I know I haven’t been that regular on here of late, but I have noticed that Justin has been quiet…. has he changed his handle once again or has he shrivelled up in that summer sun of his?

Oh and speaking of others, bumped into Longy in the Stupidmarket the other day… I reckon’ he’s getting taller.

pain master said:

I know I haven’t been that regular on here of late, but I have noticed that Justin has been quiet…. has he changed his handle once again or has he shrivelled up in that summer sun of his?

Oh and speaking of others, bumped into Longy in the Stupidmarket the other day… I reckon’ he’s getting taller.

Justin has been MIA. Longy taller? we will have to call him Extra-Longy!

I have been wondering about Justin myself, the past couple of weeks…I do miss his wry humour and his ready contributions to the Words threads…and his gardening pictures…

Dinetta said:

I have been wondering about Justin myself, the past couple of weeks…I do miss his wry humour and his ready contributions to the Words threads…and his gardening pictures…

He could just be busy with RealLife™

g’day

lousy year for gardening – eh?

corn, toms and beans all substandard.
i wouldl post some photos but p/bucket wants to charge me for a once-free service.

justin said:

g’day

lousy year for gardening – eh?

corn, toms and beans all substandard.
i wouldl post some photos but p/bucket wants to charge me for a once-free service.

yes, a lousy year for gardening.

my PB is still free?

bluegreen said:

justin said:

g’day

lousy year for gardening – eh?

corn, toms and beans all substandard.
i wouldl post some photos but p/bucket wants to charge me for a once-free service.

yes, a lousy year for gardening.

my PB is still free?

have you recently upgraded to ‘the new’ PB?

justin said:

bluegreen said:

justin said:

g’day

lousy year for gardening – eh?

corn, toms and beans all substandard.
i wouldl post some photos but p/bucket wants to charge me for a once-free service.

yes, a lousy year for gardening.

my PB is still free?

have you recently upgraded to ‘the new’ PB?

yes. I did get an offer to go Pro but said no.

bluegreen said:

justin said:

bluegreen said:

yes, a lousy year for gardening.

my PB is still free?

have you recently upgraded to ‘the new’ PB?

yes. I did get an offer to go Pro but said no.

not ‘pro’ – but a totally new look, upload system – it says my storage is full and i have to buy more.
thanks tho’ – all my albums have been transferred to this ‘new’ site.

justin said:

bluegreen said:

justin said:

have you recently upgraded to ‘the new’ PB?

yes. I did get an offer to go Pro but said no.

not ‘pro’ – but a totally new look, upload system – it says my storage is full and i have to buy more.
thanks tho’ – all my albums have been transferred to this ‘new’ site.

WE all had to option to stick with the old photobucket until now. they tell us that it is too late now.. we all have to use the new PB.

I’ll say GAGF and ask them for all my images back from an easy .ftp type download link.

roughbarked said:

justin said:

bluegreen said:

yes. I did get an offer to go Pro but said no.

not ‘pro’ – but a totally new look, upload system – it says my storage is full and i have to buy more.
thanks tho’ – all my albums have been transferred to this ‘new’ site.

WE all had to option to stick with the old photobucket until now. they tell us that it is too late now.. we all have to use the new PB.

I’ll say GAGF and ask them for all my images back from an easy .ftp type download link.

my images are still on my computer as well – and i presume noone will want to copy them from PB.
…but i am looking for a new download site and ‘flickr’ seems the best.

justin said:

roughbarked said:

justin said:

not ‘pro’ – but a totally new look, upload system – it says my storage is full and i have to buy more.
thanks tho’ – all my albums have been transferred to this ‘new’ site.

WE all had to option to stick with the old photobucket until now. they tell us that it is too late now.. we all have to use the new PB.

I’ll say GAGF and ask them for all my images back from an easy .ftp type download link.

my images are still on my computer as well – and i presume noone will want to copy them from PB.
…but i am looking for a new download site and ‘flickr’ seems the best.

Yair my images are here on some scattered CD’s but the ones I want to easily find, are easiest to download back from PB and I hate the thought of them keeping my images for their use.

