Wake up! July has arrived. There’s work to be done!
Nah stay in bed, it’s too ruddy cold :)

I’ve cooking to do, and my head is crammed with a ‘to do’ list of things that need doing asap as I won’t be able to anything after tues. Like get good potting mix, add goodies and pot up the cumquat and move the compost bin to the new heap and use the old on the vege beds. Clean out chooks pen and add new straw.
And tuck away my pile of stakes and rolls of wire mesh from removing one fence from the rear beds. Finish weeding the front.
And, and, and, heaps of things.. I’m getting ready to wind down and let the batteries go flat LOL

Happy Potter said:

I’ve cooking to do, and my head is crammed with a ‘to do’ list of things that need doing asap as I won’t be able to anything after tues. Like get good potting mix, add goodies and pot up the cumquat and move the compost bin to the new heap and use the old on the vege beds. Clean out chooks pen and add new straw.
And tuck away my pile of stakes and rolls of wire mesh from removing one fence from the rear beds. Finish weeding the front.
And, and, and, heaps of things.. I’m getting ready to wind down and let the batteries go flat LOL

You can use some of my strength to help get it all done HP. Not that I’ve got a lot left after a week of grandchilding.

I’m off to visit a good friend that has just had a hip replacement op. She had the other one done about 18months ago and it took her many, many moons to become mobile again. This time her and her hubby have been uner the care of a trainer for considerable months and along with diets etc. she was at the peak of good health for the second op. Now she is coming through it like a champion. who ever said that diet and exercise don’t matter? Me, that’s who. I abhor exercise and do as little as possible. Dieting bores me. I suppose that sums me up.

pomolo said:

who ever said that diet and exercise don’t matter? Me, that’s who. I abhor exercise and do as little as possible. Dieting bores me. I suppose that sums me up.

I love exercise, whether planned or incidental…housework and gardening counting as incidental…I love finding new low calorie recipes that become family favourites, as tasty as with herbs and spices and not much salt or sugar…

Just loitering waiting for my sisters and stepmum to arrive. We’re going out for lunch.

Good luck HP :) So your arm should be as good as new when the recovery is finished?
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Thanks Bon :) yes it should be better then new, drs words, but it may take up to a year.

Back to July.
Tea is on and after just relaxing. Bed early.

Happy July to you PM. Enjoy your weekend.

pomolo said:

Happy July to you PM. Enjoy your weekend.

tomorrow, I am about to disappear for a while… will pop in from time to time.

pain master said:

pomolo said:

Happy July to you PM. Enjoy your weekend.

tomorrow, I am about to disappear for a while… will pop in from time to time.

Have fun :)

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

Happy July to you PM. Enjoy your weekend.

tomorrow, I am about to disappear for a while… will pop in from time to time.

Have fun :)

Where ever you are. :)

bubba louie said:

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

tomorrow, I am about to disappear for a while… will pop in from time to time.

Have fun :)

Where ever you are. :)

haven’t left yet… just getting the vehicle sorted and bag packing plus emptying memory cards and charging batteries.

I’ve been out and about the yard dabbing weeds with my weed wand. Also checking out the echidna holes. It’s been digging in the onion bed and uprooted a few. But I said it could have outside the house pad so I shouldn’t complain.

The weeds I was working on were the ones that shoot out their seeds in all directions when they are ripe. Don’t know the name of this one but once it’s around there will be thousands of them in no time. Not sure how well the weed killer will work because we had a shower of rain last night. It’s sure to dilute the glypho.

Off to deliver an order of biscuits now and go on to the hardware store for some kind of fasteners to hang my decoration on the newly painted shed. Things happen at a slow pace round here.

Later folks.

Better bring July back up before we lose sight of it altogether, lol.

I hit the panic button and decided to move some dwarf fruits that I was going to in the next few months. If I waited until spring or summer, they would have established by then and take longer to recover and bear fruit. Hubby and JJ helped.
So, one full sized lime growing in a pot went into mini orchard no 2. It went to the back seeing as it’s a full size tree. I will still keep it trimmed to a suitable size. Nearby, moved a dwarf valencia orange and one eureka lemon within 2.5 mt of each other.
Next the bare dwarf pipsqueek pear will go to the front and a dwarf lime not far in the next bed. If I get these done now I will be able to relax :)
Cuppa first then back to it.

Oh, and I have my garden project set for the next few months.. a mushroom kit! hehe. Yes I got it from B shop and yes it was in a foam box, and I made them open it so I could have a look at it, and it looked fine. It can live in the laundry. I will not be kept from playing in dirt LOL

Happy Potter said:

I hit the panic button and decided to move some dwarf fruits that I was going to in the next few months. If I waited until spring or summer, they would have established by then and take longer to recover and bear fruit. Hubby and JJ helped.
So, one full sized lime growing in a pot went into mini orchard no 2. It went to the back seeing as it’s a full size tree. I will still keep it trimmed to a suitable size. Nearby, moved a dwarf valencia orange and one eureka lemon within 2.5 mt of each other.
Next the bare dwarf pipsqueek pear will go to the front and a dwarf lime not far in the next bed. If I get these done now I will be able to relax :)
Cuppa first then back to it.

forgot to mention, I made sure I got the ossi, ossimetry?, optomin? os something, ok, the sunny side of the trunks are all facing the same direction as they were before LOL.

Happy Potter said:

Oh, and I have my garden project set for the next few months.. a mushroom kit! hehe. Yes I got it from B shop and yes it was in a foam box, and I made them open it so I could have a look at it, and it looked fine. It can live in the laundry. I will not be kept from playing in dirt LOL

If you buy spent mushroom compost (from landscape supplies or the grower not bagged from nurseries) you get a surpising amount of mushies coming up in the garden from it.

Have any Q’landers seen the pic of the damselfly on page 3 of the Sunday Mail today? It’s a classic. Photo taken in England actually but it is so Painmaster. I hope he sees it whereever his grand tour is happening.

Maybe it made the southern papers too. It should have.

Happy Potter said:

I hit the panic button and decided to move some dwarf fruits that I was going to in the next few months. If I waited until spring or summer, they would have established by then and take longer to recover and bear fruit. Hubby and JJ helped.
So, one full sized lime growing in a pot went into mini orchard no 2. It went to the back seeing as it’s a full size tree. I will still keep it trimmed to a suitable size. Nearby, moved a dwarf valencia orange and one eureka lemon within 2.5 mt of each other.
Next the bare dwarf pipsqueek pear will go to the front and a dwarf lime not far in the next bed. If I get these done now I will be able to relax :)
Cuppa first then back to it.

I’m starting to get tired HP.

Happy Potter said:

Happy Potter said:

I hit the panic button and decided to move some dwarf fruits that I was going to in the next few months. If I waited until spring or summer, they would have established by then and take longer to recover and bear fruit. Hubby and JJ helped.
So, one full sized lime growing in a pot went into mini orchard no 2. It went to the back seeing as it’s a full size tree. I will still keep it trimmed to a suitable size. Nearby, moved a dwarf valencia orange and one eureka lemon within 2.5 mt of each other.
Next the bare dwarf pipsqueek pear will go to the front and a dwarf lime not far in the next bed. If I get these done now I will be able to relax :)
Cuppa first then back to it.

forgot to mention, I made sure I got the ossi, ossimetry?, optomin? os something, ok, the sunny side of the trunks are all facing the same direction as they were before LOL.

orient = east occident = west

you oriented them the same way as they were originally positioned.

pomolo said:

Have any Q’landers seen the pic of the damselfly on page 3 of the Sunday Mail today? It’s a classic. Photo taken in England actually but it is so Painmaster. I hope he sees it whereever his grand tour is happening.

Maybe it made the southern papers too. It should have.

it was – i saw those unbelievable eyes poking out from behind the grass and thought of this forum as well.

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

Happy Potter said:

I hit the panic button and decided to move some dwarf fruits that I was going to in the next few months. If I waited until spring or summer, they would have established by then and take longer to recover and bear fruit. Hubby and JJ helped.
So, one full sized lime growing in a pot went into mini orchard no 2. It went to the back seeing as it’s a full size tree. I will still keep it trimmed to a suitable size. Nearby, moved a dwarf valencia orange and one eureka lemon within 2.5 mt of each other.
Next the bare dwarf pipsqueek pear will go to the front and a dwarf lime not far in the next bed. If I get these done now I will be able to relax :)
Cuppa first then back to it.

forgot to mention, I made sure I got the ossi, ossimetry?, optomin? os something, ok, the sunny side of the trunks are all facing the same direction as they were before LOL.

orient = east occident = west

you oriented them the same way as they were originally positioned.

Yeah that too. Ta.

The dwarf bare pear has been paired.. with the dwarf opalescent apple. In the same bed but 2.5 mt apart.
The oranges and lemons of Ct. Clemens.. will be happier where they are too.
My work is, almost, done.

bubba louie said:

Happy Potter said:

Oh, and I have my garden project set for the next few months.. a mushroom kit! hehe. Yes I got it from B shop and yes it was in a foam box, and I made them open it so I could have a look at it, and it looked fine. It can live in the laundry. I will not be kept from playing in dirt LOL

If you buy spent mushroom compost (from landscape supplies or the grower not bagged from nurseries) you get a surpising amount of mushies coming up in the garden from it.

Yes I’ve done that before too. But the more knowledgeable gardeners I know say using it in the garden beds changes the PH to unstable levels. I wonder..

pomolo said:

Have any Q’landers seen the pic of the damselfly on page 3 of the Sunday Mail today? It’s a classic. Photo taken in England actually but it is so Painmaster. I hope he sees it whereever his grand tour is happening.

Maybe it made the southern papers too. It should have.

Yep, a real cutie…

Happy Potter said:

Oh, and I have my garden project set for the next few months.. a mushroom kit! hehe. Yes I got it from B shop and yes it was in a foam box, and I made them open it so I could have a look at it, and it looked fine. It can live in the laundry. I will not be kept from playing in dirt LOL

Hehe, excellent idea HP :)

Our mushroom box is going great guns – keep pestering Mr Bon to make beef wellington so we can use some up :)

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

I hit the panic button and decided to move some dwarf fruits that I was going to in the next few months. If I waited until spring or summer, they would have established by then and take longer to recover and bear fruit. Hubby and JJ helped.
So, one full sized lime growing in a pot went into mini orchard no 2. It went to the back seeing as it’s a full size tree. I will still keep it trimmed to a suitable size. Nearby, moved a dwarf valencia orange and one eureka lemon within 2.5 mt of each other.
Next the bare dwarf pipsqueek pear will go to the front and a dwarf lime not far in the next bed. If I get these done now I will be able to relax :)
Cuppa first then back to it.

I’m starting to get tired HP.

Ditto! I’ve had rather a productive weekend, by my standards, but it wouldn’t even rate a mention by HP standards :)

bon008 said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

I hit the panic button and decided to move some dwarf fruits that I was going to in the next few months. If I waited until spring or summer, they would have established by then and take longer to recover and bear fruit. Hubby and JJ helped.
So, one full sized lime growing in a pot went into mini orchard no 2. It went to the back seeing as it’s a full size tree. I will still keep it trimmed to a suitable size. Nearby, moved a dwarf valencia orange and one eureka lemon within 2.5 mt of each other.
Next the bare dwarf pipsqueek pear will go to the front and a dwarf lime not far in the next bed. If I get these done now I will be able to relax :)
Cuppa first then back to it.

I’m starting to get tired HP.

Ditto! I’ve had rather a productive weekend, by my standards, but it wouldn’t even rate a mention by HP standards :)

Haha, I had help! the lime tree is already over my height and was in a huge tree tub. The man trollyed it to the site and lifted it. I just pointed a lot lol!
The ground here is so soft, the fork practically sinks in with hardly any effort needed.
The pear proved to be the hardest to get out but it has now been relocated. All watered and seasoled in :)

Just popped out to plant the garlic and give everything some fertiliser. Ended up hacking up a heap of hibiscus plants and doing a heap of weeding. Bin is chokers and I have plenty piled up to go in after it’s emptied this week.

Hope everyone else had a productive day?

nighteyes said:

Just popped out to plant the garlic and give everything some fertiliser. Ended up hacking up a heap of hibiscus plants and doing a heap of weeding. Bin is chokers and I have plenty piled up to go in after it’s emptied this week.

Hope everyone else had a productive day?

Ooh, is it not too late to plant garlic? I was hoping to get around to that this year. Should really make it an actual plan, I suppose.

Happy Potter said:

bubba louie said:

Happy Potter said:

Oh, and I have my garden project set for the next few months.. a mushroom kit! hehe. Yes I got it from B shop and yes it was in a foam box, and I made them open it so I could have a look at it, and it looked fine. It can live in the laundry. I will not be kept from playing in dirt LOL

If you buy spent mushroom compost (from landscape supplies or the grower not bagged from nurseries) you get a surpising amount of mushies coming up in the garden from it.

Yes I’ve done that before too. But the more knowledgeable gardeners I know say using it in the garden beds changes the PH to unstable levels. I wonder..

It can. Mine went off the charts but it came back fairly quickly and everything grew beautifully. Ian, of The Wintle Garden (sp) fame, uses heaps of it. It lets it sit while he harvests the mushies and then uses it.

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

Oh, and I have my garden project set for the next few months.. a mushroom kit! hehe. Yes I got it from B shop and yes it was in a foam box, and I made them open it so I could have a look at it, and it looked fine. It can live in the laundry. I will not be kept from playing in dirt LOL

Hehe, excellent idea HP :)

Our mushroom box is going great guns – keep pestering Mr Bon to make beef wellington so we can use some up :)

Rob a bank to buy the fillet steak first.

A big butcher shop here is offering a buy three whole fillets and get two free. Be good if I had a few to share the cost with.

bubba louie said:

Happy Potter said:

bubba louie said:

If you buy spent mushroom compost (from landscape supplies or the grower not bagged from nurseries) you get a surpising amount of mushies coming up in the garden from it.

Yes I’ve done that before too. But the more knowledgeable gardeners I know say using it in the garden beds changes the PH to unstable levels. I wonder..

It can. Mine went off the charts but it came back fairly quickly and everything grew beautifully. Ian, of The Wintle Garden (sp) fame, uses heaps of it. It lets it sit while he harvests the mushies and then uses it.

http://www.calyx.com.au/gardens/Wintle.html

Well I spent quite a bit of today weeding amongst my urban bushland and planting a whole heap of Needlewood(Hakea tepherosperma and Hakea leucoptera), Yarran (Acacia homalophylla) plus Sugarwood (Myoporum platycarpum) and Old Man Saltbush (Atriplex nummularia) that had been falling out of boxes up the back yard. Thinking to myself that in 400 years time the needlewwods would have become trees and that the black cockies, if they still existed would have somewhere to get a feed.

bubba louie said:

Ian, of The Wintle Garden (sp) fame, uses heaps of it. It lets it sit while he harvests the mushies and then uses it.

Isn’t that just such a wonderful garden, in such a small amount of space?

bubba louie said:

Rob a bank to buy the fillet steak first.

A big butcher shop here is offering a buy three whole fillets and get two free. Be good if I had a few to share the cost with.

Wow how could you walk past that?

roughbarked said:

Well I spent quite a bit of today weeding amongst my urban bushland and planting a whole heap of Needlewood(Hakea tepherosperma and Hakea leucoptera), Yarran (Acacia homalophylla) plus Sugarwood (Myoporum platycarpum) and Old Man Saltbush (Atriplex nummularia) that had been falling out of boxes up the back yard. Thinking to myself that in 400 years time the needlewwods would have become trees and that the black cockies, if they still existed would have somewhere to get a feed.

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roughbarked said:

Well I spent quite a bit of today weeding amongst my urban bushland and planting a whole heap of Needlewood(Hakea tepherosperma and Hakea leucoptera), Yarran (Acacia homalophylla) plus Sugarwood (Myoporum platycarpum) and Old Man Saltbush (Atriplex nummularia) that had been falling out of boxes up the back yard. Thinking to myself that in 400 years time the needlewwods would have become trees and that the black cockies, if they still existed would have somewhere to get a feed.

It’s a good thing that some gardeners are like you and look after the enviroment totally.

Morning, bright and sunny here. I’ve already spent a couple hours outside primping pruning and preening and cleaning the garden. Max beside me all the way. I noticed a bit of ‘dirt’ on his eyelid and went to wipe it off. It wouldn’t budge and when I looked it goes right under and embeds into his eyelid. It’s a black growth. Soonest vet appt I could get is 6 pm tonight.

Youngest daughter moves back home today with her truckload of things. A new mattress is coming and she and her dad are going to but her bedroom suite together. I’ll be doing housework. And cooking.

saltbush is tucker(taste like spinach you don’t have to put salt on). Sugarwood provides tucker(manna from heaven). Yarran also provides food. Think it is possible that Hakea seed would have been utilised but black cockies are the main consumers.
Another plus about both sugarwood and saltbush is theat they just don’t burn well. Yarrran on the other hand will buckle the stovetop.

hi folks. been feeling a bit blah the last few days. mildly dizzy/light headed. mostly notice it when I roll over in bed and my brian takes a sec to catch up :(

bluegreen said:

hi folks. been feeling a bit blah the last few days. mildly dizzy/light headed. mostly notice it when I roll over in bed and my brian takes a sec to catch up :(

Nothing to do with sleep apnea is it BG? I can kind of relate to the feeling and I have apnea.

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

hi folks. been feeling a bit blah the last few days. mildly dizzy/light headed. mostly notice it when I roll over in bed and my brian takes a sec to catch up :(

Nothing to do with sleep apnea is it BG? I can kind of relate to the feeling and I have apnea.

don’t know. did get tested for sleep apnea a long time ago with nothing significant noted but like I said, it was a long time ago. If it persists I will go to the doc. Otherwise it is nothing more than a nuisance as it puts me off doing stuff.

A question asked by HP;
here’s the answer.
Yacon actually produces two types of underground tubers, reddish rhizomes directly at the base of the stem, which can be eaten when young but are mainly used for propagation and the larger brown tubers, which are mainly eaten. When harvesting we separate the reddish rhizomes from the tubers and wash off any soil, taking care not to break the skin. The brown tubers are dried in the sun and then stored. The reddish rhizomes are kept out of the sun and covered with slightly damp sand, sawdust or cocopeat to stop them drying out and put aside for replanting in a dark, dry place.

They are also related to the sunflower and the Jerusalem artichoke.

roughbarked said:

They are also related to the sunflower and the Jerusalem artichoke.

Yes, interesting, thanks :) I’ve planted four. I’ll be roasting some tonight.
Did yours arrive yet?

Happy Potter said:

roughbarked said:

They are also related to the sunflower and the Jerusalem artichoke.

Yes, interesting, thanks :) I’ve planted four. I’ll be roasting some tonight.
Did yours arrive yet?

Yes and planted. :) I’ll try eating one or two but the rest are in the ground.

roughbarked said:

Happy Potter said:

roughbarked said:

They are also related to the sunflower and the Jerusalem artichoke.

Yes, interesting, thanks :) I’ve planted four. I’ll be roasting some tonight.
Did yours arrive yet?

Yes and planted. :) I’ll try eating one or two but the rest are in the ground.

:D

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

Ian, of The Wintle Garden (sp) fame, uses heaps of it. It lets it sit while he harvests the mushies and then uses it.

