Oh what a beautiful morning!

Queensland has spoken…did you hear the Rebel Yell south of the Border?

Dinetta said:

Oh what a beautiful morning!

Queensland has spoken…did you hear the Rebel Yell south of the Border?

We had a champagne breakfast here.

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

Oh what a beautiful morning!

Queensland has spoken…did you hear the Rebel Yell south of the Border?

We had a champagne breakfast here.

Haha!

Time to pick the cherry guavas…I’ll wash them and freeze them this time, so they’ll keep for when I’ve got the inclination to turn them into a jam or similar…

Top of the morning to you all…

Dinetta said:

Top of the morning to you all…

and to you.

Evening. Had a full day out in the garden, harvested a worm farm.. a good 10 thou worms sold off @ $20 per thou’ pack and there was still plenty in the farm. It was definitely at capacity. It pays for my bss bargains :)

Now that sick passionfruit. It’s not going to make it unfortunately. I was moving leaf matter away from the trunk, again, and when I leant on it, it moved.. way too easily. I think if I gave it a decent yank, and I’m not strong at all, it would have come right out.
I’ll wait for any near ripe fruit to finish, if they do, then out it comes.

A self seeded tomato turns out to be a gourmet cherry truss! Little double rows of perfectly round cherry t’marties. Daughter cooking us some tea atm. Something smells really yummy..

My worm farm is definitely down on numbers…couldn’t work out why then I realised they weren’t getting anything to eat…so threw in those Darling Downs Golden Yolk pellets, and tonight I’ll put in some mango scrapings…will buy some more lime later this week and sprinkle it on…

The cherry guavas may have been left two days too long, stupid shin…I will have to rake up the fallen ones and dispose of in the nice hot compost…the fruit fly are bad…the tree needs a good going over and the fruit will have to be picked semi-ripe…I’ll get on top of it tho’…and curses on the people (glares down the back) who dump whole wheelie bin loads of mangoes on the railway reserve not even 100 metres away…

Don’t you hate it when…you lose that little elastic hook thing that goes with your elastic bandage?

Dinetta said:

Don’t you hate it when…you lose that little elastic hook thing that goes with your elastic bandage?

Sticky tape ;)

You reckon? See how I go tomorrow, then…

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

Don’t you hate it when…you lose that little elastic hook thing that goes with your elastic bandage?

Sticky tape ;)

I dunno, I keep a string of safety pins.

Happy Potter said:

Evening. Had a full day out in the garden, harvested a worm farm.. a good 10 thou worms sold off @ $20 per thou’ pack and there was still plenty in the farm. It was definitely at capacity. It pays for my bss bargains :)

Now that sick passionfruit. It’s not going to make it unfortunately. I was moving leaf matter away from the trunk, again, and when I leant on it, it moved.. way too easily. I think if I gave it a decent yank, and I’m not strong at all, it would have come right out.
I’ll wait for any near ripe fruit to finish, if they do, then out it comes.

A self seeded tomato turns out to be a gourmet cherry truss! Little double rows of perfectly round cherry t’marties. Daughter cooking us some tea atm. Something smells really yummy..

passionfruit vines have limited life anyway.

I will learn how to crochet, if it kills me! LOL.
I want a granny square blanket. There’s quite a few going pretty cheap that I could buy, but you know what? each and every single one has a black border. Not that black borders are ugly or anything, most are really beautiful, and I think it’s like that because you can use all the colours in the squares and the black would set the colours off nicely, but I want a different one with a sky blue or orange or yellow border, or white :D

Insomnia strikes again, I barely slept 3 hours last night, so I’ll just settle in with a few balls of wool, a crochet hook and a tutorial and see if that will send me off to sleep, lol.

ps those aforementioned 4 kilos of limes all got sold via an online auction to raise funds for a fellow who can’t afford vital life saving medication. I drove into town and parked then walked for ages delivering the limes so I should be really tired. But I’m bright eyed.

Other news while I’m so awake. Found out my jet setting older brother is working with a company that sells stem cell nutrition tablets for animals and humans. Well I wouldn’t bother taking them, but he did send me a bottle for Max. I’ve been giving him the one a day tab and let me tell you, my fluffy dog is so much better. End of any ear problems, no more bacterial or fungal infections found in subsequent tests, no more vestibular attacks, and no more limping inside after chasing and leaping for feral doves. The treatment obviously suits him and he has quite a new spring in his step.
I am so pleased :)

Happy Potter said:

I will learn how to crochet, if it kills me! LOL.
I want a granny square blanket. There’s quite a few going pretty cheap that I could buy, but you know what? each and every single one has a black border. Not that black borders are ugly or anything, most are really beautiful, and I think it’s like that because you can use all the colours in the squares and the black would set the colours off nicely, but I want a different one with a sky blue or orange or yellow border, or white :D

Insomnia strikes again, I barely slept 3 hours last night, so I’ll just settle in with a few balls of wool, a crochet hook and a tutorial and see if that will send me off to sleep, lol.

ps those aforementioned 4 kilos of limes all got sold via an online auction to raise funds for a fellow who can’t afford vital life saving medication. I drove into town and parked then walked for ages delivering the limes so I should be really tired. But I’m bright eyed.

Other news while I’m so awake. Found out my jet setting older brother is working with a company that sells stem cell nutrition tablets for animals and humans. Well I wouldn’t bother taking them, but he did send me a bottle for Max. I’ve been giving him the one a day tab and let me tell you, my fluffy dog is so much better. End of any ear problems, no more bacterial or fungal infections found in subsequent tests, no more vestibular attacks, and no more limping inside after chasing and leaping for feral doves. The treatment obviously suits him and he has quite a new spring in his step.
I am so pleased :)

You need a Highland Meri to teach you how to make a bilum! After that, crotcheing would be a breeze!

And good to hear Max is feeling better :)

You need a Highland Meri to teach you how to make a bilum! After that, crotcheing would be a breeze!

And good to hear Max is feeling better :)
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That would be a dream PM. Their work is so beautiful.

Happy Potter said:

Other news while I’m so awake. Found out my jet setting older brother is working with a company that sells stem cell nutrition tablets for animals and humans. Well I wouldn’t bother taking them, but he did send me a bottle for Max. I’ve been giving him the one a day tab and let me tell you, my fluffy dog is so much better. End of any ear problems, no more bacterial or fungal infections found in subsequent tests, no more vestibular attacks, and no more limping inside after chasing and leaping for feral doves. The treatment obviously suits him and he has quite a new spring in his step.
I am so pleased :)

Sounds interesting. I wonder what is in them?

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Other news while I’m so awake. Found out my jet setting older brother is working with a company that sells stem cell nutrition tablets for animals and humans. Well I wouldn’t bother taking them, but he did send me a bottle for Max. I’ve been giving him the one a day tab and let me tell you, my fluffy dog is so much better. End of any ear problems, no more bacterial or fungal infections found in subsequent tests, no more vestibular attacks, and no more limping inside after chasing and leaping for feral doves. The treatment obviously suits him and he has quite a new spring in his step.
I am so pleased :)

Sounds interesting. I wonder what is in them?

Algae stuff, lol. Don’t know, but it’s working. So clean in his ears, nice pink skin and dry.

Update on the dying passionfruit. I didn’t kill it, as I had thought, but the roots of a conifer, actually a pencil pine planted over the fence in the corner neighbours place, has invaded the passionfruit root area and made the ground way too acidic. This is the diagnosis of the elderly orchard fellow who came over to have a look at it for me. He did a ph test and I could tell by his choice words it was off the chart acid and told me to move the rhubarbs too.

Based on that, and his constant nagging over the years about ‘you can’t eat conifers and daisys, I’m going to do yet another front garden makeover. Planting wise only, fruit trees in place of ornamentals mainly. I want the fruit and I have to put them somewhere. A conifer will go, also a 1 mt magnolia that will get bagged and given away, various other temp things like large daisy shrubs and smaller things. In their place will be an imperial mandarin (already planted) a cherry, a dwarf lime and an apricot’ moorpark’, full size smack in the middle. The raised front is perfect and the whole part is in full sun. Planted around them, once I find out companion planting details, turmeric, ginger and a host of other things. The old bloke is rapt and will help me with planting and grafting pollinators or other varieties on the fruits :)

Happy Potter said:

Update on the dying passionfruit. I didn’t kill it, as I had thought, but the roots of a conifer, actually a pencil pine planted over the fence in the corner neighbours place, has invaded the passionfruit root area and made the ground way too acidic. This is the diagnosis of the elderly orchard fellow who came over to have a look at it for me. He did a ph test and I could tell by his choice words it was off the chart acid and told me to move the rhubarbs too.