Flickr is good .. for now.

roughbarked said:

justin said:

roughbarked said:

WE all had to option to stick with the old photobucket until now. they tell us that it is too late now.. we all have to use the new PB.

I’ll say GAGF and ask them for all my images back from an easy .ftp type download link.

my images are still on my computer as well – and i presume noone will want to copy them from PB.
…but i am looking for a new download site and ‘flickr’ seems the best.

Yair my images are here on some scattered CD’s but the ones I want to easily find, are easiest to download back from PB and I hate the thought of them keeping my images for their use.

Flickr is good .. for now.

your images are classics and cover a broad range of topics – mine are only good if you want a gardening record.
did you use your real name on flickr?

justin said:

your images are classics and cover a broad range of topics – mine are only good if you want a gardening record.
did you use your real name on flickr?

Thanks. My images are mostly just from my backyard. Not a great deal different in that way, from yours.

Did you think my real name was roughbarked? ;)

Nay I’ve been given many nicknames, but it was me who picked roughbarked. ;)

It isn’t like I cannot be backtracked to my real name. Particularly via Flickr but no, I have never actually given them my real name.

roughbarked said:

justin said:

your images are classics and cover a broad range of topics – mine are only good if you want a gardening record.
did you use your real name on flickr?

Thanks. My images are mostly just from my backyard. Not a great deal different in that way, from yours.

Did you think my real name was roughbarked? ;)

Nay I’ve been given many nicknames, but it was me who picked roughbarked. ;)

It isn’t like I cannot be backtracked to my real name. Particularly via Flickr but no, I have never actually given them my real name.

good – flickr it is.
i know your name isn’t roughbarked of course – it’s rootbounded isn’t it? LOL.
and btw – you’ve nice collections of fungi, birds and lizards properly categorised – summin that gives your collection a bit more value

justin said:

roughbarked said:

justin said:

your images are classics and cover a broad range of topics – mine are only good if you want a gardening record.
did you use your real name on flickr?

Thanks. My images are mostly just from my backyard. Not a great deal different in that way, from yours.

Did you think my real name was roughbarked? ;)

Nay I’ve been given many nicknames, but it was me who picked roughbarked. ;)

It isn’t like I cannot be backtracked to my real name. Particularly via Flickr but no, I have never actually given them my real name.

good – flickr it is.
i know your name isn’t roughbarked of course – it’s rootbounded isn’t it? LOL.
and btw – you’ve nice collections of fungi, birds and lizards properly categorised – summin that gives your collection a bit more value

I dunno about ‘properly’. Reasonably, within limits of the time space paradox, yes. But properly may be an overestimation.

roughbarked said:

justin said:

roughbarked said:

Thanks. My images are mostly just from my backyard. Not a great deal different in that way, from yours.

Did you think my real name was roughbarked? ;)

Nay I’ve been given many nicknames, but it was me who picked roughbarked. ;)

It isn’t like I cannot be backtracked to my real name. Particularly via Flickr but no, I have never actually given them my real name.

good – flickr it is.
i know your name isn’t roughbarked of course – it’s rootbounded isn’t it? LOL.
and btw – you’ve nice collections of fungi, birds and lizards properly categorised – summin that gives your collection a bit more value

I dunno about ‘properly’. Reasonably, within limits of the time space paradox, yes. But properly may be an overestimation.

‘rootbound’ would work, yes. I have only moved 12 km from my birthplace in 60 years.

and also in this case:

just walked out my back door to the car.. Got the esky out to put the ice back in the fridge for tomorrow morn. Walked to the backdoor and had to backstep a pace to allow a brown snake to get off my doorstep and zoom off into my garden.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

justin said:

good – flickr it is.
i know your name isn’t roughbarked of course – it’s rootbounded isn’t it? LOL.
and btw – you’ve nice collections of fungi, birds and lizards properly categorised – summin that gives your collection a bit more value

I dunno about ‘properly’. Reasonably, within limits of the time space paradox, yes. But properly may be an overestimation.

