I'm not saying Thunder the Labrador pup is spoilt, but no-one gets an umbrella for me if I want to pee on the back yard grass in the rain. Had almost 200mm yesterday.
I'm not saying Thunder the Labrador pup is spoilt, but no-one gets an umbrella for me if I want to pee on the back yard grass in the rain. Had almost 200mm yesterday.
The greening is well on the way!!
Looking really good now, especially that grass. I think we might well be using something similar.
We have it all to come, first of all need to clear the overgrowth but already PJ has a lot of plans for what is going where...!!
Your landscaping is looking great, are you for hire? It's something I can do but not my favorite job, I prefer working with power tools.
French doors plus balconies = very satisfying.
Had an old house in North Queensland many moons ago that was most convenient.
I'm not cheap dennis. I have to stare at a job for hours, days, weeks even to decide what to do, and how. But the good news is I recon I get it right a bit more than 50% of the time. On a more serious note I'm sixty now and carrying weight, there were times during the hot season I wondered why we were doing so much of the work ourselves. Ended many days utterly exhausted. The answer was simple though, we wanted to personally accomplish something. Don't think the Thai wife in her wildest dreams would ever have thought she has experienced and now knows how to plant a concrete fence line, string barbed wire, string steel mesh, make concrete from scratch, build a retaining wall, dig and install 140 meters of french drain and lay concrete blocks to form garden beds. Regards, -BiP
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Yes indeed.
But if one had salvage timber for framing and boards for flooring and wall lining, plus sash windows and suitable doors it could be done.
They’re very simple structures.
But local builders would want some concrete posts and bearers somewhere ...
If they’re designed and built and maintained and inspected properly they can be termite proof.
Advice Needed on Santol Fruit Tree
So maybe ten days ago (before the big wet) this young Santol fruit tree was a picture of happiness. Then yesterday I saw this. It looks dead from a few meters away but all of the leaves including the brown coloured leaves are still subtle to the touch. The only abnormalities I can see are the nodules shown on the last photo. Anyone know if this thing is 'going to God', or having a turn it will recover from, or this is normal?
A couple of firsts here in Pua.
The first lime the wife has grown.
And the first passionfruit. We've got a ton of flowers in the passionfruit vines although at the moment seems to only be the Thai sourced plants. The vines from the seeds of some passionfruits from Australia are not yet flowering. But all of these plants are only 7-8 months old and planted for 6-7 months, so plenty of time ahead of them.
...how do you keep the pests off? I mean insects not in-laws...
The Thai passionfruit vines are loaded with green fruit. The Australian sourced plants while just as vigorous as the Thai doesn't look to be flowering/fruiting yet. Noticed one passionfruit had started to decrease in size and go wrinkly. It is still green. I've a vague recollection that in Australia a passionfruit would be turning purple about the same time as going wrinkly. Looking for good advice on how to tell when a passionfruit should be picked.
Thunder the chocolate Labrador is almost 5 months old now...150 days tomorrow. Now a big boy and still plenty of growing to do before he fits his paws. Very intelligent, very trainable but still a bit of an adolescent when it comes to garden and pot plant indiscretions. We took him for his first ever swim today at Sila Phet waterfall. Cool and clean water. This stream comes out of the Doi Phu Kha National Park and even when high the water stays pretty clear. He loved it, plus riding in the tray of the Hilux.
Took the wife and Lab pup out to Tad Luang Waterfall this morning. A valuable life lesson, make sure the collar is on correctly. Was taking the pup across 70cm of clear but fast moving water when he slipped out of the collar. I dived over a rock and sort of belly flopped into the white water and managed to get to him. Between the wife and I we got him back to the bank and a few minutes later he was swimming in a safer pool. Me, I'm at home nursing what I think are either badly bruised or cracked ribs. The wife took this shot before realizing I was needing some help. A panicky 20+ kg dog without a collar is not something you want to be holding on the edge of a drop while sitting on slippery rocks in fast moving water.
Great friggin thread, BiP!
How are your ribs? Cracked/broken ribs suck to high heaven.
Agreed. Mine are cracked I think CSFFan. I've had broken about 13 years ago falling across a catamaran railing as I went down from losing my footing and it came up on a swell and I don't have the same sharp pain this time. But bloody painful and a little restricted in breathing when lying down, and can only lie down on my back. I had no idea I damaged anything until an hour later when we got home.
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