Based on that, and his constant nagging over the years about ‘you can’t eat conifers and daisys, I’m going to do yet another front garden makeover. Planting wise only, fruit trees in place of ornamentals mainly. I want the fruit and I have to put them somewhere. A conifer will go, also a 1 mt magnolia that will get bagged and given away, various other temp things like large daisy shrubs and smaller things. In their place will be an imperial mandarin (already planted) a cherry, a dwarf lime and an apricot’ moorpark’, full size smack in the middle. The raised front is perfect and the whole part is in full sun. Planted around them, once I find out companion planting details, turmeric, ginger and a host of other things. The old bloke is rapt and will help me with planting and grafting pollinators or other varieties on the fruits :)

Nice to know it was not your fault, even if you still can’t save the passionfruit.

Happy Potter said:

I will learn how to crochet, if it kills me! LOL.

Start with crochet cotton and washers. The edges are easier for a learner, being thicker and more stable than handerkerchief edges, and a few rows of some simple repition ends in a visible and useful result.

I’m a sucker for edged washers from LifeLine, and have made a few in my time. The washers last better too, as their edges don’t fray so easily.

So who uses washers these days? I do, because like cloth nappies, they can be reused and also you don’t spend a small fortune on expensive “abrasive” facial/body cleansers. Great for the knees and getting all that garden dirt off. I have one for my face and one for my feet/legs, because the latter tend to get stained from dirt scrubbing…

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Update on the dying passionfruit. I didn’t kill it, as I had thought, but the roots of a conifer, actually a pencil pine planted over the fence in the corner neighbours place, has invaded the passionfruit root area and made the ground way too acidic. This is the diagnosis of the elderly orchard fellow who came over to have a look at it for me. He did a ph test and I could tell by his choice words it was off the chart acid and told me to move the rhubarbs too.

Based on that, and his constant nagging over the years about ‘you can’t eat conifers and daisys, I’m going to do yet another front garden makeover. Planting wise only, fruit trees in place of ornamentals mainly. I want the fruit and I have to put them somewhere. A conifer will go, also a 1 mt magnolia that will get bagged and given away, various other temp things like large daisy shrubs and smaller things. In their place will be an imperial mandarin (already planted) a cherry, a dwarf lime and an apricot’ moorpark’, full size smack in the middle. The raised front is perfect and the whole part is in full sun. Planted around them, once I find out companion planting details, turmeric, ginger and a host of other things. The old bloke is rapt and will help me with planting and grafting pollinators or other varieties on the fruits :)

Nice to know it was not your fault, even if you still can’t save the passionfruit.

If I planted fruit trees out the front, I’d have either thefts in the middle of the night or a constant stream of door-knockers wanting fruit…stuff that…

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Update on the dying passionfruit. I didn’t kill it, as I had thought, but the roots of a conifer, actually a pencil pine planted over the fence in the corner neighbours place, has invaded the passionfruit root area and made the ground way too acidic. This is the diagnosis of the elderly orchard fellow who came over to have a look at it for me. He did a ph test and I could tell by his choice words it was off the chart acid and told me to move the rhubarbs too.

Based on that, and his constant nagging over the years about ‘you can’t eat conifers and daisys, I’m going to do yet another front garden makeover. Planting wise only, fruit trees in place of ornamentals mainly. I want the fruit and I have to put them somewhere. A conifer will go, also a 1 mt magnolia that will get bagged and given away, various other temp things like large daisy shrubs and smaller things. In their place will be an imperial mandarin (already planted) a cherry, a dwarf lime and an apricot’ moorpark’, full size smack in the middle. The raised front is perfect and the whole part is in full sun. Planted around them, once I find out companion planting details, turmeric, ginger and a host of other things. The old bloke is rapt and will help me with planting and grafting pollinators or other varieties on the fruits :)

Nice to know it was not your fault, even if you still can’t save the passionfruit.

If I planted fruit trees out the front, I’d have either thefts in the middle of the night or a constant stream of door-knockers wanting fruit…stuff that…

As to the front yard, it does depend on your relationship with your neighbours.
As to conifers well, if the one was affecting the passionfruit then removing one to plant new things should also be considered in a similar light.

Happy Potter said:

Update on the dying passionfruit. I didn’t kill it, as I had thought, but the roots of a conifer, actually a pencil pine planted over the fence in the corner neighbours place, has invaded the passionfruit root area and made the ground way too acidic.

Dig a hole, cut the whole root off as close to the fence as possible.

As to the front yard, it does depend on your relationship with your neighbours.
As to conifers well, if the one was affecting the passionfruit then removing one to plant new things should also be considered in a similar light.
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The trees are going to have a dome to which the height of trees will be kept to, some 3.5 mts.

Definitely on the new planting being acid loving fruits, blueberries as an understory to a (bluddy hell!) pine nut tree. Brackets indicate my response to a pine nut in a pot the kindly old bloke is going to bring me. ‘You can’t change it so work with it’, he said. Now that I agree with.

roughbarked said:

Happy Potter said:

Update on the dying passionfruit. I didn’t kill it, as I had thought, but the roots of a conifer, actually a pencil pine planted over the fence in the corner neighbours place, has invaded the passionfruit root area and made the ground way too acidic.

Dig a hole, cut the whole root off as close to the fence as possible.

Yep, planned to do just that. Funny thing is, the pencil pine wasn’t showing when I planted the p’fruit. The fence is 7 ft and when I watered the p’fruit, it popped up. Now it’s huge. It grew on the water I gave it.

Happy Potter said:

As to the front yard, it does depend on your relationship with your neighbours.
As to conifers well, if the one was affecting the passionfruit then removing one to plant new things should also be considered in a similar light.
————————————————————
The trees are going to have a dome to which the height of trees will be kept to, some 3.5 mts.

Definitely on the new planting being acid loving fruits, blueberries as an understory to a (bluddy hell!) pine nut tree. Brackets indicate my response to a pine nut in a pot the kindly old bloke is going to bring me. ‘You can’t change it so work with it’, he said. Now that I agree with.

You can change it in a small area. Now you can consider small areas to be in pots or the top two inches of any surface area.

Happy Potter said:

roughbarked said:

Happy Potter said:

Update on the dying passionfruit. I didn’t kill it, as I had thought, but the roots of a conifer, actually a pencil pine planted over the fence in the corner neighbours place, has invaded the passionfruit root area and made the ground way too acidic.

Dig a hole, cut the whole root off as close to the fence as possible.

Yep, planned to do just that. Funny thing is, the pencil pine wasn’t showing when I planted the p’fruit. The fence is 7 ft and when I watered the p’fruit, it popped up. Now it’s huge. It grew on the water I gave it.

That should only be a surprise because you didn’t know it was there. If you had looked in the beginning, it could never have been so.

roughbarked said:

Happy Potter said:

roughbarked said:

Dig a hole, cut the whole root off as close to the fence as possible.

Yep, planned to do just that. Funny thing is, the pencil pine wasn’t showing when I planted the p’fruit. The fence is 7 ft and when I watered the p’fruit, it popped up. Now it’s huge. It grew on the water I gave it.

That should only be a surprise because you didn’t know it was there. If you had looked in the beginning, it could never have been so.

I couldn’t look, they’ve cameras everywhere. They don’t answer the door. Young males who grow illicit plants. We never go there. A polite nod is all one gets from them as they drive in or out a big roller door gate.

But all in all, it’s not that bad a thing to lose the passionfruit. It is a lovely exotic fruit for drinks and decorations and has some vitamins and minerals, but you couldn’t live on it. Apricots you can. And you can do so much more with apricots for sweet and savory dishes. They fill you up and contain many health benefits. From my mad doomsday prepper friends who preserve only the best preservables, to those who take dried fruit with them to go bushwalking, I’ve taken note and think I should be growing what is more likely to sustain life. Plus we all love fresh apricots.

Apricots are about the only stone fruit for which I can raise any enthusiasm…

Dinetta said:

Apricots are about the only stone fruit for which I can raise any enthusiasm…

I really miss the apricot that was growing next door, other side elderly neighbours, until the old bloke chain sawed it down, because it was gnarly and ugly. The tree was gorgeous in my eyes. They’d invited me to take from it whatever I wanted as they didn’t use the fruit. So I did for years, shared bagfuls about, ate many, bottled lots of nectar, jam and dried. I esp loved drinking apricot nectar.
I cleaned up under the tree and chooks ate the windfalls. Very missed.

