good morning for the 1st day of the month :)
I slept in , wonder of wonders, and missed my watering time. I have rainwater saved but that wont be enough. O well. A watering can will have to do for things that really need it.
I have a box of the weeping hoses, I might install them today, and continue working on my front garden rock border.
Hey HP. November you reckon. Are you sure? Feels like March.
Anyhoo. I might go water before it gets hot.
Nice cool morning here after 32 degrees yesterday.
good morning folks. Cool and overcast today. Mr BG is going on an aerobatic flight in a Tiger Moth today – a present from the rugrats last birthday. He’s packing it! lol!
Morning, just in from watering the vegie patch. Wind is cool outside and I was shivering in the shade.
Drove to sydeny aiport and back yesterday night.
Ahhhhhhhh.
There is NOTHING like a delicious home-made milkshake after a hard morning of gardening on a hot day.
sigh
Hi all :)
it’s a nice mild day here in Melbourne.
harvested a lot of garlic, and planted out some brassica seedlings that were growing in pots. i want to learn how to plat the garlic. should be a youtube video on it. some corn is coming up in the rows planted a couple of weeks back.
can’t spend all day outside, as have housework to do. as much as i’d like to stay outside considering these rare mild days in Melbourne.
cheers in November.
veg gardener said:
Drove to sydeny aiport and back yesterday night.
that would have been a good long drive for you VG. How many hours have you got up now? Will you be going for your P’s soon?
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
Drove to sydeny aiport and back yesterday night.
that would have been a good long drive for you VG. How many hours have you got up now? Will you be going for your P’s soon?
i have 105 hours now and i will be going for my P’s End of Jan.
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
Drove to sydeny aiport and back yesterday night.
that would have been a good long drive for you VG. How many hours have you got up now? Will you be going for your P’s soon?
i have 105 hours now and i will be going for my P’s End of Jan.
dad said newcastle isnt good engouh for city driving and i kept saying to him and my sister you wanna drive through here because i dont wanna drive down here. ( i really dislike sydeny to many people on the roads for me).
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
Drove to sydeny aiport and back yesterday night.
that would have been a good long drive for you VG. How many hours have you got up now? Will you be going for your P’s soon?
i have 105 hours now and i will be going for my P’s End of Jan.
you are doing well :)
veg gardener said:
dad said newcastle isnt good engouh for city driving and i kept saying to him and my sister you wanna drive through here because i dont wanna drive down here. ( i really dislike sydeny to many people on the roads for me).
I agree Sydney is awful to drive in but it is good practice for you as you will probably have to drive in Sydney at some stage on your own so it is good to know what to expect.
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
dad said newcastle isnt good engouh for city driving and i kept saying to him and my sister you wanna drive through here because i dont wanna drive down here. ( i really dislike sydeny to many people on the roads for me).
I agree Sydney is awful to drive in but it is good practice for you as you will probably have to drive in Sydney at some stage on your own so it is good to know what to expect.
yeah dont think ill be going there for ages unless i have to, trains are good from here to Sydeny so is a plane from newcastle to there and it only cost us $30 for fuel to go down and back ( good old gas).
Mr BG going up in a Tiger Moth. This was a birthday present from the kids – a 20 minute aerobatic flight. He said it was the most scariest and fantastic thing he has ever done! He did wings dips, barrel rolls and complete loops. I thought the pilot looked rather young but he had 7 years experience of aerobatics and says that he finds straight flying very boring!
Ya know Bluegreen……… your hubby looked pretty darn happy considering his pilot looks like he out grew nappies last week.
Other wise…… so glad he enjoyed it:D
bluegreen said:
Mr BG going up in a Tiger Moth. This was a birthday present from the kids – a 20 minute aerobatic flight. He said it was the most scariest and fantastic thing he has ever done! He did wings dips, barrel rolls and complete loops. I thought the pilot looked rather young but he had 7 years experience of aerobatics and says that he finds straight flying very boring!
looks like he enjoyed himself.
My cucumbers (long green type) – just planted – has leaves going white/silver..
Any ideas? The apple type cucumbers beside them look ok..
Some of the cucurbit have white or silver in their leaves naturally collie. Like a pattern coming out from the veins. Might be OK i reckon. As long as the plants look ok otherwise.
thunder lightning and a little bit of rain in adelaide this morning.
going to see the movie ‘burn after reading’.
g’day lerkers
Good morning Pepe and anyone else around.
Bright overcast here. No idea of forecast, not that it is very reliable.
Lazy morning, nearly to end of radio garden talk back show that I have been half-listening to.
Thunder here heaps……..as well. Not a lot of rain though:( Morning…
Turned the poultry into veg garden yesterday – very little worth protecting – comfrey and rhubarb perhaps, the rest they can clean up. Pulling out overgrown Eua de Cologne mint that was rampant from earlier wet weather. It provides green material for compost – I have been making a lot of shredded paper – years overdue clean out of paper. Dumped a few dozen duck eggs into it – poor fertility, discards from incubator. The Campbells are down to one egg now – they started off with 8 shared between them. There are more rotten eggs under the mallqards that need clearing. Can whiff them when I go near the Igloo and must check soon.
I’m home! Only read the first page of posts. Bit tired. Plan on unpacking, renting a movie, doing some popcorn and vegetating. The Duo won’t be home til after 6pm.
Had a great weekend. Didn’t really feel like it when I arrived on Friday night. Bit ho-hum about sewing anything. But gradually found my feet (or fingers). Made a dozen or so Christmas decorations – Chrissy shapes cut out of Chrissy fabric, and lightly stuffed, ribbons on the top. They can be tied together to form a string, or tied individually. Planning on replacing my crap commercial tinsel with them.
Made myself a handy dandy bag. Bought the pattern a while ago. It was a bit rough going. Had a few too many glasses of bubbles while working on it. There was some naughty words and stamping of feets on several occassions.
And I made me a mini-quilt. The Man picked up a bunch of small metal toolboxes a while ago. I snaffled one as a sewing box. The new quilt is to line the box so my sewing tools don’t bang about on the metal.
And I had fun. My online quilting group runs a secret Christmas swap. We get assigned a “sister”; in June we make and send her (anonoymously) a Christmas stocking or sack. Then each month after we send a small pressie to go in the sack. My sister just happened to be at retreat. So, I took a bunch of little things – hand cream, choccies, notepads etc. Each one had a labelled that said “please pass to ….” (complete with her photo from her blog, in case people didn’t know who she was). I then left these pressies all over the camp – in the shower block, on the tea table, on other people’s sewing tables. She’s suspicious but she wasn’t certain enough to actually pin me. If I do say so myself, my sleight of hand is pretty darn good.
And to top off my weekend – most of my lettuce seem to have come good. Definately lost some. But I had waaaay too many anyway. Got some flowers on my rockies. Plants aren’t very big yet, only maybe 1/2 dozen leaves. Should I remove the flowers, make them grow more first? Watermelon has another 2 leaves. I reckon if I watched it for an hour I’d see it grow. Tommies seem to have grown a foot too. Pak choy going to seed – in two days! The silverbeet seeds I planted just Friday (Thursday?) have already sprouted. Nothing else has yet.
My watering day today, so I’ll give everything a good ‘dusting’.
pepe said:
thunder lightning and a little bit of rain in adelaide this morning.
going to see the movie ‘burn after reading’.
g’day lerkers
i’m back
the movie only got 3 stars from me – friends rated it higher.
and we got a heavy shower of rain before we left.
Oh haven’t I just had a fun day……
My virus protection crap itself and when I tried to reinstall it…..it didn’t want to work…. so I had to reformat my toshie, as its off pay week.
I now have 91 days of condom over my puter…. enough time to buy a new program….
Nothing like reformatting and putting programs back on the hard drive.
Gardening is so much easier…….
Lucky I love my toshie……..
Very fast now, half the crap is gone…… like a new born again.
>Might be OK i reckon. As long as the plants look ok otherwise.
OK. ta. I’ll givem a day or 3..
doing my Greencard today.
Morning, I’m catching up.. been quiet hey.
I hope the garden meet up at Thee’s went well, any pics peoples who went ?
I was stuck at home and no car.
Monday – housework and laundry, groann.
I have visitors nearly every day this week, so I got to spiff up the kids bathroom and mop the floors.
Spilt ice cream stain that Max had fun licking up , the floor is gross.
And some cooking orders to do.
if theres a thread on corn I can’t find it, so I’ll ask here…
It’s about thigh high now, so I will bung in a few climing bean seeds between them , but one thing I wanted to find out about .. the corn plants have side shoots, do I leave them in ?
Oh a carrot question too.. the patch of them is thick and lush, they’re about 20 cm high ..planted into pretty dead new soil, no mulch , no goodies added to the soil, no worm wee, nothing at all, just watered weekly.
But… do I add anything to them at this stage to keep them growing well?
Happy Potter said:
if theres a thread on corn I can’t find it, so I’ll ask here…
It’s about thigh high now, so I will bung in a few climing bean seeds between them , but one thing I wanted to find out about .. the corn plants have side shoots, do I leave them in ?Oh a carrot question too.. the patch of them is thick and lush, they’re about 20 cm high ..planted into pretty dead new soil, no mulch , no goodies added to the soil, no worm wee, nothing at all, just watered weekly.
But… do I add anything to them at this stage to keep them growing well?
HP, i planted some corn seeds on the weekend.
The corn i got last year was sensational and them side shoots, if they are what i think they are then don’t pull them off as they will grow cobs on them also. My corn last year had the main stem and 2 side shoots on them.
Rook
Rook said:
Happy Potter said:
if theres a thread on corn I can’t find it, so I’ll ask here…
It’s about thigh high now, so I will bung in a few climing bean seeds between them , but one thing I wanted to find out about .. the corn plants have side shoots, do I leave them in ?Oh a carrot question too.. the patch of them is thick and lush, they’re about 20 cm high ..planted into pretty dead new soil, no mulch , no goodies added to the soil, no worm wee, nothing at all, just watered weekly.
But… do I add anything to them at this stage to keep them growing well?HP, i planted some corn seeds on the weekend.
The corn i got last year was sensational and them side shoots, if they are what i think they are then don’t pull them off as they will grow cobs on them also. My corn last year had the main stem and 2 side shoots on them.
Rook
Thanks Rook, yeah they are definately side shoots, and have 2 on each plant.
I shall leave them alone to do their thing then :)
Happy Potter said:
I hope the garden meet up at Thee’s went well, any pics peoples who went ?
I was stuck at home and no car.
that’s tomorrow for Cup Day ;)
Happy Potter said:
if theres a thread on corn I can’t find it, so I’ll ask here…
It’s about thigh high now, so I will bung in a few climing bean seeds between them , but one thing I wanted to find out about .. the corn plants have side shoots, do I leave them in ?Oh a carrot question too.. the patch of them is thick and lush, they’re about 20 cm high ..planted into pretty dead new soil, no mulch , no goodies added to the soil, no worm wee, nothing at all, just watered weekly.
But… do I add anything to them at this stage to keep them growing well?
haven’ t grown corn for ages, and yet to grow successful carrots but for what it is worth…
keep the side shoots on your corn but they will love you for lots of organic mulch and water.
don’t think you need to add anything to your carrots but Lucky will probably know more about this.
Oh a carrot question too.. the patch of them is thick and lush, they’re about 20 cm high ..planted into pretty dead new soil, no mulch , no goodies added to the soil, no worm wee, nothing at all, just watered weekly.
But… do I add anything to them at this stage to keep them growing well?
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Just keep them moist and as you thin them out, use them as baby carrots.
don’t think you need to add anything to your carrots but Lucky will probably know more about this.
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Whew glad I answered this one…lol
I add worm wee to them….but I’m a real worm wee fan:D
Happy Potter said:
if theres a thread on corn I can’t find it, so I’ll ask here…
It’s about thigh high now, so I will bung in a few climing bean seeds between them , but one thing I wanted to find out about .. the corn plants have side shoots, do I leave them in ?Oh a carrot question too.. the patch of them is thick and lush, they’re about 20 cm high ..planted into pretty dead new soil, no mulch , no goodies added to the soil, no worm wee, nothing at all, just watered weekly.
But… do I add anything to them at this stage to keep them growing well?
leave the side shoots on corn
i find it hard to believe you’ve got a patch of land that isn’t fertile LOL.
i’m using lucky’s worm wee and if the carrots are pale – phosphate makes them a redder colour.
morning all ;0
Overcast here and even a few spots of drizzle – not sure that they made it to the ground though.
Plants in pots are wilting – not easy to keep them alive with these stupid restrictions (our water supply dam is over 93% and a bit of heavy rain and they start to worry about it overflowing and flooding!).
i’m using lucky’s worm wee and if the carrots are pale – phosphate makes them a redder colour.
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Do you think the worm wee is making a difference Pepe???
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
I hope the garden meet up at Thee’s went well, any pics peoples who went ?
I was stuck at home and no car.
that’s tomorrow for Cup Day ;)
Ohhh. Of course! lol.
I’ll blame stress.
Right.. I’ll know about 3 pm today if we can attend.
Lucky1 said:
Oh a carrot question too.. the patch of them is thick and lush, they’re about 20 cm high ..planted into pretty dead new soil, no mulch , no goodies added to the soil, no worm wee, nothing at all, just watered weekly.
But… do I add anything to them at this stage to keep them growing well?
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Just keep them moist and as you thin them out, use them as baby carrots.
Oh ok, thanks I will do that .. so no feeding… you know, as a mum it’s tough to be told you can’t feed something! LOL
Lucky1 said:
don’t think you need to add anything to your carrots but Lucky will probably know more about this.
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Whew glad I answered this one…lolI add worm wee to them….but I’m a real worm wee fan:D
Do you get good carrots ?
So I CAN feed them something :D
To appease my nurturing side..I shall give em some worm wee water later.
It’s gone very dark and looks like rain, I hope so.
pepe said:
lol Pepe.. you will never know the angst I went through not to enrich that soil , I’m a ‘bung it all on’ sort. But if the carrots are good this first time, then I’ll use old depleted soils for next years. I used the seed tape so I didn’t have to thin them, so far they are about 3 cm apart. PS I hate carrots, I’m over them, but growing them for the rest of the family, and carrot cakes.
Happy Potter said:
if theres a thread on corn I can’t find it, so I’ll ask here…
It’s about thigh high now, so I will bung in a few climing bean seeds between them , but one thing I wanted to find out about .. the corn plants have side shoots, do I leave them in ?Oh a carrot question too.. the patch of them is thick and lush, they’re about 20 cm high ..planted into pretty dead new soil, no mulch , no goodies added to the soil, no worm wee, nothing at all, just watered weekly.
But… do I add anything to them at this stage to keep them growing well?leave the side shoots on corn
i find it hard to believe you’ve got a patch of land that isn’t fertile LOL.
i’m using lucky’s worm wee and if the carrots are pale – phosphate makes them a redder colour.
Happy Potter said:
Lucky1 said:
don’t think you need to add anything to your carrots but Lucky will probably know more about this.
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Whew glad I answered this one…lolI add worm wee to them….but I’m a real worm wee fan:D
Do you get good carrots ?
So I CAN feed them something :D
To appease my nurturing side..I shall give em some worm wee water later.
It’s gone very dark and looks like rain, I hope so.
Lucky1 said:
i’m using lucky’s worm wee and if the carrots are pale – phosphate makes them a redder colour.
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Do you think the worm wee is making a difference Pepe???
no – its the brilliance of the gardener LOL.
in truth – yes there is a strong possibility that this soil needs more microbacterial activity.
Oh I grow the most wonderful carrots:D Ask Pepe;)
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yeah her carrots are bonza – probably because of the worm juice – wouldn’t be her. LOL.
i’m joking again – lucky has developed her soil into a rich loam. she started out with the rubbishy clay that is all around here.
pepe said:
Oh I grow the most wonderful carrots:D Ask Pepe;)
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yeah her carrots are bonza – probably because of the worm juice – wouldn’t be her. LOL.
i’m joking again – lucky has developed her soil into a rich loam. she started out with the rubbishy clay that is all around here.
blushes boy what a complement:D Thank you.
Thank you all for your birthday wishes. I could have a pity party, but I’m actually having a lovely day. The Man wasn’t sufficiently organised to ensure there was loot for me this morning :-( I know he’s home from work early today, so maybe he & The Girl will cook something up between them this afternoon. I did give him the option of simply putting money in my sewing machine account, but I doubt that will satisfy The Girl; she’s a gift giver.
Had heaps of messages on Facebook, which is lovely. For all the dangers and issues I love the connections that the internet creates.
Spent 5 or 10 minutes feretting in the garden this morning. Pak choy is going to seed; will have to eat. Anyone got some recipes. I’m limited to stir fry. The Girl likes it as a “lettuce”, but I find it a bit tart.
Got dozens of toms coming on and still more flowers forming. Probably at least 1/2 dozen cucumbers forming, and (again) more flowers. The cucumbers are very considerate; there is only ever one (or occasionally two) ready to pick at once, but there’s always one ready when I want it. Very considerate. All my other cucubits seem to be powering along.
Lettuce appear to be recovering nicely. I trimmed off some dead leaves this morning and removed the shade cloth. I don’t know that the shade cloth provided any real shade – I rigged it the direction. DUH! I have lost some plants, but I still have about 3 times anything we can eat.
My current batch of silverbeet looks like it’s almost done for. I’m cutting off dieing leaves and feeding to the piggles. There’s still some good leaves for human consumption (horrid stuff, can’t stand it), so I won’t pull it just yet.
Beans are coming along nicely; about 6 inches high now. I’m hoping they’re bush beans. I thought “They’re bush beans” and pulled out the trestle (left over from the peas). Then panicked and thought “Maybe they’re not”. LOL. I’m pretty sure they are.
How long should carrots take to grow to full size? I planted baby and normal (mixed) probably back in late June/early July. They don’t seem to be growing underneath, although the tops look fantastic. I’m wondering if I should just gradually pull them and use them as is. They’re in one of my tubs and the no-dig has sunk about 18 inches, so they’re probably not getting a lot of sun. I built up the other side of the tub when I pulled the last of the beetroot with another layer of straw and manure and top soil.
Going to hunt up some basil recipes. Got basil coming out my ears and I need to thin it drastically. Got a ball of it a good 18 – 24 inches across and about 8 or 9 inches high. Someone posted something to do with chicken? Bubba or BG, maybe?
Got a lovely jar of sprouts growing on the kitchen counter. Found another jar this morning, so I can have two batches going at once. I notice Diggers have a sprouting kit. Wonder if its worth the extra $$, when old jars and pantyhose work anyway.
Well, I should go do some work. Not really feeling like being productive at the moment. Combination of it being my BD and having the last two weeks off, and (until 1/2 hour ago) not having anything particularly exciting to work on.
They’ve just increased the pay for new graduate teachers here in WA. They now start at $67k straight from uni.
Not worth the extra over my salary to put up with those #$&*($& kids!!
colliewa said:
They’ve just increased the pay for new graduate teachers here in WA. They now start at $67k straight from uni.Not worth the extra over my salary to put up with those #$&*($& kids!!
WOW. And all those holidays!
Compared to my salary straight out of uni that is huuuuuuuuuuge…
>Compared to my salary straight out of uni that is huuuuuuuuuuge…
Guess it is a measure of the WA economy… Lots of good paying jobs out there and you don’t even need to live in the big smoke..
colliewa said:
>Compared to my salary straight out of uni that is huuuuuuuuuuge…Guess it is a measure of the WA economy… Lots of good paying jobs out there and you don’t even need to live in the big smoke..
Yeh, although job security isn’t looking too good at the moment…
SueBk said:
Going to hunt up some basil recipes. Got basil coming out my ears and I need to thin it drastically. Got a ball of it a good 18 – 24 inches across and about 8 or 9 inches high. Someone posted something to do with chicken? Bubba or BG, maybe?
drool Pesto! drool
Basil, garlic, extra virgin olive oil and crushed cashews or Basil, garlic, extra virgin olive oil and crushed pine nuts – stirred through pasta – yum!
Hello everybody! I has been busy in the garden all weekend again, so not able to chatter. (Once again didn’t even turn the puter on ‘til evening when you would all have been asleep lest it stop me from getting into the garden!)
Will put some info of what I’ve been up to and some updated piccies in my thread (if I can find it) over the next couple of days as I’m about to scoot off to doggie obedience.
Picked about a 1/4 of my unplanned basil patch for someone at work today. Will use more tonight to make paste for chicken breasts. Might make a batch of silverbeet pasta to go with it too. We’ll see how beat I am at the end of the working day. Basil smells lovely; very citrus-y.
Some blighter ate the end of my watermelon vine <<frizzle frazzle="" frat="">>. It’s the one area in the whole vegie patch that I didn’t snail bait last night. Blasted snails are driving me crazy at the moment. I bait every couple of days and kill them by the hundreds but there always seems to hundreds more waiting.
SueBk said:
Some blighter ate the end of my watermelon vine <<frizzle frazzle="" frat="">>. It’s the one area in the whole vegie patch that I didn’t snail bait last night. Blasted snails are driving me crazy at the moment. I bait every couple of days and kill them by the hundreds but there always seems to hundreds more waiting.
the watermelon will just send out side shoots. Sounds like you need some chooks & ducks though :)
bluegreen said:
SueBk said:
Some blighter ate the end of my watermelon vine <<frizzle frazzle="" frat="">>. It’s the one area in the whole vegie patch that I didn’t snail bait last night. Blasted snails are driving me crazy at the moment. I bait every couple of days and kill them by the hundreds but there always seems to hundreds more waiting.
the watermelon will just send out side shoots. Sounds like you need some chooks & ducks though :)
Oh yes…..chooks and ducks are great bug eaters…& plant wreckers..lol
Morning All,
Happy Cup day! Hope you all enjoy it whichever way you like to spend it. I’m not interested in the races but it’s nice to have an excuse to party!
Good Morning all. :)
My niece just left, with the following…
3 dozen eggs
Bag off goodies for her baby giggle pigs and some asparagus for her & partner:D
She’s a happy girl:D
Arvo all ……
I’m finally back … life is a bit hectic at the moment.
Anyway I just wanted to report that I have tasted my pale green/yellow Mr Fothergills heritage capsicum and it has a lovely light delicate flavour. I highly recommend them :-)
Crinkle said:
Arvo all ……I’m finally back … life is a bit hectic at the moment.
Anyway I just wanted to report that I have tasted my pale green/yellow Mr Fothergills heritage capsicum and it has a lovely light delicate flavour. I highly recommend them :-)
Oh good thanks for that Crinkle:D
Arvo all :)
Would broad beans work in a vegetable lasagna?
We’ve got broad beans (still in pods) in our weekly vegie delivery… not sure what to do with them.
I will look up our Jamie Oliver cookbook tonight as I know he has some fresh bean recipes..
Dinner tonight consisted of:
I think that’s probably the most I’ve used from my garden in one meal. It was very yummy.
SueBk said:
Dinner tonight consisted of:
- pasta made with home grown chookle eggs and silverbeet. Wasn’t brilliant pasta ‘cause the roller machine broke :-(( But it was okay
- baby carrots
- pesto made with home grown basil and garlic.
I think that’s probably the most I’ve used from my garden in one meal. It was very yummy.
lovely – well done .
i went to the garden club last night and got four basil seedlings for 50c each. they will replace the ones eaten by earwigs. moan – dreams of summer pesto.
Morning Pepe—I don’t get here very often these days
Grasshopper said:
Morning Pepe—I don’t get here very often these days
morning grasshopper – we have missed your chats in the mornings.
still the forum is not the busy hive it was when people were less busy.
Yes when I do get on here there seems no one is around—
Grasshopper said:
Yes when I do get on here there seems no one is around—
you are not alone LOL.
most people seem to put up four or five postings in a row and then wait half a day for the replies to come in.
Yes I have found that as well—I guess they are all very busy—I know I have been of late
Good afternoon – just. Cool & drizzly here and have intentions of getting some paperwork done…if I can settle down to it – still haven’t done my tax after such good intentions…
obama can certainly give a speech.
congrats to the president elect.
pepe said:
obama can certainly give a speech.
congrats to the president elect.
Yeah I thought it was a good speech….elf is over it…… me I like to see history in the making.
To see the hope in the people’s faces was powerful stuff.
Also I said to the elf….. to think when old Linc set the African Americans free, most couldn’t read or write, not allowed to vote…….. bet they never thought for a second…one day …. one of them was going to run the country…… lurv history:D
we are preparing to hop on the bikes tomorrow and head off to Jindabyne for 5 or 6 days – big bike rally happening :)
bluegreen said:
we are preparing to hop on the bikes tomorrow and head off to Jindabyne for 5 or 6 days – big bike rally happening :)
bluegreen said:
we are preparing to hop on the bikes tomorrow and head off to Jindabyne for 5 or 6 days – big bike rally happening :)
Oh how cool….have heaps of fun:D
I HAVE WORMS!
Just dug over small patch of the no-dig to put in some new celery seedlings and I HAVE WORMS. When you consider that I didn’t even have soil before I started I’m am pretty darn chuffed!
SueBk said:
I HAVE WORMS!Just dug over small patch of the no-dig to put in some new celery seedlings and I HAVE WORMS. When you consider that I didn’t even have soil before I started I’m am pretty darn chuffed!
And pretty darn chuffed you should be:D
Just don’t shout it too loud………you may get a worming tablet shoved down your throat;P
Congrats green wonder:D
pepe said:
SueBk said:
Dinner tonight consisted of:
- pasta made with home grown chookle eggs and silverbeet. Wasn’t brilliant pasta ‘cause the roller machine broke :-(( But it was okay
- baby carrots
- pesto made with home grown basil and garlic.
I think that’s probably the most I’ve used from my garden in one meal. It was very yummy.
lovely – well done .
i went to the garden club last night and got four basil seedlings for 50c each. they will replace the ones eaten by earwigs. moan – dreams of summer pesto.
I’ve been told that my basil is Thai Basil; has a very strong citrus smell when you cut it or brush against it. It was beeyouteeful pesto.
Tonight’s dinner:
Now we aren’t going over ———————————-> that way. I can get the last of the summer vegies in.
Beans
corn
basil
rockmelon
Other fun foods…..
Lucky1 said:
SueBk said:
I HAVE WORMS!Just dug over small patch of the no-dig to put in some new celery seedlings and I HAVE WORMS. When you consider that I didn’t even have soil before I started I’m am pretty darn chuffed!
And pretty darn chuffed you should be:D
Just don’t shout it too loud………you may get a worming tablet shoved down your throat;P
Congrats green wonder:D
When I bounced inside all excited I expected someone to make some wise-acre comment; but they were all surprisingly polite.
I picked up seedlings today for celery, capsicum and … rhubarb. I know I won’t get any rhubarb for a year or two, but thought, what the heck. Shove it in and see.
SueBk said:
Lucky1 said:
SueBk said:
I HAVE WORMS!Just dug over small patch of the no-dig to put in some new celery seedlings and I HAVE WORMS. When you consider that I didn’t even have soil before I started I’m am pretty darn chuffed!
And pretty darn chuffed you should be:D
Just don’t shout it too loud………you may get a worming tablet shoved down your throat;P
Congrats green wonder:D
When I bounced inside all excited I expected someone to make some wise-acre comment; but they were all surprisingly polite.
SueBk said:
I picked up seedlings today for celery, capsicum and … rhubarb. I know I won’t get any rhubarb for a year or two, but thought, what the heck. Shove it in and see.
I won’t even look at your Rhubarb and hopefully it’ll grow proud for you;)
Lucky1 said:
pepe said:
obama can certainly give a speech.
congrats to the president elect.
Yeah I thought it was a good speech….elf is over it…… me I like to see history in the making.
To see the hope in the people’s faces was powerful stuff.
Also I said to the elf….. to think when old Linc set the African Americans free, most couldn’t read or write, not allowed to vote…….. bet they never thought for a second…one day …. one of them was going to run the country…… lurv history:D
I am absolutely thrilled to see Obama win! I was hoping he would. Now I hope that he can really be a voice of change, peace and unity and that he manages to see out his term safely. Some cynics have been saying that if he actually won, he might be a target for assassination. There are still some bigoted people in this world, unfortunately. I really hope that any attempt is nipped in the bud.
Oh yeah, and Hi everyone. shuffles feet
(I get so excitable I sometimes forget the basics)
hortfurball said:
Oh yeah, and Hi everyone. shuffles feet
(I get so excitable I sometimes forget the basics)
hi horty :)
Ooo hi from me too, been soooo busy all day. Just stuff.
I think my rhubarbs arn’t rhubarbs, they are alien creatures from outta space and they are going to take over the worlddddddddd!
I had to cut back other things like cauli’s and spinach to let them free..
True.
Hi BG, Hi HP, long time no chat. waves madly
hortfurball said:
Hi BG, Hi HP, long time no chat. waves madly
sorry to disappear on you there – had to put the feathered ones to bed.
bluegreen said:
hortfurball said:
Hi BG, Hi HP, long time no chat. waves madly
sorry to disappear on you there – had to put the feathered ones to bed.
bluegreen said:
bluegreen said:
we are preparing to hop on the bikes tomorrow and head off to Jindabyne for 5 or 6 days – big bike rally happening :)
i have been there twice already, you if you go to threado you be able to stand where i had.
SueBk said:
I picked up seedlings today for celery, capsicum and … rhubarb. I know I won’t get any rhubarb for a year or two, but thought, what the heck. Shove it in and see.
‘shove it in and see’ – could be my garden philosophy.
congrats on the rain and worms suebk.
we had leek and potato soup last night. leeks from the garden.
millipedes tried to get my basil seedlings but the pellets got them instead. seedlings have survived their first night.
Happy Potter said:
Ooo hi from me too, been soooo busy all day. Just stuff.
I think my rhubarbs arn’t rhubarbs, they are alien creatures from outta space and they are going to take over the worlddddddddd!
I had to cut back other things like cauli’s and spinach to let them free..
True.
my rhubarb is on the brink of extinction.
bugs !!!!
morning.
get well elf
have a good ride BG and mr BG. don’t forget the leathers – could be a bit chilly.
pepe said:
morning.
get well elf
have a good ride BG and mr BG. don’t forget the leathers – could be a bit chilly.
hi pepe. thanks for the good wishes. been checking the weather forecasts. could be in for rain and is definitely colder in the Snowy Mountains than it is here. Just riding to Albany today and then the twisty bits to Jindabyne when we are fresh in the morning. I have been a bit out of sorts lately so don’t want to try and do it all in one go.
Morning all. I’m just gearing up with gardening tools and cuttings to work on eldest girls small garden in her new flat. Taking 2 chookies with me to clean up the millions of slaters and earwigs too. I might take Ringo there to live, shes too old to lay but a great bug cleaner. Daughter has an old dog kennel too so it might work. Her dog Daisy is a tiny little terrier and used to my chooks. I have some lavenders ,daisys and some other green things to take.
Have fun the BG’s :)
pepe said:
Happy Potter said:
Ooo hi from me too, been soooo busy all day. Just stuff.
I think my rhubarbs arn’t rhubarbs, they are alien creatures from outta space and they are going to take over the worlddddddddd!
I had to cut back other things like cauli’s and spinach to let them free..
True.
my rhubarb is on the brink of extinction.
bugs !!!!
Looks for my name in between the lines;P
pepe said:
Happy Potter said:
Ooo hi from me too, been soooo busy all day. Just stuff.
I think my rhubarbs arn’t rhubarbs, they are alien creatures from outta space and they are going to take over the worlddddddddd!
I had to cut back other things like cauli’s and spinach to let them free..
True.
my rhubarb is on the brink of extinction.
bugs !!!!
Morning all :)
pepe said:
morning.
get well elf
have a good ride BG and mr BG. don’t forget the leathers – could be a bit chilly.
Ditto from me
Something is so out of wack in your garden……. what or who eats millipedes????
HHHHMMMMMMMM chocolate coated millipedes….
Rook
Rook said:
HHHHMMMMMMMM chocolate coated millipedes….
Rook
Okay, so Pepe needs a Rook with a fondue in his garden to fix the problem;P
Morning, no advertiser to read while I ate my toast and Vegemite this morning,. So I caught up with the blogs I subscribe too…… now an hour later …make that 1 hour & 15 mins later…lol
I can now face the day.
Lucky1 said:
Rook said:
Something is so out of wack in your garden……. what or who eats millipedes????
HHHHMMMMMMMM chocolate coated millipedes….
Rook
Okay, so Pepe needs a Rook with a fondue in his garden to fix the problem;P
Jeez i misread that for a second and thought you said Rook with a fondle…… :-)
Rook
One of the blogs I visited had a you tube of Bill & Ben)
http://stewarts-vg.blogspot.com/2008/10/bill-and-ben.html
For the kid in ewe:D
Rook said:
Lucky1 said:
Rook said:
Something is so out of wack in your garden……. what or who eats millipedes????HHHHMMMMMMMM chocolate coated millipedes….
Rook
Okay, so Pepe needs a Rook with a fondue in his garden to fix the problem;P
Jeez i misread that for a second and thought you said Rook with a fondle…… :-)
Rook
ROTFL….. not your lucky day is it mate:)
Just planted out some more spuds. Cleaned out the pantry and found some with 2 inch long spikes on them. Figured I might as well bung em in the ground. I had another cage ready to go, just hadn’t got around to filling it yet.
Planted another row of carrots. We’ve been eating my first batch. They’re about little finger size, but I don’t think any will last long enough to get bigger ;-)
Also planted out a bunch of spring onions. I needed to make a batch of tartare sauce and had to buy some spring onions ‘cause mine are only needle thin at the moment. I used to bung spring onion bunches into a pot of soil on the kitchen window sill. If you cut them instead of pulling them you can often get another shoot grow. And they last longer in soil than in the fridge. Instant garden LOL.
SueBk said:
Just planted out some more spuds. Cleaned out the pantry and found some with 2 inch long spikes on them. Figured I might as well bung em in the ground. I had another cage ready to go, just hadn’t got around to filling it yet.Planted another row of carrots. We’ve been eating my first batch. They’re about little finger size, but I don’t think any will last long enough to get bigger ;-)
Also planted out a bunch of spring onions. I needed to make a batch of tartare sauce and had to buy some spring onions ‘cause mine are only needle thin at the moment. I used to bung spring onion bunches into a pot of soil on the kitchen window sill. If you cut them instead of pulling them you can often get another shoot grow. And they last longer in soil than in the fridge. Instant garden LOL.
Argh you’re all making me feel lazy again!!! :)
Just back from staying with daughter…in city…we have set up a compost bin for her…humungous, and only her scraps to fill it with…sonny Jim is under orders to place the grass clippings therein.
It is so disappointing, there is lovely “rainforest” gardens but no frogs
:(
or birds
:( :/
we upturned the compost bin lid, put a small rock in it and filled with water…I told MrD that the birds at home line up as soon as they see the water flow out the hose, I have seen them 1 metre away from me on the branches when filling the bird baths…but Fashionasta (in city) had zero birds after 2 days: not even pee wits…
This is sad…
Hot here and I’m watching the weather map every so often I have a gander……. hope we get some rain…..
Woah, very quiet here tonight!
I’ve been transferring my growing data from my diary to vegetable sheets. I keep a diary of what I plant when and when it comes up and when I get to eat it. But I’m finding it a bit frustrating to flick through the diary to find out, for example, how long my last lot of carrots took from seed to plate. I’ve developed a single sheet, in Word, that I can print out and write on that records lots of information:
recommended growing months
planting info (depth, width etc),
expected germination, transplant and crop times,
growing/germination notes (eg soak seeds; needs trellis etc)
recommended family requirements,
succession planting,
fertiliser requirements (eg things like Pepe’s hint about upping water and potash for potatoes once they flower)
what ‘family’ of plants they belong to for rotation purposes
what likes and dislikes they have companion wise
a table to record when I plant, germinate, transplant and crop
a diagram of my main garden bed to show where I’ve planted them (for rotation purposes)
and an area for notes about things like about of volume of crop, pests, success rates, whether we liked them or not etc.
Each veg I plant has it’s own sheet. So, when I want to plant say corn, I pull the sheet and have all the details to hand, including where I planted it last time. For some veg, like tomatoes, I’ve used a separate sheet for each variety so I can track which ones I like enough to plant again.
