First photo, plum sauce :)
I have 19 bottles and jars of it from 175 ml to 250 mls. Another load of plums about to go into the food dryer, and the last lot will be made into jam, on the next cool day.
Happy Potter said:
First photo, plum sauce :)
I have 19 bottles and jars of it from 175 ml to 250 mls. Another load of plums about to go into the food dryer, and the last lot will be made into jam, on the next cool day.
Love the labels…is that the colour (of the sauce) that you were hoping for?
Dinetta said:
Happy Potter said:
First photo, plum sauce :)
I have 19 bottles and jars of it from 175 ml to 250 mls. Another load of plums about to go into the food dryer, and the last lot will be made into jam, on the next cool day.
Love the labels…is that the colour (of the sauce) that you were hoping for?
Yes it was, it’s the same red colour as my old satsuma plum sauce. I have a single small jar left.
In fact I’ve never seen a yellow plum sauce.
Happy Potter said:
Yes it was, it’s the same red colour as my old satsuma plum sauce. I have a single small jar left.
In fact I’ve never seen a yellow plum sauce.
It’s just that Maggie Beer raves over the colour of a lot of things she’s cooking, plus the depth and richness of the colour…I think that may have really been my question…
Dinetta said:
Happy Potter said:Yes it was, it’s the same red colour as my old satsuma plum sauce. I have a single small jar left.
In fact I’ve never seen a yellow plum sauce.
It’s just that Maggie Beer raves over the colour of a lot of things she’s cooking, plus the depth and richness of the colour…I think that may have really been my question…
Everything changes colour when cooking.. hence we find ways to preserve or brighten the colours.
Question please.. if most of the branches on my meyer lemon look like this, does that mean the rootstock has taken over?
It has no fruit this season because I hard runed to shape it.
Happy Potter said:
Question please.. if most of the branches on my meyer lemon look like this, does that mean the rootstock has taken over?It has no fruit this season because I hard runed to shape it.
Make that pruned..
Happy Potter said:
Question please.. if most of the branches on my meyer lemon look like this, does that mean the rootstock has taken over?It has no fruit this season because I hard runed to shape it.
Wouldn’t you be able to tell, isn’t there a kind of knobbly bit where the graft would be?
Dinetta said:
Happy Potter said:
Question please.. if most of the branches on my meyer lemon look like this, does that mean the rootstock has taken over?It has no fruit this season because I hard runed to shape it.
Wouldn’t you be able to tell, isn’t there a kind of knobbly bit where the graft would be?
Normally yes, I can tell with all the other fruit trees, but the graft point on this one smoothed over years ago and is unseen, and from the ground it comes up with 4 main trunks.
Happy Potter said:
Dinetta said:
Happy Potter said:
Question please.. if most of the branches on my meyer lemon look like this, does that mean the rootstock has taken over?It has no fruit this season because I hard runed to shape it.
Wouldn’t you be able to tell, isn’t there a kind of knobbly bit where the graft would be?
Normally yes, I can tell with all the other fruit trees, but the graft point on this one smoothed over years ago and is unseen, and from the ground it comes up with 4 main trunks.
Oh ok, well based on my limited experience, I would say you’ve hacked back to the rootstock, plus with that hard pruning you’ve shocked the tree and it’s spent this year recouping it’s energies… I had a lovely orange dwarf cark it after severe chainsawing by his lordship…the tree was OK to look at after but in spite of mulching and watering, just died.
Happy Potter said:
Happy Potter said:
Question please.. if most of the branches on my meyer lemon look like this, does that mean the rootstock has taken over?It has no fruit this season because I hard runed to shape it.
Make that pruned..
When I had a meyer I found it would send up shoots like that from older branches. Some people reckon that they won’t fruit but I found that mine did.
Christening pics. Tihana’s cute little gown was knitted by her great grandmother and her dad and his brothers wore it at their Christenings :)
Happy Potter said:
Christening pics. Tihana’s cute little gown was knitted by her great grandmother and her dad and his brothers wore it at their Christenings :)
Lovely!
