I ate a few rice crackers and my mouth started burning… ? Alrighty then.
Those little pumpkins look especially adorbs and will be fast too. You have to show us pictures when they are ready. 🎃
I hope they go ok… pumpkins are apparently prone to mildew and attract pests. And I’m worried the pots are too small.
I was going to get Small Sugar pumpkins because they’re sweet and good for pies but checked the size of the fruit and it’s lucky that I did. Those are smaller than standard but 18cm/2kg would be a bit heavy for vertical growing.
I picked the Jack Be Little variety that seemed like they’d grow to the size of my fist and will support them with cut off stockings if I have to.
I considered the tiniest ones, Baby Boo, but they look very ornamental. Their description said they were edible but didn’t say they were good eating.
I grew the baby boo pumpkins last year. They were ok to eat, but a bit incipid. They made a decent individual stuffed pumpkin as long as you were relying on the filling for flavour and the pumpkin was mostly presentation.
I want these for purée. Melbcat is partial to pumpkin
There definitely would not have been much to puree, there was not much flesh on them.
Yeah. That’s a good thing in one way as you could just slice one or two in half and bake/microwave for a little bit of fresh pumpkin. But I wanted something that would taste nice
It’s apparently going to be a heatwave for the next three days so I might post some cool drink recipes in Food Australia
I is here for this.
Ditto!
Unfortunately I killed all of my fresh mint :( imo mint is the summer/warm weather flavour? spice? Not sure)… Drink additive, I suppose
Although I’m super fond of ginger beer/ale on a hot day too
I saw that. I don’t think we’ll be going to the school fete Friday afternoon
Orange juice iceblocks so yummy. Especially if you get extra pulpy
Freezing a prima, cutting the lid off, and eating it with a spoon is my thing
my childhood sunnyboy
Sunnyboy ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
I loved them 🥹
Oh damn. I forgot to do the self watering water containers for the zucchinis.
Guess I’m poking those holes now. I might use the mini bottles because standard ones would take up too much room in the pots.
Edit: Nah I’ll just pull them in. It’ll give me time to sort all that out
Thank you melba for making the thread! I was playing Stardew Valley and got very immersed in the game.
a toast to melba 😘
ooh, melba toast, I haven’t had that in ages!
Hehe, I’ve actually only just got off Tropico lol. Got super engrossed
No probs! The stars finally aligned for me to chip in
Meh, morning. I have been royally itchy AF these past couple of days. Now right eye feels a bit swollen/tender.
Allergies. The gift that keeps on giving. 😑
Hiya
Haiiiiiiii!!!
I’m considering the logistics of a city bike more again. I was thinking of buying a cheap old bike off marketplace to ride between the station and work, but I couldn’t figure out where to keep it locked up most of the week. I might be able to do it now if I can figure out that city spot now
A word from an experienced bike commuter. Get your city end parking sorted first if taking the bike all the way. Most stations have bike cages now - these are easy and cheap and most have cctv and are somewhat protected from the weather, but not from fellow bike cage users. Battery theft (for ebikes) is becoming a real problem from bike cages so plan on removing the battery and taking it with you should you use this facility. Some bike cages have basic bike repair tools available nearby (inner city).
I put my good bike in the bike cage near home. I’m thinking of a cheap bike that can be locked up near jolimont most of the week I could ride to and from the office and the station. There’s good parking at the office, I just need station parking
Dunno where you’d park it. Given the proximity to the MCG, just chaining it to a fence isn’t going to cut it with the council not to mention all the passers by. You might have better luck around West Richmond station. Even though the station is a pain to use with a bike due to the severe curve.
There could be bike loops near the station for the grounds. It’s an easy ride in from North Richmond station as well, the ride along Albert Street is probably one of the safest you can do. But that area is a bit dodgy, even for an old bike
There are loops, but I for one would not use them for overnight storage. Agree that all that area is dodgy. The Epworth Hospital might be a better bet in that area - good cctv at least but there a lot of crazy drivers in a hurry and hunting a parking spot. And you see some really creative parking too. I’m talking about the Erin St entrance, not the Bridge Road one. Getting off Wellington Parade is a good idea - there are parking spots in East Melbourne side streets and it’s a nicer area. Most of the inhabitants are not bike people so some tact in where you park your bike would be required.
There are days, as a tertiary-qualified 26-year-veteran of the IT industry, where I absolutely despise not just computers but anything that runs on electricity.
Today is one of those days.
If anyone needs me, I’ll be in my shack in the woods far away from any and all technology, screaming.
Then we will communicate by carrier pigeon. Written with a quill pen - not from the pigeon cos then it couldn’t fly with no feathers. 🐥🐦🦆🦉🐓🦃🦅🦜🦚📝
Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Delivered by carrier pigeon of course.
I will add you to the scheduled flight path. 🐦🐦📝🐦🐦⏰📪
Please note that the pigeon may not be eaten for dinner. Even though squab as a meat is freakin’ delicious - particularly when baked in clay in your campfire.
May I suggest spoon carving?
I’m whittling a cricket bat as we speak… for, um, purposes.
No doubt for hittin’ sixes and pickin up b…wait a minute.
I understand to a degree
I see this as similar to the cybersecurity workers not using tech (like, Alexa/Siri, cameras with net access, social media, etc), they know how easy it is for it all to go bad lol
Oh I’m definitely in that camp, very late adopter to some stuff once it’s had time to mature, and my IoT crap at home is all isolated from the parts of the network that I care about.
I don’t even use wireless headphones because I much prefer a cable, it just works every single time without any charging/pairing/dropout/quality hassle.
I’m old :\
Nah, I’m 32 and I prefer wired over wireless. Wired headphones, speakers, mouse, charging cords, etc. I hate the idea of airpods because I know I’ll lose one, and I’m suss about Bluetooth tech. I dislike the possibility of Bluetooth headphones failing and everyone hearing whatever I’m playing, and I dislike Bluetooth because everyone can see you. I hate this wireless shit so much.
Glad to know I’m not the only one!
Working and dealing with people…BOOOOOOOOO!
People are the wooooorst!
Especially today for some reason.
I don’t feel like dealing with anyone today as well but everyone’s cheerful today for some reason and more outgoing than normal.
God damn it. Cheerful people trying to brighten up my day, can go to hell.
Let me hate!!!
Let us both hate!
Meeting with executive leadership later this morning to talk about why a client has sought a 3rd party project provider.
Hoo fucking Ray lol
“well, you see, sir, our client is a dumb mofo”
I hope it goes okay!!
Lol!
Basically, yes. Absolutely clueless and yet incredibly demanding.
Should be interesting. Hopefully they don’t scapegoat me 🤞🏾
Argh! I’m not awake is not an excuse for peeing on the floor, yet again. Bloody sit down.
Sitting down to pee is totally a thing.
Oh man, even my 5yo son can get this right, even when half asleep. I hope you’re not the one cleaning it up!!!
Depends when I find it. I’m not leaving it sit if he’s already left the building.
You’re joking right 😭😂
Like, even when my partner was drunk, he’d wipe it up after 😬
Boyo needs some discipline lol
I’m afraid not. That isn’t a Formal option anymore. I suppose I could ask he remove the metalwork.
Or go outside
There were cats being territorial in my yard last night so I sent security out there twice to break up the biffin’ or the rootin’ whatever. He tears out the house rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
I’m being very unproductive at work today.
Apart from feeling under the weather got hooked playing the Google moon phase game for awhile.
Far out…
… brussel sprout?
Coffee coffee coffee
I for one agree with you.
Infact I’m going to get another one soon