I’ll still keep a diary, but I think this will be easier for me to use to work out what works in my garden and what doesn’t.
speaking of spuds, had a quick look and i think mine are about duck egg size. some have flowered and even set seed, which i’d never seen before. they’re all still looking healthy and lush.
been also slowly increasing mulch, as plants come up. finished collecting last lot of garlic.
i could never be so organized as to keep a proper diary with data about the gardening. when i get enough time and money and i can be bothered to go to bunnings, i’ll grab some mulch or fertilizer and apply it, or maybe i’ll buy a plant instead. weather being so fickle in melbourne, times for planting and harvesting vary wildly. i plant a patch of this crop or another here or there, where space allows. try growing new vegies or varieties, and if they all end up duck and chicken food, probably won’t grow them again. trying to maximize return on investment, so to speak. the vietnamese mint that i never used got the flick recently. still thinking how to (cheaply) accomodate the grape, which has started into ernest growth in it’s upsized pot.
feels good getting some dirt under the fingernails often, now that it’s warmed up somewhat, and things are moving along. my first good crop of snow peas is producing well, and i’ve never grown such a bumper crop of dill. the planted out first lot of tomato seedlings were quite leggy, hope they come good.
good idea sue i need to do something like this.
Morning, it’s a madhouse here . I’ve been absent of late and sorry for not replying to ones expecting a reply. It’s been Drama Central here with Giant Son with his game account hacked and WW3 ensued. A few calls to America, a few holes in the walls , several PC scans and we are nearer to a solution. I hope.
In the meantime I have visitors coming this morning, a couple ladies who have tasted my home grown herbs and veges and now want to grow some of their own. One has completely hydrophobic soil and I’m going to show her what to do to re wet and build her garden soil. I have a perfecty dry heap of dead soil , wettasoil and organic compost to do a dirty demo :D
Brekky awaits.
SueBk said:
Woah, very quiet here tonight!I’ve been transferring my growing data from my diary to vegetable sheets. I keep a diary of what I plant when and when it comes up and when I get to eat it. But I’m finding it a bit frustrating to flick through the diary to find out, for example, how long my last lot of carrots took from seed to plate. I’ve developed a single sheet, in Word, that I can print out and write on that records lots of information:
recommended growing months
planting info (depth, width etc),
expected germination, transplant and crop times,
growing/germination notes (eg soak seeds; needs trellis etc)
recommended family requirements,
succession planting,
fertiliser requirements (eg things like Pepe’s hint about upping water and potash for potatoes once they flower)
what ‘family’ of plants they belong to for rotation purposes
what likes and dislikes they have companion wise
a table to record when I plant, germinate, transplant and crop
a diagram of my main garden bed to show where I’ve planted them (for rotation purposes)
and an area for notes about things like about of volume of crop, pests, success rates, whether we liked them or not etc.Each veg I plant has it’s own sheet. So, when I want to plant say corn, I pull the sheet and have all the details to hand, including where I planted it last time. For some veg, like tomatoes, I’ve used a separate sheet for each variety so I can track which ones I like enough to plant again.
I’ll still keep a diary, but I think this will be easier for me to use to work out what works in my garden and what doesn’t.
Wow SueBK!
Now I feel super lazy lol.
I’ve got tomato seedlings coming up willy nilly amoungst other vegetables from tomatoes placed in the worm farms, and using the worm manure to help build the soil.
Now next time I plant tomato seedlings I’m just going to shove them holus bolus into a tubfull of worm casts!
aquarium said:
and i’ve never grown such a bumper crop of dill.
What do you use the dill for Aq? I bought some ‘cause I thought I used it in my tartare sauce, but its not actually part of the recipe (I wanted tarragon; where was my brain?). I used some of it anyway, but not lots.
I now have this lovely dill plant going mad (seems to like the mint I put it with), and I’ve never really used it in cooking before.
Happy Potter said:
SueBk said:
Woah, very quiet here tonight!I’ve been transferring my growing data from my diary to vegetable sheets.
Wow SueBK!
Now I feel super lazy lol.I’ve got tomato seedlings coming up willy nilly amoungst other vegetables from tomatoes placed in the worm farms, and using the worm manure to help build the soil.
Now next time I plant tomato seedlings I’m just going to shove them holus bolus into a tubfull of worm casts!
Once I’m all set up it’ll actually allow me to be lazier :-) I will be able to pull the sheet for any veggie and have all the growing information right there, including all the bits and tips I pick up around here. Will save me hunting through books and searching the forum “because I know I read something somewhere that said something about …”
I’ve also found that one book will tell you lots of information about quantities and timing etc but not a lot about how to actually grow the plant. Another book will be full of details about fertiliser regimes and water requirements. And yet another will mention who likes to grow with who. I’m trying to capture all that information for my local area in one place. Over time I will (maybe) be able to further adapt that information to my specific plot.
Once I’m all set up it’ll actually allow me to be lazier :-) I will be able to pull the sheet for any veggie and have all the growing information right there, including all the bits and tips I pick up around here. Will save me hunting through books and searching the forum “because I know I read something somewhere that said something about…”
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What a good idea Sue. I have a collection of info sheets in a display book which I refer to occasionally. It’s not very effective as I usually find info that I had forgotten about when it’s too late/early to use it. I might do something like a spreadsheet one day.
Morning all,
It’s been all go in the garden lately, what with bugs and diseases on the roses. My veggie garden is at a halt until I can harvest all the onions and garlic. The onions have all gone to seed before they really rounded up. The garlic should have been ready by now but it hasn’t got to the clove division stage yet and it’s still smallish. I have tomatoes to plant out which I grew from seed ages ago but they are still very small, the roots are growing through the bottom of the pots so they should be OK.I have a lot of seedlings in the greenhouse that will need to go in the garden soon- lettuce, basil, etc.
I had to take my strawberries off the shelves on the shed wall, I lost 7 of them and the consensus was that the aluminium shed wall reflected too much heat on to them. Yesterday I made some makeshift shelving balanced on bricks and in a less exposed area beside the garage. The old strawberry plants which I thought were finished have been sitting there in pots and have gained a new lease of life.
The spuds are a bit of a worry. The ones in the smaller pots which were way ahead of the others are hanging their heads and looking sick. I may have over watered them :( The ones in the big pots are in flower and look OK so far.
The rain this morning is good but not enough of it of course. At least I can catch up on here!
orchid40 said:
Once I’m all set up it’ll actually allow me to be lazier :-) I will be able to pull the sheet for any veggie and have all the growing information right there, including all the bits and tips I pick up around here. Will save me hunting through books and searching the forum “because I know I read something somewhere that said something about…”==============
What a good idea Sue. I have a collection of info sheets in a display book which I refer to occasionally. It’s not very effective as I usually find info that I had forgotten about when it’s too late/early to use it. I might do something like a spreadsheet one day.
I can’t attach a word doc or upload one to photobucket, but if anyone wants a copy just email me: suebk at myaccess dot com dot au. You can then edit to your heart’s content to suit your own growing/recording style.
orchid40 said:
lot of seedlings in the greenhouse that will need to go in the garden soon- lettuce, basil, etc.
I had to take my strawberries off the shelves on the shed wall, I lost 7 of them and the consensus was that the aluminium shed wall reflected too much heat on to them.
Could you hang some shade cloth or something down the wall so that it isn’t so reflective? I have the opposite problem: in winter I want my walls to be reflective ‘cause of the lack of sun to reach my patch. Dad suggested some … hmmm thin weather proof board … roll on some white glue and then roll on some aluminium foil. I might have to refoil the boards every year but they’d be cheaper than mirrors and less likely to break and cause me headaches.
Thanks Sue, I could probably make good use of that – spreadsheets don’t come easy to me!
javlon at iprimus dot com dot au.
Ta everso :)
SueBk said:
orchid40 said:
lot of seedlings in the greenhouse that will need to go in the garden soon- lettuce, basil, etc.
I had to take my strawberries off the shelves on the shed wall, I lost 7 of them and the consensus was that the aluminium shed wall reflected too much heat on to them.Could you hang some shade cloth or something down the wall so that it isn’t so reflective? I have the opposite problem: in winter I want my walls to be reflective ‘cause of the lack of sun to reach my patch. Dad suggested some … hmmm thin weather proof board … roll on some white glue and then roll on some aluminium foil. I might have to refoil the boards every year but they’d be cheaper than mirrors and less likely to break and cause me headaches.
Good Morning :)
dill can be used with any fish dish. it’s also good with spuds, either mashed or whole. goes with some of the creamy sauces, and can be used as the final touch on top of soup (like parsley). also used as one of the pickling spices for vinegar pickling. typically succession sown, as it’s useful life is fairly short for use fresh (you can use seedheads for pickling.) can be cut back (up to half) for use, and it should send out new shoots, as long as it’s not already a mature (more woody.)
SueBk said:
aquarium said:
and i’ve never grown such a bumper crop of dill.
What do you use the dill for Aq? I bought some ‘cause I thought I used it in my tartare sauce, but its not actually part of the recipe (I wanted tarragon; where was my brain?). I used some of it anyway, but not lots.
I now have this lovely dill plant going mad (seems to like the mint I put it with), and I’ve never really used it in cooking before.
regarding the garlic, which i finished harvesting. one variety i had was very vigorous, with large stems, and the heads weren’t the best. another variety (reddish skin) the stems were barely pencil thick, and they were mostly prostrate on the ground. i didn’t expect to see anything but rotten small garlic. turns out these had the larger and better formed heads than their giant cousins.
orchid40 said:
Morning all,
It’s been all go in the garden lately, what with bugs and diseases on the roses. My veggie garden is at a halt until I can harvest all the onions and garlic. The onions have all gone to seed before they really rounded up. The garlic should have been ready by now but it hasn’t got to the clove division stage yet and it’s still smallish. I have tomatoes to plant out which I grew from seed ages ago but they are still very small, the roots are growing through the bottom of the pots so they should be OK.I have a lot of seedlings in the greenhouse that will need to go in the garden soon- lettuce, basil, etc.
I had to take my strawberries off the shelves on the shed wall, I lost 7 of them and the consensus was that the aluminium shed wall reflected too much heat on to them. Yesterday I made some makeshift shelving balanced on bricks and in a less exposed area beside the garage. The old strawberry plants which I thought were finished have been sitting there in pots and have gained a new lease of life.
The spuds are a bit of a worry. The ones in the smaller pots which were way ahead of the others are hanging their heads and looking sick. I may have over watered them :( The ones in the big pots are in flower and look OK so far.
The rain this morning is good but not enough of it of course. At least I can catch up on here!
The chook ( Ringo) I took to my eldest girls place to live and clean up bugs, is terrorising her small aust’ terrier dog lol..Daisy was given a small meaty shank and the chook took off after the little dog who in turn screamed blue murder at the door to be let in , shaking with fear after having a tug of war over the bone LOL. Ringo took over Daisys bed too.
I will go there after and set up a little area and fence it off, just for mealtimes ,and clip one chook wing.
Very blustery here atm.
Happy Potter said:
The chook ( Ringo) I took to my eldest girls place to live and clean up bugs, is terrorising her small aust’ terrier dog lol..Daisy was given a small meaty shank and the chook took off after the little dog who in turn screamed blue murder at the door to be let in , shaking with fear after having a tug of war over the bone LOL. Ringo took over Daisys bed too.
I will go there after and set up a little area and fence it off, just for mealtimes ,and clip one chook wing.
Very blustery here atm.
ROTFPIMP
Happy Potter said:
The chook ( Ringo) I took to my eldest girls place to live and clean up bugs, is terrorising her small aust’ terrier dog lol..Daisy was given a small meaty shank and the chook took off after the little dog who in turn screamed blue murder at the door to be let in , shaking with fear after having a tug of war over the bone LOL. Ringo took over Daisys bed too.
ROFL :D
Lucky1 said:
Happy Potter said:
The chook ( Ringo) I took to my eldest girls place to live and clean up bugs, is terrorising her small aust’ terrier dog lol..Daisy was given a small meaty shank and the chook took off after the little dog who in turn screamed blue murder at the door to be let in , shaking with fear after having a tug of war over the bone LOL. Ringo took over Daisys bed too.
I will go there after and set up a little area and fence it off, just for mealtimes ,and clip one chook wing.
Very blustery here atm.ROTFPIMP
Pics with story next time please – I wasn’t sure of Ringo’s breed in my mind’s eye! Assigned her an Isa Brown look for the time being… lol
Ducklings hatching – in Igloo (pic in Division of Labour thread). I think there are at least 6 at the moment. I have no idea how many eggs or when the last duck set – she was a few days behind first and don’t know if she kept laying. I took the drake, Bluey out of their run as I don’t know how he would treat his offspring. No pics yet. One duckling just hatched in incubator and I transferred 2 to a brooder last night.. At least one chicken egg cheeping under the clucky hen ( Wyandotte eggs posted to me).
family news – younger brother had his lapband op yesterday morning – all apparently went well.
older sis has detached retina being repaired today at Eye Hospital in Brisbane- don’t know any more details
cackles said:
Lucky1 said:
Happy Potter said:
The chook ( Ringo) I took to my eldest girls place to live and clean up bugs, is terrorising her small aust’ terrier dog lol..Daisy was given a small meaty shank and the chook took off after the little dog who in turn screamed blue murder at the door to be let in , shaking with fear after having a tug of war over the bone LOL. Ringo took over Daisys bed too.
I will go there after and set up a little area and fence it off, just for mealtimes ,and clip one chook wing.
Very blustery here atm.ROTFPIMP
Laughing here too – I can picture it!Pics with story next time please – I wasn’t sure of Ringo’s breed in my mind’s eye! Assigned her an Isa Brown look for the time being… lol
Update to this lil saga..and yes Ringo is an Isa brown. Daisy took her bone over to the dinging room window and settled down to enjoy it, with Ringo outside looking on and trying to get in by jumping up to the window sill.
Daughter was cakking herself laughing telling me about it. She said it was almost as if Daisy was saying ‘ ner ner ner see it’s mine!
And Ringo laid an egg in the dogs bed LOL.
Update to this lil saga..and yes Ringo is an Isa brown. Daisy took her bone over to the dinging room window and settled down to enjoy it, with Ringo outside looking on and trying to get in by jumping up to the window sill.
Daughter was cakking herself laughing telling me about it. She said it was almost as if Daisy was saying ’ ner ner ner see it’s mine!
And Ringo laid an egg in the dogs bed LOL.
ROFL !!!
Morning sleepy heads.. up and attem :)
10 mls of rain overnight and the veges have shot up , the fruit trees really needed it , and looks lovely and refreshed outside :D
Lawn needs cutting again.
I hope some water went in the catchments.
BIG NEWS
- blood on the auto feeder in the henhouse !
i looked around and counted the chooks – all fine.
the white pigeon has got blood on it – its ok – i’m not sure who it fought with but it sure knows how to alarm me.
- my daughter was 21 yesterday.
she got tons of presents and we went for a drive down to the southern beaches of adelaide. living in the north we never get to see the best beaches. it was windy and too cold to swim but it was still pleasant driving through the little towns, looking at the eco-village and the nuseries etc.
pepe said:
BIG NEWS
- blood on the auto feeder in the henhouse !
i looked around and counted the chooks – all fine.
the white pigeon has got blood on it – its ok – i’m not sure who it fought with but it sure knows how to alarm me.- my daughter was 21 yesterday.
she got tons of presents and we went for a drive down to the southern beaches of adelaide. living in the north we never get to see the best beaches. it was windy and too cold to swim but it was still pleasant driving through the little towns, looking at the eco-village and the nuseries etc.
Happy 21 st Birfdy to little Pepegirl:) Nice driving around Addy eh?
Glad you’re getting some good rains.
Theres a forum over on Vouge mag on what to wear dilemmas LOL
Of course with rain comes the weeds, but never a better time to pull them out easily hey .. I been out playing in the mud :D
I best scrub up.. french toast for brekky. The sleepy ones will wake up when they smell cooking no doubt.
pepe said:
BIG NEWS
- blood on the auto feeder in the henhouse !
i looked around and counted the chooks – all fine.
the white pigeon has got blood on it – its ok – i’m not sure who it fought with but it sure knows how to alarm me.- my daughter was 21 yesterday.
she got tons of presents and we went for a drive down to the southern beaches of adelaide. living in the north we never get to see the best beaches. it was windy and too cold to swim but it was still pleasant driving through the little towns, looking at the eco-village and the nuseries etc.
Oh happy birfty “M” from us here in Luckyland.
Goodth morning green gurus :D
I’m about to wander off and harvest a cauli from the garden and some other yummo’s.
But first… a photo……
Theres a forum over on Vouge mag on what to wear dilemmas LOL
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do you think they would be interested in the ‘moth eaten ol’ woolen jumper’ look?
pepe said:
Theres a forum over on Vouge mag on what to wear dilemmas LOL
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do you think they would be interested in the ‘moth eaten ol’ woolen jumper’ look?
Put it on the cat walk and you’ll have a dress fave for sure:)
Lucky1 said:
pepe said:
BIG NEWS
- blood on the auto feeder in the henhouse !
i looked around and counted the chooks – all fine.
the white pigeon has got blood on it – its ok – i’m not sure who it fought with but it sure knows how to alarm me.- my daughter was 21 yesterday.
she got tons of presents and we went for a drive down to the southern beaches of adelaide. living in the north we never get to see the best beaches. it was windy and too cold to swim but it was still pleasant driving through the little towns, looking at the eco-village and the nuseries etc.
Oh happy birfty “M” from us here in Luckyland.
thanks.
i’m pretty sure she’s trying to ‘buy’ a garden. she get lots of plants but then doesn’t look after them well enuff. i think she would do better to buy more manure and less plants. oh well we have to learn. i just repotted two avocados and a citrus of hers that needed it.
Good evening.:)
We just had a heavy downpour. I got soaked rescuing nearly 2 dozen day old ducklings with 4 cranky ducks flying at me! Silly things should have gathered kids to shelter themselves! Hope I got them all!
Hope everyone is well.
cackles said:
Good evening.:)We just had a heavy downpour. I got soaked rescuing nearly 2 dozen day old ducklings with 4 cranky ducks flying at me! Silly things should have gathered kids to shelter themselves! Hope I got them all!
Hope everyone is well.
Oh that would have been so much fun…not. 4 cranky ducks spitting a hissy fit……
Happy Potter said:
The chook ( Ringo) I took to my eldest girls place to live and clean up bugs, is terrorising her small aust’ terrier dog lol..Daisy was given a small meaty shank and the chook took off after the little dog who in turn screamed blue murder at the door to be let in , shaking with fear after having a tug of war over the bone LOL. Ringo took over Daisys bed too.
I will go there after and set up a little area and fence it off, just for mealtimes ,and clip one chook wing.
Very blustery here atm.
lol.
pepe said:
BIG NEWS
- blood on the auto feeder in the henhouse !
i looked around and counted the chooks – all fine.
the white pigeon has got blood on it – its ok – i’m not sure who it fought with but it sure knows how to alarm me.- my daughter was 21 yesterday.
she got tons of presents and we went for a drive down to the southern beaches of adelaide. living in the north we never get to see the best beaches. it was windy and too cold to swim but it was still pleasant driving through the little towns, looking at the eco-village and the nuseries etc.
happy birthday to pepes daughter.
Just had the pizza man call here, with 18 pizzas that someone kindly ordered to our address. Damn ….I make chicken pie tonight too.
Wasn’t even in our name…….
Lucky1 said:
Just had the pizza man call here, with 18 pizzas that someone kindly ordered to our address. Damn ….I make chicken pie tonight too.Wasn’t even in our name…….
lol
cackles said:
Lucky1 said:
Just had the pizza man call here, with 18 pizzas that someone kindly ordered to our address. Damn ….I make chicken pie tonight too.Wasn’t even in our name…….
lol
Elf said out of all those pizzas…. bet he’d not eat any flavours. Elf also wondered if the cats were going to have a party….maybe it was the gang out the back????
Good morning. Not staying long at the moment. We had some rain last night, quite heavy at times so duckpens are muddier than I’d like them to be. Might order some more woodchip I think.
I was up early to attend to ducklings – 3 from brooder put under a chook whose postal eggs came to nothing :( One pipped at wrong end and chick didn’t make it out. They seem to be bonding well.:)
Choko vines are rampant and need a bit of guidance on the trellis! In last couple of days some shoots have become wayward and i got dripped on this morning going into the chookshed.
morning all.
Hard to wake again this morning, but I’ve taken the fluffy one for a walk.
I’m going to plant out more seedlings today, beans in the corn , tie up tomatoes and pot up some herbs and melon and pumpkin seeds.
A lady is coming to collect an upright freezer , a request from a freecycler. She is absolutely over the moon about it, it’s for her very elderly parents and when they ..ummm.. no longer need it , it will be sent off again to someone else to use.
I’m having a lot of fun with my freecycle group. It’s a very active group and useful items are whizzing about town at great speed ,that would be otherwise dumped or wasted :) saving money too.
Not to mention the friends I’ve made through it :)
Cooking today: One birthday cake for a 65 yo male, 2 lot’s of cupcakes , one lot in boy colours , one mudcake for a family, and for us..rhubarb muffins :D :D ( and some worm wee and potash treatment for the chopped back plant)
Schnitzel parma for tea tonight.. I’m organised for the whole day!
Good morning everybody…
Sorry I have not been on…it’s been a hectic 3 weeks…I beg your pardon if you think I may have ignored any posts…
We have just had some wonderful rain and I hardly know where to start in the garden…so much has lapsed since I was away and back and away and back…but the best thing about this kind of rain is you can mulch on top of it to maximum effect…
My tomatoes died of thirst whilst I was away, but they were at the end of their life anyway…I think I might start some from seed, into little pots and then plant them out…lots more basil, parsley, thyme…oh how I have missed fresh thyme….
Elle Wuffles has treed a cat…she has climbed 10 foot up the tree in pursuit, but the lack of opposable thumbs means she can’t climb the final, thinner branch to the cat…the feline has a collar so with a bit of luck it is not a stray…
Oh oh oh oh , and for the first time in about 3 years (or is it 4?) one of my frangipannis is flowering…absolutely marh-velous scent just on sunset…the second cutting from home, the first is now going very well now that there are no bovine quadrupeds to prune it when pruning not needed…
…..and, oh I am so egg-sited…the jacaranda out the front heard me thinking in terms of chainsaws and perhaps that red-flowering tree from seed so it is in bloom…shock …after 10 or more years in the ground…one other jacaranda is flowering now also, I am so shocked as they don’t normally start until just on Christmas (yes weird, isn’t it? ) so I usually still have jacarandas almost to February…my adenum obesium survived the frosts and lack of water and general neglect and is flowering to beat the band…more blooms than leaves…I give it a smile every time I walk past it…my other little adenums, that I bought as 2-leaf cuttings, were moved under house to overwinter but need to go back outside to under the acacia…my lady of the night loves her new position under the tap…
I am considering turning the south western corner beside the house into a kind of palm and fern area…I hate palms but have come to concede that close to the house they are probably preferable for shade compared to trees…their roots are not as invasive (i.e. won’t lift concrete, house base) as trees…plus their leaves don’t block the house gutters…also palms bend in the breeze (the bulk of our storms come from the south west) …they don’t spread fire as readily as some native trees/shrubs, and (correct me if I’m wrong) they won’t invade the surrounding bushland…might start a new thread for this…
Good morning Dinetta, Pomolo and all other gardening gurus.
Late start to the day here.
Good gardening weather and about to have some toast for breakfast. Then outside for some R&R:)
Dinetta said:
Oh oh oh oh , and for the first time in about 3 years (or is it 4?) one of my frangipannis is flowering…absolutely marh-velous scent just on sunset…the second cutting from home, the first is now going very well now that there are no bovine quadrupeds to prune it when pruning not needed……..and, oh I am so egg-sited…the jacaranda out the front heard me thinking in terms of chainsaws and perhaps that red-flowering tree from seed so it is in bloom…shock …after 10 or more years in the ground…one other jacaranda is flowering now also, I am so shocked as they don’t normally start until just on Christmas (yes weird, isn’t it? ) so I usually still have jacarandas almost to February…my adenum obesium survived the frosts and lack of water and general neglect and is flowering to beat the band…more blooms than leaves…I give it a smile every time I walk past it…my other little adenums, that I bought as 2-leaf cuttings, were moved under house to overwinter but need to go back outside to under the acacia…my lady of the night loves her new position under the tap…
I am considering turning the south western corner beside the house into a kind of palm and fern area…I hate palms but have come to concede that close to the house they are probably preferable for shade compared to trees…their roots are not as invasive (i.e. won’t lift concrete, house base) as trees…plus their leaves don’t block the house gutters…also palms bend in the breeze (the bulk of our storms come from the south west) …they don’t spread fire as readily as some native trees/shrubs, and (correct me if I’m wrong) they won’t invade the surrounding bushland…might start a new thread for this…
Ooooh fab :D
Piccies of those flowering trees ???
My time management skills are good heh heh .. eggs and butter for the days cooking coming to room temp whilst I repotted herbs and put bean seeds in and treated the poor naked rhubarb..
Chives , basil, rosmary , bay tree, sage and something else I can’t remb atm, are all in pots in a sunny spot.
Now time to scrub up ,put apron on and turn on the oven. Eldest girl is here to help plus she wants to cook a few things for herself too..her excuse to cook her own stuff here is I have the eggs..
Happy Potter said:
My time management skills are good heh heh .. eggs and butter for the days cooking coming to room temp whilst I repotted herbs and put bean seeds in and treated the poor naked rhubarb..
Chives , basil, rosmary , bay tree, sage and something else I can’t remb atm, are all in pots in a sunny spot.Now time to scrub up ,put apron on and turn on the oven. Eldest girl is here to help plus she wants to cook a few things for herself too..her excuse to cook her own stuff here is I have the eggs..
Its great when thing fall into place when working on a time line:D
Ooooh fab :D
Piccies of those flowering trees ???
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It’s a bit hard, the jacaranda blooms are sparse (nothing like you see in the street or in photos), but I’ll see what can be done as soon as I can borrow a camera for half a day…just for you… :)
The adenum is a much easier subject to deal with…hang on while I check the frangipannis blooms did not blow away the other night…nope, they are still there but they haven’t unfurled yet, just ponging madly at sunset…and the lady of the night just has one or two blooms but I am grateful it is still alive as it has nearly died of thirst any number of times the past 3 years…
The callestemons (bottle-brushes) put on their best display in 14 years: just red and green they were (like Christmas) but that has been dried off in the last week’s heat…
The cadagi gums did not provide much food for the flying foxes this year: they haven’t for a couple of years (drought) so maybe they’ll take a while to come back….I love their “honey” smell…
All you lucky organized people you…
I apparently am travelling east in the next couple of hours…a standing appt on Mondays to attend plus Sonny Joe (the gardening one – green fingers anyhow) is playing ruggers over there so we might be able to watch him play (oh good!)…have been trying to explain to MrD that I need some notice about these things (as in the night before???) so I can plan my days but he blanks out when I mention this…
They say you only need to repeat something 49 times before it is taken on board…
Oh well, mine is an easy-care garden after all: guess the new planned vegetable garden can wait another week…
Harvested the last of the broad beans. No more on the bushes and so I’ll remove them sometime today. Got over half kilo in the freezer. Not bad for the small patch I had growing.
Tomatoes are all tied up against their stakes again. Gee they can grow quick.
Started to mow the lawn, but too warm in the sun….finish it later today.
Time for a cuppa.
we’re still managing to use our fresh grown veges
last night’s meal – rice and peanut sauce with home grown red cabbage, leek and broccoli.
the red cabbage is great – very sweet
- and it produces amazing purple waste water – looks like you could die wool purple with it.
Yo Bubba and lurkers.
School Certicicate exams start today for me.
GOOD luck Veg
Grasshopper said:
GOOD luck Veg
thanks i better keep going.
back now for a bit.
Well all the best Veg and hope all goes well for you
yeah.
veg gardener said:
School Certicicate exams start today for me.
Good luck with your exams Veg.
Goodness Me! I have a Monday @ home today and I don’t know where to start. Indoors or outdoors? Plenty to do in both areas.
Think I’ll go out on to the verandah, have a ciggie and make my decision.
BBL.
Morning all :)
Nice to have you back, pom. :) Deciisions, Decisions eh
pomolo said:
veg gardener said:
School Certicicate exams start today for me.
Good luck with your exams Veg.
Yes, Veg – good luck and try not to stress too much. I don’t like exams and glad they are over for me!
Morning, just back from a walk to the shops on my own.
Lugged home in my 4 wheel drive, skinny coke, milk and beef heart…… meat for the turtle.
Hot & sweaty for the fast work….
Hi all hows things with everyone
Waves to Grassy:)
Hello long time no talk……. we’re good here.
Thanks good Lucky—I see you are off to Sydney again soon—when do you leave and for how long
Sitting at work wondering how to fill my afternoon.
Was told this morning there’s another database for me to work on at some point. Sheesh, should have kept my big mouth shut and said “nah-ah, I haven’t a clue how to design a database”. Maybe I should ask for some formal training. Everything I do is self taught and I often feel like I’m groping about in the dark.
Planted out some more beetroot and silverbeet seeds last night. I think the silverbeet might be a bit late; going by my records; but I’ve got packets and packets of the stuff, so no harm done. I’ve got a Diggers order just waiting for $$ to put in. I’ll order some the climbing spinach. Dad said he grew it in Darwin really well, so it should do well here in summer. In the meantime, I bung two seeds of silverbeet in every week.
Grasshopper said:
Thanks good Lucky—I see you are off to Sydney again soon—when do you leave and for how long
Not going now……. Elf is too sick and not allowed to travel or go to the dentist until next year….. So we are home.
Oh Lucky I am so sorry to hear Elf is ill—give him a big hug from me please
G’day in passing.
Grasshopper said:
Oh Lucky I am so sorry to hear Elf is ill—give him a big hug from me please
I will sweetie:) Broke his heart when his specialist said he couldn’t travel.
Longy said:
G’day in passing.
How do,……. as he whizzes past.
I do good L1. In PNG again for a few days. I was in Perth last week. Roma Qld the week before. Should be home for a week soon and then come back for a few days. Minister for tourism…Lunchtime. Gotta have a forage.
Longy said:
I do good L1. In PNG again for a few days. I was in Perth last week. Roma Qld the week before. Should be home for a week soon and then come back for a few days. Minister for tourism…Lunchtime. Gotta have a forage.
You sure do get round the place…… must know the air hosties pretty well by now;P
must know the air hosties pretty well by now;P
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Yeah goodonya. Usually can’t find them after a feed. I think they get off.
Longy said:
must know the air hosties pretty well by now;P+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Yeah goodonya. Usually can’t find them after a feed. I think they get off.
Maybe they are out on the wings…having a fag;)
Gee you’d think after all these years, I’d not have a pile of paper to shred like I have at the moment. I’m sorting out envelope and junk letters……
New nesting material for the girls.
Maybe they are out on the wings…having a fag;)
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Nah. They’re called stewards i think. Heh Heh.
thanks for all the luck 2 down 2 more to go.
Good afternoon November chatters,
This will probably be another fleeting visit. I’m busy, busy, busy. Don’t even have time for the garden at the moment.
Having said that it’s also as hot and humid as it gets here and I’d rather just be in the pool with a ‘cleansing’ champagne :-)
I get to check in now and again but not usually time to chat. Keep up the good work.
veg gardener said:
thanks for all the luck 2 down 2 more to go.
best of luck.
altho’ its not luck you need
however i’m sure you have the knowledge so just relax and answer the questions.
it’s feeling like summer down south. the sun is starting to sting.
all my transplanted seedlings- zuchs, parsley and cueys – got thru’ the night and this day – so should be alright.
about 10 self sown water melons have popped up in the bottom of the fourth compost bin.
Finally! My graduation photos turned up in the mail today.
great photos.
Heyas, I have a bunch of questions , if anyone can answer any I’d be most gratefull..
1. I’m a tad worried about my chooks. They are spitting out eggs to the point they are looking a bit thin, I have 8 layers and I’ve been getting 6 to 8 eggs a day now for months. Is there a formula I can fatten them up with ? I’m giving them extra food but I can feel the breast bones easily on them.
Plant Q.
2. My Japanese Maple , acer somthing or other, bronze, has seed pods. Shaped like small butterflies ,and I can see each pod has 2 seeds in each. Can I grow another from seed? If so, would it be the same as the parent? How/when/ what season to sow ? Seed treatment ?
3. Flowering spuds have seed pods too, whilst I know I can grow spuds from these , I want to know how long can I store them for? Pic tomorrow if needed.
4. Spinach and silverbeet going to seed… how do I collect the seeds?
5. There was a 5 th question but I think I’ve given my brain a hernia, so when I remember it I will ask …
“ Finally! My graduation photos turned up in the mail today.”
Oh lovely SueBK, well done girly :D
Spinach and silverbeet going to seed… how do I collect the seeds?
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g’day HP
i’m leaving lettuce, raddichio, broccoli and others go to seed in my winter garden…. and i noticed my daughter is doing the same.
it takes 4 to 8 weeks for this slow process – flowers, seed pods and then seeds.
my daughter can’t afford the space so i advised her to leave just one plant and pull the rest out.
the silver beet seed form on a flowering spike i think – and you wait until they are dry before pulling them off with your hand and storing in a dry place.
pepe said:
Spinach and silverbeet going to seed… how do I collect the seeds?
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g’day HP
i’m leaving lettuce, raddichio, broccoli and others go to seed in my winter garden…. and i noticed my daughter is doing the same.
it takes 4 to 8 weeks for this slow process – flowers, seed pods and then seeds.
my daughter can’t afford the space so i advised her to leave just one plant and pull the rest out.
the silver beet seed form on a flowering spike i think – and you wait until they are dry before pulling them off with your hand and storing in a dry place.
Ok, thanks for that Peps, the seed heads on the silverbeet and spinach are quite tall , not flowered yet. I’ll kep me eyes out for seeds after thye have flowered.
Hi Veg how did your tests go
hey grassy they went alright just doing some study now.
Well good luck with it all—when do you finish school
Grasshopper said:
Well good luck with it all—when do you finish school
9th of december is my last day normally it is the 14th of december, got work exprence next week.
Morning HP.
What are doing for work experience Veg
Grasshopper said:
What are doing for work experience Veg
Plumbing.
Oh and where are you doing that—my friend is a plumber
Grasshopper said:
Oh and where are you doing that—my friend is a plumber
i am doing it with a guy near me over at Hinton.
Do you have to return to school next year or do you finish this year
Grasshopper said:
Do you have to return to school next year or do you finish this year
yeah i am doing YR 11 and 12
32c here today.
i had time to water the young plants this morning – all looking good.
my earwigs traps are working again. using a plant pot saucer i fill it near to the rim with water and pour a bit of linseed oil into the water. they come to feed on the oil. hundreds of them still but the worst is gone and my plants are surviving.
Flowering spuds have seed pods too, whilst I know I can grow spuds from these , I want to know how long can I store them for? Pic tomorrow if needed.
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since there is no other response i will reply
- i think these spud fruit are useless.
i have never planted them. spuds are the classic vegetative reproducers so i think their seed are redundant.
i’m not sure tho’.
Morning! Windy as, here. I can’t look at my flowering Lilliums because the wind is giving them torrid time and there is nothing I can do about it. Petals falling off everywhere.
We have the annual plague of brown beetles here atm. They come to the light in the evenings and crash into the fly screens. In most cases it is their one and only flight. They fall to the floor and then die. Each morning I have to sweep the verandah to get rid of the bodies. They drive ZeeZee insane. She stalks them when they are still moving and they cling onto her long hair. Her antics make me laugh. The miner birds feast on the bodies so their young are growing at a great rate. That’s a good thing too because the constant Beep! Beep! from the young for food is enough to make me want ear plugs.
It’s art class today. I’ve missed so many with being away so much, I’ll have to find the mood again.
I better go and do some stuff. Have a good one everybody.
Finally! My graduation photos turned up in the mail today.