Happy Potter said:
Christening pics. Tihana’s cute little gown was knitted by her great grandmother and her dad and his brothers wore it at their Christenings :)
so cute :D
Well we have reverse worked out! Now just gotta find the forward gear, lol!
Happy Potter said:
Well we have reverse worked out! Now just gotta find the forward gear, lol!
and doesn’t she look pleased with herself too :D
Happy Potter said:
Well we have reverse worked out! Now just gotta find the forward gear, lol!
Before I saw the picture I thought you were talking about an Italian tank.
roughbarked said:
Happy Potter said:
Well we have reverse worked out! Now just gotta find the forward gear, lol!
Before I saw the picture I thought you were talking about an Italian tank.
lol!
roughbarked said:
Happy Potter said:
Well we have reverse worked out! Now just gotta find the forward gear, lol!
Before I saw the picture I thought you were talking about an Italian tank.
Hahahaha!
Le boulder rocks. They look a lot smaller in a photo but only 3 at a time fitted on the trailer.
Some corellas that were feeding on the nature strip as I was out front with my camera. Pretty things, there were about 10 all up.
And while I was out there, a pic of my front garden wasteland. It may look green to you, but much is scorched and dying from the dry conditions.
Watering the food plants out there, pumpkins and hidden tumeric, toppled asparagus over the back and p’fruit on the fence laden with fruit, and rhubarb hidden by the fallen asparagus. Yacon is struggling.
Weeds taking over but left because they’re useful, oats and thistle, broadleaf weeds and purslane fed to chooks, and clover left to act as a living mulch for the sleeping saffron bed.
Like your rock garden. no need to water it. ;)
roughbarked said:
Like your rock garden. no need to water it. ;)
:D
I wonder if this will show up..15 sec video of Tia trying to crawl..go little froggie!
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Happy Potter said:
I wonder if this will show up..15 sec video of Tia trying to crawl..go little froggie!<iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=4623764310740" width="226" height="400" frameborder="0"></iframe>
Yay! it did :D
Happy Potter said:
Happy Potter said:
I wonder if this will show up..15 sec video of Tia trying to crawl..go little froggie!<iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=4623764310740" width="226" height="400" frameborder="0"></iframe>
Yay! it did :D
Not for me.. videos don’t stream for me. :(
roughbarked said:
Happy Potter said:
Happy Potter said:
I wonder if this will show up..15 sec video of Tia trying to crawl..go little froggie!Yay! it did :D
Not for me.. videos don’t stream for me. :(
Aw, well the little cutie is rocking back and forth with a frog like motion, her legs splayed, she’s giving it her best effort lol.
Happy Potter said:
roughbarked said:
Happy Potter said:
Happy Potter said:
I wonder if this will show up..15 sec video of Tia trying to crawl..go little froggie!Yay! it did :D
Not for me.. videos don’t stream for me. :(
Aw, well the little cutie is rocking back and forth with a frog like motion, her legs splayed, she’s giving it her best effort lol.
muscle strengthening exercises. :)
Happy Potter said:
Le boulder rocks. They look a lot smaller in a photo but only 3 at a time fitted on the trailer.
They look like volcanic scoria?
Dinetta said:
Happy Potter said:
Le boulder rocks. They look a lot smaller in a photo but only 3 at a time fitted on the trailer.
They look like volcanic scoria?
Local basalt rock.
Happy Potter said:
Happy Potter said:
I wonder if this will show up..15 sec video of Tia trying to crawl..go little froggie!<iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=4623764310740" width="226" height="400" frameborder="0"></iframe>
Yay! it did :D
not for me :(
Happy Potter said:
Dinetta said:
Happy Potter said:
Le boulder rocks. They look a lot smaller in a photo but only 3 at a time fitted on the trailer.
They look like volcanic scoria?
Local basalt rock.
In Sydney I had a truckload of Sydney Basin sandstone reclaimed from a retaining wall at my parent’s place when they left my childhood home (the property was being redeveloped for town houses.) When we moved to Melbourne it got left behind as I figured that an extra truck just for some rock was a bit excessive. I didn’t know that Melbourne was not sandstone based and in hindsight I realised that I probably could have made a killing selling it, or just created a unique garden landscape (only we were renting.) It did not go wasted though as I gave it to a friend who was a landscape gardener. Figured he could put it to good use.