Dinetta said:

Apricots are about the only stone fruit for which I can raise any enthusiasm…

Good morning Holidayers. I picked a couple of zucchini this morning. And went and bothered the peach tree. Last night I got half a dozen. I think of this peach as heavenly. It’s just producing now, white flesh and you can peel the fur off. And it lets go it’s stone. I thought it was Fragar, going on the fruiting time, because this is rather late for a white flesh. But Fragar is meant to be a clingstone. Whatever it is – I grew it from a cutting from a bush in an old garden – it’s absolutely gorgeous and as I’m home for the next three days I’ll be checking it every few hours. It’s not netted and the parrots are being pesky.

Here are some I picked last year. It is exceptionally fragrant and tasty:

I can’t find the answer to a question about fruit trees I need to know before I get planting. I’ve searched and read volumes but cannot find the info. If anyone could help, that would be terrific. Or direct me to a site that can tell me.

I just harvested potatoes from a 2 mt x 2 mt patch in the front garden. I need that spot for a fruit tree. Question is, what fruit tree can I plant where potatoes were growing?

I know not apples. I’m not planning to grow any more apples, have plenty out the back. I’m pretty sure I can grow citrus in that spot, but would rather put the cherry or the apricot there.

buffy said:

Dinetta said:

Apricots are about the only stone fruit for which I can raise any enthusiasm…

Good morning Holidayers. I picked a couple of zucchini this morning. And went and bothered the peach tree. Last night I got half a dozen. I think of this peach as heavenly. It’s just producing now, white flesh and you can peel the fur off. And it lets go it’s stone. I thought it was Fragar, going on the fruiting time, because this is rather late for a white flesh. But Fragar is meant to be a clingstone. Whatever it is – I grew it from a cutting from a bush in an old garden – it’s absolutely gorgeous and as I’m home for the next three days I’ll be checking it every few hours. It’s not netted and the parrots are being pesky.

Here are some I picked last year. It is exceptionally fragrant and tasty:

Lovely :)

Happy Potter said:

I can’t find the answer to a question about fruit trees I need to know before I get planting. I’ve searched and read volumes but cannot find the info. If anyone could help, that would be terrific. Or direct me to a site that can tell me.

I just harvested potatoes from a 2 mt x 2 mt patch in the front garden. I need that spot for a fruit tree. Question is, what fruit tree can I plant where potatoes were growing?

I know not apples. I’m not planning to grow any more apples, have plenty out the back. I’m pretty sure I can grow citrus in that spot, but would rather put the cherry or the apricot there.

I’ve never heard of this so can’t help you I’m afraid. I know not to grow tomatoes or other related plants after potatoes, but haven’t heard about fruit trees. It would be about shared pathogens I expect.

HP…I did some searching on your stem cell nutrition tablets because I was pretty sure they have no scientific support. I can’t find any. This might interest you, although it is not directly about the pills.

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/be-wary-of-stem-cell-pseudoscience/

I think what you are using for the dog is just a cocktail of vitamins and supplements. There are no stem cells involved. They are supposed to stimulate the body to produce stem cells. So it’s just nutrition of the body in general really. And Babuschka has been very ‘puppy’ in the last three to four weeks too, without any pills. It’s just the not into the 40s type Summer we’ve had to date really.

buffy said:

HP…I did some searching on your stem cell nutrition tablets because I was pretty sure they have no scientific support. I can’t find any. This might interest you, although it is not directly about the pills.

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/be-wary-of-stem-cell-pseudoscience/

I think what you are using for the dog is just a cocktail of vitamins and supplements. There are no stem cells involved. They are supposed to stimulate the body to produce stem cells. So it’s just nutrition of the body in general really. And Babuschka has been very ‘puppy’ in the last three to four weeks too, without any pills. It’s just the not into the 40s type Summer we’ve had to date really.

Yes exactly, no stem cells involved, just nutrients that allow for the production and release of the animals, or humans, own stem cells. Glad it’s not too hot for the dogs. I know Max is reluctant to go out even to pee on hot days.

Happy Potter said:

roughbarked said:

Happy Potter said:

Yep, planned to do just that. Funny thing is, the pencil pine wasn’t showing when I planted the p’fruit. The fence is 7 ft and when I watered the p’fruit, it popped up. Now it’s huge. It grew on the water I gave it.

That should only be a surprise because you didn’t know it was there. If you had looked in the beginning, it could never have been so.

I couldn’t look, they’ve cameras everywhere. They don’t answer the door. Young males who grow illicit plants. We never go there. A polite nod is all one gets from them as they drive in or out a big roller door gate.

But all in all, it’s not that bad a thing to lose the passionfruit. It is a lovely exotic fruit for drinks and decorations and has some vitamins and minerals, but you couldn’t live on it. Apricots you can. And you can do so much more with apricots for sweet and savory dishes. They fill you up and contain many health benefits. From my mad doomsday prepper friends who preserve only the best preservables, to those who take dried fruit with them to go bushwalking, I’ve taken note and think I should be growing what is more likely to sustain life. Plus we all love fresh apricots.

Apricots have always played a part in my life but fruit fly made it impossible to grow them here. So all my apricots and plumcots have been cut down.

Dinetta said:

Apricots are about the only stone fruit for which I can raise any enthusiasm…

Then youve never had a good nectarine or peach hot off the tree.

Happy Potter said:

I can’t find the answer to a question about fruit trees I need to know before I get planting. I’ve searched and read volumes but cannot find the info. If anyone could help, that would be terrific. Or direct me to a site that can tell me.

I just harvested potatoes from a 2 mt x 2 mt patch in the front garden. I need that spot for a fruit tree. Question is, what fruit tree can I plant where potatoes were growing?

I know not apples. I’m not planning to grow any more apples, have plenty out the back. I’m pretty sure I can grow citrus in that spot, but would rather put the cherry or the apricot there.

Potatoes and tomatoes are problematic for apricots or so the legend goes. I never had any trouble though so a lot of legends are just myths.

So I’d not worry too much at all.

roughbarked said:

Happy Potter said:

I can’t find the answer to a question about fruit trees I need to know before I get planting. I’ve searched and read volumes but cannot find the info. If anyone could help, that would be terrific. Or direct me to a site that can tell me.

I just harvested potatoes from a 2 mt x 2 mt patch in the front garden. I need that spot for a fruit tree. Question is, what fruit tree can I plant where potatoes were growing?

I know not apples. I’m not planning to grow any more apples, have plenty out the back. I’m pretty sure I can grow citrus in that spot, but would rather put the cherry or the apricot there.

Potatoes and tomatoes are problematic for apricots or so the legend goes. I never had any trouble though so a lot of legends are just myths.

So I’d not worry too much at all.

Right. I started to think that if a question can’t be answered, it’s either the wrong question, or there’s no answer because the problem doesn’t exist. Knowing what you do, eg survival of the fittest, it makes sense.
I intend to raise the patch somewhat to create ‘valleys’ into which I will place my compost and manures. It seems to work out the back. I toss comfrey leaves, worm casts and soiled chook straw then a whole lucerne bale on top into the valleys, or troughs, beside the trees out the back. Kept watered, it breaks down pretty quickly. Chooks spread it for me. I will have to spread it out the front.
Just because it’s a front garden and on view, I’ll have to do it a bit neater. At some stage a plum tree will be added.

buffy said:

HP…I did some searching on your stem cell nutrition tablets because I was pretty sure they have no scientific support. I can’t find any. This might interest you, although it is not directly about the pills.

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/be-wary-of-stem-cell-pseudoscience/

I think what you are using for the dog is just a cocktail of vitamins and supplements. There are no stem cells involved. They are supposed to stimulate the body to produce stem cells. So it’s just nutrition of the body in general really. And Babuschka has been very ‘puppy’ in the last three to four weeks too, without any pills. It’s just the not into the 40s type Summer we’ve had to date really.

I gathered it was nutrition FOR stem cells, not stem cells themselves. When HP said algae based I though Spirulina which is used as a concentrated source of nutrition, useful in cases of malnutrition and considered a “super food”.

bluegreen said:

buffy said:

HP…I did some searching on your stem cell nutrition tablets because I was pretty sure they have no scientific support. I can’t find any. This might interest you, although it is not directly about the pills.

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/be-wary-of-stem-cell-pseudoscience/

I think what you are using for the dog is just a cocktail of vitamins and supplements. There are no stem cells involved. They are supposed to stimulate the body to produce stem cells. So it’s just nutrition of the body in general really. And Babuschka has been very ‘puppy’ in the last three to four weeks too, without any pills. It’s just the not into the 40s type Summer we’ve had to date really.

I gathered it was nutrition FOR stem cells, not stem cells themselves. When HP said algae based I though Spirulina which is used as a concentrated source of nutrition, useful in cases of malnutrition and considered a “super food”.

