Видео

We need the bees!

Thanks! They taste great too and we are managing to get 400-600g 2-3 times a week while the weather suits. Getting hotter now so mushrooms will be off the menu soon 😞

I am banned from mushrooming in the bathroom, its why I bought those Temu tents so it can be done safely (ie no contamination) outside. Seems to have paid off :-)

Hello there! I will pass on your greetings, Liam is a nice lad, very keen on gardening and cooking so like to have him over to plant seeds and propagate trees. We recorded a long video of us planting and chatting about all things gardening which I will post soon. Its a great example of getting youth involved in food growing and how we can cross the great generational divide :-)

Just bagged manure but not from the major "factories" but a small business that collects from dairy and holding yards direct.

Thanks for the hints! By coincidence I just bagged up 4 lots of chocolate oyster and I'll use that as an experiment. Leave one as normal, add extra water to another (just a little) really compress another and finally add some extra ventilation by adding some self adhesive filters I bought from Temu. Lets see if that has any effect :-)

@@Thecultivatingcurmudgeon I've got the same temu bags. I'm not convinced they breathe properly. I'd make your own holes and cover with micropore tape

@@mattyvlietstra5017 A short will be out in the next couple of days setting up the experiment, thanks again for the suggestions 🥳

@@Thecultivatingcurmudgeon also I used a plastic sealer device thing to make my bags smaller. The logic being to hopefully have some that don't contams. I never ended up with any contams

@@mattyvlietstra5017 Yes, good point, I have been considering buying one.

Indeed and they taste terrific, I prefer them to the oysters I have grown so far!

@@Siavash_Khaksar shhhhh, don’t let her know!!

Indeed :-) Just hope it works.....

More to come, need a bit of equality though, all the items are blokes, need to name a few as sheilas ;-)

The lava would survive and reinfect the citrus trees so need to kill then dispose of the branch

The larvae will live and hatch starting the whole cycle again, good article here if interested: www.agric.wa.gov.au/plant-biosecurity/citrus-gall-wasp-control

Hi, its a fungal disease that affects stonefruit mainly. Appears as reddish waves or bumps on the leaf and can eventually kill the tree if not controlled. The spores spread over winter and appear as damaged leaves when the tree starts to bud new leaves so must be sprayed before the buds appear. Usually a winter spray of lime sulphur and an after bud spray of copper sulphate fungicide keeps it managed. You cant cure leaf curl, leaves once affected cant be fixed, so prevention is key - kill off those spores in winter :-)

Is that like academic ethics, I hear there are good courses on that

@@Thecultivatingcurmudgeon. Yess 😂

Here lies a vine, once full of zest, In the garden, it gave its best. But now it rests, no more to climb, Its passion spent, it ran out of time. No more tangles, no more fruit, It’s time to hang up the garden suit. So raise a toast, and shed a tear, For the passionfruit vine, we hold dear.

Wow a curmudgeon poem! Exciting 😁

Maybe my new career? AU. Poetry 😂

@@IainMurray He means AI 🙂

Indeed, 'twill be interesting to see results 🙂

I'll see what we can do, I love risotto 🙂

Good idea, a pruner and chainsaw special 🙂

Hows the kimchi supply? Bottling the next batch with a little more "punch"

@@Thecultivatingcurmudgeon I still have some, I'll let you know when I need a refill :D

More of a "traditional" mushroom taste and texture. Very nice subtle flavour and will be growing them again but still have soooo many varieties to try you cant buy at the supermarket

Thanks chief, but just a somewhat overweight, hairy gardener 🙂

Great tip, thanks

My pleasure (really, I just like making videos 🙂) May all your seeds sprout forth!

Fingers crossed!

@@Thecultivatingcurmudgeon if you dont strike gold on this one you might need a bigger rootstock. Shout out if you need more material and id be happy to send something your way 👌

@@DreaminDragons Appreciated!

Party!! Sloshed slaters singing a symphony :-)

Put the Vegemite in warm water to dissolve first then pour in bottle. 😜🌻

@@blacktulipfee Thanks, good simple tip that would make it much easier :-)

I just tried the eco-oil on red spider mite and it worked a treat :-). quick (somewhat blured) short later today showing the death of the mite!

Pretty easy but a loooong time till we get fruit.

Bruce is a great mother, warm, caring and .......humid?

@@WheredoestheSPengo Magic to eat but no not that sort of magic.

Taste great too!

Thanks, they still have their leaves at the moment and its mid winter. Keeping a close watch on the....

@@Thecultivatingcurmudgeon I grow these in zone 6 and keep mine inside during the winter..They do great inside as long as you have a light>>>as they love heat and light>>>I got so many i am building a greenhouse to house them>>>>

@@violethouseworth5943 I think I will bring the into the greenhouse, leaves are not looking healthy, thanks for the tip.

snuck in :-)

That's the plan!

Thank you! Cheers!

Where is the steam engine? Not engineering without steam engines or pyramids!