‘rootbound’ would work, yes. I have only moved 12 km from my birthplace in 60 years. and also in this case: just walked out my back door to the car.. Got the esky out to put the ice back in the fridge for tomorrow morn. Walked to the backdoor and had to backstep a pace to allow a brown snake to get off my doorstep and zoom off into my garden.

whoa – standing still is good defence in the case of snakes.
No rodents or snakes here so far this summer. -

justin said:

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

I dunno about ‘properly’. Reasonably, within limits of the time space paradox, yes. But properly may be an overestimation.

‘rootbound’ would work, yes. I have only moved 12 km from my birthplace in 60 years. and also in this case: just walked out my back door to the car.. Got the esky out to put the ice back in the fridge for tomorrow morn. Walked to the backdoor and had to backstep a pace to allow a brown snake to get off my doorstep and zoom off into my garden.

whoa – standing still is good defence in the case of snakes.
No rodents or snakes here so far this summer. –

This is the first on my doorstep, for this season.. I was wondering where they had all gone.. until now.

justin said:

bluegreen said:

justin said:

have you recently upgraded to ‘the new’ PB?

yes. I did get an offer to go Pro but said no.

not ‘pro’ – but a totally new look, upload system – it says my storage is full and i have to buy more.
thanks tho’ – all my albums have been transferred to this ‘new’ site.

I have the new look system. Maybe it is because I still have available storage?

bluegreen said:

justin said:

bluegreen said:

yes. I did get an offer to go Pro but said no.

not ‘pro’ – but a totally new look, upload system – it says my storage is full and i have to buy more.
thanks tho’ – all my albums have been transferred to this ‘new’ site.

I have the new look system. Maybe it is because I still have available storage?

Everyone now has the new look system when they re-login.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

justin said:

not ‘pro’ – but a totally new look, upload system – it says my storage is full and i have to buy more.
thanks tho’ – all my albums have been transferred to this ‘new’ site.

I have the new look system. Maybe it is because I still have available storage?

Everyone now has the new look system when they re-login.

I changed over a few days ago and supposedly got extra storage for changing over early.

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

I have the new look system. Maybe it is because I still have available storage?

Everyone now has the new look system when they re-login.

I changed over a few days ago and supposedly got extra storage for changing over early.

Flickr recently gave me 3 months premium usage on all free accounts. But by signing up it simply means that they’ll be asking me to pay for the account at the end of the three months..

I’m saving up for a tumbler composter… after I’ve bought new joggers (the last ones stink), a new pair of house shoes and a new pair of “good” shoes…I now have PLENTY of chooken manure but would like to convert it to compost first before adding to my garding…such as it is…

thread hijack!!!

roughbarked said:

Walked to the backdoor and had to backstep a pace to allow a brown snake to get off my doorstep and zoom off into my garden.

Sounds like something I’d do, lol!

justin said:

g’day

lousy year for gardening – eh?

corn, toms and beans all substandard.
i wouldl post some photos but p/bucket wants to charge me for a once-free service.

Hello there Justin. You’ve been missed. It’s not just p bucket either. Everyone is jumping on the bandwagon it seems.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

justin said:

good – flickr it is.
i know your name isn’t roughbarked of course – it’s rootbounded isn’t it? LOL.
and btw – you’ve nice collections of fungi, birds and lizards properly categorised – summin that gives your collection a bit more value

I dunno about ‘properly’. Reasonably, within limits of the time space paradox, yes. But properly may be an overestimation.

‘rootbound’ would work, yes. I have only moved 12 km from my birthplace in 60 years.

and also in this case:

just walked out my back door to the car.. Got the esky out to put the ice back in the fridge for tomorrow morn. Walked to the backdoor and had to backstep a pace to allow a brown snake to get off my doorstep and zoom off into my garden.

That was one lucky snake. lol You could have stood on him.

pomolo said:

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

I dunno about ‘properly’. Reasonably, within limits of the time space paradox, yes. But properly may be an overestimation.

‘rootbound’ would work, yes. I have only moved 12 km from my birthplace in 60 years.

and also in this case:

just walked out my back door to the car.. Got the esky out to put the ice back in the fridge for tomorrow morn. Walked to the backdoor and had to backstep a pace to allow a brown snake to get off my doorstep and zoom off into my garden.

