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Amanda starts with ...
Outside of native habitats - Australia has the largest collection of tropical and sub-tropical fruit collections in the world?

Spread the seed - save the genes! if u have something rare - donate it to a botanical garden.

Time: 25th May 2009 12:27am

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Jimmy says...
Perth gets more hours of sun in it's shoterest day that Tasmania get sin its longest day.

Time: 25th May 2009 6:42pm

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trikus says...
WE can get more rain in 1 day in Tully , than some places get in a year .

Time: 26th May 2009 8:57am

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amanda says...
Lightning strikes put nitrogen into your soil...

Time: 27th May 2009 7:21pm

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kert Sydney says...
Australia has the best Australian poets in the world

Time: 28th May 2009 6:11am

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Grant says...
I once poured milk on my cereal without spilling a drop!!!

Time: 28th May 2009 7:22am

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peter says...
humans cut down established rain forests
(which are the lungs of the earth)
at the rate of 1.5 acres every second
of every day.

Time: 28th May 2009 8:58am

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amanda says...
Chicken farmers spray insecticides on the manure to keep the flies down....check with your supplier that yours doesn't contain dieldrin or something similar.

Time: 28th May 2009 11:45am

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amanda says...
Ripening fruit gives off ethylene gas which will cause the flowers to drop off trees in close proximity (eg: green/glass houses)

Time: 28th May 2009 10:01pm

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Speedy says...
If they were using Dieldrin and you asked them about it they wouldn't tell you.
Cause it's been banned in most of the world for many years.
....doesn't mean it's not still hangin around in soils in Aust. or that nobody uses it..
Maybe it's all been sent to developing countries with the DDT.
:-/

Time: 28th May 2009 10:04pm

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Speedy says...
Ethylene can be used to stimulate flowering in Pineapples.
It also ripens up Jakfruit very nicely

Time: 28th May 2009 10:05pm

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amanda says...
Speedy! what us backyard growers can get our hands on is quite different to what a primary producer can procure.... I have to fill in paperwork just to get my hands on the phosphoric "bombs" for the rabbits....

Time: 28th May 2009 10:15pm

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Speedy says...
Yeah, nasty stuff.
Phosphine gas.
But little if any residual contamination.

Time: 28th May 2009 10:42pm

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amanda says...
Yes - they even dig out their dead mated to get back into the burrows.. still haven't got your e-mail?
how about a picture of your garden in the meantime?


Time: 28th May 2009 10:48pm

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Amanda2 says...
That icons and such (eg: LOL and smiley faces, sad faces etc) evolved with the use of rapid fire, casual messaging such as SMS and e-mail. Humans rely on primordial clues such as body language, eye contact, sound and tone to convey message and intent. The use of these symbols etc is designed so that the written word is not mis-construed in the harshness of B&W text.

Time: 30th May 2009 5:36pm

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Dekka says...
Did you know that, despite the best of intentions, vermiculture (worm farming) has helped the spread of introduced worms throughout Australia and will most likely have an irreversible effect on our native ecosystems.
Studies in the USA are showing that entire forests are now in jeopardy as a result of feral worms.
In these forests the leaf litter would normally take three years to break down but this is now being accellerated to mere months. The result is that raised amounts of Nitrogen are being released quickly which is either being carried away by rainwater or utilised by plants that absorb Nitrogen quicker, such as weeds.
The thickness of the forest mulch is reduced and erosion is increasing as well as there being a reduction in the amount of creatures that would normally inhabit the leaf litter.
Tree germination has also been seriously effected. The topsoil pH in these forests is normally acid but this too is being raised by feral worms that excrete lime from calciferous glands.
Australia has already opened "pandora's box" on this one...Even in Tasmania there are thirty or so introduced worm species at large.
I don't wish to rain on the parade but there may come a time when we view the detrimental effects of canetoads as insignificant compared to that of these introduced worms. Food for thought.

Time: 1st June 2009 1:24pm

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amanda says...
hey dekka - despite our previous disagreement - that's really interesting info'. I grow worms to put in my garden like many others.

