Just wondering how you Aussies are surviving all the crazy weather being reported over here.? From extreme drought to now extreme rains. What next? Asteroids impacts?
I know here where I am it been raining pretty well non stop except for Sunday. The weather service reported 5 inches. Funny though as the 5 gallon bucket out sitting out in the yard is 3/4 filled. I my lifetime I never seen such crazy weather patterns.
In just so glad the rain is over as my lawn mower collection was getting rain blown all over them even though they are under cover. The lawns and dams will love it though. Reports of rivers breaking their banks and flooded roads abounded on the news.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
Beautifull pure rain and warm sun makes for lawn growth. Some people in Bundaberg are mowing 3 times in 10 days... I mowed front lawn yesterday, and these weed have grown 2 inches 40mm overnight... speedy
........................Keep your blades sharp......................
Good old Australia, it has been doing this as long as white man has been keeping records. I love it when I hear that the Aboriginals "managed the environment" They were nomads in low numbers compared to todays population they lit fires by rubbing 2 sticks together so the thought of them doing cold burns during the cooler months just beggars belief. Funny how some story told becomes fact with nothing to back it up. Sure their camp fire might have got out of control but the didn't "manage" that they walked in the other direction, left the fires to burn till the rains came and put them out, just how it has happened again this year. The big difference now is that our population is expanding into the bush in big numbers ans when a fire gets going it puts large numbers of houses and lives at risk. None of it is rocket science.
If it is anything like things here so or a lot of the blame is the current residents. The fuel load must be taken care of. Here loggers are part of the problem in my area where they leave numerous top tops just laying around. Or you said Norm people moving into areas that wild areas and not cleaning up their property of the fuel load.
People are quick to blame others for their lack of stewardship of the land. Just like they are blaming the electric company in California. Now the electric company gets blamed for cutting off the electricity that causes sparks when limbs are blown into the lines saying they can prevent the fires with better equipment. They just don't understand how hard it is to insulate 100KV lines with something that lasts indefinitely. Going underground is not an option in earthquake country either.
Huge problem here is the Greens, they have such control over the major political parties that they and even down to the local councils have to cow tow to them or the greens have infiltrated into the councils and they are now controlling what the farmers and bush residents are allowed to clean up around their properties. You can't remove that dead tree laying on the ground because some grub or lizard is calling it their home. Pure insanity of the highest order but these minority groups influence so much power
Then those useless buggers use the ensuing fire storm they contributed to as further argument that climate change is responsible. I wouldn't put it past past these thinly disguised commies to have set it up ask along.
They actually have an official policy of zero restriction for immigration. They make me sick.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
They actually have an official policy of zero restriction for immigration. They make me sick.
Better watch it you might just a new neighbor that is a lot uglier than you and you would definitely have sore eyes. I am considering moving. Just can't North as it is too cold and can't go South due to all the drug gangs. West is about the only direction as going East toward Washington is also out.
At my joint it has gone from 50 degrees celcius to floods across the roads in a week. Couple of weeks before that we had a 52 degrees celcius day which knocked off half the stuff in the garden. Having experienced the 2, I think I will take the flooding, especially since I live on a hill haha.
Yes it is nice to live on a hill but my current place is more flat than anything else. With all the rain I have been getting this Winter to look more like a swamp. Only a few areas that is above ankle deep water. The neighbors are suggesting that I start raising crayfish (fresh water shrimp).
What making it worst for is the -7 to 10 C temps where one day it is freezing and the next near 10 C. Currently I have been basically holed up in the house for the last two weeks and beginning to go stir crazy. Got work to do just too dang cold to work out in the drizzling rain.
But it sounds like it was trying steam bake you, Sapper like a lobster at the start of the rains though I would think it has cooled off some by now. Right now it is on the edge of freezing rain tonight here. Sunday was dry and 10 c I was attempt to wear my shorts. It was a heatwave
Hi AVB, I have never understood how people can survive living in those conditions, cost of heating, can't work because it is too cold/wet. Whenever it is on I watch those Ice Road truckers and the recovery shows where they are working in waist deep snow trying to get crashed trucks off the highways because it is the only highway to wherever and traffic is banked back for miles in both directions. Why or how do they do it and do they make good money doing it?