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Congrats:D What a beautiful family you have too:D
1. I’m a tad worried about my chooks. They are spitting out eggs to the point they are looking a bit thin, I have 8 layers and I’ve been getting 6 to 8 eggs a day now for months. Is there a formula I can fatten them up with ? I’m giving them extra food but I can feel the breast bones easily on them.
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Could be worms…. when did you last worm them???
pepe said:
32c here today.
i had time to water the young plants this morning – all looking good.
my earwigs traps are working again. using a plant pot saucer i fill it near to the rim with water and pour a bit of linseed oil into the water. they come to feed on the oil. hundreds of them still but the worst is gone and my plants are surviving.
36 here:(
Not gonna say it…nope…my lips are sealed………
Fingers aren’t though:P
Where the hell is my winter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lovely photos SueBk. …. and congratulations again.
Lucky1 said:
1. I’m a tad worried about my chooks. They are spitting out eggs to the point they are looking a bit thin, I have 8 layers and I’ve been getting 6 to 8 eggs a day now for months. Is there a formula I can fatten them up with ? I’m giving them extra food but I can feel the breast bones easily on them.
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Could be worms…. when did you last worm them???
Oh about 3 months ago…
Ok that I will do first thing in the morning.
I can’t quite work out what ‘ nil eggs’ means on the bottle, I think its ‘endwormer’ or similar, but does ‘nil eggs’ mean discard them , or keep using them ?
Happy Potter said:
Lucky1 said:
1. I’m a tad worried about my chooks. They are spitting out eggs to the point they are looking a bit thin, I have 8 layers and I’ve been getting 6 to 8 eggs a day now for months. Is there a formula I can fatten them up with ? I’m giving them extra food but I can feel the breast bones easily on them.
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Could be worms…. when did you last worm them???
Oh about 3 months ago…
Ok that I will do first thing in the morning.
I can’t quite work out what ‘ nil eggs’ means on the bottle, I think its ‘endwormer’ or similar, but does ‘nil eggs’ mean discard them , or keep using them ?
JimBob may be moving back home this Sunday……. landlord is kicking the boys put. Said he needs the house for himself as he & the Mrs. have split.
No contract was signed when Mark moved in and he wasn’t given a docket recording rent payments either. So poor old JimBob has no record of him renting.
Got an appointment for a house this arvo………
JimBob thinks paying what he paid before for his room and my cooking is a bonus & cheap…..makes them grow up when they leave home…..lol
Lucky1 said:
JimBob may be moving back home this Sunday……. landlord is kicking the boys put. Said he needs the house for himself as he & the Mrs. have split.No contract was signed when Mark moved in and he wasn’t given a docket recording rent payments either. So poor old JimBob has no record of him renting.
Got an appointment for a house this arvo………
JimBob thinks paying what he paid before for his room and my cooking is a bonus & cheap…..makes them grow up when they leave home…..lol
Oh yeah, he misses my home cooking:D
Can you feel the love’n….I can…:D
One more Exam well it’s not really an exam all it is is a computer test.
which is tomorrow morining for me. :P we have 3 seasons. wish they had a gardening test. i am sure i would get 110%
Lucky1 said:
JimBob thinks paying what he paid before for his room and my cooking is a bonus & cheap…..makes them grow up when they leave home…..lol
some kids have to learn the hard way :)
how is he by the way? all recovered from his accident?
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
JimBob thinks paying what he paid before for his room and my cooking is a bonus & cheap…..makes them grow up when they leave home…..lol
some kids have to learn the hard way :)
how is he by the way? all recovered from his accident?
Still has short term memory loss…. this is looking to be permanent. Leg is okay as far as I know.
Got his house he wanted ….renting that is. Gets the keys on Friday this week.
So he’s not moving in here….. very happy for him. Little bit of me is sad as I want to mother him….LOL
Elf is happy he’s not coming home.
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
JimBob thinks paying what he paid before for his room and my cooking is a bonus & cheap…..makes them grow up when they leave home…..lol
some kids have to learn the hard way :)
how is he by the way? all recovered from his accident?
Still has short term memory loss…. this is looking to be permanent. Leg is okay as far as I know.
Got his house he wanted ….renting that is. Gets the keys on Friday this week.
So he’s not moving in here….. very happy for him. Little bit of me is sad as I want to mother him….LOL
Elf is happy he’s not coming home.
that sounds for the best as he would probably soon chaff at being mothered :)
how is the compo process going? with permanent short term memory loss he should be entitled to a decent compensation.
Lucky1 said:
JimBob may be moving back home this Sunday……. landlord is kicking the boys put. Said he needs the house for himself as he & the Mrs. have split.No contract was signed when Mark moved in and he wasn’t given a docket recording rent payments either. So poor old JimBob has no record of him renting.
Got an appointment for a house this arvo………
JimBob thinks paying what he paid before for his room and my cooking is a bonus & cheap…..makes them grow up when they leave home…..lol
Oh doesn’t it though?
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
JimBob thinks paying what he paid before for his room and my cooking is a bonus & cheap…..makes them grow up when they leave home…..lol
some kids have to learn the hard way :)
how is he by the way? all recovered from his accident?
Still has short term memory loss…. this is looking to be permanent. Leg is okay as far as I know.
Got his house he wanted ….renting that is. Gets the keys on Friday this week.
So he’s not moving in here….. very happy for him. Little bit of me is sad as I want to mother him….LOL
Elf is happy he’s not coming home.
Probably a good thing Lucky. They never really settle back to your ways again when they have had some time away from the family.
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
JimBob thinks paying what he paid before for his room and my cooking is a bonus & cheap…..makes them grow up when they leave home…..lol
some kids have to learn the hard way :)
how is he by the way? all recovered from his accident?
Still has short term memory loss…. this is looking to be permanent. Leg is okay as far as I know.
Got his house he wanted ….renting that is. Gets the keys on Friday this week.
So he’s not moving in here….. very happy for him. Little bit of me is sad as I want to mother him….LOL
Elf is happy he’s not coming home.
that sounds for the best as he would probably soon chaff at being mothered :)
how is the compo process going? with permanent short term memory loss he should be entitled to a decent compensation.
Here in SA its all red tape and piss the injured person off…..
pomolo said:
Lucky1 said:
JimBob may be moving back home this Sunday……. landlord is kicking the boys put. Said he needs the house for himself as he & the Mrs. have split.No contract was signed when Mark moved in and he wasn’t given a docket recording rent payments either. So poor old JimBob has no record of him renting.
Got an appointment for a house this arvo………
JimBob thinks paying what he paid before for his room and my cooking is a bonus & cheap…..makes them grow up when they leave home…..lol
Oh doesn’t it though?
Oh yeah…LOL
pomolo said:
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
JimBob thinks paying what he paid before for his room and my cooking is a bonus & cheap…..makes them grow up when they leave home…..lol
some kids have to learn the hard way :)
how is he by the way? all recovered from his accident?
Still has short term memory loss…. this is looking to be permanent. Leg is okay as far as I know.
Got his house he wanted ….renting that is. Gets the keys on Friday this week.
So he’s not moving in here….. very happy for him. Little bit of me is sad as I want to mother him….LOL
Elf is happy he’s not coming home.
Probably a good thing Lucky. They never really settle back to your ways again when they have had some time away from the family.
I know……. just an old mum wishing…….LOL
Evening All,
Long time no speak, it’s been a busy rose and Iris time.
Elf is happy he’s not coming home.
+++++++++++++++++
As much as you love them, you get that way about your children sometimes…
” Finally! My graduation photos turned up in the mail today.”
Lovely photos of you and yours, very nice, and congratulations again :)
Dinetta said:
Elf is happy he’s not coming home.
+++++++++++++++++As much as you love them, you get that way about your children sometimes…
Yes……… he’s happy and that makes me happy.
Evening all its already November…… nearly xmas and my Birthday… musnt be long to i finsh school 5 or 6th of next month well really 2 hours after 9am tomorrow all my exams are done.
Hi Veg—when is your Birthday
Grasshopper said:
Hi Veg—when is your Birthday
22nd of Jan.
Grasshopper said:
Hi Veg—when is your Birthday
22nd of Jan.
Back now.
morning all
37c predicted here today
- so the wednesday morning watering times (6-9am) are great news. i’ve given all the veges a drink.
more beans, corn and melons (butternuts and rockies) are up and all the seedlings doing well.
pepe said:
morning all
37c predicted here today
- so the wednesday morning watering times (6-9am) are great news. i’ve given all the veges a drink.
more beans, corn and melons (butternuts and rockies) are up and all the seedlings doing well.
Hi Pepe, thats hot. 32 C forcast for here today. No watering in the evenings allowed here at all, its 2 hours early morning by 2 days a week.
I’m actually quite surprised to find out that between all my water tubs and bins I collected over 1000 litres last rain a few days back, , and I have been using that on veges.
Oh morning..
Not much doing here today , I have my cooking items all done and delivered over the last couple days. Wed is my day off, so I will be pottering about doing whatever.
My fave cactus that sends out large pink flowers is about to flower again , 4 big spikes on it about to open :D
Once we have our car back from #1 son and the weather cools enough down for the elf….I’m off to the quack to have my right foot looked at.
Tad on the swollen side and tender around the heel and the hamstring area. Take the old x-rays back …. just in case he wants a bo-peep at them.
Been sore for a few weeks now……..could be the usual complaint….or a spur….. just as long as its not the old diabetes….
As I was on my feet all day yesterday……… having a prop up day today with my foot and get the swelling down ….. hot here and so baby booties to knit and a DVD to watch…order of the day.
Lucky1 said:
As I was on my feet all day yesterday……… having a prop up day today with my foot and get the swelling down ….. hot here and so baby booties to knit and a DVD to watch…order of the day.
My order of the day is clothes shopping <sigh>. Has to be faced at some point I guess. I need a spicky outfit for the company do on Saturday night. Think I’ve managed to find enough in my wardrobe to necessitate just a fancy black shirt and what’s needed under.
As a treat for being good I think I’ll pick up the next disc of Babylon 5 on the way home :-)
I love clothes, I love looking … good, but I hate buying them. At forty I don’t want to buy ‘mother of the bride’ style outfits, but I also have no intention of baring my gutt to the world (or my thighs, or my upper arms LOL). I don’t want cheap tart, and I don’t want prim matron, and finding anything in between is difficult (‘cause I also don’t want to spend a week’s wages on a single outfit!)
Much rather potter about in my garden.
Going to pull out the silverbeet and pak choy today. Its all looking a little ratty. Might freeze anything that’s good (depending on what’s for dinner tonight). I make a soup in winter for treating colds and flus and general malaise that relies heavily on greens. Fresh frozen greens from my garden have to be better than store bought frozen greens (which is what I usually use).
good morning folks. heading home today. Mr BG and #1 daughter arrived last night and are now packing the ute to bring me home. we will be picking the bike up from the tow truckers on the way. See you when I get home.
Well, change in plans here today. Just went to get the jacket I want to wear on Saturday night from the wardrobe, and discovered a shirt hanging under it that I’d forgotten about. Perfect for the company do. Very respectable, but a little bit sexy ‘cause if you look closely you realise its crochetted (or knitted or something) with little holes all over it.
Hmmm, now I’ve got a free morning. Might have to go outside, ‘cause it looks like it might rain this afternoon. And rainy afternoons are perfect for DVD watching, and overcast mornings are perfect for pottering about in the garden.
bluegreen said:
good morning folks. heading home today. Mr BG and #1 daughter arrived last night and are now packing the ute to bring me home. we will be picking the bike up from the tow truckers on the way. See you when I get home.
Safe journey, BlueGreen!
Morning All,
28 here today, a lovely day but a bit warm for gardening. I got an early start (for me) and have dug up all my gone-to-seed onions (:(:( and coriander and silverbeet. I still have plenty of silverbeet left. So disappointed about all those onions, what a waste of time and water and work. I’ll keep the ones that have developed a bit of a bulb but they won’t last long.
The garlic is fine, not a huge type of bulb but pretty good. I have another lot of that to dig next.
I found a lot of huge carrots under all the vegetation, hope they’re not all too woody!
Next job is to dig out the blackberries that have come up in the vegie patch :(
Watering is also on the list for today.
Back later.
bluegreen said:
good morning folks. heading home today. Mr BG and #1 daughter arrived last night and are now packing the ute to bring me home. we will be picking the bike up from the tow truckers on the way. See you when I get home.
Hope you’re feeling better BG. it’s going to take a little while for the shock to wear off i expect. Take care.
orchid40 said:
bluegreen said:
good morning folks. heading home today. Mr BG and #1 daughter arrived last night and are now packing the ute to bring me home. we will be picking the bike up from the tow truckers on the way. See you when I get home.
Hope you’re feeling better BG. it’s going to take a little while for the shock to wear off i expect. Take care.
how long in plaster ???
Arvo all, all exams are done.
That’s a good feeling, isn’t it VG? Will send you the veg sheet soon. Just having problems with my email.
Off to the library after lazing all day achieving very little. My excuse – I thought it was going to rain ;-) It did acutally rain. I had to sit in my car at the video shop for 5 minutes waiting for it to ease off enough for me to run inside LOL. Started about 2 seconds after I pulled into the car park. Well, got to dash to the library now.
SueBk said:
That’s a good feeling, isn’t it VG? Will send you the veg sheet soon. Just having problems with my email.Off to the library after lazing all day achieving very little. My excuse – I thought it was going to rain ;-) It did acutally rain. I had to sit in my car at the video shop for 5 minutes waiting for it to ease off enough for me to run inside LOL. Started about 2 seconds after I pulled into the car park. Well, got to dash to the library now.
yeah it is, thats ok sue just let me know when you send it.
veg gardener said:
Arvo all, all exams are done.
Good on ya…now relax and grow some vegies:)
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
Arvo all, all exams are done.
Good on ya…now relax and grow some vegies:)
yeah i will.
I had a day in town today. It’s a monthly thing I do with a girlfriend. I bought myself an electronic keyboard. Cheap and nasty but will fill one of my “do before I die” things. I learnt the piano for a number of years when I was a kid and have always wanted to see if the old skills were still there.
If it turns out I get absorbed by the music thing again I will go for a bigger and better instrument and while away my hours playing for myself.
Who am I kidding!
pomolo said:
I had a day in town today. It’s a monthly thing I do with a girlfriend. I bought myself an electronic keyboard. Cheap and nasty but will fill one of my “do before I die” things. I learnt the piano for a number of years when I was a kid and have always wanted to see if the old skills were still there.If it turns out I get absorbed by the music thing again I will go for a bigger and better instrument and while away my hours playing for myself.
Who am I kidding!
woops i thought you said you got your self a new keyboard for a computer and i was like they are electronic, had to re read it a few times.
Hi BG, that cactus has been wonderous to watch over the years, as it forms flowers internally it goes ball like smooth, then ribs start to poke out, then after it flowers the ribs are almost closed. I feel sory for it then lol, as it’s completely worn out and spent. It will flower a couple more times over the coming summer. I give it some worm wee over it’s flowering period.
I have a pup from it too that I have potted up.
BG said “ that is so stunning. I really like dianthus but ones I have grown have all turned up their toes.”
I deadhead it daily Bluegreen. I can’t walk past it without stopping to check it lol.
And get this, I planted it where I later wanted to plant a gerbera border.. I thought the dianthus would die down in time , but it was still flowering it’s little head off, so I put the spade under it and lifted it to it’s current site ,in the mini orchard , and it didn’t miss a beat. It’s been in constant flower since I planted the seedlings in mid winter.
Happy Potter said:
BG said “ that is so stunning. I really like dianthus but ones I have grown have all turned up their toes.” I can’t walk past it without stopping to check it lol.
that’s the sort of attention my plants DON’T get! lol!
pomolo said:
I had a day in town today. It’s a monthly thing I do with a girlfriend. I bought myself an electronic keyboard. Cheap and nasty but will fill one of my “do before I die” things. I learnt the piano for a number of years when I was a kid and have always wanted to see if the old skills were still there.If it turns out I get absorbed by the music thing again I will go for a bigger and better instrument and while away my hours playing for myself.
Who am I kidding!
Sounds like you’re going to have fun, Pom :)
Morning All,
It’s a cool windy day today, a relief from yesterday’s heat which was a surprise. Are we ever ready for sudden Summer heat?
Lucky you have my sympathy, 38 is not funny even when you like heat.
Today I’ll sort through a barrow full of onions and see what are worth keeping.
I need to find some goodies to work in the vacant soil now, no compost ready yet so it’ll be good old Blood & bone and horse manure plus a few extras.
I spent yesterday arvo painting black plastic pots, freebies from my friend Thee, and my roses, wisteria and clematis will go in them. They do look nice, a pale sage green paint which we had left over from another job. They match the house trim.
Happy Potter said:
Hi BG, that cactus has been wonderous to watch over the years, as it forms flowers internally it goes ball like smooth, then ribs start to poke out, then after it flowers the ribs are almost closed. I feel sory for it then lol, as it’s completely worn out and spent. It will flower a couple more times over the coming summer. I give it some worm wee over it’s flowering period.
I have a pup from it too that I have potted up.
It’s a gorgeous flower isn’t it! I love your Dianthus too :)
Groundbreaking News! I have flowers on my Feijoa!! I’ve waited not very patiently for about 3 years! Of course I may not get fruit but it’s a start!
orchid40 said:
Groundbreaking News! I have flowers on my Feijoa!! I’ve waited not very patiently for about 3 years! Of course I may not get fruit but it’s a start!
:D
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
BG said “ that is so stunning. I really like dianthus but ones I have grown have all turned up their toes.” I can’t walk past it without stopping to check it lol.that’s the sort of attention my plants DON’T get! lol!
I do the HP thing too. I drive myself insane. It’s a form of sickness I think. I have to deadhead if I see a spent bloom or pull a weed on sight…………even if it’s growing in a potted plant in the Doctors waiting rooms. LOL.
orchid40 said:
Groundbreaking News! I have flowers on my Feijoa!! I’ve waited not very patiently for about 3 years! Of course I may not get fruit but it’s a start!
We have a feijoa tree laden with flowers this year. What can I do with a crop I don’t eat? Pretty flowers though.
But the flowers on my pecan nut tree came to nothing. Zilch! Zero!
Maybe next year.
Well, morning all. Been having some misty showers here but the sun is peeking through now. Probably going to end up being steamy.
Not sure of todays program. Possibly going to search for a new dining room suite. Maybe play around with my new music keyboard for a while. I’ll report in later today.
Lucky you have my sympathy, 38 is not funny even when you like heat.
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Thanks Mum:D
Went to the shops this morning…… I cheated… took the bus there and back…………
24.5 degrees and 55 % humidity……….
pomolo said:
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
BG said “ that is so stunning. I really like dianthus but ones I have grown have all turned up their toes.” I can’t walk past it without stopping to check it lol.that’s the sort of attention my plants DON’T get! lol!
I do the HP thing too. I drive myself insane. It’s a form of sickness I think. I have to deadhead if I see a spent bloom or pull a weed on sight…………even if it’s growing in a potted plant in the Doctors waiting rooms. LOL.
Oh you too LOL. I think it is a sickness.. I spent cup day at Thee’s walking about deadheading her roses lol.
I had to go to eldest daughters place and bring back Ringo.. she and Daisy the little terrier finally called a truce and were sharing foods nicely lol, but the problem was my grandson was letting the chook come inside the house, they would sit together and watch tv, the boy even let Ringo sleep in his room lol..so his mum cracked it and now Ringo is back from her holiday and back in with her old feathered friends. And grandson re named her Melissa lol. He will have to see her here now, but thats ok , he comes here after school most days.
She did a great job of cleaning up daughters yard of bugs :)
Happy Potter said:
I had to go to eldest daughters place and bring back Ringo.. she and Daisy the little terrier finally called a truce and were sharing foods nicely lol, but the problem was my grandson was letting the chook come inside the house, they would sit together and watch tv, the boy even let Ringo sleep in his room lol..so his mum cracked it and now Ringo is back from her holiday and back in with her old feathered friends. And grandson re named her Melissa lol. He will have to see her here now, but thats ok , he comes here after school most days.
She did a great job of cleaning up daughters yard of bugs :)
pomolo said:
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
BG said “ that is so stunning. I really like dianthus but ones I have grown have all turned up their toes.” I can’t walk past it without stopping to check it lol.that’s the sort of attention my plants DON’T get! lol!
I do the HP thing too. I drive myself insane. It’s a form of sickness I think. I have to deadhead if I see a spent bloom or pull a weed on sight…………even if it’s growing in a potted plant in the Doctors waiting rooms. LOL.
Me too, pity i don’t always get the same urge in my own garden.
I once started weeding a bed at the Roma St Parklands.
Happy Potter said:
I had to go to eldest daughters place and bring back Ringo.. she and Daisy the little terrier finally called a truce and were sharing foods nicely lol, but the problem was my grandson was letting the chook come inside the house, they would sit together and watch tv, the boy even let Ringo sleep in his room lol..so his mum cracked it and now Ringo is back from her holiday and back in with her old feathered friends. And grandson re named her Melissa lol. He will have to see her here now, but thats ok , he comes here after school most days.
She did a great job of cleaning up daughters yard of bugs :)
pomolo said:
orchid40 said:
Groundbreaking News! I have flowers on my Feijoa!! I’ve waited not very patiently for about 3 years! Of course I may not get fruit but it’s a start!
We have a feijoa tree laden with flowers this year. What can I do with a crop I don’t eat? Pretty flowers though.
But the flowers on my pecan nut tree came to nothing. Zilch! Zero!
Maybe next year.
I think you can make jam with them Pom.
Lucky1 said:
Lucky you have my sympathy, 38 is not funny even when you like heat.
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Thanks Mum:D
:D:D:D
but the problem was my grandson was letting the chook come inside the house, they would sit together and watch tv, the boy even let Ringo sleep in his room lol..
……………………..
And the problem is………………?? LOL
Hi folks,
Didn’t get much from the bank. Apparently you have to have a lot in there before you can get a lot out. Hmmmmm new there was a catch.
I have spent about 2hrs sorting through my hopeless onions. I’ve “topped and Tailed” them and left them on the table outside cos I’m too buggered to do any more. I’ll put them in hessian sacks and store them in the garage but I’m guessing it won’t be for long. Most of them had huge flower stems. :(:(
I’ve also cleaned & hung up the garlic, which looks a lot better than the onions!!
anyone finding the forum very slow to load post or is it just me?
Hi veg. Yes it’s being slow.
veg gardener said:
anyone finding the forum very slow to load post or is it just me?
Yep…slow the forum…not you
orchid40 said:
Hi folks,
Didn’t get much from the bank. Apparently you have to have a lot in there before you can get a lot out. Hmmmmm new there was a catch.
I have spent about 2hrs sorting through my hopeless onions. I’ve “topped and Tailed” them and left them on the table outside cos I’m too buggered to do any more. I’ll put them in hessian sacks and store them in the garage but I’m guessing it won’t be for long. Most of them had huge flower stems. :(:(
I’ve also cleaned & hung up the garlic, which looks a lot better than the onions!!
hey o40 i was just catching up now at the top.
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
anyone finding the forum very slow to load post or is it just me?
Yep…slow the forum…not you
thats good was thinking internet is already over usage and it doesn’t reset for ages.
veg gardener said:
veg gardener said:
anyone finding the forum very slow to load post or is it just me?
wasn’t until you mentioned it! lol!
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
anyone finding the forum very slow to load post or is it just me?
wasn’t until you mentioned it! lol!
My stars this bluddy weather !!
Windy , hot and windy..it’s doing me head in. The ponds filled with crap and leaves, everything else is flat, like me.
Our mortgage lenders going broke so we have to shift over to another.. not the first time this has happened either. if I can borrow a bit extra I can finally get my dead car fixed! It’s been sitting in the carport about 10 weeks now, it needs a few things to get it going. It’s brown with a thick dust coating and the girls have written suggestions all over it , fix me, wash me, i’m lonely , buy me new shoes ect.
Happy Potter said:
My stars this bluddy weather !!
Windy , hot and windy..it’s doing me head in. The ponds filled with crap and leaves, everything else is flat, like me.Our mortgage lenders going broke so we have to shift over to another.. not the first time this has happened either. if I can borrow a bit extra I can finally get my dead car fixed! It’s been sitting in the carport about 10 weeks now, it needs a few things to get it going. It’s brown with a thick dust coating and the girls have written suggestions all over it , fix me, wash me, i’m lonely , buy me new shoes ect.
lol @ the girls tell them if i was there id do it as well.
veg gardener said:
Happy Potter said:
My stars this bluddy weather !!
Windy , hot and windy..it’s doing me head in. The ponds filled with crap and leaves, everything else is flat, like me.Our mortgage lenders going broke so we have to shift over to another.. not the first time this has happened either. if I can borrow a bit extra I can finally get my dead car fixed! It’s been sitting in the carport about 10 weeks now, it needs a few things to get it going. It’s brown with a thick dust coating and the girls have written suggestions all over it , fix me, wash me, i’m lonely , buy me new shoes ect.
lol @ the girls tell them if i was there id do it as well.
I bet you would too Veg.. what would you write on it ?
Happy Potter said:
My stars this bluddy weather !!
Windy , hot and windy..it’s doing me head in. The ponds filled with crap and leaves, everything else is flat, like me.Our mortgage lenders going broke so we have to shift over to another.. not the first time this has happened either. if I can borrow a bit extra I can finally get my dead car fixed! It’s been sitting in the carport about 10 weeks now, it needs a few things to get it going. It’s brown with a thick dust coating and the girls have written suggestions all over it , fix me, wash me, i’m lonely , buy me new shoes ect.
your car wants new shoes? I’d like to see that!
Happy Potter said:
veg gardener said:
Happy Potter said:
My stars this bluddy weather !!
Windy , hot and windy..it’s doing me head in. The ponds filled with crap and leaves, everything else is flat, like me.Our mortgage lenders going broke so we have to shift over to another.. not the first time this has happened either. if I can borrow a bit extra I can finally get my dead car fixed! It’s been sitting in the carport about 10 weeks now, it needs a few things to get it going. It’s brown with a thick dust coating and the girls have written suggestions all over it , fix me, wash me, i’m lonely , buy me new shoes ect.
lol @ the girls tell them if i was there id do it as well.
I bet you would too Veg.. what would you write on it ?
I need to be cleaned RIGHT NOW!!!! and write my name on it and i am a bit dust. please Clean me, looks like you dont love me any more. and a few more.
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
My stars this bluddy weather !!
Windy , hot and windy..it’s doing me head in. The ponds filled with crap and leaves, everything else is flat, like me.Our mortgage lenders going broke so we have to shift over to another.. not the first time this has happened either. if I can borrow a bit extra I can finally get my dead car fixed! It’s been sitting in the carport about 10 weeks now, it needs a few things to get it going. It’s brown with a thick dust coating and the girls have written suggestions all over it , fix me, wash me, i’m lonely , buy me new shoes ect.
your car wants new shoes? I’d like to see that!
yeah thinks HP’s car wants new Brake shoes.
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
My stars this bluddy weather !!
Windy , hot and windy..it’s doing me head in. The ponds filled with crap and leaves, everything else is flat, like me.Our mortgage lenders going broke so we have to shift over to another.. not the first time this has happened either. if I can borrow a bit extra I can finally get my dead car fixed! It’s been sitting in the carport about 10 weeks now, it needs a few things to get it going. It’s brown with a thick dust coating and the girls have written suggestions all over it , fix me, wash me, i’m lonely , buy me new shoes ect.
your car wants new shoes? I’d like to see that!
yeah thinks HP’s car wants new Brake shoes.
oh of course, very good Veg.
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
My stars this bluddy weather !!
Windy , hot and windy..it’s doing me head in. The ponds filled with crap and leaves, everything else is flat, like me.Our mortgage lenders going broke so we have to shift over to another.. not the first time this has happened either. if I can borrow a bit extra I can finally get my dead car fixed! It’s been sitting in the carport about 10 weeks now, it needs a few things to get it going. It’s brown with a thick dust coating and the girls have written suggestions all over it , fix me, wash me, i’m lonely , buy me new shoes ect.
your car wants new shoes? I’d like to see that!
yeah thinks HP’s car wants new Brake shoes.
oh of course, very good Veg.
that’s what i am here for.
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
My stars this bluddy weather !!
Windy , hot and windy..it’s doing me head in. The ponds filled with crap and leaves, everything else is flat, like me.Our mortgage lenders going broke so we have to shift over to another.. not the first time this has happened either. if I can borrow a bit extra I can finally get my dead car fixed! It’s been sitting in the carport about 10 weeks now, it needs a few things to get it going. It’s brown with a thick dust coating and the girls have written suggestions all over it , fix me, wash me, i’m lonely , buy me new shoes ect.
your car wants new shoes? I’d like to see that!
yeah thinks HP’s car wants new Brake shoes.
oh of course, very good Veg.
that’s what i am here for.
Oh it needs new tires, brakes, drive belt, water pump..it’s been sitting there with a tank full of petrol, when petrol was dearer lol.
Happy Potter said:
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
My stars this bluddy weather !!
Windy , hot and windy..it’s doing me head in. The ponds filled with crap and leaves, everything else is flat, like me.Our mortgage lenders going broke so we have to shift over to another.. not the first time this has happened either. if I can borrow a bit extra I can finally get my dead car fixed! It’s been sitting in the carport about 10 weeks now, it needs a few things to get it going. It’s brown with a thick dust coating and the girls have written suggestions all over it , fix me, wash me, i’m lonely , buy me new shoes ect.
your car wants new shoes? I’d like to see that!
yeah thinks HP’s car wants new Brake shoes.
oh of course, very good Veg.
that’s what i am here for.
Oh it needs new tires, brakes, drive belt, water pump..it’s been sitting there with a tank full of petrol, when petrol was dearer lol.
Hey.. can home gardeners now grow opium poppies now ?
I’ve been offered some.
Please tell me they have pretty flowers..
Happy Potter said:
Hey.. can home gardeners now grow opium poppies now ?
I’ve been offered some.
Please tell me they have pretty flowers..
i dont know nothing about flowers no about some of them.
Veg said : “ can you get the Petrol out of the tank may get some rust or even block up the fuel lines.”
Nar it will be ok Veg. It will start fine when it does. It is 13.5 years old, got some years left in it yet. Hubbys car is 22 years old and has done near 200 thou’ k’s.
Only problem is we dissconnected the battery and we can’t remember the code lol.
Happy Potter said:
Veg said : “ can you get the Petrol out of the tank may get some rust or even block up the fuel lines.”
Nar it will be ok Veg. It will start fine when it does. It is 13.5 years old, got some years left in it yet. Hubbys car is 22 years old and has done near 200 thou’ k’s.
Only problem is we dissconnected the battery and we can’t remember the code lol.
lol thats smart just get the model and year it was made and do a google search.
so whats everyone been up to.
Happy Potter said:
Hey.. can home gardeners now grow opium poppies now ?
I’ve been offered some.
Please tell me they have pretty flowers..
asiatic, peony and flanders poppies are wide spread in gardens. they have probably cross pollinated by now. the flanders flowers now and is thus the symbol for the WW1 veterans.
they all produce prolific seed and are pretty wildflowers.
veg gardener said:
so whats everyone been up to.
watching Stargate
poppies
veg gardener said:
so whats everyone been up to.
drove my daughter home
she gave me lettuce seedlings – i gave her spinach seedlings.
pepe said:
veg gardener said:
so whats everyone been up to.
drove my daughter home
she gave me lettuce seedlings – i gave her spinach seedlings.
thats nice of you and her.
what season of Stargate BG.
veg gardener said:
what season of Stargate BG.
season 10
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
what season of Stargate BG.
season 10
veg gardener said:
so whats everyone been up to.
I was cursing the weather.
Now it’s hailing.
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
what season of Stargate BG.
season 10
which one is on tv?
I’ve been recording it on Foxtel.
Happy Potter said:
veg gardener said:
so whats everyone been up to.
I was cursing the weather.
Now it’s hailing.
Happy Potter said:
veg gardener said:
so whats everyone been up to.
I was cursing the weather.
Now it’s hailing.
right over you
bluegreen said:
o ok you got foxtel. we dont have it dad said it a waste of money i Like Mythbusters and it isnt on SBS as much.
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
what season of Stargate BG.
season 10
which one is on tv?I’ve been recording it on Foxtel.
veg gardener said:
o ok you got foxtel. we dont have it dad said it a waste of money i Like Mythbusters and it isnt on SBS as much.
you’re dad’s right. We have been thinking of canceling it and just buying the DVDs for the shows we like to watch.
HP and BG this looks alot better i am in there some where. bg should know where.
HP and BG this looks alot better i am in there some where. bg should know where.
there we go
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
o ok you got foxtel. we dont have it dad said it a waste of money i Like Mythbusters and it isnt on SBS as much.you’re dad’s right. We have been thinking of canceling it and just buying the DVDs for the shows we like to watch.
Yeah. we just have normal tv not HD but we are ment to be getting a new tv the big one fell over out of the cabinet. we wait till the sales are on.
in BOM map i am east of the tocal dot not far but.
veg gardener said:
in BOM map i am east of the tocal dot not far but.
no rain there! we want some rain here.
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
in BOM map i am east of the tocal dot not far but.
no rain there! we want some rain here.
we got it due in a while.
orchid40 said:
pomolo said:
orchid40 said:
Groundbreaking News! I have flowers on my Feijoa!! I’ve waited not very patiently for about 3 years! Of course I may not get fruit but it’s a start!
We have a feijoa tree laden with flowers this year. What can I do with a crop I don’t eat? Pretty flowers though.
But the flowers on my pecan nut tree came to nothing. Zilch! Zero!
Maybe next year.
I think you can make jam with them Pom.
I guess it will be jam then. Thanks O40.
pomolo said:
orchid40 said:
pomolo said:
orchid40 said:
Groundbreaking News! I have flowers on my Feijoa!! I’ve waited not very patiently for about 3 years! Of course I may not get fruit but it’s a start!
We have a feijoa tree laden with flowers this year. What can I do with a crop I don’t eat? Pretty flowers though.
But the flowers on my pecan nut tree came to nothing. Zilch! Zero!
Maybe next year.
I think you can make jam with them Pom.
I guess it will be jam then. Thanks O40.
Fruit Fly magnets. :(
Have a flower.
Bubba Louie said:
pomolo said:
orchid40 said:
pomolo said:
orchid40 said:
Groundbreaking News! I have flowers on my Feijoa!! I’ve waited not very patiently for about 3 years! Of course I may not get fruit but it’s a start!
We have a feijoa tree laden with flowers this year. What can I do with a crop I don’t eat? Pretty flowers though.
But the flowers on my pecan nut tree came to nothing. Zilch! Zero!
Maybe next year.
I think you can make jam with them Pom.
I guess it will be jam then. Thanks O40.
Fruit Fly magnets. :(
You got a recipe for maggot jam Bubba?
Morining all, forgot to mention i am studying dist ed agriculture next year at school, so i will be talking alot more about ag.
morning
i figured out why there were so many spiders on the morning after the hot wednesday night this week. i found thousands of tiny ant wings all over the pool water. so that hot night was the one the ants took to the wing. they are only short lived and it looks like all the bats, skinks, spiders, centipedes and others had a feast that night.
Morning Pepe.
Been an explosion of flying insects and pests here too.
I’ve never seen so many blowflies about before.
Last night I got the fright of my life.. giant son scremed MUMMMMMMMMM QUICK Mummm !!! , you know the sort of blood curdling scream and you just know theres something horrible about to happen?? I just about fell out of bed and hit the floor running . Hubby flew out of the shower with a towel half about him..joined me running to the kid..running thru the house , heart pounding , the kid was white faced.. problem ? ………there was a frog on the patio.. yup a frog. A little frog.
Gave him instant lesson on appropriate responces.
I’m still recovering.. hubby couldn’t sleep.
.there was a frog on the patio..
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at least nothing bad had happened.
makes it hard tho’ – sleep deprivation is torture.
Happy Potter said:
Hey.. can home gardeners now grow opium poppies now ?
I’ve been offered some.
Please tell me they have pretty flowers..
Dunno, but your’d be damn popular when the flower heads die off….LOL
veg gardener said:
so whats everyone been up to.
