The totally off-topic thread

[drron]

I think I remember this fellow-

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[JessicaTam]

I don't think I have ever seen a carrot peeler, plenty of general veggie/fruit peelers

Peeler for me, mostly a knife for my wife.

I had to read the last sentence twice!

 

[love_the_life]

I had a giant lot of basil stolen from a pot on my back deck, despite the presence of two dogs. They uprooted the lot

Must have been making pesto for a crowd

 

[Steady]

I had a giant lot of basil stolen from a pot on my back deck, despite the presence of two dogs. They uprooted the lot

Must have been making pesto for a crowd

Or your dogs have taken a liking to basil.... :shock:

 

[Denali]

I had a giant lot of basil stolen from a pot on my back deck, despite the presence of two dogs. They uprooted the lot

Ive been in my garage and I hear the rustling of plastic bag, I look up the driveway and there is someone leaning over the front brick wall, helping themselves to the herb garden and mangoes off the tree. Ive looked out the window to see a neighbour in my in laws front yard (next door) taking mandarins off their tree.

 

[blackcat20]

Or your dogs have taken a liking to basil.... :shock:

Wasnt the dogs. Our back yard is divided in two, with a fence and gate. Dogs are kept down the back so they dont bark at people walking past. Gate was open and they were wandering around the "top" yard, so someone definitely let them out....

Ive been in my garage and I hear the rustling of plastic bag, I look up the driveway and there is someone leaning over the front brick wall, helping themselves to the herb garden and mangoes off the tree. Ive looked out the window to see a neighbour in my in laws front yard (next door) taking mandarins off their tree.

We have a lot of fruit trees, including two feijoa trees in the front yard. Every year in May/June I spend weeks chasing random people out of my front yard who have turned up with bags and think its ok to collect all the feijoas. None of them speak English and its usually quite difficult to convey to them that they are trespassing and stealing...I make them hand over any fruit that they have collected

I've also had a whole crop of broccoli and cauliflower harvested from my veggie patch. And this is despite living in quite an "affluent" suburb....

 

[Steady]

I planted a feijoa tree about 4-5 years ago - its growing well but no fruit yet

 

[Denali]

....I spend weeks chasing random people out of my front yard......

Years ago there was a guy in Sydney that was killed by a neighbour for protecting his mango tree so I figured Im not going to fight them for it but about 2 years ago, we had the best mango crop in decades, buckets and buckets and buckets and buckets of them. Hubby raided the tree before anyone else had a chance.

I took some to work and my french boss couldnt understand how we were growing tropical fruit in Sydney. He was amazed by me telling him to put it on the window sill to ripen.

Did I mention I dont like mangoes but hubby was eating them morning, noon and night for weeks.

 

[love_the_life]

We have a lot of fruit trees, including two feijoa trees in the front yard. Every year in May/June I spend weeks chasing random people out of my front yard who have turned up with bags and think its ok to collect all the feijoas. None of them speak English and its usually quite difficult to convey to them that they are trespassing and stealing...I make them hand over any fruit that they have collected

I've also had a whole crop of broccoli and cauliflower harvested from my veggie patch. And this is despite living in quite an "affluent" suburb....

Some people have more front than Myers - they obviously don't think that it is stealing to take fruit and vegetables from other people's gardens.

 

[blackcat20]

I planted a feijoa tree about 4-5 years ago - its growing well but no fruit yet

I've lived in the house 28 years this year, and the trees were already there (though young). The last 5 or so years they have been producing fruit quite heavily.

 

[Denali]

My mother in law gave me a bag of tomatoes, that I brought into the office today to share.

You know the difference, when you cut into a home grown tomato - full of flesh and not water and empty space, like the store bought ones.

 

[Pushka]

I had to read the last sentence twice!

And it still didn't come good!

My mother in law gave me a bag of tomatoes, that I brought into the office today to share.

You know the difference, when you cut into a home grown tomato - full of flesh and not water and empty space, like the store bought ones.

This year I am growing tomatoes. I have a lot of green stuff but no red stuff. I am doing something wrong. I sound like JohnK

 

[blackcat20]

And it still didn't come good!


This year I am growing tomatoes. I have a lot of green stuff but no red stuff. I am doing something wrong. I sound like JohnK

It's still pretty early for tomatoes; given you should only plant around cup day (first weekend in November) I wouldnt expect there to be any fruit yet.

 

[Denali]

This year I am growing tomatoes. I have a lot of green stuff but no red stuff. I am doing something wrong. I sound like JohnK

I work for a garden company so my mother in law has access to all the good stuff - which prompted the great tomato war of 2001 when I first started working here and she wasnt sharing with her 5 siblings why her crops where so big and fast growing and juicy. She got busted when I came home with a 50kg bag for her to try out so she had to share after that.

At my father in laws funeral last week, sent the aunties home with some of our new products.

 

[wandering_fred]

It's still pretty early for tomatoes; given you should only plant around cup day (first weekend in November) I wouldnt expect there to be any fruit yet.

Given that we have had two days of spring (30+) all the rest have been in the 15-20 range and the tomatoes are sulking. The mini (ie grape) varieties are being to think it's growing season but none of the rest. The minis self-seed as I can never get all of them picked. But then I grow them in a north-facing bed under an extended veranda and they survive well into winter.

Happy wandering

Fred

 

[JohnK]

People used to help themselves to mums roses and chrysanthemums quite often. Nothing worse than taking the time to grow these flowers than some stranger cutting them for their own use. And they were perfectly cut with scissors.

A few years ago dad put up chicken mesh along our front fence and now mums flowers are safe and she gets to enjoy them longer.

 

[Pushka]

Anything hanging over the fence is public pickings?

 

[Denali]

Anything hanging over the fence is public pickings?

Like laundry?

My thoughts are I am not fighting neighbours over fruit that can be accessed from the footpath, life is too short to be at war with your neighbours when your home is suppose to be peaceful.

 

[blackcat20]

Anything hanging over the fence is public pickings?

Ove the fence, yes. Inside my yard and scattered on my front lawn, no.

 

[get me outta here]

I thought that the rule was that you could pick / prune things over the boundary, but are supposed to give it back, eg, not 'steal' the roses or fruit. Of course, you may choose not to give pruinings back to your neighbours if it would upset them.

Anything hanging over the fence is public pickings?