Don’t think I have seen you here before. Welcome to our friendly forum. Care to tell us a little about yourself?

Hiya, and thanks for the welcome. :)

I’m a long time lurker from the SSSF, and have been lurking here for a few months now.
I lurk more than post.

Live in SE Tassie with 3 chooks, a few wild native hens and their new chicks, several wild Pacific Black ducks and their ducklings, a big mob of assorted frogs, and a hairy bloke who built me a lovely totally mesh enclosed veggie garden to thwart the possums and pademelons.

sounds like a piece of heaven :)

Phooey said:

Hiya, and thanks for the welcome. :)

I’m a long time lurker from the SSSF, and have been lurking here for a few months now.
I lurk more than post.

Live in SE Tassie with 3 chooks, a few wild native hens and their new chicks, several wild Pacific Black ducks and their ducklings, a big mob of assorted frogs, and a hairy bloke who built me a lovely totally mesh enclosed veggie garden to thwart the possums and pademelons.

Hi Phooey. Good to meet you.

Phooey said:

Hiya, and thanks for the welcome. :)

I’m a long time lurker from the SSSF, and have been lurking here for a few months now.
I lurk more than post.

Live in SE Tassie with 3 chooks, a few wild native hens and their new chicks, several wild Pacific Black ducks and their ducklings, a big mob of assorted frogs, and a hairy bloke who built me a lovely totally mesh enclosed veggie garden to thwart the possums and pademelons.

Good to have you join us Phooey.

Phooey said:

Hiya, and thanks for the welcome. :)

I’m a long time lurker from the SSSF, and have been lurking here for a few months now.
I lurk more than post.

Live in SE Tassie with 3 chooks, a few wild native hens and their new chicks, several wild Pacific Black ducks and their ducklings, a big mob of assorted frogs, and a hairy bloke who built me a lovely totally mesh enclosed veggie garden to thwart the possums and pademelons.

Hello Phooey :)

I like the sound of your place…do pademelons worry a vegetable garden? They look so cute with their big round bellies…Saw a juvenile one the other week, most unusual for where I spotted it…

Phooey said:

Hiya, and thanks for the welcome. :)

I’m a long time lurker from the SSSF, and have been lurking here for a few months now.
I lurk more than post.

Live in SE Tassie with 3 chooks, a few wild native hens and their new chicks, several wild Pacific Black ducks and their ducklings, a big mob of assorted frogs, and a hairy bloke who built me a lovely totally mesh enclosed veggie garden to thwart the possums and pademelons.

Are the native hens Moorhens? I like them birds.

painmaster said:

Phooey said:

Hiya, and thanks for the welcome. :)

I’m a long time lurker from the SSSF, and have been lurking here for a few months now.
I lurk more than post.

Live in SE Tassie with 3 chooks, a few wild native hens and their new chicks, several wild Pacific Black ducks and their ducklings, a big mob of assorted frogs, and a hairy bloke who built me a lovely totally mesh enclosed veggie garden to thwart the possums and pademelons.

Are the native hens Moorhens? I like them birds.

:) one of my faves too as generally they mean that it has rained enough to bring them here.

Hi Roughie and Pomolo :) I’ve chatted with both of you before…with Roughbarked about opals on SSSF and with Pomolo about anjelica jam here – and I’ve wondered since if it ever set :)

Dinetta, hi. Around here the pademelons are in almost plague proportions, and they LOVE their veggies! We were blaming possums until we caught one polishing of the last sprig of mint, having already devoured the garlic, onions and parsley. That’s when the meshed veggie garden was built.
At night there would be at least a dozen out and about in the open spaces around the house. There are wallabies and bandicoots as well. We never have to mow the ‘lawn’!

And Bluegreen, yes it is a heavenly spot. Although we have lived here for 30 years, this is the first year for about 20 years that I haven’t spent several chunks of the year elsewhere.

I’ll probably log out for the evening, but thanks again for the friendly welcome – I do enjoy the photos and posts you all put up. :D

Are the native hens Moorhens? I like them birds.