It's semi-arid here and I have never seen a 'native' worm - got lots of native cockroaches - which are wood eaters n it probably sounds a bit wierd to others but we fumigated all our stuff when we moved here so that we didn't bring normal 'roaches. We also drenched the pot plants for coastal brown ants. We have no domestic 'roaches and no bad ants (phew..). I am not gong to ask u for evidence :) but I would like to read more about this?

Time: 2nd June 2009 12:35am

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Dekka says...
Hi Amanda,
I'm afraid the horse may have already bolted on this one but maybe awareness can be spread as well as exotic species.


http://www.austmus.gov.au/factsheets/recognising_earthworms.htm

http://www.annelida.net/docs/Blakemore-eworms-Diversity-of-exotics.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/01/0102_030102_earthworms.html

http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/essays/2004su_worms.html

http://www.nrri.umn.edu/worms/action/FAQ_sheet.pdf


Time: 2nd June 2009 1:05pm

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Dekka says...
I forgot to mention a species of native worm that lives in Kyogle that grows to 1.5 metres and is as thick as a garden hose. It's on the first link.

Time: 2nd June 2009 6:41pm

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amanda says...
I'd love to see that cast that comes out of one of those guys!!! Thanks for the links.

Time: 2nd June 2009 8:20pm

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amanda says...
You may be able to cure your citrus of Zinc deficiency by hammering a small galvanised tack into the trunk of your tree.

Has anyone tried this by the way? I was going to give it a go now my trees are big enough.

We hammered an iron nail into an old unproductive lemon tree once and (maybe a coincidence...) it got a decent crop the next season.

Time: 5th June 2009 6:31pm

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syd says...
I've tried it and not long afterwards I shared a vision of the Virgin

Time: 6th June 2009 9:32am

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Angelo says...
Here's one of the Giant Earthworms from Victoria
Pictures - Click to enlarge

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Time: 6th June 2009 10:15am

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au0rey says...
Oh my goodness! Where in Victoria is that? I have seen earthworms in my vege patch and soil under pots but never one like that...

I also have a worm farm after reading so much about them in gardening books. They are so sought after in gardens and so 'trendy' nowadays...




Time: 6th June 2009 7:06pm

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amanda says...
Speaking of canetoads - there is evidence that the native fauna is fighting back...when we lived near the rainforest in Cairns the native rats there would flip the canetoad over and eat out it's insides (lets hope the locals there don't inadvertantly poison these guys with RatSack..!?)
There is also evidence that some spp of snakes are becoming immune to the canetoad poison (Have no idea where i read this now).
Maybe there will be worm virus that will wipe out the ferals...!?

Time: 6th June 2009 7:53pm

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Brendan says...
Hello amanda, Why would you move from Gods country (Cairns area), to Geraldton WA? The Keelback snake can eat canetoads no problem, and crows, kookaburras do the same trick with a roadkill toad, ie turn 'em over & eat the entrails.

Time: 9th June 2009 8:49am

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amanda says...
Brendan - it's days like this I wonder why too!??...I have been sitting here all morning watching a big dark front drop all it's water in the ocean within 50kms of me... it's just not fair!?
:((((

Nice to hear about the Keelback snakes tho' :)

Time: 10th June 2009 12:33pm

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amanda says...
That the distinct band u see around a mature earthworm is actually the egg sac and it works it's way down the body of the worm and when it somes off at the end it contains multiple eggs.

And - if u want to collect mass worms from your farm - put some watermelon in the day b4 - the worm equivalent of champagne and caviar...

Time: 11th June 2009 9:46pm

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Steven says...
Haha funny you say that, i had a small rotting watermelon and i put a few holes in it to break it open slightly, the next day there were at least a thousand worms in it they ate everything in about 2 days.

Time: 12th June 2009 10:13am

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amanda says...
Dekka?? where r u? I have run out of "did u knows"??? Still no word on the nail in the tree philosophy out there?