Isn’t that just such a wonderful garden, in such a small amount of space?

Not small by Brisbane standards, but yes, it’s a wonderful garden.

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

Rob a bank to buy the fillet steak first.

A big butcher shop here is offering a buy three whole fillets and get two free. Be good if I had a few to share the cost with.

Wow how could you walk past that?

I didn’t hear about it till it was over, but they may do it again.

I think a steak is never as good once it’s been frozen but it’s hard to avoid if you want to save money.

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

Ian, of The Wintle Garden (sp) fame, uses heaps of it. It lets it sit while he harvests the mushies and then uses it.

Isn’t that just such a wonderful garden, in such a small amount of space?

Not small by Brisbane standards, but yes, it’s a wonderful garden.

An acre plot is twice the size of my yard.. though I spread for acres around me.

He has a lot under shade.

bluegreen said:

hi folks. been feeling a bit blah the last few days. mildly dizzy/light headed. mostly notice it when I roll over in bed and my brian takes a sec to catch up :(

I had that once. It has a name but I can’t remember what.

bluegreen said:

hi folks. been feeling a bit blah the last few days. mildly dizzy/light headed. mostly notice it when I roll over in bed and my brian takes a sec to catch up :(

labyrinthitis

sudden hail storm just blew in out of nowhere.

only lasted 5 minutes – now there’s no wind and it’s almost sunny – weird.

pepe said:

sudden hail storm just blew in out of nowhere.

only lasted 5 minutes – now there’s no wind and it’s almost sunny – weird.

Same here too and lasted a few minutes. Been sunny since.

I’m brushing Max for his vets appointment. The growth on his eyelid looks awful under the lid.. like a couple squashed black currents and it’s hard as a stone.

Howzat! sga have a photo of my shed on the front page of their site lol. I have provided them some names of people happy to have their gardens included in an open day :)

I can shove myself up there where Roughbarked is and shine my nails on my shirt so I can gaze apon my reflection.
ROFL.

_{have you any idea how hard that was to type out?}

I’ve finished everything that I can in order to have a few months off. Eeeeek.
The little chook family are going wonderfully and the chicks are busily tearing up my fernery, lol. There’s groundcovers flung everywhere. There’s bugs galore for them to feast on, little slugs and snails and assorted other creepy crawlies. Their secondary feathers are coming in and they look a bit tatty. But so cute.
Worm farms got fed and fluffed and liquid drawn off. Patio pots and vege beds watered. Then it rained..

JJ is cooking tea, a small roast and veges for the four of us. Hubby and I will accompany Max to his appt., because if he sees a cat in the waiting room, it will take both of us to hold him back. Actually I have a cloth muzzle..

Yep, Max has a tumour on his eyelid and it has to come off along with a chunk of his lid. He will be booked into surgery in about 10 days. In the meantime we have to put an ointment in his eye so the lump doesn’t cause an ulceration to his eyeball.
He is otherwise a picture of health. There were no cats at the vets, thank goodness. He ‘landscaped’ the vets garden bed a bit though..

Tea time now. I think I will eat until midnight.

Happy Potter said:

Howzat! sga have a photo of my shed on the front page of their site lol. I have provided them some names of people happy to have their gardens included in an open day :)

:D

Happy Potter said:

Yep, Max has a tumour on his eyelid and it has to come off along with a chunk of his lid. He will be booked into surgery in about 10 days. In the meantime we have to put an ointment in his eye so the lump doesn’t cause an ulceration to his eyeball.
He is otherwise a picture of health. There were no cats at the vets, thank goodness. He ‘landscaped’ the vets garden bed a bit though..

poor Max :(

at least it can be removed. will he have enough lid to close his eye properly afterwards?

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Yep, Max has a tumour on his eyelid and it has to come off along with a chunk of his lid. He will be booked into surgery in about 10 days. In the meantime we have to put an ointment in his eye so the lump doesn’t cause an ulceration to his eyeball.
He is otherwise a picture of health. There were no cats at the vets, thank goodness. He ‘landscaped’ the vets garden bed a bit though..

poor Max :(

at least it can be removed. will he have enough lid to close his eye properly afterwards?

We won’t know until they remove it. It’s about the size of a 5c piece and barely visable from the ouside.

Happy Potter said:

Howzat! sga have a photo of my shed on the front page of their site lol. I have provided them some names of people happy to have their gardens included in an open day :)

I can shove myself up there where Roughbarked is and shine my nails on my shirt so I can gaze apon my reflection.
ROFL.

_{have you any idea how hard that was to type out?}

What’s sga?

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Yep, Max has a tumour on his eyelid and it has to come off along with a chunk of his lid. He will be booked into surgery in about 10 days. In the meantime we have to put an ointment in his eye so the lump doesn’t cause an ulceration to his eyeball.
He is otherwise a picture of health. There were no cats at the vets, thank goodness. He ‘landscaped’ the vets garden bed a bit though..

poor Max :(

at least it can be removed. will he have enough lid to close his eye properly afterwards?

We won’t know until they remove it. It’s about the size of a 5c piece and barely visable from the ouside.

:(

bubba louie said:

Happy Potter said:

Howzat! sga have a photo of my shed on the front page of their site lol. I have provided them some names of people happy to have their gardens included in an open day :)

I can shove myself up there where Roughbarked is and shine my nails on my shirt so I can gaze apon my reflection.
ROFL.

_{have you any idea how hard that was to type out?}

What’s sga?

sustainable gardening australia

Happy Potter said:

bubba louie said:

Happy Potter said:

Howzat! sga have a photo of my shed on the front page of their site lol. I have provided them some names of people happy to have their gardens included in an open day :)

I can shove myself up there where Roughbarked is and shine my nails on my shirt so I can gaze apon my reflection.
ROFL.

_{have you any idea how hard that was to type out?}

What’s sga?

sustainable gardening australia

I’d be careful about shoving yourself up where I am as I could just be up my own coit.

but polishing fingernails is fine.. funny how you look a lot smaller in the reflection ;)

sudden hail storm just blew in out of nowhere.
only lasted 5 minutes – now there’s no wind and it’s almost sunny – weird.

Same here too and lasted a few minutes. Been sunny since.

——————
It sounds as though your weather is going to deteriorate down there. Forecast I just heard sounds awful for Vic, Tas, Adel and Canberra.

Happy Potter said:

Howzat! sga have a photo of my shed on the front page of their site lol. I have provided them some names of people happy to have their gardens included in an open day :)

I can shove myself up there where Roughbarked is and shine my nails on my shirt so I can gaze apon my reflection.
ROFL.

_{have you any idea how hard that was to type out?}

I’d recognise that shed anywhere. lol

Happy Potter said:

Yep, Max has a tumour on his eyelid and it has to come off along with a chunk of his lid. He will be booked into surgery in about 10 days. In the meantime we have to put an ointment in his eye so the lump doesn’t cause an ulceration to his eyeball.
He is otherwise a picture of health. There were no cats at the vets, thank goodness. He ‘landscaped’ the vets garden bed a bit though..

Tea time now. I think I will eat until midnight.

The two of you can recoup together. You can give each sympathy. the best to you both.

Good morning…

Dinetta said:

Good morning…

‘Morning Dinetta. I’ve just been out for a roam around but my fingers were about to drop off so I had to cut it short. Typing isn’t improving them any either. Erliecheer jonquills have buds. That means there’s not much winter left to go. Pandorea is coved in buds too. It’s always the first to bloom.

Was given a pumpkin by a friend yesterday so we gave a cabbage and Italian Spinach in return. I love to be able to do trade like this. Our neighbours are helping themselves to oranges and mandarines as they need them. They don’t eat many greens but accepted a cabbage. Brocolli and caulies are well on their way to maturity. We have enjoyed the daikon we grew. They are refreshing, crisp and not hot. (surprisingly) I also found a chewed up bell chilli in the bird bath. All the seeds were lying in the bottom of the water and bits of partly chewed flesh in the water and around the edge of the bowl. Has to have been a bird that did it but which one? We’ve grown lots of chillies over the years but this is the first time I have seen this. Perhaps it uses water to dull the peppery taste.

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

Good morning…

‘Morning Dinetta. I’ve just been out for a roam around but my fingers were about to drop off so I had to cut it short. Typing isn’t improving them any either. Erliecheer jonquills have buds. That means there’s not much winter left to go. Pandorea is coved in buds too. It’s always the first to bloom.

Ahhh, don’t say that! Want lots more winter before the summer hits…

One my walk yesterday I “aquired” a cutting from a bush that was hanging over a fence. It was something I hadn’t seen before but after a bit of googling I think I’ve found it.

http://www.coolamongardensnursery.com.au/detailsPage.php?id=39&prev=detailsPage.php

bubba louie said:

One my walk yesterday I “aquired” a cutting from a bush that was hanging over a fence. It was something I hadn’t seen before but after a bit of googling I think I’ve found it.

http://www.coolamongardensnursery.com.au/detailsPage.php?id=39&prev=detailsPage.php

I should say I’ve never been a fan of Mussaendas but this was a bit different. The leaves are very soft and furry and the underside has distinctive red veins and a red tinge to the “fur”.

For anyone who remembers my search for ethical meat. I rang the place who supplied my order to whinge about preservatives in the gravy beef.

Turns out there are none. They’d run out of plain cryovac bags and used one for corned silverside instead, which does have additives. LOL

They do put preservatives in their sausages though. :(

bubba louie said:

For anyone who remembers my search for ethical meat. I rang the place who supplied my order to whinge about preservatives in the gravy beef.

Turns out there are none. They’d run out of plain cryovac bags and used one for corned silverside instead, which does have additives. LOL

They do put preservatives in their sausages though. :(

Be good to find a butcher that cures the corned beef with salt petre…

Did you find out exactly what the “preservatives” in the sausages were…?

bubba louie said:

One my walk yesterday I “aquired” a cutting from a bush that was hanging over a fence. It was something I hadn’t seen before but after a bit of googling I think I’ve found it.

http://www.coolamongardensnursery.com.au/detailsPage.php?id=39&prev=detailsPage.php

I was anticipating something special but I’ve got it already. Hope mine gets as covered in red as the one you put up.

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

One my walk yesterday I “aquired” a cutting from a bush that was hanging over a fence. It was something I hadn’t seen before but after a bit of googling I think I’ve found it.

http://www.coolamongardensnursery.com.au/detailsPage.php?id=39&prev=detailsPage.php

I should say I’ve never been a fan of Mussaendas but this was a bit different. The leaves are very soft and furry and the underside has distinctive red veins and a red tinge to the “fur”.

Now I’ll have to go and check which one mine is.

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

One my walk yesterday I “aquired” a cutting from a bush that was hanging over a fence. It was something I hadn’t seen before but after a bit of googling I think I’ve found it.

http://www.coolamongardensnursery.com.au/detailsPage.php?id=39&prev=detailsPage.php

I should say I’ve never been a fan of Mussaendas but this was a bit different. The leaves are very soft and furry and the underside has distinctive red veins and a red tinge to the “fur”.

Mine has the red veins but the leaves seem to be the same as any mussas I have seen before.

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

For anyone who remembers my search for ethical meat. I rang the place who supplied my order to whinge about preservatives in the gravy beef.

Turns out there are none. They’d run out of plain cryovac bags and used one for corned silverside instead, which does have additives. LOL

They do put preservatives in their sausages though. :(

Be good to find a butcher that cures the corned beef with salt petre…

Did you find out exactly what the “preservatives” in the sausages were…?

No I didn’t ask but he said it was part of a filling that goes in with the meat.

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

For anyone who remembers my search for ethical meat. I rang the place who supplied my order to whinge about preservatives in the gravy beef.

Turns out there are none. They’d run out of plain cryovac bags and used one for corned silverside instead, which does have additives. LOL

They do put preservatives in their sausages though. :(

Be good to find a butcher that cures the corned beef with salt petre…

Did you find out exactly what the “preservatives” in the sausages were…?

No I didn’t ask but he said it was part of a filling that goes in with the meat.

But, on the bright side, they’ll do me a special diet mince if I order at least 5kg. :)

The Super Butcher has a gourment sausage bar that I must check out sometime too. They have a selection of different meats and ingredients. You pick out what you want in your snag and they make them while you watch.

bubba louie said:

The Super Butcher has a gourment sausage bar that I must check out sometime too. They have a selection of different meats and ingredients. You pick out what you want in your snag and they make them while you watch.

Ooooohhh, yum yum yum yum…

Good morning all…the sky is reddening up these days…3C on the windowsill this morning…

I think the temperature has just dropped :(

it is a whopping 8.8°C here

Dinetta said:

Good morning all…the sky is reddening up these days…3C on the windowsill this morning…

9c here this morning. Na na na na na! It’s now 18c and getting very warm. We’ve got a lot of wind though.

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

Good morning all…the sky is reddening up these days…3C on the windowsill this morning…

9c here this morning. Na na na na na! It’s now 18c and getting very warm. We’ve got a lot of wind though.

It was dropping back to 10C when I checked the windowsill … my toes are very cold, inside wool socks and “sheepskin” covered slippers…this is after pegging out the clothes just now…beautiful in the sun…

roughbarked said:

it is a whopping 8.8°C here

I want to see the back of single digit minimums. I don’t mean toes or fingers either.

pomolo said:

roughbarked said:

it is a whopping 8.8°C here

I want to see the back of single digit minimums. I don’t mean toes or fingers either.

Love the single digit minimums … for a change…don’t want to live there tho’…

Speaking of fruit I have to go and pick some mandarines. We are out of citrus juice ATM. Must have my juice first up in the mornings.

I’m having major puter problems so it might have to go to puter hospital. If I am not around that will be the reason.

Good morning…

Been outside watching a flock of pied currawongs. Must be a dozen or so of them. You can’t miss them when there are that many flying around. We’ve never had so many around here. The miners are upset because the curras fight back.

2c minimum this morning but I wasn’t up to verify that. Turning into a beautiful day and the wind seems to have gone.

So excited…………..not. It’s shopping today. One reason why I didn’t want to get out of bed. Back later.

aww the sweetest daughter just made me a lovely little lunch of eggs benedict.
she toasted one piece of bread and used a scone cutter to make a circle, placed hollandaise sauce on it, one poached little silky egg on top and a sprinkle of chopped smoked salmon.
i shoulda taken a pic but i ate it.
i’ve learnt that i cant open a carton of milk one handed ,, there’s milk from one side of the kitchen to the other. opps.
hubby has to return to work this weekend so the girl applied for some emergency family leave to take are of me. gotta do my excercises now..

Happy Potter said:

aww the sweetest daughter just made me a lovely little lunch of eggs benedict.
she toasted one piece of bread and used a scone cutter to make a circle, placed hollandaise sauce on it, one poached little silky egg on top and a sprinkle of chopped smoked salmon.
i shoulda taken a pic but i ate it.
i’ve learnt that i cant open a carton of milk one handed ,, there’s milk from one side of the kitchen to the other. opps.
hubby has to return to work this weekend so the girl applied for some emergency family leave to take are of me. gotta do my excercises now..

I remember life onehanded when I broke my elbow, and later my wrist. you start to appreciated things that you previously took for granted. good that your daughter can get some time off to look after you. would hate to imagine what you would get up to if left on your own!!

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

aww the sweetest daughter just made me a lovely little lunch of eggs benedict.
she toasted one piece of bread and used a scone cutter to make a circle, placed hollandaise sauce on it, one poached little silky egg on top and a sprinkle of chopped smoked salmon.
i shoulda taken a pic but i ate it.
i’ve learnt that i cant open a carton of milk one handed ,, there’s milk from one side of the kitchen to the other. opps.
hubby has to return to work this weekend so the girl applied for some emergency family leave to take are of me. gotta do my excercises now..

I remember life onehanded when I broke my elbow, and later my wrist. you start to appreciated things that you previously took for granted. good that your daughter can get some time off to look after you. would hate to imagine what you would get up to if left on your own!!

this pain has taken me down a peg or seven! not doing anything, not that i can. living in my nightie atm. i was looking out the window to the chook family in the fernery.. i expected that they would rough up the groundovers out there, but they have utterly shredded them lol!

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

aww the sweetest daughter just made me a lovely little lunch of eggs benedict.
she toasted one piece of bread and used a scone cutter to make a circle, placed hollandaise sauce on it, one poached little silky egg on top and a sprinkle of chopped smoked salmon.
i shoulda taken a pic but i ate it.
i’ve learnt that i cant open a carton of milk one handed ,, there’s milk from one side of the kitchen to the other. opps.
hubby has to return to work this weekend so the girl applied for some emergency family leave to take are of me. gotta do my excercises now..

I remember life onehanded when I broke my elbow, and later my wrist. you start to appreciated things that you previously took for granted. good that your daughter can get some time off to look after you. would hate to imagine what you would get up to if left on your own!!

this pain has taken me down a peg or seven! not doing anything, not that i can. living in my nightie atm. i was looking out the window to the chook family in the fernery.. i expected that they would rough up the groundovers out there, but they have utterly shredded them lol!

Just cannot trust chooks, which was why I gave up keeping them.. English blackbirds are bad enough.

Happy Potter said:

aww the sweetest daughter just made me a lovely little lunch of eggs benedict.
she toasted one piece of bread and used a scone cutter to make a circle, placed hollandaise sauce on it, one poached little silky egg on top and a sprinkle of chopped smoked salmon.
i shoulda taken a pic but i ate it.
i’ve learnt that i cant open a carton of milk one handed ,, there’s milk from one side of the kitchen to the other. opps.
hubby has to return to work this weekend so the girl applied for some emergency family leave to take are of me. gotta do my excercises now..

Nice to know your family is doing their bit during your need.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

aww the sweetest daughter just made me a lovely little lunch of eggs benedict.
she toasted one piece of bread and used a scone cutter to make a circle, placed hollandaise sauce on it, one poached little silky egg on top and a sprinkle of chopped smoked salmon.
i shoulda taken a pic but i ate it.
i’ve learnt that i cant open a carton of milk one handed ,, there’s milk from one side of the kitchen to the other. opps.
hubby has to return to work this weekend so the girl applied for some emergency family leave to take are of me. gotta do my excercises now..

Nice to know your family is doing their bit during your need.

i take care of them, they take care of me:)

waklies in the garden this arvo and the girl learning about how to put the chooks back into their pen is a hoot lol.
i showed her my ‘follow me routine’ grab some greens from the garden and walk towards the pen, they will come to you..throw greens in thru the door and chooks follow then shut the door.
she thought that was hilarious hahaha..

