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Post by jrae on Feb 20, 2012 19:28:16 GMT
A friend who was visiting me way back then gave me fresh macadamia seeds and I managed to grow three seedlings out of ten. My trees are doing okay so far. I wonder if I should prune them though since they are all almost as tall as the telephone pole here. I wonder when they will fruit Jrae. I guess I'll see if they like the climate here in a couple years, I was told that they start fruiting regularly in 6 years and my trees are about 4 years old. The variety I have is Cates which I was told drops all of the mature fruits on the ground. That's though because it means I won't have any problems harvesting, I'll just pick em off the ground  The market for macadamia nuts is pretty iffy here, so I gave up trying to have a macadamia plantation. I'll just stick to mangoes and dwarf coconuts. |
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Post by Cherry on Feb 20, 2012 19:52:10 GMT
That sounds really good. I just love tropical fruit.
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Post by Cherry on Feb 20, 2012 19:53:55 GMT
There seems to have been a few badger casualties around here  We have seen a few dead by the side of the road  I have never seen a badger, except on television. |
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Post by Tel on Feb 21, 2012 7:53:30 GMT
There seems to have been a few badger casualties around here We have seen a few dead by the side of the road I have never seen a badger, except on television. I have not seen one either. |
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Post by grindle on Feb 21, 2012 8:08:51 GMT
considering the large population of them around here, I've only seen one in the five years I've lived here
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Post by Lou78W on Feb 21, 2012 8:28:58 GMT
I've only seen them on television as well; not surprising as they are nocturnal |
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Post by Rosie on Feb 21, 2012 8:46:11 GMT
We did see a live one trot across the road once, in broad day light too, it was a handsome beastie ;D
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Post by Lou78W on Feb 21, 2012 10:33:38 GMT
Thats a rare treat Rosie ;D....I did see one in broad daylight too...but it had been run over |
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Post by SueA on Feb 21, 2012 11:06:49 GMT
I've only ever seen dead badgers too by the side of the road but we even seem to see fewer of those nowadays.
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Post by Rosie on Feb 22, 2012 9:09:39 GMT
There is a lot of old woodland round here so i am guessing there are sets all around the place  |
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Post by Louise on Feb 25, 2012 18:47:22 GMT
There are a lot around here, what with the woods being so close, sadly there are always a lot of dead ones on the roads too  |
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Post by Geranium on Feb 26, 2012 20:50:57 GMT
Do you remember that we treated our lawns with Nematodes (against chafer grubs) last autumn? Well, it appears to have done the trick. Usually by this time, the badgers have been in and ploughed up the lawns, and eaten my crocus corms. Then we had a plague of rooks after the grubs - this year - no holes! ;D It's wonderful! ;D ;D |
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Post by Lou78W on Feb 27, 2012 7:56:55 GMT
Excellent news Geranium ;D
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Post by Rosie on Feb 27, 2012 9:23:19 GMT
Thats proof positive that they work Geranium |
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Post by Louise on Feb 28, 2012 9:19:23 GMT
That's really good to hear |
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We have seen a few dead by the side of the road 