Time: 17th June 2009 1:39am

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Dekka says...
Hello Amanda,
Re: Nails in trunks. I have heard of Copper nails being used to make the plant very 'sick' and this somehow stimulates it to produce more blossom. If trees could think then I suppose it says to itself, "I had better produce some offspring this season as I doubt I'll make it to another."
My philosophy is to not molly-coddle my plants otherwise they become lazy. I don't use pesticides and leave it to nature. For example, if I have heaps of aphids one year, I do nothing and the next year I find I have almost none because the Ladybird population did better as a result of last years food supply. It eventually balances out.
Whenever I have a walk in the bush I marvel at how so many of the plants are contorted by their own desperate struggle to survive and reproduce... and they do.
To me picture-perfect plants are only slightly more attractive than plastic ones... a bit like some of the fruit you can buy that looks terrific while the flavour is... "eh".

Time: 17th June 2009 8:41am

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amanda says...
I always wondered what happened to my ladybirds after the spring aphid plague... I recently discovered that many hide in the mulch under my trees over winter..all set to go next spring! and boy do they go off! we get plagues of them too - it's the nicest kind of plague i have ever seen :)

Time: 29th June 2009 10:50pm

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Grant says...
The hammering in of an old nail to fix iron deficiency is common practice.
I hadn't heard of the copper nail theory but it makes sense as copper is used as a root barrier to protect things like concrete paths and earthenware pipes etc. Roots will grow around copper but not toward it.It stands to reason then that a small nail could make the tree sick enough to go into blossom (being the tree's way of trying to reproduce before it dies)

Time: 30th June 2009 7:53am

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amanda says...
I didn't know that about copper Grant! So if they iron nail works then the galvanised nail for Zinc should work too? I have alkaline soil so these 2 a problem for me.
I can't help myself - I think I will just have to test this theory.. !

Time: 30th June 2009 8:12pm

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kert says...
iron is generally unavailable to plants unless in chelated form Putting ,say, ferrous sulphate around a plant is ineefective Driving a nail in seems to be in a similar category.

Time: 1st July 2009 1:22pm

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Grant says...
Iron is generally unavailable to a plants "roots" unless in chelated form.Yes, plants can best absorb iron from the soil in its reduced form (Fe+2) or as iron chelate. Arborists often inoculate trees with iron into the trunk or stem. Regular foliar spraying with 2-3% ferrous sulfate solution is one of the most recommended ways to correct iron deficiency. Perhaps the best way to correct iron defficiency is to address the soil conditions.
Poor aeration.
Damage to plant roots by nematodes and other pathogens, which may aggravate iron deficiency.
Strongly acidic conditions (pH lower than 5) or strong alkalinity (pH higher than 8);
High levels of calcium carbonate in the soil;
High levels of bicarbonate in the soil or irrigation water;
High phosphate and nitrate levels;
High levels of manganese, copper and zinc.
Applying iron in any form can be detrimental to a plant if too much is used.Deficiency can be corrected by hammering iron nails into the trunk. Two two-inch iron nails are inserted into the trunk on opposite sides, about 0.5 m from the ground, leaving about 1/4 inch of the nail outside the bark.The reduced iron from the nail will correct the deficiency.


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amanda says...
Thanks Grant. I have actually seen Peter Cundall do the old galvanised nail/tack trick on TV... I'm sure he wouldn't have shown it if it didn't work? I wanted to know if anyone had tried it for themselves. I will give it a go and take b4 n after photos! :)

Time: 1st July 2009 7:53pm

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amanda says...
Hi Grant - just reading a soil science book that confirms the galvanised nail thing too - I was surprised it didn't say about the iron nail as the principle/chemistry would surely be the same?

I guess fertiliser companies wouldn't like us having such simple solutions!! ;)

Time: 7th July 2009 10:10am

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kert says...
Yes Amanda . You grasped the essentials , as usual. Remember the Munsters and Lurch with the bolt through the head? He had iron deficiency anemia .

Time: 7th July 2009 10:26am

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amanda says...
Yea Kert - Fe anaemia leads to low IQ too....

