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I don't see the problem; I rarely carry the phone with me - usually resides in the ute or on the kitchen bench and not alwturned on. My telephone is there for my purposes, not others

Just about given up on 2019 in the patch - simply too hot and dry. Most of the veg and herbs are bolting - probably due to high temps and lack of any real winter. Potatoes are doing well and I have hopes for the toms and capsicums. Anything leafy (apart from Rhubarb) just wilts regardless of how muc...

We do NOT all look like that!

Skip - to put a couple of things in context. My patch is 900 acres mostly cattle grazing and fodder cropping near Wagga Wagga and my climate is transitional between Meditteranean and semi-arid (around 22 inches rainfall). In Southern Oz horehound is a significant weed and is regulated in most jurisd...

Patience Skippy, it will come back. I have been trying to get rid of it for years and it still comes up in the same places (but not every year)

Rain at last! 40mm ( just short of 2 inches) of good soaking rain this weekend - more than the total for the previous 3 months!
I actually had to tow two bogged semi-trailers out of the paddock Sunday afternoon.

Yay- more beer! for a good cause only of course

From the taste of the commercial mint teas (versus peppermint or spearmint) I would guess they mostly use the old common mint (I think Mentha viridis) which is the one growing on my patch.

Urine probably would help but I can't get the cows to cooperate - perhaps just add some granular urea. No much straw involved GA - mostly leaf - so very little ash; the variety is semi prostrate and grown for grazing & hay rather than grain. I think I will try it in pit compost.

I have about 2 tonne of scorched, water and smoke dammaged wheat hay in a pile courtesy of spontanious combustion in the haystack. The livestock won't eat it so I guess it will become "re-purposed". Any ideas on the suitability of this stuff going into compost or should I just use it as mulch? It is...

Could be done (mostly) oil seed cropping to produce bio-diesel for the equipment, solar/wind etc. power - ethanol from grains and "waste" materials and so on - for $A200,000 pa I would let someone try on my place. However, the modern farm machinery presents a bit of a problem; most of the stuff prod...

I agree; the modern "pet" canine is an extremely modified species, most of the "dog" has been bred out of them to make them suit our lifestyles. The exceptions being the true working and hunting dogs thaat have been largely bred to retain the true dog traits evolved for long distance travel and hunt...

All my other halfs dogs (I don't keep pets) eat raw or starve although some dried food is available for nibbles, maybe half a cup each daily. The secret to feeding raw is to slow down the rate of consumption and force them to chew; this stimulates the digestive system and satisfies without eating to...

Heaps of things with plastic in them that could other wise be recycled or composted (recyclable Vs able to be recycled) Basically anything made out of paper that needs to hold a liquid or withstand immersion

GA - my old blender had to be retired after many years simply because the rubber seals had perished and replacements were no longer available. The carp available these days is terrible, plastic jugs with the blades built in (not removable for cleaning) ans all computerised gizmos that don't allow hu...