Painmaster, no, although they are quite similar. They don’t have the semi webbed feet like a moorehen. The Tasmanian native-hen is a large gallinule – the same family as coots and swamphens.
They are wonderful parents to their little fluffballs, with dad running back and forth between their nest and my chooks food…They can be annoyingly noisy tho’ :p

Phooey said:

We never have to mow the ‘lawn’!

Probably don’t need to fertilize it either, by the sound of it…

Phooey said:

They are wonderful parents to their little fluffballs, with dad running back and forth between their nest and my chooks food…

He sounds a keeper…

Phooey said:

Hi Roughie and Pomolo :) I’ve chatted with both of you before…with Roughbarked about opals on SSSF and with Pomolo about anjelica jam here – and I’ve wondered since if it ever set :)

Dinetta, hi. Around here the pademelons are in almost plague proportions, and they LOVE their veggies! We were blaming possums until we caught one polishing of the last sprig of mint, having already devoured the garlic, onions and parsley. That’s when the meshed veggie garden was built.
At night there would be at least a dozen out and about in the open spaces around the house. There are wallabies and bandicoots as well. We never have to mow the ‘lawn’!

And Bluegreen, yes it is a heavenly spot. Although we have lived here for 30 years, this is the first year for about 20 years that I haven’t spent several chunks of the year elsewhere.

I’ll probably log out for the evening, but thanks again for the friendly welcome – I do enjoy the photos and posts you all put up. :D

So Phooey isn’t the name you’ve always used?

roughbarked said:

painmaster said:

Phooey said:

Hiya, and thanks for the welcome. :)

I’m a long time lurker from the SSSF, and have been lurking here for a few months now.
I lurk more than post.

Live in SE Tassie with 3 chooks, a few wild native hens and their new chicks, several wild Pacific Black ducks and their ducklings, a big mob of assorted frogs, and a hairy bloke who built me a lovely totally mesh enclosed veggie garden to thwart the possums and pademelons.

Are the native hens Moorhens? I like them birds.

:) one of my faves too as generally they mean that it has rained enough to bring them here.

Wwe’ve got them here too. Boy they can squawk. In the middle of the night an all.

Phooey said:

Hi Roughie and Pomolo :) I’ve chatted with both of you before…with Roughbarked about opals on SSSF and with Pomolo about anjelica jam here – and I’ve wondered since if it ever set :)

Dinetta, hi. Around here the pademelons are in almost plague proportions, and they LOVE their veggies! We were blaming possums until we caught one polishing of the last sprig of mint, having already devoured the garlic, onions and parsley. That’s when the meshed veggie garden was built.
At night there would be at least a dozen out and about in the open spaces around the house. There are wallabies and bandicoots as well. We never have to mow the ‘lawn’!

And Bluegreen, yes it is a heavenly spot. Although we have lived here for 30 years, this is the first year for about 20 years that I haven’t spent several chunks of the year elsewhere.

I’ll probably log out for the evening, but thanks again for the friendly welcome – I do enjoy the photos and posts you all put up. :D

I think that was Happy Potters Angelica jam. I never found out if it set or not either.

pomolo said:

Phooey said:

Hi Roughie and Pomolo :) I’ve chatted with both of you before…with Roughbarked about opals on SSSF and with Pomolo about anjelica jam here – and I’ve wondered since if it ever set :)

Dinetta, hi. Around here the pademelons are in almost plague proportions, and they LOVE their veggies! We were blaming possums until we caught one polishing of the last sprig of mint, having already devoured the garlic, onions and parsley. That’s when the meshed veggie garden was built.
At night there would be at least a dozen out and about in the open spaces around the house. There are wallabies and bandicoots as well. We never have to mow the ‘lawn’!

And Bluegreen, yes it is a heavenly spot. Although we have lived here for 30 years, this is the first year for about 20 years that I haven’t spent several chunks of the year elsewhere.

I’ll probably log out for the evening, but thanks again for the friendly welcome – I do enjoy the photos and posts you all put up. :D

I think that was Happy Potters Angelica jam. I never found out if it set or not either.

Yes that was me who was trying to make angelica jelly. It didn’t work and I ended up throwing it. Sorry, I thought I had posted about it. My six angelica plants are tall again and ready to be chopped right back. There would have to be at least a couple kg of stalks so I’ll try it again. Not for a week though, too busy right now with other things.
There’s enormous variations in different recipes so I have to work it out for myself, but I think mine had too much water in it and I cooked it for too long. It seems I can make anything into a jam or jelly except angelica. But that won’t stop me trying ;)
I used this recipe http://www.gardensillustrated.com/article/practical/herb-garden-recipe-angelica-jam but I’m going to try the one below next.