That was one lucky snake. lol You could have stood on him.

Indeed, but it will be back at my door whenever it suits. I was getting lax, hadn’t seen one on the back doorstep this season.

having trouble with both PB and flickr – sorry about image size.
these cueys and lebanese eggplant are being picked in profusion at present.
i have discovered that cueys can be cooked (in place of zucchinis) in ratatouille and the like.

this is my ochre and it is a pleasing looking plant. if you look to the centre of the leafy mass you will see some light green fruit – curvy and pointed.

justin said:

having trouble with both PB and flickr – sorry about image size.
these cueys and lebanese eggplant are being picked in profusion at present.
i have discovered that cueys can be cooked (in place of zucchinis) in ratatouille and the like.

The cueys do look a bit like zucchs in that photo…fancy they can be used as a substitute for zucchs in some recipes!

justin said:

this is my ochre and it is a pleasing looking plant. if you look to the centre of the leafy mass you will see some light green fruit – curvy and pointed.

It certainly is a handsome specimen…looks well cared for…

justin said:

having trouble with both PB and flickr – sorry about image size.

What problems were you having with Flickr?

roughbarked said:

justin said:

having trouble with both PB and flickr – sorry about image size.

What problems were you having with Flickr?

don’t laugh – i can’t figure out how to do the html code thing – so i can’t post here

justin said:

roughbarked said:

justin said:

having trouble with both PB and flickr – sorry about image size.

What problems were you having with Flickr?

don’t laugh – i can’t figure out how to do the html code thing – so i can’t post here

You’re not alone…I can’t figure out thumbnails even tho’ BlueGreen gave me very good directions yesterday…

justin said:

roughbarked said:

justin said:

having trouble with both PB and flickr – sorry about image size.

What problems were you having with Flickr?

don’t laugh – i can’t figure out how to do the html code thing – so i can’t post here

I’m not laughing. Flickr don’t make it easy for people to copy links for posting, yet at the same time they do. It is a matter of going through the correct hoops. There are two ways of displaying images here from Flickr. Firstly, when the image loads, there is a ‘share’ tab just above the image. Clicking on this will give a drop down options window. There will be three choices. Go to the ‘grab the html/BB code’ selection, click on it and a window will open with the code to share the image in it. Under that there will be another tab with small medium large size(select medium and the code in the window will change). Below that are two buttons labeled; html and BB code. Select the html one and the code in the window will change again. Click in the window on the code. This will highlight all the code in the window. Use Cntrl/C to copy and then just paste it into this message window. The result will be a medium sized image displaying here both in preview and post modes. You can check this by previewing before posting. The image will be outlined in in bold greenas a link highlight because all that code in the window will also allow clicking on the image to go to the flickr page the image is on. However, Flickr won’t work perfectly with this forum coding so if you wish to click on the image to go to the page it is wise to right click and select ‘open link in new window’. Alternatively you can paste the hrml code copied from Flickr as shown above and then delete all of that code bar the actual image link. However for this to display here, the link will need the !image link! surrounding exclamation marks. ie:

The second way to show Flickr images here is to go to the ‘Actions’ tab(to the right of the share tab, above the image on Flickr). One of the actions under the tab will be ‘All Sizes. Click on this and when the all sizes page loads, select the size you want to display and then right click on the image and copy the image location, which you then paste here. This image link will not display without the exclamation marks. ie:

hum.. these indicate that I tried to show ! http://example.com/image.jpg !