Happy Potter said:

waklies in the garden this arvo and the girl learning about how to put the chooks back into their pen is a hoot lol.
i showed her my ‘follow me routine’ grab some greens from the garden and walk towards the pen, they will come to you..throw greens in thru the door and chooks follow then shut the door.
she thought that was hilarious hahaha..

kids love the chooks don’t they?
the six chooks i bought at the auction are very friendly – they try to walk straight into the shed when i feed them in the morning – and the biggest problem i have is avoiding them as they scramble around my legs.

your shoulder sounds annoying HP – probably more than just annoying too – i hope the pain soon goes and you can do multi-fingered typing again.

i have now got stockpiles of manure and mulch so there is nothing stopping me from weeding, top dressing and mulching the entire garden plus building as many compost heaps as i wish …..which i attempted to do today and failed…..i am now nursing sore back, core, legs …whole body really.

has AnneS reported in lately?

her district got the latest battering from the weather.

pepe said:

your shoulder sounds annoying HP – probably more than just annoying too – i hope the pain soon goes and you can do multi-fingered typing again.

i have now got stockpiles of manure and mulch so there is nothing stopping me from weeding, top dressing and mulching the entire garden plus building as many compost heaps as i wish …..which i attempted to do today and failed…..i am now nursing sore back, core, legs …whole body really.

why does it have to be so hard. because one person is expected to do it all. take care pepe. any chance of getting yourself a machine thingy to help? baby bobcat? there has to be something. if not, invent it. pepe’s soopa doopa compost lifter builder.

yeah bloody annoying shoulder pain. pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional. im getting as much help as i need and i’ll be back to normal, in time.

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

your shoulder sounds annoying HP – probably more than just annoying too – i hope the pain soon goes and you can do multi-fingered typing again.

i have now got stockpiles of manure and mulch so there is nothing stopping me from weeding, top dressing and mulching the entire garden plus building as many compost heaps as i wish …..which i attempted to do today and failed…..i am now nursing sore back, core, legs …whole body really.

why does it have to be so hard. because one person is expected to do it all. take care pepe. any chance of getting yourself a machine thingy to help? baby bobcat? there has to be something. if not, invent it. pepe’s soopa doopa compost lifter builder.

yeah bloody annoying shoulder pain. pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional. im getting as much help as i need and i’ll be back to normal, in time.

a better name for your machine, pepe’s amazing shit flinging pooper scooper

pain meds kicking in..im slurring my words. i better go to bed before i get into trouble lol

Happy Potter said:

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

your shoulder sounds annoying HP – probably more than just annoying too – i hope the pain soon goes and you can do multi-fingered typing again.

i have now got stockpiles of manure and mulch so there is nothing stopping me from weeding, top dressing and mulching the entire garden plus building as many compost heaps as i wish …..which i attempted to do today and failed…..i am now nursing sore back, core, legs …whole body really.

why does it have to be so hard. because one person is expected to do it all. take care pepe. any chance of getting yourself a machine thingy to help? baby bobcat? there has to be something. if not, invent it. pepe’s soopa doopa compost lifter builder.

yeah bloody annoying shoulder pain. pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional. im getting as much help as i need and i’ll be back to normal, in time.

a better name for your machine, pepe’s amazing shit flinging pooper scooper

chuckle
i’m ok
just cooking a bit of tea now.
wife and daughter coming home late tonight after a gem club meeting.

i am losing weight and getting better aerobically – pepe’s low tech repairable body

pepe said:

your shoulder sounds annoying HP – probably more than just annoying too – i hope the pain soon goes and you can do multi-fingered typing again.

i have now got stockpiles of manure and mulch so there is nothing stopping me from weeding, top dressing and mulching the entire garden plus building as many compost heaps as i wish …..which i attempted to do today and failed…..i am now nursing sore back, core, legs …whole body really.

Look afrer your body Pepe. You only get one of them.

It was a coldy this morning. It was only 4c at 8 o’clock when I ventured out of bed. Baking to do today. At least having the oven on will keep me warm.

Q’ld Garden Expo starts today. We are going on Sunday. Will have to keep a tight rein on ourselves because the budget fairy is being mean atm. We are going on our Notrthern train trip next month and need to cease spending too much for the next 4 weeks.

pomolo said:

It was a coldy this morning. It was only 4c at 8 o’clock when I ventured out of bed. Baking to do today. At least having the oven on will keep me warm.

morn pomolo and whom else is up. it’s been strangely warmer here for overnights at least, no frosts. i think i’ll have to cut back on the pain meds lol, i drempt that new cars grew on trees like cocoa pods.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

It was a coldy this morning. It was only 4c at 8 o’clock when I ventured out of bed. Baking to do today. At least having the oven on will keep me warm.

morn pomolo and whom else is up. it’s been strangely warmer here for overnights at least, no frosts. i think i’ll have to cut back on the pain meds lol, i drempt that new cars grew on trees like cocoa pods.

:)

you should only need the really strong stuff for a few days, then you can start cutting back. Check with the surgeon on the best way to do this. The fellow who did my elbow said when I rang him that it makes him happy when his patients want to to take less pain meds.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

It was a coldy this morning. It was only 4c at 8 o’clock when I ventured out of bed. Baking to do today. At least having the oven on will keep me warm.

morn pomolo and whom else is up. it’s been strangely warmer here for overnights at least, no frosts. i think i’ll have to cut back on the pain meds lol, i drempt that new cars grew on trees like cocoa pods.

:)

you should only need the really strong stuff for a few days, then you can start cutting back. Check with the surgeon on the best way to do this. The fellow who did my elbow said when I rang him that it makes him happy when his patients want to to take less pain meds.

yes i want to cut down as soon as i can. i’ll be switching the strong meds for panadol osteo in the next couple days. right now tho’ i can’t sleep for pain.

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

morn pomolo and whom else is up. it’s been strangely warmer here for overnights at least, no frosts. i think i’ll have to cut back on the pain meds lol, i drempt that new cars grew on trees like cocoa pods.

:)

you should only need the really strong stuff for a few days, then you can start cutting back. Check with the surgeon on the best way to do this. The fellow who did my elbow said when I rang him that it makes him happy when his patients want to to take less pain meds.

yes i want to cut down as soon as i can. i’ll be switching the strong meds for panadol osteo in the next couple days. right now tho’ i can’t sleep for pain.

The hospital made me take my meds because they said it’s easier to keep pain from starting than to reduce it once it starts.

bubba louie said:

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

:)

you should only need the really strong stuff for a few days, then you can start cutting back. Check with the surgeon on the best way to do this. The fellow who did my elbow said when I rang him that it makes him happy when his patients want to to take less pain meds.

yes i want to cut down as soon as i can. i’ll be switching the strong meds for panadol osteo in the next couple days. right now tho’ i can’t sleep for pain.

The hospital made me take my meds because they said it’s easier to keep pain from starting than to reduce it once it starts.

They call it pain management. I hated the endone when I was in with three fractured vertebrae.

bubba louie said:

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

:)

you should only need the really strong stuff for a few days, then you can start cutting back. Check with the surgeon on the best way to do this. The fellow who did my elbow said when I rang him that it makes him happy when his patients want to to take less pain meds.

yes i want to cut down as soon as i can. i’ll be switching the strong meds for panadol osteo in the next couple days. right now tho’ i can’t sleep for pain.

The hospital made me take my meds because they said it’s easier to keep pain from starting than to reduce it once it starts.

that is very true

roughbarked said:

bubba louie said:

Happy Potter said:

yes i want to cut down as soon as i can. i’ll be switching the strong meds for panadol osteo in the next couple days. right now tho’ i can’t sleep for pain.

The hospital made me take my meds because they said it’s easier to keep pain from starting than to reduce it once it starts.

They call it pain management. I hated the endone when I was in with three fractured vertebrae.

I LOVED my morphine. I would have killed anyone who tried to take it away. LOL

bubba louie said:

The hospital made me take my meds because they said it’s easier to keep pain from starting than to reduce it once it starts.

I reckon that’s true…

bluegreen said:

bubba louie said:

Happy Potter said:

yes i want to cut down as soon as i can. i’ll be switching the strong meds for panadol osteo in the next couple days. right now tho’ i can’t sleep for pain.

The hospital made me take my meds because they said it’s easier to keep pain from starting than to reduce it once it starts.

that is very true

i looked horrified when handed endone, thats very addictive and ive never had it before, but the surgeon told me i would need it as he had to rejoin the main tendon with too large a gap. the pressure would be extremely painful. he was right. it’s been hell. i’m in a cycle of pain meds- sleep- do excercises- pain meds, over 4 hours.

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

The hospital made me take my meds because they said it’s easier to keep pain from starting than to reduce it once it starts.

I reckon that’s true…

Definitely true of period pain.

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

bubba louie said:

The hospital made me take my meds because they said it’s easier to keep pain from starting than to reduce it once it starts.

that is very true

i looked horrified when handed endone, thats very addictive and ive never had it before, but the surgeon told me i would need it as he had to rejoin the main tendon with too large a gap. the pressure would be extremely painful. he was right. it’s been hell. i’m in a cycle of pain meds- sleep- do excercises- pain meds, over 4 hours.

just remember to coordinate your pain meds and your exercises to be most effective…

bon008 said:

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

The hospital made me take my meds because they said it’s easier to keep pain from starting than to reduce it once it starts.

I reckon that’s true…

Definitely true of period pain.

Once you’ve had kids it stops hurting.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

that is very true

i looked horrified when handed endone, thats very addictive and ive never had it before, but the surgeon told me i would need it as he had to rejoin the main tendon with too large a gap. the pressure would be extremely painful. he was right. it’s been hell. i’m in a cycle of pain meds- sleep- do excercises- pain meds, over 4 hours.

just remember to coordinate your pain meds and your exercises to be most effective…

We have a nice little stash of pain meds left over from mine and MrBL’s various surgeries.

I could go into the black market online market. ;)

bubba louie said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

i looked horrified when handed endone, thats very addictive and ive never had it before, but the surgeon told me i would need it as he had to rejoin the main tendon with too large a gap. the pressure would be extremely painful. he was right. it’s been hell. i’m in a cycle of pain meds- sleep- do excercises- pain meds, over 4 hours.

just remember to coordinate your pain meds and your exercises to be most effective…

We have a nice little stash of pain meds left over from mine and MrBL’s various surgeries.

I could go into the black market online market. ;)

lol! i just had a delightful one hour garden walk, picked silverbeet for chooks, spent time sitting with a coffee and watching mumchook and her chicks, and watered seedlings.
also checked worm farms and looked under the lid of the compost bin to see if the worms in there had come up into the spare worm farm tray i’d placed on top. indeed they have, thousands of them!! i grabbed several handfuls and popped them into a container hubby was holding, then he transferred them into a worm farm. at this rate i could start a worm selling bizz.
shower time.

Cows with guns.

An oldie but a goodie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMbXvn2RNI

bubba louie said:

Cows with guns.

An oldie but a goodie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMbXvn2RNI

I think that guru cow is a bit confused about its gender!

bluegreen said:

bubba louie said:

Cows with guns.

An oldie but a goodie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMbXvn2RNI

I think that guru cow is a bit confused about its gender!

They all are. LOL

Have just finished a beautiful dinner which included Pea and Lettuce Soup as the first course. It was a first trial for me but It was so yummy. I made it today because we have an excess of mature lettuce in the garden. I will definately make it again now. Has anyone else ever made it before?

pomolo said:

Have just finished a beautiful dinner which included Pea and Lettuce Soup as the first course. It was a first trial for me but It was so yummy. I made it today because we have an excess of mature lettuce in the garden. I will definately make it again now. Has anyone else ever made it before?

No but the classic french petit pois teams peas with lettuce.

Recipe please.

bubba louie said:

bon008 said:

Dinetta said:

I reckon that’s true…

Definitely true of period pain.

Once you’ve had kids it stops hurting.

Something to look forward to :)

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

Have just finished a beautiful dinner which included Pea and Lettuce Soup as the first course. It was a first trial for me but It was so yummy. I made it today because we have an excess of mature lettuce in the garden. I will definately make it again now. Has anyone else ever made it before?

No but the classic french petit pois teams peas with lettuce.

Recipe please.

I’ll work on it Bubba, I printed out a few and made a bit from each, to suit myself. I’ll get back to you on it.

bon008 said:

bubba louie said:

bon008 said:

Definitely true of period pain.

Once you’ve had kids it stops hurting.

Something to look forward to :)

I can verify that it doesn’t stop in all cases.

pomolo said:

bon008 said:

bubba louie said:

Once you’ve had kids it stops hurting.

Something to look forward to :)

I can verify that it doesn’t stop in all cases.

It’s getting much better over the years anyway – not too much to complain about these days.

(Sorry, forum blokes)

pomolo said:

bon008 said:

bubba louie said:

Once you’ve had kids it stops hurting.

Something to look forward to :)

I can verify that it doesn’t stop in all cases.

:(

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

bon008 said:

Something to look forward to :)

I can verify that it doesn’t stop in all cases.

:(

I reckon a few blokes would agree.

morning, still up can’t sleep for pain. i think i’m starting to get depressed about it and i’m becoming exhausted and teary. i think it’s cruel that a hospital can send someone home the next morning after major surgery without having gotten the patients pain under control first.
i’m scared to take any more pain meds, but what i’m taking isnt doing the job. i did ring the number listed to talk to the charge nurse about it, but i’m in so much pain that i didn’t understand well. she was telling me i can take 4 grams of this one and 8 grams of that one, mix and match see what works, as long as i don’t go over the total i will be fine. i wanted a simple answer not a friggin lesson in math. i’m not fine and i’m feeling alone.
my whinge for the day.

I feel for you but your pain is pain that will eventually recede.. it is something you have to keep telling yourself.. “I’m on the mend, this is getting better”

roughbarked said:

I feel for you but your pain is pain that will eventually recede.. it is something you have to keep telling yourself.. “I’m on the mend, this is getting better”

it will. i’m only tempoarily disabled and that i can be thankful for. i will ring the surgeons rooms later this morn and talk to someone there. the feeling down could be just be me feeling so useless as i’m normally very active.
i’d smack some sense into myself but it’d hurt lol.

back to bed, am woosey now, will see if i can get some much needed shuteye.

Happy Potter said:

morning, still up can’t sleep for pain. i think i’m starting to get depressed about it and i’m becoming exhausted and teary. i think it’s cruel that a hospital can send someone home the next morning after major surgery without having gotten the patients pain under control first.
i’m scared to take any more pain meds, but what i’m taking isnt doing the job. i did ring the number listed to talk to the charge nurse about it, but i’m in so much pain that i didn’t understand well. she was telling me i can take 4 grams of this one and 8 grams of that one, mix and match see what works, as long as i don’t go over the total i will be fine. i wanted a simple answer not a friggin lesson in math. i’m not fine and i’m feeling alone.
my whinge for the day.

I’d love to be able to say pain lessening words but I don’t know what they are. I’m hurting for you.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

morning, still up can’t sleep for pain. i think i’m starting to get depressed about it and i’m becoming exhausted and teary. i think it’s cruel that a hospital can send someone home the next morning after major surgery without having gotten the patients pain under control first.
i’m scared to take any more pain meds, but what i’m taking isnt doing the job. i did ring the number listed to talk to the charge nurse about it, but i’m in so much pain that i didn’t understand well. she was telling me i can take 4 grams of this one and 8 grams of that one, mix and match see what works, as long as i don’t go over the total i will be fine. i wanted a simple answer not a friggin lesson in math. i’m not fine and i’m feeling alone.
my whinge for the day.

Sometimes when I got really bad migraine I would use my brain to concentrate on the area and imagine the cause of the pain letting go. Like the area was twisted in a tight knot and I would release it in my mind. It helped on occasions. Probably sounds like hocus pocus to you.

I’d love to be able to say pain lessening words but I don’t know what they are. I’m hurting for you.

Happy Potter said:

morning, still up can’t sleep for pain. i think i’m starting to get depressed about it and i’m becoming exhausted and teary. i think it’s cruel that a hospital can send someone home the next morning after major surgery without having gotten the patients pain under control first.
i’m scared to take any more pain meds, but what i’m taking isnt doing the job. i did ring the number listed to talk to the charge nurse about it, but i’m in so much pain that i didn’t understand well. she was telling me i can take 4 grams of this one and 8 grams of that one, mix and match see what works, as long as i don’t go over the total i will be fine. i wanted a simple answer not a friggin lesson in math. i’m not fine and i’m feeling alone.
my whinge for the day.

Oh HP, this is not good news. Can you see your GP? Will he/she be able to assist?

roughbarked said:

I feel for you but your pain is pain that will eventually recede.. it is something you have to keep telling yourself.. “I’m on the mend, this is getting better”

…a bit like being in labour (with a baby to deliver)…that’s one more contraction I don’t have to have…

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

morning, still up can’t sleep for pain. i think i’m starting to get depressed about it and i’m becoming exhausted and teary. i think it’s cruel that a hospital can send someone home the next morning after major surgery without having gotten the patients pain under control first.
i’m scared to take any more pain meds, but what i’m taking isnt doing the job. i did ring the number listed to talk to the charge nurse about it, but i’m in so much pain that i didn’t understand well. she was telling me i can take 4 grams of this one and 8 grams of that one, mix and match see what works, as long as i don’t go over the total i will be fine. i wanted a simple answer not a friggin lesson in math. i’m not fine and i’m feeling alone.
my whinge for the day.

Oh HP, this is not good news. Can you see your GP? Will he/she be able to assist?

i’ve rung about and the only option i have is to attend my local hospitals emergency dept. my gp is booked out. i slept 2 hours and i’m going bonkers. so i will get changed and the man will take me soon.
i know the wounds aren’t infected, there’s several and they’re neither weepy nor hot to touch, i would know if they were infected, i just need to get the pain under control. i may have to wait several hours as i wouldn’t be category no1, so i’ll be back later.

Sleep is the most important thing…you get enough of that and the rest you can work around…the emergency dept had better have somebody with some nouse…

Happy Potter said:

morning, still up can’t sleep for pain. i think i’m starting to get depressed about it and i’m becoming exhausted and teary. i think it’s cruel that a hospital can send someone home the next morning after major surgery without having gotten the patients pain under control first.
i’m scared to take any more pain meds, but what i’m taking isnt doing the job. i did ring the number listed to talk to the charge nurse about it, but i’m in so much pain that i didn’t understand well. she was telling me i can take 4 grams of this one and 8 grams of that one, mix and match see what works, as long as i don’t go over the total i will be fine. i wanted a simple answer not a friggin lesson in math. i’m not fine and i’m feeling alone.
my whinge for the day.

oh HP! Wish I could be there to give you a gentle hug! A virtual one will have to do.

((((HUGS))))

Happy Potter said:

morning, still up can’t sleep for pain. i think i’m starting to get depressed about it and i’m becoming exhausted and teary. i think it’s cruel that a hospital can send someone home the next morning after major surgery without having gotten the patients pain under control first.
i’m scared to take any more pain meds, but what i’m taking isnt doing the job. i did ring the number listed to talk to the charge nurse about it, but i’m in so much pain that i didn’t understand well. she was telling me i can take 4 grams of this one and 8 grams of that one, mix and match see what works, as long as i don’t go over the total i will be fine. i wanted a simple answer not a friggin lesson in math. i’m not fine and i’m feeling alone.
my whinge for the day.

I’d ring the surgeon and see if you can be admitted for a while. Morphine does wonders, and you need some rest.

Happy Potter said:

morning, still up can’t sleep for pain. i think i’m starting to get depressed about it and i’m becoming exhausted and teary. i think it’s cruel that a hospital can send someone home the next morning after major surgery without having gotten the patients pain under control first.
i’m scared to take any more pain meds, but what i’m taking isnt doing the job. i did ring the number listed to talk to the charge nurse about it, but i’m in so much pain that i didn’t understand well. she was telling me i can take 4 grams of this one and 8 grams of that one, mix and match see what works, as long as i don’t go over the total i will be fine. i wanted a simple answer not a friggin lesson in math. i’m not fine and i’m feeling alone.
my whinge for the day.

