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« Reply #150 on: Thu 10 Dec, 2009 - 11:00 pm »
my blueberries definitely haven't set fruit then



but the pics are wonderful, and yep that wisteria is geeeeeorgeous 
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« Reply #151 on: Mon 14 Dec, 2009 - 04:30 pm »
I just dug up about 2 x 4 mtr square area of mostly weeds, but a few self seeded potato plants and filled a 20 ltr bucket with potatoes.

 eek

I had a fossic around one or two of the planted potatoes (in the rows) and the tatties are already huge  eek   

Who would like to come and help me harvest them soon?
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« Reply #152 on: Mon 14 Dec, 2009 - 04:37 pm »
what's a fossic?
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« Reply #153 on: Mon 14 Dec, 2009 - 04:46 pm »
    bad spelling 
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« Reply #154 on: Fri 1 Jan, 2010 - 05:39 pm »
The raspberries



Yams



something i thought was dead and gone has sprouted up again. sorry collie, can't remember the name of it



Chinese Lantern tree flowers


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« Reply #155 on: Fri 1 Jan, 2010 - 09:37 pm »
all yummy!!!!! Miss those up here in the big smoke! 
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« Reply #156 on: Fri 1 Jan, 2010 - 09:40 pm »
mmmm gotta get a few of those strawberries tomorrow before they become compost

move to taradise WW!
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« Reply #157 on: Fri 1 Jan, 2010 - 09:43 pm »
  yeah - should do. I like it down there! Would need a job tho'. and a house! AND a trunk full of very warm clothes! Always a catch isn't there!   
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« Reply #158 on: Fri 1 Jan, 2010 - 09:48 pm »
hmmmm work from home with your current job (if ya can - cause i dunno what ya actually do), plenty of houses available! and meh, show me a town that doesn't have a cold snap now and then (in NZ!) 
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« Reply #159 on: Fri 1 Jan, 2010 - 09:52 pm »
can't work from home unfortunately! But am changing jobs this year so will see what happens huh! Unfortunately the big smoke is where my business needs to be for a while until it takes off  - then I can concentrate solely on that!
Want to buy a property out in Coatsville perhaps. Maybe have an animal rescue/healing centre - all in the dream pipeline. 
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« Reply #160 on: Fri 1 Jan, 2010 - 10:00 pm »
ahhhhhhh a good test of your patience Wink
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« Reply #161 on: Fri 1 Jan, 2010 - 10:02 pm »
  that I have!!! And that's free too!
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« Reply #162 on: Sat 2 Jan, 2010 - 12:20 am »
Quote from: scoobs on Fri  1 Jan, 2010 - 05:39 pm
something i thought was dead and gone has sprouted up again. sorry collie, can't remember the name of it



isn't that something in the lily family?
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« Reply #163 on: Sat 2 Jan, 2010 - 11:45 am »
Our plum tree





I got a bucket full of edible plums from it just now, and that's less than half of what's on there, our yard seems to grow fruit and veges in abundance, our pear tree is looking good too, that always grows heaps of edible fruit as well yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh
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« Reply #164 on: Sat 2 Jan, 2010 - 12:27 pm »
   lucky bugga!
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« Reply #165 on: Sat 2 Jan, 2010 - 06:30 pm »
its all that ground water Stu  eek   got to be good for something


swap you some of my potatoes for some of your plums?

 I love plums.. I never get a look in here... bloody birds!!    see you in a couple of weeks... and If I dont see you, I'll just see your plum tree     




and scoobs, looking great!!
and yep its a lilly  really pretty isnt it.

now where did I put my camera?  Got a photo of my potato haul to put up.
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« Reply #166 on: Sat 2 Jan, 2010 - 06:56 pm »
They'll be gone by then, they've nearly all ripened, will probably only take a few more days
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« Reply #167 on: Sat 2 Jan, 2010 - 07:04 pm »
  bugger 
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« Reply #168 on: Sat 2 Jan, 2010 - 07:47 pm »
Quote from: Raven on Sat  2 Jan, 2010 - 12:20 am
Quote from: scoobs on Fri  1 Jan, 2010 - 05:39 pm
something i thought was dead and gone has sprouted up again. sorry collie, can't remember the name of it



isn't that something in the lily family?

