Hobbies

[rented tracksuit]

Make sure you familiarise yourself with all the rules in Canada RT A lot might have changed with Trudeau wouldnt surprise me if anything you catch has to be thrown back in

Thanks for the heads up. I will be on private lakes and we have never been pulled up before. We do abide by bag limits anyway as they are there to preserve the resource for everyone.

[mightyrooster]

That's the good thing about having a box freezer and working in the centre when i'm at, can just nick into the Coles or Woolworths when they have some decent mark downs and then straight into the freezer at home.

What a great idea. We don't have room for an extra freezer and probably wouldn't get into the supermarkets at the right time. But it's a great way to try and beat some of the sting of this inflation. I used to shop mainly at Woolies but have started to check Coles a lot more too to try and get all the weekly 'specials' I can.

[horrie hastings]

What a great idea. We don't have room for an extra freezer and probably wouldn't get into the supermarkets at the right time. But it's a great way to try and beat some of the sting of this inflation. I used to shop mainly at Woolies but have started to check Coles a lot more too to try and get all the weekly 'specials' I can.

Have had this freezer for 30 years now and it hasn't missed a beat and has come in very handy of the years, especially when i used to fish a lot . We never had a Coles in our area until they extended our shopping centre last year so now its handy being able to compare prices between both Coles and Woolworths within a 100 metres of each other.

[rented tracksuit]

Going to indulge in another of my hobbies today… Watching the Roosters.

I don’t watch them live as I can’t stuffed getting up that early but after a walk and a bowl of Cheerios, I will sit down and enjoy it on the WatchNRL site.

I just need to avoid this place and social media for a few hours so as not to hear the results.

[horrie hastings]

Gardening. I’m more a thinker than a creative person, but gardening is where I can actually try to be creative. I’ve done a lot of work over the past decade designing and creating our garden beds, researching and selecting new plants which are suited to the conditions and of course maintaining them. I’m still learning.

When i lived with my parents many many years ago i used to have a beautiful vegetable patch going with great tomato, lettuces, , silver beet, cucumbers and rhubarb . At my place now with only a very small balcony i have had terrible results trying to grow tomatoes, come up with failures just about every year. Greek oregano is growing every where though.

[rented tracksuit]

When i lived with my parents many many years ago i used to have a beautiful vegetable patch going with great tomato, lettuces, , silver beet, cucumbers and rhubarb . At my place now with only a very small balcony i have had terrible results trying to grow tomatoes, come up with failures just about every year. Greek oregano is growing every where though.

My Greek neighbours had mint take off and get up under the fence. Took me months to get rid of it. Eventually, I think I killed their whole patch. Roundup is awesome!

[horrie hastings]

My Greek neighbours had mint take off and get up under the fence. Took me months to get rid of it. Eventually, I think I killed their whole patch. Roundup is awesome!

Bloody hell, i have mint on the balcony and no matter how many times i spray and do grub control the grubs demolish it, i have just about given up on the mint.

[rented tracksuit]

Bloody hell, i have mint on the balcony and no matter how many times i spray and do grub control the grubs demolish it, i have just about given up on the mint.

Yeah it can be tricky in a pot but if put into the garden, spreads uncontrollably. You think you get it under control but the roots go all over the place and it just keeps popping up in new places. That’s why I had soo much trouble getting rid of the stuff that came from the neighbours place.

[Rooster1908]

Bloody hell, i have mint on the balcony and no matter how many times i spray and do grub control the grubs demolish it, i have just about given up on the mint.

Use a larger pot than needed . Don.t over plant .Quality potting mix with top nutrients included and sea sol . White butterfly is probably your main issue so netting or shade house if possible . Hope this helps

[rented tracksuit]

Use a larger pot than needed . Don.t over plant .Quality potting mix with top nutrients included and sea sol . White butterfly is probably your main issue so netting or shade house if possible . Hope this helps

I reckon you would have a great vege garden.

[horrie hastings]

Yeah it can be tricky in a pot but if put into the garden, spreads uncontrollably. You think you get it under control but the roots go all over the place and it just keeps popping up in new places. That’s why I had soo much trouble getting rid of the stuff that came from the neighbours place.

A place I used to rent in Stanmore years ago had Itilian parsley growing everywhere through the lawn, i used to mow over it but it kept on popping up again, at least i got to use quite a bit of it. The laneway out the back of the property had it growing wild also.

[mightyrooster]

When i lived with my parents many many years ago i used to have a beautiful vegetable patch going with great tomato, lettuces, , silver beet, cucumbers and rhubarb . At my place now with only a very small balcony i have had terrible results trying to grow tomatoes, come up with failures just about every year. Greek oregano is growing every where though.

I’ve never tried to grow fruit and veggies or herbs. I may look at it in the future though. I’ve mainly been concentrating on replacing difficult, invasive shrubs / plants with easy care low maintenance ones. What was planted by the previous owners in the 70s and 80s was probably considered attractive and cool back then but had since become invasive and weed like popping up all over the place. Here in Canberra we have some extremes in temperatures from freezing frosts in winter to dry hot summers. The conditions - weather, soil, shade - play such a big part. I imagine growing veggies are the same. We have some areas where things won’t grow no matter what I try.

[horrie hastings]

I’ve never tried to grow fruit and veggies or herbs. I may look at it in the future though. I’ve mainly been concentrating on replacing difficult, invasive shrubs / plants with easy care low maintenance ones. What was planted by the previous owners in the 70s and 80s was probably considered attractive and cool back then but had since become invasive and weed like popping up all over the place. Here in Canberra we have some extremes in temperatures from freezing frosts in winter to dry hot summers. The conditions - weather, soil, shade - play such a big part. I imagine growing veggies are the same. We have some areas where things won’t grow no matter what I try.

I have friends living in Hawker and they have a beautiful lemon tree which just keeps on giving, usually come home with plenty when we visit them. Apart from that i think they mainly grow a lot of fern like plants and flowering cactus on their back deck which is covered.

[rented tracksuit]

I have friends living in Hawker and they have a beautiful lemon tree which just keeps on giving, usually come home with plenty when we visit them. Apart from that i think they mainly grow a lot of fern like plants and flowering cactus on their back deck which is covered.

I’m not sure why but lemon trees seem to thrive in Canberra. Same with Lime trees. I think the colder temps throughout winter and spring seem sweeten up the fruit.
That could be a load of shyt but I find the fruit to be amazing.

[horrie hastings]

Use a larger pot than needed . Don.t over plant .Quality potting mix with top nutrients included and sea sol . White butterfly is probably your main issue so netting or shade house if possible . Hope this helps

Thanks, only have a very narrow balcony so space is a premium. We do have a small communal planter box in the unit backyard and I put some mint in there and it has grown beautifully, it does have netting there but i just can't get it to grow on the balcony