ANGELICA JAM
Ingredients¾ kilo sugar
1 kilo Angelica stems

water

Method

Cut the stems into 4 inch strips and blanch in boiling water for 10 minutes or until soft.

Drain and soak the stems in cold water for 12 hours.

Make the sugar into a syrup with a little water, then add the angelica. Cook until it’s soft and the liquid coats a metal spoon. Remove from the heat and put into jars as you would any other jam.
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Phooey said:

Are the native hens Moorhens? I like them birds.

Painmaster, no, although they are quite similar. They don’t have the semi webbed feet like a moorehen. The Tasmanian native-hen is a large gallinule – the same family as coots and swamphens.
They are wonderful parents to their little fluffballs, with dad running back and forth between their nest and my chooks food…They can be annoyingly noisy tho’ :p

just reading about them now (always have a bird book or two within reach of the computer). Gallinula mortierii is one of only three flightless birds in Australia (me thinks this book has forgotten about the penguin) and it does appear that yes, they can be quite noisy. Often the chicks are raised by two Dads and a Mum???

pomolo said:

roughbarked said:

painmaster said:

Are the native hens Moorhens? I like them birds.

:) one of my faves too as generally they mean that it has rained enough to bring them here.

Wwe’ve got them here too. Boy they can squawk. In the middle of the night an all.

I get the impression Pomolo that you love your birds, but only during daylight hours?

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Phooey said:

Hi Roughie and Pomolo :) I’ve chatted with both of you before…with Roughbarked about opals on SSSF and with Pomolo about anjelica jam here – and I’ve wondered since if it ever set :)

Dinetta, hi. Around here the pademelons are in almost plague proportions, and they LOVE their veggies! We were blaming possums until we caught one polishing of the last sprig of mint, having already devoured the garlic, onions and parsley. That’s when the meshed veggie garden was built.
At night there would be at least a dozen out and about in the open spaces around the house. There are wallabies and bandicoots as well. We never have to mow the ‘lawn’!

And Bluegreen, yes it is a heavenly spot. Although we have lived here for 30 years, this is the first year for about 20 years that I haven’t spent several chunks of the year elsewhere.

I’ll probably log out for the evening, but thanks again for the friendly welcome – I do enjoy the photos and posts you all put up. :D

I think that was Happy Potters Angelica jam. I never found out if it set or not either.

Yes that was me who was trying to make angelica jelly. It didn’t work and I ended up throwing it. Sorry, I thought I had posted about it. My six angelica plants are tall again and ready to be chopped right back. There would have to be at least a couple kg of stalks so I’ll try it again. Not for a week though, too busy right now with other things.
There’s enormous variations in different recipes so I have to work it out for myself, but I think mine had too much water in it and I cooked it for too long. It seems I can make anything into a jam or jelly except angelica. But that won’t stop me trying ;)
I used this recipe http://www.gardensillustrated.com/article/practical/herb-garden-recipe-angelica-jam but I’m going to try the one below next.

ANGELICA JAM
Ingredients¾ kilo sugar
1 kilo Angelica stems

water

Method

Cut the stems into 4 inch strips and blanch in boiling water for 10 minutes or until soft.

Drain and soak the stems in cold water for 12 hours.

Make the sugar into a syrup with a little water, then add the angelica. Cook until it’s soft and the liquid coats a metal spoon. Remove from the heat and put into jars as you would any other jam.
———————————————————————————————

could you add an apple for pectin purposes?

Phooey said:

Hiya, and thanks for the welcome. :)

Live in SE Tassie with 3 chooks, a few wild native hens and their new chicks, several wild Pacific Black ducks and their ducklings, a big mob of assorted frogs, and a hairy bloke who built me a lovely totally mesh enclosed veggie garden to thwart the possums and pademelons.

Hello Phoohey, that sounds very snug :)
snug as a bug in a rug

painmaster said:

pomolo said:

roughbarked said:

:) one of my faves too as generally they mean that it has rained enough to bring them here.