Time: 7th July 2009 10:29am

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Herman Munster says...
lol..

i'm self just medicating with them bolts...

btw, Lurch lives on the next block over with the Addams mob....I'm better looking than that ugly cuss anyway..
how did you get us mixed up?
I'm hurt Kert!

:-9

Time: 7th July 2009 2:04pm

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amanda says...
Oh Kert.. life must be hard after all your hair fell out... try rubbing some iron chelates into your scalp love...

Time: 7th July 2009 9:44pm

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Brendan says...
The JAP pumpkin is named because it was such an ordinary pumpkin, ie, 'Just Another Pumpkin'. True :-)

Time: 3rd August 2009 6:03am

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Anna says...
Good one Brendan.

Time: 3rd August 2009 8:52am

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Karen & Paul says...
that 4 year olds throw a banana when you flick from Hi 5 to Gardening Australia!

Time: 4th August 2009 12:51pm

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amanda says...
He he - yea - then they chatter all the way thru it! Apparently Australia has bred the best eating pumpkin varieties in the world too.

Time: 4th August 2009 4:34pm

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amanda says...
Some will know this (but I didn't!) that coir peat is the only natural fibre resistant to salt.
So it's really good for wicking beds, potting mixes and hydroponics - as it doesn't get degraded by the fertiliser salts and maintains is bulk and function over a much longer time (about 3yrs or more..)

I am attempting to grow strawberries by the method Josh showed on ABC Gardening Aust.
Here is a really interesting link about coir peat:

http://www.progressive-growth.com/article-coco-coir.php

Time: 26th July 2011 9:29am

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John Mc says...
Amanda, the roots of the strawberry plants will fill a 90mm pvc stormwater pipe within one season and block it up. That's OK if you replace the original plants each season with the runners. Better if you can find pvc channel around 150 x 70. I have stacks of it here, it takes a v large vege to block them up.
Oh, and BTW, you don't need to put any medium into the channel whatsoever, just cut some 80mm holes, approx 250mm apart and put the runners directly into the channel, they will support themselves very quickly and it makes for easy removal. Put the channel on a bench around 900mm high with a 50lit container on the higher end with a small 4w fountain pump in it, use a 25mm poly hose to drain back to the 50lit reservoir containing the pump, and away you go. If you're interested, I can take some photos of my setup tomorrow to explain what I mean in detail. A lot more simpler than josh's and is fully automatic, there's no going out three or four times a day to replentish the water to the plants.

Time: 27th July 2011 9:24pm

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J says...
John MC, would this "root" fact be true of alpine strawberries as well?

Time: 28th July 2011 11:03am

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John Mc says...
Don't know J, I've never grown them.

Time: 28th July 2011 4:25pm

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Brendan says...
Chooks drink water and don't pee! :-)

Time: 2nd August 2011 6:57am

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snottiegobble says...
Well. they do but its mixed up with their chookpoo when they dump one! :)

Time: 2nd August 2011 7:17pm

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snottiegobble says...
Birds of the pigeon family drink through their own inbuilt 'straws", which means they dont have to throw their heads back with a beakful like other birds!

Time: 2nd August 2011 7:24pm

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jason says...
Did you know that ugly girls are generally friendlier?

Time: 3rd August 2011 12:11pm

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Jimmy says...
Jason, your abraver man than me.

Time: 3rd August 2011 1:24pm

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Wazza McG says...
I'd be happy to pay $4.00 a worm for some of these babies - they don't have to be full grown like the one shown in the picture.

Contact me if you can supply them ;-)
mcgoldrick at optusnet.com.au

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Time: 3rd August 2011 7:44pm

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amanda says...
"CSIRO is just months away from a possible world first trial in which humans will eat genetically modified wheat..." At present it is being trialled on animals (Organic Gardener)

Curious about the animal trials - given that the genie has been out of the bottle for awhile now...?



Time: 4th August 2011 11:31pm

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snottiegobble says...
Warren, I dont think they survive outside of a very small area in Gippsland otherwise they would have spread more.

