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Jill Dyer

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An addition to Tereza Okava's list - Item #9 clothing :- big tick for natural fibres, added to which woven fabrics are much cooler than knitted, especially when thinking of things like T-shirts, and loose fitting rather than skin tight. Go for maximum coverage, even if it sounds counter intuitive - think of the costumes of desert dwellers.
I often water the garden during hot weather with clothing and hat soaked!
I can't grow scarlet runner beans. . . too hot - dries the pollen - too windy - dries the pollen. I've been sticking with the bush bean types since it's easier to hide them from both the sun and the wind.
2 days ago
Afraid to say, I'm mightily suspicious of wild mushrooms.  Those pictured look very like one that grows in our paddocks. Two varieties - One is OK - the other can be toxic to some people - this latter stains yellow when a finger nail is run over the cap, and is generally to be avoided.
3 days ago
Leafy dark green leaves like spinach and kale have magnesium as part of the chlorophyll, so I'd say that a swift boil and blender treatment, then pour the "smoothie" around the tomatoes when the mix has cooled.
Fingers crossed that your tomatoes recover, since in the first plant image, it's flowering and doing rather well otherwise.
5 days ago
An unidentified species of grass - luckily very shallow roots, so easy to pull and drop.  Rhubarb - it's winter here in the Southern hemisphere, and it's supposed to be dormant, or at least slow down.  However, neither of the plants got the memo.  Rampant self-sown loose leaf lettuce.  Everywhere, but not in the garden proper.  Madder, the colder weather doesn't seem to have slowed it down much, and I'm wanting to harvest the roots.
On the other hand - total failure with the snow peas.  They are supposed to be planted round about St. Patrick's day - only one sprouted, and something ate it!
5 days ago
Oh, that looks downright dangerous!  And my goodness your shed's tidy.
1 week ago
"Life on the farm is kinda laid back"  Thank God I'm a Country Boy - John Denver  -  don't we wish!
However, it's what we want, so it's as laid back as we want it to be.  That pressing job comes first, anything can be rescheduled, until the next pressing job. No pressure 👌😁
1 week ago
Zucchini pickles - plenty of recipes about, like cucumber pickles. Zucchini chutney - recipes abound. Zucchini jam?  plus other ingredients because the squash is mostly tasteless?  No experience of jam!  If these don't work for you, try drying - de-seed and quarter and slice thinly (a mandoline is handy here) dehydrate in your preferred manner.   My friend uses them in soups to slip veggies past the kids.  Chunked and blanched and frozen.  I usually open freeze on trays then pack for a free-flow product rather than an ice block.
And if all else fails try this tip from my brother - place zucchini on the ground behind he car wheel, reverse, and Presto! the zucchini is stuffed.  Put on compost.  Problem solved.  (He hated zucchini)
Edit:- to correct spelling to mandoline.   Inadvertently invented a "new" kitchen implement - mondoline
1 week ago
Traps baited with peanut butter.  Sorry, but the entrances of said rodents may never be found.  We've been looking forever with no luck.  The holes we have found were blocked with crumpled fly mesh.  The only thing left could be that they are entering through the roof, no obvious entrances to be found, but they do like to climb.  We resorted to baits when the blighters ate the wiring in the car (three times).  Baits wired into left over square tubing,caged over to discourage birds, and placed against the walls outside. The rats and mice don't like crossing open spaces for some reason.  Water sources removed, hiding places disturbed.  Fingers crossed.
Cats as useless as your dogs - ours used to bring in mice as "presents".
1 week ago
Hello - is this the "mimosa" whose leaves fold up when touched? The flowers look similar. (Mimosa pudica)
"Mimosa" was imported to UK as a cut flower when I was a kid.  It's one from Australia - Acacia dealbata and has lots of bright yellow pom-pom flowers.  I've taken to learning the Latin names of plants for easier conversations with folks from different countries.
2 weeks ago