So why bother with the ‘stem cell’ bit in the name. It’s just good general nutrition. Which doesn’t need supplements for man or beast (in most cases) in Australia with the food supply available to us.

buffy said:

bluegreen said:

buffy said:

HP…I did some searching on your stem cell nutrition tablets because I was pretty sure they have no scientific support. I can’t find any. This might interest you, although it is not directly about the pills.

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/be-wary-of-stem-cell-pseudoscience/

I think what you are using for the dog is just a cocktail of vitamins and supplements. There are no stem cells involved. They are supposed to stimulate the body to produce stem cells. So it’s just nutrition of the body in general really. And Babuschka has been very ‘puppy’ in the last three to four weeks too, without any pills. It’s just the not into the 40s type Summer we’ve had to date really.

I gathered it was nutrition FOR stem cells, not stem cells themselves. When HP said algae based I though Spirulina which is used as a concentrated source of nutrition, useful in cases of malnutrition and considered a “super food”.

So why bother with the ‘stem cell’ bit in the name. It’s just good general nutrition. Which doesn’t need supplements for man or beast (in most cases) in Australia with the food supply available to us.

Absolutely. And why, when I run out of the tablets for max, I’ll switch him to spirulina with other added vitamins, once I am onto the correct doses and such for canines. I mean, vitamin therapy works amazingly for poultry, vitamins can and do bring chickens back from the brink, I’ve seen it and done it, so it makes sense.

buffy said:

bluegreen said:

buffy said:

HP…I did some searching on your stem cell nutrition tablets because I was pretty sure they have no scientific support. I can’t find any. This might interest you, although it is not directly about the pills.

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/be-wary-of-stem-cell-pseudoscience/

I think what you are using for the dog is just a cocktail of vitamins and supplements. There are no stem cells involved. They are supposed to stimulate the body to produce stem cells. So it’s just nutrition of the body in general really. And Babuschka has been very ‘puppy’ in the last three to four weeks too, without any pills. It’s just the not into the 40s type Summer we’ve had to date really.

I gathered it was nutrition FOR stem cells, not stem cells themselves. When HP said algae based I though Spirulina which is used as a concentrated source of nutrition, useful in cases of malnutrition and considered a “super food”.

So why bother with the ‘stem cell’ bit in the name. It’s just good general nutrition. Which doesn’t need supplements for man or beast (in most cases) in Australia with the food supply available to us.

Which is why I was wondering what it composed of specifically :)

However it seems to be working for Max. It may be his diet was lacking in something, or needed a boost with his ongoing illness.

bluegreen said:

buffy said:

bluegreen said:

I gathered it was nutrition FOR stem cells, not stem cells themselves. When HP said algae based I though Spirulina which is used as a concentrated source of nutrition, useful in cases of malnutrition and considered a “super food”.

So why bother with the ‘stem cell’ bit in the name. It’s just good general nutrition. Which doesn’t need supplements for man or beast (in most cases) in Australia with the food supply available to us.

Which is why I was wondering what it composed of specifically :)

However it seems to be working for Max. It may be his diet was lacking in something, or needed a boost with his ongoing illness.

To state the obvious. I don’t know why I never thought of vitamins. This poor dog has been through hell and it was probably because I was ignorant. Those bags of scienceny diets for dogs with added vitamins are way over my budget, I’m sure I can work it out so he gets the added nutrition, without the hellish associated costs.

Happy Potter said:

To state the obvious. I don’t know why I never thought of vitamins. This poor dog has been through hell and it was probably because I was ignorant. Those bags of scienceny diets for dogs with added vitamins are way over my budget, I’m sure I can work it out so he gets the added nutrition, without the hellish associated costs.

Easy to get run down when you are sick and a vitamin boost is a good idea after antibiotics too. Some probiotics might help too.

My mum has had a heart attack. She is in the Prince of Wales Hospital after having a blockage cleared and a stent inserted. Hopefully she will be OK. She is 85.

bluegreen said:

My mum has had a heart attack. She is in the Prince of Wales Hospital after having a blockage cleared and a stent inserted. Hopefully she will be OK. She is 85.

Oh. Stents do help.

Now where did that last post go???

Your Mum’s done well, BlueGreen…here’s hoping she makes a full recovery…

(hug)

Dinetta said:

Now where did that last post go???

Your Mum’s done well, BlueGreen…here’s hoping she makes a full recovery…

(hug)

ditto.

CFA trucks have just gone out. Fire in Lima South. (South & downwind from here.)

bluegreen said:

CFA trucks have just gone out. Fire in Lima South. (South & downwind from here.)

Living on the edge, BlueGreen…

bluegreen said:

My mum has had a heart attack. She is in the Prince of Wales Hospital after having a blockage cleared and a stent inserted. Hopefully she will be OK. She is 85.

Oh, all the best for your mums health, she is in the right place

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

My mum has had a heart attack. She is in the Prince of Wales Hospital after having a blockage cleared and a stent inserted. Hopefully she will be OK. She is 85.

Oh, all the best for your mums health, she is in the right place

Op went well and she is recovering well, except the food is awful and she is having trouble eating it.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

My mum has had a heart attack. She is in the Prince of Wales Hospital after having a blockage cleared and a stent inserted. Hopefully she will be OK. She is 85.

Oh, all the best for your mums health, she is in the right place

Op went well and she is recovering well, except the food is awful and she is having trouble eating it.

The latter indicates a healthy constitution. :)

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Oh, all the best for your mums health, she is in the right place

Op went well and she is recovering well, except the food is awful and she is having trouble eating it.

The latter indicates a healthy constitution. :)

My parents have always had a healthy diet and lifestyle. Mum always cooked fresh balanced meals and I swear we were the only kids in school that had wholemeal bread – before it got trendy. They were keen bushwalkers and mum walks every day still and participates in aerobics for seniors. This incident is more a reflection on her age I think, than heart disease or diet.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

My mum has had a heart attack. She is in the Prince of Wales Hospital after having a blockage cleared and a stent inserted. Hopefully she will be OK. She is 85.

Oh, all the best for your mums health, she is in the right place

Op went well and she is recovering well, except the food is awful and she is having trouble eating it.

Good to hear she is hungry. Yes the food is horrible. I couldn’t eat it.

bluegreen said:

Op went well and she is recovering well, except the food is awful and she is having trouble eating it.

The fam might have to sneak stuff in…demoralising when the food is unappetising..

bluegreen said:

My parents have always had a healthy diet and lifestyle. Mum always cooked fresh balanced meals and I swear we were the only kids in school that had wholemeal bread – before it got trendy. They were keen bushwalkers and mum walks every day still and participates in aerobics for seniors. This incident is more a reflection on her age I think, than heart disease or diet.

Your parents were before their time, obviously…wow aerobics for “seniors”…!!

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

My parents have always had a healthy diet and lifestyle. Mum always cooked fresh balanced meals and I swear we were the only kids in school that had wholemeal bread – before it got trendy. They were keen bushwalkers and mum walks every day still and participates in aerobics for seniors. This incident is more a reflection on her age I think, than heart disease or diet.

Your parents were before their time, obviously…wow aerobics for “seniors”…!!

In more ways than one. They has seat belts fitted front and rear before they were compulsory and we HAD to use them as kids. Same with bicycle helmets. No doubt other stuff we took for granted.

mum is getting a pacemaker put in today.

bluegreen said:

mum is getting a pacemaker put in today.

My mum’s pacemaker kept her going for years without a need for reinstall.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

mum is getting a pacemaker put in today.

My mum’s pacemaker kept her going for years without a need for reinstall.

At her age it should last the rest of her life. It had been suggested for her prior to the heart attack because she has a long history of heart murmur.

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

mum is getting a pacemaker put in today.

My mum’s pacemaker kept her going for years without a need for reinstall.

At her age it should last the rest of her life. It had been suggested for her prior to the heart attack because she has a long history of heart murmur.

Hoping your mums back up and running asap :)

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

My mum’s pacemaker kept her going for years without a need for reinstall.

At her age it should last the rest of her life. It had been suggested for her prior to the heart attack because she has a long history of heart murmur.

Hoping your mums back up and running asap :)

the operation didn’t happen yesterday because she came down with an infection. Rescheduled for tomorrow. She sounded chirpy when i rang and said they are looking after her well.

bluegreen said:

the operation didn’t happen yesterday because she came down with an infection. Rescheduled for tomorrow. She sounded chirpy when i rang and said they are looking after her well.

Oh yes it’s the infections they have to keep an eye on…has the food improved or is she resigned to it?

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

the operation didn’t happen yesterday because she came down with an infection. Rescheduled for tomorrow. She sounded chirpy when i rang and said they are looking after her well.

