melbaboutown
@melbaboutown@aussie.zone
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🌲💡⚡ Tuesday, 24 December, 2024 2 hours ago:
Thanks, that was a silly question. Anyway it sounds delicious
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🌲💡⚡ Tuesday, 24 December, 2024 3 hours ago:
It’s not perfect but I didn’t want to buy the proper thing
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🌲💡⚡ Tuesday, 24 December, 2024 3 hours ago:
Silly question… do you have to pick the whole spices out after?
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🌲💡⚡ Tuesday, 24 December, 2024 3 hours ago:
Photo taken from the edge of the deep green sea
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🌲💡⚡ Tuesday, 24 December, 2024 3 hours ago:
It says they’re drought resistant and don’t like to be transplanted both due to the long taproot… but someone else said they like a bit of food and water to get them started.
So I probably need to start them inside or in a container where I can attend to them a bit more and then plant out while they’re still small enough to not be as bothered by it
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🌲💡⚡ Tuesday, 24 December, 2024 4 hours ago:
5 of the 6 marigolds seedlings are still alive (the 5th might be dead due to being stepped on by a workman). Maybe 1 of the sunflowers came up. Some of the alyssum might be coming up but unsure. One of the nasturtiums came up.
It doesn’t seem they do well direct sown, probably because the spot is a sandy dust bowl and I don’t go out there often enough to keep the seeds moist. They’re fairly drought tolerant but probably need to be a bit more established first.
I’ve been raising more in paper cups and a foil tray and today planted out 3 nasturtium seedlings I grew inside. The mix of nasturtium, alyssum and sunflowers I sowed in the foil pan show signs of things coming up. I also got some kind of poppies.
I wish I’d been able to weed and dig over the dirt properly but I don’t think I can plus there’s a weird hard compacted layer of sand that would be difficult to break through. And that stupid tree is still sucking everything up and obstructing with its roots. Even if the plants were safe there (they’re kind of not - hence cheap disposable annual seeds) it would take a bit of work and time to make it suitable for growing food.
But I saw another native bee buzzing around my zucchinis so I might be getting somewhere.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🌲💡⚡ Tuesday, 24 December, 2024 6 hours ago:
I don’t think he’s getting past the magpies
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🌲💡⚡ Tuesday, 24 December, 2024 7 hours ago:
Ffs… I have socks that are still going after many years but ones I haven’t had very long keep ripping at the toe.
I just sewed up the hole using a lightbulb because I didn’t have a wooden mushroom. Not bothering to darn as the fabric will likely just rip at the edge.
I’d knit my own but the materials are also getting expensive and shitty
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🥥🍦🥛Monday, 23 December, 2024 7 hours ago:
Ffs… I have socks that are still going after many years but ones I haven’t had very long keep ripping at the toe.
I just sewed up the hole using a lightbulb because I didn’t have a wooden mushroom. Not bothering to darn as the fabric will likely just rip at the edge.
I’d knit my own but the materials are also getting expensive and shitty
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🌲💡⚡ Tuesday, 24 December, 2024 8 hours ago:
I think I got them in too late too… someone on this block has huge plants already fruiting. But then they were able to grow in ground.
At least my weird randomly staggered planting might extend the season
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🌲💡⚡ Tuesday, 24 December, 2024 9 hours ago:
I would cheerfully sell most of the people around me for a corn chip.
This is very much to manage my own mental health and occupy my mind/time so I don’t do anything destructive
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🌲💡⚡ Tuesday, 24 December, 2024 10 hours ago:
Thanks.
Just kinda trying to shake myself out of hating humanity and feeling like shit.
I timed it wrong so the place might not be open but it’s possible people will need this stuff more afterwards, when the Xmas donations have dried up
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🌲💡⚡ Tuesday, 24 December, 2024 10 hours ago:
She’s a movie star!