Here the rock is granite and I like that :)
Apart from the sandstone and conglomerate(of Devonian origin) I have brought in from local hills, the only rock naturally found in my yard is calcrete, which basically comprises my soil profile.
roughbarked said:
Apart from the sandstone and conglomerate(of Devonian origin) I have brought in from local hills, the only rock naturally found in my yard is calcrete, which basically comprises my soil profile.
you wouldn’t be short on calcium then, but poor on topsoil?
bluegreen said:
In Sydney I had a truckload of Sydney Basin sandstone reclaimed from a retaining wall at my parent’s place when they left my childhood home (the property was being redeveloped for town houses.) When we moved to Melbourne it got left behind as I figured that an extra truck just for some rock was a bit excessive. I didn’t know that Melbourne was not sandstone based and in hindsight I realised that I probably could have made a killing selling it, or just created a unique garden landscape (only we were renting.) It did not go wasted though as I gave it to a friend who was a landscape gardener. Figured he could put it to good use.
Here the rock is granite and I like that :)
Luv the thought the rocks weren’t wasted…I’m a sucker for rocks…
bluegreen said:
roughbarked said:
Apart from the sandstone and conglomerate(of Devonian origin) I have brought in from local hills, the only rock naturally found in my yard is calcrete, which basically comprises my soil profile.
you wouldn’t be short on calcium then, but poor on topsoil?
That’s about it. I’ve trucked in hundreds of tonnes of stuff to create a humus layer.
Happy Potter said:
I wonder if this will show up..15 sec video of Tia trying to crawl..go little froggie!<iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=4623764310740" width="226" height="400" frameborder="0"></iframe>
Didn’t work for me.
Happy Potter said:
Happy Potter said:
I wonder if this will show up..15 sec video of Tia trying to crawl..go little froggie!<iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=4623764310740" width="226" height="400" frameborder="0"></iframe>
Yay! it did :D
No it didn’t.
Well this is what I think of growing potatoes upright in cages.
Happy Potter said:
Well this is what I think of growing potatoes upright in cages.
:)
roughbarked said:
Happy Potter said:
Well this is what I think of growing potatoes upright in cages.
:)
Happy Potter said:
Well this is what I think of growing potatoes upright in cages.
tch…but I appreciate your point…
He’s getting to be a lovely big boy now BG :D
Snowy and his 2 girls. I have 8 fertile eggs to set in the incubator. They’re 80 and 90 grammers.. way too big for a silkie broody lol!
Happy Potter said:
He’s getting to be a lovely big boy now BG :D
Snowy and his 2 girls. I have 8 fertile eggs to set in the incubator. They’re 80 and 90 grammers.. way too big for a silkie broody lol!
he seems to be shaping up nicely :)
It’s amazing what you can recycle. This mat of roots was in the base tray of one of the big tree philodendrons.The tray was too small and the big planter sat atop it and the roots had grown through the holes into the water. Dried out now, it’s soft as silk and makes for perfect nest material for a broody :)
Happy Potter said:
It’s amazing what you can recycle. This mat of roots was in the base tray of one of the big tree philodendrons.The tray was too small and the big planter sat atop it and the roots had grown through the holes into the water. Dried out now, it’s soft as silk and makes for perfect nest material for a broody :)
Whoah!
Little cutie Tia is 6 months old today.
Happy Potter said:
Little cutie Tia is 6 months old today.
cutie indeed :)
Beautiful!
Happy Potter said:
Little cutie Tia is 6 months old today.
She definately belongs in BG’s cuties thread.
They’re not exactly cuddly, but they are cute. Baby yabbies. Red is 2 cm and grey are barely one cm. The smallest one is only about 5 mm.
Some pics from yesterday :)
And whilst cleaning out the pond I was taking pics of the fish and the flash lit up a single silver thread.. looked up and this gorgeous web was right above my head.