Staying cool and knitting dish clothes for the bimbo, as she moves out in about 6 weeks.:)
Bubba Louie said:
Have a flower.
Oh pretty:D
I’m still recovering.. hubby couldn’t sleep.
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How’s the frog holding up?????
Lucky1 said:
Happy Potter said:
Hey.. can home gardeners now grow opium poppies now ?
I’ve been offered some.
Please tell me they have pretty flowers..
Dunno, but your’d be damn popular when the flower heads die off….LOL
LOL!
You crack me up lol…
Happy Potter said:
Morning Pepe.
Been an explosion of flying insects and pests here too.
I’ve never seen so many blowflies about before.Last night I got the fright of my life.. giant son scremed MUMMMMMMMMM QUICK Mummm !!! , you know the sort of blood curdling scream and you just know theres something horrible about to happen?? I just about fell out of bed and hit the floor running . Hubby flew out of the shower with a towel half about him..joined me running to the kid..running thru the house , heart pounding , the kid was white faced.. problem ? ………there was a frog on the patio.. yup a frog. A little frog.
Gave him instant lesson on appropriate responces.
I’m still recovering.. hubby couldn’t sleep.
lol! poor mum & dad!
Happy Potter said:
:D
Lucky1 said:
Happy Potter said:
Hey.. can home gardeners now grow opium poppies now ?
I’ve been offered some.
Please tell me they have pretty flowers..
Dunno, but your’d be damn popular when the flower heads die off….LOL
LOL!
You crack me up lol…
Pepe gave me some seeds and I got some free through Diggers too.
Lucky1 said:
I’m still recovering.. hubby couldn’t sleep.
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How’s the frog holding up?????
Great actually :)
I know where they are hanging out.. in the bases of self watering pots. Obviously the fish in the pond are too big ..not a good home to raise lil froggies.
I suppose I can’t blame the big kid for getting a fright, he’s never seen a live frog before, and he’s 17 tomorrow.. it’s the first one I’ve seen here in over 20 years too, heard them but not seen them ..just not many frogs about I’m afraid.
Hubbys snoring in his chair.
Piccy of the offending amphibian..Eastern Banjo
Happy Potter said:
Lucky1 said:
I’m still recovering.. hubby couldn’t sleep.
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How’s the frog holding up?????
Great actually :)
I know where they are hanging out.. in the bases of self watering pots. Obviously the fish in the pond are too big ..not a good home to raise lil froggies.I suppose I can’t blame the big kid for getting a fright, he’s never seen a live frog before, and he’s 17 tomorrow.. it’s the first one I’ve seen here in over 20 years too, heard them but not seen them ..just not many frogs about I’m afraid.
Hubbys snoring in his chair.Piccy of the offending amphibian..Eastern Banjo
Gee the frog looks traumatized….. quick …get Dr. Phi
Lucky1 said:
Happy Potter said:
Lucky1 said:
I’m still recovering.. hubby couldn’t sleep.
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How’s the frog holding up?????
Great actually :)
I know where they are hanging out.. in the bases of self watering pots. Obviously the fish in the pond are too big ..not a good home to raise lil froggies.I suppose I can’t blame the big kid for getting a fright, he’s never seen a live frog before, and he’s 17 tomorrow.. it’s the first one I’ve seen here in over 20 years too, heard them but not seen them ..just not many frogs about I’m afraid.
Hubbys snoring in his chair.Piccy of the offending amphibian..Eastern Banjo
Gee the frog looks traumatized….. quick …get Dr. Phi
LOL!
The kid was so scared of it, that when we talked to him about what it was, he still didn’t take his eyes off it for a second, all anxious and hands flapping ..and when it did a little hop the kid nearly shit LOL.
morning Lucky, HP, anyone else.
About to head off to the doctor’s to get my injuries checked out and perhaps a full cast on the wrist. Will see if I get any time off work next week. I certainly don’t feel up to it myself. Exhausts me just getting dressed in the morning! Got a good night’s sleep last night though, as well as a nanny nap in the afternoon. 10mm of rain overnight and still drizzling.
bluegreen said:
morning Lucky, HP, anyone else.About to head off to the doctor’s to get my injuries checked out and perhaps a full cast on the wrist. Will see if I get any time off work next week. I certainly don’t feel up to it myself. Exhausts me just getting dressed in the morning! Got a good night’s sleep last night though, as well as a nanny nap in the afternoon. 10mm of rain overnight and still drizzling.
I hope it’s all healing well BG. The fright will leave you feeling exhausted and yuck.
Good on the rain, got some here too.
The kid was so scared of it, that when we talked to him about what it was, he still didn’t take his eyes off it for a second, all anxious and hands flapping ..and when it did a little hop the kid nearly shit LOL.
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Guess we forget there has to be a first for everyone at some stage in our lives…….on everything:)
Glad all is okay though.
bluegreen said:
morning Lucky, HP, anyone else.About to head off to the doctor’s to get my injuries checked out and perhaps a full cast on the wrist. Will see if I get any time off work next week. I certainly don’t feel up to it myself. Exhausts me just getting dressed in the morning! Got a good night’s sleep last night though, as well as a nanny nap in the afternoon. 10mm of rain overnight and still drizzling.
Hi Bluegreen and HP and lerkers….
No rain here, though cloudy…… hope you can get some time off to recover.
Lucky1 said:
Happy Potter said:
Hey.. can home gardeners now grow opium poppies now ?
I’ve been offered some.
Please tell me they have pretty flowers..
Dunno, but your’d be damn popular when the flower heads die off….LOL
Not legally, at least it’s not here, but so many people do it I doubt you’d have any trouble. I’ve been told that it’s an unwritten law amoung gardeners that they are now called Peony Poppies. :)
bubba louie said:
Lucky1 said:
Happy Potter said:
Hey.. can home gardeners now grow opium poppies now ?
I’ve been offered some.
Please tell me they have pretty flowers..
Dunno, but your’d be damn popular when the flower heads die off….LOL
Not legally, at least it’s not here, but so many people do it I doubt you’d have any trouble. I’ve been told that it’s an unwritten law amoung gardeners that they are now called Peony Poppies. :)
Next doors here have marijuana growing..5 plants of it. Hubby saw it and asked me is that.. that.. whacky backy stuff ? … yep it is.
Not our business.
bluegreen said:
morning Lucky, HP, anyone else.About to head off to the doctor’s to get my injuries checked out and perhaps a full cast on the wrist. Will see if I get any time off work next week. I certainly don’t feel up to it myself. Exhausts me just getting dressed in the morning! Got a good night’s sleep last night though, as well as a nanny nap in the afternoon. 10mm of rain overnight and still drizzling.
back again. got a fresh cast and another week off work.
bubba louie said:
Lucky1 said:
Happy Potter said:
Hey.. can home gardeners now grow opium poppies now ?
I’ve been offered some.
Please tell me they have pretty flowers..
Dunno, but your’d be damn popular when the flower heads die off….LOL
Not legally, at least it’s not here, but so many people do it I doubt you’d have any trouble. I’ve been told that it’s an unwritten law amoung gardeners that they are now called Peony Poppies. :)
I don’t expect one or two plants will get you into trouble. A whole field of them however….
bluegreen said:
bluegreen said:
morning Lucky, HP, anyone else.About to head off to the doctor’s to get my injuries checked out and perhaps a full cast on the wrist. Will see if I get any time off work next week. I certainly don’t feel up to it myself. Exhausts me just getting dressed in the morning! Got a good night’s sleep last night though, as well as a nanny nap in the afternoon. 10mm of rain overnight and still drizzling.
back again. got a fresh cast and another week off work.
Rest up and let people scribble on the cast.
ruddy house is full of ruddy ants and a right proper mess. Not much I can do about it though!
Lucky1 said:
Rest up and let people scribble on the cast.
yep. was hoping for an orange one but the clinic only had boring white :(
bluegreen said:
ruddy house is full of ruddy ants and a right proper mess. Not much I can do about it though!
Get your laptop, DVD player, TV if needed and hole up in the bedroom…….take Alex with you…good for company.
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
Rest up and let people scribble on the cast.
yep. was hoping for an orange one but the clinic only had boring white :(
I had them years ago put red and green on the elf’s leg…. Christmas time…LOL needed a Christmas cast.
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
Rest up and let people scribble on the cast.
yep. was hoping for an orange one but the clinic only had boring white :(
I had them years ago put red and green on the elf’s leg…. Christmas time…LOL needed a Christmas cast.
I’ve got multicoloured legs without the cast!
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
Rest up and let people scribble on the cast.
yep. was hoping for an orange one but the clinic only had boring white :(
I had them years ago put red and green on the elf’s leg…. Christmas time…LOL needed a Christmas cast.
I’ve got multicoloured legs without the cast!
All jokes aside……. how are you feeling????
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
Rest up and let people scribble on the cast.
yep. was hoping for an orange one but the clinic only had boring white :(
I had them years ago put red and green on the elf’s leg…. Christmas time…LOL needed a Christmas cast.
I’ve got multicoloured legs without the cast!
All jokes aside……. how are you feeling????
not too bad, just lots of tender bits and finding somethings a bit difficult with one hand.
not too bad, just lots of tender bits and finding somethings a bit difficult with one hand.
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Well you have a week to rest and catch up on reading……. enjoy
getting the Trio of new Hampshires tonight.
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
Rest up and let people scribble on the cast.
yep. was hoping for an orange one but the clinic only had boring white :(
I had them years ago put red and green on the elf’s leg…. Christmas time…LOL needed a Christmas cast.
I’ve got multicoloured legs without the cast!
And still got your sense of humour! Good to see.
I found audio-books quite handy to while away enforced recuperation. :)
veg gardener said:
getting the Trio of new Hampshires tonight.
How exciting, Veg!
Are they youngsters?
I’m sure that you will enjoy them and I’ll keep my eye out for some photos!
cackles said:
veg gardener said:
getting the Trio of new Hampshires tonight.
How exciting, Veg!
Are they youngsters?
I’m sure that you will enjoy them and I’ll keep my eye out for some photos!
yeah they are 8 week olds
I bet you are excited! :)
veg gardener said:
getting the Trio of new Hampshires tonight.
Photos when they are settled:D
veg gardener said:
cackles said:
veg gardener said:
getting the Trio of new Hampshires tonight.
How exciting, Veg!
Are they youngsters?
I’m sure that you will enjoy them and I’ll keep my eye out for some photos!
yeah they are 8 week olds
Oh babies:D
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
getting the Trio of new Hampshires tonight.
Photos when they are settled:D
hope that be tomorrow plus in the moring i have to go shopping for a suit.
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
cackles said:
veg gardener said:
getting the Trio of new Hampshires tonight.
How exciting, Veg!
Are they youngsters?
I’m sure that you will enjoy them and I’ll keep my eye out for some photos!
yeah they are 8 week olds
Oh babies:D
yep.
Just caught up with the posts. Had a busy day and I’m er tired. I had a visitor this morning who stayed longer than I expected and put me all behind. Then i did a bit of garden stuff, had an early lunch and choofed off to the chiropracter as I’d made my back sore doing repetitive stuff without resting, (Getting old sucks) Got home and wrestled with netting on the cherry tree. Cooked tea (Including yummy spuds :)
Then had to pop out to pay a lady for a trip I’m going on next month. Bed’s looking inviting already!
got 12 tomato stakes from bunnings last night, cost $12.89 for 6.
got 12 tomato stakes from bunnings last night, cost $12.89 for 6.
++++++++++++++
Plant a single stand of bamboo VG. Never buy stakes again. Or bean trellises. Or whatever else you can dream up. Good stuff.
hellooooo????
bluegreen said:
hellooooo????
I was out harvesting garlic………….:D
Thought I counted 40 cloves…but harvested 42:D
Spuds are looking FAB TAB down in the soil. Not ready for harvesting yet.
nice and cool today :)
bluegreen said:
nice and cool today :)
Oh it is here too.
Rain/showers/dribble forecast for Monday/Tuesday here next week. Not even going to plan for it…. won’t happen…. last 2 big rainfalls (40 mm in places) didn’t even happen.
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
hellooooo????
I was out harvesting garlic………….:D
Thought I counted 40 cloves…but harvested 42:D
Spuds are looking FAB TAB down in the soil. Not ready for harvesting yet.
harvesting leeks, red cabbage and garlic (soon).
all my garlic is dropping now so it is ready. some big cloves and a lot of smaller ones.
the red cabbage is sweet and i can recommend it as a worthwhile crop for this coming winter.
Plant a single stand of bamboo VG. Never buy stakes again. Or bean trellises. Or whatever else you can dream up. Good stuff.
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Are you serious, Longy? If so, I might include these (the clumping bamboo, I presume?) in the “palm and cycad and kind of rainforest” area…
no sooner had i forked out the garlic than ms pepe platted them.
i presume i wait for them to dry, pull off the roots and wipe them free of dirt?
pepe said:
no sooner had i forked out the garlic than ms pepe platted them.
i presume i wait for them to dry, pull off the roots and wipe them free of dirt?
pretty well. hang then in an airy place and once they are dry the dirt should just brush off.
pepe said:
no sooner had i forked out the garlic than ms pepe platted them.
i presume i wait for them to dry, pull off the roots and wipe them free of dirt?
Oh, oh, oh Pepe…… I harvested mine today as well…. just updating my blog with notes on it.
How many did you end up with??? I got 43 of them:D
Lurv my garden…. lurv your garden…lurv everyone’s garden…. bounces off another wall.
Oh, oh, oh Pepe…… I harvested mine today as well…. just updating my blog with notes on it.
How many did you end up with??? I got 43 of them:D
Lurv my garden…. lurv your garden…lurv everyone’s garden…. bounces off another wall.
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chuckle – i luv everything when i have a good harvest LOL
and thats my best ever garlic haul – about 60 of them.
many thanks to forumites for advice – up til now i’ve been planting garlic hicklety-picklety and not harvesting this much at once.
pepe said:
Oh, oh, oh Pepe…… I harvested mine today as well…. just updating my blog with notes on it.
How many did you end up with??? I got 43 of them:D
Lurv my garden…. lurv your garden…lurv everyone’s garden…. bounces off another wall.
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chuckle – i luv everything when i have a good harvest LOL
and thats my best ever garlic haul – about 60 of them.
many thanks to forumites for advice – up til now i’ve been planting garlic hicklety-picklety and not harvesting this much at once.
pepe said:
no sooner had i forked out the garlic than ms pepe platted them.
i presume i wait for them to dry, pull off the roots and wipe them free of dirt?
sigh
Look at it all!!
FWIW, if it was me…after I’d finished gloating and shoving it in all family members faces, I would just let the roots dry, then trim them and I would just brush off the dirt after they have “shelled” (or do they come out of the ground already “shelled”?)
Haven’t got time to catch up on the chatter :( Company “Gala Night” tonight; just about time to go frock up.
Pulled up the last of the pak choy today and dug over my lovely ‘new’ soil. Saw heaps of wormies; including one about the size of big knitting needle :)) Very happy about that. Not sure whether to put leafies back in the same area or not. I’m thinking of putting my carrots and beetroot down there. Roots are supposed to follow leaf. But still thinking about it. After all, it hasn’t been used for a complete “season” yet.
Getting a couple more big bins to create new beds :)) The Man has agreed to let me turn the entire front “garden” into a veggie patch. Woo hooo. I’ll do it bit by bit ‘cause it’s a lot of work. It’ll mainly be a summer veggie growing area, ‘cause it doesn’t get a lot of sun in winter. I’ll use my current area as a winter focus. But it will let me leave some bed fallow and possibly follow a proper rotation system.
Before I go gad up I’ve got to put my Digger’s order in. Keep forgetting. Can’t plant the seeds if you don’t order them.
sigh Look at it all!!
FWIW, if it was me…after I’d finished gloating and shoving it in all family members faces, I would just let the roots dry, then trim them and I would just brush off the dirt after they have “shelled” (or do they come out of the ground already “shelled”?)
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thanks dinetta and BG
- i’ve no option but to hang them out to dry in the wood shed and hopefully rub the dirt and roots off them when dry.
they are not ‘shelled’ and have their outer skin.
surprising mine were not fully white either – there was areas of green on the bulbs.
Just popped in to say Hi. Hi!
I’ve got some catching up to do so I might get to chat with someone later.
We have bought some new furniture so there has been lots of rearranging to do. I don’t move as quick as I used to so it took a day or so.
bluegreen said:
pepe said:
no sooner had i forked out the garlic than ms pepe platted them.
i presume i wait for them to dry, pull off the roots and wipe them free of dirt?pretty well. hang then in an airy place and once they are dry the dirt should just brush off.
I did that but I also cut the roots off – is that OK ?
orchid40 said:
bluegreen said:
pepe said:
no sooner had i forked out the garlic than ms pepe platted them.
i presume i wait for them to dry, pull off the roots and wipe them free of dirt?pretty well. hang then in an airy place and once they are dry the dirt should just brush off.
I did that but I also cut the roots off – is that OK ?
yeah. don’t think it matters when you cut the roots off.
pepe said:
Oh, oh, oh Pepe…… I harvested mine today as well…. just updating my blog with notes on it.
How many did you end up with??? I got 43 of them:D
Lurv my garden…. lurv your garden…lurv everyone’s garden…. bounces off another wall.
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chuckle – i luv everything when i have a good harvest LOL
and thats my best ever garlic haul – about 60 of them.
many thanks to forumites for advice – up til now i’ve been planting garlic hicklety-picklety and not harvesting this much at once.
Wow – 60 of them!! Well done :)
And well done Lucky with 43!
I haven’t finished harvesting mine but will count when I have :)
Happy Potter said:
Morning Pepe.
Been an explosion of flying insects and pests here too.
I’ve never seen so many blowflies about before.Last night I got the fright of my life.. giant son scremed MUMMMMMMMMM QUICK Mummm !!! , you know the sort of blood curdling scream and you just know theres something horrible about to happen?? I just about fell out of bed and hit the floor running . Hubby flew out of the shower with a towel half about him..joined me running to the kid..running thru the house , heart pounding , the kid was white faced.. problem ? ………there was a frog on the patio.. yup a frog. A little frog.
Gave him instant lesson on appropriate responces.
I’m still recovering.. hubby couldn’t sleep.
We are still being attacked by the brown beetles. They are the size of Christmas beetles and by morning there are 20 or 30 laying dead by the screen door. The miner birds fly down, break one into beakfull size pieces and cart them off to feed their squarking young. They aren’t wasted and I don’t have to sweep them away any more. This evening there was a green frog on the verandah so I fed it a few beetles of different types. It showed no preference for any particular kind and snapped them up in a mili second.
bluegreen said:
bluegreen said:
morning Lucky, HP, anyone else.About to head off to the doctor’s to get my injuries checked out and perhaps a full cast on the wrist. Will see if I get any time off work next week. I certainly don’t feel up to it myself. Exhausts me just getting dressed in the morning! Got a good night’s sleep last night though, as well as a nanny nap in the afternoon. 10mm of rain overnight and still drizzling.
back again. got a fresh cast and another week off work.
Sounds like a wise Doc to me.
hi pomolo :)
Hi Pom!
bluegreen said:
orchid40 said:
bluegreen said:
pepe said:
no sooner had i forked out the garlic than ms pepe platted them.
i presume i wait for them to dry, pull off the roots and wipe them free of dirt?pretty well. hang then in an airy place and once they are dry the dirt should just brush off.
I did that but I also cut the roots off – is that OK ?
yeah. don’t think it matters when you cut the roots off.
Oh whew! Ta BG!
bluegreen said:
ruddy house is full of ruddy ants and a right proper mess. Not much I can do about it though!
We had the pest control here a couple of weeks ago and he gave us a little plastic container (about the size of a 10c piece)to put in the path of the ants that have been partying around our sink for months. It has a liquid in it and a tiny hole that the ants go in and out through. He said that ants would gradually take said liquid back to the nest and eventualy wipe themselves out. He also said you will know if it’s working because the ants move slower and slower. It certainly worked and all ants now gone from around the sink.
I wish I had asked if these things were available to the general public because ants around the sink is only the tip of the iceberg around here.
got 12 tomato stakes from bunnings last night, cost $12.89 for 6.
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Geepers! That’s a bit exee. It’s probably right though. I haven’t bought stakes for years.
Evening all.. haven’t been around much lately but I’m working on a few projects, will post some pictures eventually.
Got a question – we got some kale in our grocery box for the first time! How do you eat it??
I know Pete boils it up in water and drinks the water, but what else can you do? Salad green? Steamed/blanched?
:)
Pomolo said: “ We are still being attacked by the brown beetles. They are the size of Christmas beetles and by morning there are 20 or 30 laying dead by the screen door. The miner birds fly down, break one into beakfull size pieces and cart them off to feed their squarking young. They aren’t wasted and I don’t have to sweep them away any more. This evening there was a green frog on the verandah so I fed it a few beetles of different types. It showed no preference for any particular kind and snapped them up in a mili second.”
Oh gees I’m glad we don’t live near you Pom lol.
Sounds like all systems are working properly there!
Just now a sparrow flew straight in the back door, Max went nuts trying to get it, It was crashing into the kitchen window trying to get out. I caught it with a tea towel and let it go , but not before Max did some leaping bounces next to me trying to get it, scratching the tops of my feet with his claws.
If a Dr. ever asked me whats how did you scratch the tops of your feet, or whats that cut from, or how did you bruise that part of you..the things I would have to explain!! LOL
Oh and morning.. I didn’t make it here yesterday , too much to do and a big party for giant son’s 17 th.
All went well :)
Plus had a new neighbour move into the rear property court , his yard backs onto mine and neighbours yard to my right , and hes a real grumpy bum..he was telling my right side neighbbour to get rid of the ivy vine ASAP before it invaded his property…. then he knocked on my door to ask whats that other vine seemingly coming from my place and can he pull it out. I said yes go for it, it’s only a weed/passionfruit sucker from a nelly kelly that finished over 15 years ago. And I informed him that the ivy vine was originally planted at his place , where it climbed a tree killing it, and has taken over all the properties around.
We talked about how to get rid of it, he is using round up but I told him that won’t kill it, I said all of us who have it growing into our yards have to move sheds and fences in a concerted effort to get rid if it for once and for all. He’s got the biggest shed of all of us, and the ivys behind it.
Unpleasant fellow. Perhaps he needs some fresh veges and eggs gifts , remind him how to smile.
Morning :)
I’m sure you’ll charm him HP!
Pomolo – “We are still being attacked by the brown beetles. They are the size of Christmas beetles and by morning there are 20 or 30 laying dead by the screen door. The miner birds fly down, break one into beakfull size pieces and cart them off to feed their squarking young. They aren’t wasted and I don’t have to sweep them away any more. This evening there was a green frog on the verandah so I fed it a few beetles of different types. It showed no preference for any particular kind and snapped them up in a mili second.”
I have them too – I privately call them “bomber beetles” – lol – they fly into the screens at night. Geckos eat them too I think.
Envious of your frogs. Used to see some here but not in last couple of years. Thinking of using a spare laundry tub- my first ever worm farm for a pond if I can get it sealed properly. Would like to have it out the front but pool regs would require it to be fenced so it will have to be at the back I suppose which is pool-fence compliant.
Dropping his food shopping off here this morning, as he needs to keep it cold.
bon008 said:
Evening all.. haven’t been around much lately but I’m working on a few projects, will post some pictures eventually.Got a question – we got some kale in our grocery box for the first time! How do you eat it??
I know Pete boils it up in water and drinks the water, but what else can you do? Salad green? Steamed/blanched?
:)
kale is a type of cabbage so you can cook it as per cabbage. It will hold its structure so good in soups & stews. we had it pureed with salt & pepper on Melba toast as a starter at the lunch at Heronswood and was yummy like that so if you find it too tough to your liking you could try it pureed.
Happy Potter said:
Oh and morning.. I didn’t make it here yesterday , too much to do and a big party for giant son’s 17 th.
All went well :)…Unpleasant fellow. Perhaps he needs some fresh veges and eggs gifts , remind him how to smile.
glad the party went well :)
good idea about the neighbour, to start on best foot.
well that was an exciting piece of forensics.
i need a coffee now
see yas ‘round.
Well I was supposed to be working in a patch of citrus nursery today.. but I was too slow off the ground.
Still.. the day is cool enough to contemplate putting in an afternoon. There are more than ten thousand trees on which I have to work.. Grafted(budded) them last autumn and now training them to stakes cleaning the stocks and putting on the odd bud here and there.
here are some of them g
bluegreen said:
kale is a type of cabbage so you can cook it as per cabbage. It will hold its structure so good in soups & stews. we had it pureed with salt & pepper on Melba toast as a starter at the lunch at Heronswood and was yummy like that so if you find it too tough to your liking you could try it pureed.
Cheers bg :)
Arvo all.
hi Veg. How are your new chookums?
Arvo veg gardener .. Look at how the time flies.. I haven’t started my lawnmower and the neighbours have all finished.
bluegreen said:
hi Veg. How are your new chookums?
good, i dont think i want to put them near the Isa browns yet. i went out there will my little Fav one (yes already this has happend same as isa browns for me) and one of them came at me and the little chicken.
roughbarked said:
Arvo veg gardener .. Look at how the time flies.. I haven’t started my lawnmower and the neighbours have all finished.
yeah we got to mow the lawn or it may be to wet.
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
hi Veg. How are your new chookums?
good, i dont think i want to put them near the Isa browns yet. i went out there will my little Fav one (yes already this has happend same as isa browns for me) and one of them came at me and the little chicken.
no you don’t want to put them together yet, they will get picked on.
I got a flyer in the post ‘ Gardeners of Wyndham’ they meet every 3 rd wed’ evening of the month ,$1 contribution and $20 membership. Guest speakers, bus trips to open gardens, cheap seeds and plants ect. I will join.
They must be new.. never heard of them before. I’ve been in this town over 30 years and i,m a know it all about everyone lol.
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
hi Veg. How are your new chookums?
good, i dont think i want to put them near the Isa browns yet. i went out there will my little Fav one (yes already this has happend same as isa browns for me) and one of them came at me and the little chicken.
no you don’t want to put them together yet, they will get picked on.
i ment in the pen next to them. they may be going with them when they are older.
Morning grassy, how are you today?
Morning green ones.
Lot’s of cooking for me today ,and boy do I ever have a list for Xmas cooking .. apart from the usual plum puds and fruit cakes theres a demand for cupcake towers with xmas deccys on them. I shall have to scour decorations book and see what my brain cell ( yeah singular this morn , still waking lol) can come up with.
The middle girl is starting to move out of her shed/bungalow, and shes a shoe freak! Bags of them and shoe boxes to freecycle today.
No good sitting around procrastinating.. Time to force myself back out into the sunny fields.
morning all.
i finished harvesting the winter leeks – some had small side shoots which i pulled off and replanted. i’ve not used these before and don’t know if they grow.
red cabbage is the crop of the moment. there are three ready to be picked and a half eaten one in the fridge.
good morning. the invalid is home alone this morning. tried to sleep in but for some reason the cat decided I needed to get up and sat next to my pillow meowing in my ear. now I am up he has buggered off somewhere!
bluegreen said:
good morning. the invalid is home alone this morning. tried to sleep in but for some reason the cat decided I needed to get up and sat next to my pillow meowing in my ear. now I am up he has buggered off somewhere!
I’d say you upset his routine by sleeping in…he probably thought “she should not be here at this time of day so I’ll make her move so that the sun can move through the sky correctly, according to my feline eyes”…
You have my sympathy, and the b word is totally appropriate for this situation…
Dinetta said:
bluegreen said:
good morning. the invalid is home alone this morning. tried to sleep in but for some reason the cat decided I needed to get up and sat next to my pillow meowing in my ear. now I am up he has buggered off somewhere!
I’d say you upset his routine by sleeping in…he probably thought “she should not be here at this time of day so I’ll make her move so that the sun can move through the sky correctly, according to my feline eyes”…
You have my sympathy, and the b word is totally appropriate for this situation…
lol! were you a cat in another life, to have such insight!
when I was stuck in Jindabyne, #1 daughter came up with Mr BG to help with the driving. Apparently her cat kept her husband up all night meowing at shut doors looking for her. He had to keep getting up and showing him that she wasn’t in those rooms. It was the first time she was away at night on her own and certainly the world was not right without her!
bluegreen said:
good morning. the invalid is home alone this morning. tried to sleep in but for some reason the cat decided I needed to get up and sat next to my pillow meowing in my ear. now I am up he has buggered off somewhere!
Back from workexprence already for the day just done some work at the workshop becuase we were ment to go out to a site but it was to wet.
Howdy everyone
Rook
hello Rook :)
Looks pretty quiet in here.
I’m a bit stiff today, i ordered in 4 meters of excellent top soil ( looked like and smelt like compost ). This all went into the new garden beds.
Now to go out and buy heaps of plants but that’s in the hands of Nat.
Rook
Rook said:
Looks pretty quiet in here.
I’m a bit stiff today, i ordered in 4 meters of excellent top soil ( looked like and smelt like compost ). This all went into the new garden beds.
Now to go out and buy heaps of plants but that’s in the hands of Nat.Rook
Rook, or you good just grow veggies in the new gardens.
Rook said:
Looks pretty quiet in here.
I’m a bit stiff today, i ordered in 4 meters of excellent top soil ( looked like and smelt like compost ). This all went into the new garden beds.
Now to go out and buy heaps of plants but that’s in the hands of Nat.Rook
I’m a bit stiff too, you can read about it here
veg gardener said:
Rook said:
Looks pretty quiet in here.
I’m a bit stiff today, i ordered in 4 meters of excellent top soil ( looked like and smelt like compost ). This all went into the new garden beds.
Now to go out and buy heaps of plants but that’s in the hands of Nat.Rook
Rook, or you good just grow veggies in the new gardens.
already have 3 vegie plots vg.
I have been told all the plants have to be either yellow or white :-)
Rook
bluegreen said:
Rook said:
Looks pretty quiet in here.
I’m a bit stiff today, i ordered in 4 meters of excellent top soil ( looked like and smelt like compost ). This all went into the new garden beds.
Now to go out and buy heaps of plants but that’s in the hands of Nat.Rook
I’m a bit stiff too, you can read about it here
Bloody hell bg, i hope you recover quickly.
My aches and pains are nothing compared to your pain and i bet Mr BG was shitting himself watching all of this
Rook
Rook said:
veg gardener said:
Rook said:
Looks pretty quiet in here.
I’m a bit stiff today, i ordered in 4 meters of excellent top soil ( looked like and smelt like compost ). This all went into the new garden beds.
Now to go out and buy heaps of plants but that’s in the hands of Nat.Rook
Rook, or you good just grow veggies in the new gardens.
already have 3 vegie plots vg.
I have been told all the plants have to be either yellow or white :-)
Rook
Rook said:
Bloody hell bg, i hope you recover quickly.My aches and pains are nothing compared to your pain and i bet Mr BG was shitting himself watching all of this
Rook
he he. I am recovering nicely thanks. I think Mr BG is still getting over the shock though! Just thankful to still be alive.
veg gardener said:
Rook said:
veg gardener said:
Rook said:
Looks pretty quiet in here.
I’m a bit stiff today, i ordered in 4 meters of excellent top soil ( looked like and smelt like compost ). This all went into the new garden beds.
Now to go out and buy heaps of plants but that’s in the hands of Nat.Rook
Rook, or you good just grow veggies in the new gardens.
already have 3 vegie plots vg.
I have been told all the plants have to be either yellow or white :-)
Rook
i have 7 but i use a bit of mums flower garden for veggies so i have 8 and then out in a paddock which is fenced off from animals i have pumkins out there so make it 9
You have me thinking vg, i may pinch a section and plant half a dozen strawberry strawberry plants
Rook
bluegreen said:
Rook said:
Bloody hell bg, i hope you recover quickly.My aches and pains are nothing compared to your pain and i bet Mr BG was shitting himself watching all of this
Rook
he he. I am recovering nicely thanks. I think Mr BG is still getting over the shock though! Just thankful to still be alive.
So whats the damage to the bike, is it fixable?
Rook
Rook said:
veg gardener said:
Rook said:
veg gardener said:
Rook said:
Looks pretty quiet in here.
I’m a bit stiff today, i ordered in 4 meters of excellent top soil ( looked like and smelt like compost ). This all went into the new garden beds.
Now to go out and buy heaps of plants but that’s in the hands of Nat.Rook
Rook, or you good just grow veggies in the new gardens.
already have 3 vegie plots vg.
I have been told all the plants have to be either yellow or white :-)
Rook
i have 7 but i use a bit of mums flower garden for veggies so i have 8 and then out in a paddock which is fenced off from animals i have pumkins out there so make it 9You have me thinking vg, i may pinch a section and plant half a dozen strawberry strawberry plants
Rook
yep thats they way to do it.
Rook said:
bluegreen said:
Rook said:
Bloody hell bg, i hope you recover quickly.My aches and pains are nothing compared to your pain and i bet Mr BG was shitting himself watching all of this
Rook
he he. I am recovering nicely thanks. I think Mr BG is still getting over the shock though! Just thankful to still be alive.
So whats the damage to the bike, is it fixable?
Rook
Mr BG thinks so.
bluegreen said:
Rook said:
bluegreen said:
Rook said:
Bloody hell bg, i hope you recover quickly.My aches and pains are nothing compared to your pain and i bet Mr BG was shitting himself watching all of this
Rook
he he. I am recovering nicely thanks. I think Mr BG is still getting over the shock though! Just thankful to still be alive.
So whats the damage to the bike, is it fixable?
Rook
Mr BG thinks so.
How will you go getting back on?
Rook said:
bluegreen said:
Rook said:
So whats the damage to the bike, is it fixable?Rook
Mr BG thinks so.
How will you go getting back on?
I think I should be OK. But I guess I’ll find out when the time comes.
Rook said:
veg gardener said:
Rook said:
veg gardener said:
Rook said:
Looks pretty quiet in here.
I’m a bit stiff today, i ordered in 4 meters of excellent top soil ( looked like and smelt like compost ). This all went into the new garden beds.
Now to go out and buy heaps of plants but that’s in the hands of Nat.Rook
Rook, or you good just grow veggies in the new gardens.
already have 3 vegie plots vg.
I have been told all the plants have to be either yellow or white :-)
Rook
i have 7 but i use a bit of mums flower garden for veggies so i have 8 and then out in a paddock which is fenced off from animals i have pumkins out there so make it 9You have me thinking vg, i may pinch a section and plant half a dozen strawberry strawberry plants
Rook
Strawberries have white & yellow flowers. They fit the criteria perfectly.
Better get going, only halfway through the list of things to do, and I really shouldn’t have sat here looking at things on the internet instead of hanging out at the hardware shop ;)
bluegreen said:
I am with you about being stuck in the house, except I can’t do much :(
My arther-wrongus is playing up and it pains me to stand on my leg.
I’m ironing at the moment….don’t think its going to get all done though.
Not even getting to sow the root crops today:(
I’ve been watching some GA I had recorded and I keep wanting to get up and do some gardening. beautiful day for it too. best I can manage is to water some pots.
Oh BG, I have a little tomato seedling up and the beans are breaking though to the seed raising mix:D
Lucky1 said:
Oh BG, I have a little tomato seedling up and the beans are breaking though to the seed raising mix:D
somehow that is always exciting :)
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
Oh BG, I have a little tomato seedling up and the beans are breaking though to the seed raising mix:D
somehow that is always exciting :)
bluegreen said:
I’ve been watching some GA I had recorded and I keep wanting to get up and do some gardening. beautiful day for it too. best I can manage is to water some pots.
BG do you record it or download it?
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
I’ve been watching some GA I had recorded and I keep wanting to get up and do some gardening. beautiful day for it too. best I can manage is to water some pots.
BG do you record it or download it?
I recorded it.
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
I’ve been watching some GA I had recorded and I keep wanting to get up and do some gardening. beautiful day for it too. best I can manage is to water some pots.
BG do you record it or download it?
I recorded it.
kk then was gonna say you would have a lot on disc or harddrive then.
set up dual screen just got to make it so i can move the other pc screen closer to me.
hi Thee :)
2mm of rain overnight in adelaide.
a tree fella is coming to chop down four dead pines here . next year’s fire wood.
planted out more lettuces, a passionfruit and another tomato.
