With record rainfall in January 2009 (524mm) there has been an outbreak of insects. Between the grasshoppers and moths inundating my house and workplace (they smell bad when they die in large numbers), my garden has been getting a flogging. My 19 Arrowroot plants which were going great guns have been attacked by a plague [...]
It has been a very wet start to the year, my garden has been flooded at least 10 times with water above ankle deep, so much so the fish in my pond could nearly swim to freedom. But the good news is our town water supply is at 98% (I can’t wait to get photo’s [...]
I Stumbled Upon this today and laughed so hard.
One of my twitter followers asked about Christmas in Australia, and not having snow. Here is a christmas carol that is somewhat popular over here. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Merry Christmas!
It’s too hot at my place to plant seeds in pots to grow into seedlings, they get very dry very quickly and never seem to make it. Any place with enough light for them gets up around 40 degrees C, and the potting mix dries out. Time for some direct seeding! In the veggie patch [...]
The local newspaper reads that Stage 3 Water Restrictions are now in force, No sprinklers, no hosing down concrete, no this, no that… Yet outside it’s pouring rain, 34mm later (~1.35 inches) there will be no need to water the lawn for at least a week now, even if it doesn’t rain! The weather man [...]
It’s criminal to let mangoes go to waste, but this year there are just too many to poke a stick (or many sticks) at. Almost everyone I know has a mango tree, or knows someone else who does, so there is little way to give them away. Please don’t hurl abuse for the waste, but [...]
Last night I took a look at my Daschund and noticed that she had a tick on her eyelid (that’s got to hurt). The old saying goes, when you find a mouse you have mice, in this case many ticks. My German Shepherd dog also has small ticks all through her thick coat. Now where [...]
There was a tomato plant growing at work last year, it sprouted in a patch of gravel where someone threw a slice of tomato from their lunch. No one ever watered it, the only kind act was that it was tied to a nearby post with a piece of flagging tape. I was quite surprised [...]
Yesterday I had my first experience with mushroom compost. At the moment, I hope it will be my last. I purchased a 25 litre bag from a store that shall remain nameless. The pallet must have been sitting in the rain at some stage, an the water had got through the air holes in the [...]