Oh yes it’s the infections they have to keep an eye on…has the food improved or is she resigned to it?

pretty well resigned to it I think. she doesn’t tend to feel hungry much anyway.

When an aunty of mine was in hospital, she was in her 80s at the time, her step daughter in law used to bring in bubbles (the drinking kind) once a week…

Dinetta said:

When an aunty of mine was in hospital, she was in her 80s at the time, her step daughter in law used to bring in bubbles (the drinking kind) once a week…

I did that too, but not grog, asked family and visitors to bring me in some real food. I mean I will not eat deb mashed potato. Yeah I’m really going to recover well post surgery on that shyte…

Spot the lemon tree. It’s the one with the info tag on it.

The home owner asked me, why isn’t it growing?….
What would you tell them to do?

Happy Potter said:

Spot the lemon tree. It’s the one with the info tag on it.

The home owner asked me, why isn’t it growing?….
What would you tell them to do?

location location location…

painmaster said:

Happy Potter said:

Spot the lemon tree. It’s the one with the info tag on it.

The home owner asked me, why isn’t it growing?….
What would you tell them to do?

location location location…

I told them to take it out and pot it up. How to take it out, where to put it, every single step and that I’d do it for them if they couldn’t.

painmaster said:

Happy Potter said:

Spot the lemon tree. It’s the one with the info tag on it.

The home owner asked me, why isn’t it growing?….
What would you tell them to do?

location location location…

It is the same for any tree. I believe I’ve said stuff about this often.

Just letting you know my mum had another heart attack tonight and they weren’t able to revive her. I spoke to her this morning and she was all cheerful and she had told my sister when she visited that she had had a good life, so I feel that she died happy.

Happy Potter said:

Spot the lemon tree. It’s the one with the info tag on it.

The home owner asked me, why isn’t it growing?….
What would you tell them to do?

Drip water? Just a trickle overnight…

painmaster said:

Happy Potter said:

Spot the lemon tree. It’s the one with the info tag on it.

The home owner asked me, why isn’t it growing?….
What would you tell them to do?

location location location…

Yes, I was going to say also, does anybody else think there’s too much competition for the roots?

Last thing, have they tested the pH of the soil?

bluegreen said:

Just letting you know my mum had another heart attack tonight and they weren’t able to revive her. I spoke to her this morning and she was all cheerful and she had told my sister when she visited that she had had a good life, so I feel that she died happy.

commiserations.
Good that you feel the way you do.

bluegreen said:

Just letting you know my mum had another heart attack tonight and they weren’t able to revive her. I spoke to her this morning and she was all cheerful and she had told my sister when she visited that she had had a good life, so I feel that she died happy.

Gee whiz that was quick BlueGreen. No lingering. Wonderful that you were able to speak with her right at the end.

You’ll miss her, of course (and her socks I suppose :P).

Thinking of you…

Busted me bedhead. Waiting on a male member of the family to come and advise how to fix this. This bed is as “old” as I am, getting on for 60, but it’s not as sturdy as P’s silky oak bed…now that I look at it…b*gg*r…

Dinetta said:

Busted me bedhead. Waiting on a male member of the family to come and advise how to fix this. This bed is as “old” as I am, getting on for 60, but it’s not as sturdy as P’s silky oak bed…now that I look at it…b*gg*r…

photos or it is difficult to advise.. ie: what happened?

bluegreen said:

Just letting you know my mum had another heart attack tonight and they weren’t able to revive her. I spoke to her this morning and she was all cheerful and she had told my sister when she visited that she had had a good life, so I feel that she died happy.

Oh no! :( I am so very sorry to hear this news. Our sincere condolences to you and your family. xxx

I leaned back to get leverage to swing my legs off the bed.

It seems that the leg of the bed has been compromised. Instead of one piece floor to top, at about the bed level this has been sliced in half lengthwise and across, to add the decorative panel..I’ll see if I can take a photo tomorrow morning, my smartphone camera does not have a flash…

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

Busted me bedhead. Waiting on a male member of the family to come and advise how to fix this. This bed is as “old” as I am, getting on for 60, but it’s not as sturdy as P’s silky oak bed…now that I look at it…b*gg*r…

photos or it is difficult to advise.. ie: what happened?

Hang on, see if I can upload…

My drawing skills in Pain are not crash hot…if you double click on the image you should be able to see it in my PB album?

*Paint…

Dinetta said:

I leaned back to get leverage to swing my legs off the bed.

It seems that the leg of the bed has been compromised. Instead of one piece floor to top, at about the bed level this has been sliced in half lengthwise and across, to add the decorative panel..I’ll see if I can take a photo tomorrow morning, my smartphone camera does not have a flash…

I can at least describe a leg orf.

Dinetta said:

*Paint…

having trouble with your phot link. hang on.. see what cando but photobucket is notorious for being difficult.

Trying this…

Is that a bit better?

Dinetta said:

Trying this…

Is that a bit better?

no better. photobucket and i have this on and off type relationship.

OK, I’ll have another go in the morning, might not have the permissions correctly set, or something…

Late morning early this arvo… halo around the sun. Does this mean storms are brewing?

Happy Potter said:

Late morning early this arvo… halo around the sun. Does this mean storms are brewing?

smoke?

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Late morning early this arvo… halo around the sun. Does this mean storms are brewing?

smoke?

Near the coast but pon the north coast I saw all sorts of phenomena in the sky and halo around the sun was one that occurred more than once. Usually it was about moisture in the air.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/roughbarked/sets/72157649176424279/#

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Late morning early this arvo… halo around the sun. Does this mean storms are brewing?

smoke?

Near the coast but pon the north coast I saw all sorts of phenomena in the sky and halo around the sun was one that occurred more than once. Usually it was about moisture in the air.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/roughbarked/sets/72157649176424279/#

and anyway, you shouldn’t be looking directly at the midday sun. ;) note none of my photos actually do that.

Something else you may get from looking at that photo set is this which I’ll place here as well. http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/cha2.htm

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

smoke?

Near the coast but pon the north coast I saw all sorts of phenomena in the sky and halo around the sun was one that occurred more than once. Usually it was about moisture in the air.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/roughbarked/sets/72157649176424279/#

and anyway, you shouldn’t be looking directly at the midday sun. ;) note none of my photos actually do that.

Something else you may get from looking at that photo set is this which I’ll place here as well. http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/cha2.htm

Yes, like your last pic in that set :)
I covered my eyes to the direct sun. I could only see the darker blue inside the halo. It’s interesting.

Happy Potter said:

Yes, like your last pic in that set :)
I covered my eyes to the direct sun. I could only see the darker blue inside the halo. It’s interesting.

Indeed.

I actually liked all of them because they wereall I got. I’d never seen such a event before. They were all just rainbows in my past but the proximity to the coastal moisture laden air and the position I was in latitudinally all added up to me being able to sit there and wait for them if I was free from the mid-morning to midday period.

roughbarked said:

I actually liked all of them because they were all I got. I’d never seen such a event before.

I liked this one because it made me feel all at sea.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

I actually liked all of them because they were all I got. I’d never seen such a event before.

I liked this one because it made me feel all at sea.

It does look like ocean waves :)

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

I actually liked all of them because they were all I got. I’d never seen such a event before.

I liked this one because it made me feel all at sea.

Yes, like stormy seas :)

and these?

roughbarked said:

and these?

moss?

I just found out that one of mum’s life-long friends is going to pay for my air fare to get to Port Macquarie for the funeral. She is not able to go herself as she can’t travel and her husband needs a carer, so I will be her representative. I am so moved and grateful for this offer as it was going to be a struggle for me to get there and it was stressing me out.

Yes. Moss and sporophytes.

and family support is well good to get and good to give.

That’s wonderful, BlueGreen…just wonderful…

roughbarked said:

Near the coast but pon the north coast I saw all sorts of phenomena in the sky and halo around the sun was one that occurred more than once. Usually it was about moisture in the air.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/roughbarked/sets/72157649176424279/#

Whoah!

Good morning Gardeners. We’ve had 13mm of lovely gentle rain overnight. It’s presently gently raining. When this stops I’ll nip out and pick some beans. They should be nicely hydrated. And I’ll pop in some snow pea and more bean seeds later. Might manage a late crop if I’m lucky.

Looks like I’m about to get at least 10 mm. http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR492.loop.shtml

Ah. blessed precipitation is upon me.

roughbarked said:

Ah. blessed precipitation is upon me.

Some here too. Blessed relief.

roughbarked said:

Ah. blessed precipitation is upon me.

Yes, we can all relate to that!

Matching tops!!