All very quiet here today. I’m proof reading a rather boring section of a report. Starting to fade quickly. Feel like having a nana nap at my desk and it’s not even 10am.
Didn’t get any time in the garden last night. It was dark early, and raining still. Still raining today. Hopefully that’ll ‘replant’ my broccoli for me.
I noticed this morning that my cucubits are all starting to look perky again. Their leaves were absolutely shredded by the hail, but seems they might pull through. Haven’t really had a chance to look at anything else in the veg patch.
Our lovely swamp bloodwood has a dreadful lean on it still. Thinking we might have to put in a stake and pull it back upright. At the moment it’s about 6 foot off the wall of the house. I really don’t need it to grow through the windows ;-)
The ‘rainforest’ looks aweful bare. Hopefully by this time next year the trees that were ‘protected’ from the afternoon sun will have filled out and the gap won’t be quite so noticeable.
Well, might go get myself a cup of tea. Maybe even a coffee. I think I need caffeine to get through this document.
pepe said:
2mm of rain overnight in adelaide.
a tree fella is coming to chop down four dead pines here . next year’s fire wood.
planted out more lettuces, a passionfruit and another tomato.
Morning, we had about the same here to Pepe. Woke to the smell of rain in the air, at one stage through the night.
Well, might go get myself a cup of tea. Maybe even a coffee. I think I need caffeine to get through this document.
At times like these, in-line caffeine transfusions make a whole lot of sense…
I’ve been digging heaps :D
One heap for canteloupe and another for watermelons, small round seedless ones.
Removed dissapointing cauli’s, and working out what I can put there next.
Back now started at 10 to 7 this moring and fisnhed at 3:15 this arvo, unblocked a drain pipe, fixed two hot water heaters, one toiltet flusher uint and then a toilet cone.
veg gardener said:
Back now started at 10 to 7 this moring and fisnhed at 3:15 this arvo, unblocked a drain pipe, fixed two hot water heaters, one toiltet flusher uint and then a toilet cone.
sounds like a good day’s work. what do you think of plumbing so far?
Oh and I noticed the climbing beans between the corn stalks are up already, 4 days! And cucs are forming well.
Everything looking great out in my vege patch :)
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
Back now started at 10 to 7 this moring and fisnhed at 3:15 this arvo, unblocked a drain pipe, fixed two hot water heaters, one toiltet flusher uint and then a toilet cone.
sounds like a good day’s work. what do you think of plumbing so far?
pretty good it is, the electric eel is fun.
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
Back now started at 10 to 7 this moring and fisnhed at 3:15 this arvo, unblocked a drain pipe, fixed two hot water heaters, one toiltet flusher uint and then a toilet cone.
sounds like a good day’s work. what do you think of plumbing so far?
pretty good it is, the electric eel is fun.
yep. they make unblocking pipes a lot easier.
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
Back now started at 10 to 7 this moring and fisnhed at 3:15 this arvo, unblocked a drain pipe, fixed two hot water heaters, one toiltet flusher uint and then a toilet cone.
sounds like a good day’s work. what do you think of plumbing so far?
pretty good it is, the electric eel is fun.
yep. they make unblocking pipes a lot easier.
Yeah it does. it eats alot of power but.
Happy Potter said:
Oh and I noticed the climbing beans between the corn stalks are up already, 4 days! And cucs are forming well.
Everything looking great out in my vege patch :)
Hey great news:)
back
can’t find the carrots thread so here goes:
i hadn’t thinned the carrots for quite a while, even though i weeded almost religiously. so today spent an hour thinning the already congested carrots. got some decent sized (finger long) carrots but, the results would have been much better had i thinned more earlier. the congested growth also provided a refuge for aphids. anyway, now they’re finally thinned, some of the remaining carrot (root) tops have become exposed, and may go a bit green.
i really do need to also start spacing out the seed more when sowing it. getting very good germination rates these days.
so the moral of the story—if there is one, and you don’t want to be handling lots of small carrots—thin them well for bigger harvests.
Sorry I haven’t been a very regular contributor lately. I mostly try to read the posts daily but I don’t always do even that.
The garden is lovely and wet because of the storms and the following rainy days. There is a lot more to come so the Bureau says. We won’t knock it back.
Our community is about to begin distributing a monthly news mag. Nothing glamorous…just local info and services…….stuff like that. I have been asked to do a monthly gardening tip and a plant of the month for it. What a hoot! The first months will be easy but it will be interesting in about 12 months from now. I doubt anything I write will come from my head by then.
Our community is about to begin distributing a monthly news mag. Nothing glamorous…just local info and services…….stuff like that. I have been asked to do a monthly gardening tip and a plant of the month for it. What a hoot! The first months will be easy but it will be interesting in about 12 months from now. I doubt anything I write will come from my head by then.
My hometown has something like that, the council provides basic support but they also get money from advertising (which is donated back to the kids sporting groups and the Golden Years facility)…it is great, and I can access it over the WWW,,,so go for it!
Don’t worry about ideas, you’ll get plenty from here, and sometimes it helps to repeat yourself as newbies arrive to the district…and get bitten by the “bug”…
Dinetta said:
Our community is about to begin distributing a monthly news mag. Nothing glamorous…just local info and services…….stuff like that. I have been asked to do a monthly gardening tip and a plant of the month for it. What a hoot! The first months will be easy but it will be interesting in about 12 months from now. I doubt anything I write will come from my head by then.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++My hometown has something like that, the council provides basic support but they also get money from advertising (which is donated back to the kids sporting groups and the Golden Years facility)…it is great, and I can access it over the WWW,,,so go for it!
Don’t worry about ideas, you’ll get plenty from here, and sometimes it helps to repeat yourself as newbies arrive to the district…and get bitten by the “bug”…
Gaaahhh what happened there?
Fixed now (as above)
Dinetta said:
Dinetta said:
Our community is about to begin distributing a monthly news mag. Nothing glamorous…just local info and services…….stuff like that. I have been asked to do a monthly gardening tip and a plant of the month for it. What a hoot! The first months will be easy but it will be interesting in about 12 months from now. I doubt anything I write will come from my head by then.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++My hometown has something like that, the council provides basic support but they also get money from advertising (which is donated back to the kids sporting groups and the Golden Years facility)…it is great, and I can access it over the WWW,,,so go for it!
Don’t worry about ideas, you’ll get plenty from here, and sometimes it helps to repeat yourself as newbies arrive to the district…and get bitten by the “bug”…
Gaaahhh what happened there?
Fixed now (as above)
Not fixed…I give up! The puzzle will do your collective mental agilities, good…
morning
i like these wednesday waterings. i used my new watering wand for the first time. it is a simple practical device (thanks for the hint aqua and pom).
- allows you to water the soil not the plant
- gets to the roots of crops like carrots which tend to completely join leaves over the rows
- easy to reach plants in the middle of beds
- less water into the air because the outlet is closer to the ground – less evaporation.
i’m still watering the lower leaves of toms and strawbs however.
Hello A Lucky
today was fun my boss said i have impressed him so far.
veg gardener said:
Hello A Luckytoday was fun my boss said i have impressed him so far.
Oh that is FAB TAB VG:) Keep it up:D
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
Hello A Luckytoday was fun my boss said i have impressed him so far.
Oh that is FAB TAB VG:) Keep it up:D
yeah, good stuff VG.
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
Hello A Luckytoday was fun my boss said i have impressed him so far.
Oh that is FAB TAB VG:) Keep it up:D
yep, layed a drain today, done some cermenting at the same job and drilling in to bricks
and then after that i put up a gutter (different job) and then we done a job quote. and then fixed another toilet. i started at 10 to 7 and ment to knock of at 3:30, he dropped me home 30 mins early.
Had plans to spend some time in the veg patch today, but I forgot I made a commitment to make chrissie decs for a stall at our carols by candles.
Our very special family friend, who has been galavanting around the countryside is home, and coming for dinner tonight; so I’ve been shopping and have to do some cooking and cleaning this arvo.
Guess the garden will still be there tomorrow.
Back now.
Good to see you are enjoying your work experience…Sonny Jim loved his…didn’t like carpentering much, but made some beaut furniture…he wants to be a leccy…
Dinetta said:
Good to see you are enjoying your work experience…Sonny Jim loved his…didn’t like carpentering much, but made some beaut furniture…he wants to be a leccy…
yeah we need more carpenters and leccys etc. good on him for getting into the trade he a leccy now?
Cop car out the front of our place… star force cops blocking off streets around us.
Hollywood Plaza credit Union was robbed and they are holed up near our place…… on the news as well……..
Almost didn’t let the Bimbo in the street…..
Some of the news footage was taken in our street and the house at one stage on screen was across from our place.
Lucky1 said:
Cop car out the front of our place… star force cops blocking off streets around us.Hollywood Plaza credit Union was robbed and they are holed up near our place…… on the news as well……..
Almost didn’t let the Bimbo in the street…..
Bit of excitement to jazz up your life.
I’ve had my excitement for the day and it wasn’t as good as yours! Ten year old with attitude. Right proper pooper head at the moment. I asked her to clean up the lounge room. Her system – dump everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) on the kitchen table; because “I don’t know where it goes”.
FINE! I was right proper P****ed, so I gave her 3 jobs instead of the 1. Three jobs that I KNOW she knows how to do. And if they weren’t done within MY timeframe I was grounding her for a month.
Popper head kids. Who needs them.
Think I might have meant “pooper head”, not “popper head”. It was my head that was going to pop. Her’s that came straight from the potty.
Popper head kids. Who needs them.
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Been there and past that….thank fully.
Lucky1 said:
Popper head kids. Who needs them.
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Been there and past that….thank fully.
Want another 10 yo ?
My grandson is being a royal pain, and is going to burst a vein if he doesn’t eat soon LOL ( his words)
Evening all,
Haven’t been able to get on line all day. Starting several pages of posts :)
I’m making celery chowder for tea,with a whole bunch of my celery, and just about everything else i’ve grown, garlic, potato, carrots parsley , only thing I didn’t grow was the onions.
orchid40 said:
Evening all,
Haven’t been able to get on line all day. Starting several pages of posts :)
Hi orchid, me as well, so busy all day I’ve not had time to sit.
I’ll be off tonight too, going to the garden club to join up. Apparently they are a new smaller evening group because a bigger group that meets in the daytime is only for natives, so this lot are a sub group..and they want to grow veges. When I told the lady what I grow she said “ well we really need you then!! “.
Wait till they find out I’m a vege L plater too. LOL
anyone remember Scarecrows Wick boxes, i am thinking about making one.
Lucky1 said:
Cop car out the front of our place… star force cops blocking off streets around us.Hollywood Plaza credit Union was robbed and they are holed up near our place…… on the news as well……..
Almost didn’t let the Bimbo in the street…..
On the front page of the ABC News online…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/19/2424320.htm
I seem to have lost a post…
Do you really have a shopping centre near you called “Hollywood Plaza”????
Dinetta said:
Lucky1 said:
Cop car out the front of our place… star force cops blocking off streets around us.Hollywood Plaza credit Union was robbed and they are holed up near our place…… on the news as well……..
Almost didn’t let the Bimbo in the street…..
On the front page of the ABC News online…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/19/2424320.htm
Just opened up the road and Bimbo is off to Benny’s.
Happy Potter said:
orchid40 said:
Evening all,
Haven’t been able to get on line all day. Starting several pages of posts :)
Hi orchid, me as well, so busy all day I’ve not had time to sit.
I’ll be off tonight too, going to the garden club to join up. Apparently they are a new smaller evening group because a bigger group that meets in the daytime is only for natives, so this lot are a sub group..and they want to grow veges. When I told the lady what I grow she said “ well we really need you then!! “.Wait till they find out I’m a vege L plater too. LOL
I’m sure you can teach them a lot with the results you’ve had HP !!!
Dinetta said:
I seem to have lost a post…Do you really have a shopping centre near you called “Hollywood Plaza”????
Yes….tried to find a website on it with a photo…not one. See if this works…google map thingy
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Lucky1 said:
Dinetta said:
I seem to have lost a post…Do you really have a shopping centre near you called “Hollywood Plaza”????
Yes….tried to find a website on it with a photo…not one. See if this works…google map thingy
!<iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com.au/?ie=UTF8&ll=-34.767581,138.625531&spn=0.003913,0.006824&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=-34.92156,138.5993&output=embed&s=AARTsJq0xjQQZP1_59G-s52gc4GlkoN7FQ"></iframe>
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orchid40 said:
Happy Potter said:
orchid40 said:
Evening all,
Haven’t been able to get on line all day. Starting several pages of posts :)
Hi orchid, me as well, so busy all day I’ve not had time to sit.
I’ll be off tonight too, going to the garden club to join up. Apparently they are a new smaller evening group because a bigger group that meets in the daytime is only for natives, so this lot are a sub group..and they want to grow veges. When I told the lady what I grow she said “ well we really need you then!! “.Wait till they find out I’m a vege L plater too. LOL
I’m sure you can teach them a lot with the results you’ve had HP !!!
Ooooh did I have fun tonight with this group ! :D
I’m the new ‘ lady with worms’ lol!
I will be helping with worm farm set up’s and I can supply them with plenty of worms.
They had a fundraiser auction to build a flower garden and seating for a childrens cemetery, and auctioned off all sorts of things. I got a cat carrier! ( I don’t have a cat) I thought I could use it for next time I take a chook to the vets, instead of using a shopping bag lol.
I also scored a bag of bluebell bulbs , and found out Bunnings gives them bags of bulbs each year.
They auction off cakes too…
Thats me busy for the next 125 years LOL
Happy Potter said:
Ooooh did I have fun tonight with this group ! :D
I’m the new ‘ lady with worms’ lol!
I will be helping with worm farm set up’s and I can supply them with plenty of worms.
They had a fundraiser auction to build a flower garden and seating for a childrens cemetery, and auctioned off all sorts of things. I got a cat carrier! ( I don’t have a cat) I thought I could use it for next time I take a chook to the vets, instead of using a shopping bag lol. I also scored a bag of bluebell bulbs , and found out Bunnings gives them bags of bulbs each year.
They auction off cakes too…
Thats me busy for the next 125 years LOL
sounds like you fitted right in :)
evening all.
hello PM :)
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
Ooooh did I have fun tonight with this group ! :D
I’m the new ‘ lady with worms’ lol!
I will be helping with worm farm set up’s and I can supply them with plenty of worms.
They had a fundraiser auction to build a flower garden and seating for a childrens cemetery, and auctioned off all sorts of things. I got a cat carrier! ( I don’t have a cat) I thought I could use it for next time I take a chook to the vets, instead of using a shopping bag lol. I also scored a bag of bluebell bulbs , and found out Bunnings gives them bags of bulbs each year.
They auction off cakes too…
Thats me busy for the next 125 years LOL
sounds like you fitted right in :)
Oh that I did BG..
I even said I’m right at home here.
A lovely old gent who’s a wood turner makes all sorts of beautiful things to auction off and he’s going to make me a cocker spaniel statue, if I bring him a picture of Max.. I have 100s lol.
Next meet up is a night at the Italian Social Club for a meal, a get to know you thing :D
They also have other groups that have sprung from the main like patchworking, painting and many other crafts , so if you have a special talent that you can share and teach others, all the better.
bluegreen said:
hello PM :)
hi BG, are you healing well?
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
hello PM :)
hi BG, are you healing well?
yes, I am improving thank you.
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
hello PM :)
hi BG, are you healing well?
yes, I am improving thank you.
despite being frequently afflicted by bruises, I have no home remedies in how to recover… just rest…
Yawn …… rubs bleary eyes….. who woke me up???
Morning green ones……… anyone want a cuppa with me???
Ooooh did I have fun tonight with this group ! :D
I’m the new ’ lady with worms’ lol!
I will be helping with worm farm set up’s and I can supply them with plenty of worms.
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Way to go:D
Just doing coffee myself ;)
off to work on some citrus trees.
Anyone ever enjoyed playing with Poncirus trifoliata?
roughbarked said:
Just doing coffee myself ;)off to work on some citrus trees.
Anyone ever enjoyed playing with Poncirus trifoliata?
Morning RB:)
Coffee on the way:)
iPod is charging .. grab a shower and get going is the order of the day.
roughbarked said:
iPod is charging .. grab a shower and get going is the order of the day.
Sounds like your ready for a great day….
Lucky1 said:
Yawn …… rubs bleary eyes….. who woke me up???Morning green ones……… anyone want a cuppa with me???
yeh yeh keep it down will ya lol.
Sufficiently awake now..white tea no shoog..ta.
Yawnnnnnnnnn
Happy Potter said:
Lucky1 said:
Yawn …… rubs bleary eyes….. who woke me up???Morning green ones……… anyone want a cuppa with me???
yeh yeh keep it down will ya lol.
Sufficiently awake now..white tea no shoog..ta.
Yawnnnnnnnnn
Good morning my dear;)
Birds are starting to awaken here now…….
“Good morning my dear;)
Birds are starting to awaken here now…….”
:D
I can hear them, and the chooks, soft bok bok bok-ing talking amoungst themselves.
Happy Potter said:
“Good morning my dear;)Birds are starting to awaken here now…….”
:D
I can hear them, and the chooks, soft bok bok bok-ing talking amoungst themselves.
its really quite here so keep the noise down you pair.
Happy Potter said:
“Good morning my dear;)Birds are starting to awaken here now…….”
:D
I can hear them, and the chooks, soft bok bok bok-ing talking amoungst themselves.
Naa I have Radar crowing here……I see MASH went back to the first series again last night….never can get enough of that show.
Lucky1 said:
Happy Potter said:
“Good morning my dear;)Birds are starting to awaken here now…….”
:D
I can hear them, and the chooks, soft bok bok bok-ing talking amoungst themselves.Naa I have Radar crowing here……I see MASH went back to the first series again last night….never can get enough of that show.
Red Rooster is growing now as well (my old rooster).
veg gardener said:
Happy Potter said:
“Good morning my dear;)Birds are starting to awaken here now…….”
:D
I can hear them, and the chooks, soft bok bok bok-ing talking amoungst themselves.its really quite here so keep the noise down you pair.
veg gardener said:
Happy Potter said:
“Good morning my dear;)Birds are starting to awaken here now…….”
:D
I can hear them, and the chooks, soft bok bok bok-ing talking amoungst themselves.its really quite here so keep the noise down you pair.
She started it !!
lol
Morn veg
Happy Potter said:
veg gardener said:
Happy Potter said:
“Good morning my dear;)Birds are starting to awaken here now…….”
:D
I can hear them, and the chooks, soft bok bok bok-ing talking amoungst themselves.its really quite here so keep the noise down you pair.
She started it !!
lol
Morn veg
morn HP.
Happy Potter said:
veg gardener said:
Happy Potter said:
“Good morning my dear;)Birds are starting to awaken here now…….”
:D
I can hear them, and the chooks, soft bok bok bok-ing talking amoungst themselves.its really quite here so keep the noise down you pair.
She started it !!
lol
Morn veg
Oh sure…point fingers why don’t ya….LOL
Back for a 10 min sit, the calico is boiling away nicely..brekkys been had and the dogs asleep on my feet.
I see SE Qld copped another battering :(
I hope you are all ok.
250 mls of rain for the area!!
Stop hogging the rain you lot !
Just did a trade with my neighbour.
1 onion for 3 sausage rolls for her lunch:D
Not walking to the shops (no time) and the elf isn’t up to going for me.
Happy Potter said:
Back for a 10 min sit, the calico is boiling away nicely..brekkys been had and the dogs asleep on my feet.
I see SE Qld copped another battering :( I hope you are all ok.
250 mls of rain for the area!!Stop hogging the rain you lot !
There’s not much left in the scrag end of it, which is up here…but as my late father used to say “the clouds built up and the clouds built up, until after about a week, we got a lovely lot of rain?…they’ve been building up thicker each day since Monday so we are nearly there…
Flying to Bne on Mon, so it will prolly pour down then…
:(
Hello to all. Daughter arrives this morning providing she can find a flood free route out of Brisbane.
We had another 45mls at midnight last night. Poor Bris is suffering badly for the pleasure of refilling the dams.
How does that much water hang in the sky without falling? I know it eventually falls but 246mls? That’s a huge weight!
Hey Lucky1, I have been hearing that you had an incident in your suburb in Adelaide, yesterday. Hope it wasn’t close to you.
Happy Potter said:
Back for a 10 min sit, the calico is boiling away nicely..brekkys been had and the dogs asleep on my feet.
I see SE Qld copped another battering :( I hope you are all ok.
250 mls of rain for the area!!Stop hogging the rain you lot !
If we could send you some we would. Some of us have had more than enough. At least I have a roof over my head. Poor folks at The Gap lost so much on Sunday and then last night this downpour. AND more this arvo apparently.
I remember a week or two back the Bureau predicated a wild afternoon storm and the online comments against the story were generally negative “scare mongerers” “never right” etc. Bet some of those clods are eating humble pie right now!
pomolo said:
Hey Lucky1, I have been hearing that you had an incident in your suburb in Adelaide, yesterday. Hope it wasn’t close to you.
Just about in the park out the back….. Bimbo was on the TV, when she was trying to get into our street to come home. SIL saw her on TV.
Showed our street off heaps as that was were all the cops were…..
Happy Potter said:
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
Ooooh did I have fun tonight with this group ! :D
I’m the new ‘ lady with worms’ lol!
I will be helping with worm farm set up’s and I can supply them with plenty of worms.
They had a fundraiser auction to build a flower garden and seating for a childrens cemetery, and auctioned off all sorts of things. I got a cat carrier! ( I don’t have a cat) I thought I could use it for next time I take a chook to the vets, instead of using a shopping bag lol. I also scored a bag of bluebell bulbs , and found out Bunnings gives them bags of bulbs each year.
They auction off cakes too…
Thats me busy for the next 125 years LOL
sounds like you fitted right in :)
Oh that I did BG..
I even said I’m right at home here.
A lovely old gent who’s a wood turner makes all sorts of beautiful things to auction off and he’s going to make me a cocker spaniel statue, if I bring him a picture of Max.. I have 100s lol.
Next meet up is a night at the Italian Social Club for a meal, a get to know you thing :D
They also have other groups that have sprung from the main like patchworking, painting and many other crafts , so if you have a special talent that you can share and teach others, all the better.
Oh that sounds wonderful HP, sounds a bit like the group I’ve joined but mine doesn’t have the gardening element in it. We had a cake auction this week. We also have lunches, dinners, picnics, BBQs, cards and excursions. It’s really good. I’m finally getting to know some locals!!!
Morning All,
Windy and a bit rainy this morning so I’ll resist the call of the outdoors for a while and do some housework. Groan……………
Morning All,
Windy and a bit rainy this morning so I’ll resist the call of the outdoors for a while and do some housework. Groan……………
Reckon the forum has four flat tyres at the moment…will try again later after the RACQ (“the only four words you will ever need when your car breaks down”) has repaired them…
Dinetta said:
Reckon the forum has four flat tyres at the moment…will try again later after the RACQ (“the only four words you will ever need when your car breaks down”) has repaired them…
grrr that’s “the only four-letter word you will ever need…”
Lucky1 said:
Lucky1 said:
Dinetta said:
I seem to have lost a post…Do you really have a shopping centre near you called “Hollywood Plaza”????
Yes….tried to find a website on it with a photo…not one. See if this works…google map thingy
!<iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com.au/?ie=UTF8&ll=-34.767581,138.625531&spn=0.003913,0.006824&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=-34.92156,138.5993&output=embed&s=AARTsJq0xjQQZP1_59G-s52gc4GlkoN7FQ"></iframe>
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worked…. Hollywood Plaza…. used to be a drive in back in the 80’s
Got it!
Thanks Lucky
Gee what a huge building, and I see where they have even named the streets “Hollywood Boulevard”!!
The ex-drive-in explains the name…can see where irreverent locals got the “Hollywood” tag from, and it stuck…
Gee what a huge building, and I see where they have even named the streets “Hollywood Boulevard”!!
The ex-drive-in explains the name…can see where irreverent locals got the “Hollywood” tag from, and it stuck…
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No worries, Elizabeth Shopping Centre is bigger again and do offer more shops of variety. But it a nice walk there 2 km for us….. and unless its raining, we walk.
Eldest girls looking after the cooking for a little while.
I have an elderly gent from the garden club coming over to collect worms out of my 2 farms..well I’ve beaten him to it and collected about 3000. I placed the lid upside down on top of the 2 nd farm , set the top tray into it, and just left it open for them to all crawl down ito the lid, then ,with gloved hand, scraped them all into a bucket. Then I’ll do the same with the 2nd farm when he gets here.
Easy peasy :D
Happy Potter said:
Eldest girls looking after the cooking for a little while.
I have an elderly gent from the garden club coming over to collect worms out of my 2 farms..well I’ve beaten him to it and collected about 3000. I placed the lid upside down on top of the 2 nd farm , set the top tray into it, and just left it open for them to all crawl down ito the lid, then ,with gloved hand, scraped them all into a bucket. Then I’ll do the same with the 2nd farm when he gets here.
Easy peasy :D
That is great:D
Boiled fruit cake is on…. going to be still warm later in the evening after its cooked and cooling down.
Anyone else hot? Or is it just me? All that rain last night combined with today’s lovely clear blue, sunny skies has created rather steamy conditions here. Not aided by the fact that I’ve been ironing all day!
I took on the position of wardrobe mistress for our annual carols by candlelight. Only one suitcase of costumes. I need to speak to the lady who did it last year – I want her around when I need to pack for a holiday. She sure can fit a lot of stuff in one bag. I’ve done more ironing today than I’ve done in a year. And I’m still not finished.
About to go pick up the Girl and then see if I can get to Spotlight. Our previous costume maker didn’t have any stage experience so I’m going to ‘guzzy’ up a few of them. Bit of glitter and glam so the crowds at the back of the oval can see. Much rather be sewing than ironing!
g’day
the old forum’s a tad slow.
pepe said:
g’day
the old forum’s a tad slow.
yeah i noticed that as well.
veg gardener said:
pepe said:
g’day
the old forum’s a tad slow.
yeah i noticed that as well.
its speeded up again VG – must be the presence of our lightning fast brains LOL.
pepe said:
veg gardener said:
pepe said:
g’day
the old forum’s a tad slow.
yeah i noticed that as well.
its speeded up again VG – must be the presence of our lightning fast brains LOL.
mmm still slow here just when you try and load post up, Bl cant even get on to it.
veg gardener said:
pepe said:
veg gardener said:
pepe said:
g’day
the old forum’s a tad slow.
yeah i noticed that as well.
its speeded up again VG – must be the presence of our lightning fast brains LOL.
mmm still slow here just when you try and load post up, Bl cant even get on to it.
testing
nope – good here.
VG – you must be feeling good – exams over – a decent job and xmas around the corner.
pepe said:
nope – good here.
VG – you must be feeling good – exams over – a decent job and xmas around the corner.
yeah it isnt really a job i finsh work exprence tomorrow, he said i have impressed him so i might have a job.
G’day. We had 4 or so inches in the last few days. Good news is that i’m home, not in PNG.
New puter. Old one died finally.
Say g’day to Toshie lapdog.
hi Longy. Check this out.
Longy said:
G’day. We had 4 or so inches in the last few days. Good news is that i’m home, not in PNG.
New puter. Old one died finally.
Say g’day to Toshie lapdog.
I have a Toshie lapcat…maybe we could let them have a dirty weekend and sell their kids off:D
bluegreen said:
hi Longy. Check this out.
Bluddy. Is the gum tree OK?
Glad you’re breathing still BG.
Doncha know, bikes fall over if they aren’t going fast…
sell their kids off
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I love it when people know their theres, theirs and there’s.
Longy said:
bluegreen said:
hi Longy. Check this out.
Bluddy. Is the gum tree OK?
Glad you’re breathing still BG.
Doncha know, bikes fall over if they aren’t going fast…
gum tree will survive, as will I.
gum tree will survive, as will I.
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Oh good, So you’ll be a free agent for a while.
Gardening will be difficult.
Tucker’s on. BBL.
Longy said:
gum tree will survive, as will I.+++++++++++++++++++++++
Oh good, So you’ll be a free agent for a while.
Gardening will be difficult.
‘tis a bit. the couch is invading the vege bed again. most frustrating.
Well crikey. Who can’t sleep?
Hi LOngy
Guess you got some good rain too—all very green here—had a heap while I was away and even though I did the trimming all over grown again now
Hi Hopper, normal getup time for you?
Yes we had some good rain. Very nice. About 4 inches or so.
The place will jump when the sun comes out.
Yes normal time for me to be up Longy—hard when I go away as no bugger gets up b4 me
I keep waking at 2 am for some reason. Toss and turn till 4.30 or so then crash until about 8. It’s annoying as i prefer to wake at about 6. Anyway, decided to play with my new laptop. Might have to increase my download. Runout already and a week to go. Paying 15c a MB now. Robbers.
Yes same here Longy I get 4 hours broken sleep every night for many years—but never get tired through the day—would be nice to sleep for the 4 or even 5 hours—I have yet to buy another puter—thinking of an Apple ??? jave to go and see a friends next week—other than that will get the new Vista—I guess thats what you have—how do you find it ?
Also hard to know who to go with for BB as I am still on dial up here on this one
How many downloads are you getting at the moment Longy
Yes this is Vista. Getting used to it. It’ll be OK i guess.
Whatever.
I only use 400 MB at the moment. Will go up a step to 12 gig. Should be enough. It used to be enough but there is so much crap attached to most sites these days they are massive. Moving adds and stuff all over the place must account for a lot of download. I dunno. I think we’re being robbed.
400 mb—I am using over 1 gb on this pedal power dial up—so will be after 12 gb at least—
Yes it’s not much but i go away and use none and get charged anyway.
No win situation. Anyway, rellies will abound thru the festive season so i better gear up regardless.
Yes getting close to the silly season—which I ignore
Grasshopper said:
Yes getting close to the silly season—which I ignore
Can’t ignore the rellies tho’.
Oh well, Mrs L’s mum is coming to stay for ever. She will be planted under the poincianna amongst the plants in an urn so we’ll give her a sendoff. She liked it here.
Should be a good silly season with all her rellies here for a few weeks. I’ll have 10 extra for up to a fortnight. Wonder if i can get ‘em to bring their work boots.,….
Well mine are all a fair way away and the roads are hell at that time of the year—so I hate to have them waste their time when I can see them other times—and I only have a Son and a Stepdaughter
Yes the roads are a shocker anytime.
I try and avoid the Pacific hwy. When i return from Brisbane airport i come thru Beaudesert and down thru Kyogle. It’s a really nice drive and only takes an extra 1/2 hr or so. Great scenery, no traffic. Perfect.
Yes lots of road works on the highway—got held up for hours on it
First light. A bloke should go fishing.
Or go back to bed.
Or do something constructive.
Or make yet another cuppa.
Maybe i should go wake up the chooks. Give ‘em some pre dawn abuse.
Wish i could sleep like this dog.
Grasshopper said:
Yes lots of road works on the highway—got held up for hours on it
Near Ballina i bet.
They were everywhere Longy—and I find the highways so darn boring—like you say better to take the back roads better driving and more interesting
Do you get the common koels down there Hopper? Storm birds by another name.
They’re going off here at the moment. Always first awake.
I find the highways so darn boring
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Yeah reckon. Lots of other ways to go.
Yep get them here longy—and also the Chanell Bills as well
Went pas your place the other day—but with all the road woks along the way just wanted to get where I was going—was hot as hell as well
the Chanell Bills
+++++++++
They’re the ones that lay eggs in someone elses nest aren’t they?
with all the road woks along the way just wanted to get where I was going
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I know what you mean.
There are a few different ways around Ballina. It’s getting a bypass built and the traffic thru there is shocking.
A bloke i know was delayed 1 1/2 hrs last week. Stuff that.
I go off at Woodburn and come back on the Nth side of Ballina. Cuts off heaps.
Yes so do the common ones—and they make a hell of a call—
they make a hell of a call
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I can hear about 3 or 4 right now. Noisy blighters. Very shy too. Don’t often get a good look at them.
These road works went all the way from Karuah
Grasshopper said:
These road works went all the way from Karuah
Great.
I’d be crossing the range i reckon. Come back in up top.
I always find that those Koels the “woop woop birds I call them always call b4 rain
I would have had I known that they would have been so bad
always call b4 rain
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Storm birds too they’re called. I guess that’s why.
The air is so cool and clean outside. Will be a sunny one today.
I’ve opened the house to let it in and will close up after daybreak.
Should keep things cool thru today in here.
Yes they never fail I have found—lots of nature can predicrt rain I have found
Yes once the sun comes out it will be very humid after all the rain we have had
lots of nature can predicrt rain I have found
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Yep. The weatherzone site is good too!
it will be very humid
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Yeah. Might get my act together and do a bit before it gets hot.
Yes thats a good site—we have had over 1550mm this yesr so far
Yes I do that too get it all over b4 the heat sets in—well have a good one and catch you later then
1550mm this yesr so far
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Crikey. That’s good rain. We’d be at about 1/2 that or less i reckon.
Seeya Hopper.
I am hoping for a mild summer like we had last year—with lots of Sth changes and nice rain
Yep nice seeing you again Longy
Morining grassy and longy who i just missed.
Hi Veg I am still here for a short time
Grasshopper said:
Hi Veg I am still here for a short time
ok then, yesterday it tried peeing down and then it just let it all out i was installing a tank and a place in raymond terrace.
YEs had quite a downpour here as well
YEs had quite a downpour here as well
MOrning all
The burrowing frogs are out ..I tried very hard not to run over them and their little green relatives last night…a bit hard when they wait until you’re almost on them and then they jump!! into your path…good to see, nevertheless…hope it’s an omen (but no hail if that’s alright)…
Longy said:
Do you get the common koels down there Hopper? Storm birds by another name.
They’re going off here at the moment. Always first awake.
Think I’ve only heard a Koel once or twice this season. For some reason they appear to have skipped our part of Brisvegas this year.
I can hear a cuckoo calling at the moment. Couple of years ago they left a present for the local murder of crows. Talk about funny. (Noisy blighter though!) Crows, it would seem, feed their young as a flock. This thing had about 1/2 dozen crows constantly shoving stuff down it’s throat. Even then it didn’t shut up.
Here’s a great blog : http://lifeatspringrock.blogspot.com/
Rosemary has been posting these wonderfully funny stories to my quilting email group of her animals antics for years. She’s tried to get them published and although they all tell her how wonderful they are, they’re not interested in coughing up dollars. So, she’s decided to post them to a blog.
forum’s slow again
i will catchup later.
pepe said:
forum’s slow again
i will catchup later.
Yes sometimes it is slow and at others it’s alright…
Well I have just finished cleaning the trough, went to replenish it with water for the pony and saw several dead frog carcasses…the crows are not nesting around here this year, thank goodness as they drop food in the water when cleaning it…also retrieved a mouldy-looking bone out of the mud (in the trough) and the dog has munched it all up!!! eww
Morning all.
Sad day here…my little canary died this morning about an hour ago. PK gave a scuttle at the bottom of his cage and by the time I got there, he was gone:(
Going to bury him under the apple tree that has been in the ground a month or so.
Rocky our budgie is very quiet.
On a positive note….
Pepe is coming today…..yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
I can show him the baby tomato seedlings that are up…including now the Kellogg Breakfast variety.
Wonder if they fruit boxes of corn flakes????
My first egg plant fruit for the season..
Rhubarb that I haven’t killed.
Cuppa and some boiled fruit cake
My seeds saving efforts with my marties……
Gosh..maybe I should give him an evening meal too…………………………..
Hey Poppy, with me helping to put the Christmas tree up, does this mean I get a bigger present???
Lucky1 said:
Hey Poppy, with me helping to put the Christmas tree up, does this mean I get a bigger present???
Lucky1 said:
Morning all.Sad day here…my little canary died this morning about an hour ago. PK gave a scuttle at the bottom of his cage and by the time I got there, he was gone:(
Going to bury him under the apple tree that has been in the ground a month or so.
Rocky our budgie is very quiet.
orchid40 said:
Lucky1 said:
Morning all.Sad day here…my little canary died this morning about an hour ago. PK gave a scuttle at the bottom of his cage and by the time I got there, he was gone:(
Going to bury him under the apple tree that has been in the ground a month or so.
