Simo's Block

earthbound · **Posted:** Tue Mar 08, 2011 5:40 pm

hahahahah.....

Bugger, made a mess of your peanuts.

Simo · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:31 am

Historic moment last week, finally got around to using Burnsy's sombrero, originally intended for the aquaponics it is now a frog pond near my vegie patch to attract insect eating critters to the area. Eventually it will become a duckponics pond as inspired by TCLynx with a separate pond for the frogs that is protected from the ducks.

Simo · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:35 am

The pond is for these guys

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and to hopefully stop this fella from depositing frog scat in my rainwater tank :yuck:

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gnash · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:57 am

Great idea with the pond....frog shit in the drinking water just isn't applealing :wink:

Simo · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:53 pm

I've got some small patches of what appears to be grey and yellow fungus growing on my pasture, see pictures, any one see this before?

Burnsy · **Posted:** Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:04 pm

Yeah we get it home and school on some aeas of pea straw mulch. Only seems to be in patches and does not seem to do anything bad, I just figure ir is helping to break down the straw.

Simo · **Posted:** Wed Aug 03, 2011 1:57 pm

Good to know, I figured it was from composting meadow hay from last season, I rested this paddock last year by not grazing as heavily and as a result a lot of last years pasture is just composting into the soil where in previous years it would have been processed into hay bales or horse poo.

haznoshadow · **Posted:** Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:49 am

Living the DREAM .... Simo. I cant wait to find some space to play over here in northern NSW. Do you have any trouble with snakes? with all those tasty green morsels hopping around your water tanks mate. Great looking dog you have there, i bet he is living the good life.

Simo · **Posted:** Fri Aug 05, 2011 12:15 pm

Never seen a snake on my property yet, my place is mostly pasture so there is little place for them to hide form the Kites constantly circling overhead and I assume they avoid the place or the birds keep th number down. I am sure thay come and go as they please but snaks generally head in tghe other dircetion when they feel a human approaching.

I would love to get some land in northern NSW, a mate has a few hundred acres near Nightcap national park, good soil good rainfall and absolutey stunning vistas.

This is what happens when the minister for war lets the dogs inside to be near the fire on a cold night.

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He is thinking " I'll put up with what ever you want as long as you let me stay in the human house all night"

earthbound · **Posted:** Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:50 pm

We had lots of mould like that on the straw around here too Simo, so yeah, sounds like something that might be from the old stubble..

gnash · **Posted:** Sat Aug 27, 2011 2:07 pm

Your dog is just plain cool simo

Simo · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2011 3:23 pm

gnash wrote:

Your dog is just plain cool simo

Rocking his new brown collar :rock:

Might not be his colour exactly but who's gunna tell him :bat:

Simo · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2011 3:30 pm

I built a chicken tractor to stop the chooks destroying the house garden plants, works well but I would beef up the suspension next time as uneven suraces can be a bit of a challenge

Simo · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2011 3:36 pm

After last years rotton spud disaster I am having another go at potatoes, I didn't have enough dirt in the inground wicking beds yet so I dug some trenches to aid drainage and mounded up the dirt to plant the spuds in. Left is Deleware and right is Ruby Lou. Rotting hat bales to the side is to cover once they start to grow.

earthbound · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2011 10:24 pm

Your soil up there looks pretty good, not just pure sand like we have down here on the flats..

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