There was just enough frost here last night to partially kill off the pumpkin vine, so today is officially pumpkin harvesting day. There are a couple of little fruits that were put out late that are still nowhere near ripe, hopefully there is enough life left in the vine to ripen those off before it dies off completely, but even if not it has been very productive.
Discussion Thread 🦜 Sunday 19 April 2026
Submitted 2 months ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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Catfish@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Restorative potion for any who may need for various reasons 😺
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 months ago
🤲
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Dumplings and greenery being added now
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Got up. Checked temp. Back to bed with a book. Today will be cooking and resting
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’ve gone from 0 to 100c eating a curry pie.
Taleya@aussie.zone 2 months ago
cats need to stop making me do emergency vet runs plz.
Sammy had an hour long vomiting jag, hunched and avoidant. So of course after the billable consult while they’re taking his blood pressure he lets off a massive fart and is fine.
Eagle@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Ginger cats fart more than any other colour cats… glad to know that he is okay though.
Taleya@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Max farts more than our original three (two of them ginger) have across 14 years. Sammy was supposed to be the good one!
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Little stinker 🐈
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Poor bub. And poor you
tone212_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
It’s fresh outside. 2 degrees tonight 🥶
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Sauce of the stove for tonight’s lasagne is making the house smell AMAAAAAZING.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I have a lamb tagine going and same!!! Soo good
This one ->. www.recipetineats.com/lamb-tagine/
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 months ago
LAMB!!!
canIbeyourbestfriendpleeeeease?
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I think you’ve inspired me. I wasn’t sure what I was going to have for dinner, but I do have a lasagne in the freezer and I think I’m going to do that.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I added some craft into my plans for the day - working out how to cut down the oversupply of coles bags into little gift bags I can use for my excess produce. It took a bit of fiddling but I have now worked out a fairly simple way of cutting them down and folding them. No tape or glue required. I’m rather impressed with myself and am trying to decide if I have the skills and energy required to do a tutorial I can put online, because I think they are rather nifty.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 2 months ago
That looks awesome!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
very nice 😊
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Hi.
My name isn’t Simon, and I’m addicted to scrabble on my ipad.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Hi, My name is CEO and I have an addiction to bowls. I bought more on Friday. With matching plates. I didn’t need them but they make them pretty so it’s not my fault.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I am a fellow suffer of too-many-kitchen-things. I agree not your fault at all.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
is that like words with friends?
cos I play that and I am brutal
SituationCake@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I tried but the constant ads annoyed me too much.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Opened what I thought was a sealed container and got a face full of pantry moths (EWWWW) so it appears my quick clean up the other day was not enough. So cooking morning became all out pantry war morning. Oh well, everything old that was not sealed (and passed inspection) kept, new stuff had already been frozen overnight, everything else chucked. Wipe down and dosed up the cedar balls with more oil and hung back up. Ugh. I buy a lot of stuff in bulk which is more convenient and cheaper but I had been getting lazy with the freezing and sealing.
Quick break then back to it. I shall have a belly and freezer full of lamb tagine by the end of the day.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 months ago
migraine day 2. The cat is guarding me.
Taleya@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Do you know the cause or is it possibly withdrawl from the nicotine? If it’s sinus, get a heated wheatbag across your face.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 months ago
It’s the pieces of shit next door. It’s been like this for a week and it’s really fucking stressful because it’s literally all day.
Seems screaming at them over the fence has alerted their spastic fuck wit babysitters to put them inside.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 months ago
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’ve had a good day in the garden. Harvested the pumpkins, cut back the very exhuberant saltbush, planted the brassica seedlings and done a bit of general tidying up. It’s amazing to think that just one year ago this garden didn’t even exist.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Productive day! I made a big batch of pumpkin soup this weekend. Eating some for lunches this week, and froze the rest for soup on demand.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Can’t believe how lost I got last night. Ended up using the stars for bearings to get home which brought back memories lol.
Stars are still useful for navigation when you have a useless cheapo phone.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Any guides to that? I think I can find north-ish using the saucepan which is vaguely west going by the setting sun, but that’s about it.
