Today’s weather forecast(Melbourne CBD, 3000): min - 14°C, max - 31°C. 95% chance of no rain
Still so warm in the hotbox bedroom. I had plans of leaving at like 7 am tomorrow but it’s not happening I think. The beauty of driving is I can push it back. It’ll be hot regardless… Leaving at 8:30 won’t be that much worse on Boxing Day, surely, especially when most people will probably be staying indoors
Had planned on watching the last episode of Shrinking but CBF now, I’ll watch it when I get back. It turned so soapy I kind of hate it now.
I did finish the first series of Northern Irish cop show Blue Lights yesterday though and that was really entertaining. Looking forward to s2.
Not sure where you’re going but the Boxing Day match at the MCG is sold out for tomorrow with the expectation of 90k+ people.
I’d avoid that area like the plague tomorrow if you leave later.
Going to be a low of 23 tonight. Hope you’re able to get some relief somehow with it being so warm tonight.
28.7° checking in!
My aunt made bons bons with mini alcohol bottles, chocolate and mini block Christmas themed Lego. She also wrote the jokes and trivia questions herself. Was cool!
She couldn’t tell me why slugs have four noses though.
A late merry Christmas to all. Hope it was pleasant whatever your activities were. I ate lots of food, stayed out of some arguments, patted a dog, and am now in bed.
hey everyone, I hope you have all been having a good day 😊
I came home and found Ted hadn’t eaten Bill so that was good. 😇
Ted was sneaking some cooking utensils so it might have been a near thing…
Came down with food poisoning or gastro or something, so didn’t see the fam today. Will do that on the 27th. Spent the morning drinking water, and then when my bowels were thoroughly cleaned out, I went for a walk with my partner.
We did end up getting Macca’s because I wanted a coffee frappe, which was worth it lol.
The cat is very very happy were home, he’s been very playful and snuggly.
All in all, rather chill. And nothing wrong with that ^other than the overwhelming hatred I have for myself for being a disappointment to my family and my dad^ but that’s Christmas time for me anyway 🤦🏼♀️
gees, I hope you feel much better real soon.
Glad you’re feeling better, but please don’t feel bad about not seeing family. If you’re sick, you’re sick, and it’s much better staying home than sharing the germs around
Damn. Another case of food poisoning here.
Hope you’ll be feeling way better soon!
Glad you’ll be able to see family in a couple of days instead.
Every year my mum has different salt & pepper shakers on the table. This year they were Melbourne themed:
Ps. Forgot to ask her about them. Probably older than me.
It seems I’ve been too ambitious… 5 of the 6 golden nugget pumpkin seedlings sprouted then have grown super fast and the 20 gallon grow bags were ordered too late.
spoiler
(Plus to fill all 5 would take like fifteen or sixteen 25l bags of potting mix. To fill two containers would be a little over six which is more doable but I wanted four plants.)
That’s a lot of money and a lot of labour shoveling it in. (Especially with 4 of the jack be little just sown. They might survive in the last four remaining 30cm pots though and are more stakeable.)
Would it be super bad to just scratch out holes in the grass and plant the golden nuggets in ground? I haven’t had the soil tested for toxic metals yet because I have not been able to get to the post office, and am weird about the thought of the soil tainting the fruit.
It might not be tooo bad… Apparently fruiting stuff is lower risk.
While I haven’t had mine tested specifically yet, from the research gate map from 2018 my spot looks low for lead contamination. There has also been exposure to cat poop and a buried pet bird but that was about 4/5 years ago.
Just feels weird. With their size I’m going to have to decide soon but don’t want to accidentally give anyone gross produce. And Melbcat might be having some purée too.
Unless the soil was previously a rubbish tip, a chemical factory, or owned by weirdo who liked to water their garden with leaded petrol, the amount of lead in the soil is likely to be minuscule. (And other heavy metals too. It would just whatever the background level is, which is fine for food, all soils our farmed food is grown in have naturally present trace metals to various degrees). But if it’s not in your comfort zone, then that’s ok! Just grow the pumpkins for ornamental value, or learning a new skill, or still life subjects for your art, or providing flowers for pollinators, and eventually compost for the garden to keep the worms happy and soil healthy. The goal doesn’t have to be food production, it’s still enjoyable to watch things grow.
Thanks, my goal is mainly food production though :(
I started doing this to give veg to a friend and their family and hope to expand to give some to a community pantry
Edit: I just used the last of my potting mix to plant them out into some soy milk boxes with holes in the bottom. That should buy me some time to decide. There’s not much width but is space for roots to grow down.
You could put a barrier under each developing fruit to protect them from the soil - a plastic lid or a plank or a brick or something would work. Not cardboard - gets too soggy when wet.
That works. But with the soil the fruit will be ok to give away?
Probably yes. If you have bad soil, then root vegetables are the ones at highest risk. Leafy veg and fruits (like pumpkins) are a LOT lower risk. Also, anything that needs peeling is very low risk indeed. And pumpkins are usually peeled/skinned before cooking/eating as the skin turns into fingernail parings when cooked. So even for those who don’t know how the pumpkins were grown would not need to worry.
Lamb in the airfryer, coleslaw all ready for eating and garlic dip about to be opened!
Fantastisch!!! 🤤🤤 Sounds so gooood
Oh it was soooo good.
That aldi garlic is potent!
Back home after train delays. Kind of glad I went for the lazy option driving to and fro the CBD, much less lugging around heavy dishes in the heat and thanks to the wonderful city trees my car stayed nice and cool all day. Barely any traffic, zero stress. The first song that came on when I was about to enter the city was Bill Withers’ Lovely Day. I can never get the full “daaaaaaaaaaaaay”… But it was great vibes.
Lunch was alright and I’m glad I left when I did. So many loud obnoxious kids on the ride home. Right. Just need to push myself to get the pots and crap out of the car, vacuum the house, pack… and disengage. C’mon me, one last push. We are almost done with being in GO mode
Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lov-ley day!
a lovely daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (gasp) aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
Good lunch.
Didn’t get to pat a horse but had a good tug of war with one of the doggos ‘clyde’ sort of a collie cross. I was very impressed by his enthusiasm. Clyde didn’t realise that I’m not one to let go of the stick. He did well but I won.
What’s a Christmas gathering without a display of dominance? 🤣
what on Earth can you mean? 😉
I got my nephew a remote controlled fart machine. He keeps sneaking it under adult seats and setting it off, the grown ups are being good sports and playing along. The kids are in fits of giggles. It’s a happy game that I think the kids will remember throughout their childhoods. It’s very wholesome. ❤️
Kids make Christmas fun. Our second outing for the long day has been lightened by a remote control centipede attacking peoples feet.
Yeah now i need a nap but I’m being good and going to the gym first because I’m a fucking masochist (I promised myself i would go this morning and I didn’t)
Edit: Fed the extended cat family, ordered a kebab and time for a nap.
This year’s gift. Just what I needed.
I’m not sure if I want to give it a biscuit or yeet it out the window
I think I’d go with the yeeting plan.
My 2nd favourite Evil Apples card is drop kicking a Furby
We’ve got one that makes fart noises (motion detect). It’s in my son’s wardrobe and occasionally I forget about it lol.
🤣
Fuck that was a lot of food
I am more ham then human.
Yes. I’m discombobulated
Mr Woof’s not going to be happy, it’s not looking like it will be cool enough for a walk this evening. And obviously it will be too hot tomorrow too.