All the Flickr html code isn’t entirely necessary as it also includes both a link back to the page and a link back to the page owner. ie:

< a href=“http://www.flickr.com/photos/99559986@N00/8493032585/” title=“DSC_4862 by roughbarked, on Flickr”>< img src=“http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8527/8493032585_9a45d3dfd9_z.jpg” width=“640” height=“428” alt=“DSC_4862”>

of all that, all you really need is this part: < img src=“http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8527/8493032585_9a45d3dfd9_z.jpg”/> but you’d need to remove the space I put in before_img src to get this:

OK from us here in flickr – and thanks RB.
i used ‘action’ – ‘all sizes’ and ‘copy image location’ plus
this is tumeric i think – i planted it back in spring and it has just decided sprout.

just checking – and i did forget to mention the first step – right click action and then click ‘open link in new window’.

this is a late planted lebanese zucchini that is growing but not producing any zuchs – which is the same story for the beans

justin said:

OK from us here in flickr – and thanks RB.
i used ‘action’ – ‘all sizes’ and ‘copy image location’ plus
this is tumeric i think – i planted it back in spring and it has just decided sprout.

Is that the onion-y looking plant? And what’s that to the right?

justin said:

just checking – and i did forget to mention the first step – right click action and then click ‘open link in new window’.

this is a late planted lebanese zucchini that is growing but not producing any zuchs – which is the same story for the beans

Well if it doesn’t produce fruit, you can always use the flowers!!!

Dinetta said:

justin said:

OK from us here in flickr – and thanks RB.
i used ‘action’ – ‘all sizes’ and ‘copy image location’ plus
this is tumeric i think – i planted it back in spring and it has just decided sprout.

Is that the onion-y looking plant? And what’s that to the right?

yep the tumeric is a ginger like tuber with that single stem in the mid frame.
to the left is stinging nettle growing for the first time since spring
and on the right is chicory – now a weed here but popular with the bunnies – so a kind of decoy.

Dinetta said:

justin said:

just checking – and i did forget to mention the first step – right click action and then click ‘open link in new window’.

this is a late planted lebanese zucchini that is growing but not producing any zuchs – which is the same story for the beans

Well if it doesn’t produce fruit, you can always use the flowers!!!

i can’t believe beans can grow for a whole season and not produce pods !!
i’m getting old for saying this but – “you live and learn”

justin said:

i can’t believe beans can grow for a whole season and not produce pods !!
i’m getting old for saying this but – “you live and learn”

Where did you source the seeds?

I find it hard to believe the beans aren’t producing as well, was there water issues when they were first growing?

justin said:

Dinetta said:

justin said:

just checking – and i did forget to mention the first step – right click action and then click ‘open link in new window’.

this is a late planted lebanese zucchini that is growing but not producing any zuchs – which is the same story for the beans

Well if it doesn’t produce fruit, you can always use the flowers!!!

i can’t believe beans can grow for a whole season and not produce pods !!
i’m getting old for saying this but – “you live and learn”

It is not all that uncommon for beans not to fruit in hot weather but this is still the worst year in my gardening history for: no has beans.

Dinetta said:

justin said:

i can’t believe beans can grow for a whole season and not produce pods !!
i’m getting old for saying this but – “you live and learn”

Where did you source the seeds?

I find it hard to believe the beans aren’t producing as well, was there water issues when they were first growing?

I’ve measured my beans at 2.6 m tall and flowers everywhere, no beans.

justin said:

OK from us here in flickr – and thanks RB.
i used ‘action’ – ‘all sizes’ and ‘copy image location’ plus
this is tumeric i think – i planted it back in spring and it has just decided sprout.

:) no problemo.. what’s your Flickr address?.. are you in my contacts?

Is it a pollination problem? Bees? Other insects?

I have beans, but they are only just starting to set now. I tend to just go with whatever chooses to want to grow each year. My tomatoes are only just setting fruit now.

buffy said:

Is it a pollination problem? Bees? Other insects?

I have beans, but they are only just starting to set now. I tend to just go with whatever chooses to want to grow each year. My tomatoes are only just setting fruit now.

Yes. You reliably get late season fruit set. To get it earlier.. you need the water to make the soil black.

this was ms.j’s xmas present – the trolley not the mower. i was about 6y.o. when i last had one of these. its a tiptruck too. good for moving pots around.

roughbarked said:

justin said:

OK from us here in flickr – and thanks RB.
i used ‘action’ – ‘all sizes’ and ‘copy image location’ plus
this is tumeric i think – i planted it back in spring and it has just decided sprout.