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🌲💡⚡ Tuesday, 24 December, 2024 10 hours ago:
The stuff for the community pantry got delivered and there looks to be a decent amount of food there (even though Woolies is still an absolute rip). I picked a rare $2 delivery slot and deliberately shopped generic basics, things that would really fill you up and stretch a dollar, all the things my broken stomach can’t eat… (jealous)
Looks good though. I didn’t get boxed cereal because I thought the bags of quick oats would give more bang for a buck. Should be ok for a kids breakfast with cinnamon and apple…
I overspent my limit a bit and won’t get this much next time, this was just for Christmas. I won’t be able to afford this regularly. But maybe next time I might get some cheap spice sachets. Like cinnamon and Italian herbs. And maybe some tinned apple or jars of apple sauce
- Comment on It's fundamental to Australia's democracy. But is your right to protest under attack? 10 hours ago:
It already was. Over 10 years ago Occupy Melbourne were getting kettled, protestors get pepper sprayed and over the years there have already been laws passed eroding the right to protest.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🥥🍦🥛Monday, 23 December, 2024 11 hours ago:
If you wanted some other options that were Australian measurements, easy to follow and basic ingredients try Survival For The Fittest and Survival From The Fittest. (Sorry second one isn’t in stock atm but try ebay.)
I already gave away my copies but there’s also the website for free.
It straight up tells you to use frozen veg instead chopping to save time and that is my kind of cookbook.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🥥🍦🥛Monday, 23 December, 2024 1 day ago:
I thought I’d seen it all… the past few days have involved Melbcat being sick in all the worst places. But I just heard her gagging and saw she was doing it into her litterbox.
What a good girl. She’s helping me out
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🥥🍦🥛Monday, 23 December, 2024 1 day ago:
Ahh, my old DS broke.
I had Animal Crossing, some game about befriending cats, and Spore
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🥥🍦🥛Monday, 23 December, 2024 1 day ago:
That looks great.
Mildly envious of downstairs room/cellar
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🥥🍦🥛Monday, 23 December, 2024 1 day ago:
Yeah, it’s already infected and then dressing it added to the problem
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🥥🍦🥛Monday, 23 December, 2024 1 day ago:
Yeah it was angrier where the glue went… thanks
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🥥🍦🥛Monday, 23 December, 2024 1 day ago:
I bought ‘plastic’ bandaids and was still allergic to them. Wtf. The pack is open now and I’m not sure if it’s ok to donate the rest.
I bought some basics for that pantry. Some individually wrapped rolls of tp. Individually wrapped multipack soap to split up. Some deodorants that were on special. Baked beans, spaghetti, sardines. Pancake mix. Onion soup mix. Stock cubes. Rice, pasta, noodles, oats. Laundry detergent. Tea. Peanut butter. Tomato sauce. Long life milk.
I really wish generic brands were as cheap as they used to be. And I could afford more. But yeah. They’re all homebrand but normal items so I’m not forcing people to eat creamed eels or corn nog.
I need to find those adult colouring books I won’t use.
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- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☕️🍪 🍸Sunday, 22 December, 2024 2 days ago:
Yeah ok, it might be a little early tho so I remember or to avoid an accidental double
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☕️🍪 🍸Sunday, 22 December, 2024 2 days ago:
I’m so annoyed I can’t do dairy anymore. Thankfully generic bricks of soy milk are available and taste ok but everything else costs a fair bit more for less.
I miss those big tubs of basic home brand icecream and bulk yogurt. Also I would have liked to use the containers to plant in.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☕️🍪 🍸Sunday, 22 December, 2024 2 days ago:
It was pretty before. Pink halo around orangey pink sun.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☕️🍪 🍸Sunday, 22 December, 2024 2 days ago:
Yeah they’ve started making a lot of non-dairy icecream and yogurt from coconut milk.
It’s already so expensive and perishable I rarely buy it and because of coconut milk it now tastes gross too
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☕️🍪 🍸Sunday, 22 December, 2024 2 days ago:
That’s what a panini press is for. But that makes it hard with baked bean or spaghetti jaffles
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☕️🍪 🍸Sunday, 22 December, 2024 2 days ago:
But how do magnets work
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☕️🍪 🍸Sunday, 22 December, 2024 2 days ago:
And that’s with the bread shrinkflating too