Posts by sally jones
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Been there done that got the purple carrots to prove it, eh? And I thought I was being original....So much to learn.
If we pray every day do you think we might keep that devil moss away??? -
Jacqui: I think there's more to this grow-your-own enterprise than the right wing would have us believe....
On the weekend my husband planted (more like poured) some radish seeds amongst the carrot seeds I had painstakingly arranged as per the instructions on the packet. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if we ended up with purple carrots or orange radishes - or purple-orange cadishes.
I'm afraid I am not holding out much hope for my inferior tomatoes either, though I did plant them in a trough, which should at least contain their lateral aspirations.
More hopefully, I have begun laying a brick path using bricks taken from an old church - with god's blessing (let's hope). I am quietly confident this holy path will help nurture my garden and ensure at least two of each species survives... For extra insurance I have planted garlic.
Please feel free to pray for me - and my garden...
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Thanks Jacqui. I think I have just planted three varieties of tomatoes, none of them the best sort you recommend. What a dunce! I will amend that. And don't worry, I know nothing about gardening so can do with the help.
I would hate to break an ankle. I've torn an Achilles, that was bad enough. Hope it mends quickly for you - and your garden.
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Oh Jacqui, don't tell me you've been in plaster too! My younger son has just had his arm cast removed. Great palava the whole exercise was. I feel for you.
I'm afraid I did not plant lettuce seedlings. I realised after posting that question that I had probably given the wrong message to some that I was attempting to grow a lettuce from a single leaf. Now that would be silly.
No. I have several leaves. Each little plant came in its own pottle together with three or four leaves.
The garden is all very experimental at this stage. Fortunately my daughter has taken charge of the watering, so there is some hope. She is, however, a teenager.
I will look for those lettuces you recommended. All the best for Thursday. Thanks. -
Ian: You are a funny man. Your concern is touching.
No, the power bill is almost entirely on computers, at least that's what my sons' father reckons. And for the record, I've never needed an electric blanket...
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I forgot to say that I am signing off now in a bid to cut back on the power bill which has topped $300 this month. M is having seizures.
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Yes, Kath and Kim. The best of oz tv. It's always funniest when you're laughing at yourself, right?
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I have no energy today. I nearly fell asleep on the beach. All right for some, I guess. I think everyone's exhausted from the winter. They're swimming with relief.
I planted a vege garden on the weekend. My first. I have never owned enough land before. How long does a lettuce take to mature from a single leaf? -
Actually I was thinking of Strain - for Australian.
Thank you Lucy for that clarification re chickens. I kind of knew that but thought, in view of the bird that flu, I'd put in that particular memory of when I was five and didn't know any better about what causes diseases and where eggs come from.
Jackie, yes lots of lovely Greek boys in Aussie. They're much more European than we Kiwis, altogether - I hope I'm allowed to say that? Great gateaux - in oz.
My father was eighth generation Aussie on his mother's side and he was quite a snob about speaking properly. One was 'well' never 'good', when asked. But my brother is classic Ocker. He went to the local public school.
Ross: Thanks for your contributions, even if not always fully sober (:).
I'm afraid I don't know what the big deal about Ocker is, could well be a bloke thing. Aussies have a lot of those. It means rough, that's about all I know. Perhaps particularly pertaining to speech. -
Joe: Of course! Shitswid is Chatswood. Silly me. We used to call it Chatty or Chatwood, very creative not. Shitswid is much more Australian.
Yes, the Aussie vernacular is hilarious. If not horribly contracted, everything must end in 'o'. Next it'll be 'Me dad's in the cemo' (cemetery). All class. I guess we were pointed in the wrong direction when the country was named. Once we abbreviated the multi-syllabic Australia - to one syllable - there was no stopping us (them).
Heather, you're much more Kiwi than I am. I sleep with a Kiwi and have Kioz kids but am otherwise all Oz...