On Tue, 6 Nov 2012 11:09:43 +1100, "Farm1" <He...@there.sometimes>
wrote:
>"Jeßus" <
no...@all.org> wrote in message
>> On Mon, 5 Nov 2012 17:32:31 +1100, "Farm1" <He...@there.sometimes>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>...now it's spring, what are you all up to?
>>
>> Watching the weeds in the veggie garden grow! Every bloody time I'm
>> all set to get stuck into it, something else comes up that has a
>> higher priority... it'll have to be either later this week or early
>> next. Gotta get those spuds in soon, with luck all the serious frosts
>> are behind us now.
>
>I know the feeling. We got stuck in the other day. I've been faffing round
>for weeks trying to make a mark and Himself did more in 1 day than I've done
>in weeks. It really emphasisied for me the difference in how men and women
>work. He really focusses and I (sort of) multi task.
LOL. Well, I'm most woman-like then :)
But I've learned (I think)... once the seemingly endless half-finished
projects I have are completed, in future I'll start ONE project and
complete it - then move onto the next... that's what I tell myself
anyway :)
>I notice a plant
>needs water as I'm trying to weed near it. I give it water and then 'cos
>the soil is so soggy I cant' continue to weed there till the next day, but
>while I was getting the water int he watering can, I notice that the area
>under the tank looks like a snake haven and so clear that. And so it goes
>on.
Yes, exactly! I do this all the bloody time.
>He just does what he set out to do.
I'm hoping to become more like that...
>I'm sure that when you do get time you'll make huge inroads ina short time.
>
>>>I've been busy in the veg patch, the rose bed and doing garden visits
>>>which
>>>always inspire me and fire me into action.
>>>
>>>We've had 8 huge pine trees removed from between my rose bed and the veg
>>>patch so now there will be no further root competition from the blasted
>>>things. It was amazing to watch the men clib the trees to drop them in
>>>chunks but in the process they dropped a huge branch on my wonderful old
>>>Hills Hoist and it took weeks before they replaced it with a new one. Of
>>>course the new one is crap quality.
>>
>> Bugger on the clothesline...
>>
>> I imagine the soil is fairly acidic where the pien trees were, could
>> be good for Azelias or Blueberries.
>
>Ah! Thanks for that tip. I'd prefer something productive and azaleas don't
>do well here because of our savage frosts.
>>
>> Speaking of Blueberries and acidic soil, I have several plants
>> scattered around the gardens but they haven't exactly gone crazy.
>> I'm thinking of creating a bed just for blueberries, I have access to
>> plenty of decades-old sawdust, which they would love to grow in.
>> I'm making a LOT of blueberry mead these days, so it's something I
>> should do, as supply of quality berries can be patchy at times.
>
>So how many blueberry plants do you have? Are your own plants the ones
>that you make mead form our are they bought in? In any event, it sounds
>delicious.
I only have a few blueberry plants at this time, I still buy from a
couple of people most of the time, for the mead at least as it
requires an awful lot of blueberries. One day I'll put a decent patch
in but it's a big job. I'll have to fence the lot with corrugated iron
just to keep the possums out, just for starters.
My poor Silver Birches have taken a real hammering from the little
bastards. It's so disheartening to see a birch tree grow so well, then
overnight the main stem is snapped clean off about 2 metres from the
top... I melted some lard yesterday and mixed some kero in it. I'm
going to smear it all over the birch tree's trunks in the hope it
deters them.