Boy she’s growing fast, BlueGreen…

Dinetta said:

It seems that the leg of the bed has been compromised. Instead of one piece floor to top, at about the bed level this has been sliced in half lengthwise and across, to add the decorative panel..I’ll see if I can take a photo tomorrow morning, my smartphone camera does not have a flash…

Was checking out the matter today, and the other leg (with the bed head) has already been cracked, somebody has inserted 5 screws…so help me..Anyway I was thinking they are only solid pine legs, and I have some more than the required length inside some pallets…when Sonny Jim turns up later next week we’ll look at them with a view to replacing these cracked legs, maybe put some flat pine across (to stabilise the legs) and then attach the bed head panel…

Morning. Hot one here in Luckyland again. I have been hiding in the house and quilting. Keeping an eye on the animals.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

My mum has had a heart attack. She is in the Prince of Wales Hospital after having a blockage cleared and a stent inserted. Hopefully she will be OK. She is 85.

Oh, all the best for your mums health, she is in the right place

Op went well and she is recovering well, except the food is awful and she is having trouble eating it.

Good to read. xoxoxo

bluegreen said:

Just letting you know my mum had another heart attack tonight and they weren’t able to revive her. I spoke to her this morning and she was all cheerful and she had told my sister when she visited that she had had a good life, so I feel that she died happy.

Oh BG ((((HUGS)))) for us both here.

roughbarked said:

and these?

Oh how pretty…… and so clear.

bluegreen said:

I just found out that one of mum’s life-long friends is going to pay for my air fare to get to Port Macquarie for the funeral. She is not able to go herself as she can’t travel and her husband needs a carer, so I will be her representative. I am so moved and grateful for this offer as it was going to be a struggle for me to get there and it was stressing me out.

Oh how beautiful of your mum’s friend.

bluegreen said:

Oh what a lovely photo. Gosh she has grown.

One more post and I have filled the side panel….hahahahah

I have lost 3 kilo and I feel awesome for it. Finally sunk in…the carer need to look after herself too.

Lucky1 said:

One more post and I have filled the side panel….hahahahah

I have lost 3 kilo and I feel awesome for it. Finally sunk in…the carer need to look after herself too.

Glad it sunk in! :)

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

One more post and I have filled the side panel….hahahahah

I have lost 3 kilo and I feel awesome for it. Finally sunk in…the carer need to look after herself too.

Glad it sunk in! :)

Me too. I have given up more than the diet coke….. sugar as well.

Hello Gardeners. Getting hot here today. It’s hit over 30 already. I’ve put the water up the top end of the chook run in case snakes want a drink….then they don’t need to come down into the yard at all and they can stay up there near the right-of-way across the back of the pub. And the low use sprinkler is just going under the walnut for the birds. And all the bird water dishes around the garden are topped up. I seasoled many of the plants around the roots before it warmed up too much this morning and they will get a soaking with the hose tonight too. I need to remember to put some food around the blueberry bushes too. Should be some more tigeralla tomatoes to pick too.

In the meantime, I think I might read and nap. Although there is some bookwork to do and it is pleasant enough in the house so I might get that out of the way.

Lucky1 said:

One more post and I have filled the side panel….hahahahah

…and (drumroll) she did it!!

Lucky1 said:

I have lost 3 kilo and I feel awesome for it. Finally sunk in…the carer need to look after herself too.

That is a fact…

Lucky1 said:

Me too. I have given up more than the diet coke….. sugar as well.

Giving up the Diet Coke is awesome…be as difficult as giving up cigaretttes, I reckon…

I buy the Low GI sugar but I am not a sugar person…not even really a fruit person, which is why I like bananas and apples … not too sweet…

In my next life I am coming back as your wildlife, Buffy…

Dinetta said:

In my next life I am coming back as your wildlife, Buffy…

Now there’s an idea.

Lucky1 said:

bluegreen said:

Just letting you know my mum had another heart attack tonight and they weren’t able to revive her. I spoke to her this morning and she was all cheerful and she had told my sister when she visited that she had had a good life, so I feel that she died happy.

Oh BG ((((HUGS)))) for us both here.

Thanks Lucky

Lucky1 said:

One more post and I have filled the side panel….hahahahah

I have lost 3 kilo and I feel awesome for it. Finally sunk in…the carer need to look after herself too.

yes she does :)

Dinetta said:

Lucky1 said:

One more post and I have filled the side panel….hahahahah

…and (drumroll) she did it!!

Lucky1 said:

I have lost 3 kilo and I feel awesome for it. Finally sunk in…the carer need to look after herself too.

That is a fact…

hehehe

Dinetta said:

Lucky1 said:

Me too. I have given up more than the diet coke….. sugar as well.

Giving up the Diet Coke is awesome…be as difficult as giving up cigaretttes, I reckon…

I buy the Low GI sugar but I am not a sugar person…not even really a fruit person, which is why I like bananas and apples … not too sweet…

I don’t like the low GI sugar, so I am going with out all up.

Lucky1 said:

I don’t like the low GI sugar

Why is that?

Dinetta said:

Lucky1 said:

I don’t like the low GI sugar

Why is that?

Oh I don’t know….. just do.

Lucky1 said:

Dinetta said:

Lucky1 said:

I don’t like the low GI sugar

Why is that?

Oh I don’t know….. just do.

Interesting review on it here

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

Dinetta said:

Why is that?

Oh I don’t know….. just do.

Interesting review on it here

Thanks had a read of it. Rather go without.

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

Dinetta said:

Why is that?

Oh I don’t know….. just do.

Interesting review on it here

That is interesting, thanks BlueGreen…

I use it for just about everything except recipes calling for brown sugar…I use icing sugar for icing, mkay, and also for my shortbreads. There’s caster sugar in the cupboard but once that’s used, no more.

The criminal, as I understand it, is not necessarily cane sugar, but corn syrup. This equates to “all those teaspoons” of sugar you will find in the soft drinks, commercial confectionary and big name baked goods.

We don’t use much corn syrup at all in Australia. It’s an American thing.

“Where HFCS is found has a lot to do with trade and agricultural policies. Per capita consumption of HFCS was highest in the US, where we consume 55 pounds of the sweetener per year. The U.S. was followed by Hungary, with the markedly lower rate of 46 pounds per capita, along with Canada, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Belgium, Argentina, Korea, Japan and Mexico.

The countries where no HFCS at all is used include India, Ireland, Sweden, Austria, Uruguay, and Lithuania. France, China, Australia, and the UK all use less than one pound per capita. “

From here:

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/11/study-countries-that-use-more-high-fructose-corn-syrup-have-more-diabetes/265607/

buffy said:

We don’t use much corn syrup at all in Australia. It’s an American thing.

This is old news. Buffy is correct. Yes some corn syrup is in Australian products and these can easily be avoided if one wishes by reading the label.

Hello Gardeners. I have turned off the chipper and come inside. I wear industrial gloves when chipping but I still managed to squish a finger with the secateurs because I let my mind wander a little. Just some uncomfortable bruising, but the rest of the chipping can wait and I’ll do bookwork for the afternoon. It’s also getting a bit UVy out there.

Thanks to all for your concern, but I did not feel the earthquake this morning, even tho’ I was already awake at 02:00…the cat snored on so we were outside the ripple…Fashionista is at Noosa and she said it woke her up…

Not sure if I will be able to get connected while I am away so if not I will see you when I get back.

bluegreen said:

Not sure if I will be able to get connected while I am away so if not I will see you when I get back.

Have a safe trip BG x

Yay a cool day. With hubs asleep and kiddlywinks at work I have a heap of housework to catch up on. I’m having visitors on Fri and my house looks terrible. Kitchen curtains and windows need a wash.

Yest’y a friend and I took both our trailers to be filled with hose manure, the property owner has a bobcat to make loading up easier. Then when we got to my friends home we spent a few hours bagging her trailer load 47 × 30 litre. We were so stuffed. She uses it for no dig vege beds.
I still have to unload mine. Half will go into the chooks run. They will scratch it finer, deseed and eat any bugs; there’s lots of slaters meal worms and beetles in it for them. Then over a few months of soiling with their poop, it will become my next compost :)

hello. I am here and I have internet.

My flight was delayed somewhat due to the plane’s propeller hitting a bird on its way in. They had to wait for the engineer to come in on the next flight to check it out and make sure it was safe to fly. So my 10.05 flight didn’t leave until 13.00 which meant I missed my connection in Sydney and had to get a later flight to Port Macquarie. I arrived safely however and was met by my sister and brother-in-law and we had fish and chips by the water for tea.

Happy Potter said:

. Then over a few months of soiling with their poop, it will become my next compost :)

Sounds delicious…

bluegreen said:

hello. I am here and I have internet.