Time: 5th August 2011 7:45pm

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Jason says...
More wheat..... just what Australia needs when 40% of the population is harmed by eating it :p

Time: 6th August 2011 4:29am

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Brendan says...
Hi Jason,
Yeah I know some people cannot tolerate wheat & wheat products, but don't forget about the Hunza people.
They used to make and eat 'chapatis', made from whole wheat, and they lived to 140 (so the story goes :-)

http://www.present-truth.org/7-Health-Secrets-Sem/8%20Laws/Queen-Recipes.pdf

Time: 6th August 2011 7:00am

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Jason says...
When are they supposed to have lived to 140 years :P? before or after the introduction of wheat. Only their current post wheat life expectancy is known and it's 50-60 years, seems like wheat knocks 80 years off you then :p lol. Anyway my stance is NO one should eat wheat, It's surely the cause of 80% of all health problems in this country.

It's a really stupid idea to want to grow more of the stuff now that the problems with eating it are just being commonly understood

Time: 6th August 2011 8:28am

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amanda says...
Geez Jason - I seem to know more and more people who are now gluten intolerant - wonder what's going on. It seems like a bugger of a problem to have. I wonder how many Italians are gluten intolerant...

I guess we could talk about these things in much depth - as diet is one of those inexhaustible topics. One of the interesting things that people don't seem to focus on is that we are creatures of protein. The nice thing about protein is that to turn it into fat - it actually burns more calories than it's worth.. :) Biltong is a great snack food, therefore..

I like a lot raw foods (especially veg) but including meat/fish - like beef or tuna carpaccio, sashimi etc ....mmmm! I love it that I can grab a fresh snack while I am working in the garden....it's one of the great joys, of growing, that folk who don't grow, miss out on I reckon..?

I especially love to see my 7yr old embracing munching in the garden too :)

(but I am no bread fan...unless it's something very special like wood oven baked ciabatta or such... ;)

Time: 6th August 2011 10:58pm

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Brendan says...
I watched a show on tv about 4 months ago, a doctor in New York studied 500 people who were over 100 years of age. He was very surprised at what he found.
30% were smokers
30% were overweight
None were vegetarian.

Did anyone else see it?

Time: 7th August 2011 8:30am

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MaryT says...
I only have one grandmother who lived pass 100; she ate mainly fish and chicken and she always maintained that my other grandmother died young (86) because she ate red meat and smoked 50 cigarettes a day.

Time: 7th August 2011 8:44am

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Xiem says...
It makes your chances for a long life look good Mary T.

Time: 7th August 2011 11:05am

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amanda says...
LOL! 86 is good innings hey MaryT? Maybe those people were happy Brendan (some vices can do that! he he)...that, along with strong genes, can go a long way... :)
I wonder how many of them were gardeners in their time...

Time: 7th August 2011 11:37am

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Nick says...
I find gardening lessens the amount of colds I get in the wintertime..

Time: 7th August 2011 11:43am

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amanda says...
I agree Nick - it seems to 'toughen' us up too...only one or two colds a year (and usually in summer!? lol)

Time: 8th August 2011 2:22pm

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snottiegobble says...
Dont forget that gardening is usually a solitary or family pastime which means less contact with others who may carry the cold virus.Those people who work, travel or socialise with many others are far more likely to catch a cold, flu or any other virus bug. Taking vitamin C ,echinacea, mangosteen juice etc doesnt actually stop you catching viruses, but lessen the effects especially when there are biotic bugs waiting in the wings to give you secondary infection.

Time: 8th August 2011 7:53pm

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Pauline says...
I work outside all day in a nursery. In the last three years I have only had one cold. Admittedly, I have never been one to get sick though.

Time: 8th August 2011 9:57pm

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Jason says...
Since most people in the lower latitudes in Australia are deficient in Vitamin D.. Well if you are outside a lot that's probably why you don't get sick as much + just not being near as many sick people.