Rocky our budgie is very quiet.
Aw that’s sad Lucky. Birds do that a lot. ((Hugs))
Sorry to hear that Lucky…and me crowing about good my little chicks are! :’(
AnneS said:
orchid40 said:
Lucky1 said:
Morning all.Sad day here…my little canary died this morning about an hour ago. PK gave a scuttle at the bottom of his cage and by the time I got there, he was gone:(
Going to bury him under the apple tree that has been in the ground a month or so.
Rocky our budgie is very quiet.
Aw that’s sad Lucky. Birds do that a lot. ((Hugs))Sorry to hear that Lucky…and me crowing about good my little chicks are! :’(
Oh no…you crow all you like…. PK had a very spoilt life…… how many get organic fruit & veg when a canary.??
Your little chicken photo made me smile and go aaawww:)
AnneS said:
orchid40 said:
Lucky1 said:
Morning all.Sad day here…my little canary died this morning about an hour ago. PK gave a scuttle at the bottom of his cage and by the time I got there, he was gone:(
Going to bury him under the apple tree that has been in the ground a month or so.
Rocky our budgie is very quiet.
Aw that’s sad Lucky. Birds do that a lot. ((Hugs))I can sympathise with you Lucky. We had to bury our little girl called ‘Eggs’ our Bull Terrier buddy of almost 10 years. She statred having fits and we weren’t prepared to have her being poked and prodded by the Vets to prolong her suffering. I can see her resting place from the lounge window and she has a lovely yellow flowering Protea for her headstone.
How old was yur birdie Lucky?
I can sympathise with you Lucky. We had to bury our little girl called ‘Eggs’ our Bull Terrier buddy of almost 10 years. She statred having fits and we weren’t prepared to have her being poked and prodded by the Vets to prolong her suffering. I can see her resting place from the lounge window and she has a lovely yellow flowering Protea for her headstone.
How old was yur birdie Lucky?
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PK had to of been 5 years of age…….
got offered a Plumbing apprenticeship today, i am most likely going to take it. may be no more school but i have to go to tech, i am one happy little gardener.
veg gardener said:
got offered a Plumbing apprenticeship today, i am most likely going to take it. may be no more school but i have to go to tech, i am one happy little gardener.
Oh fanastic Veg!
Very pleased to hear it :D
Looks like rain heading melb way..very black clouds looming. I’ve put all my water containers out :)
Happy Potter said:
Looks like rain heading melb way..very black clouds looming. I’ve put all my water containers out :)
nope – i spoke too soon
the forum has packed it in
- and the rain is starting
- that’s none out of two pepe
time to retire for the night!
getting some :)
veg gardener said:
got offered a Plumbing apprenticeship today, i am most likely going to take it. may be no more school but i have to go to tech, i am one happy little gardener.
wow! that’s great VG! You can’t go far wrong with plumbing – good honest work as they say. Well done, your work experience boss must have been REALLY impressed with you. claps hands in applause.
well I thought it had been quiet on the forum, but it was just my computer not refreshing the page! When I posted something then all these other posts appeared! Caught up now but you have all disappeared again :(
better go dodge the raindrops and put the duckies to bed…
well the adult ducks are away, but have yet to coax the young’uns into their pen. Always takes longer in rainy weather – they like getting wet but I don’t particularly want to go chasing them through wet bushes! Will try again in a few minutes.
bluegreen said:
well the adult ducks are away, but have yet to coax the young’uns into their pen. Always takes longer in rainy weather – they like getting wet but I don’t particularly want to go chasing them through wet bushes! Will try again in a few minutes.
all chooks and ducks tucked away in their nice dry pens (so to speak). I, in the meanwhile am all wet! ain’t rain wonderful?
it’s a bit quiet
aquarium said:
it’s a bit quiet
yes it is. do you still have ducks, aquarium?
hi BG….the ducks are still here….and the chickens, now living permanently behind new shed.
one of the ducks, which used to be at the top of the pecking order, lost a lot of weight over winter. must have been sick or such and haven’t noticed until recently. still looks ok etc. been giving them a bit of garlic now and then, in case it was worms or such.
how is your expanding flock going?
aquarium said:
hi BG….the ducks are still here….and the chickens, now living permanently behind new shed.
one of the ducks, which used to be at the top of the pecking order, lost a lot of weight over winter. must have been sick or such and haven’t noticed until recently. still looks ok etc. been giving them a bit of garlic now and then, in case it was worms or such.
how is your expanding flock going?
it can be hard to notice weight loss under their feathers, and they don’t like to show weakness.
my lot are doing well. the drake harasses the ducklings though. they are coming up to six weeks old and I am going to have to give them up soon.
hope your neighbors don’t complain about the drake. i think they’re illegal in most suburban municipalities.
aquarium said:
hope your neighbors don’t complain about the drake. i think they’re illegal in most suburban municipalities.
no problems so far. drakes aren’t that noisy. no one seems bothered by my rooster either.
so how big is the main flock now BG?
aquarium said:
so how big is the main flock now BG?
3 adult ducks including drake, 5 juvenile ducks. 7 bantam chooks including rooster. 8 chicks.
i’m still on the lookout for one or two faversham chooks
don’t know anything about that breed. are they good layers?
good morning all :)
Good morning PM , and any lurkers.
Thanks for the pictorial show and informative commentry on PNG PM :)
Such beautiful pics, and writings.
Thanks HP, just sitting back enjoying a cup of tea made from tea grown in the PNG highlands…
A good morning to you too, hope your weather is fine this morning?
pain master said:
Thanks HP, just sitting back enjoying a cup of tea made from tea grown in the PNG highlands…A good morning to you too, hope your weather is fine this morning?
You’re welcome PM. Its stormy, windy and sun showers atm.
Typical Melbourne weather..it will change in 5 minutes …
Dry as an old boot here , so I hope the heavens open.
I have noticed that a cold front is sweeping across the south-east of Aussie this morning, apparently some snow falls have been recorded up in the mountains.
I hope you do get some rain :)
I see it is -3.9C on top of Hotham at the moment…. brrr.
pain master said:
I have noticed that a cold front is sweeping across the south-east of Aussie this morning, apparently some snow falls have been recorded up in the mountains.I hope you do get some rain :)
Heavy rain as I ‘speak’ but it’s fleeting. 2 mm yesterday.
I reckon we are in for a cool summer. I have the heating on.. in Nov!!
One year, about ’96-‘97 I think.. Melb only got a handful of day temps over 25C and the headlines screamed’ What Happened To Summer?’
looking at the Melb radar, it looks like some more showers are coming across the bay. enjoy the wet start to the weekend :)
and it looks like some rain is falling out at Campbelltown near Sydney!
pain master said:
good morning all :)
indeed it is PM
nice piece of descriptive writing about the mountain lakes too. sounds are interesting and do create a scene almost as vivid as images.
6mm of rain here and jumper weather with the cursed wind blowing.
thank you pepe. Lucky’s question just seemed to fire up the creative juices this morning and in just remembering what noises were by the lake, I was taken back in my mind. Thank you Lucky :)
and Muswellbrook and Singleton looks to be getting a drop of rain this morning as well!
Pomolo maybe getting some rain this morning too… hope not too much.
Raining a bit heavier atm..I hope it keeps up.
According to the news Gippsland is in for some really heavy rain and floods this weekend.. the SE area copped some big floods last year too.
Where the De-Sal plant is going to be built…
Happy Potter said:
Raining a bit heavier atm..I hope it keeps up.
According to the news Gippsland is in for some really heavy rain and floods this weekend.. the SE area copped some big floods last year too.
Where the De-Sal plant is going to be built…
some steady rain for me last night – 17mm worth and still falling…
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
thank you BG :) Are you on the mend?
I am indeed. Little pain now although still some stiffness. Expecting to be back at work on Monday.
excellent news, how is the arm coping in the plaster? Have you needed to stick an old bicycle spoke down there for the itching? hee hee…
GF is making home-made crumpets and the house is full of warmth and good smells :)
Lucky’s question just seemed to fire up the creative juices this morning and in just remembering what noises were by the lake, I was taken back in my mind. Thank you Lucky :)
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Your photos say so much more PM.
When I look at the children….I think “what are you thinking about”?
The adults …..“What stories you can tell me”
Scenery ….. “What do you sound like”
Food…. “I wish I could taste you”
Plants….“What to you smell like…and when I touch you…….”
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
thank you BG :) Are you on the mend?
I am indeed. Little pain now although still some stiffness. Expecting to be back at work on Monday.
excellent news, how is the arm coping in the plaster? Have you needed to stick an old bicycle spoke down there for the itching? hee hee…
GF is making home-made crumpets and the house is full of warmth and good smells :)
no itching yet but it does rather cramp my activities – like it is supposed to I guess…
hmmmm, crumpets. I have some shop bought ones in the fridge…
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
thank you BG :) Are you on the mend?
I am indeed. Little pain now although still some stiffness. Expecting to be back at work on Monday.
excellent news, how is the arm coping in the plaster? Have you needed to stick an old bicycle spoke down there for the itching? hee hee…
GF is making home-made crumpets and the house is full of warmth and good smells :)
no itching yet but it does rather cramp my activities – like it is supposed to I guess…
hmmmm, crumpets. I have some shop bought ones in the fridge…
we can’t buy shop bought ones up here, and after missing out for 2.5years, we decided to make ‘em ourselves!
Morning green gurus around the world:)
8 mm of rain last night…. garden didn’t need watering.
Amazing how some rain can brighten up the garden. 1 of my yellow button squash is being treated with some liquid fert as its not as flash as the other 2 plants. Rain over night…has it green this morning…… mummy nature at her best…healing the struggling.
I have sat here and drooled over photos from up that way….now I need to eat……#1 son is around this morning…needs new disk break pads on his car. So the elf will tell Jimbob how to do it……so that Jimbob learns…also elf couldn’t manage the job himself today.
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
thank you BG :) Are you on the mend?
I am indeed. Little pain now although still some stiffness. Expecting to be back at work on Monday.
excellent news, how is the arm coping in the plaster? Have you needed to stick an old bicycle spoke down there for the itching? hee hee…
GF is making home-made crumpets and the house is full of warmth and good smells :)
no itching yet but it does rather cramp my activities – like it is supposed to I guess…
hmmmm, crumpets. I have some shop bought ones in the fridge…
we can’t buy shop bought ones up here, and after missing out for 2.5years, we decided to make ‘em ourselves!
Ohh home made crumpets :D Luv em. They are easy in fact.. bitta batter, pour in egg rings in a frypan , lid on frypan to steam cook the top , wait for holes to appear and wella :D
Happy Potter said:
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
thank you BG :) Are you on the mend?
I am indeed. Little pain now although still some stiffness. Expecting to be back at work on Monday.
excellent news, how is the arm coping in the plaster? Have you needed to stick an old bicycle spoke down there for the itching? hee hee…
GF is making home-made crumpets and the house is full of warmth and good smells :)
no itching yet but it does rather cramp my activities – like it is supposed to I guess…
hmmmm, crumpets. I have some shop bought ones in the fridge…
we can’t buy shop bought ones up here, and after missing out for 2.5years, we decided to make ‘em ourselves!
Ohh home made crumpets :D Luv em. They are easy in fact.. bitta batter, pour in egg rings in a frypan , lid on frypan to steam cook the top , wait for holes to appear and wella :D
trying the lid technique now…
A few mls of lovely rain and I managed to save about 300 litres, despite everything looking one dimentional with an eye bandage on R side( eye ulcer trying to make a comeback and light is painful), I managed to get a 240 lt bin under a blocked off part of the guttering out on the patio, and I wated all the pots as it filled.
I’m soaked to the bone. Hubby is still asleep the bugger. Well he can have the housework for the day!
Cooking activities stalled for the time being.
Crumpets recipe.
Home made Crumpets
14 g dried yeast
1.1 kg plain flour
2 level tablespoons salt
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Sprinkle the yeast onto 500 ml of warm water and leave for 15 minutes until the top is frothy.Sift the flour and salt into a bowl.
Make a well in the centre and mix in the yeast liquid along with another 500 mls of warm water.
Cover the bowl and leave in a warm place until the batter rises.
Pour in enough lukewarm water to thin the batter to a smooth consistency and leave for another 10 minutes.Grease some non stick egg rings and place them on a well greased hotplate or heavy based frying pan.
Half fill the rings with batter and cook the crumpets; a few at a time, until they are dry on top and lightly browned underneath. (I use a heavy based frypan with a glass lid to help cook the tops)NB. Untoasted crumpets freeze well. Separate with layers of greaseproof paper and pack into freezer bags. They can be toasted from frozen.
I haven’t made crumpets for over 20 years now.
Morning all,
Winter is back. Our heating isn’t working. :(:(
The dog we are dog-sitting hasn’t got the sense to stay out of the rain. A lovely rough Collie (see Lassie) . I will be so glad when her owners pick her up on Monday, I’ve never had a dog like this to care for. She was dropped on her head as a puppy and is not “the full quid”. It takes a while for a long wet coat to dry and I’m worried she’ll get sick. She’s not eating again and wandering around whining, passed what looked like a bundle of worms his morning (Ewww). I’m Sooo worried. The owners think they’ve found a permanent “Home away from home” for her with us, but nooooooo. She can’t walk on our wooden floors because they’re slippery and she’s scared of walking on the decking as well. This leaves her stuck in the garden in the rain or inside in the study or 2nd bedroom with carpets.
Sorry about the whinge.
orchid40 said:
Morning all,
Winter is back. Our heating isn’t working. :(:(
The dog we are dog-sitting hasn’t got the sense to stay out of the rain. A lovely rough Collie (see Lassie) . I will be so glad when her owners pick her up on Monday, I’ve never had a dog like this to care for. She was dropped on her head as a puppy and is not “the full quid”. It takes a while for a long wet coat to dry and I’m worried she’ll get sick. She’s not eating again and wandering around whining, passed what looked like a bundle of worms his morning (Ewww). I’m Sooo worried. The owners think they’ve found a permanent “Home away from home” for her with us, but nooooooo. She can’t walk on our wooden floors because they’re slippery and she’s scared of walking on the decking as well. This leaves her stuck in the garden in the rain or inside in the study or 2nd bedroom with carpets.
Sorry about the whinge.
and you have her because?
and you have her because?
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Her owners are on holiday for a week. She’s been staying with other people in the past so is used to being away from home. She really isn’t normal though. No interaction and very little understanding of what you’d expect a dog to automatically react to. She understands :Sit!” and “Off” when she goes on a flower bed. Playing ball is the Number One favourite, but I won’t play that with her in the rain! (I think that’s why she’s whining) Walkies isn’t that interesting to her – more like Draggies! LOL
Windy as here…. starting to clear a couple of areas for up coming crops. Animals will be fed the clearing vegies a bit each day.
Harvested some spuds as well for tonight’s meal….Nicola spuds:D
horrible cold, wet, and windy weather here. only went outside to feed the chooks. would love a more stable climate. all that wind, which blows in every direction, damages the plants.
on something totally different. i’ve been watching the response from the vegies when they’re getting watered by the dramm watering wand. as long as the foliage is allowed to dry easily, by having enough air circulation, i think that these large droplets stimulate growth. talking about vegies that aren’t particularly prone to fungal ailments, like cucubrits etc.
D’oh.
Just checked the credit card transactions for the first time in ages – looks like our grocery supplier has been overcharging us for quite a while =/
They seem like decent people so hopefully it’s just a mistake and they will refund us the extra money – I’ll have to shoot them an email first thing on Monday.
you can send the email on the weekend….that way you’ll probably have time to compose it properly. it’s not like they have to be there when you send the email…btw.
it’s been hailing here on and off, quite heavily. stupid melb weather.
hope you have a good time jam making. btw apricot is very sweet, and obviously will go with citrus or other tart flavors.
Lucky1 said:
- son informed us today…he has an apricot tree with ripe fruit on it. So we’re off to raid it tomorrow afternoon and then make some jam. If all goes to plan:D
aquarium said:
you can send the email on the weekend….that way you’ll probably have time to compose it properly. it’s not like they have to be there when you send the email…btw.
Yep.. but the problem is (I thought) this laptop doesn’t have Excel installed, and if I copy and paste my credit card history into Wordpad or straight into email it doesn’t look too flash. However OH informs me that if I reboot into his work system (instead of home) then I can use Excel. So I’ll try to get it done this weekend. All the invoices they have sent me are in my work email, but I can access that from anywhere luckily.
there’s also openoffice, which includes a spreadsheet. or even the spreadsheet available online via google.
incidentally….came a cross a nifty thing that improves the look and feel of web based forms for you http://www.emblematiq.com/projects/niceforms/
bon008 said:
aquarium said:
you can send the email on the weekend….that way you’ll probably have time to compose it properly. it’s not like they have to be there when you send the email…btw.Yep.. but the problem is (I thought) this laptop doesn’t have Excel installed, and if I copy and paste my credit card history into Wordpad or straight into email it doesn’t look too flash. However OH informs me that if I reboot into his work system (instead of home) then I can use Excel. So I’ll try to get it done this weekend. All the invoices they have sent me are in my work email, but I can access that from anywhere luckily.
aquarium said:
there’s also openoffice, which includes a spreadsheet. or even the spreadsheet available online via google.incidentally….came a cross a nifty thing that improves the look and feel of web based forms for you http://www.emblematiq.com/projects/niceforms/
I had Open Office on the old PC and I loved using it compared to MS office… so much easier. But in the end I stopped using it as I had too many conversion issues when I took my documents back to work :( They’d still open in Word, but all kinds of things would just come out wrong and it would take longer to fix than it would to start from scratch. One reason I am getting OH to order MS Office for my new laptop, even though I hate it :(
buying MS office…..that’s definitely a downgrade (not an upgrade), and an expensive one at that.
from personal experience, the earlier versions of open office had some issues with MS format files but, the new version seems quite good.
i’m spoilt, as i have iwork 08. it opens/saves ms office format files very well….when i have to stoop to that level ;)
bon008 said:
aquarium said:
there’s also openoffice, which includes a spreadsheet. or even the spreadsheet available online via google.incidentally….came a cross a nifty thing that improves the look and feel of web based forms for you http://www.emblematiq.com/projects/niceforms/
I had Open Office on the old PC and I loved using it compared to MS office… so much easier. But in the end I stopped using it as I had too many conversion issues when I took my documents back to work :( They’d still open in Word, but all kinds of things would just come out wrong and it would take longer to fix than it would to start from scratch. One reason I am getting OH to order MS Office for my new laptop, even though I hate it :(
aquarium said:
buying MS office…..that’s definitely a downgrade (not an upgrade), and an expensive one at that.
from personal experience, the earlier versions of open office had some issues with MS format files but, the new version seems quite good.
i’m spoilt, as i have iwork 08. it opens/saves ms office format files very well….when i have to stoop to that level ;)
I don’t think it was that old a version. I never had any problems with smaller, simple documents, but I had no end of trouble with big (250+ pages) training manuals. The automatic numbering just crashed and burned, and the stupid background imagery swanky type stuff in our work documents all moved around… screenshots that were pasted in caused problems too..
If it weren’t for these training manuals I would stick with OO, but I would rather pay for MS Office than waste that many hours again trying to get things to work properly.
oh well….if you have to, then you have to……just hate seeing anyone suffer through MS products. on the other hand, if your work has a recent version of ms office, then you could go via the .odf (open document) format, which both OO and MS Office (2007 sp2) fully support.
back to the original problem, of sending a spreadsheet via email…..you might be better off sending a pdf instead. it has good table support, and the receiving party just needs acrobat reader, instead of ms office.
anyhow, hope you get your over charging sorted out.
bon008 said:
aquarium said:
buying MS office…..that’s definitely a downgrade (not an upgrade), and an expensive one at that.
from personal experience, the earlier versions of open office had some issues with MS format files but, the new version seems quite good.
i’m spoilt, as i have iwork 08. it opens/saves ms office format files very well….when i have to stoop to that level ;)I don’t think it was that old a version. I never had any problems with smaller, simple documents, but I had no end of trouble with big (250+ pages) training manuals. The automatic numbering just crashed and burned, and the stupid background imagery swanky type stuff in our work documents all moved around… screenshots that were pasted in caused problems too..
If it weren’t for these training manuals I would stick with OO, but I would rather pay for MS Office than waste that many hours again trying to get things to work properly.
bon008 said:
aquarium said:
there’s also openoffice, which includes a spreadsheet. or even the spreadsheet available online via google.incidentally….came a cross a nifty thing that improves the look and feel of web based forms for you http://www.emblematiq.com/projects/niceforms/
I had Open Office on the old PC and I loved using it compared to MS office… so much easier. But in the end I stopped using it as I had too many conversion issues when I took my documents back to work :( They’d still open in Word, but all kinds of things would just come out wrong and it would take longer to fix than it would to start from scratch. One reason I am getting OH to order MS Office for my new laptop, even though I hate it :(
if you are doing stuff for work at home, maybe the company should buy it for you, or at least claim the cost against your tax.
aquarium said:
oh well….if you have to, then you have to……just hate seeing anyone suffer through MS products. on the other hand, if your work has a recent version of ms office, then you could go via the .odf (open document) format, which both OO and MS Office (2007 sp2) fully support.back to the original problem, of sending a spreadsheet via email…..you might be better off sending a pdf instead. it has good table support, and the receiving party just needs acrobat reader, instead of ms office.
anyhow, hope you get your over charging sorted out.
I work for the Government.. so it takes at least 3 years to get the latest version of anything.. and by then it’s not the latest version anymore!
I don’t work from home that often anyway so it’s no big deal.
Thanks, I’m sure we’ll get it sorted :)
bon008 said:
aquarium said:
oh well….if you have to, then you have to……just hate seeing anyone suffer through MS products. on the other hand, if your work has a recent version of ms office, then you could go via the .odf (open document) format, which both OO and MS Office (2007 sp2) fully support.back to the original problem, of sending a spreadsheet via email…..you might be better off sending a pdf instead. it has good table support, and the receiving party just needs acrobat reader, instead of ms office.
anyhow, hope you get your over charging sorted out.I work for the Government.. so it takes at least 3 years to get the latest version of anything.. and by then it’s not the latest version anymore!
I don’t work from home that often anyway so it’s no big deal.
Thanks, I’m sure we’ll get it sorted :)
i also work for the govt ;) that’s why we’re still using IE6…and thank god we haven’t gone to vista.
i went out for a smoke…and noticed a shivering cold and wet bee under the outside table. with nerves in the pocket, i picked it up and let it get warm and dry on my hand. then i sat it down in a dry spot in one of the pots. it’s a bit scary, as the bee is cleaning itself up and back section (where the stinger is) moving around.
just had a bit of hail pass over…
Just munched on my first blue lake bean:D
aquarium said:
i went out for a smoke…and noticed a shivering cold and wet bee under the outside table. with nerves in the pocket, i picked it up and let it get warm and dry on my hand. then i sat it down in a dry spot in one of the pots. it’s a bit scary, as the bee is cleaning itself up and back section (where the stinger is) moving around.
Oh you’re game. I got a bee out of the chooks water bowl with a twig, and set it on the orange tree.
Interesting that the chooks watched on but and didn’t try to grab the bee. I assume the chooks wont eat them for copping a sting in the throat.
Morning, had 5 mls of rain over night, I hope theres more coming.
I’ll go walkabouts in the garden soon and see whats got battered by winds or broken by hail. Tomatoes need more ties.
Big clean up today here..we have some appointments monday and tuesday , then people here wed , so if I get it all done today hopefully it will stay clean till at least then..I wish lol. My eyes a lot better today, yeaa.
Brekky time , drop scones mmm :)
Happy Potter said:
aquarium said:
i went out for a smoke…and noticed a shivering cold and wet bee under the outside table. with nerves in the pocket, i picked it up and let it get warm and dry on my hand. then i sat it down in a dry spot in one of the pots. it’s a bit scary, as the bee is cleaning itself up and back section (where the stinger is) moving around.
Oh you’re game. I got a bee out of the chooks water bowl with a twig, and set it on the orange tree.
Interesting that the chooks watched on but and didn’t try to grab the bee. I assume the chooks wont eat them for copping a sting in the throat.
chooks will eat flies.
even my poodle – poor arthritic pepe – will leap out of a doze to savage an annoying blow fly.
Happy Potter said:
Morning, had 5 mls of rain over night, I hope theres more coming.
I got 11mm yesterday and last night. That’s 28mm counting the night before as well. All my barrels are full and the ducks think they are in heaven :)
Morning green gurus:D
I’m gonna be a nanna ….again.
Banjo is broodie:D
morning Lucky. How many eggs are you going to set her on?
bluegreen said:
morning Lucky. How many eggs are you going to set her on?
Not sure……. I just popped a pile of duck eggs in the fridge last night.
I’d like to try for 9 eggs….just have to collect them over the next few days.
Already separated Banjo from the Bundy……. he’s hard on her when she’s broody. I need to get the bantams onto the same side of the boarder fence too. Then they have the duck shed…….. other ducks will have the orchard area.
I’m trying to decide if I will keep any of my ducklings. I don’t really need any more but it is hard to let them go. It looks like the beak of one is getting greenish which would mean a male. If there is only one male I could keep 2 of the girls and sell the rest as a trio.
bluegreen said:
I’m trying to decide if I will keep any of my ducklings. I don’t really need any more but it is hard to let them go. It looks like the beak of one is getting greenish which would mean a male. If there is only one male I could keep 2 of the girls and sell the rest as a trio.
Its really hard to pick and choose or even to sell or give away the babies….they are so cute. Your babies would be starting to colour up now too…..
they are getting their sub-adult plumage but still some fluff on them. They are quite big now too. Almost as big as the adults. They still squeek instead of quack though. Colour wise they are going from brown to brown :D I only get to see glimpses of them though as they are very shy of me. When I let them out they rush and hide in the bushes and I don’t really see them again until bed time when I have to coax them out and they make their way back to the pen running from bush to bush. They are funny though as they are almost like a single creature made of five parts the way they do everything in a huddle together.
bluegreen said:
they are getting their sub-adult plumage but still some fluff on them. They are quite big now too. Almost as big as the adults. They still squeek instead of quack though. Colour wise they are going from brown to brown :D I only get to see glimpses of them though as they are very shy of me. When I let them out they rush and hide in the bushes and I don’t really see them again until bed time when I have to coax them out and they make their way back to the pen running from bush to bush. They are funny though as they are almost like a single creature made of five parts the way they do everything in a huddle together.
That is so cute….. thought Banjo was getting ready for babies as she was upstairs in the chook house one day and yesterday she was eating out of my hand…….
Happy Potter said:
Oh you’re game. I got a bee out of the chooks water bowl with a twig, and set it on the orange tree.
Interesting that the chooks watched on but and didn’t try to grab the bee. I assume the chooks wont eat them for copping a sting in the throat.
Chooks must be smarter than dogs then… :)
Got the confusion with my grocery bills sorted out…
The reason I thought we were being overcharged – instead of having one credit card transactione very 7 days or so (since the groceries arrive every 7 days!) I was seeing 2 or 3 transactions either on the same day, or within a couple of days. And they were $100-$150 – e.g. the price of a week’s groceries.
Chucked all the transactions into Excel. Turns out the timing of the payments is anywhere from 2 days apart to 16 days – so sometimes they charge us right after the delivery, other times they wait almost two weeks and charge two week’s groceries at the same time! Adding to the confusion were some wrong transactions that got reversed later, and some days they accidentally didn’t put through enough and then had to top it up to the right amount. Whew.
Well that’s a relief, I knew these guys were good honest people – just a bit disorganised I guess!!
Now I’m off to clean out the fridge – chuck out some mouldy stufff :( , put a batch of scraps into the bokashi bin, and then take the bokashi juice and some worm wee from work out for the pot plants…
you should try credit card transactions in a country like PNG, some times, the shop/retailer waits until he has a sizeable collection of transactions before he/she processes them….
this has been known to take up to 10 weeks.
it makes the budgetting a bit tough. And with exchange rates getting involved, and using Aussie VISA cards, the budget book looks a little untidy at times.
pain master said:
you should try credit card transactions in a country like PNG, some times, the shop/retailer waits until he has a sizeable collection of transactions before he/she processes them….this has been known to take up to 10 weeks.
it makes the budgetting a bit tough. And with exchange rates getting involved, and using Aussie VISA cards, the budget book looks a little untidy at times.
Yikes – I’m glad I’m not in that situation! I’m barely organised enough to supervise my accounts when transactions go through promptly.. I don’t think I’d even bother checking if it took 10 weeks!
bon008 said:
pain master said:
you should try credit card transactions in a country like PNG, some times, the shop/retailer waits until he has a sizeable collection of transactions before he/she processes them….this has been known to take up to 10 weeks.
it makes the budgetting a bit tough. And with exchange rates getting involved, and using Aussie VISA cards, the budget book looks a little untidy at times.
Yikes – I’m glad I’m not in that situation! I’m barely organised enough to supervise my accounts when transactions go through promptly.. I don’t think I’d even bother checking if it took 10 weeks!
it is a rare event that it does take that long, but even still, there is always an uncertainty as to when the transaction will take place… and a good reason to not use the credit card so often.
I am so proud (elf to 7 Bimbo) of my little 21 year old:D
Just been to his house for the first time……Not a lot in the house, but what he’s got he owns (cash) and a bit tired. But it’s a starter for him. he’s as happy as a single lad on his own…..when he goes to work the house is as he left it that morning…not a pile of human traffic has been through the place. He said it feels like a home:D
Also he got to keep his sooky mate Con the convict dog he bought at a shelter. He always buys Con a happy meal for his dinner on Friday:D
hey all, up to the top now forum slow or what is it just me.
Going to help Bimbo find a flash coffee maker for Benny…Christmas pressie. So need to go out again this arvo.
Anyhow when I get back… going to be busy making jam…..
Niece gave me a kilo or just over of figs for 2 dozen eggs. Jimbob has an apricot tree and we picked a bucket full from his tree while there. Apricot jam tomorrow.
Busy busy:D
Hey Mr. Plumber man:D Congrats on your direction in life. Never know where this can lead you…..
Forum is good my way.
Lucky1 said:
Hey Mr. Plumber man:D Congrats on your direction in life. Never know where this can lead you…..Forum is good my way.
hey A Lukcy yeah its a good paying job dad been saying. everyone is so Happy with me.
Lucky1 said:
I am so proud (elf to 7 Bimbo) of my little 21 year old:DJust been to his house for the first time……Not a lot in the house, but what he’s got he owns (cash) and a bit tired. But it’s a starter for him. he’s as happy as a single lad on his own…..when he goes to work the house is as he left it that morning…not a pile of human traffic has been through the place. He said it feels like a home:D
Also he got to keep his sooky mate Con the convict dog he bought at a shelter. He always buys Con a happy meal for his dinner on Friday:D
sounds like he is settling down well Lucky.
Lucky1 said:
Going to help Bimbo find a flash coffee maker for Benny…Christmas pressie. So need to go out again this arvo.Anyhow when I get back… going to be busy making jam…..
Niece gave me a kilo or just over of figs for 2 dozen eggs. Jimbob has an apricot tree and we picked a bucket full from his tree while there. Apricot jam tomorrow.
Busy busy:D
What will you do with the figs, Lucky? Need some ideas for when ours ripen up.
Last time OH did fig jam and gave a lot away – but when we visit people we notice they haven’t eaten much of the jam.. :)
veg gardener said:
hey all, up to the top now forum slow or what is it just me.
I’ve been having problems with it too VG. Keeps dropping out on me and I have to refresh.
veg gardener said:
Lucky1 said:
Hey Mr. Plumber man:D Congrats on your direction in life. Never know where this can lead you…..Forum is good my way.
hey A Lukcy yeah its a good paying job dad been saying. everyone is so Happy with me.
The other cool thing is you will be able to do your own plumbing for things like reticulation, water tanks and greywater systems!! Wish you lived closer to me actually… grin
bon008 said:
Lucky1 said:
Going to help Bimbo find a flash coffee maker for Benny…Christmas pressie. So need to go out again this arvo.Anyhow when I get back… going to be busy making jam…..
Niece gave me a kilo or just over of figs for 2 dozen eggs. Jimbob has an apricot tree and we picked a bucket full from his tree while there. Apricot jam tomorrow.
Busy busy:D
What will you do with the figs, Lucky? Need some ideas for when ours ripen up.
Last time OH did fig jam and gave a lot away – but when we visit people we notice they haven’t eaten much of the jam.. :)
send it all over here i LOVE figs, have you got a food dryer may be dry them?
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
hey all, up to the top now forum slow or what is it just me.
I’ve been having problems with it too VG. Keeps dropping out on me and I have to refresh.
yep and then they all come up in one big go.
bon008 said:
veg gardener said:
Lucky1 said:
Hey Mr. Plumber man:D Congrats on your direction in life. Never know where this can lead you…..Forum is good my way.
hey A Lukcy yeah its a good paying job dad been saying. everyone is so Happy with me.
The other cool thing is you will be able to do your own plumbing for things like reticulation, water tanks and greywater systems!! Wish you lived closer to me actually… grin
what u need a lot of that doing?
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
I am so proud (elf to 7 Bimbo) of my little 21 year old:DJust been to his house for the first time……Not a lot in the house, but what he’s got he owns (cash) and a bit tired. But it’s a starter for him. he’s as happy as a single lad on his own…..when he goes to work the house is as he left it that morning…not a pile of human traffic has been through the place. He said it feels like a home:D
Also he got to keep his sooky mate Con the convict dog he bought at a shelter. He always buys Con a happy meal for his dinner on Friday:D
sounds like he is settling down well Lucky.
veg gardener said:
Lucky1 said:
Hey Mr. Plumber man:D Congrats on your direction in life. Never know where this can lead you…..Forum is good my way.
hey A Lukcy yeah its a good paying job dad been saying. everyone is so Happy with me.
there is always work for a good plumber.
bon008 said:
Lucky1 said:
Going to help Bimbo find a flash coffee maker for Benny…Christmas pressie. So need to go out again this arvo.Anyhow when I get back… going to be busy making jam…..
Niece gave me a kilo or just over of figs for 2 dozen eggs. Jimbob has an apricot tree and we picked a bucket full from his tree while there. Apricot jam tomorrow.
Busy busy:D
What will you do with the figs, Lucky? Need some ideas for when ours ripen up.
Last time OH did fig jam and gave a lot away – but when we visit people we notice they haven’t eaten much of the jam.. :)
Just fig jam Bon…. my most fav jam and I’ll give Jo & Matt a jar for picking the fruit..and a jar to pepe….no one else.
veg gardener said:
send it all over here i LOVE figs, have you got a food dryer may be dry them?
No, it’s been on my Christmas list for a few years but I haven’t got one yet!! Yumm.. dried figs (maybe sprinkled with sugar first?? :) does sound good…
send it all over here i LOVE figs, have you got a food dryer may be dry them?
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Not going to be enough for both VG. So Jam it is….. on homemade bread with putter……. oh I’m having a tummy dream;P
veg gardener said:
what u need a lot of that doing?
Well.. fingers crossed retic and greywater will go in in the next couple of weeks. But it’s been quite a long and difficult process – would have been easier if I knew a plumber to help me out! :) Planning to get a water tank some time in the future..
yep my mum wants one of them.
bon008 said:
veg gardener said:
send it all over here i LOVE figs, have you got a food dryer may be dry them?
No, it’s been on my Christmas list for a few years but I haven’t got one yet!! Yumm.. dried figs (maybe sprinkled with sugar first?? :) does sound good…
this is where i was ment to say My mum wants one of them as well.
veg gardener said:
bon008 said:
veg gardener said:
send it all over here i LOVE figs, have you got a food dryer may be dry them?
No, it’s been on my Christmas list for a few years but I haven’t got one yet!! Yumm.. dried figs (maybe sprinkled with sugar first?? :) does sound good…
this is where i was ment to say My mum wants one of them as well.
