Good morning everyone. Still cold here but no more rain as yet. We are forecast to have a warm and humid weekend later.
I have found the weeds are growing so quickly again., Usually by now they are all drying off but as the old ones dry off and seed there is a fresh lot coming up. Along the roadsides the grass is very long and thick. Some councils wont allow farmers to graze the verges any more or even cut the grass for hay. Greenies gone mad. It looks so untidy , not to mention being a fire hazard. Also as the trees get trimmed or branches fall, they are just pushed into the scrub. Habitat, they say. Hmmmm. What will live there after a fire has has had its way with all that fuel ?
Native grasses must be saved they say. Trucks , cars etc will always be dropping off seeds as they travel through so whats the use of banning cattle feeding when they are actually helping to control both grass growth and fire hazards ?
Thats my soapbox speech for the day.
Hello Louise. Hanks ring sounds really nice. Good to see him getting recognition for the hard work he put in on the book.
Pat those gorgeous girls for me.
Hello Dianne, thank you for the seeds. I will plant them carefully. Not many things go triffid here. Its too darn cold for most of the year. I don't mind triffids in some places as they cover a lot of bare ground. I showed hubby the other day, where I throw all my plant rubbish , lots of things coming up. Even along the path outside where I walk with any bits to toss , seeds have dropped and there is honesty and valerian everywhere. Looks pretty anyway. Easy to pull out if not wanted.
I have lots of geranium bits coming up from the scraps too. The rubbish piles look pretty . I always toss all plant clippings around the plants or along the back where they rot down nicely into the soil.
Hello Anthony, liliums everywhere now. I must move some of the other colors around . The dull days are certainly brightened when they flower.
Elaine, I have seen those fungi too. I wouldn't eat any of them. I even have my doubts about the fungi sold in shops. They don't look too good to me but must be tasty.
Chrissy, I hope you can get help with the feral cats. I am soft with animals but have no sympathy for any feral animals.
We have a "cat lady" person in the area who is a real pain. She is an educated woman and should know better but she collects cats. Not as a breeder but as a hoarder. She goes to the tips and catches feral cats in cages plus any other stray cats she can find. She was reported so many times but the shire seemed to not care and nothing was done. She usually has some poor soul with a pension living with her and uses their money to buy cat food. She was shown on TV a few years ago , portrayed as a good person trying to look after cats. We had seen the house and the poor diseased cats. Some fool felt sorry for her and gave her a house on a farm.
The same thing went on there . There was a mountain of rubbish bags outside the house and eventually the old fellow living with her was taken a way to better care. A few weeks ago there was a fire reported which turned out to be her place.
The firemen were overcome by the smell and filth when trying to do their job. Not much of a fire but it happened twice in a few days so the fire officer in charge went to see. The place was so bad with sick cats, many dogs, even snakes in cages, that noone would venture in any more. The shire finally had to do something and ordered her out. Welfare officers found she had a poor young retarded fellow living there that the firemen never saw. He was locked in a room unable to move with ulcerated legs. He could have burnt to death if the fire had been larger.
There is only one way to deal with feral cats etc. hard as it may be, put them down.
Sorry to ruin your breakfast , but these are the realities of life that the city do gooders never see.
Back to gardens, they are definitely nicer.
Hello to everyone else . I am off out to photograph the latest epi.
Have a great day and go pat your pets and tell them they are loved.
Happy gardening and try some of this yummy Coconut Cake.
Jean.