That sounds awful HP..Mr M had such bad back pain a couple months back I rushed him to emergency, even the bumps on the road while driving were killin him. They gave him pethadeen tablets and it took about two days till they kicked in. I felt as helpless as he did, cause all I wanted to do was make him feel better and I couldn’t.

When you’re in pain I think your whole body tenses up and I believe this adds to the pain. Take slow deep breathes and try thinking about happy stuff.
I know its hard but try to do ANYTHING that makes you feel better…even if that means eating a dozen doughnuts or similar, what ever you like :)
Like RB said, it will get better you just gotta get over this nasty hurdle for now.

hey thanks all, i did find a good dr at the local who did a med review and worked out what i could add to the tabs im taking. surprised i watied 2 mins! i can nearly double tabs, but with a daily travelling nurse check up. and if its still bad in a few days then re admittance for iv pain meds. they did contact the surgeon who said this amount of dscomfort is not usual, but mine was expected because the tendon was very tight to rejoin. i should have had this op 2 years ago. theres a lot of pressure there causing the pain but i now also have a special underarm pillow to support the joint and ease some of that pressure. im not to move it so forget the excercises for now.
i was given a jab and promptly fell asleep for 3 hours. cuppa tea then off to bed and sleep propped up.

muschee your poor hubby. i hope his back is better now.
chocolate royals are a good meal. i cant eat donuts, they’re too doughy..

well that’s my exercise for the day. I haven’t been able to open the gate into the yard properly because the kikuyu thatch was too thick. So today I peeled back the grass with some help from a mattock and spade and dug out a couple of inches of dirt and lay the turf back down again. It is now low enough for me to open the gate properly now :)

I needed a few rests during this process so the ducks and chooks have had a feast of worms and curl grubs during the breaks. The ducks are still going over it to make sure no wriggly thing was missed :) :)

Happy Potter said:

hey thanks all, i did find a good dr at the local who did a med review and worked out what i could add to the tabs im taking. surprised i watied 2 mins! i can nearly double tabs, but with a daily travelling nurse check up. and if its still bad in a few days then re admittance for iv pain meds. they did contact the surgeon who said this amount of dscomfort is not usual, but mine was expected because the tendon was very tight to rejoin. i should have had this op 2 years ago. theres a lot of pressure there causing the pain but i now also have a special underarm pillow to support the joint and ease some of that pressure. im not to move it so forget the excercises for now.
i was given a jab and promptly fell asleep for 3 hours. cuppa tea then off to bed and sleep propped up.

muschee your poor hubby. i hope his back is better now.
chocolate royals are a good meal. i cant eat donuts, they’re too doughy..

glad to hear that you have been able to get some sleep and extra meds. It sounds like this might be a long process so be a good girl and do as your told and get better properly, OK?

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

hey thanks all, i did find a good dr at the local who did a med review and worked out what i could add to the tabs im taking. surprised i watied 2 mins! i can nearly double tabs, but with a daily travelling nurse check up. and if its still bad in a few days then re admittance for iv pain meds. they did contact the surgeon who said this amount of dscomfort is not usual, but mine was expected because the tendon was very tight to rejoin. i should have had this op 2 years ago. theres a lot of pressure there causing the pain but i now also have a special underarm pillow to support the joint and ease some of that pressure. im not to move it so forget the excercises for now.
i was given a jab and promptly fell asleep for 3 hours. cuppa tea then off to bed and sleep propped up.

muschee your poor hubby. i hope his back is better now.
chocolate royals are a good meal. i cant eat donuts, they’re too doughy..

glad to hear that you have been able to get some sleep and extra meds. It sounds like this might be a long process so be a good girl and do as your told and get better properly, OK?

Doctors!!!!! Sometimes I think surgeons need to go under the knife themselves on a regular basis. MrBL was in excruciating pain. Really I’m sure they don’t really appreciate how much things can hurt.

Happy Potter said:

hey thanks all, i did find a good dr at the local who did a med review and worked out what i could add to the tabs im taking. surprised i watied 2 mins! i can nearly double tabs, but with a daily travelling nurse check up. and if its still bad in a few days then re admittance for iv pain meds. they did contact the surgeon who said this amount of dscomfort is not usual, but mine was expected because the tendon was very tight to rejoin. i should have had this op 2 years ago. theres a lot of pressure there causing the pain but i now also have a special underarm pillow to support the joint and ease some of that pressure. im not to move it so forget the excercises for now.
i was given a jab and promptly fell asleep for 3 hours. cuppa tea then off to bed and sleep propped up.

muschee your poor hubby. i hope his back is better now.
chocolate royals are a good meal. i cant eat donuts, they’re too doughy..

Thank heavens HP.

bluegreen said:

well that’s my exercise for the day. I haven’t been able to open the gate into the yard properly because the kikuyu thatch was too thick. So today I peeled back the grass with some help from a mattock and spade and dug out a couple of inches of dirt and lay the turf back down again. It is now low enough for me to open the gate properly now :)

I needed a few rests during this process so the ducks and chooks have had a feast of worms and curl grubs during the breaks. The ducks are still going over it to make sure no wriggly thing was missed :) :)

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

well that’s my exercise for the day. I haven’t been able to open the gate into the yard properly because the kikuyu thatch was too thick. So today I peeled back the grass with some help from a mattock and spade and dug out a couple of inches of dirt and lay the turf back down again. It is now low enough for me to open the gate properly now :)

I needed a few rests during this process so the ducks and chooks have had a feast of worms and curl grubs during the breaks. The ducks are still going over it to make sure no wriggly thing was missed :) :)

Good girl BG. You put me to shame.

pomolo said:

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

well that’s my exercise for the day. I haven’t been able to open the gate into the yard properly because the kikuyu thatch was too thick. So today I peeled back the grass with some help from a mattock and spade and dug out a couple of inches of dirt and lay the turf back down again. It is now low enough for me to open the gate properly now :)

I needed a few rests during this process so the ducks and chooks have had a feast of worms and curl grubs during the breaks. The ducks are still going over it to make sure no wriggly thing was missed :) :)

Good girl BG. You put me to shame.

don’t feel like that! These bursts of activity are few and far between!

bluegreen said:

well that’s my exercise for the day. I haven’t been able to open the gate into the yard properly because the kikuyu thatch was too thick. So today I peeled back the grass with some help from a mattock and spade and dug out a couple of inches of dirt and lay the turf back down again. It is now low enough for me to open the gate properly now :)

I needed a few rests during this process so the ducks and chooks have had a feast of worms and curl grubs during the breaks. The ducks are still going over it to make sure no wriggly thing was missed :) :)

well done BG, you will sleep well tonight!

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

hey thanks all, i did find a good dr at the local who did a med review and worked out what i could add to the tabs im taking. surprised i watied 2 mins! i can nearly double tabs, but with a daily travelling nurse check up. and if its still bad in a few days then re admittance for iv pain meds. they did contact the surgeon who said this amount of dscomfort is not usual, but mine was expected because the tendon was very tight to rejoin. i should have had this op 2 years ago. theres a lot of pressure there causing the pain but i now also have a special underarm pillow to support the joint and ease some of that pressure. im not to move it so forget the excercises for now.
i was given a jab and promptly fell asleep for 3 hours. cuppa tea then off to bed and sleep propped up.

muschee your poor hubby. i hope his back is better now.
chocolate royals are a good meal. i cant eat donuts, they’re too doughy..

glad to hear that you have been able to get some sleep and extra meds. It sounds like this might be a long process so be a good girl and do as your told and get better properly, OK?

yes mum :) i feel better for some sleep. i need an anti nausea tab now too.
yeah, many months long healing process. but worth it in the end. i would have been looking at a permanant disability if left.

Happy Potter said:

hey thanks all, i did find a good dr at the local who did a med review and worked out what i could add to the tabs im taking. surprised i watied 2 mins! i can nearly double tabs, but with a daily travelling nurse check up. and if its still bad in a few days then re admittance for iv pain meds. they did contact the surgeon who said this amount of dscomfort is not usual, but mine was expected because the tendon was very tight to rejoin. i should have had this op 2 years ago. theres a lot of pressure there causing the pain but i now also have a special underarm pillow to support the joint and ease some of that pressure. im not to move it so forget the excercises for now.
i was given a jab and promptly fell asleep for 3 hours. cuppa tea then off to bed and sleep propped up.

muschee your poor hubby. i hope his back is better now.
chocolate royals are a good meal. i cant eat donuts, they’re too doughy..

so glad you did something about it… Big hugs HP!

thank you lovelies for hugs and wishes to take away the pain. yous are like a comforting pillow. i slept like a baby for 6 hours. bliss.
too right Dinetta about lack of sleep, take care of that and evertything starts to fall into place.
it’s 4 am medication time, wakey wakey.

my youngest girl decided since not much cooking is going to happen around here that she would do a pantry clean out. my stars..a washing basket of dry goods and unused opened packets and multiple half used packets of lentils oats pastas rices and heaps more went out, but none will be wasted. it will all be cooked up for warm chook mash.
she did a magnificent job and the cupboards are gleaming and tidy. very proud of her.
she also cooked a 4 ingredient coconut cake and it tasted ok, but fair dinks, so rubbery it could be used as an eraser lol!. we chewed and chewed it and told her it was moreish. spurred on, she is apparently making a cheescake today.
the rest of us are planning a mass breakout LOL

Happy Potter said:

thank you lovelies for hugs and wishes to take away the pain. yous are like a comforting pillow. i slept like a baby for 6 hours. bliss.
too right Dinetta about lack of sleep, take care of that and evertything starts to fall into place.
it’s 4 am medication time, wakey wakey.

Thank heavens for a good report. Hope it stays that way for you.

Heading off to the Garden expo now. Full report when I return.

Happy Potter said:

my youngest girl decided since not much cooking is going to happen around here that she would do a pantry clean out. my stars..a washing basket of dry goods and unused opened packets and multiple half used packets of lentils oats pastas rices and heaps more went out, but none will be wasted. it will all be cooked up for warm chook mash.
she did a magnificent job and the cupboards are gleaming and tidy. very proud of her.
she also cooked a 4 ingredient coconut cake and it tasted ok, but fair dinks, so rubbery it could be used as an eraser lol!. we chewed and chewed it and told her it was moreish. spurred on, she is apparently making a cheescake today.
the rest of us are planning a mass breakout LOL

Does she have C***al** in her middle name?

She’s game, cooking for you: anyone would be. Good that you’re letting her do her own thing in the kitchen…

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

my youngest girl decided since not much cooking is going to happen around here that she would do a pantry clean out. my stars..a washing basket of dry goods and unused opened packets and multiple half used packets of lentils oats pastas rices and heaps more went out, but none will be wasted. it will all be cooked up for warm chook mash.
she did a magnificent job and the cupboards are gleaming and tidy. very proud of her.
she also cooked a 4 ingredient coconut cake and it tasted ok, but fair dinks, so rubbery it could be used as an eraser lol!. we chewed and chewed it and told her it was moreish. spurred on, she is apparently making a cheescake today.
the rest of us are planning a mass breakout LOL

Does she have C***al** in her middle name?

She’s game, cooking for you: anyone would be. Good that you’re letting her do her own thing in the kitchen…

I didn’t mean to be patronising or anything, but seriously I never really started cooking until I moved out of home, just to avoid the peering over shoulder thing … or the” you’re doing it wrong”, “Mrs so and so, she makes a marvellous…{insert cooked goods here}”…stuff that, a kid’s got to start somewhere…

Dinetta said:

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

my youngest girl decided since not much cooking is going to happen around here that she would do a pantry clean out. my stars..a washing basket of dry goods and unused opened packets and multiple half used packets of lentils oats pastas rices and heaps more went out, but none will be wasted. it will all be cooked up for warm chook mash.
she did a magnificent job and the cupboards are gleaming and tidy. very proud of her.
she also cooked a 4 ingredient coconut cake and it tasted ok, but fair dinks, so rubbery it could be used as an eraser lol!. we chewed and chewed it and told her it was moreish. spurred on, she is apparently making a cheescake today.
the rest of us are planning a mass breakout LOL

Does she have C***al** in her middle name?

She’s game, cooking for you: anyone would be. Good that you’re letting her do her own thing in the kitchen…

I didn’t mean to be patronising or anything, but seriously I never really started cooking until I moved out of home, just to avoid the peering over shoulder thing … or the” you’re doing it wrong”, “Mrs so and so, she makes a marvellous…{insert cooked goods here}”…stuff that, a kid’s got to start somewhere…

no, i know you wern’t :) this kid has no confidence for cooking but wishes she could so i encourage her to. perhaps i shouldn’t tho, she has more fails than most. she can’t make packet chicken noodle soup without it being too peppery or watery. she turned the oven off the min the timer sounded but i said we have to test it first with a skewer. it was still batter in the middle. my only kitchen rule is don’t clean the stove. she is very culinary/ foodie orientated and loves to cook. she will given time.
i will assist with the cheescake.

morning. nearly medication ‘meal’ time! and an anti nausea pill for dessert. i’m rattling. but at least turning the corner, less pain /more sleep. i’ve visitors coming today, hopefully bearing edible cake lol!

Happy Potter said:

this kid has no confidence for cooking but wishes she could so i encourage her to. perhaps i shouldn’t tho, she has more fails than most. she can’t make packet chicken noodle soup without it being too peppery or watery. she turned the oven off the min the timer sounded but i said we have to test it first with a skewer. it was still batter in the middle. my only kitchen rule is don’t clean the stove. she is very culinary/ foodie orientated and loves to cook. she will given time. i will assist with the cheescake.

She sounds like me when I first started…a kid of 15, not “allowed” in the kitchen, Mother was away…“I’ll cook the casserole for lunch, Dad”…lunch was 12 noon and I started at 11, I thought that was what Mum did…erk… so I had to read a recipe book and check with Dad that the book was right…I remember making a sludge of a packet cake as well, and icing it with purple icing, the chooks loved it the next week…

At our wedding reception, I think it was in a speech that there was a hope for MrD that I would move on from grilled open cheese and tomato doorstops for dinner…har har har…

Happy Potter said:

my youngest girl decided since not much cooking is going to happen around here that she would do a pantry clean out. my stars..a washing basket of dry goods and unused opened packets and multiple half used packets of lentils oats pastas rices and heaps more went out, but none will be wasted. it will all be cooked up for warm chook mash.
she did a magnificent job and the cupboards are gleaming and tidy. very proud of her.
she also cooked a 4 ingredient coconut cake and it tasted ok, but fair dinks, so rubbery it could be used as an eraser lol!. we chewed and chewed it and told her it was moreish. spurred on, she is apparently making a cheescake today.
the rest of us are planning a mass breakout LOL

:D

got an email from Lucky1 and The Elf has been admitted into hospital with pneumonia. I am sure she will appreciate any good vibes/prayers that you send their way.

bluegreen said:

got an email from Lucky1 and The Elf has been admitted into hospital with pneumonia. I am sure she will appreciate any good vibes/prayers that you send their way.

Sending some now

He goes down quickly, doesn’t he… it always worries me when Lucky says the Elf has “caught a cold”…

bluegreen said:

got an email from Lucky1 and The Elf has been admitted into hospital with pneumonia. I am sure she will appreciate any good vibes/prayers that you send their way.

sending all i can. get better elf.

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

got an email from Lucky1 and The Elf has been admitted into hospital with pneumonia. I am sure she will appreciate any good vibes/prayers that you send their way.

sending all i can. get better elf.

+1

Dinetta said:

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

my youngest girl decided since not much cooking is going to happen around here that she would do a pantry clean out. my stars..a washing basket of dry goods and unused opened packets and multiple half used packets of lentils oats pastas rices and heaps more went out, but none will be wasted. it will all be cooked up for warm chook mash.
she did a magnificent job and the cupboards are gleaming and tidy. very proud of her.
she also cooked a 4 ingredient coconut cake and it tasted ok, but fair dinks, so rubbery it could be used as an eraser lol!. we chewed and chewed it and told her it was moreish. spurred on, she is apparently making a cheescake today.
the rest of us are planning a mass breakout LOL

Does she have C***al** in her middle name?

She’s game, cooking for you: anyone would be. Good that you’re letting her do her own thing in the kitchen…

I didn’t mean to be patronising or anything, but seriously I never really started cooking until I moved out of home, just to avoid the peering over shoulder thing … or the” you’re doing it wrong”, “Mrs so and so, she makes a marvellous…{insert cooked goods here}”…stuff that, a kid’s got to start somewhere…

I was like that too D. Hated being watched every move. I made cakes and biscuits but very rarely did a full meal or savoury stuf. That all came when I got married. Gee you learn fast then.

bluegreen said:

got an email from Lucky1 and The Elf has been admitted into hospital with pneumonia. I am sure she will appreciate any good vibes/prayers that you send their way.

Done.

bluegreen said:

got an email from Lucky1 and The Elf has been admitted into hospital with pneumonia. I am sure she will appreciate any good vibes/prayers that you send their way.

Oh no. Poor man and poor Lucky. She worries about him so much. I hope he’s better soon.

bubba louie said:

bluegreen said:

got an email from Lucky1 and The Elf has been admitted into hospital with pneumonia. I am sure she will appreciate any good vibes/prayers that you send their way.

Oh no. Poor man and poor Lucky. She worries about him so much. I hope he’s better soon.

Post on FB an hour ago by “The Bimbo”.

Update… parents are fine, they are having a cooper fix! :-)

Home form the Expo and we didn’t go too far overboard with purchases. Only because I was holding the purse strings. Best thing was that I found Yakon crowns for sale so we got one of them. Got a few bargains and who can resist a bargain. Now my legs need a rest so I’m heading for a verandah chair with my book.

pomolo said:

Home form the Expo and we didn’t go too far overboard with purchases. Only because I was holding the purse strings. Best thing was that I found Yakon crowns for sale so we got one of them. Got a few bargains and who can resist a bargain. Now my legs need a rest so I’m heading for a verandah chair with my book.

Correcton:- Yacon. Having trouble with my Yacon, Daikon and Yukons.

pomolo said:

pomolo said:

Home form the Expo and we didn’t go too far overboard with purchases. Only because I was holding the purse strings. Best thing was that I found Yakon crowns for sale so we got one of them. Got a few bargains and who can resist a bargain. Now my legs need a rest so I’m heading for a verandah chair with my book.

Correcton:- Yacon. Having trouble with my Yacon, Daikon and Yukons.

yay! go yacon.

i listened to the family waffling on about what to have for tea tonight. it doesn’t have to be a brain drain. so i ‘took over’ and sat on a stool and gave instructions for a throw it all in the pot lamb chop casserole.
sent girl to pick rosemary and she came back with silverbeet.
went to get rosemary myself.
got the man to chop veges, carrots parsley, onions garlic and dig out some green beans out of the freezer. got the girl to brown the chops and set aside then add flour and cook that. they all looked at me silly for asking for a glass of red but it was for the pot lol. the man went on a find the tomato paste crusade. found it.
got girl to fold chops in then put it all into a french casserole and into the oven. girls boyfriend took off for a loaf of crusty bread and now they are all sitting around awaiting their yummy din dins and talking about their accomplishment. too easy. :)

my poor dog max is booked in for his eye lid surgery tomorrow morning. the man will drive me and max to the vets at 9am after he gets home from nightshift, and we go back to pick him up at 4pm.
i’m gunna worry, fret, ring the vets, pig out on icecream, and be a general nuisance all day.

pomolo said:

Home form the Expo and we didn’t go too far overboard with purchases. Only because I was holding the purse strings. Best thing was that I found Yakon crowns for sale so we got one of them. Got a few bargains and who can resist a bargain. Now my legs need a rest so I’m heading for a verandah chair with my book.

