOL.

How kind of him!

i know i’ve seen them both before but i can’t name them.
ms pepe tried the emperor gum moth for the caterpillar – but no…
ID would be nice – please.

pepe said:

i know i’ve seen them both before but i can’t name them.
ms pepe tried the emperor gum moth for the caterpillar – but no…
ID would be nice – please.

Does the moth have pink on it’s underwings?

pomolo said:

pepe said:

i know i’ve seen them both before but i can’t name them.
ms pepe tried the emperor gum moth for the caterpillar – but no…
ID would be nice – please.

Does the moth have pink on it’s underwings?

hi pomolo
it seems grey underwing

but we have IDed them
The caterpillar is a hawk moth (order lepidoptera, family sphingidae
the moth is an Australian Privet Hawk moth (psilogramma menephron)

both from ‘what garden pest….’

pepe said:

pomolo said:

pepe said:

i know i’ve seen them both before but i can’t name them.
ms pepe tried the emperor gum moth for the caterpillar – but no…
ID would be nice – please.

Does the moth have pink on it’s underwings?

hi pomolo
it seems grey underwing

but we have IDed them
The caterpillar is a hawk moth (order lepidoptera, family sphingidae
the moth is an Australian Privet Hawk moth (psilogramma menephron)

both from ‘what garden pest….’

I was going to suggest privet moth because it’s the most common of all.

pomolo said:

pepe said:

i know i’ve seen them both before but i can’t name them.
ms pepe tried the emperor gum moth for the caterpillar – but no…
ID would be nice – please.

Does the moth have pink on it’s underwings?

One of the hawk moths.