Because I had the outside lights on bugs from everywhere came visiting and in no time this spidy had enough food parcles wrapped up to feed itelf for a month :)
Injuries from a yabby can be seen on the fish with white patches on it.. that’s missing scales. It’ll live, as will the black moor with the gash above it’s eye.
Happy Potter said:
Some pics from yesterday :)
big tree!
That creek and rocky landscape takes me back to my childhood bushwalking days :)
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
Some pics from yesterday :)
big tree!
That creek and rocky landscape takes me back to my childhood bushwalking days :)
Mine too! I loved walking dry river beds and playing in rock pools.
Even if we didn’t get any blackberries, it was well worth it for the lovey day out. And the wildlife.
Lovely photos Happy Potter, I looked at them through your PhotoBucket (or whatever).
Could just about smell the “bush” from here…
Ooh, the fluffy white clouds are forming up like yesterday…….another storm? Someone else can have the hail this time. My receptionist is heading into the Grampians to Halls Gap for a rod run…….I would not be going in there today.
sorry, I should watch where I am going…..
buffy said:
sorry, I should watch where I am going…..
Maybe you need new glasses? lol! lol!
Dinetta said:
buffy said:sorry, I should watch where I am going…..
Maybe you need new glasses? lol! lol!
LOL! naughty
Hitch’s journey from Timboon to Yatala Qld by the great chook lovers relay team. (hoping I picked the right links in the new PB)
Me picking him up at the start.
Ernie passing Hitch onto Liz the next day in Melb.
Following day, from Liz to ‘Disco’ the truckie in Seymour.
Hitch’s cage. He has been fed apples and shared cafe patrons food, went for a swim on a hot day, and even had a ride in a police car. Disco said he was the best wake up alarm ever! He is currently watching the white lines pass bok boking to disco every 3 minutes and 16 seconds. They’ll cross the Qld border today.
so cute! Way to go getting the relay happening!
bluegreen said:
so cute! Way to go getting the relay happening!
It’s ironic that at the end of the day, you get a rooster! LOL
Happy Potter said:
Hitch’s journey from Timboon to Yatala Qld by the great chook lovers relay team. (hoping I picked the right links in the new PB)Hitch’s cage. He has been fed apples and shared cafe patrons food, went for a swim on a hot day, and even had a ride in a police car. Disco said he was the best wake up alarm ever! He is currently watching the white lines pass bok boking to disco every 3 minutes and 16 seconds. They’ll cross the Qld border today.
Sounds like Hitch has had more fun on the A1 than most people!! How come he got a ride in a police car?
Dinetta said:
Happy Potter said:
Hitch’s journey from Timboon to Yatala Qld by the great chook lovers relay team. (hoping I picked the right links in the new PB)Hitch’s cage. He has been fed apples and shared cafe patrons food, went for a swim on a hot day, and even had a ride in a police car. Disco said he was the best wake up alarm ever! He is currently watching the white lines pass bok boking to disco every 3 minutes and 16 seconds. They’ll cross the Qld border today.
Sounds like Hitch has had more fun on the A1 than most people!! How come he got a ride in a police car?
One of the transporters was a police member. Hitch was a mascot for half a day lol.
Happy Potter said:
One of the transporters was a police member. Hitch was a mascot for half a day lol.
What a rooster’s gotta do for pieces of apple and cafe patron tid bits!!
Dinetta said:
Happy Potter said:
One of the transporters was a police member. Hitch was a mascot for half a day lol.
What a rooster’s gotta do for pieces of apple and cafe patron tid bits!!
He’s proved to be very popular with people when the truckie stops for meal and log book breaks. He takes the roo about with him so he’s not sitting in a hot truck.
Happy Potter said:
He’s proved to be very popular with people when the truckie stops for meal and log book breaks. He takes the roo about with him so he’s not sitting in a hot truck.
It only takes a couple of clucks, or in Hitch’s case, boks, and people are suckered!
Dinetta said:
Happy Potter said:He’s proved to be very popular with people when the truckie stops for meal and log book breaks. He takes the roo about with him so he’s not sitting in a hot truck.
It only takes a couple of clucks, or in Hitch’s case, boks, and people are suckered!