I completely forgot about the expo until I saw your post this morning. :(

Happy Potter said:

my poor dog max is booked in for his eye lid surgery tomorrow morning. the man will drive me and max to the vets at 9am after he gets home from nightshift, and we go back to pick him up at 4pm.
i’m gunna worry, fret, ring the vets, pig out on icecream, and be a general nuisance all day.

I worry more about the pets here than the people. Terrible I know but they can’t tell you whats wrong and you can’t tell them it’s OK.

bubba louie said:

Happy Potter said:

my poor dog max is booked in for his eye lid surgery tomorrow morning. the man will drive me and max to the vets at 9am after he gets home from nightshift, and we go back to pick him up at 4pm.
i’m gunna worry, fret, ring the vets, pig out on icecream, and be a general nuisance all day.

I worry more about the pets here than the people. Terrible I know but they can’t tell you whats wrong and you can’t tell them it’s OK.

me too. max will go balistic if he sees us leave and try to get out so he will need to be sedated. i’m more worried about that part than the surgery itself. i want to get a lift to be there to sit with him when he wakes. if he sees me he will relax.

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

bluegreen said:

got an email from Lucky1 and The Elf has been admitted into hospital with pneumonia. I am sure she will appreciate any good vibes/prayers that you send their way.

Oh no. Poor man and poor Lucky. She worries about him so much. I hope he’s better soon.

Post on FB an hour ago by “The Bimbo”.

Update… parents are fine, they are having a cooper fix! :-)

:D

Happy Potter said:

my poor dog max is booked in for his eye lid surgery tomorrow morning. the man will drive me and max to the vets at 9am after he gets home from nightshift, and we go back to pick him up at 4pm.
i’m gunna worry, fret, ring the vets, pig out on icecream, and be a general nuisance all day.

hope he copes OK and they get it all.

(((HUGS)))

Happy Potter said:

i listened to the family waffling on about what to have for tea tonight. it doesn’t have to be a brain drain. so i ‘took over’ and sat on a stool and gave instructions for a throw it all in the pot lamb chop casserole.
sent girl to pick rosemary and she came back with silverbeet.
went to get rosemary myself.
got the man to chop veges, carrots parsley, onions garlic and dig out some green beans out of the freezer. got the girl to brown the chops and set aside then add flour and cook that. they all looked at me silly for asking for a glass of red but it was for the pot lol. the man went on a find the tomato paste crusade. found it.
got girl to fold chops in then put it all into a french casserole and into the oven. girls boyfriend took off for a loaf of crusty bread and now they are all sitting around awaiting their yummy din dins and talking about their accomplishment. too easy. :)

They just can’t do without you.

Happy Potter said:

my poor dog max is booked in for his eye lid surgery tomorrow morning. the man will drive me and max to the vets at 9am after he gets home from nightshift, and we go back to pick him up at 4pm.
i’m gunna worry, fret, ring the vets, pig out on icecream, and be a general nuisance all day.

Poor Max. Poor Mum.

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

Home form the Expo and we didn’t go too far overboard with purchases. Only because I was holding the purse strings. Best thing was that I found Yakon crowns for sale so we got one of them. Got a few bargains and who can resist a bargain. Now my legs need a rest so I’m heading for a verandah chair with my book.

I completely forgot about the expo until I saw your post this morning. :(

Next year Bubba.

Happy Potter said:

my poor dog max is booked in for his eye lid surgery tomorrow morning. the man will drive me and max to the vets at 9am after he gets home from nightshift, and we go back to pick him up at 4pm.
i’m gunna worry, fret, ring the vets, pig out on icecream, and be a general nuisance all day.

OMG HP I know how ya feel..My babies went in Thursday for srgery expecting to pick them his paw the other on his dangly boy bits.
We were just driving to go pick them up when I got a call sayin they pulled off bandages and want to keep them in overnight for observation…What an awful night that was…the house felt so empty and life less. So glad they are here with us now and able to keep watch over them.

Muschee said:

Happy Potter said:

my poor dog max is booked in for his eye lid surgery tomorrow morning. the man will drive me and max to the vets at 9am after he gets home from nightshift, and we go back to pick him up at 4pm.
i’m gunna worry, fret, ring the vets, pig out on icecream, and be a general nuisance all day.

OMG HP I know how ya feel..My babies went in Thursday for srgery expecting to pick them his paw the other on his dangly boy bits.
We were just driving to go pick them up when I got a call sayin they pulled off bandages and want to keep them in overnight for observation…What an awful night that was…the house felt so empty and life less. So glad they are here with us now and able to keep watch over them.

Goodness don’t know what happened there?? Start again…..

OMG HP I know how ya feel..My babies went in Thursday for usrgery expecting to pick them up same day. My gir; was getting more staph infection cut out of her nose and my boy was getting a couple lumps removed one from his paw the other on his dangly boy bits.
We were just driving to go pick them up when I got a call sayin they pulled off bandages and want to keep them in overnight for observation…What an awful night that was…the house felt so empty and life less. So glad they are here with us now and able to keep watch over them.

Muschee said:

Muschee said:

Happy Potter said:

my poor dog max is booked in for his eye lid surgery tomorrow morning. the man will drive me and max to the vets at 9am after he gets home from nightshift, and we go back to pick him up at 4pm.
i’m gunna worry, fret, ring the vets, pig out on icecream, and be a general nuisance all day.

OMG HP I know how ya feel..My babies went in Thursday for srgery expecting to pick them his paw the other on his dangly boy bits.
We were just driving to go pick them up when I got a call sayin they pulled off bandages and want to keep them in overnight for observation…What an awful night that was…the house felt so empty and life less. So glad they are here with us now and able to keep watch over them.

Goodness don’t know what happened there?? Start again…..

OMG HP I know how ya feel..My babies went in Thursday for usrgery expecting to pick them up same day. My gir; was getting more staph infection cut out of her nose and my boy was getting a couple lumps removed one from his paw the other on his dangly boy bits.
We were just driving to go pick them up when I got a call sayin they pulled off bandages and want to keep them in overnight for observation…What an awful night that was…the house felt so empty and life less. So glad they are here with us now and able to keep watch over them.

as i tell people Muschee, whilst of course i love my family, my dog is my life. i do hope your girl beats the skin infection. i think of her.

gawd the 4 am pain alarm goes off like a hammer bomb, ouch ouch, struggle up get water and meds, gulp down and pray thanks for people who make pain tabs. that they stay well and their train is never late.
i’ll say one thing i have learned from this op.. thank goodness i’m slim because if i were still big there is no way i could cope getting about one armed. my legs are getting a workout having to get up without using my arms to push myself up. my tum too.
max the big sook is missing his mummy cuddles, but at 18 kg its about time he learnt he’s not a lap dog lol.

Good morning.

Cold, but good.

2.1°C

haven’t seen a blue sky or any sky at all for at least a week now.

not a drop of rain, just bleak.

Muschee said:

Muschee said:

Happy Potter said:

my poor dog max is booked in for his eye lid surgery tomorrow morning. the man will drive me and max to the vets at 9am after he gets home from nightshift, and we go back to pick him up at 4pm.
i’m gunna worry, fret, ring the vets, pig out on icecream, and be a general nuisance all day.

OMG HP I know how ya feel..My babies went in Thursday for srgery expecting to pick them his paw the other on his dangly boy bits.
We were just driving to go pick them up when I got a call sayin they pulled off bandages and want to keep them in overnight for observation…What an awful night that was…the house felt so empty and life less. So glad they are here with us now and able to keep watch over them.

Goodness don’t know what happened there?? Start again…..

OMG HP I know how ya feel..My babies went in Thursday for usrgery expecting to pick them up same day. My gir; was getting more staph infection cut out of her nose and my boy was getting a couple lumps removed one from his paw the other on his dangly boy bits.
We were just driving to go pick them up when I got a call sayin they pulled off bandages and want to keep them in overnight for observation…What an awful night that was…the house felt so empty and life less. So glad they are here with us now and able to keep watch over them.

I’m glad everyone isn’t a typing expert on here. I don’t feel so alone.

Pet medical problems bring me undone too.

Happy Potter said:

Muschee said:

Muschee said:

OMG HP I know how ya feel..My babies went in Thursday for srgery expecting to pick them his paw the other on his dangly boy bits.
We were just driving to go pick them up when I got a call sayin they pulled off bandages and want to keep them in overnight for observation…What an awful night that was…the house felt so empty and life less. So glad they are here with us now and able to keep watch over them.

Goodness don’t know what happened there?? Start again…..

OMG HP I know how ya feel..My babies went in Thursday for usrgery expecting to pick them up same day. My gir; was getting more staph infection cut out of her nose and my boy was getting a couple lumps removed one from his paw the other on his dangly boy bits.
We were just driving to go pick them up when I got a call sayin they pulled off bandages and want to keep them in overnight for observation…What an awful night that was…the house felt so empty and life less. So glad they are here with us now and able to keep watch over them.

as i tell people Muschee, whilst of course i love my family, my dog is my life. i do hope your girl beats the skin infection. i think of her.

We must all be related. It’s just something about our pets.

Happy Potter said:

gawd the 4 am pain alarm goes off like a hammer bomb, ouch ouch, struggle up get water and meds, gulp down and pray thanks for people who make pain tabs. that they stay well and their train is never late.
i’ll say one thing i have learned from this op.. thank goodness i’m slim because if i were still big there is no way i could cope getting about one armed. my legs are getting a workout having to get up without using my arms to push myself up. my tum too.
max the big sook is missing his mummy cuddles, but at 18 kg its about time he learnt he’s not a lap dog lol.

Is that pain starting to ease off in intensity yet?

Dinetta said:

Good morning.

Cold, but good.

Cold, but bad.

roughbarked said:

2.1°C

haven’t seen a blue sky or any sky at all for at least a week now.

not a drop of rain, just bleak.

Sounds pretty misurable down there RB. At least we are having sunny days.

pomolo said:

roughbarked said:

2.1°C

haven’t seen a blue sky or any sky at all for at least a week now.

not a drop of rain, just bleak.

Sounds pretty misurable down there RB. At least we are having sunny days.

Miserable even.

pomolo said:

pomolo said:

roughbarked said:

2.1°C

haven’t seen a blue sky or any sky at all for at least a week now.

not a drop of rain, just bleak.

Sounds pretty misurable down there RB. At least we are having sunny days.

Ah, I can finally report that the sky has returned. Blue is back. I’d better go make some use of it.

Miserable even.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

gawd the 4 am pain alarm goes off like a hammer bomb, ouch ouch, struggle up get water and meds, gulp down and pray thanks for people who make pain tabs. that they stay well and their train is never late.
i’ll say one thing i have learned from this op.. thank goodness i’m slim because if i were still big there is no way i could cope getting about one armed. my legs are getting a workout having to get up without using my arms to push myself up. my tum too.
max the big sook is missing his mummy cuddles, but at 18 kg its about time he learnt he’s not a lap dog lol.

Is that pain starting to ease off in intensity yet?

yes i’m getting there pomolo, turning the corner at least. tho it be a big sweeping bend rather than a sharp turn.
the gap in the pain time versus sleep time is evening out. more sleep -less pain ,yay

well we took max to the vets and tried to leave 3 times, but max was NOT staying if i wasn’t, so we gave him a pre med and waited till he was sleepy then left.
i’ll get a call later to let me know how he went.

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

Good morning.

Cold, but good.

Cold, but bad.

Aww, if I can peg out my washing in the middle of the day, with no hat on, and it’s lovely and sunny and warm, and I don’t have to worry about the washing rotting on the line while it dries…it’s good…just being able to peg the laundry out between 8 am and 4 pm is a luxury that comes with winter…

Happy Potter said:

gawd the 4 am pain alarm goes off like a hammer bomb, ouch ouch, struggle up get water and meds, gulp down and pray thanks for people who make pain tabs. that they stay well and their train is never late.
i’ll say one thing i have learned from this op.. thank goodness i’m slim because if i were still big there is no way i could cope getting about one armed. my legs are getting a workout having to get up without using my arms to push myself up. my tum too.
max the big sook is missing his mummy cuddles, but at 18 kg its about time he learnt he’s not a lap dog lol.

sounds like the meds are working now. Hopefully soon the pain will recede.

roughbarked said:

2.1°C

haven’t seen a blue sky or any sky at all for at least a week now.

not a drop of rain, just bleak.

seems pointless, doesn’t it? the sun is out today. amazing what a difference it makes!

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

2.1°C

haven’t seen a blue sky or any sky at all for at least a week now.

not a drop of rain, just bleak.

seems pointless, doesn’t it? the sun is out today. amazing what a difference it makes!

Sun did come out for an hour or so but it is disappearing again now.

well max has had his surgery and it went well. he can be picked up anytime now, but i have to wait till the man wakes up to get there. i’ll just chew on my shirt collar until then.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

2.1°C

haven’t seen a blue sky or any sky at all for at least a week now.

not a drop of rain, just bleak.

seems pointless, doesn’t it? the sun is out today. amazing what a difference it makes!

Sun did come out for an hour or so but it is disappearing again now.

yeah. coming and going here too.

Happy Potter said:

well max has had his surgery and it went well. he can be picked up anytime now, but i have to wait till the man wakes up to get there. i’ll just chew on my shirt collar until then.

he’ll be pleased to see you I am sure :)

Happy Potter said:

well max has had his surgery and it went well. he can be picked up anytime now, but i have to wait till the man wakes up to get there. i’ll just chew on my shirt collar until then.

Glad it all went well. You’ll be able to pamper him now.

Timmy is booked in for his vacs and a health check tomorrow. I always get a bit jittery about the health checks because of his past kidney problems.

bubba louie said:

Happy Potter said:

well max has had his surgery and it went well. he can be picked up anytime now, but i have to wait till the man wakes up to get there. i’ll just chew on my shirt collar until then.

Glad it all went well. You’ll be able to pamper him now.

Timmy is booked in for his vacs and a health check tomorrow. I always get a bit jittery about the health checks because of his past kidney problems.

thanks ladies.
i knocked back attending an orchard event tomorrow as it’s going to be puppy pamper time. he will hate the elizabethan collar so i will stay and look after him and make sure he can’t get it off..
he sure will be pleased to see me BG. i just know he will have his eyes glued to the door waiting for me to come through it.

HI guys, dropping in to say hello….. I see HP has had some surgery….. hope all is good your end of the computer mouse.

No gardening here…pumpkin went FERAL in the back yard and I’m waiting for the blasted thing to drop dead….lol

Busy sewing….you know same crap different day.

Lucky1 said:

HI guys, dropping in to say hello….. I see HP has had some surgery….. hope all is good your end of the computer mouse.

No gardening here…pumpkin went FERAL in the back yard and I’m waiting for the blasted thing to drop dead….lol

Busy sewing….you know same crap different day.

hey stranger!! good to see you! i hope that wasn’t the pumpkin that ate the rhubarb…
i hope the elf is improving.

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

HI guys, dropping in to say hello….. I see HP has had some surgery….. hope all is good your end of the computer mouse.

No gardening here…pumpkin went FERAL in the back yard and I’m waiting for the blasted thing to drop dead….lol

Busy sewing….you know same crap different day.

hey stranger!! good to see you! i hope that wasn’t the pumpkin that ate the rhubarb…
i hope the elf is improving.

Hey HP:) Hope your being a good girl;P

Rhubarb is still going, though its dormant at the moment.

Elfs in hospital since Saturday afternoon…he has pneumonia. Tomorrow is his birthday, we are hoping he will come home Wednesday.

still wating to pick up the fluffy one.. i walked the garden 15 times, fed baby chicks, then i spotted these tomatoes.
big mama winter toms. and you have nooooooooo idea how hard it was to pick them lol..
if these are this size in this cold weather, imagine them growing in summer..this lot is 1.5 kg in total and theres heaps more.

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

HI guys, dropping in to say hello….. I see HP has had some surgery….. hope all is good your end of the computer mouse.

No gardening here…pumpkin went FERAL in the back yard and I’m waiting for the blasted thing to drop dead….lol

Busy sewing….you know same crap different day.

hey stranger!! good to see you! i hope that wasn’t the pumpkin that ate the rhubarb…
i hope the elf is improving.

Hey HP:) Hope your being a good girl;P

Rhubarb is still going, though its dormant at the moment.

Elfs in hospital since Saturday afternoon…he has pneumonia. Tomorrow is his birthday, we are hoping he will come home Wednesday.

oh he will need a cake! glad to hear nummer 11 still going.
course i’m being good…. hehe..

OH OH OH! THE MANS AWAKE, QUICK, just heard the shower running.. I’LL GET IN THE CAR YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Happy Potter said:

still wating to pick up the fluffy one.. i walked the garden 15 times, fed baby chicks, then i spotted these tomatoes.
big mama winter toms. and you have nooooooooo idea how hard it was to pick them lol..
if these are this size in this cold weather, imagine them growing in summer..this lot is 1.5 kg in total and theres heaps more.

You had baby chicks??? Sweet:)

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

hey stranger!! good to see you! i hope that wasn’t the pumpkin that ate the rhubarb…
i hope the elf is improving.

Hey HP:) Hope your being a good girl;P

Rhubarb is still going, though its dormant at the moment.

Elfs in hospital since Saturday afternoon…he has pneumonia. Tomorrow is his birthday, we are hoping he will come home Wednesday.

oh he will need a cake! glad to hear nummer 11 still going.
course i’m being good…. hehe..

OH OH OH! THE MANS AWAKE, QUICK, just heard the shower running.. I’LL GET IN THE CAR YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

LOL i have missed you so much:) Have fun…

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Hey HP:) Hope your being a good girl;P

Rhubarb is still going, though its dormant at the moment.

Elfs in hospital since Saturday afternoon…he has pneumonia. Tomorrow is his birthday, we are hoping he will come home Wednesday.

oh he will need a cake! glad to hear nummer 11 still going.
course i’m being good…. hehe..

OH OH OH! THE MANS AWAKE, QUICK, just heard the shower running.. I’LL GET IN THE CAR YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

LOL i have missed you so much:) Have fun…

we’ve missed you!

the fabulous furry one is home..they said to keep him quiet. but they didn’t say how! lol! max is bouncing off the walls and boy is he thirsty. he drank and drank and drank. his warty lump didn’t look sinister and we needn’t spend big on further tests, unless it comes back. phew.

Happy Potter said:

well max has had his surgery and it went well. he can be picked up anytime now, but i have to wait till the man wakes up to get there. i’ll just chew on my shirt collar until then.

I think I’m coming back in my next life as your dog. LOL.

