Hi dona sorry i havent been in touch,. i had family come and stay (which i forgot were lol)
before they flew out today......my sisters have moved to melborne.
Any-ru, i left a few things out and have to do them all moro and friday now and saturday and sunday im packed full of events.
So im free tuesday, thursday and maybe the friday and saturday next week..........name a day and ill leave the day free. Your call. xxx
Hi Donna, it's great to be back and have lots of spare time for the garden. Unfortunately it's now too hot for much work during the day, will have to spend it planning the garden instead. Will definitely be making it to the December get together at Roma St. Looking forward to it. The chook house arrived from my sister on Monday night so now awaiting the handyhubby to put it together for me - will need to use an electric drill and I don't want to stuff it up. Hoping you will get some chooks for Christmas - maybe disguised as a present for David even? Hehe.
Hi Donna, if you don't need a lot of Gypsum I can bring some to your place with the sweet potato cuttings and yellow passionfruit seedlings (so you can share it with others for me at the next meeting) sometime next week, most possibly on the weekend..
Good arvo. (well its nearly bed time heehee) Hope all is well with you and the family. Hows the newB to the family. xxx
Well we are good and in the clear. Thank God, and nothing to worry about, i think i was been over protective?? heehee.
Any-ru. I have about 15 bottles for ya but only 2x2L bottles and all the others are 1.5L, we always get whats on special, so 1.5 bottles must have been on special lots in the last two weeks. lol.
Give us a time and day and shall get them around to ya. Up to you, if you would like too come my way and get out of house for a while or if its more better for you and bubs that i come your way, no worrys. we shall come to you.
If i come your way, then ill be able to check out your lovely garden and if you come my way you might be able to help me with my tragic garden lol.
Hear from you soon. nessy.
Thanks for looking out for Pekin duck for us, Albert is still interested and hoping to get a couple after we're back from Melbourne. About the fertilized eggs.. co-incidentally I think one of my leghorns going broody.... maybe... although I think leghorns rarely go broody and they supposedly don't make good mothers... will keep an eye on her ..
thanks donna, i think my garden is pretty choker block so i will need some fine multch. i have contacted Don. Thanks agan for coming on the weekend. was great to see you again.
Cass
Maybe it’s a good time to start crop rotation since most of your beds are ready to plant. I found that it’s good for reminding me what I need, like my legume & corn beds have lots of spare space and it reminds me that I need to plant more corn & beans if I want to have a good continuous supply ~
Hi Donna, thanks for your tip about the nutrients relations to female and male flower balance, but I think it’s not the issue I am having atm as I am getting a good balance just not synchronized... seems to be getting all males one day and all females the next and then all males … maybe I should start refrigerating male flowers although it would be quite troublesome to label which male flower is which …
So after reading my PM message, i shall be right in two weeks and have lots of bottles for you.........let me know.
and cool about the comfry, can you let it grow in the garden and dig it all in for compost or will it shoot back up again and again????
Im going to start a tea compost, as soon as i can get my hands on a cheap fish pump. (i think $10 or $20 from overflow)
For now ill keep it in the pot plant and just pick at it for the compost tins that ive started....going to get a couple more tins from the dump and start a few more compost tins....comes with lids, just drill holes around them and keeps the heat in them, ive noticed, fast composting lol. Easy for me to use and move and dont have to worry about the land lord....heehee.
HI dona, just wondering about the plant you gave me at the last garden visit. (the one in the purple pot) Is this plant ok to put into the vege patch and let it go wild?
and how and what should i be doing with it heehee.
I repoted it into a bigger container, till i knew what to do with it and now ive got some spare time i can get back into the garden heehee.
I cant make it moro but if you like we can set up a day and time and ill come over your way for a visit and catch up. (need to return your wonderful book) Your not that far from me. (wednesday onwards would be great for me....let me know and ill keep day free)
ill start to save them up. Got two times 1.5L bottle and one 2L bottle and can save the rest thru the week from our milks. We go thru a 3L bottle of milk a day.
What size were you after?????
Donna, Someone recently posted that they were going to buy sugar cane mulch in bulk for around $5 a bag. I can't seem to find the original post now that I've decided to buy some. Sorry to bother you, but do you remember the post? I've searched the site and can't find it.
thanks so much, Donna :) we go to the valley every week for taichi, not this week, going to melb tomorrow for Derek's mum's funeral and be away for a week, so won't be able to get to the garden mtg... Btw, i bought another packet of yam bean seeds (from Yuens's), seeing they were so successful last year, and have just put them into punnets to sprout, one has already come up!
Thanks Donna for the welcome. I am still navigating this site and finding new stuff all the time..I am interested in different or unusual things to try in the garden and love to collect and distribute seed. I also take cuttings and grow alot of plants myself this way.Well done on being a mum as well... .
Thanks Donna! Will hopefully have photos by then, and some chickens. How is your new baby going? Hope you are recovering well.
At 12:02am on October 14, 2009, Elise Parups said…
A Permaculture Home Garden... very good read. I often scan the pages and pick up more info every time. Foxes have got all my chickens now though... they found a gap along the base, and I hadn't pegged it down... I got lazy and the foxes discovered it very quickly. beware the sneaky fox!
Maybe, use 3 containers that stack on top of each other for compost bins? (they lock on top of each other? and lid on top one? I got some from ikea for $2.00 each but these ones have caps when stacked on top of each other and no lid. But im going to get some more and just place news paper on scraps.
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before they flew out today......my sisters have moved to melborne.
Any-ru, i left a few things out and have to do them all moro and friday now and saturday and sunday im packed full of events.
So im free tuesday, thursday and maybe the friday and saturday next week..........name a day and ill leave the day free. Your call. xxx
Well we are good and in the clear. Thank God, and nothing to worry about, i think i was been over protective?? heehee.
Any-ru. I have about 15 bottles for ya but only 2x2L bottles and all the others are 1.5L, we always get whats on special, so 1.5 bottles must have been on special lots in the last two weeks. lol.
Give us a time and day and shall get them around to ya. Up to you, if you would like too come my way and get out of house for a while or if its more better for you and bubs that i come your way, no worrys. we shall come to you.
If i come your way, then ill be able to check out your lovely garden and if you come my way you might be able to help me with my tragic garden lol.
Hear from you soon. nessy.
SJP
Cass
and cool about the comfry, can you let it grow in the garden and dig it all in for compost or will it shoot back up again and again????
Im going to start a tea compost, as soon as i can get my hands on a cheap fish pump. (i think $10 or $20 from overflow)
For now ill keep it in the pot plant and just pick at it for the compost tins that ive started....going to get a couple more tins from the dump and start a few more compost tins....comes with lids, just drill holes around them and keeps the heat in them, ive noticed, fast composting lol. Easy for me to use and move and dont have to worry about the land lord....heehee.
and how and what should i be doing with it heehee.
I repoted it into a bigger container, till i knew what to do with it and now ive got some spare time i can get back into the garden heehee.
I cant make it moro but if you like we can set up a day and time and ill come over your way for a visit and catch up. (need to return your wonderful book) Your not that far from me. (wednesday onwards would be great for me....let me know and ill keep day free)
What size were you after?????
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