Its a canna lily. Similar to Canna Tropicana
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« Reply #169 on: Sat 2 Jan, 2010 - 07:55 pm »
   I've seen how big and beautiful they get! I truly thought it was dead and gone and was going to rip it out at some stage, then it just sprouted back up and back to life. Sometimes my procrastination is a good thing    It's gonna give  a fair bit of privacy from the road when it starts growing up   
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« Reply #170 on: Sat 2 Jan, 2010 - 08:35 pm »
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something i thought was dead and gone has sprouted up again. sorry collie, can't remember the name of it



isn't that something in the lily family?

Its a canna lily. Similar to Canna Tropicana

tis exactly that, actually 
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« Reply #171 on: Sun 3 Jan, 2010 - 09:32 am »
leaves are pretty

nice colours
would look nice in my garden   
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« Reply #172 on: Sun 3 Jan, 2010 - 10:05 am »
when you come visiting I'll give you a chunk of the root to take home.  It'll grow. The plant cost so much to buy but it's so easy to propagate.
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« Reply #173 on: Sun 3 Jan, 2010 - 03:23 pm »
 
 
thanks  that would be cool
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« Reply #174 on: Sun 3 Jan, 2010 - 04:17 pm »
got plenty of other bits and pieces here too, not sure how well they would fit into a suitcase though   


I just attacked my wisteria, I can get through to the other side now... cept now I need a truck to take away the prunings, time I headed back out there too... with the chainsaw  devil  to attack the climbing rose on the other side
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« Reply #175 on: Sun 3 Jan, 2010 - 11:02 pm »
Quote from: Collie on Sun  3 Jan, 2010 - 04:17 pm
got plenty of other bits and pieces here too, not sure how well they would fit into a suitcase though  


I just attacked my wisteria, I can get through to the other side now... cept now I need a truck to take away the prunings, time I headed back out there too... with the chainsaw  devil  to attack the climbing rose on the other side

Jesuz woman!!
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« Reply #176 on: Sun 3 Jan, 2010 - 11:05 pm »
oooh and nemind if stuz plums are gone...your girlfriends tree will be just coming on in abundance im sure she'll share and she'l throw in another macadameia tree sapling.

and her daughter would like a cutting tooooo puleaze.
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« Reply #177 on: Mon 4 Jan, 2010 - 01:54 am »
Quote from: jericho on Sun  3 Jan, 2010 - 11:02 pm
Quote from: Collie on Sun  3 Jan, 2010 - 04:17 pm
got plenty of other bits and pieces here too, not sure how well they would fit into a suitcase though  


I just attacked my wisteria, I can get through to the other side now... cept now I need a truck to take away the prunings, time I headed back out there too... with the chainsaw  devil  to attack the climbing rose on the other side

Jesuz woman!!

ah, yes, well      it was fun  eek

 


Quote from: jericho on Sun  3 Jan, 2010 - 11:05 pm
oooh and nemind if stuz plums are gone...your girlfriends tree will be just coming on in abundance im sure she'll share and she'l throw in another macadameia tree sapling.

and her daughter would like a cutting tooooo puleaze.

ok       it's on the list just remind me.

and I just luv my girlfriend yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh    Not ever letting her met hubby, she'd go straight  eek
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« Reply #178 on: Sat 9 Jan, 2010 - 03:52 pm »
I've done some pottering around the garden, tied  & tidied up the tomato plants (again) picked peas(again) must take the knife back out with me - 3 heads of cauli need picking, damned annoying when they all come ready at exactly the same time a couple of huge cabbages ready too    done a bit of weeding and am ready to plant the next couple of rows of peas and carrots.

Planted up the next succession of vege seeds in the seed starter gizmo and a few seeds of autumn flowering annuals.

Shifted Kelly the pony to the vege garden to eat down the track.  Cleaned out her water trough and its re filling, god help me if I forget it.... be tidy as in a weeks time.
Almost ready to plant a late planting of potatoes too, the seed potatoes are preparing themselves in trays.

all chooks are laying again now too, so that's 5 small eggs a day to collect and use up somehow.... oh the abundance of food  atleast its cheap to live here for a while.
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« Reply #179 on: Sat 9 Jan, 2010 - 04:40 pm »
well done collie
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« Reply #180 on: Sat 9 Jan, 2010 - 06:27 pm »
busy girl

tied the tomatoes up today but still waiting for them to turn red
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« Reply #181 on: Sat 9 Jan, 2010 - 10:13 pm »
I went back out there and weeded till dark... tired now!
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« Reply #182 on: Sat 9 Jan, 2010 - 11:54 pm »
I'll bet you are  eek
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« Reply #183 on: Fri 15 Jan, 2010 - 09:09 pm »
Just because I'm bored...