I never did manage to get on a long haul bus trip without having the flu a few days later. I used to think the Japanese sitting next to me on planes with face masks was a bit rude but now I realise they were just smart :)

Time: 8th August 2011 10:20pm

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Pauline says...
I have only been in oz three years. I am from the uk, where I'm sure I got far less vitamin d.... Funnily enough was hardly ever sick there either. I think personally it is because I am not obsessive about germs. Exposure is good. :-)

Time: 8th August 2011 10:26pm

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amanda says...
Quick pik from the West Australian newspaper.."New research suggests plants make noises and can "hear" some sounds" (Trends in Plant Science) (sic)..young corn plants make regular clicking sounds... (Dr Monica Gagliano)

Makes you wonder about all those "old housewives tales" about talking to your plants and playing them good music to help them thrive hey..? :)

Time: 13th April 2012 10:22pm

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snottiegobble says...
Amanda its all true! The veggie patch & I have a jamb every thursday night!! :-)

Time: 13th April 2012 10:47pm

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Mike says...
Wow this thread is sure an eye opener to me and I never knew that that wheat is bad for you let alone that fat,smoking carnivores live longer.Sugarcane has also enjoyed a huge expansion in recent years.140 year old life spans is hard to swallow and the old nail in the tree.
I too don't have allergies,had a cold or flu in the last decade or visited a doctor in the last 15 years or so.

Time: 14th April 2012 6:25am

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john says...
Oh, what a rib- tickler -plants make noises! Well I never. Is there no end to such jolly japes?.

Time: 14th April 2012 7:18am

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Mike says...
john they do and I have witnessed it myself.Just a couple of weeks ago I had a fruit laden paw paw make a loud 'whump' sound in the middle of the night.

Time: 14th April 2012 8:00am

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VF says...
I agree Mike. The forest surrounding my place is always squeaking and creaking, (when it's windy), te-he-he...

Time: 14th April 2012 8:05am

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MaryT says...
...and we can only make noise from the breaths we take and the air we breath is freshened by our trees. They are not called the lungs of the earth for nothing.

Time: 14th April 2012 8:12am

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VF says...
Re the Giant Earthworms, they also live on Tamborine Mt. This past summer after a particulary wet week, I saw about 5-6 dead one's on the road that were about 1 metre long.

Time: 14th April 2012 8:14am

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amanda says...
Nicely said MaryT :)


Time: 14th April 2012 11:10am

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snottiegobble says...
Since I pulled up the sweetcorn my percussion section is practically non-existent so I am hoping a row of broadbeans will eventually make up the difference. I am sick of having to fill in with the congas! :-)

Time: 14th April 2012 1:09pm

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amanda says...
...Spider webs may be the source/inspiration of the next ant insecticide... :)

(sweet peas SG...can't have a tune without the melody.. :D

Time: 14th April 2012 2:28pm

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snottiegobble says...
There is a really good site that I have just accidently discovered. Its full of bright recycling ideas for the garden & is very informative with its own links!Definately a bookmark to be included.
http://pinterest.com/canadacole/gardening/

Time: 14th April 2012 4:55pm

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MaryT says...
Thanks for the link, SG - I like the photographic 'index'; some good tips too.

Time: 14th April 2012 5:44pm

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Mike says...
I was going to plant trombone zucchinis and bell chillies they might keep me awake at night.The roar vegies cause enough commotion as it is.SG they would help with the wind section of your orchestra.
VF I took a picture a big blue Terriswalkerius terrareginae at Mt Lewis a few years ago and now it is cyber-plankton.They can be whoppers.

Time: 14th April 2012 7:34pm

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VF says...
I had to look up that one Mike - WOW! You're very fortunate to have seen one...

Time: 14th April 2012 9:16pm

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Mike says...
VF the blue worms are fat and the colour looks fake.A big purple/maroon one puts yellow sticky slime on your hands if you pick it up.I bet the big ones in the mountains here are alot like the ones in the mountains there like much of the wildlife.

Time: 14th April 2012 9:49pm

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VF says...
How interesting... I'd have to be on some heavy-duty medication to even dream up the creatures described!

Time: 15th April 2012 5:00pm

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Mike says...
VF the insects look even more fake.The macleays spectres attack my trees, but it is muellers stag beetles and hercules moths that are eye openers.

Time: 15th April 2012 5:27pm

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