Possible backyard purchases.....
Thinking of getting another water-tank....this time a 2100 litre with pump,connected to the laundry and toilet(for flushing,not spin rinsing),can also use the pump for hosing,rather than watering can labour ! Found a spot to tuck it away(as well as anyone can tuck away a mini-behemoth) with downpipe to feed water from the roof....just got to do some final measurements and sell Grumpy on eBay to fund it !
Almost got all the greywater outlets organised to recycle H2O too-each year we pipe another waste pipe(water waste NOT sewerage waste !!!).Not cheap to set up,but saves $ (and watering labour) in the long run.
Also I fell over The Fruit Salad Tree Company which makes sooooo much sense with decreased yard space across suburbia.Thinking of knee-capping a self-seeded leafy-tree-thing for the spot(NFI what it is,apart from a so-so shade tree that drops leaves on my vegies).Right between the Granny Smith and the plum trees,perfect !
Which grafted fruit tree to choose tho?
Sad to say I'd probably be greedy and get a combined stone fruit and should the lemon tree turn up it's toes and pop it's clogs,I'd get a combined citrus graft.Already have a lime and a tangelo,but the more the merrier.Tangelos are extra sweet,a hybrid cross between manderine and grapefruit-YUM.
Up the ladder the other day,cleaning out spouting(usually perform this during a storm when the "oh-poo-the-spouting's-overflowing" realisation hits LOL ) and I found where the Rainbow Lorikeets had deserted us for....a few backyards away there is a magnificent red-flowering gum tree that is literally seething with these parrots ! Might talk Grumpy into holding the ladder again while I attempt to take a pic ...without trying any daring trapeze moves of my own.
Almost got all the greywater outlets organised to recycle H2O too-each year we pipe another waste pipe(water waste NOT sewerage waste !!!).Not cheap to set up,but saves $ (and watering labour) in the long run.
Also I fell over The Fruit Salad Tree Company which makes sooooo much sense with decreased yard space across suburbia.Thinking of knee-capping a self-seeded leafy-tree-thing for the spot(NFI what it is,apart from a so-so shade tree that drops leaves on my vegies).Right between the Granny Smith and the plum trees,perfect !
Which grafted fruit tree to choose tho?
Sad to say I'd probably be greedy and get a combined stone fruit and should the lemon tree turn up it's toes and pop it's clogs,I'd get a combined citrus graft.Already have a lime and a tangelo,but the more the merrier.Tangelos are extra sweet,a hybrid cross between manderine and grapefruit-YUM.
Up the ladder the other day,cleaning out spouting(usually perform this during a storm when the "oh-poo-the-spouting's-overflowing" realisation hits LOL ) and I found where the Rainbow Lorikeets had deserted us for....a few backyards away there is a magnificent red-flowering gum tree that is literally seething with these parrots ! Might talk Grumpy into holding the ladder again while I attempt to take a pic ...without trying any daring trapeze moves of my own.
posted by Bugs at 4:33 pm
4 Comments:
u got a farm or sumthin
Oh Rowie
You are incorrigable
But the idea of all those grafted fuits is rather tantalizing..and some pests will be so bamboozled..hey i taut this waza apple...but itsorta is.
Yeh I agree about storm and Grey water...if you save the earth we'll come and live in your bit..all us bloggers et al
Did ya check my kitty post today..nearly as good as neighbour frm below
Craggles
have you heard about the 'water wall', its a fence that stores water inside
we considered sharing one between tony and us, but he uses his wheelie bins to hold rain water and then deposits his rubbish in everyone elses bins
dino & joe
Loved the pusskins Craggles,they're great !
One day there will probably be a law that all new housing estates install water walls,instead of traditional fencing. Ta Dino & Joe-been eyeballing info on waterwalls,might do some more measurements ;)
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