It looks like a very handy thing to have… maybe if Santa doesn’t come through this year, I’ll just buy one for myself :)
Good afternoon all :)
The last couple of times i tried to access this site it was so slow to load that i gave up! Anyone else having trouble? I don’t think it is my PC as other sites seem to be loading normally…
cackles said:
Good afternoon all :)The last couple of times i tried to access this site it was so slow to load that i gave up! Anyone else having trouble? I don’t think it is my PC as other sites seem to be loading normally…
I’m having a bit of trouble too, and I think VG said he was also.
bon008 said:
cackles said:
Good afternoon all :)The last couple of times i tried to access this site it was so slow to load that i gave up! Anyone else having trouble? I don’t think it is my PC as other sites seem to be loading normally…
I’m having a bit of trouble too, and I think VG said he was also.
Ta and hi Bon :) I haven’t had a chance to catch up on posts yet, now that I am finally connected here!
bon008 said:
cackles said:
Good afternoon all :)The last couple of times i tried to access this site it was so slow to load that i gave up! Anyone else having trouble? I don’t think it is my PC as other sites seem to be loading normally…
I’m having a bit of trouble too, and I think VG said he was also.
and me
cackles said:
Good afternoon all :)The last couple of times i tried to access this site it was so slow to load that i gave up! Anyone else having trouble? I don’t think it is my PC as other sites seem to be loading normally…
I’ve had the some problem Cackles. I’ve read two or three posts; occassionally managed a reply to something and then given up. I’ve actually had it time out a couple of times. I figure I’ll come back later and try again.
Arvo all.
My house is spakalarkaling clean :)
I ran about cleaning and scrubbing to the tunes of The Motor Cycle Diaries , ‘De usuahia a la quiaca’. Beautiful music.
And I made a sort of shepherds pie for tea, but with a cauliflower cheesey topping..smells yum!
Middle daughter and fiance are cleaning out the shed/ bungalow for their big move into their new home next weekend :D
Next one gone lol.
Evening all,
I’ve had a bit of trouble with slow loading on here too. Not all the time, just sometimes.
I’ve had a nice play outside today as the rain kept off. Still windy though. Even though we’ve had rain my pots were dried out because of the wind.
Been figuring out a new system for my strawberries. They seem to like the location next to the garage, but bird proofing them without netting lying all over them is a problem. Found a way but it makes harvesting very difficult. Consulted with Mr O40 the toolman. He’s going to put a baton on the garage and fix a frame to it which I can drape with birdnetting. Sounds good – hope I get it before the strawberry season finishes LOL
Doggie visitor goes home tomorrow :)
It’s been a worrying week although she’s a lovely girl, very polite and quiet. Discovered that birdbath water is much preferable to nice fresh water in a clean bowl. Also water from the rainwater bins is very good too. She can get brave enough to walk on our floorboards if she’s REALLY hungry and thinks a meal is under way.. She has got used to the decking although she’d really rather not walk on there. I hope she hasn’t lost any weight, she’s refused a few meals. Oh well, we did our best.
orchid40 said:
Doggie visitor goes home tomorrow :)
It’s been a worrying week although she’s a lovely girl, very polite and quiet. Discovered that birdbath water is much preferable to nice fresh water in a clean bowl. Also water from the rainwater bins is very good too. She can get brave enough to walk on our floorboards if she’s REALLY hungry and thinks a meal is under way.. She has got used to the decking although she’d really rather not walk on there. I hope she hasn’t lost any weight, she’s refused a few meals. Oh well, we did our best.
I think you can honestly tell the owners that she just wasn’t happy with you.
>I hope she hasn’t lost any weight, she’s refused a few meals.
I left Eva at a kennel once when I did a trip —>that way—>
When I got back a week later she had lost 3 kg! For a very lean 27kg doberman to lose 3 kg she must have stopped eating I think.. Took a few days to be friends too..
bluegreen said:
orchid40 said:
Doggie visitor goes home tomorrow :)
It’s been a worrying week although she’s a lovely girl, very polite and quiet. Discovered that birdbath water is much preferable to nice fresh water in a clean bowl. Also water from the rainwater bins is very good too. She can get brave enough to walk on our floorboards if she’s REALLY hungry and thinks a meal is under way.. She has got used to the decking although she’d really rather not walk on there. I hope she hasn’t lost any weight, she’s refused a few meals. Oh well, we did our best.
I think you can honestly tell the owners that she just wasn’t happy with you.
Yes, we will, it’s the flooring that’s the biggest problem and they’ll understand that.
I don’t think she’s been too unhappy on the whole though.
colliewa said:
>I hope she hasn’t lost any weight, she’s refused a few meals.I left Eva at a kennel once when I did a trip —>that way—>
When I got back a week later she had lost 3 kg! For a very lean 27kg doberman to lose 3 kg she must have stopped eating I think.. Took a few days to be friends too..
Aw, poor Eva, they do miss their owners badly however good the holiday home is.
bluegreen said:
orchid40 said:
Doggie visitor goes home tomorrow :)
It’s been a worrying week although she’s a lovely girl, very polite and quiet. Discovered that birdbath water is much preferable to nice fresh water in a clean bowl. Also water from the rainwater bins is very good too. She can get brave enough to walk on our floorboards if she’s REALLY hungry and thinks a meal is under way.. She has got used to the decking although she’d really rather not walk on there. I hope she hasn’t lost any weight, she’s refused a few meals. Oh well, we did our best.
I think you can honestly tell the owners that she just wasn’t happy with you.
Heh. Last time we dogsat, I told the owners not to bring the dog back unless they wanted it going home dead. MiL’s dog is a truly awful little sh*t of a dog. Not really it’s fault, brought up all wrong, but I’ll be damned if I left it into my house again :D
Been figuring out a new system for my strawberries. They seem to like the location next to the garage, but bird proofing them without netting lying all over them is a problem. Found a way but it makes harvesting very difficult. Consulted with Mr O40 the toolman.
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i’m following this idea. strawberries in gutters up a shed wall has excellent potential. i expect there will be problems with watering and keeping the roots cool as well as birds. i wonder if 50% shadecloth would be better than birdnetting?
the wind has gone and the temps are in the mid to high twenties all week in adelaide. quite a relief.
started building the daughter’s chook run out of old fence panels yesterday. i’m not sure what to do for a henhouse since she’s a tenant.
Good morning! Things have settled back to normal on the Pomolorosa. Kids have gone home to start a new week. We are starting a new week by cleaning up after their visit. Gotta luv ‘em.
New raised vegie garden is being started. Had a man with a dingo (digger) come to level the ground first. MrP has lost the will to use a pick and shovel anymore. I don’t blame him. I’m inclined to dodge any jobs that I don’t like. The bed will be 3 cement blocks high X 16blocks X 4 blocks. Should be big enough to grow ourselves a few vegies.
Only 8c here this morning. What is Mother N trying to do? Windy as ‘ell too. The day looks better now though.
I’m off to do a bit of catching up. Maybe get to chat later on.
pepe said:
Been figuring out a new system for my strawberries. They seem to like the location next to the garage, but bird proofing them without netting lying all over them is a problem. Found a way but it makes harvesting very difficult. Consulted with Mr O40 the toolman.
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i’m following this idea. strawberries in gutters up a shed wall has excellent potential. i expect there will be problems with watering and keeping the roots cool as well as birds. i wonder if 50% shadecloth would be better than birdnetting?
I can’t remember if I told you, I had to take the strawberries on the shed wall but they were dying at a rate of knots. The consensus was that heat reflected from the wall burnt them. So now they’re on the same shelves but mounted on Besser blocks and not too close to the garage wall. The ground is concrete. They seem to be doing OK there, but as I said, harvesting is tricky because of the netting.
Morning All :)
>Windy as ‘ell too.
As a teenager seeing THAT diet coke poster, I would never have thought that Elle got wind… ;^)
pepe said:
the wind has gone and the temps are in the mid to high twenties all week in adelaide. quite a relief.started building the daughter’s chook run out of old fence panels yesterday. i’m not sure what to do for a henhouse since she’s a tenant.
Biggish bird cage? One with a door at the bottom so it can open up into the run?
I can’t remember if I told you, I had to take the strawberries on the shed wall but they were dying at a rate of knots. The consensus was that heat reflected from the wall burnt them. So now they’re on the same shelves but mounted on Besser blocks and not too close to the garage wall. The ground is concrete. They seem to be doing OK there, but as I said, harvesting is tricky because of the netting.
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reflected heat – nope i didn’t think (or read) that.
still its an interesting experiment.
I was back at work today and survived. Not sure if I survived the chiro appointment afterwards though!!! (I’m sure I will feel much better for it tomorrow.)
Evening all, flat out in the garden again. here’s today’s haul
orchid40 said:
Evening all, flat out in the garden again. here’s today’s haul
BBL
yummo – looks like the end of winter crops. my red cabbages are that size but they still last for two meals here.
orchid40 said:
Evening all, flat out in the garden again. here’s today’s haul
BBL
Oh yummo:) Well done.
Lucky1 said:
orchid40 said:
Evening all, flat out in the garden again. here’s today’s haul
BBLOh yummo:) Well done.
Yummo indeed.
Morning all, lovely morning here, the suns making an appearance at last.
I did my watering out the front in the time allowed but not without getting abused again :( I don’t know if I should just let the whole front garden just die. That might happen anyway in the future if restrictions tighten , but atm all the conifers look great bar one that has to come out, it’s thirstier than the rest obviously. Only the toughest survive.
I got a windswept yard , paths and carport to clean, and drag the pond of leaves. Cooking in the arvo.
Oh and the corn looks lush, but when I ran my hand along the the’ flower heads’ (?) what they are called, I get a handful of thrips.
What do I spray/treat that with?
If I do nothing ,what with ladybirds about, will the thrip affect the developing ears ?
Morning, windy as…. shop day……off into the markets….the usual….
Happy Potter said:
Oh and the corn looks lush, but when I ran my hand along the the’ flower heads’ (?) what they are called, I get a handful of thrips.
What do I spray/treat that with?
If I do nothing ,what with ladybirds about, will the thrip affect the developing ears ?
morning HP
i’ve never had the thrip problem. they probably will effect the crop in those numbers. if no better ideas come along try -
- seaweed to strengthen plants
- coffee / chillie spray on the tassles.
your soil is ideal for corn so its possible the problem will sort itself out.
i don’t think the ladybirds are after the thrip – there is aphid somewhere i suspect.
pepe said:
Happy Potter said:
Oh and the corn looks lush, but when I ran my hand along the the’ flower heads’ (?) what they are called, I get a handful of thrips.
What do I spray/treat that with?
If I do nothing ,what with ladybirds about, will the thrip affect the developing ears ?
morning HP
i’ve never had the thrip problem. they probably will effect the crop in those numbers. if no better ideas come along try -
- seaweed to strengthen plants
- coffee / chillie spray on the tassles.
your soil is ideal for corn so its possible the problem will sort itself out.
i don’t think the ladybirds are after the thrip – there is aphid somewhere i suspect.
Arrh ok, thanks Pepe. Tassels yes thats it , I could not think of the name of them lol.
I have coffee spray, I will give em a blast then. I did the seaweed thing yesterday evening. All the plants look good :)
Off to fire up the coffee machine then..bbl
Happy Potter said:
Oh and the corn looks lush, but when I ran my hand along the the’ flower heads’ (?) what they are called, I get a handful of thrips.
What do I spray/treat that with?
If I do nothing ,what with ladybirds about, will the thrip affect the developing ears ?
the flowery bits at the top are the stamens that carry the pollen. I don’t think the thrips will affect that much.
Happy Potter said:
pepe said:
Happy Potter said:
Oh and the corn looks lush, but when I ran my hand along the the’ flower heads’ (?) what they are called, I get a handful of thrips.
What do I spray/treat that with?
If I do nothing ,what with ladybirds about, will the thrip affect the developing ears ?
morning HP
i’ve never had the thrip problem. they probably will effect the crop in those numbers. if no better ideas come along try -
- seaweed to strengthen plants
- coffee / chillie spray on the tassles.
your soil is ideal for corn so its possible the problem will sort itself out.
i don’t think the ladybirds are after the thrip – there is aphid somewhere i suspect.
Arrh ok, thanks Pepe. Tassels yes thats it , I could not think of the name of them lol.
I have coffee spray, I will give em a blast then. I did the seaweed thing yesterday evening. All the plants look good :)Off to fire up the coffee machine then..bbl
personally I wouldn’t spray anything on the tassels in case it interferes with pollination.
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
pepe said:
Happy Potter said:
Oh and the corn looks lush, but when I ran my hand along the the’ flower heads’ (?) what they are called, I get a handful of thrips.
What do I spray/treat that with?
If I do nothing ,what with ladybirds about, will the thrip affect the developing ears ?
morning HP
i’ve never had the thrip problem. they probably will effect the crop in those numbers. if no better ideas come along try -
- seaweed to strengthen plants
- coffee / chillie spray on the tassles.
your soil is ideal for corn so its possible the problem will sort itself out.
i don’t think the ladybirds are after the thrip – there is aphid somewhere i suspect.
Arrh ok, thanks Pepe. Tassels yes thats it , I could not think of the name of them lol.
I have coffee spray, I will give em a blast then. I did the seaweed thing yesterday evening. All the plants look good :)Off to fire up the coffee machine then..bbl
personally I wouldn’t spray anything on the tassels in case it interferes with pollination.
If the ears are already forming, do they require further pollination? I don’t know how corn works. Is each ear a separate ‘fruit’? or does each kernal require pollination?
SueBk said:
If the ears are already forming, do they require further pollination? I don’t know how corn works. Is each ear a separate ‘fruit’? or does each kernal require pollination?
I think each kernal requires pollination, but that would happen within a very short time and if the ears are already forming then further pollination is not possible. But don’t quote me on that!
bluegreen said:
SueBk said:
If the ears are already forming, do they require further pollination? I don’t know how corn works. Is each ear a separate ‘fruit’? or does each kernal require pollination?
I think each kernal requires pollination, but that would happen within a very short time and if the ears are already forming then further pollination is not possible. But don’t quote me on that!
the top part (male tassles) forms first – then the silks (female on each cob) form.
i was worried that a specialised corn thrip might devastate the male tassle before the silks form.
perhaps we could have a piccie of the tassle damage HP.
pepe said:
bluegreen said:
SueBk said:
If the ears are already forming, do they require further pollination? I don’t know how corn works. Is each ear a separate ‘fruit’? or does each kernal require pollination?
I think each kernal requires pollination, but that would happen within a very short time and if the ears are already forming then further pollination is not possible. But don’t quote me on that!
the top part (male tassles) forms first – then the silks (female on each cob) form.
i was worried that a specialised corn thrip might devastate the male tassle before the silks form.
perhaps we could have a piccie of the tassle damage HP.
Yes piccy soon. When I can move. I haven’t sprayed the corn yet.
I’m just sitting for a moment with a cold drink while I’m dripping sweat, I’m doing more of the ‘ replace small rocks with big rocks ‘ border out the front, only they feel like boulders.
Injury tally: one sort of squished finger , and did a sort of whacky happy dance when a big black spider ran up my arm and I nearly fell over. Didn’t break a single nail though lol.
Ok piccies of corn..
Happy Potter said:
Ok piccies of corn..
looks pretty healthy to me ;)
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
Ok piccies of corn..
looks pretty healthy to me ;)
yep good corn.
i can’t see any damage so forget the spray.
Home, just….. done battle and I must have won as I came home with $$$$$$ in my purse.
As a treat for this fortnight….. I bought some plastic tomatoes that ripened on the vine…..
Didn’t break a single nail though lol.
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Oh now ya talking my sort of gardening…..LOL
Ok piccies of corn..
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Lovely…mine isn’t in yet.
Picked up my potassium today and got a nice surprise. Instead of buying 500 grams for $7.08 I found a 4 kilo pkt for $13.28. Same brand just bigger…… Very happy indeed.
pepe said:
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
Ok piccies of corn..looks pretty healthy to me ;)
yep good corn.
i can’t see any damage so forget the spray.
Ok, thanks for that. I’ll leave things be :)
Lucky1 said:
Ok piccies of corn..
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Lovely…mine isn’t in yet.
Evening..I was too stuffed to cook tea, so hubby, grandson , youngest daughter and I went and to the beach and ate fish n chips , it’s beautiful down there…. then saw the big signs up for the horrible multi billion dollar Marina thats going to be started soon :(
SueBk said:
Lucky1 said:
Ok piccies of corn..
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Lovely…mine isn’t in yet.
I can’t even get mine to germinate.
Sue I planted 100 corn seeds and got 30 came up. I was really surprised, I thought I’d be over run with the things.
Happy Potter said:
SueBk said:
Lucky1 said:
Ok piccies of corn..
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Lovely…mine isn’t in yet.
I can’t even get mine to germinate.Sue I planted 100 corn seeds and got 30 came up. I was really surprised, I thought I’d be over run with the things.
strange – big corn seed usually germinate easily.
… they do need to be kept damp for two weeks.
Lucky1 said:
Picked up my potassium today and got a nice surprise. Instead of buying 500 grams for $7.08 I found a 4 kilo pkt for $13.28. Same brand just bigger…… Very happy indeed.
congrats – but extending that idea – i can buy you 30kgs s. of potash for $35.
the soluble stuff is very useful tho’.
the last two bags i bought, and all that seems to be available now in bunnings, is the large crystal/granule potash. it takes a few waterings or good rain to dissolve it. don’t know if that’s better or not. for most of these kinds of soil additives, it’s useful to know the proper/required concentrations, as some products may prove false economy.
i know, i know, enough about the bentonite…..however i did want to share another observation. before soil amendment with bentonite, i could hardly get a single sunflower to grow from a packet of seeds…now all the seeds germinate, so my little one will have plenty of sunflowers to enjoy, because i opted to plant two packets of sunflower seeds as past efforts were hopeless.
we’re starting to enjoy some nice strawberries now. they’re so much tastier when they grow/mature in warmer weather. earlier ones were tasteless.
Good Morning! A wet one here on Gold Coast.
Hi Cackles yes you are having a wet time of it there—although needed —with out damage I hope
Yes, Grassy :) How are you? – well I hope. The forum is loading more quickly this morning…
Not bad thanks Cacklles—hope you have escaped the damage there and Nth
Yes thanks, we had heavy driving rain and a couple of hail storms but they weren’t very big hailstones at all, just enough to shred some plants a bit . have lost a few plants to waterlogging I think and duckpens would have been a big problem if the mulch hadn’t been spread. Flooded poultry shed has nearly been restored to normal :) What’s the weather been like where you are?
Been very strange here—one day HOT next day COLD—had the Air con on warm the other day—and we have had some nice rain—I am hoping for a nice mild summer like we had last year
Saw it was like winter again in some parts!
! might have to look at getting a proper raincoat soon! After so many years of trying to stop any runoff of stormwater, now faced with waterlogging – which I’d almost forgotten about! Have very heavy clay soils so raised beds or at least mounds are the go. the soil is very inclined to compact – plasticine-like when wet, hard as rock and cloddy if dug, when dry! I hardly ever dig though, just mulch – but then miss self-seeding of annuals and some perennials due to mulch cover…
On another subject – thinking of Pom – I think the dam that was going to be built near her is now “on hold”?
Lets hope that the dam is on hold—I had a friend that moved out of there because of the dam—catch you another time as I have to stike a blow here
ok bye now ;)
morning
i’m glad to hear of the heavy rain up north – gives us hope – and storm clouds and some rain north of me now.
you can keep your hurricanes and flooding – just the rain thanks LOL.
the forum is fast – probably because no one is using it.
got thunder and rain, but only just over me…
Hello all you gardening folk. Have you all heard the news? News for us up here I mean.
The proposed dam that was to be built in our backyards has been delayed/put back/put off/cancelled. What ever they are calling it it’s bluddy good news.
I must admit that I have mixed feelings about it now. “They” have bought our land, caused a suicide or two, forced farmers to move out of the area, wrecked our town, rented empty homes to whoever………., spent millions and for what?
There is lots I would like to add to that paragraph but it would be a wasted effort because it’s too late now. So I will try to be happy that we won’t be getting a dam in the near future anyway.
bluegreen said:
got thunder and rain, but only just over me…
So it is. I can see you and your all wet.
pomolo said:
Hello all you gardening folk. Have you all heard the news? News for us up here I mean.The proposed dam that was to be built in our backyards has been delayed/put back/put off/cancelled. What ever they are calling it it’s bluddy good news.
I must admit that I have mixed feelings about it now. “They” have bought our land, caused a suicide or two, forced farmers to move out of the area, wrecked our town, rented empty homes to whoever………., spent millions and for what?
There is lots I would like to add to that paragraph but it would be a wasted effort because it’s too late now. So I will try to be happy that we won’t be getting a dam in the near future anyway.
pomolo said:
Hello all you gardening folk. Have you all heard the news? News for us up here I mean.The proposed dam that was to be built in our backyards has been delayed/put back/put off/cancelled. What ever they are calling it it’s bluddy good news.
I must admit that I have mixed feelings about it now. “They” have bought our land, caused a suicide or two, forced farmers to move out of the area, wrecked our town, rented empty homes to whoever………., spent millions and for what?
There is lots I would like to add to that paragraph but it would be a wasted effort because it’s too late now. So I will try to be happy that we won’t be getting a dam in the near future anyway.
I heard a rumour. Wonder what, if any, compensation will be offered. Especially to those who have lost the most.
bluegreen said:
pomolo said:
Hello all you gardening folk. Have you all heard the news? News for us up here I mean.The proposed dam that was to be built in our backyards has been delayed/put back/put off/cancelled. What ever they are calling it it’s bluddy good news.
I must admit that I have mixed feelings about it now. “They” have bought our land, caused a suicide or two, forced farmers to move out of the area, wrecked our town, rented empty homes to whoever………., spent millions and for what?
There is lots I would like to add to that paragraph but it would be a wasted effort because it’s too late now. So I will try to be happy that we won’t be getting a dam in the near future anyway.
I heard a rumour. Wonder what, if any, compensation will be offered. Especially to those who have lost the most.
It’s not just the money compensation. It’s changed peoples way of life in lots of cases. I haven’t heard about any divorces but I bet some have come close. QWI (the dam people) have set up a place for locals to go to get some help with depression if they need it. That says a lot too.
Lucky1 said:
pomolo said:
Hello all you gardening folk. Have you all heard the news? News for us up here I mean.The proposed dam that was to be built in our backyards has been delayed/put back/put off/cancelled. What ever they are calling it it’s bluddy good news.
I must admit that I have mixed feelings about it now. “They” have bought our land, caused a suicide or two, forced farmers to move out of the area, wrecked our town, rented empty homes to whoever………., spent millions and for what?
There is lots I would like to add to that paragraph but it would be a wasted effort because it’s too late now. So I will try to be happy that we won’t be getting a dam in the near future anyway.
What a total balls up!!!!!!!
You hit the nail on the head there Lucky.
pomolo said:
I heard a rumour. Wonder what, if any, compensation will be offered. Especially to those who have lost the most.
It’s not just the money compensation. It’s changed peoples way of life in lots of cases. I haven’t heard about any divorces but I bet some have come close. QWI (the dam people) have set up a place for locals to go to get some help with depression if they need it. That says a lot too.
it really has been a stuff up :(
bluegreen said:
I heard a rumour. Wonder what, if any, compensation will be offered. Especially to those who have lost the most.
pomolo said:
It’s not just the money compensation. It’s changed peoples way of life in lots of cases. I haven’t heard about any divorces but I bet some have come close. QWI (the dam people) have set up a place for locals to go to get some help with depression if they need it. That says a lot too.
it really has been a stuff up :(
You hit the nail on the head there Lucky.
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I have no idea of the damage families have gone through……. but I am sure it wasn’t & still isn’t good.
bluegreen said:
pomolo said:
I heard a rumour. Wonder what, if any, compensation will be offered. Especially to those who have lost the most.
It’s not just the money compensation. It’s changed peoples way of life in lots of cases. I haven’t heard about any divorces but I bet some have come close. QWI (the dam people) have set up a place for locals to go to get some help with depression if they need it. That says a lot too.
it really has been a stuff up :(
Our dear Premier has quoted that it’s only a “delay” because of the environmental stuff that needs to be checked before Fedral Gov will give approval. Does she mean that she never thought that we would need an enviromental impact study! Spare me from politicans!!!
Lucky1 said:
You hit the nail on the head there Lucky.
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I have no idea of the damage families have gone through……. but I am sure it wasn’t & still isn’t good.
Too true. I think I will leave the subject there for now. I start to see red when I go back over the ups and downs of the whole thing. Soapbox is starting to shake. I’ll come back on later sometime.
I have had a headache for 2 days now. Between that and a snuffy head….. we went to a hospital nearby for the elf to have some chest x-rays taken of his lungs and some blood taken for a gas count.
Chest x-rays were not a problem….. took the old ones for the reading Doc to compare. At the blood area…we were told Elf needed an appointment…… Now what annoyed us and confused me was…..I rang to make appointments for both these items and was told the blood one didn’t need to be booked in.
Due to the blood being taken from the wrist area with nothing to stop the blood flow….. and taken from a main artery………needing to be looked at with in 2 hours of been taken some the person…. an appointment was needed. sigh
So next Monday is now the drain day at 9.45 am.
Went and finished the food shop on the way home….. blew my nose after a sneezing fit and lost the pen my SIL gave me for my 21st and I was on my hands & knees in the pasta isle looking for it under shelves of food…man don’t look under those shelves…..eeewwww floors are dirty as. Me and that pen have done so many stupidmarket battles in the 24 years we have been together…. found it in my pocket……
Tomorrow I think the medicine review trip to the other side of the city will need to be rebooked if I’m still not 100% brain wise tomorrow. Not going all that way without being on the ball to remember and ask questions.
So that is about it from me for the day……… had a Nanna nap and now up…… same day same headache.
sorry to hear you are not feeling well Lucky. Take care. Typical about the need for appt though. It seems common when dealing with govt. run departments to get contradicting information.
bluegreen said:
sorry to hear you are not feeling well Lucky. Take care. Typical about the need for appt though. It seems common when dealing with govt. run departments to get contradicting information.
This is a private hospital…… oh well…… never mind Monday will come quick enough.
I think I have Bimbo’s cold…just not as bad.
pomolo said:
Hello all you gardening folk. Have you all heard the news? News for us up here I mean.The proposed dam that was to be built in our backyards has been delayed/put back/put off/cancelled. What ever they are calling it it’s bluddy good news.
I must admit that I have mixed feelings about it now. “They” have bought our land, caused a suicide or two, forced farmers to move out of the area, wrecked our town, rented empty homes to whoever………., spent millions and for what?
There is lots I would like to add to that paragraph but it would be a wasted effort because it’s too late now. So I will try to be happy that we won’t be getting a dam in the near future anyway.
Pom
What I heard on the news is that it has been delayed for ‘environmental reasons’. The project needed C’wealth approval under the EPBC Act. Now, I haven’t read the EIS or whatever version of impact statement they’ve produced, BUT my guess is … that approval has come back with some requirements. And I’m guessing that those requirements include compensatory habitat for … well … whatever is endangered in that area. Compensatory habitat takes a while to become established and for wildlife to move in.
As I said, I haven’t read the EPBC application; but I’ve edited enough impact statements recently to hazard a guess that that’s the reason for the “delay”.
NOW, maybe that the State gov will be unable to fulfill the C’wealth requirements; in which case the ‘delay’ maybe permenant.
Lucky1 said:
I have had a headache for 2 days now. Between that and a snuffy head….. we went to a hospital nearby for the elf to have some chest x-rays taken of his lungs and some blood taken for a gas count.Chest x-rays were not a problem….. took the old ones for the reading Doc to compare. At the blood area…we were told Elf needed an appointment…… Now what annoyed us and confused me was…..I rang to make appointments for both these items and was told the blood one didn’t need to be booked in.
Due to the blood being taken from the wrist area with nothing to stop the blood flow….. and taken from a main artery………needing to be looked at with in 2 hours of been taken some the person…. an appointment was needed. sigh
So next Monday is now the drain day at 9.45 am.
Went and finished the food shop on the way home….. blew my nose after a sneezing fit and lost the pen my SIL gave me for my 21st and I was on my hands & knees in the pasta isle looking for it under shelves of food…man don’t look under those shelves…..eeewwww floors are dirty as. Me and that pen have done so many stupidmarket battles in the 24 years we have been together…. found it in my pocket……
Tomorrow I think the medicine review trip to the other side of the city will need to be rebooked if I’m still not 100% brain wise tomorrow. Not going all that way without being on the ball to remember and ask questions.
So that is about it from me for the day……… had a Nanna nap and now up…… same day same headache.
Some days are diamonds. Some days are stone……………………
SueBk said:
pomolo said:
Hello all you gardening folk. Have you all heard the news? News for us up here I mean.The proposed dam that was to be built in our backyards has been delayed/put back/put off/cancelled. What ever they are calling it it’s bluddy good news.
I must admit that I have mixed feelings about it now. “They” have bought our land, caused a suicide or two, forced farmers to move out of the area, wrecked our town, rented empty homes to whoever………., spent millions and for what?
There is lots I would like to add to that paragraph but it would be a wasted effort because it’s too late now. So I will try to be happy that we won’t be getting a dam in the near future anyway.
Pom
What I heard on the news is that it has been delayed for ‘environmental reasons’. The project needed C’wealth approval under the EPBC Act. Now, I haven’t read the EIS or whatever version of impact statement they’ve produced, BUT my guess is … that approval has come back with some requirements. And I’m guessing that those requirements include compensatory habitat for … well … whatever is endangered in that area. Compensatory habitat takes a while to become established and for wildlife to move in.As I said, I haven’t read the EPBC application; but I’ve edited enough impact statements recently to hazard a guess that that’s the reason for the “delay”.
NOW, maybe that the State gov will be unable to fulfill the C’wealth requirements; in which case the ‘delay’ maybe permenant.
That’s very interesting SBK. We have heard so many rumours as to the reason for the switch. Any of them could be true. Yours sounds like a logical explanation anyway.
pomolo said:
SueBk said:
pomolo said:
Hello all you gardening folk. Have you all heard the news? News for us up here I mean.The proposed dam that was to be built in our backyards has been delayed/put back/put off/cancelled. What ever they are calling it it’s bluddy good news.
I must admit that I have mixed feelings about it now. “They” have bought our land, caused a suicide or two, forced farmers to move out of the area, wrecked our town, rented empty homes to whoever………., spent millions and for what?
There is lots I would like to add to that paragraph but it would be a wasted effort because it’s too late now. So I will try to be happy that we won’t be getting a dam in the near future anyway.
Pom
What I heard on the news is that it has been delayed for ‘environmental reasons’. The project needed C’wealth approval under the EPBC Act. Now, I haven’t read the EIS or whatever version of impact statement they’ve produced, BUT my guess is … that approval has come back with some requirements. And I’m guessing that those requirements include compensatory habitat for … well … whatever is endangered in that area. Compensatory habitat takes a while to become established and for wildlife to move in.As I said, I haven’t read the EPBC application; but I’ve edited enough impact statements recently to hazard a guess that that’s the reason for the “delay”.
NOW, maybe that the State gov will be unable to fulfill the C’wealth requirements; in which case the ‘delay’ maybe permenant.
That’s very interesting SBK. We have heard so many rumours as to the reason for the switch. Any of them could be true. Yours sounds like a logical explanation anyway.
Logical or not, it’s a crap way to treat people. I’m so glad our company decided to ‘no-go’ this when it came up for tender. I’d hate to be working on it.
Dug up cage one of my spuds. The tops are all dieing off but I only got 1/2 dozen small spuds. I think the storm Sunday week ago wreaked them. They’ve looked sad and sorry ever since. Tomorrow if its not raining I’ll actually pull the whole cage apart, instead of just digging into it. I was still in work clobber tonight, so didn’t want to make too much of a mess. My good wool trousers aren’t really designed for gardening ;) but I was taking advantage of a lull in the rain.
Found some cutter grub thingies :(( and some snails under the straw layers :(( Didn’t notice any worms, but there might be some there.
Opps forgot. Finally seeing stems on my sweet potato off cuts. Might plant them into the new soil that’s come out of the spud cage. Not sure where to put them. Perhaps in a corner I have spare with nothing in it, since they’re supposed to be quite a ‘roomy’ plant.
B*gg*r! Haven’t got my brain properly switched on at the moment.
With my sweet potato, do I bury the whole thing like spuds or do I leave the stalks sticking out?
We had some of our first cucumber for the season from our garden:D Sure was lovely to have more from the vegie patch:D
Good morning all :)
Just a short visit this morning. The possibility of taking some ducklings to market early Sunday morning has just arisen so I have some sorting out and organising to do. They would have to be ready by sat evening as iit is up at Mt Tamborine, probably at least an hour away – if I don’t make a wrong turn which is always on the cards.
Oh – just started to shower – again. I was hoping for a bit of a break to wet weather…
BBL
Where are we all this AM?
Promise of showers here…how odd to call them “rain events”…I know they can’t predict how much rain but rain event??? There’s showers, drizzle, thunder and other types of storms, seasonal rain, monsoonal troughs…
We had a little “rain event” yesterday and for once we got more at home than in town…at least 30 points by my reckoning, and it was a soaker…an afternoon shower if you ask me…
Lucky1 said:
We had some of our first cucumber for the season from our garden:D Sure was lovely to have more from the vegie patch:D
Absolutely Lucky. I just love going out the back to choose what I need to use. Last night I picked a mini cabbage, some celery stalks , carrots and an apple and made a yummy coleslaw to go with our tea:)
Scraps to the chooks and worm farms and no waste at all :D
Oh and good morning al.
Back to cooking for me today after a couple days doing other things that needed doing. One batch of cupcakes for a 2 year olds birthday coming up, I shall have fun decorating them :)
One day until middle daughter moves out into their new home , not that I’m counting the days lol. She was occupying a shed we built for her and now I want that shed for storage, all this stuff and crap I have stored on my patio will finally have a place to live and a big patio clean up on saturday will follow. Then I can re arrange big pot plants and seating to make it a pleasant area , for a change :D
Morning. We are having one of dinettas rain event here. So nice not to have to hose and sprinkle everyday.
Have to cater a luncheon for 8 today. Won’t take long. At least with feeding only 8 you can do the little extras the help to make the meal extra special.
About the 21st Dec we have a morning tea to do for 150 bikies. I think it’s their annual toy drive event but it’s still a lot of scones and pikelets.
Have yourselves a good day.
Bacon ,eggs…tea, coffee…..taking orders…..
Lucky1 said:
Bacon ,eggs…tea, coffee…..taking orders…..
SueBk said:
Lucky1 said:
Bacon ,eggs…tea, coffee…..taking orders…..
I’ll have coffee – double shot, over ice, topped up with milk. Thanks.
Zip zap…on its way….lol
Happy Potter said:
Lucky1 said:
We had some of our first cucumber for the season from our garden:D Sure was lovely to have more from the vegie patch:D
Absolutely Lucky. I just love going out the back to choose what I need to use. Last night I picked a mini cabbage, some celery stalks , carrots and an apple and made a yummy coleslaw to go with our tea:)
Scraps to the chooks and worm farms and no waste at all :D
Egg-zackly….. nothing wasted and all home grown…no car used to drive out the back to get it either.:D
Lucky1 said:
Bacon ,eggs…tea, coffee…..taking orders…..
I’m too late now, I suppose?
morning all, been and done a site induction having rest of school day off. dads on his way to sydeny Airport.
veg gardener said:
morning all, been and done a site induction having rest of school day off. dads on his way to sydeny Airport.
morning veg – have a rest mate – yu deserve it.
clouds threatening again and a few spits from the sky.
pepe said:
veg gardener said:
morning all, been and done a site induction having rest of school day off. dads on his way to sydeny Airport.
morning veg – have a rest mate – yu deserve it.
clouds threatening again and a few spits from the sky.
yeah i said to dad ill Whip snip and mow the grass.
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
Bacon ,eggs…tea, coffee…..taking orders…..
I’m too late now, I suppose?
Well not really…haven’t done the dishes yet….. been to buy poultry food, deliver eggs to #1 newphew’s place and watch the breaking news on India……. just about to start them….. so what ya want…..?????