My flight was delayed somewhat due to the plane’s propeller hitting a bird on its way in.

Better safe than sorry…

bluegreen said:

hello. I am here and I have internet.

My flight was delayed somewhat due to the plane’s propeller hitting a bird on its way in. They had to wait for the engineer to come in on the next flight to check it out and make sure it was safe to fly. So my 10.05 flight didn’t leave until 13.00 which meant I missed my connection in Sydney and had to get a later flight to Port Macquarie. I arrived safely however and was met by my sister and brother-in-law and we had fish and chips by the water for tea.

Glad you got there safely :)

Fish and chips sound nice, might be having that myself tonight.

Evening all. I’m way behind. By the time I get to have a sit down at my comp, it’s bedtime. I’m glad to see the cyclone has slowed, or is slowing.

I’ve been swapping fruits and plants and there’s been seedlings coming and going at a rate I can hardly keep up with. My eggs for figs and peaches, a red and a white cherry guava swapped with some cuttings from my pawpaw and fruit for the seeds and some wolffia water weed for my long yellow capsicums.

Tomatoes are finally turning red! Four fruit from the big tomato were just over 2 kg in total. The self seeded cherry tomato has grown massive and has overtaken silverbeet, celeriac and bean plants. I’m not complaining, it’s a great producer. I pick a bowlful daily.

>>Tomatoes are finally turning red!<<

I just found four red Tommy Toes hiding in the foliage. I’ve had some Tigerellas, slowly, for about three weeks. And the Brown Berries are just starting. I’ve eaten one Pink Bumblebee.

:)

hello folks. the funeral went well, people said lots of nice things about mum and they were all true. flying home tomorrow and the flights have been delayed already! lots of weather I suspect. it certainly has been raining lots here.

bluegreen said:

hello folks. the funeral went well, people said lots of nice things about mum and they were all true. flying home tomorrow and the flights have been delayed already! lots of weather I suspect. it certainly has been raining lots here.

Good to hear from you, BlueGreen. Happy for you that the funeral went well, it’s so important for the respectful memories.
<3

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

hello folks. the funeral went well, people said lots of nice things about mum and they were all true. flying home tomorrow and the flights have been delayed already! lots of weather I suspect. it certainly has been raining lots here.

Good to hear from you, BlueGreen. Happy for you that the funeral went well, it’s so important for the respectful memories.
<3

indeed.

I’m home :)

Oh good! Bet your menangerie (F7) is pleased…

Shadow would like to remind me I should bring the chickens up…

Good morning.

Great…..just discovered red spider mite in the bush beans. They aren’t producing much, so into the rubbish bin they can go. It’s a bit puzzling as my beds are well mulched. There should be plenty of predators around.

buffy said:

Good morning.

Great…..just discovered red spider mite in the bush beans. They aren’t producing much, so into the rubbish bin they can go. It’s a bit puzzling as my beds are well mulched. There should be plenty of predators around.

A spray of milk would have stopped them.

You need to know they are there first. And that bit of garden is problemmatical because the previous owner of this house used some sort of industrial warfare around the borders of the block and it’s taken me well over the decade to get the soil back to anything like useable. So anything like curled leaves or blotchy leaves over there is initially put down to F’s Bloody Residual Weedkiller. I understand the mites can overwinter, so I’ll have to work on digging in lots of compost and stuff there so the predators are in abundance to knock them off for next year.

buffy said:

You need to know they are there first. And that bit of garden is problemmatical because the previous owner of this house used some sort of industrial warfare around the borders of the block and it’s taken me well over the decade to get the soil back to anything like useable. So anything like curled leaves or blotchy leaves over there is initially put down to F’s Bloody Residual Weedkiller. I understand the mites can overwinter, so I’ll have to work on digging in lots of compost and stuff there so the predators are in abundance to knock them off for next year.

Yep.

Landcress, the ‘karma’ plant that’s fighting back to the grubs’. Haha!
On a GA fact sheet.

“Even better than a sacrificial trap crop is a dead-end trap crop. These moths and butterflies are incredibly attracted to Land Cress, Barbarea vulgaris, will put their eggs on this plant – but the caterpillars hatch, they take a bite out of the leaves and they die of toxicity!” Gurion says.

Cooler day, yay, this calls for some baking, fruit muffins and a cake or two :)

Happy Potter said:

Landcress, the ‘karma’ plant that’s fighting back to the grubs’. Haha!
On a GA fact sheet.

“Even better than a sacrificial trap crop is a dead-end trap crop. These moths and butterflies are incredibly attracted to Land Cress, Barbarea vulgaris, will put their eggs on this plant – but the caterpillars hatch, they take a bite out of the leaves and they die of toxicity!” Gurion says.

Native to Eurasia it is naturalised in many parts of North America as a weed.

Wiki doesn’t mention it being in Australia though that may not mean a thing.

roughbarked said:

Happy Potter said:

Landcress, the ‘karma’ plant that’s fighting back to the grubs’. Haha!
On a GA fact sheet.

“Even better than a sacrificial trap crop is a dead-end trap crop. These moths and butterflies are incredibly attracted to Land Cress, Barbarea vulgaris, will put their eggs on this plant – but the caterpillars hatch, they take a bite out of the leaves and they die of toxicity!” Gurion says.

Native to Eurasia it is naturalised in many parts of North America as a weed.

Wiki doesn’t mention it being in Australia though that may not mean a thing.

Weeds are one thing. That we have an endangered species Barbarea australis which with regard to defence chemicals (glucosinolates), it is similar to other members of the genus. Should not only be a consideration of the individual it should also be that of Gardening Australia.

http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=12540

“Barbarea australis — Native Wintercress, Riverbed Wintercress”. Threatened Species & Ecological Communities. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. 6 December 2010.

roughbarked said:

http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=12540

Interesting. Thank you.
Significant others, who know so much, much more than I, thrust these seedlings and potted thing at me with the words, ‘go learn’.

roughbarked said:

“Barbarea australis — Native Wintercress, Riverbed Wintercress”. Threatened Species & Ecological Communities. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. 6 December 2010.

So I have to get hold of this one instead..

Happy Potter said:

Landcress, the ‘karma’ plant that’s fighting back to the grubs’. Haha!
On a GA fact sheet.

“Even better than a sacrificial trap crop is a dead-end trap crop. These moths and butterflies are incredibly attracted to Land Cress, Barbarea vulgaris, will put their eggs on this plant – but the caterpillars hatch, they take a bite out of the leaves and they die of toxicity!” Gurion says.

might have to get me some of these!

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

Happy Potter said:

Landcress, the ‘karma’ plant that’s fighting back to the grubs’. Haha!
On a GA fact sheet.

“Even better than a sacrificial trap crop is a dead-end trap crop. These moths and butterflies are incredibly attracted to Land Cress, Barbarea vulgaris, will put their eggs on this plant – but the caterpillars hatch, they take a bite out of the leaves and they die of toxicity!” Gurion says.

Native to Eurasia it is naturalised in many parts of North America as a weed.

Wiki doesn’t mention it being in Australia though that may not mean a thing.

Weeds are one thing. That we have an endangered species Barbarea australis which with regard to defence chemicals (glucosinolates), it is similar to other members of the genus. Should not only be a consideration of the individual it should also be that of Gardening Australia.

even better!

Happy Potter said:

roughbarked said:

http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=12540

Interesting. Thank you.
Significant others, who know so much, much more than I, thrust these seedlings and potted thing at me with the words, ‘go learn’.

chortles with glee…made my day!

love the colour of the regrowth on these stumps

Go you little sucker!!
was the parent an ironbark?

Have found the mains cord for my wireless…
good news!!

Fruit trees that don’t mind acidic soils. I have searched and read page after page but all I’m getting is people’s comment’s disagreeing with what another person says. Doing my head in.

Happy Potter said:

Fruit trees that don’t mind acidic soils. I have searched and read page after page but all I’m getting is people’s comment’s disagreeing with what another person says. Doing my head in.

Oh, shoulda added, asking because where I’m going to remove conifers out the front is where I want to plant some fruit trees. apricot, cherry, two dwarf limes. And a plum, when I get one.

Happy Potter said:

Happy Potter said:

Fruit trees that don’t mind acidic soils. I have searched and read page after page but all I’m getting is people’s comment’s disagreeing with what another person says. Doing my head in.

Oh, shoulda added, asking because where I’m going to remove conifers out the front is where I want to plant some fruit trees. apricot, cherry, two dwarf limes. And a plum, when I get one.

