• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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    11 days ago

    Heading back to melbs today. Happy with how much shit I pulled out of the garden and no injuries (that cold ocean does wonders for inflammation). Will be leaving the chillos to fend for themselves for a week. True leaves getting a bit bigger! Will have to think about next steps soon.

    Which brings us to the monday rrave… Come on chillos stayinit

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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        11 days ago

        I’ve got 6 jalapenos sprouted but they are growing so slowly , I might plant some more seeds as I use lots of them.

        • indisin@aussie.zone
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          11 days ago

          Chillies love heat to grow, and so this time of year in Melbs sucks for them, especially at night because of the weather.

          As I said in a below comment I’m going to have upto 140 plants to give away for free towards mid October. Lots of them are hotter than Jalapenos though, but there are some on the milder side.

          But defo start more yourself, you can never have too many plants, especially ones that you can eat!

        • indisin@aussie.zone
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          11 days ago

          Do you find that anything over wintered doesn’t produce as much fruit, or is it just me being rubbish at managing my N & P balances?

          Also if you want to add some variety, I’ve got 200 cells on the go and only room for 60 plants (built in redundancy) so I should have spares to give away.

          Started late as Ms. Indisin needed us to go to Bali and so they haven’t sprouted yet.

          • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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            11 days ago

            200 damn! Always up for a chilli swap :) Are you putting in ground or pots?

            I’ve found the habs and cayenne don’t produce the same amount or grow back as big. The thais seem like troopers. Overwinter very well, decent heat and have a longer season (although start a bit later).

            • indisin@aussie.zone
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              11 days ago

              I don’t have a car so it would be pick up only and I’m starting from seed and even with 3 seeds per cell, with exotics and unstable varieties you know how that goes… So 200 rapidly becomes 90 and I wanna keep 60. Or 200 becomes 200 and I’m up shit creek and need more friends haha.

              Pots and in true Northcote hipster style - glass jars, which surprisingly work great for smaller varieties. I’ve found that pequins for example thrive in tiny jars or pots and look gorgeous littered around the house. Although… I have had to release ladybirds inside before to deal with aphids lol.

              My Thai ones seem to only produce about 25% the following year so I think I’m going to give up on over wintering unless I try and bonchi again. Everything is from scratch this year as I couldn’t look after them last season, barring one indoors one which refuses to die (some purple exotic and bird eye level heat).

              You doing hot sauce again this year?

  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone
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    11 days ago

    Made a joke to my partner yesterday about racking off for solo week in Japan (well, probably just Tokyo) if I have a week off soon and it’s planted the seed in my mind and now I can’t stop thinking about it. If it was roles reversed, I’d probably encourage him to go.

    • indisin@aussie.zone
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      11 days ago

      Are you accepting shopping lists that will not get through AU border checks?

      Is yes,

      4x Family Mart ham and cucumber sandwiches.

      4x Family Mart egg sandwiches. 100,000x Suntory grape water (I’ve tried contacting Suntory, they apologetically will absolutely not deliver this to AU).

      100x 20 Marlborough red.

      Thanks in advance! And btw there’s genuinely some ¥ hidden in Old Bar which should cover some of it.

      Joking aside, are wanting the solo trip or is it just that your partner can’t take the time off too? What’re you thinking of getting up to whilst over there if you go?

      • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone
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        11 days ago

        Would prefer to go with my partner, but he absolutely cannot have time off. And if I have a week off, I’d like to do something with it. I went to Japan last year with friends and it ended up being mostly a shopping trip, so I’d love the chance to wander around more of the Shrines and gardens and take a bit more time to explore the city. I’d prefer to save new adventures for when I can share them with him, but we’ve both been to Tokyo before.

        Probably also eat my body weight in ramen and egg sandos.

        • indisin@aussie.zone
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          11 days ago

          Absolutely or absolutely? I’ve found that taking a week off unpaid is barely noticable when salaried.

          Tokyo is all new adventures IMO, and you must must must do this light exhibition which is walking distance to the highest bar in the city.

          The gardens near Shinjuku are beautiful if you haven’t been, and there’s a great vegetarian restaurant 3-4mins walk away from the main entrance. The temples in Tokyo I found to be very tourist-y though, the experience is much better away from what you already know to be the hustle and bustle that is Tokyo. Also if you haven’t done it already Electric City is bad… Those very young girls… :(

          I’m waffling so I’ll shut up. Also because you’ve made me crave an egg sando again and want to book flights haha

          • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone
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            11 days ago

            It’s his work’s blackout period - delightfully, with our jobs, our blackout periods are back to back, which means 6 months of not being able to take leave together.

            Keep waffling, I love talking about Tokyo! Yes, I would love to do Borderless! See, I missed out on seeing things like the highest bar, every day we meant to go to the top of the metropolitan building but it just kept getting pushed back. Did manage to do Planets though, that was fun! And I want to go back to an amazing ramen restaurant I found in Ginza.

            • indisin@aussie.zone
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              11 days ago

              Those blackout periods sound inhumane, I mean what if one of your grandparents dies for the 5th time and you need to fly back to the Arctic? Is that not allowed?