Just got this update from the truckies wife :)
‘Thank you to the lovely italian lady in the gilgandra shell roadhouse for the freezing cold salad offcuts to keep Hitch cool. he has chosen to sit on the larger lettuce and gobble the rest :) gettin hot up there now but he is still all good and has had his water refreshed with cool water.’
I couldn’t doze, looks like a storm is coming! Lots of thunder about.
Hitch the now famous rooster is mere klms from home finally. He’s on the last leg of his journey to Kilkivan :) Over 2 thou klms.Happy Potter said:
I couldn’t doze, looks like a storm is coming! Lots of thunder about. Hitch the now famous rooster is mere klms from home finally. He’s on the last leg of his journey to Kilkivan :) Over 2 thou klms.
Kilkivan is just up the road from me.
pomolo said:
Happy Potter said:
I couldn’t doze, looks like a storm is coming! Lots of thunder about. Hitch the now famous rooster is mere klms from home finally. He’s on the last leg of his journey to Kilkivan :) Over 2 thou klms.Kilkivan is just up the road from me.
Wow! Kilkivan! He’ll love it there!
I had a visitor, a potter wasp :D
Happy Potter said:
I had a visitor, a potter wasp :D
Is he a goodie?
Dinetta said:
Happy Potter said:
I had a visitor, a potter wasp :D
Is he a goodie?
Yes he is, parasitic wasp that lays it’s eggs in caterpillars and a native. Can sting but not aggressive, it’s looking about for mud for nest building. Plenty mud here..I’ve been watering.
Happy Potter said:
Dinetta said:
Happy Potter said:
I had a visitor, a potter wasp :D
Is he a goodie?
Yes he is, parasitic wasp that lays it’s eggs in caterpillars and a native. Can sting but not aggressive, it’s looking about for mud for nest building. Plenty mud here..I’ve been watering.
I see lots of them around the ducks paddle pool where it is constantly muddy, collecting mud for their nests.
Happy Potter said:
Dinetta said:
Happy Potter said:
I had a visitor, a potter wasp :D
Is he a goodie?
Yes he is, parasitic wasp that lays it’s eggs in caterpillars and a native. Can sting but not aggressive, it’s looking about for mud for nest building. Plenty mud here..I’ve been watering.
Must be a southern Australian bug? I’ve not seen it up here…
Funny little bunny, hehe, blowing raspberries on the shower screen while dads having a shower.
And eldest girl climbing the harbour bridge. I’m glad it was her and not me. She said the same thing lol.
Umm, the bug pic wasn’t supposed to be in there..
Happy Potter said:
Umm, the bug pic wasn’t supposed to be in there..
I did wonder :D
Happy Potter said:
Funny little bunny, hehe, blowing raspberries on the shower screen while dads having a shower.
And eldest girl climbing the harbour bridge. I’m glad it was her and not me. She said the same thing lol.
All cute.. especially the eldest girl..
reminds me of when I was young.
Worms and casts harvested today :) 5 big handfuls. Some going to another woman’s worm farm, some went to the chooks and another lot to the fish.
The casts I will bag up for giving at the next vege swap.
Happy Potter said:
Worms and casts harvested today :) 5 big handfuls. Some going to another woman’s worm farm, some went to the chooks and another lot to the fish.The casts I will bag up for giving at the next vege swap.
rainbow worms :D
Happy Potter said:
Worms and casts harvested today :) 5 big handfuls. Some going to another woman’s worm farm, some went to the chooks and another lot to the fish.The casts I will bag up for giving at the next vege swap.
I harvested this many again today after I realised suddenly why I didn’t see any worm eggs in any of the farms.. they’re at capacity and have stopped breeding. Just too many in them, so I’ve relieved two farms of another six handfuls and tomorrow I’ll raid the in-ground one as well.
I’m selling them very cheap and they go like mad. $10 per thousand. Perhaps I should alert the council lol.
Todays saffron.
Happy Potter said:
Todays saffron.
Nice crop you’ve got there…fresh flowers always “add” something…
Happy Potter said:
Todays saffron.
looks good :)
Happy Potter said:
Todays saffron.
