I for one would love to know what your climate is like there and if you can grow things there that you couldn't in Britain??
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DahlisMarie
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Hi Mags
I for one would love to know what your climate is like there and if you can grow things there that you couldn't in Britain??
I for one would love to know what your climate is like there and if you can grow things there that you couldn't in Britain??
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DahlisMarie, a very warm welcome, this is rather exciting having someone from Australia on here.
I see you have met most of the regulars on here already, and they are quite right, we are a friendly old lot.
It should be interesting answering your summer problems when it's our winter.
Do you get any problems with kangaroo's
we have got a real problem with them at the moment.
Don't believe everything Lizzie say's.
Kind regards Old Herbaceous.
Theres no fool like an old fool.
I see you have met most of the regulars on here already, and they are quite right, we are a friendly old lot.
It should be interesting answering your summer problems when it's our winter.
Do you get any problems with kangaroo's
we have got a real problem with them at the moment.
Don't believe everything Lizzie say's.
Kind regards Old Herbaceous.
Theres no fool like an old fool.
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Jenny Green
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I used to live near Whipsnade - yes, there are wallabies roaming the hills of Bedfordshire!
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DahlisMarie
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Good morning from here and thank you for the early a.m laugh 
Actually we do have a problem with kangaroos and wallabies if we don't shut the top gate. They come in and scratch around the driveway. They are often standing around in little groups on the roadway or sprawling in the grass in the paddocks.
Our biggest problem though is with wombats. Cute but like single-minded little bulldozers, I wage a constant psychological battle with them, as to where they can dig burrows and which fences they can pull up. All points go to the wombats though at this stage.
The wombat babies from last season are now out and about on their own. Little piles of baby wombat poo everywhere. For anyone with an inclination to interest in this matter, wombat poo is slightly square.
Actually we do have a problem with kangaroos and wallabies if we don't shut the top gate. They come in and scratch around the driveway. They are often standing around in little groups on the roadway or sprawling in the grass in the paddocks.
Our biggest problem though is with wombats. Cute but like single-minded little bulldozers, I wage a constant psychological battle with them, as to where they can dig burrows and which fences they can pull up. All points go to the wombats though at this stage.
The wombat babies from last season are now out and about on their own. Little piles of baby wombat poo everywhere. For anyone with an inclination to interest in this matter, wombat poo is slightly square.
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Jenny Green
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You really do have kangaroos loose in your top paddock!
As to square wombat poo, well, the mind just boggles.
As to square wombat poo, well, the mind just boggles.
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DahlisMarie
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[quote="Jenny Green"]You really do have kangaroos loose in your top paddock!
Got Me with that one!! Fancy you knowing that saying, over there 
I do love seeing them around, some have joeys in pouch at present.
Yes, it sure beats me, how anything can poo with square edges. I flinch at the thought
Got Me with that one!! Fancy you knowing that saying, over there
I do love seeing them around, some have joeys in pouch at present.
Yes, it sure beats me, how anything can poo with square edges. I flinch at the thought
omg square pooh! cool
on the subject of that did you all know that elephant pooh floats! yes, its true!
do you have room for holiday makers i could do with a break!
oh you are daft!but we love you
on the subject of that did you all know that elephant pooh floats! yes, its true!
do you have room for holiday makers i could do with a break!
oh you are daft!but we love you
"Happiness is the sense that one matters"
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DahlisMarie
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Hi Old Weed
A rock melon is a marvellous thing They are related to the honeydew, watermelon, squash etc.
They are roundish and the flesh is sweet, juicy, orange-coloured and a lovely smell.
Superb with ice-ream or cream. I love slices with prawns and rock melon is often used as a palette refresher after meals or inbetween courses as a sorbet.
They like very warm & dry climate so to try and grow them here I will have to time it right for planting for the hotter months.
I think they are also called a cantaloupe.
A rock melon is a marvellous thing
They are related to the honeydew, watermelon, squash etc.
They are roundish and the flesh is sweet, juicy, orange-coloured and a lovely smell.
Superb with ice-ream or cream. I love slices with prawns and rock melon is often used as a palette refresher after meals or inbetween courses as a sorbet.
They like very warm & dry climate so to try and grow them here I will have to time it right for planting for the hotter months.
I think they are also called a cantaloupe.