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Post by jack on Apr 1, 2011 14:46:58 GMT -6
Gidday
The problem with getting ordiary garden soil as I see it would be that you are buying the weeds from whatever garden the soil has come from.
Iffin you are in or near a rural farming area and can find straw, small bales are the best but it don't matter much, just fill your raised garden up with as much straw as you can get in and press down then keep it watered with a high nitrogen type manure to increase the speed of decomposition of the straw. Hopefully the straw will heat up for a while and if so, as soon as it cools down enough you can plant straight into it.
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Post by jack on Apr 1, 2011 14:37:50 GMT -6
Gidday
"To use: dilute 1 cup of oil with 5 gallons of water."
What do you do with the rest of the drum full of stuff.
The oil off the top would be great as a spray to deter insects and diseases but the rest will be chock full of plant nutrients including an almost complete range of essential trace ellements. Good for both man and beast as well as plants.
I do exactly the same with seaweed.
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Post by jack on Mar 29, 2011 2:16:21 GMT -6
Gidday
Goodonyas.
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Post by jack on Mar 28, 2011 0:24:22 GMT -6
Gidday
Thanks y'all.
But NoFearGardener, this means that i must have less plentiful days left Eh!
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Post by jack on Mar 20, 2011 3:49:49 GMT -6
Gidday
We have a joker down here predicting the weather by the moon and sun. He has said with this full moon therre is a greater risk of esarthquakes.
that is scaring the crap outta a lot of people. I hear tell you have someone up there predicting similar. I am hoping it don't let your Yellowstone pop it's lid.
But getting back to the original question, just how is daylight saved?
Purhaps it's by canning.
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Post by jack on Mar 17, 2011 0:54:43 GMT -6
Gidday
That's bloody terrible mate.
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Post by jack on Mar 15, 2011 3:30:58 GMT -6
Gidday Jack, I wondered that myself, I think they are saving all that time...to add to the end of time By the look at whats going on around the world these days I reckon that we need to save as much as possiblE. |
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Post by jack on Mar 13, 2011 2:38:48 GMT -6
gidday
Howuch daylight has been saved up there to date. And how is it usually stored.
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Post by jack on Feb 27, 2011 3:02:55 GMT -6
Gidday
Thanks you jokers. Your thoughts and prayers are greatly appreciated.
Even the nearly 1000 portable chemical toilets, that your country has sent, because life still has to go on.
Death toll now 147 but expected to rise to at least 200.
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Post by jack on Feb 25, 2011 2:48:07 GMT -6
Gidday
Iffin my reading and spelling aint too far out it is a food colouring. Red I believe.
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Post by jack on Feb 23, 2011 19:36:07 GMT -6
Gidday Good Lord jack, we feel so sorry for y'all. Please let us know how we can help.....lt may not be much, but i'll do the best i can. Thanks for that mate. We are a small country and we are in reccession and the costs of this look like they will be enormous. I have heard one estimate at 16 billion but the damage to the economy is just going to be staggering. I really don't know what you can do but they are asking for donations, but from what I have read you people are as bad off as we are. I do wish, though, to make my most sincere thanks to your country known as the have already got teams of helpers on the way if they aren't here already. It has been humbling to see what assistance has been offered from all around the world, but nothing can bring back the lives that have been lost. What is even worse is the thought that some so called experts have been saying that tthe way these quakes have happened seem to be setting up for an even bigger one, possible near Wellington, our capital city, or somewhere down our alpine fault which may be even more widespread damage that what we have had. Heaven only knows. |
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Post by jack on Feb 23, 2011 3:48:01 GMT -6
Gidday
Well my poor bloody son up in Christchurch.
He was at work when the quake hit, he checked his family was O.K. then finished work, went hoome to no power or other survices on, said good night to his family changed into his Fireman's gear and went out to work rescuing people from the CTV building all night, got home at 8am thismorning, changed into his suit and went to work. All day coordinating the moving of bodies in town and finally got home at 8.30 this evening rang us to say all is O.K. and headed for a cold bath and bed for the first time since early yeasterday morning.