Purty.
The tie slide. According to an elderly fellow visitor, it’s solid silver.
Happy Potter said:
The tie slide. According to an elderly fellow visitor, it’s solid silver.
It isn’t the finest craftmanship. Has been broken in a couple of places and soldered with lead. Possibly made in a POW camp and maybe from a pewter mug. Could still be silver but may also be pewter.
Happy Potter said:
The tie slide. According to an elderly fellow visitor, it’s solid silver.
I reckon someone will want to buy that :)
roughbarked said:
It isn’t the finest craftmanship. Has been broken in a couple of places and soldered with lead. Possibly made in a POW camp and maybe from a pewter mug. Could still be silver but may also be pewter.
I still reckon someone will want to buy it. Send the photos to some antique dealers or a museum and see if you can get any more info on it.
bluegreen said:
roughbarked said:It isn’t the finest craftmanship. Has been broken in a couple of places and soldered with lead. Possibly made in a POW camp and maybe from a pewter mug. Could still be silver but may also be pewter.
I still reckon someone will want to buy it. Send the photos to some antique dealers or a museum and see if you can get any more info on it.
Yes it is saleable and provenance is everything.
roughbarked said:
Happy Potter said:The tie slide. According to an elderly fellow visitor, it’s solid silver.
It isn’t the finest craftmanship. Has been broken in a couple of places and soldered with lead. Possibly made in a POW camp and maybe from a pewter mug. Could still be silver but may also be pewter.
Wow, interesting. What are the chances of finding the original owner though. Probably nil.
Reached 100 blooms today! still 2 to 3 weeks to go. Plenty more purple flower buds to come up yet.
I’ll be taking a flask of saffron rice for the man when I visit him in hosp later today. He’s had a complication, irregular heartbeat at times and has to stay in another day to see the heart doc.
Happy Potter said:
Reached 100 blooms today! still 2 to 3 weeks to go. Plenty more purple flower buds to come up yet.I’ll be taking a flask of saffron rice for the man when I visit him in hosp later today. He’s had a complication, irregular heartbeat at times and has to stay in another day to see the heart doc.
hope it is something minor. I have an occasional heart murmur which has not needed medication yet, but probably will one day like my mum.
Happy Potter said:
Reached 100 blooms today! still 2 to 3 weeks to go. Plenty more purple flower buds to come up yet.I’ll be taking a flask of saffron rice for the man when I visit him in hosp later today. He’s had a complication, irregular heartbeat at times and has to stay in another day to see the heart doc.
Hope it’s nothing serious…congrats on the saffron haul!
Blue is for boys. I might paint it pink LOL
Happy Potter said:
Blue is for boys. I might paint it pink LOL
wait until it needs painting.
roughbarked said:
Happy Potter said:
Blue is for boys. I might paint it pink LOL
wait until it needs painting.
Might be more easily ID’d if it ever gets nicked, if it’s pink…
2 of the irls dropped over, fell about laughing and took this pic without hubby realising, lol.
Great look dear..
Happy Potter said:
2 of the irls dropped over, fell about laughing and took this pic without hubby realising, lol.
Great look dear..
lol!
Happy Potter said:
2 of the irls dropped over, fell about laughing and took this pic without hubby realising, lol.
Great look dear..
It doesn’t look as though he really cared at the time. Hope he is much better now.
Mustn’t let go of the bikkie
Happy Potter said:
Mustn’t let go of the bikkie
:) :)
Fun with boulders.. we’re getting there. Got two more in and there’s ‘only six’ more to go.
Right, back at it.
Happy Potter said:
Fun with boulders.. we’re getting there. Got two more in and there’s ‘only six’ more to go.Right, back at it.
Nice but it is possibly done more quickly with levers and rollers than utility jacks.
roughbarked said:
Happy Potter said:
Fun with boulders.. we’re getting there. Got two more in and there’s ‘only six’ more to go.Right, back at it.
Nice but it is possibly done more quickly with levers and rollers than utility jacks.