:) no problemo.. what’s your Flickr address?.. are you in my contacts?

i don’t know my address – umm?

justin said:

roughbarked said:

justin said:

OK from us here in flickr – and thanks RB.
i used ‘action’ – ‘all sizes’ and ‘copy image location’ plus
this is tumeric i think – i planted it back in spring and it has just decided sprout.

:) no problemo.. what’s your Flickr address?.. are you in my contacts?

i don’t know my address – umm?

just add me to your contacts.

buffy said:

Is it a pollination problem? Bees? Other insects?

I have beans, but they are only just starting to set now. I tend to just go with whatever chooses to want to grow each year. My tomatoes are only just setting fruit now.

i have picked a few beans and tomatoes – so not pollination (plenty bees) – i used rainwater as per normal in spring but mains (chlorinated and flourinated) now.
i have had two successful years prior to this one and i have done all things similar this year – but hey – v.little produce??

roughbarked said:

justin said:

roughbarked said:

:) no problemo.. what’s your Flickr address?.. are you in my contacts?

i don’t know my address – umm?

just add me to your contacts.

justin said:

buffy said:

Is it a pollination problem? Bees? Other insects?

I have beans, but they are only just starting to set now. I tend to just go with whatever chooses to want to grow each year. My tomatoes are only just setting fruit now.

i have picked a few beans and tomatoes – so not pollination (plenty bees) – i used rainwater as per normal in spring but mains (chlorinated and flourinated) now.
i have had two successful years prior to this one and i have done all things similar this year – but hey – v.little produce??

Yep.. all round low productivity. Some things did well.. I’ve probably eaten or processed 60 kg of tomatoes but you always get that when you open a new bed for tomatoes.. Mind, the size of fruit was way down on the scale of things.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

justin said:

i don’t know my address – umm?

just add me to your contacts.

Ok done – but they haven’t confirmed my yahoo ID yet – so maybe on monday?

justin said:

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

just add me to your contacts.

Ok done – but they haven’t confirmed my yahoo ID yet – so maybe on monday?

When it comes through it will show up here.

roughbarked said:

justin said:

roughbarked said:

Ok done – but they haven’t confirmed my yahoo ID yet – so maybe on monday?

When it comes through it will show up here.

If not I’ll inform you to try again. ;)

justin said:

this was ms.j’s xmas present – the trolley not the mower. i was about 6y.o. when i last had one of these. its a tiptruck too. good for moving pots around.

The Very Thing!!

For when a wheelbarrow just doesn’t suit…

Dinetta said:

justin said:

this was ms.j’s xmas present – the trolley not the mower. i was about 6y.o. when i last had one of these. its a tiptruck too. good for moving pots around.

The Very Thing!! For when a wheelbarrow just doesn’t suit…

precisely – the wheelbarrow is difficult to wheel, hold steady and load because of its height, single wheel balance. whereas this cart is child’s play.

Things tip over or out in a wheelbarrow…

justin said:

i can’t believe beans can grow for a whole season and not produce pods !!
i’m getting old for saying this but – “you live and learn”

I have experienced growers around here that are saying the heat is stopping the beans from setting.

roughbarked said:

there is a ghost in your leaf! Or is it spider webs?

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

there is a ghost in your leaf! Or is it spider webs?

spider webs

Dinetta said:

Things tip over or out in a wheelbarrow…

yes and the barrow for me is probably oversized for her.

actually it was an 80y.o. male friend who put us onto these. so they are convenient as you age as well.

justin said:

OK from us here in flickr – and thanks RB.
i used ‘action’ – ‘all sizes’ and ‘copy image location’ plus
this is tumeric i think – i planted it back in spring and it has just decided sprout.

My tumeric doesn’t look like that but we have 2 types growing. A yellow one and an orange one. Only one has leaves as yet and I don’t know if it’s the yellow or the orange.

this was ms.j’s xmas present – the trolley not the mower. i was about 6y.o. when i last had one of these. its a tiptruck too. good for moving pots around.