You had baby chicks??? Sweet:)
—————————————————————-
gees have you been missing a lot, lol. i had 6 fertile eggs from my 2 silkie hens and eggbert, a pure siklie rooster i was given. i kept 6 eggs aside at all times, discarding the oldest and as soon as one went broody i set them under silkie hen lin lin. 5 hatched. in mid winter too. they are cute as!

bubba louie said:

Happy Potter said:

well max has had his surgery and it went well. he can be picked up anytime now, but i have to wait till the man wakes up to get there. i’ll just chew on my shirt collar until then.

Glad it all went well. You’ll be able to pamper him now.

Timmy is booked in for his vacs and a health check tomorrow. I always get a bit jittery about the health checks because of his past kidney problems.

ZeeZee is booked to have her vaccinations soon too. Has to be all set for an extended stay in the kennels when we go up north. I hate it because she loves everybody and is so shocked when she gets her jabs from people she’s just finished licking to death.

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

HI guys, dropping in to say hello….. I see HP has had some surgery….. hope all is good your end of the computer mouse.

No gardening here…pumpkin went FERAL in the back yard and I’m waiting for the blasted thing to drop dead….lol

Busy sewing….you know same crap different day.

hey stranger!! good to see you! i hope that wasn’t the pumpkin that ate the rhubarb…
i hope the elf is improving.

Hey HP:) Hope your being a good girl;P

Rhubarb is still going, though its dormant at the moment.

Elfs in hospital since Saturday afternoon…he has pneumonia. Tomorrow is his birthday, we are hoping he will come home Wednesday.

So glad he is coming good.

Happy Potter said:

still wating to pick up the fluffy one.. i walked the garden 15 times, fed baby chicks, then i spotted these tomatoes.
big mama winter toms. and you have nooooooooo idea how hard it was to pick them lol..
if these are this size in this cold weather, imagine them growing in summer..this lot is 1.5 kg in total and theres heaps more.

It’s realy nice to see some good tomatoes.

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

oh he will need a cake! glad to hear nummer 11 still going.
course i’m being good…. hehe..

OH OH OH! THE MANS AWAKE, QUICK, just heard the shower running.. I’LL GET IN THE CAR YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

LOL i have missed you so much:) Have fun…

we’ve missed you!

the fabulous furry one is home..they said to keep him quiet. but they didn’t say how! lol! max is bouncing off the walls and boy is he thirsty. he drank and drank and drank. his warty lump didn’t look sinister and we needn’t spend big on further tests, unless it comes back. phew.

Hope he’s a good boy and tines it down…. is he a bucket head???? LOL

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

hey stranger!! good to see you! i hope that wasn’t the pumpkin that ate the rhubarb…
i hope the elf is improving.

Hey HP:) Hope your being a good girl;P

Rhubarb is still going, though its dormant at the moment.

Elfs in hospital since Saturday afternoon…he has pneumonia. Tomorrow is his birthday, we are hoping he will come home Wednesday.

oh he will need a cake! glad to hear nummer 11 still going.
course i’m being good…. hehe..

OH OH OH! THE MANS AWAKE, QUICK, just heard the shower running.. I’LL GET IN THE CAR YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Just who misses who the most?

Happy Potter said:

You had baby chicks??? Sweet:)
—————————————————————-
gees have you been missing a lot, lol. i had 6 fertile eggs from my 2 silkie hens and eggbert, a pure siklie rooster i was given. i kept 6 eggs aside at all times, discarding the oldest and as soon as one went broody i set them under silkie hen lin lin. 5 hatched. in mid winter too. they are cute as!

Oh sweet:)

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

oh he will need a cake! glad to hear nummer 11 still going.
course i’m being good…. hehe..

OH OH OH! THE MANS AWAKE, QUICK, just heard the shower running.. I’LL GET IN THE CAR YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

LOL i have missed you so much:) Have fun…

we’ve missed you!

the fabulous furry one is home..they said to keep him quiet. but they didn’t say how! lol! max is bouncing off the walls and boy is he thirsty. he drank and drank and drank. his warty lump didn’t look sinister and we needn’t spend big on further tests, unless it comes back. phew.

Now we can all sleep tonight. I hope you can too HP.

pomolo said:

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

hey stranger!! good to see you! i hope that wasn’t the pumpkin that ate the rhubarb…
i hope the elf is improving.

Hey HP:) Hope your being a good girl;P

Rhubarb is still going, though its dormant at the moment.

Elfs in hospital since Saturday afternoon…he has pneumonia. Tomorrow is his birthday, we are hoping he will come home Wednesday.

So glad he is coming good.

Thanks Pomolo…… one very sick boy and for the last 5 weeks he’s had a numb arm as well and no feeling in his left hand. They took gas measurements from his artery vane and hit a nerve instead……

Fun and games…

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

Happy Potter said:

well max has had his surgery and it went well. he can be picked up anytime now, but i have to wait till the man wakes up to get there. i’ll just chew on my shirt collar until then.

Glad it all went well. You’ll be able to pamper him now.

Timmy is booked in for his vacs and a health check tomorrow. I always get a bit jittery about the health checks because of his past kidney problems.

ZeeZee is booked to have her vaccinations soon too. Has to be all set for an extended stay in the kennels when we go up north. I hate it because she loves everybody and is so shocked when she gets her jabs from people she’s just finished licking to death.

aww.
did you know they have a pain killing drug that lasts 24 hours? the vet was telling us not to start giving max the pain tabs before tomorrow morning 10 am because hes had a pain relieving injection that will last a full 24 hours.
so..why don’t they have such a thing for people???? hmm, it really is a dogs life…….

Happy Potter said:

the fabulous furry one is home..they said to keep him quiet. but they didn’t say how! lol! max is bouncing off the walls and boy is he thirsty. he drank and drank and drank. his warty lump didn’t look sinister and we needn’t spend big on further tests, unless it comes back. phew.

good news :)

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Hey HP:) Hope your being a good girl;P

Rhubarb is still going, though its dormant at the moment.

Elfs in hospital since Saturday afternoon…he has pneumonia. Tomorrow is his birthday, we are hoping he will come home Wednesday.

oh he will need a cake! glad to hear nummer 11 still going.
course i’m being good…. hehe..

OH OH OH! THE MANS AWAKE, QUICK, just heard the shower running.. I’LL GET IN THE CAR YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Just who misses who the most?

I was wondering who had the separation anxiety, Max or HP! lol!

Lucky1 said:

pomolo said:

Lucky1 said:

Hey HP:) Hope your being a good girl;P

Rhubarb is still going, though its dormant at the moment.

Elfs in hospital since Saturday afternoon…he has pneumonia. Tomorrow is his birthday, we are hoping he will come home Wednesday.

So glad he is coming good.

Thanks Pomolo…… one very sick boy and for the last 5 weeks he’s had a numb arm as well and no feeling in his left hand. They took gas measurements from his artery vane and hit a nerve instead……

Fun and games…

I had that happen to me when I was in NZ. Not for the same reason as the elf but definately the same symptoms. I was a waitress at the time and I couldn’t hold a plate in my fingers. In my case they called it “drunks arm” because men used to come home drunk, sit in a kitchen chair, throw their arm over the back of the chair and fall asleep on their arm. They apparently crushed the nerve in the arm and it deadened the arm for about 6 weeks. I didn’t get mine from being drunk either but I’m not saying just how I did get it though.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

Glad it all went well. You’ll be able to pamper him now.

Timmy is booked in for his vacs and a health check tomorrow. I always get a bit jittery about the health checks because of his past kidney problems.

ZeeZee is booked to have her vaccinations soon too. Has to be all set for an extended stay in the kennels when we go up north. I hate it because she loves everybody and is so shocked when she gets her jabs from people she’s just finished licking to death.

aww.
did you know they have a pain killing drug that lasts 24 hours? the vet was telling us not to start giving max the pain tabs before tomorrow morning 10 am because hes had a pain relieving injection that will last a full 24 hours.
so..why don’t they have such a thing for people???? hmm, it really is a dogs life…….

I agree. I’m beginning to think that I will come back as anyone on this forums pet. You are all so kind hearted and loving.

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

LOL i have missed you so much:) Have fun…

we’ve missed you!

the fabulous furry one is home..they said to keep him quiet. but they didn’t say how! lol! max is bouncing off the walls and boy is he thirsty. he drank and drank and drank. his warty lump didn’t look sinister and we needn’t spend big on further tests, unless it comes back. phew.

Hope he’s a good boy and tines it down…. is he a bucket head???? LOL

yep, poor baby buckethead..

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

Happy Potter said:

well max has had his surgery and it went well. he can be picked up anytime now, but i have to wait till the man wakes up to get there. i’ll just chew on my shirt collar until then.

Glad it all went well. You’ll be able to pamper him now.

Timmy is booked in for his vacs and a health check tomorrow. I always get a bit jittery about the health checks because of his past kidney problems.

ZeeZee is booked to have her vaccinations soon too. Has to be all set for an extended stay in the kennels when we go up north. I hate it because she loves everybody and is so shocked when she gets her jabs from people she’s just finished licking to death.

If I didn’t have the cats I’d gladly dog sit.

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

we’ve missed you!

the fabulous furry one is home..they said to keep him quiet. but they didn’t say how! lol! max is bouncing off the walls and boy is he thirsty. he drank and drank and drank. his warty lump didn’t look sinister and we needn’t spend big on further tests, unless it comes back. phew.

Hope he’s a good boy and tines it down…. is he a bucket head???? LOL

yep, poor baby buckethead..

The animal rescue group that I’ve had a bit to do with calls it “The collar of shame”. LOL

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

oh he will need a cake! glad to hear nummer 11 still going.
course i’m being good…. hehe..

OH OH OH! THE MANS AWAKE, QUICK, just heard the shower running.. I’LL GET IN THE CAR YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Just who misses who the most?

I was wondering who had the separation anxiety, Max or HP! lol!

the man laughed loudly when he saw me sitting in the car all ready. he was still getting dressed lol.
max was following me as usual and catching the bucket collar on everythingand yanking his head about, so i’m gunna just sit still so he can sleep. it’s not like i can do anything else anyway :)

Happy Potter said:

the man laughed loudly when he saw me sitting in the car all ready. he was still getting dressed lol.
max was following me as usual and catching the bucket collar on everythingand yanking his head about, so i’m gunna just sit still so he can sleep. it’s not like i can do anything else anyway :)

it will do both of you good :)

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

we’ve missed you!

the fabulous furry one is home..they said to keep him quiet. but they didn’t say how! lol! max is bouncing off the walls and boy is he thirsty. he drank and drank and drank. his warty lump didn’t look sinister and we needn’t spend big on further tests, unless it comes back. phew.

Hope he’s a good boy and tines it down…. is he a bucket head???? LOL

yep, poor baby buckethead..

Aww. He looks so misurable.

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

Glad it all went well. You’ll be able to pamper him now.

Timmy is booked in for his vacs and a health check tomorrow. I always get a bit jittery about the health checks because of his past kidney problems.

ZeeZee is booked to have her vaccinations soon too. Has to be all set for an extended stay in the kennels when we go up north. I hate it because she loves everybody and is so shocked when she gets her jabs from people she’s just finished licking to death.

If I didn’t have the cats I’d gladly dog sit.

I know you would Bubba. I appreciate what you’ve said. Same goes for your cats too.

D wants some chickens before we get too much older. Maybe you might get to ‘sit’ them someday.

there’s more injury here than on the tour de france

- get well elf, max and HP
uumm ?? not necessarily in that order – LOL.

aphrodite (our poodle #2) licks her wound so that they never heal – she’s just had a week in the elizabethan collar as well.

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

ZeeZee is booked to have her vaccinations soon too. Has to be all set for an extended stay in the kennels when we go up north. I hate it because she loves everybody and is so shocked when she gets her jabs from people she’s just finished licking to death.

If I didn’t have the cats I’d gladly dog sit.

I know you would Bubba. I appreciate what you’ve said. Same goes for your cats too.

D wants some chickens before we get too much older. Maybe you might get to ‘sit’ them someday.

oooooo goody.

hoorrayy i broke the 4 am pain barrier- now 5 am LOL. still, later and later :)

pepe said:

there’s more injury here than on the tour de france

- get well elf, max and HP
uumm ?? not necessarily in that order – LOL.

aphrodite (our poodle #2) licks her wound so that they never heal – she’s just had a week in the elizabethan collar as well.

lol pepe, it’s a hospital ward here with medications are in colour coded ice cream containers..not to be mixed up.
aww poor aphro’ poodle too.

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

there’s more injury here than on the tour de france

- get well elf, max and HP
uumm ?? not necessarily in that order – LOL.

aphrodite (our poodle #2) licks her wound so that they never heal – she’s just had a week in the elizabethan collar as well.

lol pepe, it’s a hospital ward here with medications are in colour coded ice cream containers..not to be mixed up.
aww poor aphro’ poodle too.

AND medications are in colour coded containers..

OMG lol!
it must almost be a saying now ‘it can only happen to HP…’
….
i went to the kitchen to get a glass of water, then back to pc to switch off and back to bed. except that max followed me as usual, and coming back to the pc desk he cut across and went under the table and the elizabethan collar got stuck on the leg of a chair. the other end of it wedged in a small gap with the next chair leg. he was whimpering the poor thing. i tried to coax him out but he wouldn’t back out and was getting a bit stressed. gees! so i got down low to pull him out, ended up kneeling and then sitting, got him free. silly bluddy dog.
but then i couldn’t get up….
bugga..tried everything..this way that way, but i couldn’t get myself up. ouch ouch, oh crap don’t hurt the bloody sore arm. meds were kicking in and i’m woosey by now.
kids still asleep, all 3, jj, daughter and her bf.
so we’re sitting under the table wondering what to do. bloody nora! my handbag was hanging on a chair so grabbed it and sent text to the man at work. he, laughing madly, said wake the kids. so i sort of whispered loudly ‘is anyone awake?’ no answer.
said it louder , then louder. think, might ring the fireys?? how would i ever explain this ffs. scratch that thought. then a clock alarm goes off and bleary eyed girl appears. salvation!….MUM? what the hell??? what are you doing , are you ok, shit, did you fall????.. no, max’s collar got stuck on a chair and and..we’re marooned under the table love..don’t you dare take a photo!!! she cracks up laughing, calls to her boy to get up and help lift me up..jj wakes..all worried, then giggles.. it’s a circus.

me an fluffy are going back to bed.

Happy Potter said:

OMG lol!
it must almost be a saying now ‘it can only happen to HP…’
….
i went to the kitchen to get a glass of water, then back to pc to switch off and back to bed. except that max followed me as usual, and coming back to the pc desk he cut across and went under the table and the elizabethan collar got stuck on the leg of a chair. the other end of it wedged in a small gap with the next chair leg. he was whimpering the poor thing. i tried to coax him out but he wouldn’t back out and was getting a bit stressed. gees! so i got down low to pull him out, ended up kneeling and then sitting, got him free. silly bluddy dog.
but then i couldn’t get up….
bugga..tried everything..this way that way, but i couldn’t get myself up. ouch ouch, oh crap don’t hurt the bloody sore arm. meds were kicking in and i’m woosey by now.
kids still asleep, all 3, jj, daughter and her bf.
so we’re sitting under the table wondering what to do. bloody nora! my handbag was hanging on a chair so grabbed it and sent text to the man at work. he, laughing madly, said wake the kids. so i sort of whispered loudly ‘is anyone awake?’ no answer.
said it louder , then louder. think, might ring the fireys?? how would i ever explain this ffs. scratch that thought. then a clock alarm goes off and bleary eyed girl appears. salvation!….MUM? what the hell??? what are you doing , are you ok, shit, did you fall????.. no, max’s collar got stuck on a chair and and..we’re marooned under the table love..don’t you dare take a photo!!! she cracks up laughing, calls to her boy to get up and help lift me up..jj wakes..all worried, then giggles.. it’s a circus.

me an fluffy are going back to bed.

ROTFPIMP…sorry …I so needed something really funny to read…… I so hope you okay now hon:)

Elf’s birthday today…… So Me, Mrs. Bimbo and Super Coop are going in this morning to say Happy Birthday…elf…dad….poppy

Happy Potter said:

OMG lol!
it must almost be a saying now ‘it can only happen to HP…’
….
i went to the kitchen to get a glass of water, then back to pc to switch off and back to bed. except that max followed me as usual, and coming back to the pc desk he cut across and went under the table and the elizabethan collar got stuck on the leg of a chair. the other end of it wedged in a small gap with the next chair leg. he was whimpering the poor thing. i tried to coax him out but he wouldn’t back out and was getting a bit stressed. gees! so i got down low to pull him out, ended up kneeling and then sitting, got him free. silly bluddy dog.
but then i couldn’t get up….
bugga..tried everything..this way that way, but i couldn’t get myself up. ouch ouch, oh crap don’t hurt the bloody sore arm. meds were kicking in and i’m woosey by now.
kids still asleep, all 3, jj, daughter and her bf.
so we’re sitting under the table wondering what to do. bloody nora! my handbag was hanging on a chair so grabbed it and sent text to the man at work. he, laughing madly, said wake the kids. so i sort of whispered loudly ‘is anyone awake?’ no answer.
said it louder , then louder. think, might ring the fireys?? how would i ever explain this ffs. scratch that thought. then a clock alarm goes off and bleary eyed girl appears. salvation!….MUM? what the hell??? what are you doing , are you ok, shit, did you fall????.. no, max’s collar got stuck on a chair and and..we’re marooned under the table love..don’t you dare take a photo!!! she cracks up laughing, calls to her boy to get up and help lift me up..jj wakes..all worried, then giggles.. it’s a circus.

me an fluffy are going back to bed.

HP, you didn’t have to go into detail. If you had said you got caught under the table with the dog I would have believed you. I would never have asked “How?” because we all know you by now. LOL. A good funny story to start my day right. thanks for that.

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

OMG lol!
it must almost be a saying now ‘it can only happen to HP…’
….
i went to the kitchen to get a glass of water, then back to pc to switch off and back to bed. except that max followed me as usual, and coming back to the pc desk he cut across and went under the table and the elizabethan collar got stuck on the leg of a chair. the other end of it wedged in a small gap with the next chair leg. he was whimpering the poor thing. i tried to coax him out but he wouldn’t back out and was getting a bit stressed. gees! so i got down low to pull him out, ended up kneeling and then sitting, got him free. silly bluddy dog.
but then i couldn’t get up….
bugga..tried everything..this way that way, but i couldn’t get myself up. ouch ouch, oh crap don’t hurt the bloody sore arm. meds were kicking in and i’m woosey by now.
kids still asleep, all 3, jj, daughter and her bf.
so we’re sitting under the table wondering what to do. bloody nora! my handbag was hanging on a chair so grabbed it and sent text to the man at work. he, laughing madly, said wake the kids. so i sort of whispered loudly ‘is anyone awake?’ no answer.
said it louder , then louder. think, might ring the fireys?? how would i ever explain this ffs. scratch that thought. then a clock alarm goes off and bleary eyed girl appears. salvation!….MUM? what the hell??? what are you doing , are you ok, shit, did you fall????.. no, max’s collar got stuck on a chair and and..we’re marooned under the table love..don’t you dare take a photo!!! she cracks up laughing, calls to her boy to get up and help lift me up..jj wakes..all worried, then giggles.. it’s a circus.

me an fluffy are going back to bed.