Ok I rang the local nursery that I’ve been going to since their opening day (1974) and the lady said ‘none really, the mandarine (that’s already planted) and limes wont mind it, but if remove the all the conifers roots and I build up the soil with compost it should be ok. I asked what about a trailer load of manure that I’m going to dump in the area and add blood and bone, got told yes that will be ok. I’ll also add crushed dried comfrey leaves and trays of worm casts.

Happy Potter said:

Happy Potter said:

Fruit trees that don’t mind acidic soils. I have searched and read page after page but all I’m getting is people’s comment’s disagreeing with what another person says. Doing my head in.

Oh, shoulda added, asking because where I’m going to remove conifers out the front is where I want to plant some fruit trees. apricot, cherry, two dwarf limes. And a plum, when I get one.

I think citrus are OK in acidic soils. Not sure of the others.

Happy Potter said:

Happy Potter said:

Happy Potter said:

Fruit trees that don’t mind acidic soils. I have searched and read page after page but all I’m getting is people’s comment’s disagreeing with what another person says. Doing my head in.

Oh, shoulda added, asking because where I’m going to remove conifers out the front is where I want to plant some fruit trees. apricot, cherry, two dwarf limes. And a plum, when I get one.

It is easy to raise the ph of acidic soils with lime. It is more in my mind whether the conifers exude inhibitors like pines.
Ok I rang the local nursery that I’ve been going to since their opening day (1974) and the lady said ‘none really, the mandarine (that’s already planted) and limes wont mind it, but if remove the all the conifers roots and I build up the soil with compost it should be ok. I asked what about a trailer load of manure that I’m going to dump in the area and add blood and bone, got told yes that will be ok. I’ll also add crushed dried comfrey leaves and trays of worm casts.

Happy Potter said:

Fruit trees that don’t mind acidic soils. I have searched and read page after page but all I’m getting is people’s comment’s disagreeing with what another person says. Doing my head in.

Blueberries but they’re a shrub, aren’t they?

Just how far down is the soil, acidic?

Happy Potter said:

Fruit trees that don’t mind acidic soils. I have searched and read page after page but all I’m getting is people’s comment’s disagreeing with what another person says. Doing my head in.

If I can find my Encyclopaedia of Organic Gardening, I will look this up…even if the question is answered by others…I did see this book the other day but can’t remember which box it’s in…

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Happy Potter said:

Oh, shoulda added, asking because where I’m going to remove conifers out the front is where I want to plant some fruit trees. apricot, cherry, two dwarf limes. And a plum, when I get one.

It is easy to raise the ph of acidic soils with lime. It is more in my mind whether the conifers exude inhibitors like pines.
Ok I rang the local nursery that I’ve been going to since their opening day (1974) and the lady said ‘none really, the mandarine (that’s already planted) and limes wont mind it, but if remove the all the conifers roots and I build up the soil with compost it should be ok. I asked what about a trailer load of manure that I’m going to dump in the area and add blood and bone, got told yes that will be ok. I’ll also add crushed dried comfrey leaves and trays of worm casts.

I’d go ahead. Though you didn’t say which manure.

Happy Potter said:

Fruit trees that don’t mind acidic soils. I have searched and read page after page but all I’m getting is people’s comment’s disagreeing with what another person says. Doing my head in.

I thought cherries liked acidic soil?

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

It is easy to raise the ph of acidic soils with lime. It is more in my mind whether the conifers exude inhibitors like pines.
Ok I rang the local nursery that I’ve been going to since their opening day (1974) and the lady said ‘none really, the mandarine (that’s already planted) and limes wont mind it, but if remove the all the conifers roots and I build up the soil with compost it should be ok. I asked what about a trailer load of manure that I’m going to dump in the area and add blood and bone, got told yes that will be ok. I’ll also add crushed dried comfrey leaves and trays of worm casts.

I’d go ahead. Though you didn’t say which manure.

Horse manure. Tons of it in piles on a property I can get for free. They turn it with a bobcat and load my/our trailers.

Didn’t get to sleep until about 4 o’clock last night this morning. My brain wouldn’t turn off. Mostly about mum’s affairs but somewhere along the way I realised I didn’t know how to spell “forehead”. Stupid brian!

Naought brian!

:D

*naughty

>>Fruit trees that don’t mind acidic soils.<<

What a chance to grow blueberries, as someone else suggested. I am growing thyme of various sorts around my blueberry plants and it seems very happy. And because I had a couple of ‘spare’ seedlings, I put in three eggplant plants at the back of the bed. And blow me down if they aren’t the best ones this year! I hadn’t thought they’d like acidic. I have to work on that bed to keep it like that though. I have to use commercial azalea food, and I collect the oak leaves blown across from the park, mow over them and use them to mulch.

buffy said:

>>Fruit trees that don’t mind acidic soils.<<

What a chance to grow blueberries, as someone else suggested. I am growing thyme of various sorts around my blueberry plants and it seems very happy. And because I had a couple of ‘spare’ seedlings, I put in three eggplant plants at the back of the bed. And blow me down if they aren’t the best ones this year! I hadn’t thought they’d like acidic. I have to work on that bed to keep it like that though. I have to use commercial azalea food, and I collect the oak leaves blown across from the park, mow over them and use them to mulch.

Good going on the eggplants, I’ll keep that in mind :)
I’ll definitely be planting blueberries where the passionfruit was. I’m also keeping conifer leaves to as mulch in areas further along the row, away from acidic parts. I can use the mesh trellis behind them to tie them and for netting.

Happy Potter said:

buffy said:

>>Fruit trees that don’t mind acidic soils.<<

What a chance to grow blueberries, as someone else suggested. I am growing thyme of various sorts around my blueberry plants and it seems very happy. And because I had a couple of ‘spare’ seedlings, I put in three eggplant plants at the back of the bed. And blow me down if they aren’t the best ones this year! I hadn’t thought they’d like acidic. I have to work on that bed to keep it like that though. I have to use commercial azalea food, and I collect the oak leaves blown across from the park, mow over them and use them to mulch.

Good going on the eggplants, I’ll keep that in mind :)
I’ll definitely be planting blueberries where the passionfruit was. I’m also keeping conifer leaves to as mulch in areas further along the row, away from acidic parts. I can use the mesh trellis behind them to tie them and for netting.

Both tomatoes and eggplants prefer neutral to acid soils rather than the other way.

Morning green ones. I’ve 16 mm in the rain gauge and it’s back to autumn weather. My tomatoes aren’t ripening due to this unsummery summer and other things aren’t ripening, Spanish melons and zucchs. Millions of green lemons on three trees.

It’s great weather for cooking but!
I’ve some rose petal jam to do today and making a few things for GS to top up his freezer. Capsicums green, but are uniform size at least, so stuffed peppers and spicy pork rice and tomato dish is on the cards for tonights tea.

Oh, I have a side shoot/sprout? on a dwarf tree fern. I know I can cut it off close to the trunk and pot it up, but I don’t know when is best, or what to pot it into. peat moss? The tree ferns are a good 13, 14 years old and there’s three. A forth one was the standard huge tree fern and got too big for the narrow area and had to come out. So there’s a vacant spot for a forth :)

I’ve never seen one of these shoots before so I’m excited at the prospect of a new plant.

Happy Potter said:

Oh, I have a side shoot/sprout? on a dwarf tree fern. I know I can cut it off close to the trunk and pot it up, but I don’t know when is best, or what to pot it into. peat moss? The tree ferns are a good 13, 14 years old and there’s three. A forth one was the standard huge tree fern and got too big for the narrow area and had to come out. So there’s a vacant spot for a forth :)

I’ve never seen one of these shoots before so I’m excited at the prospect of a new plant.

I’ve never tried this so don’t quote me. I’d be prone to pack some sphagnum around it to encourage roots before removing it.

Happy Potter said:

Oh, I have a side shoot/sprout? on a dwarf tree fern. I know I can cut it off close to the trunk and pot it up, but I don’t know when is best, or what to pot it into. peat moss? The tree ferns are a good 13, 14 years old and there’s three. A forth one was the standard huge tree fern and got too big for the narrow area and had to come out. So there’s a vacant spot for a forth :)

I’ve never seen one of these shoots before so I’m excited at the prospect of a new plant.

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

Oh, I have a side shoot/sprout? on a dwarf tree fern. I know I can cut it off close to the trunk and pot it up, but I don’t know when is best, or what to pot it into. peat moss? The tree ferns are a good 13, 14 years old and there’s three. A forth one was the standard huge tree fern and got too big for the narrow area and had to come out. So there’s a vacant spot for a forth :)

I’ve never seen one of these shoots before so I’m excited at the prospect of a new plant.

Augh!!

Exciting!