I used to navigate by memory but now that’s gone
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Yup I use stellarium wihich is free and easy :)
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 months ago
It’s looking like a lovely day today (after a very cold start) and I’m looking forward to getting out in the garden. I’ve got a couple of punnets of brassicas to plant, weeds to pull and some mulch to put down. I also want to do a bit more work on establishing the edging of the beds and mow the grass. But tomorrow looks like it will be lovely too, so I can take my time and finish anything I don’t get to tomorrow.
I think autumn is my favourite season, it has some lovely weather that is not too hot or too cold, without as much wind and bluster as you get in Spring. Plus you are winding down in the vegie garden and tidying up after the summer harvest season, so it doesn’t have the sense of an overwhelming amount of work building up to be done like Spring does.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
it’s 3 out there , that’s a very quick slide into cold nights
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I decided to dig my camera out of the draw since I got my kids’ one each recently. I thought it might have been done for since it hasn’t been used since 2018, but i still have it’s specific charger and specific cable. After a couple of hours on charge it booted up
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
time for some sleep,
good night everyone , sweet dreams
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
This cold is awful. I’ve had some palpitations and miss seagoon had them too. Not cool.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Its been brutal. I am nearly over it now but i basically took the whole week off work
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
it has been and I’m surprised and yes, a whole week
panadol has been good and some robotussin to stop the cough
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 months ago
🫂
Panadol really helps with body aches and fevers
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’ve been asleep all day. Everything feels so empty and I just don’t want to be awake for it.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
lots of hugs
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’m going to go for a brief walk, and then spend the afternoon tidying my flat
Taleya@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Weekend plans totally kyboshed, His Lordship spent the night in the dining room with the boys and now we’re basically watching sammy like hawks waiting for A Poop. We get a good’un and we know the tube is clear tip to tail.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 months ago
If it’s just simple constipation you might be able to give him some Osmolax (like 1/8 to 1/4 tsp) mixed in wet food with hot water until you get a good output. Half a Microlax enema (well lubed) will get results fast and hopefully help him pass all of it.
However I don’t know everything so maybe don’t use these if something like a blockage is suspected.
I hope things resolve soon, emergency vets aren’t cheap :(
bacon@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Beep Beep 🚚
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lemon honey drink and some sleep please chef
bacon@aussie.zone 2 months ago
🍋🍯☕️🛏️
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Leftover cheeseboard and a big glass of water please
bacon@aussie.zone 2 months ago
🧀🧀🧀🥕🥒🍓🍒🍎🫒
🧊🔥🥤
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 months ago
It’s very cold… I hope little man has been kept inside. Risking neighbour tension and gifting the expensive stuff will be worth it if he’s safe and warm.
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Feeling super guilty that cats are in shelters while I have a ‘vacancy’. Especially the seniors in kill shelters. There’s a long term shelter cat at the Lost Dogs Home for $20, her name is Cookie. But I’m really not feeling emotionally ready for another cat and am worried about the costs. Especially if it was another senior or special needs cat that would be my first choice but need a lot of vet care. I don’t know. I really need to be ready for another pet and I am not. I don’t know when I’m ever going to be. I’m still missing Melbcat and just want her back.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 2 months ago
There’s no time frame. You’ll know when you’re ready.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Yeah. People keep suggesting a new cat but I don’t think it’s the time.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Thatnk you kindly for hosting that. cat :)
Absoultely loved the void kitty too.
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Welcome. All your stuff is safe, pickup/delivery to be arranged when my brain reactivates…
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Mine too isn’t activated.
I’m currently going through the vinyl to find Chaucer’s canterbury tales spoken word record which is probably from the 70’s. I’ll record it for you. It’s an absolute trip to hear it.
Pilk@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Does anyone here know if you can get beeswax at Vic Market? Was thinking the honey place maybe?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
yes , they have it
Pilk@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Thank you 🙏
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Chrysanthemums full tilt:
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Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
beautiful, one of my fave cold climate flowers, ,