              Ramen, GAhhHhh!! When I say spicy, I don’t mean white guy spicy, I mean spicy. Yes, I’ve ordered the spiciest thing on the menu, there’s a reason for that, please don’t give me level ichi because of the colour of my skin and my poor language skills.

              I can’t waffle too much more on Tokyo as to me it felt like Sydney, whereas Kyoto felt like Melbs and a place I could live in. And Kyoto wasn’t even my favourite place on our last trip.

              Any ways, about those sandos… I’ll send you an esky. I may or may not be hiding in the esky for a bonus holiday to Japan :D

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    11 days ago

    I planted the zucchini seeds out in paper cups, 3 in each to thin later. I might get some sugar pumpkins and stakes too.

    I have no clue how well this is going to turn out in the size of pots I have but I really need to be doing something constructive and my brain thinks of that as growing food

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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    11 days ago

    vacuuming done and I did a really good job of it too, all the dusty corners I hadn’t been doing because of a bad back are now done

    fricken cat hair is beyond a joke too

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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    11 days ago

    Just did a home delivery shopping order, it makes me get up and do the chores because I have to 👍

  • Duenan@aussie.zone
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    11 days ago

    Odd time to eat but I did it.

    Made burger and put it on a paper towel and lightly toasted bun kept it all intact.

    Most painful part of all this is the cleaning up.

    Patties are minimum 160g I reckon.

    Here’s the minimalist burger. Essentially double cheese burger with bacon.

    I’m full and stuffed now.

    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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      11 days ago

      I used to watch alot of Man vs Food. That’s where the idea came from. Glad it worked out. Yours looks delicious. You’ve inspired me to have burgers for tea tonight too. 👍

      • Duenan@aussie.zone
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        11 days ago

        Thanks for the tips. It definitely was a better experience eating it.

        I did forgo the hash browns just incase. The Pattie’s had a lot of oil come out of it. I’m sure that more than contributed to yesterday’s destruction.

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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      11 days ago

      Toasting the bread helps hold it together, much like CEO’s frying it suggestion. I build my burgers between alternating layers of dry and wet stuff. Eg If I put pickles, tomato and mayo all together I’ll wind up with a mess, but if I separate them with egg, patty and cheese; it all works out.

      • Duenan@aussie.zone
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        11 days ago

        It definitely made a difference. I was able to squash it down and hold it in my hand intact for the entire time.

        I sadly didn’t have much else to add to it so might look a little plain but boy was it delicious.

    • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
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      11 days ago

      Oh man 😮🤤 I would lay waste to that thing right now! I’m a big fan of eating when you feel like it. I definitely feel like eating that burger!

      • Duenan@aussie.zone
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        11 days ago

        !!! I never even thought of that. I might need a quick trip to the super market tomorrow

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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    11 days ago

    The giant ageratum popped when I was away. Favourite plant not only because it looks nice but it’s the first to wilt if you’re fkn the watering up.

  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone
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    11 days ago

    Time to start thinking about frocking up for the Brownlow tonight. I’m going fancy- clean trackies and jumper respectable enough that I would wear it outside.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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    11 days ago

    quiche is nearly finished baking, simple avo salad has been made.

    And in all the groceries I bought today I chose all the low fat low calorie options. 👍

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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    11 days ago

    Started off my holiday with an evisceratingly bad case of the runs on Sat am and I’m just coming a bit better. Not cool, body - not at my aunties where there’s a billion and one delicious goodies 😭 and I want to go on walks and everything and have energy… have been sleeping for long long hours. I need to just let myself thoroughly rest. Taken a while for my mind to uncoil itself

    My aunt has really slowed down a lot in the last 18 months though, physically and even mentally a bit. It’s a looming reminder that she won’t be around forever. I’ll feel rather lost when that happens.

  • mysticgreg@aussie.zone
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    11 days ago

    Sleepy because straight after getting back to Melbourne last night and with a 5am wake-up this morning, I still stayed up to watch the F1, couldn’t miss Danny’s last race. But oh man seeing his post-race interviews this morning… when even the interviewers are crying 😭

    I agree it’s time for him to step aside, but still not an easy watch for someone who’s been a fan since 2011.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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    11 days ago

    I have another 8 jars of gherkins now to go with the other 8 jars of gherkins. I’ve ran out of room in my pantry so I have to store them in the garage with my other collections like a prepper

  • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
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    11 days ago

    Omg omg omg a RABBIT was in our side yard this morning! It’s obviously someone’s pet, so I’ve had to leave Mr P and Miniest to catch it. When I left for work, something larger than football sized and greyish moved in the undergrowth and scared the bejesus out of me. When I saw what it was I tapped on the window and said, “Miniest! MINIEST! Come out here!” She did and just stared and said, “Oh. My. God!” She came out to look and I threw it some lettuce from out of my bag. She said, “Why do you have random lettuce in your bag?” I told her to go wake her dad and tell him and he flew out there to see it. I can’t really see how something that large entered the yard. Mr P just messaged me “it’s magic, it disappeared.” So that’s my morning visit from a magic rabbit!

    Edit: it’s still there! Hiding under Mr P’s man cave couch.