We’ve got one of those trollys but ours is wire sided. Such a handy gadget. D pulls it behind the ride-on when he picks up all the fallen branches and sticks before he can mow. Also uses it to cart the pump down to the dam when he has to fill the tank. We use it a lot round here.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

justin said:

i don’t know my address – umm?

just add me to your contacts.

That’s almost The Scream by Munch.

pomolo said:

this was ms.j’s xmas present – the trolley not the mower. i was about 6y.o. when i last had one of these. its a tiptruck too. good for moving pots around.

We’ve got one of those trollys but ours is wire sided. Such a handy gadget. D pulls it behind the ride-on when he picks up all the fallen branches and sticks before he can mow. Also uses it to cart the pump down to the dam when he has to fill the tank. We use it a lot round here.

Might save up for one, after my compost tumbler…

pomolo said:

roughbarked said:

That’s almost The Scream by Munch.

Yes, I’ve only just seen it clearly tonight…spooky!

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

roughbarked said:

That’s almost The Scream by Munch.

Yes, I’ve only just seen it clearly tonight…spooky!

:) it is just a spider web curling a leaf on my navel orange

pomolo said:

justin said:

OK from us here in flickr – and thanks RB.
i used ‘action’ – ‘all sizes’ and ‘copy image location’ plus
this is tumeric i think – i planted it back in spring and it has just decided sprout.

My tumeric doesn’t look like that but we have 2 types growing. A yellow one and an orange one. Only one has leaves as yet and I don’t know if it’s the yellow or the orange.

ohoh – i planted tumeric there but that was sept – i might be wrong – will report back.

pomolo said:

this was ms.j’s xmas present – the trolley not the mower. i was about 6y.o. when i last had one of these. its a tiptruck too. good for moving pots around.

We’ve got one of those trollys but ours is wire sided. Such a handy gadget. D pulls it behind the ride-on when he picks up all the fallen branches and sticks before he can mow. Also uses it to cart the pump down to the dam when he has to fill the tank. We use it a lot round here.

i saw those steel ones – they are better but three times the price and non-tippers. they are better because – the sides unpin and flap down – and steel will unlast plastic.

justin said:

pomolo said:

this was ms.j’s xmas present – the trolley not the mower. i was about 6y.o. when i last had one of these. its a tiptruck too. good for moving pots around.

We’ve got one of those trollys but ours is wire sided. Such a handy gadget. D pulls it behind the ride-on when he picks up all the fallen branches and sticks before he can mow. Also uses it to cart the pump down to the dam when he has to fill the tank. We use it a lot round here.

i saw those steel ones – they are better but three times the price and non-tippers. they are better because – the sides unpin and flap down – and steel will unlast plastic.

…….outlast plastic

behind the scoop of icecream is the lemon verbena sorbet that phooey recommended – and it is good!

justin said:

behind the scoop of icecream is the lemon verbena sorbet that phooey recommended – and it is good!

That looks sooooo edible. Yummo!

the wife’s crazy chook calendar comes with this poster.

justin said:

the wife’s crazy chook calendar comes with this poster.

Hard to believe some of them are purpose-bred…not sure what for, tho’…

Dinetta said:

justin said:

the wife’s crazy chook calendar comes with this poster.

Hard to believe some of them are purpose-bred…not sure what for, tho’…

just for their looks. Show bred birds are often pretty useless for eggs or meat.

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

justin said:

the wife’s crazy chook calendar comes with this poster.

Hard to believe some of them are purpose-bred…not sure what for, tho’…

just for their looks. Show bred birds are often pretty useless for eggs or meat.

worldwide we have been breeding chook for 10K years so there is bound to be a lot of variation.

my christmas calendar was ‘goats in trees’. photos from all over the world of goats walking up and all over big, bent tree trunks and branches to reach the leaves.

happy potter was right about the tahitian limes being OK for picking. they are thin skinned and juicy despite being small, green and not ripe.

justin said:

happy potter was right about the tahitian limes being OK for picking. they are thin skinned and juicy despite being small, green and not ripe.

Tahitian limes can be picked almost any time they are full sized. They are sweetest when the skin is yellow.

justin said:

happy potter was right about the tahitian limes being OK for picking. they are thin skinned and juicy despite being small, green and not ripe.