She’s fitting them together well, it looks like…
Dinetta said:
roughbarked said:
Happy Potter said:
Fun with boulders.. we’re getting there. Got two more in and there’s ‘only six’ more to go.Right, back at it.
Nice but it is possibly done more quickly with levers and rollers than utility jacks.
She’s fitting them together well, it looks like…
but lacking a time and motion study, report.
roughbarked said:
Dinetta said:
roughbarked said:Nice but it is possibly done more quickly with levers and rollers than utility jacks.
She’s fitting them together well, it looks like…
but lacking a time and motion study, report.
I’m just simply impressed!
bluegreen said:
roughbarked said:
Dinetta said:She’s fitting them together well, it looks like…
but lacking a time and motion study, report.
I’m just simply impressed!
end results are like that. ;)
roughbarked said:
Dinetta said:
roughbarked said:Nice but it is possibly done more quickly with levers and rollers than utility jacks.
She’s fitting them together well, it looks like…
but lacking a time and motion study, report.
That’d be grunt grunt. Rock no 3 in place. We did end up rolling on pipes and levering. The jack wouldn’t roll up the uneven surface.
Le Lucerne :)
I thought they were woks…. lol! but after enlarging…I see you have a wonderful mound of lucerne hay…you lucky thing you…!
Speaking of the mansion.. shhh…
This plant is a berry, that much we know. But what type or variety is unknown. It’s been growing in an area next to a bluestone outbuilding pretty much undisturbed for 130 years except for the occasional tidy up. Until they mowed over it. A couple older orchard fellows aged in their 70’s saw that and uttered a few colourful words about it. They positioned a few rocks about it to save it from the blades return. It resprouted and some bits were taken and potted up to preserve it’s history. Going on what berries were eaten way back then, we’re guessing it’s a gooseberry. But we’ll find out for sure when it fruits.
Look who’s one today!
..and already working out the phone..
Happy Potter said:
Look who’s one today!..and already working out the phone..
Miracle child! Lovely to see her doing so well (:
Happy Potter said:
Look who’s one today!..and already working out the phone..
so sweet :)
I added this photo as my pc’s background of when I went blackberry picking at the Lerderderg River. Not in the calibre of the good photographers in here, but it is nice and reminds me of when it was warm, lol!
Happy Potter said:
I added this photo as my pc’s background of when I went blackberry picking at the Lerderderg River. Not in the calibre of the good photographers in here, but it is nice and reminds me of when it was warm, lol!
beautiful. can you see the horse’s head?
Happy Potter said:
I added this photo as my pc’s background of when I went blackberry picking at the Lerderderg River. Not in the calibre of the good photographers in here, but it is nice and reminds me of when it was warm, lol!
The water looks inviting…
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
I added this photo as my pc’s background of when I went blackberry picking at the Lerderderg River. Not in the calibre of the good photographers in here, but it is nice and reminds me of when it was warm, lol!beautiful. can you see the horse’s head?
I can now! :)
The Very Handy Little Trailer has had a wheel makeover. These two low profile tires and mag wheels were found in a hard rubbish pile by JJ at work. They fitted perfectly.
Not bad, not bad at all :D
Before and after.
Happy Potter said:
The Very Handy Little Trailer has had a wheel makeover. These two low profile tires and mag wheels were found in a hard rubbish pile by JJ at work. They fitted perfectly.
Not bad, not bad at all :DBefore and after.
Very flash, hope they don’t get knicked!
Happy Potter said:
The Very Handy Little Trailer has had a wheel makeover. These two low profile tires and mag wheels were found in a hard rubbish pile by JJ at work. They fitted perfectly.
Not bad, not bad at all :DBefore and after.
Gawd!!
Dinetta said:
Happy Potter said:
The Very Handy Little Trailer has had a wheel makeover. These two low profile tires and mag wheels were found in a hard rubbish pile by JJ at work. They fitted perfectly.
Not bad, not bad at all :DBefore and after.
Gawd!!
I know! Looks so out of place on a trailer, but they were free and the old tires near bald.
It’s working it’s wheels off this arvo picking up some firewood for an elderly gent.
