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The Breedersons revisited
In article , Geodyne
writes: Subject: The Breedersons revisited From: Geodyne Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 08:06:59 +1100 On 09 Mar 2004 21:57:37 GMT, acon (Sirius631) wrote: Where are you at? I bet it's not the UK I'm afraid not. I'm in dry, dusty, no-fresh-water-to-spare-for-lawns Australia. Sydney, to be precise. I've been a regular on alt.pc for many years, but have been so busy for the last year or two that my pc project (how enviro-friendly can I make a 1/8th acre suburban block) has been on hold. However this winter there are going to be a couple of major projects, the most interesting being an attempt at a conventional entertainment area in a pc manner, and putting a vegetable garden into the 1.5 m wide space down the western side of my house. I'm going to experiment and see just how unneccessary direct sunlight is for veggies inmy climate. Geodyne 1/8th acre? I'd be luck to fit one lettuce in the space I have ! David Lloyd |
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Geodyne wrote:
On 17 Mar 2004 18:49:59 GMT, acon (Sirius631) wrote: 1/8th acre? I'd be luck to fit one lettuce in the space I have ! You're in an apartment? There's still a lot you can do with an average apartment balcony. You'd be surprised. Yes indeed. I have 6 foam boxes on my balcony, and it's only about 4 square meters. Carrots, lettuce, peppermint, tomato, brocolli. It's great. Makes me sick seeing all the wasted lawns around! Cam |
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Geodyne wrote:
On 17 Mar 2004 18:49:59 GMT, acon (Sirius631) wrote: 1/8th acre? I'd be luck to fit one lettuce in the space I have ! You're in an apartment? There's still a lot you can do with an average apartment balcony. You'd be surprised. Yes indeed. I have 6 foam boxes on my balcony, and it's only about 4 square meters. Carrots, lettuce, peppermint, tomato, brocolli. It's great. Makes me sick seeing all the wasted lawns around! Cam |
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In article u, sqArk
writes: Geodyne wrote: On 17 Mar 2004 18:49:59 GMT, acon (Sirius631) wrote: 1/8th acre? I'd be luck to fit one lettuce in the space I have ! You're in an apartment? There's still a lot you can do with an average apartment balcony. You'd be surprised. Yes indeed. I have 6 foam boxes on my balcony, and it's only about 4 square meters. Carrots, lettuce, peppermint, tomato, brocolli. It's great. Makes me sick seeing all the wasted lawns around! Cam I was exaggerating somewhat, of course. I didn't catch Geodyne's early tales of woe about the neighbours from hell, but I guess I have a similar problem. The people next door to me, or rather their kids and friends, seem to use my garden as a public right of way and steal my apples. Makes me think it would be better to sell up and buy a more suitable property away from such self-centered, anti-social gits. Or I could just put up bigger fences, which I don't particularly want to do because it would cut down the growing space and what little space I have to sunbathe in private. David Lloyd |
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In article u, sqArk
writes: Geodyne wrote: On 17 Mar 2004 18:49:59 GMT, acon (Sirius631) wrote: 1/8th acre? I'd be luck to fit one lettuce in the space I have ! You're in an apartment? There's still a lot you can do with an average apartment balcony. You'd be surprised. Yes indeed. I have 6 foam boxes on my balcony, and it's only about 4 square meters. Carrots, lettuce, peppermint, tomato, brocolli. It's great. Makes me sick seeing all the wasted lawns around! Cam I was exaggerating somewhat, of course. I didn't catch Geodyne's early tales of woe about the neighbours from hell, but I guess I have a similar problem. The people next door to me, or rather their kids and friends, seem to use my garden as a public right of way and steal my apples. Makes me think it would be better to sell up and buy a more suitable property away from such self-centered, anti-social gits. Or I could just put up bigger fences, which I don't particularly want to do because it would cut down the growing space and what little space I have to sunbathe in private. David Lloyd |
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Geodyne wrote: I'm afraid not. I'm in dry, dusty, no-fresh-water-to-spare-for-lawns Australia. Sydney, to be precise. delurking for this thread Where? I live in Lidcombe. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Life is like a cigarette -- smoke it to the butt." -- Harvie Krumpet |
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Geodyne wrote: I'm afraid not. I'm in dry, dusty, no-fresh-water-to-spare-for-lawns Australia. Sydney, to be precise. delurking for this thread Where? I live in Lidcombe. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Life is like a cigarette -- smoke it to the butt." -- Harvie Krumpet |
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Geodyne wrote: I'm afraid not. I'm in dry, dusty, no-fresh-water-to-spare-for-lawns Australia. Sydney, to be precise. delurking for this thread Where? I live in Lidcombe. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Life is like a cigarette -- smoke it to the butt." -- Harvie Krumpet |
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On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:20:10 +1100, Chookie
wrote: In article , Geodyne wrote: I'm afraid not. I'm in dry, dusty, no-fresh-water-to-spare-for-lawns Australia. Sydney, to be precise. delurking for this thread Where? I live in Lidcombe. I'm in Glenwood, Chookie; so not far away at all. Although I spend most of my time working in North Ryde at the moment. Geodyne |
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In article , Chookie
writes: In article , acon (Sirius631) wrote: The people next door to me, or rather their kids and friends, seem to use my garden as a public right of way and steal my apples. Makes me think it would be better to sell up and buy a more suitable property away from such self-centered, anti-social gits. Or I could just put up bigger fences, which I don't particularly want to do because it would cut down the growing space and what little space I have to sunbathe in private. Approach it as a pc problem. If these people produce anything worth having, feed them your apples. If, OTOH, they are just feral pests, it might be time to plant something thorny to deter them from coming in -- brambles, perhaps? I'm trying to encourage nettles along the fence line, with the excuse that they make a good fetilizer when soaked. David Lloyd |
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