Happy Potter said:
Lucky1 said:
We had some of our first cucumber for the season from our garden:D Sure was lovely to have more from the vegie patch:D
Absolutely Lucky. I just love going out the back to choose what I need to use. Last night I picked a mini cabbage, some celery stalks , carrots and an apple and made a yummy coleslaw to go with our tea:)
Scraps to the chooks and worm farms and no waste at all :D
yep – goodonya both.
spinach, parsley and mint available again in the garden here – so it will be spanakopita tonight.
i fried up desiree spuds in garlic/ rosemary olive oil with new zucchini and carrots last night.
the accompanying big steak wasn’t from the garden but the poodles saved me wasting the cooked fat.
I had planned on spending any dry spells today in the garden. The prediction is for rain until at least Sunday. BUT, when it rains I get hayfever. It’s very hard to work in an absolutely sodden garden AND blow your nose every 30 seconds.
I have pulled out my brassicas though. I haven’t spent a lot of time in the garden recently (combination of rain and illness). Some little blighter has decimated my broccoli, which looked like they might survive being uprooted a fortnight ago. Say-la-vee. The piggles are enjoying them now, so not a complete waste.
Interesting, where my silverbeet was the top three layers or so of my no dig have turned to soil. Where the brassicas were the top layer of hay is still hay. The silverbeet patch did get more water, so I guess that might be at least part of the reason. I notice, even after our 200ml in the past two weeks, some patches under the brassicas were still dry. They were planted pretty close together so formed a fairly dense cover.
Maybe if the Zytec (or whatever the drug was) kicks in later, I might dig over the spud cage and check I didn’t miss any last night.
My spuds that are still growing are Desiree spuds. When I was snooping around them…got some lovely ones in there to harvest.
AND blow your nose every 30 seconds.
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That is a pain in the bum when this happens…… enjoy your “dry” time out in the garden.
Zyrtec kicked in so I dug over the spud cage. What a microcosim. Earwigs, slater, cockroaches, ants, spiders, snails (carefully squashed under my shoe), worms (carefully transplanted to the carrot bed), and about a bijillion cutter bugs (thrown to the driveway to fend for themselves against the elements and the birds). And no more spuds :(
I’ve been told that these ‘cutter bugs’ (haven’t a clue what they’re actually called) are the lavare of rhino bettles or christmas bettles. I have never seen a rhino bettle here, and only ever one or two chrissie bettles. But, guarantee a hundred larvee every time you dig in the garden. Big fat white things, with a reddy-brown underbelly and head, and legs all at one end. Horrid things. Used to be, though, that I would never consider handling them; now I just pick them out and chuck them.
Very muggy here today. I think I’ve done my dash with heavy work. I think I need a garden fork. It’s too hard digging over compacted, half composted straw, with a shovel. Still thinking about where to dump the contents of the cage. I get to pick up two extra bins this weekend (will make four new big growing tubs). I’m thinking I might keep the soil for the top layer of one them.
No tomatoes in that soil, what else shouldn’t follow spuds in the soil?
Currawongs have found my bug covered driveway. Very funny to watch. Mum is trying to stuff as many bugs as possible in her beak at once. She keeps dropping one, and then having to put them all down to re-stuff.
Junior meanwhile is watching one crawling around in front of him wondering what to do with it. It’s okay when mum stuffs a dozen of them down his throat, but he’s not going to pick any up for himself.
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
Bacon ,eggs…tea, coffee…..taking orders…..
I’m too late now, I suppose?
Well not really…haven’t done the dishes yet….. been to buy poultry food, deliver eggs to #1 newphew’s place and watch the breaking news on India……. just about to start them….. so what ya want…..?????
not hungry now, just had lunch! lol!
SueBk said:
Currawongs have found my bug covered driveway. Very funny to watch. Mum is trying to stuff as many bugs as possible in her beak at once. She keeps dropping one, and then having to put them all down to re-stuff.Junior meanwhile is watching one crawling around in front of him wondering what to do with it. It’s okay when mum stuffs a dozen of them down his throat, but he’s not going to pick any up for himself.
lol.
SueBk said:
No tomatoes in that soil, what else shouldn’t follow spuds in the soil?
capsicum, eggplant – all related.
SueBk said:
Currawongs have found my bug covered driveway. Very funny to watch. Mum is trying to stuff as many bugs as possible in her beak at once. She keeps dropping one, and then having to put them all down to re-stuff.Junior meanwhile is watching one crawling around in front of him wondering what to do with it. It’s okay when mum stuffs a dozen of them down his throat, but he’s not going to pick any up for himself.
lol!
pomolo said:
Hello all you gardening folk. Have you all heard the news? News for us up here I mean.The proposed dam that was to be built in our backyards has been delayed/put back/put off/cancelled. What ever they are calling it it’s bluddy good news.
I must admit that I have mixed feelings about it now. “They” have bought our land, caused a suicide or two, forced farmers to move out of the area, wrecked our town, rented empty homes to whoever………., spent millions and for what?
There is lots I would like to add to that paragraph but it would be a wasted effort because it’s too late now. So I will try to be happy that we won’t be getting a dam in the near future anyway.
But is it really good news?
I’ve been thinking about this and, unless they definately say it’s not going to happen ever, it just leaves the town in limbo. Nobody will want to buy into the area with the possibility hanging over their heads, so anybody who wants to move wont be able to sell.
It still leaves the future all up in the air.
bubba louie said:
But is it really good news?I’ve been thinking about this and, unless they definately say it’s not going to happen ever, it just leaves the town in limbo. Nobody will want to buy into the area with the possibility hanging over their heads, so anybody who wants to move wont be able to sell.
It still leaves the future all up in the air.
the govt. owns the land now anyway because they bought it all up. they will just rent the properties until they make up their minds I guess.
bluegreen said:
bubba louie said:
But is it really good news?I’ve been thinking about this and, unless they definately say it’s not going to happen ever, it just leaves the town in limbo. Nobody will want to buy into the area with the possibility hanging over their heads, so anybody who wants to move wont be able to sell.
It still leaves the future all up in the air.
the govt. owns the land now anyway because they bought it all up. they will just rent the properties until they make up their minds I guess.
bubba louie said:
bluegreen said:
bubba louie said:
But is it really good news?I’ve been thinking about this and, unless they definately say it’s not going to happen ever, it just leaves the town in limbo. Nobody will want to buy into the area with the possibility hanging over their heads, so anybody who wants to move wont be able to sell.
It still leaves the future all up in the air.
the govt. owns the land now anyway because they bought it all up. they will just rent the properties until they make up their minds I guess.
i don’t think everyone sold.
Plus I’d be very cautious about buying, even the properties that are outside the exclusion zone, just in case the boundaries change.
bubba louie said:
bluegreen said:
bubba louie said:
But is it really good news?I’ve been thinking about this and, unless they definately say it’s not going to happen ever, it just leaves the town in limbo. Nobody will want to buy into the area with the possibility hanging over their heads, so anybody who wants to move wont be able to sell.
It still leaves the future all up in the air.
the govt. owns the land now anyway because they bought it all up. they will just rent the properties until they make up their minds I guess.
i don’t think everyone sold.
I thought it was compulsory?
Arvo all how r u?
veg gardener said:
Arvo all how r u?
bit tired here
did you get all you mowing done?
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
Arvo all how r u?
bit tired here
did you get all you mowing done?
yep and gave nextdoor some pumkin seedlings.
bluegreen said:
bubba louie said:
bluegreen said:
bubba louie said:
But is it really good news?I’ve been thinking about this and, unless they definately say it’s not going to happen ever, it just leaves the town in limbo. Nobody will want to buy into the area with the possibility hanging over their heads, so anybody who wants to move wont be able to sell.
It still leaves the future all up in the air.
the govt. owns the land now anyway because they bought it all up. they will just rent the properties until they make up their minds I guess.
i don’t think everyone sold.I thought it was compulsory?
bucketing down here, with hail…
bluegreen said:
bucketing down here, with hail…
thats ment to happen here soon as well. just been for my daily bike ride.
bluegreen said:
bucketing down here, with hail…
Quick shower here and now nothing.
Has everyone else got a white section (column) on the right of this window?
colliewa said:
Has everyone else got a white section (column) on the right of this window?
nooo…..
colliewa said:
Has everyone else got a white section (column) on the right of this window?
No…. greenish all the way….Hi Collie:)
Oh, hi Lucky et al..
8^)
Have you hit refresh lately?
Oh, hi Lucky et al..
8^)
Have you hit refresh lately?
Scrub that, I hit refresh and it went.
I dunno.
colliewa said:
Oh, hi Lucky et al..8^)
Have you hit refresh lately?
Well..
Here there has been showers today.
Going onto night shift tonight and tomorrow, then 4 days off.
Got down to 138.0kg today (from 184.something) so that’s 46kg lost all up. Happy with that. Feeling really good and happy the stomach is all but gone.
Won’t bore youse again with the kg again until I get to 120, but I pretty chuffed!
Oh, did the tax finally, and if they reckon my maths is close they should give me nearly 5k!! woohoo! Due in about 5 weeks….
colliewa said:
Well..Here there has been showers today.
Going onto night shift tonight and tomorrow, then 4 days off.
Got down to 138.0kg today (from 184.something) so that’s 46kg lost all up. Happy with that. Feeling really good and happy the stomach is all but gone.
Won’t bore youse again with the kg again until I get to 120, but I pretty chuffed!
Oh, did the tax finally, and if they reckon my maths is close they should give me nearly 5k!! woohoo! Due in about 5 weeks….
aaahhh if I was a bit closer I’d help you spend it….LOL
Great news about your weight loss too:D
Guess the bad bit is when I finally sweep past SA Lucky there’ll be less of me to see and I won’t be so easy to pick.
Jimmy Barnes doing a private concert at work next week and I’m working.. I’ll see if I can get a photo with him.
colliewa said:
Guess the bad bit is when I finally sweep past SA Lucky there’ll be less of me to see and I won’t be so easy to pick.Jimmy Barnes doing a private concert at work next week and I’m working.. I’ll see if I can get a photo with him.
Oh cool:)
colliewa said:
Got down to 138.0kg today (from 184.something) so that’s 46kg lost all up. Happy with that. Feeling really good and happy the stomach is all but gone.Won’t bore youse again with the kg again until I get to 120, but I pretty chuffed!
excellent! keep up the good work!
Lettuce (cut and come again loose leaf varieties), beans (first of the season) and cucumber (just about the last of this batch of plants) for dinner tonight. With a rather lovely t-bone, and a rather average store bought tom.
colliewa said:
Well..Here there has been showers today.
Going onto night shift tonight and tomorrow, then 4 days off.
Got down to 138.0kg today (from 184.something) so that’s 46kg lost all up. Happy with that. Feeling really good and happy the stomach is all but gone.
Won’t bore youse again with the kg again until I get to 120, but I pretty chuffed!
Oh, did the tax finally, and if they reckon my maths is close they should give me nearly 5k!! woohoo! Due in about 5 weeks….
Collie great news about the weight loss! You really are a credit to yourself!! Those big stomaches are a nuisance…I have found that I can now ride my bike without kneeing myself in the gut (and winding myself in the process…true!)
The next 15 kg should just melt off… you would be building lean muscle mass with your job / work activities, I take it??
colliewa said:
Has everyone else got a white section (column) on the right of this window?
I did for a while, exited the browser altogether and then went back in, is OK now…
colliewa said:
Well..Here there has been showers today. Going onto night shift tonight and tomorrow, then 4 days off. Got down to 138.0kg today (from 184.something) so that’s 46kg lost all up. Happy with that. Feeling really good and happy the stomach is all but gone. Won’t bore youse again with the kg again until I get to 120, but I pretty chuffed!
Oh, did the tax finally, and if they reckon my maths is close they should give me nearly 5k!! woohoo! Due in about 5 weeks….
congrats – you must be feeling good.
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
bucketing down here, with hail…
thats ment to happen here soon as well. just been for my daily bike ride.
hey vg
all my winter celery has gone to seed – so i guess yours has too??
SueBk said:
Still thinking about where to dump the contents of the cage. I get to pick up two extra bins this weekend (will make four new big growing tubs). I’m thinking I might keep the soil for the top layer of one them.No tomatoes in that soil, what else shouldn’t follow spuds in the soil?
nice currawong story sue.
leaf crops grow well in spent spud soil – lettuce and cabbage.
pepe said:
nice currawong story sue.
leaf crops grow well in spent spud soil – lettuce and cabbage.
I wish I had a video camera (and clean windows LOL). It was pretty funny to watch the pair of them.
Picked my first dozen beans last night. Decided I really don’t like beans, even fresh ones. I hate store bought beans (blurgh), and I recognise that my beans taste so much better, but I just don’t like the taste of beans.
How would you describe the difference between something storebought and something homegrown – without using generalisations like “tastier”, “fresher”?
I thinking about carrots in particular. We ate home grown carrots (albeit half grown ones) for a week and then had to go back to store ones. The only thing I can think of is that mine were more “carroty”. Store bought things taste like someone forgot to stir the carrot flavour packet in.
How would you describe the difference between something storebought and something homegrown – without using generalisations like “tastier”, “fresher”?
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i notice with my fresh picked garlic that – they are ‘harder – firmer’
- and with my first homegrown onion the flesh is a lot ‘creamier’.
- with carrots i would use ‘crispy’ – i.e. they snap and split before the knife can cut them.
colliewa said:
Well..Here there has been showers today.
Going onto night shift tonight and tomorrow, then 4 days off.
Got down to 138.0kg today (from 184.something) so that’s 46kg lost all up. Happy with that. Feeling really good and happy the stomach is all but gone.
Won’t bore youse again with the kg again until I get to 120, but I pretty chuffed!
Oh, did the tax finally, and if they reckon my maths is close they should give me nearly 5k!! woohoo! Due in about 5 weeks….
Wonderful news Collie :D
I love the increased energy and feeling so much lighter :D
Boy am I ever behind on the chat.
We will be helping middle daughter move out of her shed( bungalow) today and tomorrow and then moving hubbys excercise equipment from his shed into daughters one, because it’s carpeted and air conditoned and better to use for his gym.
Then I get the old shed to store my garden stuff..that will also free up an area behind one shed for a flat water tank.
Also, 2 large tee philodendrons will be getting trolleyed from the fernery to the patio, they are getting too big for the fernery. Will need a couple strong blokes to move them. They have flower pods opening too, their scent smells a bit like bubblegum.
Much to do and much sorting and cleaning of several areas over the next week :)
Happy Potter said:
Boy am I ever behind on the chat.
We will be helping middle daughter move out of her shed( bungalow) today and tomorrow and then moving hubbys excercise equipment from his shed into daughters one, because it’s carpeted and air conditoned and better to use for his gym. Then I get the old shed to store my garden stuff..that will also free up an area behind one shed for a flat water tank.Also, 2 large tee philodendrons will be getting trolleyed from the fernery to the patio, they are getting too big for the fernery. Will need a couple strong blokes to move them. They have flower pods opening too, their scent smells a bit like bubblegum.
Much to do and much sorting and cleaning of several areas over the next week :)
Good luck with it all, Happy!
Dinetta said:
Happy Potter said:
Boy am I ever behind on the chat.
We will be helping middle daughter move out of her shed( bungalow) today and tomorrow and then moving hubbys excercise equipment from his shed into daughters one, because it’s carpeted and air conditoned and better to use for his gym. Then I get the old shed to store my garden stuff..that will also free up an area behind one shed for a flat water tank.Also, 2 large tee philodendrons will be getting trolleyed from the fernery to the patio, they are getting too big for the fernery. Will need a couple strong blokes to move them. They have flower pods opening too, their scent smells a bit like bubblegum.
Much to do and much sorting and cleaning of several areas over the next week :)
Good luck with it all, Happy!
Thanks Dinetta .. big changes happening with the girl finally moving out..did I say finally ? lol
3 gone off into the big wide world, 2 to go lol.
But, just now she was telling me how she will have to call in a couple days of the week to pick up her supply of fresh veges and ‘ those beautiful eggs’ and tells me I have spolt her. And as she has been working so hard and long hours, she wants me over to show her how I cook some of the familys fave dishes. Good job they are only moving only one kilometer up the road :)
Thanks Dinetta .. big changes happening with the girl finally moving out..did I say finally ? lol
3 gone off into the big wide world, 2 to go lol.
But, just now she was telling me how she will have to call in a couple days of the week to pick up her supply of fresh veges and ’ those beautiful eggs’ and tells me I have spolt her. And as she has been working so hard and long hours, she wants me over to show her how I cook some of the familys fave dishes. Good job they are only moving only one kilometer up the road :)
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Big changes indeed, Happy. I always feel flattered when those of my offspring ring and ask for advice (about anything really) but it’s like you’re going to look at a big hole when they say “I’m moving out”…
As I am a lousy cook – OK I can cook but only because I must – I have thrown my kids into the kitchen ever since they could stand on a chair and watch …
only 1 kilometre up the road! that’s half a mile…from my gate to the highway…well, it’s a good “starter” distance…
Happy Potter said:
Thanks Dinetta .. big changes happening with the girl finally moving out..did I say finally ? lol
3 gone off into the big wide world, 2 to go lol.
But, just now she was telling me how she will have to call in a couple days of the week to pick up her supply of fresh veges and ‘ those beautiful eggs’ and tells me I have spolt her. And as she has been working so hard and long hours, she wants me over to show her how I cook some of the familys fave dishes. Good job they are only moving only one kilometer up the road :)
HP
Maybe for Christmas you could go out and find a lovely hard cover journal type book and write up the family favs. I have a “family favs” journal. It’s mine creation, but it does include several of my dad’s recipes (my mum couldn’t cook for peanuts; which my dad was allergic to). My plan is to eventually give it to The Girl when she leaves home (or we leave home, which is her plan LOL).
Dinetta said:
Happy Potter said:
Boy am I ever behind on the chat.
We will be helping middle daughter move out of her shed( bungalow) today and tomorrow and then moving hubbys excercise equipment from his shed into daughters one, because it’s carpeted and air conditoned and better to use for his gym. Then I get the old shed to store my garden stuff..that will also free up an area behind one shed for a flat water tank.Also, 2 large tee philodendrons will be getting trolleyed from the fernery to the patio, they are getting too big for the fernery. Will need a couple strong blokes to move them. They have flower pods opening too, their scent smells a bit like bubblegum.
Much to do and much sorting and cleaning of several areas over the next week :)
Good luck with it all, Happy!
pepe said:
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
bucketing down here, with hail…
thats ment to happen here soon as well. just been for my daily bike ride.
hey vg
all my winter celery has gone to seed – so i guess yours has too??
Morining all.
veg gardener said:
Morining all.
morning VG and rough barked.
anyone here heard the Doctor who song found it on you tube http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=hGUpvEmTyGY
Morning Roughbarked, and any other early bird lurkers.
Bung the kettle on will ya :)
I was awake at 3 am and got up to do some things I had to catch up on, well it’s not daylight yet and I’m already stuffed!
The PC power switch doesn’t come on until 5.30 am so I had to do something with my spare time lol.
The house and sheds have been turned upside down , major spring clean happening here. I’ve given away so much on freecycle, it’s been a constant stream of people calling in to collect things. From paints , dryer, older cars tune up kit, PC bits, books , wardrobe, beds and tools, you name it. Couple older but good TV’s next to be listed.
We managed to get the big tree philodendrons moved from the fernery to the patio, grunting and puffing all the way but even then I had to cut branches off to make them fit. They look nicer on the patio though.
hey hp.
veg gardener said:
hey hp.
Morning Veg, what are you doing today ?
Happy Potter said:
veg gardener said:
hey hp.
Morning Veg, what are you doing today ?
i’ve collected the rest of my spuds. they sure suck a lot of water out of the soil. dug over that soil, and wet it thoroughly, and planted another crop there. was going to further improve the soil with horticultural grit but, bunnings doesn’t have any.
my wife was smashed into from behind as she was going to work. she was hit from behind whilst sopped at the traffic lights. she’ll take some time to recover. suddenly all the short term plans and usual life busy things go out the window.
aquarium said:
i’ve collected the rest of my spuds. they sure suck a lot of water out of the soil. dug over that soil, and wet it thoroughly, and planted another crop there. was going to further improve the soil with horticultural grit but, bunnings doesn’t have any.my wife was smashed into from behind as she was going to work. she was hit from behind whilst sopped at the traffic lights. she’ll take some time to recover. suddenly all the short term plans and usual life busy things go out the window.
not good.
“my wife was smashed into from behind as she was going to work. she was hit from behind whilst sopped at the traffic lights. she’ll take some time to recover. suddenly all the short term plans and usual life busy things go out the window.
Oh sorry to hear that Aquarium, I hope she recovers well.
i have a cunning plan to infiltrate the system = donate all my organic magazines to my daughter’s school library
“ i’ve collected the rest of my spuds. they sure suck a lot of water out of the soil. dug over that soil, and wet it thoroughly, and planted another crop there. was going to further improve the soil with horticultural grit but, bunnings doesn’t have any.”
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they sure do suck all of the moisture out of the soils, where I have dug out a top few it is as dry as.
If you plant more spuds in the same area, doesn’t that go against the usual bed rotation rules ?
Mine are almost ready , and I want to know what I can plant there next ? ( the area is waiting for dwarf cherry trees, still on order)
aquarium said:
i have a cunning plan to infiltrate the system = donate all my organic magazines to my daughter’s school library
Oh thats a good one lol.. excellent idea.
Happy Potter said:
“my wife was smashed into from behind as she was going to work. she was hit from behind whilst sopped at the traffic lights. she’ll take some time to recover. suddenly all the short term plans and usual life busy things go out the window.Oh sorry to hear that Aquarium, I hope she recovers well.
thanks for the well wishes. hopefully she’ll recover in a few weeks. she will have to be real careful when back at work, as it involves lifting.
Happy Potter said:
“ i’ve collected the rest of my spuds. they sure suck a lot of water out of the soil. dug over that soil, and wet it thoroughly, and planted another crop there. was going to further improve the soil with horticultural grit but, bunnings doesn’t have any.”——————————
they sure do suck all of the moisture out of the soils, where I have dug out a top few it is as dry as.
If you plant more spuds in the same area, doesn’t that go against the usual bed rotation rules ?Mine are almost ready , and I want to know what I can plant there next ? ( the area is waiting for dwarf cherry trees, still on order)
a quick crop of salad, radish, and spring onions?
aquarium said:
Thats the problem with todays fast paced life, you don’t get time to recover properly from life’s accidents and mishaps. Heck I’m always recovering from something, although usually small knocks.
Happy Potter said:
“my wife was smashed into from behind as she was going to work. she was hit from behind whilst sopped at the traffic lights. she’ll take some time to recover. suddenly all the short term plans and usual life busy things go out the window.Oh sorry to hear that Aquarium, I hope she recovers well.
thanks for the well wishes. hopefully she’ll recover in a few weeks. she will have to be real careful when back at work, as it involves lifting.
aquarium said:
Happy Potter said:
“ i’ve collected the rest of my spuds. they sure suck a lot of water out of the soil. dug over that soil, and wet it thoroughly, and planted another crop there. was going to further improve the soil with horticultural grit but, bunnings doesn’t have any.”——————————
they sure do suck all of the moisture out of the soils, where I have dug out a top few it is as dry as.
If you plant more spuds in the same area, doesn’t that go against the usual bed rotation rules ?Mine are almost ready , and I want to know what I can plant there next ? ( the area is waiting for dwarf cherry trees, still on order)
a quick crop of salad, radish, and spring onions?
Ok ta Aqua , I have lettuce and sprin onion seeds, they can go in there no worries.
aquarium said:
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my wife was smashed into from behind as she was going to work. she was hit from behind whilst sopped at the traffic lights. she’ll take some time to recover. suddenly all the short term plans and usual life busy things go out the window.
Oh that’s bad news Aqua, I hope she recovers soon and didn’t get injured. The trauma is hard to deal with I guess.
Morning All,
A nice sunny day today. More weeding to do and I must find some seeds of the salad variety to sow in the potato soil from the pots. So far I’ve had about 4 kgs of spuds from 3 pots. I’m very pleased.
Question -
I cut down my broad beans and left the roots in the soil with their little nitrogen nodules. Do I dig them in or plant around them? Or is there some thing better I should be doing with them?
Please.
orchid40 said:
aquarium said:
<bl< p="">my wife was smashed into from behind as she was going to work. she was hit from behind whilst sopped at the traffic lights. she’ll take some time to recover. suddenly all the short term plans and usual life busy things go out the window.
Oh that’s bad news Aqua, I hope she recovers soon and didn’t get injured. The trauma is hard to deal with I guess.
you’re obviously going to have to stay cool through this period – best of luck.
orchid40 said:
Morning All,
A nice sunny day today. More weeding to do and I must find some seeds of the salad variety to sow in the potato soil from the pots. So far I’ve had about 4 kgs of spuds from 3 pots. I’m very pleased.
Question -
I cut down my broad beans and left the roots in the soil with their little nitrogen nodules. Do I dig them in or plant around them? Or is there some thing better I should be doing with them?
Please.
morning orchid.
congrats on the spuds.
normally the broad bean roots just die off due to the heat. Lucky’s grew again – so i’m not sure.
took a long while to water spuds and citrus trees this morning. grass grows where i water so its hand weeding time round the citrus.
i’m trying to build the daughters chook shed here as a prefab. my intention is to then pull it apart, transport it on the trailer and then erect it the other end. its all built from scrap (with no cost but an inordinate amount of time planning).
aquarium said:
my wife was smashed into from behind as she was going to work. she was hit from behind whilst sopped at the traffic lights. she’ll take some time to recover. suddenly all the short term plans and usual life busy things go out the window.
hope she recovers OK. I guess you will be looking after the little one more while she is recovering.
orchid40 said:
Question -
I cut down my broad beans and left the roots in the soil with their little nitrogen nodules. Do I dig them in or plant around them? Or is there some thing better I should be doing with them?
Please.
1st choice I think would be plant around them, but digging in would be OK I think if that is not practical.
bluegreen said:
aquarium said:
my wife was smashed into from behind as she was going to work. she was hit from behind whilst sopped at the traffic lights. she’ll take some time to recover. suddenly all the short term plans and usual life busy things go out the window.
hope she recovers OK. I guess you will be looking after the little one more while she is recovering.
JimBob is calling round to pick up the shed fridge today…… his bar fridge is far too small for him….. plus his single bed…… shed is getting skinner…. now to remove the Bimbo’s gear and the Elf will be able to more in there:D
Lucky1 said:
JimBob is calling round to pick up the shed fridge today…… his bar fridge is far too small for him….. plus his single bed…… shed is getting skinner…. now to remove the Bimbo’s gear and the Elf will be able to more in there:D
how does it feel to be empty nesters?
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
JimBob is calling round to pick up the shed fridge today…… his bar fridge is far too small for him….. plus his single bed…… shed is getting skinner…. now to remove the Bimbo’s gear and the Elf will be able to more in there:D
how does it feel to be empty nesters?
Bimbo sleeps over at Benny’s more than at home……. Millie has even become Poppy’s little girl now too.
hi Lucky, how’s it going?
Mr BG & I are both feeling yuck today – some virus methinks.
bluegreen said:
hi Lucky, how’s it going?Mr BG & I are both feeling yuck today – some virus methinks.
Oh usual:)
Thinking and putting off a trip to the quack about my ankle…… other wise going great.
JimBob is around here for the fridge… raiding his tree this arvo for more apricots and jam.
Sunny here…… no rain…sigh.
pepe said:
orchid40 said:
Morning All,
A nice sunny day today. More weeding to do and I must find some seeds of the salad variety to sow in the potato soil from the pots. So far I’ve had about 4 kgs of spuds from 3 pots. I’m very pleased.
Question -
I cut down my broad beans and left the roots in the soil with their little nitrogen nodules. Do I dig them in or plant around them? Or is there some thing better I should be doing with them?
Please.
morning orchid.
congrats on the spuds.
normally the broad bean roots just die off due to the heat. Lucky’s grew again – so i’m not sure.
Thanks Pepe. Some of mine are sprouting too. I’m not expecting more beans really, although there are flowers on them, it will get too hot I think.
bluegreen said:
orchid40 said:
Question -
I cut down my broad beans and left the roots in the soil with their little nitrogen nodules. Do I dig them in or plant around them? Or is there some thing better I should be doing with them?
Please.
1st choice I think would be plant around them, but digging in would be OK I think if that is not practical.
Still no rain here, it’s been everywhere else but. Still I’m lucky to have the bore water so I shouldn’t whinge.
I’m doing a tidy up because I’m going away for 3 days to Corowa on a bus trip. Visitors will get here before my return so i want to leave the place reasonably OK. Trouble is, I’m not in the mood for housework. Hope they stay in the garden !!!!
windy again – and not the baked bean sort – the spring winds make the outdoors unpleasant.
i was watching an old marilyn munroe flick at lunchtime – she’s still the smart, dumb, beautiful, scheming, innocent blonde i remember but – i’m getting soo old that i was forced to have a papa nap before it finished. LOL.
Hot here today in Brisvegas; but not as revolting as yesterday. I was supposed to be ‘baby sitting’ three kids yesterday while The Man and their parents went to see James Bond (blurgh). I fell asleep for about an hour on the couch. Good thing I had my trusty back up with me (The Girl).
Today is warm but not as humid so far more bareable. I’m about to pull out the sewing machine and finish some angel costumes. Bought a 1/2 dozen XL white Tshirts for the little girls. I’ll put a pull tie in the neck, and on the shoulders/sleeves and lots of pretty glitter everywhere :-) Far easier than making the darn things from scratch; and really not all that much more expensive. Then I’ve got some absolutely stunning men’s PJs to turn into wise men trousers and little boy shepherd ‘dresses’. More unpicking (of collars, pockets, buttons, sleeves) than sewing. Got a couple of movies handy, so I should be right.
Planted out some seedlings on Friday arvo. And re-did my planting schedule based on the packets of seeds I have and what seasons they say to plant in. So darn confusing. Seed packets disagree with the books and the books disagree with each other, and there’s no point going by what’s the shops ‘cause most things are available all year round.
Think I will have an abundance of capsicum. Had difficulty getting seeds to germinate, so I bought four seedlings from The Toy Store. Then realised that a couple days prior I’d planted some seeds. Now have three seedlings, plus the four I bought. I think from 7 plants I might just have enough capsicum to see us through. Through til when? I’m not quite sure! But if you visit anytime after about Christmas – what you’re fed will have capsicum in it LOL.
Well five little angel costumes; three pairs of wise man pants (not too hard – elastic in the hems, sew up the fly); and one shepherd finished. Still have another PJ top to unpick for the last shepherd but I can’t see the stitches at the moment. And a 2nd shirt to sew up for a shepherd, but I’m concerned I won’t see the stitches for that either. The problem with not seeing the stitches when you’re using is a sewing machine is the needle, and fingers. I prefer to wait for another night!
Christmas deccies should go up tomorrow. See how I feel when I get home from work. With the enthusiasim of the Girl though, I should be able to simply sit on the lounge and supervise LOL.
>my wife was smashed into from behind as she was going to work
Hope she makes a speedy recovery Aq.
Good moring Dinetta
Grasshopper said:
Good moring Dinetta
Good Morning Grasshopper…sorry, I was back down the lists somewhere, doing a quick catch-up…
Nice and damp down your way, and cool with it?
No we had 30 yesterday—have had a nice cool Nov’—and nice rain but yesterday was quite hot
Grasshopper said:
No we had 30 yesterday—have had a nice cool Nov’—and nice rain but yesterday was quite hot
They say there is more on the way… my fingers were aching slightly yesterday, as well as my feet…usually a good sign…
Our rain has been a lot like a traditional wet in January…just falling out of the sky without the wind lightning and thunder …we are all hoping that somebody does not turn off the tap, if you know what I mean…
Yes I do know what you mean and also about the aching—it is always right
The farrier is happy. With the wet soil, our pony’s hooves are easier to trim…when the soil is dry you would think the hooves were made of some extremely tough type of plastic…
The farrier has to trim them in a particular way because the pony has Cushing’s…
We have got a bird’s nest in the upright bouganvillea…the name escapes me…oh yeh, Smarty Pants…it is a very long nest, made of grass…the bird is a finch I think, looks like owl markings around the face…
If I remeber right you are in Queensland ?
Grasshopper said:
If I remeber right you are in Queensland ?
Yes Grasshopper, your memory serves you right again…
:)
I do hope you escaped the damage Dinetta—you have had some really bad weather their—nevr rains but pours as they say
I do hope you escaped the damage Dinetta—you have had some really bad weather their—nevr rains but pours as they say
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Oh my town had its “turn” last year…not that I wish storm damage on anybody!…Blackwater usually gets a violent hailstorms or two, and Clermont can spring a freak event as well…strangely enough Springsure and Capella hardly ever get this violent weather…
My laundry water (straight out of Lake Maraboon) is still muddy, but at least it is piped to my door and being untreated, is a soft as rainwater..and there is plenty of it … I believe the dam was “over capacity” almost to June???
Well lets hopw that you get a good wet season—and no more damage
Morning All
orchid40 said:
Morning All
hi o40
morning all – just finished my third coffee.
i must continue to prefabricate the daughter’s chook house today.
so cya .
Evening All,
Just to say cheerio for a few days. Back Fri evening,
Take care all.
orchid40 said:
Evening All,
Just to say cheerio for a few days. Back Fri evening,
Take care all.
have a good trip.
pepe said:
orchid40 said:
Evening All,
Just to say cheerio for a few days. Back Fri evening,
Take care all.
have a good trip.
orchid40 said:
pepe said:
orchid40 said:
Evening All,
Just to say cheerio for a few days. Back Fri evening,
Take care all.
have a good trip.
Thanks Pepe :)
i had to look up corowa – birthplace of federation and pop. 5,000.
any gardens worth seeing i wonder?
pepe said:
orchid40 said:
pepe said:
orchid40 said:
Evening All,
Just to say cheerio for a few days. Back Fri evening,
Take care all.
have a good trip.
Thanks Pepe :)i had to look up corowa – birthplace of federation and pop. 5,000.
any gardens worth seeing i wonder?
Quick nana nap!
The Benalla gardeners must have been proud of their roses, with the personalized name tags…did you pick out a few speling erors?
Dinetta said:
Quick nana nap!The Benalla gardeners must have been proud of their roses, with the personalized name tags…did you pick out a few speling erors?
Yes I did, Dinetta, can’t remember them at the moment, but re-reading my posts I’ve got no room to talk!!
Made some home made ribbon pasta for lunch.
Just waiting for the water top boil and then I’ll cook lightly some mushrooms, make the pasta sauce and add some ham.
Yummo.
Wanna know how I went at the dentist????
Pretty good thanks:)
How about the elf?? How did he go?
Passed out in my arms…geez crap he’s a dead weight when he’s unconscious.
Went into the dentist just before 11 am….. home at 1.00 pm.
All settled and propped up with pillows & watching Stargate with only Rebel giving him any TLC.
By crap he scared the shit out of me and the staff. 6 people were caring for him.
Bet any kids who saw that would have shit themselves too.
That is WHY I go first each visit.
Nex app, is April as we go together.
So how’s your day been?????
poor Elf…
what are you doing in November, Lucky?
bluegreen said:
poor Elf…what are you doing in November, Lucky?
Not a lot…. why??? You coming over???
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
poor Elf…what are you doing in November, Lucky?
Not a lot…. why??? You coming over???
check what thread you are in ;)
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
poor Elf…what are you doing in November, Lucky?
Not a lot…. why??? You coming over???
check what thread you are in ;)
ROTFPIMP….oh year….oops…LOL
Oh that has made my day….
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
poor Elf…what are you doing in November, Lucky?
Not a lot…. why??? You coming over???
check what thread you are in ;)
ROTFPIMP….oh year….oops…LOL
Oh that has made my day….
I was wondering too LOL
bluegreen said:
poor Elf…what are you doing in November, Lucky?
Crikey Elf! Hope you are feeling better now.
The november thing really threw me for a minute..
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
poor Elf…what are you doing in November, Lucky?
Not a lot…. why??? You coming over???
check what thread you are in ;)
ROTFPIMP….oh year….oops…LOL
Oh that has made my day….
they Havent updated it in a while.
