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replied to the topic Hello to all Newbies welcome to ALS in the forum Introduce yourself 5 years ago
Hi everyone! Glad to see a few new faces. Jump right in – the more the merrier 🙂
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replied to the topic What are you planting now?? in the forum In the Garden 5 years ago
I’ve had tomatoes grow on through winter but they taste like crap. The sunshine gives them their flavour. I’ve just planted some heirloom potatoes given to me by my uncle who saved them but is too unwell to plant them. It’s so hot and dry here too but I’ve mulched heavily with pea straw.
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replied to the topic What did you do today? in the forum General chat and catching up 5 years ago
I mulched our orchard with a huge round bale of pea straw (with some help from 100+ chickens). I’m stuffed!
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replied to the topic Returning to the fold in the forum General chat and catching up 5 years ago
I was having trouble with pics too. I’ll try resizing. Good luck with the toe Penny!
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replied to the topic Bellandarreh Farm in the forum Property Tales 5 years ago
Gosh, it’s been a while since my last update. The first piglets were born on the farm and we’ve had a great spring of baby lambs, chicks and ducks. Managing a 25 acre farm, 2 kids, full-time work (both hubby and I) and a preserving ‘hobby’ sure keeps us busy but I love every minute! We now have 5 sows, 1 boar, 15 ewes, 10 lambs, 100+ chickens…[Read more]
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replied to the topic Bellandarreh Farm in the forum Property Tales 5 years ago
Gosh, it’s been a while since my last update. The first piglets were born on the farm and we’ve had a great spring of baby lambs, chicks and ducks. Managing a 25 acre farm, 2 kids, full-time work (both hubby and I) and a preserving ‘hobby’ sure keeps us busy but I love every minute! We now have 5 sows, 1 boar, 15 ewes, 10 lambs, 100+ chickens…[Read more]
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replied to the topic books that I have read or am reading in the forum General chat and catching up 5 years ago
I loved Bryce Courtenay’s books too. Can’t believe your son is at school now!
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replied to the topic books that I have read or am reading in the forum General chat and catching up 5 years ago
Great thread ballamara! I travel an hour each way to work so I listen to a lot of audiobooks in the car. I’m always looking for good books to read. I love Joel Salatin – ‘Folks This Aint Normal’ is great. I also love good fiction. I loved Stieg Larsson’s Millenium Trilogy.
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replied to the topic It is very quiet of late in the forum General chat and catching up 5 years, 7 months ago
hi gracefultash and welcome! Things have been a wee bit quiet here of late, so we’re hoping to create more chat and share more useful info. Perhaps if you find something you like, you’ll pop in a comment to keep things ticking along 🙂
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replied to the topic Report Spam Here! in the forum General chat and catching up 5 years, 7 months ago
Yep, this guy in Misty HOllows thread. Seems there are more spammers than genuine members lately!!BobiWhite Sturbridge, MA
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replied to the topic Bellandarreh Farm in the forum Property Tales 5 years, 7 months ago
We picked up about another 400-500kg wet brewers grain again yesterday – the animals sure do love it and it saves it going to landfill. We also picked up another couple of sows a few weeks ago and they have taken quite a liking to our big boar, Bruce. With a bit of luck, we’ll have some babies later this year!
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replied to the topic Winter muching for weed suppression and to feed the soil in spring/summer in the forum General chat and catching up 5 years, 7 months ago
Best of luck with it Vanessa. Last spring/summer, I covered a huge area of ground with cardboard covered in horse manure to try and smother the weeds (mainly Gazanias). Well, it appeared to have worked at first, but with the recent rains the Gazanias have come back with a vengeance. The ones growing where the poo had been spread are much…[Read more]
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replied to the topic Misty Hollow's gardens. in the forum General chat and catching up 5 years, 7 months ago
Thanks for sharing. Your run is great! Depending on how much of your fruit trees you’ve ringed with mesh, you may also need to put something at ground level to stop them digging up the roots – I peg down chicken wire with a few tent pegs which seems to do the trick. Looking forward to seeing photos of how you manage gardening on your steep…
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replied to the topic What did you do today? in the forum General chat and catching up 5 years, 7 months ago
I’ll be interested to hear how you go growing rosemary from seed guys. I’m trying to get some cuttings of prostrate rosemary going at the moment. How’d your quince paste turn out Jaz? We picked up 2 sows on the weekend that were in need of a good home. Our boar has taken a liking to one of them, so that’s a positive. I love…[Read more]
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replied to the topic Great to have ALS back, who is still here? in the forum General chat and catching up 5 years, 7 months ago
Hi again mum2twins!!
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replied to the topic Report Spam Here! in the forum General chat and catching up 5 years, 7 months ago
‘Just wanted to Say Hello’ by ChasGrimwa – more spam
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replied to the topic What did you do today? in the forum General chat and catching up 5 years, 7 months ago
I’m hearing you Judi B! We only have satellite NBN and don’t get mobile phone coverage. The satellite NBN works really well which is great, but they’ve just changed the allowances, so we have a lot less download (20 gig per month) for more money. We have a wireless modem, so we use internet on our mobile phone to send messages (using whatsapp…[Read more]
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replied to the topic It is very quiet of late in the forum General chat and catching up 5 years, 7 months ago
Totally agree guys. Hope we can reinvigorate things again
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replied to the topic Bellandarreh Farm in the forum Property Tales 5 years, 7 months ago
Thanks Jaz!
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replied to the topic Report Spam Here! in the forum General chat and catching up 5 years, 7 months ago
‘I am the new guy’ appears to be back! Ditto with ‘i just wanted to say hello’.
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