ROTFPIMP…sorry …I so needed something really funny to read…… I so hope you okay now hon:)

Elf’s birthday today…… So Me, Mrs. Bimbo and Super Coop are going in this morning to say Happy Birthday…elf…dad….poppy

A great big, fat, Happy Birthday to the Elf from me..

Ice everywhere this morning. Some plants look to have suffered this time. I only know about what I can see from the verandah. I wasn’t going down there for anybody.

My day at the Centre today so I will be back this arvo.

pomolo said:

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

OMG lol!
it must almost be a saying now ‘it can only happen to HP…’
….
i went to the kitchen to get a glass of water, then back to pc to switch off and back to bed. except that max followed me as usual, and coming back to the pc desk he cut across and went under the table and the elizabethan collar got stuck on the leg of a chair. the other end of it wedged in a small gap with the next chair leg. he was whimpering the poor thing. i tried to coax him out but he wouldn’t back out and was getting a bit stressed. gees! so i got down low to pull him out, ended up kneeling and then sitting, got him free. silly bluddy dog.
but then i couldn’t get up….
bugga..tried everything..this way that way, but i couldn’t get myself up. ouch ouch, oh crap don’t hurt the bloody sore arm. meds were kicking in and i’m woosey by now.
kids still asleep, all 3, jj, daughter and her bf.
so we’re sitting under the table wondering what to do. bloody nora! my handbag was hanging on a chair so grabbed it and sent text to the man at work. he, laughing madly, said wake the kids. so i sort of whispered loudly ‘is anyone awake?’ no answer.
said it louder , then louder. think, might ring the fireys?? how would i ever explain this ffs. scratch that thought. then a clock alarm goes off and bleary eyed girl appears. salvation!….MUM? what the hell??? what are you doing , are you ok, shit, did you fall????.. no, max’s collar got stuck on a chair and and..we’re marooned under the table love..don’t you dare take a photo!!! she cracks up laughing, calls to her boy to get up and help lift me up..jj wakes..all worried, then giggles.. it’s a circus.

me an fluffy are going back to bed.

ROTFPIMP…sorry …I so needed something really funny to read…… I so hope you okay now hon:)

Elf’s birthday today…… So Me, Mrs. Bimbo and Super Coop are going in this morning to say Happy Birthday…elf…dad….poppy

A great big, fat, Happy Birthday to the Elf from me..

Thanks…

off to buy his present this morning… we’re all chipping in for a new peculator as his died and we’ve been using an old emergency one. Getting picked up at 9.30 by Mrs. Bimbo and S.C.

Elf’s siamese cat is missing him something bad:( We’re both sitting up watching Spyforce at 1.30. Wonder if Harley would like to sleep with the chooks tonight???????

Happy Potter said:

hoorrayy i broke the 4 am pain barrier- now 5 am LOL. still, later and later :)

progress :)

Happy Potter said:

OMG lol!
it must almost be a saying now ‘it can only happen to HP…’
….
i went to the kitchen to get a glass of water, then back to pc to switch off and back to bed. except that max followed me as usual, and coming back to the pc desk he cut across and went under the table and the elizabethan collar got stuck on the leg of a chair. the other end of it wedged in a small gap with the next chair leg. he was whimpering the poor thing. i tried to coax him out but he wouldn’t back out and was getting a bit stressed. gees! so i got down low to pull him out, ended up kneeling and then sitting, got him free. silly bluddy dog.
but then i couldn’t get up….
bugga..tried everything..this way that way, but i couldn’t get myself up. ouch ouch, oh crap don’t hurt the bloody sore arm. meds were kicking in and i’m woosey by now.
kids still asleep, all 3, jj, daughter and her bf.
so we’re sitting under the table wondering what to do. bloody nora! my handbag was hanging on a chair so grabbed it and sent text to the man at work. he, laughing madly, said wake the kids. so i sort of whispered loudly ‘is anyone awake?’ no answer.
said it louder , then louder. think, might ring the fireys?? how would i ever explain this ffs. scratch that thought. then a clock alarm goes off and bleary eyed girl appears. salvation!….MUM? what the hell??? what are you doing , are you ok, shit, did you fall????.. no, max’s collar got stuck on a chair and and..we’re marooned under the table love..don’t you dare take a photo!!! she cracks up laughing, calls to her boy to get up and help lift me up..jj wakes..all worried, then giggles.. it’s a circus.

me an fluffy are going back to bed.

lol! as long as you didn’t hurt yourself!

Lucky1 said:

Elf’s birthday today…… So Me, Mrs. Bimbo and Super Coop are going in this morning to say Happy Birthday…elf…dad….poppy

Happy birthday Elf. Hope you feel better and come home soon.

morning. starting the morning again.. me and max had nice long sleep in. we deserved it lol. we’re ok thanks giggling ones :)
it’s cold and grey out. just the sort of day to stay in ones pjamas and do nothing, again hehe.
i get to go out tomorrow though.. a friend is gunna drag me out and we will go hunting for containers and old compost bins, half barells or large cloth bags or whatever, for me to grow spuds in this season ‘cause it’s looking like i wont be able to plant the tubers in the ground by next month.

God I hate vet checks.

Timmy has a heart murmur. He had one once before and by the next check it had gone but now it’s back. It’s not an uncommon thing in cats and can just be brought on by the stress of the situation. He is VERY stressed by the vet.

It can also be a sign of heart disease. He’s not showing any other sympoms, but some cats don’t, until it’s very serious. The only way to check is with a heart ultrasound but there’s no treatment anyway. All they can do is treat symptoms as they appear.

I’ve opted to do nothing for now and take him back in six months for another check, with the senior vet who saw him last time this happened. He’s fit as a flea so I’m banking (hoping) on stress.

Bluddy animals will be the death of me.

bubba louie said:

Bluddy animals will be the death of me.

a statement i can absolutely relate to. i do hope timmy will live long and well.

Happy Potter said:

bubba louie said:

Bluddy animals will be the death of me.

a statement i can absolutely relate to. i do hope timmy will live long and well.

Oh and me too…both my animals have had bits chopped out of them last Thursday and unexpectedly had to stay in vets overnight..Hope I don’t have to do that again in a hurry…no little monsters running around for 24 hours, didn’t like that at all.
Both in the house while recovering…so far… house is still standing LOL

Happy Potter said:

bubba louie said:

Bluddy animals will be the death of me.

a statement i can absolutely relate to. i do hope timmy will live long and well.

Sometimes I think vets see us ladies coming.

A ninth horse has died from Hendra. This one’s near Cairns and there are 30 other horses at the same property. It’s a riding for tourists business so they don’t know how many may have been in contact.

I’m glad I don’t have horses anymore, this has been the worst hendra season ever.

bubba louie said:

A ninth horse has died from Hendra. This one’s near Cairns and there are 30 other horses at the same property. It’s a riding for tourists business so they don’t know how many may have been in contact.

I’m glad I don’t have horses anymore, this has been the worst hendra season ever.

How far and wide diseases spread. I hear Myrtle Rust has made it to the Gympie area.

1.9c here and no frost. Now if it would just get warmer. Rain is coming. Livio said so. Livio the Legend!

morning, rush rush, need help with shower and dressing and it’s slow going. am going out for the day with a friend and we’re off to various tip recycle shops for spud growing containers.
more exciting than spending thousands on frocks in toorak LOL.

must be a lot of gardening going on today, not much chat here :)

trichome said:

must be a lot of gardening going on today, not much chat here :)

too cold for gardening.. brr.

far to cold here too, its now down to 17.4 fffffffreeeeeeeziiiiiinggggggggggg :(

I’m trying to put things away and not make too much noise and wake the elf….

maxed out at 11˚C here.

roughbarked said:

maxed out at 11˚C here.

that is brutal :)

trichome said:

roughbarked said:

maxed out at 11˚C here.

that is brutal :)

Good weather for doing hard pruning or wood chopping.

trichome said:

must be a lot of gardening going on today, not much chat here :)

i was to tuckered out after recycle tip shop and op shopping, i went to have a nap and woke 4 hours later.

Happy Potter said:

trichome said:

must be a lot of gardening going on today, not much chat here :)

i was to tuckered out after recycle tip shop and op shopping, i went to have a nap and woke 4 hours later.

so tuckered out, even.
but scored some beaut bargains, one a mystery box containing a bone handled english made carving set, one dollar, a gorgeous prada handbag, brand new still in its gift box, a dollar, a lovely quilting or sewing hard case and other assorted great finds :D

roughbarked said:

maxed out at 11˚C here.

That sounds ‘orrible.

Happy Potter said:

trichome said:

must be a lot of gardening going on today, not much chat here :)

i was to tuckered out after recycle tip shop and op shopping, i went to have a nap and woke 4 hours later.

That’s an improvement.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

trichome said:

must be a lot of gardening going on today, not much chat here :)

i was to tuckered out after recycle tip shop and op shopping, i went to have a nap and woke 4 hours later.

That’s an improvement.

It’s bluddy cold up there in queensland i see. you minimums are lower than our at present. cold here too but good working working weather – provided you work in a t-shirt, jumper, overcoat and beanie.

the internet is sooo slow here that i’m making errors waiting for it to catch up with my lightning typing fingers. (alternatively it could just be me making mistakes.)

it’s not pleasant waiting for everything to appear so i’m off – till next time – adieu

pepe said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

i was to tuckered out after recycle tip shop and op shopping, i went to have a nap and woke 4 hours later.

That’s an improvement.

It’s bluddy cold up there in queensland i see. you minimums are lower than our at present. cold here too but good working working weather – provided you work in a t-shirt, jumper, overcoat and beanie.

Our days do warm up though. It’s only been really cold in the mornings.

Morning! Suns out and a few clods gathering. Making pickled daikon today. The recipes say to leave the radish for a few days to become pliable enough to bottle so I’ve done that.

I have a Ficus benjamina in a big pot ( a very expensive, decorative pot) and it’s been there for years. A few weeks back we discovered that it had sent a root out the bottom of the pot and into the ground where we couldn’t see it. We had wondered just why this tree had all of a sudden taken off and was looking beautiful. Anyway the root was severed and all back to normal except the tree started losing lots of leaves and we put it down to it’s root loss. Not so. After a closer look, discovered that all the water it had been given days previously was still sitting in the pot. It was drowning. The best we could do was to lay it on it’s side to drain and now we’re planning what strategy would be best for the tree and us. Don’t want to lose the tree. Don’t want to damage the pot. Obviously new drainage holes have to be made. That pot is very thick and heavy so I suppose it’ll take a diamond drill or something to do the job. Fortunately that’s D’s job. I’ll just watch.

pomolo said:

Morning! Suns out and a few clods gathering. Making pickled daikon today. The recipes say to leave the radish for a few days to become pliable enough to bottle so I’ve done that.

I have a Ficus benjamina in a big pot ( a very expensive, decorative pot) and it’s been there for years. A few weeks back we discovered that it had sent a root out the bottom of the pot and into the ground where we couldn’t see it. We had wondered just why this tree had all of a sudden taken off and was looking beautiful. Anyway the root was severed and all back to normal except the tree started losing lots of leaves and we put it down to it’s root loss. Not so. After a closer look, discovered that all the water it had been given days previously was still sitting in the pot. It was drowning. The best we could do was to lay it on it’s side to drain and now we’re planning what strategy would be best for the tree and us. Don’t want to lose the tree. Don’t want to damage the pot. Obviously new drainage holes have to be made. That pot is very thick and heavy so I suppose it’ll take a diamond drill or something to do the job. Fortunately that’s D’s job. I’ll just watch.

ooo that sounds like a big job. won’t it just send out more roots again into the soil?
morning back at you.

pomolo said:

Morning! Suns out and a few clods gathering. Making pickled daikon today. The recipes say to leave the radish for a few days to become pliable enough to bottle so I’ve done that.

I have a Ficus benjamina in a big pot ( a very expensive, decorative pot) and it’s been there for years. A few weeks back we discovered that it had sent a root out the bottom of the pot and into the ground where we couldn’t see it. We had wondered just why this tree had all of a sudden taken off and was looking beautiful. Anyway the root was severed and all back to normal except the tree started losing lots of leaves and we put it down to it’s root loss. Not so. After a closer look, discovered that all the water it had been given days previously was still sitting in the pot. It was drowning. The best we could do was to lay it on it’s side to drain and now we’re planning what strategy would be best for the tree and us. Don’t want to lose the tree. Don’t want to damage the pot. Obviously new drainage holes have to be made. That pot is very thick and heavy so I suppose it’ll take a diamond drill or something to do the job. Fortunately that’s D’s job. I’ll just watch.

Mehinks that it will take more than just drilling a couple of holes.

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

Morning! Suns out and a few clods gathering. Making pickled daikon today. The recipes say to leave the radish for a few days to become pliable enough to bottle so I’ve done that.

I have a Ficus benjamina in a big pot ( a very expensive, decorative pot) and it’s been there for years. A few weeks back we discovered that it had sent a root out the bottom of the pot and into the ground where we couldn’t see it. We had wondered just why this tree had all of a sudden taken off and was looking beautiful. Anyway the root was severed and all back to normal except the tree started losing lots of leaves and we put it down to it’s root loss. Not so. After a closer look, discovered that all the water it had been given days previously was still sitting in the pot. It was drowning. The best we could do was to lay it on it’s side to drain and now we’re planning what strategy would be best for the tree and us. Don’t want to lose the tree. Don’t want to damage the pot. Obviously new drainage holes have to be made. That pot is very thick and heavy so I suppose it’ll take a diamond drill or something to do the job. Fortunately that’s D’s job. I’ll just watch.

Mehinks that it will take more than just drilling a couple of holes.

Yep. I’d be pulling the ficus out and trimming the roots a bit. It’ll just send out more and block the new holes.

pomolo said:

Morning! Suns out and a few clods gathering. Making pickled daikon today. The recipes say to leave the radish for a few days to become pliable enough to bottle so I’ve done that.

I have a Ficus benjamina in a big pot ( a very expensive, decorative pot) and it’s been there for years. A few weeks back we discovered that it had sent a root out the bottom of the pot and into the ground where we couldn’t see it. We had wondered just why this tree had all of a sudden taken off and was looking beautiful. Anyway the root was severed and all back to normal except the tree started losing lots of leaves and we put it down to it’s root loss. Not so. After a closer look, discovered that all the water it had been given days previously was still sitting in the pot. It was drowning. The best we could do was to lay it on it’s side to drain and now we’re planning what strategy would be best for the tree and us. Don’t want to lose the tree. Don’t want to damage the pot. Obviously new drainage holes have to be made. That pot is very thick and heavy so I suppose it’ll take a diamond drill or something to do the job. Fortunately that’s D’s job. I’ll just watch.

sounds to me that the fig is begging to get out of the pot and to be planted out :)

it is a Ficus.. get the chainsaw out and make the thing bend to your will.

you won’t kill it. The pot’s safety doesn’t look so secure.

trichome said:

pomolo said:

Morning! Suns out and a few clods gathering. Making pickled daikon today. The recipes say to leave the radish for a few days to become pliable enough to bottle so I’ve done that.

I have a Ficus benjamina in a big pot ( a very expensive, decorative pot) and it’s been there for years. A few weeks back we discovered that it had sent a root out the bottom of the pot and into the ground where we couldn’t see it. We had wondered just why this tree had all of a sudden taken off and was looking beautiful. Anyway the root was severed and all back to normal except the tree started losing lots of leaves and we put it down to it’s root loss. Not so. After a closer look, discovered that all the water it had been given days previously was still sitting in the pot. It was drowning. The best we could do was to lay it on it’s side to drain and now we’re planning what strategy would be best for the tree and us. Don’t want to lose the tree. Don’t want to damage the pot. Obviously new drainage holes have to be made. That pot is very thick and heavy so I suppose it’ll take a diamond drill or something to do the job. Fortunately that’s D’s job. I’ll just watch.

sounds to me that the fig is begging to get out of the pot and to be planted out :)

if the fig is drowning in a pot, then root rot could have started, it needs to come out of the pot and be treated accordingly as the potting soil will go dank and smelly, not good, out of the pot hose the soil off, trim roots back to healthy ends and plant out, or dare i say re-pot, but it does need the ground by the sounds of it, maybe try another in the pot in its place, fresh potting soil and all :)

trichome said:

trichome said:

pomolo said:

Morning! Suns out and a few clods gathering. Making pickled daikon today. The recipes say to leave the radish for a few days to become pliable enough to bottle so I’ve done that.

I have a Ficus benjamina in a big pot ( a very expensive, decorative pot) and it’s been there for years. A few weeks back we discovered that it had sent a root out the bottom of the pot and into the ground where we couldn’t see it. We had wondered just why this tree had all of a sudden taken off and was looking beautiful. Anyway the root was severed and all back to normal except the tree started losing lots of leaves and we put it down to it’s root loss. Not so. After a closer look, discovered that all the water it had been given days previously was still sitting in the pot. It was drowning. The best we could do was to lay it on it’s side to drain and now we’re planning what strategy would be best for the tree and us. Don’t want to lose the tree. Don’t want to damage the pot. Obviously new drainage holes have to be made. That pot is very thick and heavy so I suppose it’ll take a diamond drill or something to do the job. Fortunately that’s D’s job. I’ll just watch.

sounds to me that the fig is begging to get out of the pot and to be planted out :)

if the fig is drowning in a pot, then root rot could have started, it needs to come out of the pot and be treated accordingly as the potting soil will go dank and smelly, not good, out of the pot hose the soil off, trim roots back to healthy ends and plant out, or dare i say re-pot, but it does need the ground by the sounds of it, maybe try another in the pot in its place, fresh potting soil and all :)

It isn’t going to come out of the pot easily.

Serious damage to roots will be required if breaking the pot isn’t a desirable action.

About the easiest method to reduce root hacking would be high pressure water spray it out.

i meant to add in the last post that the drilling holes in the pot to let water out won’t help the tree if root rot etc. has started, a re-pot job :)

without seeing it, if the potting soil is very wet i’d hazzard a gues that it may just come out ok, and yes the hose may help :)

hoping that it is not one of those pots where the mouth is smaller than its belly? :)

they are a shocker :)

i’ve a load of mulch coming for the chooks yard.. i can’t turn over the yard and it’s sodden and stinks.
the able bodied ones will have to move and spread it.
they won’t have a choice because i haven’t told them it’s coming and it will block the drive. LOL

Happy Potter said:

i’ve a load of mulch coming for the chooks yard.. i can’t turn over the yard and it’s sodden and stinks.
the able bodied ones will have to move and spread it.
they won’t have a choice because i haven’t told them it’s coming and it will block the drive. LOL

nothing like a driveway block to get others mobilised :)

trichome said:

Happy Potter said:

i’ve a load of mulch coming for the chooks yard.. i can’t turn over the yard and it’s sodden and stinks.
the able bodied ones will have to move and spread it.
they won’t have a choice because i haven’t told them it’s coming and it will block the drive. LOL

nothing like a driveway block to get others mobilised :)

I gave my mother the problem of a load of grape marc dumed in each entrance .. so she had to shovel her way out to get to the shops.

roughbarked said:

trichome said:

Happy Potter said:

i’ve a load of mulch coming for the chooks yard.. i can’t turn over the yard and it’s sodden and stinks.
the able bodied ones will have to move and spread it.
they won’t have a choice because i haven’t told them it’s coming and it will block the drive. LOL

nothing like a driveway block to get others mobilised :)

I gave my mother the problem of a load of grape marc dumed in each entrance .. so she had to shovel her way out to get to the shops.

i just wonder what she may have muttered at each shovel full :)

roughbarked said:

I gave my mother the problem of a load of grape marc dumed in each entrance .. so she had to shovel her way out to get to the shops.