Over 36 hours on the go without a break and only time he even stopped to eat was about lunchtime today when his wife had taken him something to eat as he had not had his lunch yesterday before the quake hit.
That is a long stressful day aint it?
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Post by jack on Feb 22, 2011 3:16:24 GMT -6
Gidday Our second largest city, Christchurch, has been hit by a third large earthquake since September 4. Death toll already 65 but expected to go up to between 200 and 400. Many people trapped. The city really needs all the prayers they can get. www.3news.co.nz/ |
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Post by jack on Feb 13, 2011 2:49:37 GMT -6
Gidday
Well your real big lakes should be quite good apart from the chance of polution and I am not sure just what state they would be in.
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Post by jack on Feb 12, 2011 2:08:15 GMT -6
Gidday
I collect seaweed off the beach after a bit of a storm and fill 44 gallon drums then fill em with water and let it rot down. Ready made seaweed concentrate.
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Post by jack on Jan 30, 2011 1:33:29 GMT -6
Gidday
Bin there done that.
Best of luck.
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Post by jack on Jan 29, 2011 2:32:21 GMT -6
Gidday
For me neither.
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Post by jack on Jan 24, 2011 2:32:50 GMT -6
Gidday
Well come on down then.
We don't have much money but have loads of hospitality.
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Post by jack on Jan 11, 2011 2:37:12 GMT -6
Gidday
That is a bloody bad thing to happen to anyone.
I hope you can financially recover.
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Post by jack on Jan 7, 2011 19:32:14 GMT -6
Gidday
I was given my name cos my uncle was somewher in the God forsaken Lybian desert blown to bits by a German shell.
I am proud that his name lives on with me.
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Post by jack on Jan 7, 2011 3:20:45 GMT -6
Gidday
The was also a report of dead birds in Sweeden too.
Bit of a worry Eh!
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Post by jack on Jan 6, 2011 0:12:07 GMT -6
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Post by jack on Jan 6, 2011 0:08:50 GMT -6
Gidday
Didn't catch nought.
I will have to have a go from the beach bellow our house.
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Post by jack on Jan 5, 2011 3:10:53 GMT -6
Gidday
Bloody raining up thefre today so just towed the caravan back home.
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Post by jack on Jan 4, 2011 3:15:10 GMT -6
Gidday
Thanks pholks.
I am going back up there tomorrow for the night and have another go at fishing then bring the caravan back home on Thursday.
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Post by jack on Jan 4, 2011 3:10:23 GMT -6
Gidday
No worries mate. Just how many houses have ever had a second murder in them?
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Post by jack on Dec 31, 2010 3:48:59 GMT -6
Gidday Been away for a coupla days. Took me caravan up to the top of Lake Benmore. Fairly bloody good coupla days too. Like woke up to this from our caravan door.  That mountain peak in the centre of the picture is Mount Cook, our highest mountain (12349ft) at least up until a few years ago when a bit fell off the top. Like I mean even if I didn't catch and trout it sure was fun trying with a view like:-  They had some good rain a few days before and a bridge was washed out so didn't actually get to where we were heading but I am please cos it wasn't as good as where we ended up. Take a look at Benmore: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benmore_Dam And the old Waitaki dam:  And by the way, iffin you you don't believe me when I said the sight we woke up to here is proof, me little old truck and caravan.  |
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Post by jack on Dec 25, 2010 2:33:54 GMT -6
Gidday
Well I hope you all don't make pigs of yourselves and eat too much like I did.
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Post by jack on Dec 23, 2010 18:48:59 GMT -6
Gidday
And an absolutely lovery Christmas to all of you too.
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Post by jack on Dec 20, 2010 2:54:27 GMT -6
Gidday
Hey this place and people even make an old rough country Kiwi boy like me welcome, and that must take a fair bit of tollerance Eh!
I HATE CHANGE!
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