2 of the 4 rows (hadn't thought to take a pic of the others)

and this gives a better indication of their size





Annnnnnd I picked my first 2 blueberries today, they never made it inside 
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« Reply #184 on: Fri 15 Jan, 2010 - 09:15 pm »
   you horticulture goddess you




 did ya get a pic of the heart? 
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« Reply #185 on: Fri 15 Jan, 2010 - 09:58 pm »
well done
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« Reply #186 on: Fri 15 Jan, 2010 - 10:00 pm »
that's a lot of chips  eek
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« Reply #187 on: Fri 15 Jan, 2010 - 10:11 pm »
and that was just two of the rows JJ - thats the years supply you are seeing.

Quote from: scoobs on Fri 15 Jan, 2010 - 09:15 pm

 did ya get a pic of the heart? 

 eek   I forgot all about it

damn!

but while i had the camera out taking a photo of Charlie and Kelly

I took a photo of that red manuka tree that is flowering

I always think it looks so pretty.



closer:



and a close up:
(rather like this photo, sometimes I surprise myself)
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« Reply #188 on: Fri 15 Jan, 2010 - 10:14 pm »
very nice.

so how do you store them?
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« Reply #189 on: Fri 15 Jan, 2010 - 10:34 pm »
old 44 gallon drums been modified

they have quite a few holes drilled into them, plus has a core down in the middle of the drum, again to keep it airated.

Once dug, you carefully dry then ie leave them in the sun for a while, then turned every single one of them over and leave them drying in the sun for a bit longer.

Then I start sorting according to size etc.

Stabbed ones go to one side for they will most likely rot.
Green ones go to another side ( turn them into seed potatoes)
tiny tiddlers goes to the pigs - (amazes me that people pay big money for those fiddly damned things)
small to med sized ones I tend to give away a lot of to family etc
and the rest and biggest ones I keep and put into the drums. (I got selfish after a while, figured bugger it, I do all the work)

They are kept in a cool shed, and the drums are lidded.


Just like they did in Granny's day.
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« Reply #190 on: Sat 16 Jan, 2010 - 07:34 am »
 
wow wwell done
lots of work
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« Reply #191 on: Sat 16 Jan, 2010 - 09:39 am »
thanks pinky - it's all tummy motivated of course.
I'm glad its a life style choice rather than a necessity though or I'd be likely to grumble about doing things the hard way 


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that's a lot of chips  eek


I should introduce you to meandog, you two would get on so well    eek   

yep
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« Reply #192 on: Sat 16 Jan, 2010 - 10:47 am »
Who or what is meandog? eek
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« Reply #193 on: Sat 16 Jan, 2010 - 12:11 pm »
what he said   eek
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« Reply #194 on: Sat 16 Jan, 2010 - 12:34 pm »
dan, wheres the delete button... just someone I know.
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« Reply #195 on: Sat 16 Jan, 2010 - 01:47 pm »
Quote from: Raven on Thu 10 Dec, 2009 - 11:00 pm
my blueberries definitely haven't set fruit then

 eek I found some blueberries on my bushes





 yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh
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« Reply #196 on: Sat 16 Jan, 2010 - 01:49 pm »
hmmmm I must get a pick of my raspberries close up. They're budding when they shouldn't be 


 damn crazy seasons    Must be all that goat s**t Wink
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« Reply #197 on: Sun 17 Jan, 2010 - 03:26 pm »
Well my haul from the boxed spuds wasn't as good as I was hoping. But I can't complain. A few were rotten right at the bottom layer and many will be going to Collie's pigs if she wants them. But this lot will feed us for a few nights and I've still got a few tyres growing spuds that need harvesting soon and the garden row.
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« Reply #198 on: Sun 17 Jan, 2010 - 06:30 pm »
people pay a fortune for those baby spuds Scoobs, I'm told they are the best - we're just way too lazy here to bother.

if you want to fire them to our pigs then sure thing, they will happily gobble them up.

and honestly that looks like a pretty good haul to me - how many plants were there?
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« Reply #199 on: Sun 17 Jan, 2010 - 06:55 pm »
all you have to do with the babies is scrub and boil them whole  eek


or so I've heard 
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