Yum yum yummity yum!

I have started autumn planting. – kifler spuds from last year’s crop in today..
i have mowed over a failed corn crop – giving space for some quick growing late summer crop before the chooks are moved into that pen.

i know i want – broad beans, spinach, broccoli, celery, carrots, lotsof peas………..plus?

i’ve got two pistachio trees on order and need to prepare the holes for them as well…..

justin said:

i know i want – broad beans, spinach, broccoli, celery, carrots, lotsof peas………..plus?

Strawberries? Berries of any kind? I was just thinking about potatoes before, I might try planting them this year, when it gets a bit cooler?

Dinetta said:

justin said:

i know i want – broad beans, spinach, broccoli, celery, carrots, lotsof peas………..plus?

Strawberries? Berries of any kind? I was just thinking about potatoes before, I might try planting them this year, when it gets a bit cooler?

strawberries were replanted last year so not a lot to do this year.
…add to the list – leeks and onions.

if you want good spuds -
1. choose variety – q’ld. dept of ag is your friend.
2. plant a green manure crop now and let it grow for the next 6 weeks
3. add fert (incl potash) and turn in green manure crop – then plant.

they will need watering in the ‘dry’ – so choose a sprinkler and make the bed so the throw of water matches the bed size..

justin said:

Dinetta said:

Strawberries? Berries of any kind? I was just thinking about potatoes before, I might try planting them this year, when it gets a bit cooler?

strawberries were replanted last year so not a lot to do this year.
…add to the list – leeks and onions.

if you want good spuds -
1. choose variety – q’ld. dept of ag is your friend.
2. plant a green manure crop now and let it grow for the next 6 weeks
3. add fert (incl potash) and turn in green manure crop – then plant.

they will need watering in the ‘dry’ – so choose a sprinkler and make the bed so the throw of water matches the bed size..

that might sound a bit daunting so i should add that there are 3 grades of spuds i plant each year

- the first cost nothing and are the ones shooting in your pantry. you may as well plant these any where any time.

- the second are small unwashed spuds from the grocer that you buy to plant. these will yield well and are worth preparing soil for and should be planted as part of a rotation system.

- then there are the certified spud. these cost $9 per kilo and therefore require a return of at least 10:1 to breakeven. spuds here cost about $2 per kilo, so the cost of certified is five times the cost of just buying them to eat. in order to get 10:1 return you need prepare the soil well in advance and spoil the crop, with constant irrigation twice a week, for about 5 months (maybe 4 months in q’ld). getting a 10:1 return is possible and you can plant the babies next year.

justin said:

justin said:

Dinetta said:

Strawberries? Berries of any kind? I was just thinking about potatoes before, I might try planting them this year, when it gets a bit cooler?

strawberries were replanted last year so not a lot to do this year.
…add to the list – leeks and onions.

if you want good spuds -
1. choose variety – q’ld. dept of ag is your friend.
2. plant a green manure crop now and let it grow for the next 6 weeks
3. add fert (incl potash) and turn in green manure crop – then plant.

they will need watering in the ‘dry’ – so choose a sprinkler and make the bed so the throw of water matches the bed size..

that might sound a bit daunting so i should add that there are 3 grades of spuds i plant each year

- the first cost nothing and are the ones shooting in your pantry. you may as well plant these any where any time.

- the second are small unwashed spuds from the grocer that you buy to plant. these will yield well and are worth preparing soil for and should be planted as part of a rotation system.

- then there are the certified spud. these cost $9 per kilo and therefore require a return of at least 10:1 to breakeven. spuds here cost about $2 per kilo, so the cost of certified is five times the cost of just buying them to eat. in order to get 10:1 return you need prepare the soil well in advance and spoil the crop, with constant irrigation twice a week, for about 5 months (maybe 4 months in q’ld). getting a 10:1 return is possible and you can plant the babies next year.

That is all excellent information, thanks Justin. I was thinking I would give potatoes a red hot go this year. chooks or no…sometimes I think I’ll start a garden in the back allotment because the chooks are “supposed” to go there but they don’t, lol!