LOL my two lads are like that… :)

trichome said:

roughbarked said:

trichome said:

nothing like a driveway block to get others mobilised :)

I gave my mother the problem of a load of grape marc dumed in each entrance .. so she had to shovel her way out to get to the shops.

i just wonder what she may have muttered at each shovel full :)

Oh don’t worry, she was on the phone telling me to come and help.

how was she using the marc ?

trichome said:

how was she using the marc ?

same way I showed her, though it was her who gave me my skills..and dad of course but he went and died while I was very young..

layy four sheets of Syd morn Herald opened out.. overlap with other layers of four untill all kikuyu is covered, then spread grape marc to desired bed level thickness, never see kikuyu again.

roughbarked said:

trichome said:

how was she using the marc ?

same way I showed her, though it was her who gave me my skills..and dad of course but he went and died while I was very young..

layy four sheets of Syd morn Herald opened out.. overlap with other layers of four untill all kikuyu is covered, then spread grape marc to desired bed level thickness, never see kikuyu again.

was that in preparation for no dig beds or did you later use the soil below for planting into?

trichome said:

roughbarked said:

trichome said:

how was she using the marc ?

same way I showed her, though it was her who gave me my skills..and dad of course but he went and died while I was very young..

layy four sheets of Syd morn Herald opened out.. overlap with other layers of four untill all kikuyu is covered, then spread grape marc to desired bed level thickness, never see kikuyu again.

was that in preparation for no dig beds or did you later use the soil below for planting into?

just plant on top.

need to wait until ph changes settle down but a shovel of composted material creates a ph neutral space to pop a plant. By the time the plants roots will be in the marc or under it, the ph will have neutralised.

roughbarked said:

trichome said:

roughbarked said:

same way I showed her, though it was her who gave me my skills..and dad of course but he went and died while I was very young..

layy four sheets of Syd morn Herald opened out.. overlap with other layers of four untill all kikuyu is covered, then spread grape marc to desired bed level thickness, never see kikuyu again.

was that in preparation for no dig beds or did you later use the soil below for planting into?

just plant on top.

need to wait until ph changes settle down but a shovel of composted material creates a ph neutral space to pop a plant. By the time the plants roots will be in the marc or under it, the ph will have neutralised.

I should write a paper on it but it is true that I have proven this method on soils that range from Ph 5 to Ph 11

Anyway, not able to say any more at this stage but I could well be having to live in Canberra for at least a year or maybe a lot longer, if I can convince the interviewers that I am the man for the job..

So yes, I have an interview with the nation’s top body re botanicals.

yeah good one, hope it goes well :)

trichome said:

yeah good one, hope it goes well :)

Don’t know how I’ll cope with leaving my garden but it will be to far greater gardens .. so it shouldn’t be too hard.

roughbarked said:

trichome said:

yeah good one, hope it goes well :)

Don’t know how I’ll cope with leaving my garden but it will be to far greater gardens .. so it shouldn’t be too hard.

i think there is a book in that “The Far Greater Garden”, not enough stories about gardeners and their lot :)

trichome said:

roughbarked said:

trichome said:

yeah good one, hope it goes well :)

Don’t know how I’ll cope with leaving my garden but it will be to far greater gardens .. so it shouldn’t be too hard.

i think there is a book in that “The Far Greater Garden”, not enough stories about gardeners and their lot :)

A book of this particular gardener’s experiences would be tantalising reading.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Morning! Suns out and a few clods gathering. Making pickled daikon today. The recipes say to leave the radish for a few days to become pliable enough to bottle so I’ve done that.

I have a Ficus benjamina in a big pot ( a very expensive, decorative pot) and it’s been there for years. A few weeks back we discovered that it had sent a root out the bottom of the pot and into the ground where we couldn’t see it. We had wondered just why this tree had all of a sudden taken off and was looking beautiful. Anyway the root was severed and all back to normal except the tree started losing lots of leaves and we put it down to it’s root loss. Not so. After a closer look, discovered that all the water it had been given days previously was still sitting in the pot. It was drowning. The best we could do was to lay it on it’s side to drain and now we’re planning what strategy would be best for the tree and us. Don’t want to lose the tree. Don’t want to damage the pot. Obviously new drainage holes have to be made. That pot is very thick and heavy so I suppose it’ll take a diamond drill or something to do the job. Fortunately that’s D’s job. I’ll just watch.

ooo that sounds like a big job. won’t it just send out more roots again into the soil?
morning back at you.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Morning! Suns out and a few clods gathering. Making pickled daikon today. The recipes say to leave the radish for a few days to become pliable enough to bottle so I’ve done that.

I have a Ficus benjamina in a big pot ( a very expensive, decorative pot) and it’s been there for years. A few weeks back we discovered that it had sent a root out the bottom of the pot and into the ground where we couldn’t see it. We had wondered just why this tree had all of a sudden taken off and was looking beautiful. Anyway the root was severed and all back to normal except the tree started losing lots of leaves and we put it down to it’s root loss. Not so. After a closer look, discovered that all the water it had been given days previously was still sitting in the pot. It was drowning. The best we could do was to lay it on it’s side to drain and now we’re planning what strategy would be best for the tree and us. Don’t want to lose the tree. Don’t want to damage the pot. Obviously new drainage holes have to be made. That pot is very thick and heavy so I suppose it’ll take a diamond drill or something to do the job. Fortunately that’s D’s job. I’ll just watch.

ooo that sounds like a big job. won’t it just send out more roots again into the soil?
morning back at you.

Oops. Start again. It’ll send more roots for sure but this time we will be ready for it. The pot sits on a big paver an now we’ll check all around the paver from time to time.

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

Morning! Suns out and a few clods gathering. Making pickled daikon today. The recipes say to leave the radish for a few days to become pliable enough to bottle so I’ve done that.

I have a Ficus benjamina in a big pot ( a very expensive, decorative pot) and it’s been there for years. A few weeks back we discovered that it had sent a root out the bottom of the pot and into the ground where we couldn’t see it. We had wondered just why this tree had all of a sudden taken off and was looking beautiful. Anyway the root was severed and all back to normal except the tree started losing lots of leaves and we put it down to it’s root loss. Not so. After a closer look, discovered that all the water it had been given days previously was still sitting in the pot. It was drowning. The best we could do was to lay it on it’s side to drain and now we’re planning what strategy would be best for the tree and us. Don’t want to lose the tree. Don’t want to damage the pot. Obviously new drainage holes have to be made. That pot is very thick and heavy so I suppose it’ll take a diamond drill or something to do the job. Fortunately that’s D’s job. I’ll just watch.

Mehinks that it will take more than just drilling a couple of holes.

Methinks you could be right.

trichome said:

trichome said:

pomolo said:

Morning! Suns out and a few clods gathering. Making pickled daikon today. The recipes say to leave the radish for a few days to become pliable enough to bottle so I’ve done that.

I have a Ficus benjamina in a big pot ( a very expensive, decorative pot) and it’s been there for years. A few weeks back we discovered that it had sent a root out the bottom of the pot and into the ground where we couldn’t see it. We had wondered just why this tree had all of a sudden taken off and was looking beautiful. Anyway the root was severed and all back to normal except the tree started losing lots of leaves and we put it down to it’s root loss. Not so. After a closer look, discovered that all the water it had been given days previously was still sitting in the pot. It was drowning. The best we could do was to lay it on it’s side to drain and now we’re planning what strategy would be best for the tree and us. Don’t want to lose the tree. Don’t want to damage the pot. Obviously new drainage holes have to be made. That pot is very thick and heavy so I suppose it’ll take a diamond drill or something to do the job. Fortunately that’s D’s job. I’ll just watch.

sounds to me that the fig is begging to get out of the pot and to be planted out :)

if the fig is drowning in a pot, then root rot could have started, it needs to come out of the pot and be treated accordingly as the potting soil will go dank and smelly, not good, out of the pot hose the soil off, trim roots back to healthy ends and plant out, or dare i say re-pot, but it does need the ground by the sounds of it, maybe try another in the pot in its place, fresh potting soil and all :)

A ficus in the ground??? No!!!!!!!!!

bubba louie said:

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

Morning! Suns out and a few clods gathering. Making pickled daikon today. The recipes say to leave the radish for a few days to become pliable enough to bottle so I’ve done that.

I have a Ficus benjamina in a big pot ( a very expensive, decorative pot) and it’s been there for years. A few weeks back we discovered that it had sent a root out the bottom of the pot and into the ground where we couldn’t see it. We had wondered just why this tree had all of a sudden taken off and was looking beautiful. Anyway the root was severed and all back to normal except the tree started losing lots of leaves and we put it down to it’s root loss. Not so. After a closer look, discovered that all the water it had been given days previously was still sitting in the pot. It was drowning. The best we could do was to lay it on it’s side to drain and now we’re planning what strategy would be best for the tree and us. Don’t want to lose the tree. Don’t want to damage the pot. Obviously new drainage holes have to be made. That pot is very thick and heavy so I suppose it’ll take a diamond drill or something to do the job. Fortunately that’s D’s job. I’ll just watch.

Mehinks that it will take more than just drilling a couple of holes.

Yep. I’d be pulling the ficus out and trimming the roots a bit. It’ll just send out more and block the new holes.

That ficus ain’t coming out. Alive, I mean. It’s stuck in there solid. The pot is ever so gently pear shaped and you know what that means. It’s narower at the top than in the centre.

trichome said:

pomolo said:

Morning! Suns out and a few clods gathering. Making pickled daikon today. The recipes say to leave the radish for a few days to become pliable enough to bottle so I’ve done that.

I have a Ficus benjamina in a big pot ( a very expensive, decorative pot) and it’s been there for years. A few weeks back we discovered that it had sent a root out the bottom of the pot and into the ground where we couldn’t see it. We had wondered just why this tree had all of a sudden taken off and was looking beautiful. Anyway the root was severed and all back to normal except the tree started losing lots of leaves and we put it down to it’s root loss. Not so. After a closer look, discovered that all the water it had been given days previously was still sitting in the pot. It was drowning. The best we could do was to lay it on it’s side to drain and now we’re planning what strategy would be best for the tree and us. Don’t want to lose the tree. Don’t want to damage the pot. Obviously new drainage holes have to be made. That pot is very thick and heavy so I suppose it’ll take a diamond drill or something to do the job. Fortunately that’s D’s job. I’ll just watch.

sounds to me that the fig is begging to get out of the pot and to be planted out :)

You’re right to trichome and we could plant it somewhere but that would be at the expence of the pot. No can do.

roughbarked said:

it is a Ficus.. get the chainsaw out and make the thing bend to your will.

you won’t kill it. The pot’s safety doesn’t look so secure.

Exactly! The pot is probably more important than the tree actually.

trichome said:

trichome said:

pomolo said:

Morning! Suns out and a few clods gathering. Making pickled daikon today. The recipes say to leave the radish for a few days to become pliable enough to bottle so I’ve done that.

I have a Ficus benjamina in a big pot ( a very expensive, decorative pot) and it’s been there for years. A few weeks back we discovered that it had sent a root out the bottom of the pot and into the ground where we couldn’t see it. We had wondered just why this tree had all of a sudden taken off and was looking beautiful. Anyway the root was severed and all back to normal except the tree started losing lots of leaves and we put it down to it’s root loss. Not so. After a closer look, discovered that all the water it had been given days previously was still sitting in the pot. It was drowning. The best we could do was to lay it on it’s side to drain and now we’re planning what strategy would be best for the tree and us. Don’t want to lose the tree. Don’t want to damage the pot. Obviously new drainage holes have to be made. That pot is very thick and heavy so I suppose it’ll take a diamond drill or something to do the job. Fortunately that’s D’s job. I’ll just watch.

sounds to me that the fig is begging to get out of the pot and to be planted out :)

if the fig is drowning in a pot, then root rot could have started, it needs to come out of the pot and be treated accordingly as the potting soil will go dank and smelly, not good, out of the pot hose the soil off, trim roots back to healthy ends and plant out, or dare i say re-pot, but it does need the ground by the sounds of it, maybe try another in the pot in its place, fresh potting soil and all :)

I’m listening.

pomolo said:

trichome said:

trichome said:

sounds to me that the fig is begging to get out of the pot and to be planted out :)

if the fig is drowning in a pot, then root rot could have started, it needs to come out of the pot and be treated accordingly as the potting soil will go dank and smelly, not good, out of the pot hose the soil off, trim roots back to healthy ends and plant out, or dare i say re-pot, but it does need the ground by the sounds of it, maybe try another in the pot in its place, fresh potting soil and all :)

I’m listening.

good, do the chain-saw thing.

The Ficus will regrow, the pot won’t.

pomolo said:

roughbarked said:

it is a Ficus.. get the chainsaw out and make the thing bend to your will.

you won’t kill it. The pot’s safety doesn’t look so secure.

Exactly! The pot is probably more important than the tree actually.

If you leave it in there it might eventually split the pot.

roughbarked said:

Anyway, not able to say any more at this stage but I could well be having to live in Canberra for at least a year or maybe a lot longer, if I can convince the interviewers that I am the man for the job..

So yes, I have an interview with the nation’s top body re botanicals.

Ooh, good luck RB :)

roughbarked said:

trichome said:

trichome said:

sounds to me that the fig is begging to get out of the pot and to be planted out :)

if the fig is drowning in a pot, then root rot could have started, it needs to come out of the pot and be treated accordingly as the potting soil will go dank and smelly, not good, out of the pot hose the soil off, trim roots back to healthy ends and plant out, or dare i say re-pot, but it does need the ground by the sounds of it, maybe try another in the pot in its place, fresh potting soil and all :)

It isn’t going to come out of the pot easily.

Serious damage to roots will be required if breaking the pot isn’t a desirable action.

About the easiest method to reduce root hacking would be high pressure water spray it out.

Now that’s not such a silly idea RB. We’ve got one of those gerni sprays too. Well it’a at daughters place atm. I will definately think about that one. Many thanks.

trichome said:

hoping that it is not one of those pots where the mouth is smaller than its belly? :)

And it is just that. I know better but I loved the pot.

Happy Potter said:

i’ve a load of mulch coming for the chooks yard.. i can’t turn over the yard and it’s sodden and stinks.
the able bodied ones will have to move and spread it.
they won’t have a choice because i haven’t told them it’s coming and it will block the drive. LOL

Sneaky! Not much they can do once it’s arrived.

trichome said:

roughbarked said:

trichome said:

nothing like a driveway block to get others mobilised :)

I gave my mother the problem of a load of grape marc dumed in each entrance .. so she had to shovel her way out to get to the shops.

i just wonder what she may have muttered at each shovel full :)

She probably said the same sort of things we all say about our sons from time to time.

roughbarked said:

Anyway, not able to say any more at this stage but I could well be having to live in Canberra for at least a year or maybe a lot longer, if I can convince the interviewers that I am the man for the job..

So yes, I have an interview with the nation’s top body re botanicals.

Joolya has another friend from our forum. Who will be next?

roughbarked said:

trichome said:

yeah good one, hope it goes well :)

Don’t know how I’ll cope with leaving my garden but it will be to far greater gardens .. so it shouldn’t be too hard.

I’m getting a bit excited for you.

bubba louie said:

A ficus in the ground??? No!!!!!!!!!

Nooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

bubba louie said:

trichome said:

trichome said:

sounds to me that the fig is begging to get out of the pot and to be planted out :)

if the fig is drowning in a pot, then root rot could have started, it needs to come out of the pot and be treated accordingly as the potting soil will go dank and smelly, not good, out of the pot hose the soil off, trim roots back to healthy ends and plant out, or dare i say re-pot, but it does need the ground by the sounds of it, maybe try another in the pot in its place, fresh potting soil and all :)

A ficus in the ground??? No!!!!!!!!!

It would be ok here Bubba. Got heaps of room left as you well know.

pomolo said:

roughbarked said:

trichome said:

yeah good one, hope it goes well :)

Don’t know how I’ll cope with leaving my garden but it will be to far greater gardens .. so it shouldn’t be too hard.

I’m getting a bit excited for you.

shh, mums the word for now.. I’ll say more if things develop further.

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

roughbarked said:

it is a Ficus.. get the chainsaw out and make the thing bend to your will.

you won’t kill it. The pot’s safety doesn’t look so secure.

Exactly! The pot is probably more important than the tree actually.

If you leave it in there it might eventually split the pot.

I have thought of that but I have my doubts with this particular pot.

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

A ficus in the ground??? No!!!!!!!!!

Nooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

figs are beautiful trees allowed to grow to their full potential, i hate to see figs trapped in pots :)

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

A ficus in the ground??? No!!!!!!!!!

Nooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We already have another one on the property.

trichome said:

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

A ficus in the ground??? No!!!!!!!!!

Nooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

figs are beautiful trees allowed to grow to their full potential, i hate to see figs trapped in pots :)

i agree altho’ we’re not in the tropics – they grow as big as houses up in the the hot (sometimes) and humid climes.
we’ve got moreton bay fig trees along the river in gawler. they are historical monuments – as big as three storeyed office blocks.

pomolo said:

trichome said:

hoping that it is not one of those pots where the mouth is smaller than its belly? :)

And it is just that. I know better but I loved the pot.

won’t the tree destroy the pot?

won’t the tree destroy the pot?

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even Monier only lengthened the life of the pot briefly.

roughbarked said:

Anyway, not able to say any more at this stage but I could well be having to live in Canberra for at least a year or maybe a lot longer, if I can convince the interviewers that I am the man for the job..

So yes, I have an interview with the nation’s top body re botanicals.

it’s a bit cold for self sufficiency there.
still – you wanted a job – so i hope they recognise your knowledge and experience.

trichome said:

Happy Potter said:

i’ve a load of mulch coming for the chooks yard.. i can’t turn over the yard and it’s sodden and stinks.
the able bodied ones will have to move and spread it.
they won’t have a choice because i haven’t told them it’s coming and it will block the drive. LOL

nothing like a driveway block to get others mobilised :)

thats for sure. when it comes to my animals i’m not ignorable. only prob was the driver didn’t stay long enough to take a payment so we went to their office..waited and waited, no one at the counter..rang them and got the office in another suburb. finally someone showed up and they were most apologetic..
i got a red flowered water lilly cheap :)

roughbarked said:

trichome said:

Happy Potter said:

i’ve a load of mulch coming for the chooks yard.. i can’t turn over the yard and it’s sodden and stinks.
the able bodied ones will have to move and spread it.
they won’t have a choice because i haven’t told them it’s coming and it will block the drive. LOL

nothing like a driveway block to get others mobilised :)

I gave my mother the problem of a load of grape marc dumed in each entrance .. so she had to shovel her way out to get to the shops.

oh you’re terrible! lol. my lot are calling me all sorts of names..