What Did You See Today

[Tony Nitrous]

Today I saw... Eggs, Spring Onions and Cucumbers.

I find pottering around in the garden quite therapeutic.
Hens and Veggies love this warm weather with a bit of rain.

[grog]

I like gardening but my back doesnt. Tomatos & ginger, aloe vera going well this year.Grasshoppers won the war and killed Capsicum but have replanted.Have red pineapples, a bit different but they cut old skin very easily.

[Tony Nitrous]

Woken up by a text from my wife to say she's in Dubai about to board a flight to Vienna, so I rolled out of bed and put the kettle on, what a beautiful day!

[Dwain Dibley]

Didn't you hear her get up   

D.D.

[Tony Nitrous]

Didn't you hear her get up    

D.D.

I dropper her off in the city on Weds to meet up with her daughter.

She loves the cooler temps and has always wanted a Xmas around a Vienna, Prague, Florence, Barcelona trip.  She's an Aussie girl so although she's traveled quite a bit she still finds it "different"

When she gets home we will book something together, I do like Cambodia and Thailand but have never been to Vietnam.

Cold weather and long haul flights do nothing for me.
I will be having a warm and quiet Xmas.

[grog]

Today a bit of pruning😂Never plant a Yucca.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Well done mate. When we bought our current place, it had yuccas all along the front. I couldn't dig them out by hand, so I used my 4wd and a snatch strap to pull up the stump after chopping the spiny bits off them. Similar size as in your photo.  Worked really well, I did pull up a storm water poly pipe, but a new elbow fitting and short work with a shovel fixed that.

[Tony Nitrous]

Today a bit of pruning😂Never plant a Yucca.

My two are Bamboo and Palms.

Had them at both the last two places I renovated and sold. Nothing but problems and work. There isn't either where I am now and that's how it'll stay.

Just about removed the cactus's, thistles and lantana. The majority I'm planting are controllable natives, mostly wattles and gums or stuff like Red Robins or Double Mays and Jacaranda.

[grog]

My next is Himalayan Ash, info at time said a small street tree, safe under power lines. Picture doesnt show how huge it really is,doesnt really show the price tag for removal.Lets say ST-1 & Cyclone wait a while longer.

[Tony Nitrous]

I have several Hoop Pines and Bunya Pines. No idea how big they are, I'd guess between 40 or 50 metres. They tower over most of my fully grown gum trees and wattles.

Fortunately they are away from the house and down in the area I've set aside as a bit of a nature reserve. They aren't far from a spring and a creek, so although they never flood they don't struggle in a drought.

I'll take a pic when I'm down there.

I'd love more bigger trees... just not near my house or power lines.

Edit: it's a bit of a learning curve for me, what does or doesn't grow well here is a bit different to other places I've lived.

Jasmin...


Wattle...


Young self seeding Wattle I'm going to leave...


Some Tagasaste (tree lucerne) that was grown from seed and planted in the hen pen...

[grog]

Tony, just dont be under Bunya when nut falls. Up to 5 kg.

[Rynglieder]

Must be lovely to have the space to do something like that.

Land is at a premium in the UK, a lot of new-build properties have a garden the size of a handkerchief at best.

[Tony Nitrous]

Tony, just dont be under Bunya when nut falls. Up to 5 kg.

One of mine...

[Tony Nitrous]

Must be lovely to have the space to do something like that.

Land is at a premium in the UK, a lot of new-build properties have a garden the size of a handkerchief at best.

City's here are similar, I did a lot of subdivisions with 450m2 blocks. You could step from one roof to the next.

Huge difference here between city's and rural prices, land isn't worth much away from the coast.  I sold an old timber house on 700m2 in the city for double the price of a new brick house with sheds on 20 acres. Not even somewhere remote, I still have a local shop, doc etc.  No one here wants to be 2 hours from the coast, the prices drop dramatically. I could have bought much more land if I'd gone further West but not in a desirable location. It's a bit like London £ v Welsh Valleys or Scotland.

[Notty]

Must be lovely to have the space to do something like that.

Land is at a premium in the UK, a lot of new-build properties have a garden the size of a handkerchief at best.

Welsh valleys cost more

Must be lovely to have the space to do something like that.

Land is at a premium in the UK, a lot of new-build properties have a garden the size of a handkerchief at best.

City's here are similar, I did a lot of subdivisions with 450m2 blocks. You could step from one roof to the next.

Huge difference here between city's and rural prices, land isn't worth much away from the coast.  I sold an old timber house on 700m2 in the city for double the price of a new brick house with sheds on 20 acres. Not even somewhere remote, I still have a local shop, doc etc.  No one here wants to be 2 hours from the coast, the prices drop dramatically. I could have bought much more land if I'd gone further West but not in a desirable location. It's a bit like London £ v Welsh Valleys or Scotland.

City's here are similar, I did a lot of subdivisions with 450m2 blocks. You could step from one roof to the next.

Huge difference here between city's and rural prices, land isn't worth much away from the coast.  I sold an old timber house on 700m2 in the city for double the price of a new brick house with sheds on 20 acres. Not even somewhere remote, I still have a local shop, doc etc.  No one here wants to be 2 hours from the coast, the prices drop dramatically. I could have bought much more land if I'd gone further West but not in a desirable location. It's a bit like London £ v Welsh Valleys or Scotland.

yep - Welsh valleys cost more now as full of people from England