I’m bored and trying to stay out of trouble. It’s not working ;)
Happy Potter said:
I’m bored and trying to stay out of trouble. It’s not working ;)
another victim of the Chook Whisperer getting some zzzzzzzzzzzz’s! lol!
Happy Potter said:
I’m bored and trying to stay out of trouble. It’s not working ;)
LOL! Put it to sleep did you?
Dinetta said:
Happy Potter said:
I’m bored and trying to stay out of trouble. It’s not working ;)
LOL! Put it to sleep did you?
Hehe yes, once asleep they’re out to it. Some better than others. I tried with a white one but it was a little lively. The one above is quite the sleepy head :)
Youngest daughter laughed, but eldest girl nearly had a fit! lol!
Happy Potter said:
Dinetta said:
Happy Potter said:
I’m bored and trying to stay out of trouble. It’s not working ;)
LOL! Put it to sleep did you?
Hehe yes, once asleep they’re out to it. Some better than others. I tried with a white one but it was a little lively. The one above is quite the sleepy head :)
Youngest daughter laughed, but eldest girl nearly had a fit! lol!
Morning :)
Some pics.
I got this beaut metal spider web clock from the tip shop for a tenner. I love it! I put a battery in it and it works. And also a large pine storage box for another tenner. I see a brooder box. The man sees tool storage. I saw it first and I paid for it! The fight is on LOL.
And a coupla pics of my patio re do..seating, market cart potting centre, seedling hothouse and my gardening tool wall made from freebie bed bases :D
Happy Potter said:
Some pics.
I got this beaut metal spider web clock from the tip shop for a tenner. I love it! I put a battery in it and it works. And also a large pine storage box for another tenner. I see a brooder box. The man sees tool storage. I saw it first and I paid for it! The fight is on LOL.
And a coupla pics of my patio re do..seating, market cart potting centre, seedling hothouse and my gardening tool wall made from freebie bed bases :D
awesome! all of it!
I especially like the bed base gardening tool “wall”…
And here they are, in the car on the way to the venue and just after.
Love her frock, they look very happy. Does the bride look a lot like her mother?
Dinetta said:
Love her frock, they look very happy. Does the bride look a lot like her mother?
Yes she does.. a photo of her and I at the same age is hard to tell who is who. Except she has better teeth and a gorgeous smile :)
Happy Potter said:
Dinetta said:
Love her frock, they look very happy. Does the bride look a lot like her mother?
Yes she does.. a photo of her and I at the same age is hard to tell who is who. Except she has better teeth and a gorgeous smile :)
She reminds me of my sister.
Happy Potter said:
And here they are, in the car on the way to the venue and just after.
Lovely. :)
My crimson flowered broadbeans. I’m wondering when the bean pods will start.
And my home made comfrey ointment :)
Good work!!
Some pics from today.
A tiny turkey hiding under mumchook, two ducks trying to win me over with cute little tail wags and flappy little feet, but they can keep trying because it’s not working ;)
A little vase of flowers I grew, and some of the compost worms.
I might try that again..
P’bucket is chucking a hissy fit because I haven’t renewed my upgrade. But it’s not due until next week. Rotters.
No worries, I saw a couple of photos on pb and got the gist…
Didn’t realise baby ducks look so cute..!
You’ve got cornflowers out! I’ve put cornflower seeds amongst my corn plants, but they are nowhere near flowering yet. Looking good though.
Happy Potter said:
Spag Bol? lol!
buffy said:
You’ve got cornflowers out! I’ve put cornflower seeds amongst my corn plants, but they are nowhere near flowering yet. Looking good though.
It self seeded from last year and the shrub is so big it’s falling over, about a metre by a metre wide. I must have chopped the shrub and tossed the bits about as it’s growing far from where I planted last years.
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
Spag Bol? lol!
Ew! lol.
If you squint through your eyelashes… yep!
My cute granddaughter :)
Happy Potter said:
My cute granddaughter :)
very cute :)
Happy Potter said:
My cute granddaughter :)
Oh wow, they are “as cute as” photos…
Morning!
About the last of this years photos, garden pics and summer mulching :) I have a spot of hayfever. I wonder why.
