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I managed to spend an hour in the veggie patch this afternoon. Was pulling a lot of big weeds really easily after the rain, getting the beds ready for spring :) And in amongst the weeds I found all these carrots which had self sown from my seed collecting...
The first signs of spring have sprung: With the wild plums currently showing the most early blooms : There’s not a lot happening in the veggie patch, just some carrots and silverbeet mainly. One of the climbers around the garden is also in bloom...
The last couple of weeks I’ve had what seems to be both a cold and the flu. In the process I learnt some things about them … First off, they spread easily. We had a two weekend fire line leadership course, running from Friday after work till Sunday...
The user experience of Live Maps completely sucks compared to Google Maps. It’s that bad I really don’t think they even bother testing it. Live Maps experience: go to maps.live.com. Here it redirects to http://maps.live.com.au/? which seems to...
Just a quick update. Lots of tomatoes at present. Picking a tray full every 3 days or so.
It’s been a very strange season this year. A cold start, then some massive heat waves. autumn is shaping up to feel normal, and also lovely weather. The hot spells brought some veggies season to an early end: in particular beans and peas. But the good...
Got back early Sunday morning from Alexandra complex. While there we stayed at what we dubbed the “ Alexandra Hilton ” I think only half those tents were there when we first got there, but new ones were going up all the time. Inside the big white marquee...
When I got home last night I had a heap of emails and messenger notes from family, friends and colleagues expressing concerned over the fires. Thank you ! I did try to reply to everyone, but I was tired and was busy washing down the dust....
If you haven’t seen the news, we’ve had the worst weekend in history here. Highest ever recorded temperatures (>46C or 115F)combined with winds averaging over 90 km/hr in places and gusting higher created massive fire storms, killing many (over...
Last week I posted my “ In the garden” post for January : that was before the heat wave came and hit. Since then we had record high temperatures for here, up to 45 C (113 F). We had three days in a row of above 43 C temperatures (above 110 F), and the...
I’ve been wanting to get some photos of these magnificent birds for some time now. I think the recent heat wave made them less likely to fly off. These guys come and eat/shred the dead protea flowers, which really does me a great service...
Came across this site today: http://www.onesentence.org/ Enjoy :)
That pink flowered weed I posted yesterday is likely to be a member of the Centaurium genus. I’m guessing at Centaurium pulchellum. (Century). “pulchellum” coming from the Latin word pulchellus meaning beautiful Centarium is said to be from Greek...
I got this note from Julie I liked so much I just had to share : Pretty flowers...good Screaming bunnies...bad :-)
WARNING: If you’re feeling squeamish, please don’t read any further. Most of you have probably heard of the film “The Rabbit Proof” fence. The fence is a striking symbology of the mistakes we’ve made, and the often flawed later attempts to address those...
The weather forecast for the next few days is record highs, so I took the opportunity to take a few snaps now before the heat wave sets in. Some of the predictions are for a one in a hundred year heat wave . Remember the strawflowers from a couple...
Queensland tourism has a six month position open: The Island Caretaker will need to post a weekly blog, photo diaries and create video updates to let the world know about the unique experiences available on the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef. There...
T’is the month of snow-peas !! :) The different varieties have different colour flowers (much like last month’s potatoes :) Not sure which is which, but I think that deep pink one is “Mammoth”. At least judging by the size of...
fan tailed cuckoo Rain, rain, glorious rain !!!! It’s been raining for about 24 hours now. Nothing really heavy, not more than say half an inch in an hour, rather it’s been a good soaking rain. I can’t remember the last time it rained as...
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