Wwe’ve got them here too. Boy they can squawk. In the middle of the night an all.

I get the impression Pomolo that you love your birds, but only during daylight hours?

Don’t get me wrong PM. I love the birds and wildlife we have round here. I wouldn’t trade places for quids. But I do admit that sometimes constant calls can get on my nerves a bit. Wouldn’t mind if feral cats and dogs got lost as well.

trichome said:

Phooey said:

Hiya, and thanks for the welcome. :)

Live in SE Tassie with 3 chooks, a few wild native hens and their new chicks, several wild Pacific Black ducks and their ducklings, a big mob of assorted frogs, and a hairy bloke who built me a lovely totally mesh enclosed veggie garden to thwart the possums and pademelons.

Hello Phoohey, that sounds very snug :)
snug as a bug in a rug

We used to have a contributor on here who came from Snug in Tassie.

pomolo said:

trichome said:

Phooey said:

Hiya, and thanks for the welcome. :)

Live in SE Tassie with 3 chooks, a few wild native hens and their new chicks, several wild Pacific Black ducks and their ducklings, a big mob of assorted frogs, and a hairy bloke who built me a lovely totally mesh enclosed veggie garden to thwart the possums and pademelons.

Hello Phoohey, that sounds very snug :)
snug as a bug in a rug

We used to have a contributor on here who came from Snug in Tassie.

Sarah’s Mum. A market gardener…they planted garlic by the acre…I recall the contributors on SSSF (or was it ScribblyGum?) being fascinated by her day-by-day when her house was built…especially the indoor heating / cooking arrangement…I miss her contributions, both philosophically and gardening wise…

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

trichome said:

Hello Phoohey, that sounds very snug :)
snug as a bug in a rug

We used to have a contributor on here who came from Snug in Tassie.

Sarah’s Mum. A market gardener…they planted garlic by the acre…I recall the contributors on SSSF (or was it ScribblyGum?) being fascinated by her day-by-day when her house was built…especially the indoor heating / cooking arrangement…I miss her contributions, both philosophically and gardening wise…

Yes. Sarah’s Mum still visits the fora now and then, but is pretty busy with her Uni work these days.

Has your name always been Phooey?

No, Roughbarked, but the time we chatted about opals I was Phooey. I was ‘Pink’ at one time. :)

Phooey said:

No, Roughbarked, but the time we chatted about opals I was Phooey. I was ‘Pink’ at one time. :)

OK :) at least your memory of our chat seems to be a good one ;)

Phooey said:

Yes. Sarah’s Mum still visits the fora now and then, but is pretty busy with her Uni work these days.

Is she a lecturer now?

Oh, I know Pink. I reckon I met Pink when I met Sarah’s Mum and Sarah and Bubblecar at Salamanca Place many years ago. A stall at the market? Or do I remember wrongly?

trichome said:

Phooey said:

Hiya, and thanks for the welcome. :)

Live in SE Tassie with 3 chooks, a few wild native hens and their new chicks, several wild Pacific Black ducks and their ducklings, a big mob of assorted frogs, and a hairy bloke who built me a lovely totally mesh enclosed veggie garden to thwart the possums and pademelons.

Hello Phoohey, that sounds very snug :)
snug as a bug in a rug

I remember a forumer from snug… just south of ‘obart I recall. One mad day many years ago, it got near on 40ºC and then a cold change blew in… or so I recall.

buffy said:

Oh, I know Pink. I reckon I met Pink when I met Sarah’s Mum and Sarah and Bubblecar at Salamanca Place many years ago. A stall at the market? Or do I remember wrongly?

G’day Buffy, I recon it would have been Mars whom you met at Salamanca, although I had a stall there for many years. You and I have never met. :(

Dinetta, Sarahs Mum would make a great lecturer! I forget if she is doing honours or masters this year (Fine Art; Printmaking)

Phooey said:

Dinetta, Sarahs Mum would make a great lecturer! I forget if she is doing honours or masters this year (Fine Art; Printmaking)

Yes she would…she has a very calm and effective way of putting her words together…might be Masters? It’s been a few years since the ABC Gardening Forum shut down and she was an undergraduate then…