It wasn't so bad when I was younger and when the temp kinda stayed in a small range. So this Winter it only been down to -18 C. Now that I am 60+ the cold, wet, and wind together makes it hard to do anything. Fingers hurts like heck now a days. But I keep the house around 16C as to not get used a warmer temp. Now my mother keep the house around 25 C during the Winter. Now we do have Summer heatwaves with temps over 37 C. Thank goodness that there are shade trees.
Jack I try to be but some of the forums I visit does make blood boil at the stupid answers being given. I just recently self barred myself from one forum as I was just about to tell someone off.
I do hear that fires are about out over there. I feel bad for the people and animals that had to go through it. I don't wish anything like that even on my worst contacts. The recovery will be long and hard on those affected.
Anyways since I last posted I went from 15.5 C at midnight to -5 C by 6am. It only got up to 1.7 C yesterday and then back to -6.5 C this morning. Boy I hate yo-yo weather. At least it going to warm up by Tuesday just in time for rain again. At least I not having to wade or shovel snow like some my Northern friends.
It was 33c here in Bundaberg yesterday. I fixed a mower and mowed the front lawn to test it out........ Blackie had a rest with the fan on full blast.................... speedy
........................Keep your blades sharp......................
My Blackie had two legs and feathers plus he used to crow a lot but has since died of old age of about 7+ yrs. The only rooster ever I had that would sit on eggs giving the hens a break while they when out to forge for food and water.
We don't give chooks enough credit for intelligence. Our neighbour had a Chinese silky rooster who was really tame and would let you pat him. She also had a huge bitch of a female rabbit who had an aggressive temperament and often growled and charged at the chickens. She made the mistake of attempting to put the frighteners on PooLing and he cooly turned his head and gave this giant rabbit one peck one the head as an act of castigating her and the rabbit left him alone after that.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
First pic was on Jan 8 not long after I started using the sprinkler. Second pic taken yesterday after a spate of heavy rains together with regular sprinkling.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
Looking better...but still has a way to go. Might want to check your soil's pH to see it is right for the grass you have. Here we try to stay around a neutral pH of 7.0.
The last place I was at had a starting pH 4.1 so it took some fairly heavy liming in the garden spot. I knew something was when the corn in the first started tasseling at 12 inches. After the Fall application the next Spring the corn made it to over 6 feet. But the lawn took longer as I couldn't apply it as heavily, but after several applications it was up to pH 6 which the grass took off like a weed.
Yes MF, I was talking to the Jims man who mows my lawns last week and we were discussing how green the grass is. I can never recall seeing green lawns this late in February ever. They are usually just brown dustbowls with a few weeds growing in them. Somebody must be going around at night sprinkling dandelion seeds because most lawns have this yellow tinge to them a few days after the grass has been cut. I have not noticed this in years gone bye, maybe I haven't been looking too closely at lawns before.
I'm laughing because last friday I got the Scotts speedy green spreader out of the shed and spread about 8 kg of lawn fertiliser over the lawn (worked out at around 40g per m^2).
Figured it might help a bit after all the heat
Then I spread 5 kg of wetasoil over it and watered it in well.
Before I did that, I scratched the thatch out of the dead spots with the rake
We have been fortunate enough to get a bit of a hammering with rain over the last few days. Not tonnes, but good-ish. Its been a week now, and it is starting to look better
It has been so dry that the weeds on the verge have barely grown
Once winter comes, my fortnightly mowing increases due to the verge. Will be an extra 150 ish sqm + 110 council land that has to be slashed. Lucky I enjoy giving the mowers a workout
Really happy with the end result. It was looking pretty average, and it suddenly has gone mad. Still dead spots, but responding well
This was the mowing team today - the husky is a new find on curbside collection - just needed fuel lines and primer (although rest of collection has been lacklustre).
Mowed the back at height 7, got 1 full catcher off. Mowed the front at 2nd from top (there is some thatch) so as not to shock it. Always looks bad right after mowing, but by monday it will look nice and lush hopefully
Tyler, you should have done maximum height on that one. I managed to scalp a section on the highest setting with my PT thumb latch (the red one I posted with the four blades shown underneath). Should have used they slightly higher SupaSwift or my Corvette high arch.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
