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by roundthebend
Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:26 am
Forum: Livestock
Topic: First cockeral in the freezer
Replies: 15
Views: 5771

Yep, the only place for an aggressive rooster ..............is in the pot :lol: If you freeze the bird, the kids forget where it came from by the time they eat it :wink:
by roundthebend
Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:36 am
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Whats up with bananas recently?!
Replies: 6
Views: 2548

Sounds like handling and transport damage.............doesn't show up on the banana untill it starts to ripen.
by roundthebend
Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:21 am
Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
Topic: Hello from oz
Replies: 13
Views: 5202

Hello Bridgette, I don't know the botanical names of the weeds we are trying to control..........only what the locals call them, 1-sickle pod, a chest high woody weed with yellow flowers, followed by sickle shaped pods...........very prolific! 2-the locals call the second one "piss weed"(s...
by roundthebend
Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:09 am
Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
Topic: What have you got planted?
Replies: 46
Views: 19210

It's the dry season her in the wet tropics of oz, and our main growing time for veg, so at the moment on the menu :mrgreen: new potatoes sweet corn shallots tropic tomatoes+red and yellow cherry scallopini,green and yellow zucchini(courgets?)+jap pumpkin silverbeet beetroot radish french beans,snake...
by roundthebend
Tue Jul 03, 2007 7:23 am
Forum: Bring back the Goodlife - and other Television and Radio related things
Topic: Top 5 favourite programmes of all time
Replies: 49
Views: 28546

most documentories
house
my hero,are you being served,faulty towers,robins nest ect, most english comedy :cheers:
landline
gardening australia
No doubt i'll think of more.............at 3am :lol:
by roundthebend
Tue Jul 03, 2007 7:00 am
Forum: Livestock
Topic: Does anyone keep Guinea Fowl?
Replies: 10
Views: 3984

Guinea fowl eggs are divine, milder in taste than chicken eggs and if you get lilac or silver lines there skin is mainly white when dressed out, much drier flesh than chicken.......more like pheasant. They take a good six months to mature, are nervouse and flighty and insanely noisy, so if you get o...
by roundthebend
Tue Jul 03, 2007 6:51 am
Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Topic: a toilet waste question
Replies: 31
Views: 15632

Must do the same thing in japan.................japanese guests at the b&b i used to own, used to wipe and bin too :shock:
by roundthebend
Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:51 am
Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
Topic: Hello from oz
Replies: 13
Views: 5202

Thanks everyone for the welcome, Red...........that link just showed me how to get confused, any simpler way :? Wombat..............feeling right at home :wink: Cornelian...........love your cats, you've taken on a big job there, did something similar, massize old queenslander in charters towers cal...
by roundthebend
Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:08 pm
Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
Topic: Hello from oz
Replies: 13
Views: 5202

Also :lol: .................how do i add photos to text in this site?[/img]
by roundthebend
Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:00 pm
Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
Topic: Hello from oz
Replies: 13
Views: 5202

Hello from oz

Still trying to navigate my way around the site, hope i got the right spot for an intro. :oops: I'm in the wet tropics of north queensland australia, growing tropical fruits and small crops with hubby, himself is still commuting from the mines out west, so most of the day to day farm work falls on y...