Hi Everyone. If anyone is going to be in the Whakatane area on 14 August - 6pm. the local Green Screening will be the film Earth Whisperers - Kay Baxter and Director Kathleen Gallagher will be there too. info next post if anyone wants to go.
juliewn,
Jul 30, 7:31am
Earth Whisperers ??
juliewn,
Jul 30, 7:31am
Green Screening is an Environment BOP community initiative based in Whakatane, that screens a monthly film encompassing the four wellbeings of sustainability - environment, community, social and economic. With Eastbay REAP and Environment Bay of Plenty's support, it launched with the film "The Power of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil" in December 2007. Many films that have been screened can be borrowed with accompanying notes and forms for group screenings. Green Screenings are usually held on the first Tuesday of each month. For more information contact us at [email protected].
Saw Lynda was back on Sunrise this morning. The weather must have been a horrid shock after the wonders of Europe in summer.
stevee6,
Jul 30, 9:38pm
Yay, just got my King's Seed Catalogue free to all the Get Growing members - and what a perfectly horrible rainy day to read it and luxuriate - couldn't be better!
jen92,
Jul 30, 10:16pm
I got my Egmont Mailorder Seed Catalogue and ordered Eryngium Blue Hobbit; Eschscholzia Thai Silk Milkmaid; Poppy Iceland Champagne Bubbles; Canna Lily Dwarf Tropical Yellow; Cosmos Picotee mixed; Dwarf Foxglove mix; Lavatera Novella; and lastly ---- Lysimachia Beaujolais.Whewwwww, tall order.
stevee6,
Jul 30, 11:18pm
Jen - I've grown that Eschscholzia for several years - it's lovely!A real creamy yellow. Sometimes it sends out an original orange or two - a neat contrast as long as you pinch them out as soon as the flower fades so it doesn't seed. The Milkmaid seeds really well.
stevee6,
Jul 31, 4:00am
I've just been through the catalogue - and am totally impressed by the prices. Some of the heritage tomatoes are 50 seeds for around $3, and stuff like mesclun mix is 4000 seeds for $3.00ish.
marge_s,
Jul 31, 4:13am
Kings Seed catalogue is my dream-time I'm on my 3rd re-draft of my order list. Same old story, start with the wish-list, then whittle it down until I get down to what I need and maybe a couple extra 'treats' if I can afford it, lol.Just like the Parva Plants catalogue, sigh.
stevee6,
Jul 31, 4:49am
LOL marge - buck up and think of all those marvellous veg this summer. Bump for all the new enthusiasts.
piwismiles,
Jul 31, 5:02am
Thanks stevee Ive found the site and signed up :o)
imrae1,
Jul 31, 10:40pm
decission made no goats.thought they might be a bitof a hassle, now I know. Might look into the bees tho
hutchk,
Jul 31, 10:45pm
Yay! I just won a prize with the Get Growing newsletter - only a bag of coffee, but a prize nonetheless! Yay for me!
stevee6,
Jul 31, 10:45pm
I adore goats - they're intelligent and absolute survivors. But, having in the past worked on a farm where a herd of goats had free range(as if goats have anything else) I can say, hand on heart, I would not acquire one in any shape or form to have near my house! Sheep are a pain in the proverbial too, especially if they've been pet lambs.
juliewn,
Jul 31, 11:48pm
Congratulations Hutch. :-) enjoy your prize. The Get Growing email today includes how to get a peach stone growing. there have been threads here at times about doing this - as we're all committed Get Growing email members, you'll all have seen this; however someone reading the thread might find this of help too. I have some blackboy peach stones a kind Trademe member sent me. now I know what to do. Here's how:
juliewn,
Jul 31, 11:48pm
"Q. At the end of summer I managed to get some lovely 'Golden Queen' peaches off an old tree. I have planted the stones but nothing is happening so far. Do I just wait or have I done something wrong! Have I planted them too early! Liz Ritchie. A. Peach stones are usually sown in winter. At the nursery we are doing this now as 'Golden Queen' peach seedlings are used as a rootstock for many types of stonefruit trees. To grow a peach seedling, you need to crack open the stone (you can use a regular nutcracker, or a hammer!), plant the seed that is inside in seed raising mix, then transplant into a larger pot or into the ground once it has started growing. It's important to note the fruit plants grown from seed are generally not 'true to type'. that is, there is a good chance they won't produce fruit the same as the original tree. Also, often seedlings will take a lot longer to fruit than trees produced by budding or grafting. Kate Marshall, Waimea Nurseries"
juliewn,
Aug 1, 12:18am
Hi Stevee. I completely agree with you about lambs raised as pets. when my son was about 4, we had a lifestyle block, and a lamb that Chris helped raise. it got to the stage that the lamb needed to be away from the fenced off area around the house. the final straw that resulted in this was that I'd put most of my indoor plants outside in a gentle rain. and the lamb ate every one of them down to the soil! So. time to be away from th4e house. so. off down to the pig paddock, about 400 metres down the drive. popped the lamb over the fence. where the bottom three fence wires were live to keep the pigs in. Chris was at the house with my Mum-in-law - they were sitting together chatting on the front steps, which faced down the drive.
juliewn,
Aug 1, 12:18am
So. I'm walking back up the drive, gumboots scuffing in the gravel; saw Chris and his Nanna there together. kept walking, then realised Chris and Mum were just about falling over laughing! Ok. why! Kept walking. and could see them laughing still. still wondering why. got closer - neither of them could speak as they were laughing so much. and they just kept pointing down the drive. I turned around. and there was Miss Very Smug Lamb, trotting behind me. her wool had insulated her from the live wires. and she simply stepped through and followed me. How do I know this! Cos I took her straight back down, and lifted her over the fence again. I hadn't taken two steps away from the fence, and she was through it again! I still laugh thinking about it. 22 years later. Chris was home this past summer from Canada - we laughed again about it then. frustrating at the time. though now a fun memory looking back through time. :-)
jen92,
Aug 1, 3:05am
Good story Juliewn, animals really are very clever, don't know how some people can think they are dumb.
juliewn,
Aug 1, 9:39am
Hiya Jen. :-) I hope the weather of late hasn't wrecked your gorgeous garden. the ground is absolutely saturated here. Warm regards. Julie
stevee6,
Aug 1, 8:44pm
A question for those of you that have the new King's Seed catalogue. What does the 1:2 or similar mean on the 'when to plant'! I've thought over & under and around those numbers, and I can't work it out at all!
jen92,
Aug 1, 9:42pm
Hey Julie !My garden is absolutely saturated and yet ANOTHER storm is on it way again.Aaaagh !I peeked in at Mitre10 this morning and found they were selling those "Poor Knight Lilies", so had to grab me one.I've always wanted one of those, I have the perfect container for it to grow in for donkeys years.Steeve, sorry I can't help you with your query.BTW, saw some tall tomato stakes for my sweet-peas.The weather is too gross to get outside and put them up, so I'm waiting impatiently for it to clear.Seems I should build an Ark instead of anything else at the moment.
whiskey13,
Aug 1, 11:00pm
*598 The numbers in the catalogue means the time of year to plant ie:1. Early Spring, 2. Late Spring, 3. Late Spring! Early Autumn, 4. Mid or Late Winter, 5. Any Time
whiskey13,
Aug 1, 11:02pm
Opps Was meant to be 3. Late Summer/ Early Autumn
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