RustyRaven
@RustyRaven@aussie.zone
Interested in sewing, gardening and preserving, with a strong focus on sustainability.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🖖 Sunday 10 August 2025 1 hour ago:
Fruit salad and yoghurt please
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍮 Saturday 9 August 2025 14 hours ago:
I also like the idea of being able to leave a nice garden as a legacy of my time here. There are so many awful gardens around here, with fake grass and lots of stones, or just weeds. Being a new estate there is not many established plants, so being able to plant some natives that will support birds will hopefully provide some habitat for a long time. Plus a couple of citrus trees and herbs will help to support people long into the future too.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍮 Saturday 9 August 2025 17 hours ago:
My landlord has approved my garden request, with a 2m height restriction on permanent plants. Sadly that rules out the 3m dwarf flowering gum I was contemplating, but otherwise fits my plans perfectly. Now I can start making some more detailed plans and get to work digging.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍮 Saturday 9 August 2025 19 hours ago:
I organised a cheese topped roll for lunch, which I wrapped in baking paper so I could heat it in the sandwich press at work without it sticking. I just went to put it on my plate and discovered I didn’t unwrap it from the plastic before wrapping it and I now have a plastic coated hot cheese roll 😭
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍮 Saturday 9 August 2025 1 day ago:
Jellyfish salad please.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 😃 Friday 8 August 2025 1 day ago:
I just went to get ready for bed and was confused to see my pjs were not in their normal spot.
It was not until I had taken off my top and saw it in my hand that I realised this was because I was already wearing them.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 😃 Friday 8 August 2025 1 day ago:
🥳🎉🥂
- Comment on Discussion Thread 😃 Friday 8 August 2025 1 day ago:
Difficult to decide. The toilets at Rockbank are a delight. I’m unable to determine if the hand dryer increases drying speed over just waving your hands in the air.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 😃 Friday 8 August 2025 1 day ago:
It mostly just made me feel greasy.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 😃 Friday 8 August 2025 1 day ago:
I had to stop at Rockbank and gave in to temptation and ordered McDonalds. Waited 20 minutes to get my order. Apparently they don’t know they are supposed to be fast food.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 😃 Friday 8 August 2025 1 day ago:
But they all need to be combined in one place.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 😃 Friday 8 August 2025 1 day ago:
I think there also needs to be a parcel pickup/dropoff hub. Plus there needs to be an option to either drive through, or to drop the car for a wash - you could have a cafe and small store, then by the time you’re finished the car is clean, refuelled and filled with your purchases and deliveries.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 😃 Friday 8 August 2025 1 day ago:
Apparently the Dinnerly meal kit box I thought I ordered for next week is actually for today. I guess my vague dinner plans for the next few days are no longer required.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 😃 Friday 8 August 2025 1 day ago:
My work is like
Caller: I’ve got this minor problem that’s not really that important
Us: We have two trucks full of people and specialised equipment rushing to you now
Caller: Oh, I don’t need anyone to come here, I just wanted some advice
Us: They are coming lights and sirens, they should be there any second
Caller: But I don’t… oh, they’re here
- Comment on Discussion Thread 😃 Friday 8 August 2025 2 days ago:
3/10
I think the dancing bird was the only one I actually knew
- Comment on Discussion Thread 😃 Friday 8 August 2025 2 days ago:
A platter of your finest pastries, and a fancy hot chocolate please.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 😃 Friday 8 August 2025 2 days ago:
I think I was up before any birds around my area, I didn’t hear anything except a ute starting up on the morning dog walk. It was foggy so there wasn’t much to see either. I did see quite a few dogs taking their owners for a morning stroll in Toorak, but there were many cars, trams and definitely no magic.
- Comment on Discussion Thread ⭐ Thursday 7 August 2025 2 days ago:
Good work. I managed to get some washing done and a bit more unpacking, plus caught up on a bit of study. Tomorrow is back to work, I’m stuck at work for all the good weather predicted and then off once the rain comes in ☹️
- Comment on Discussion Thread ⭐ Thursday 7 August 2025 2 days ago:
They are not allowed to say no to the vegie garden, so that bit’s not a problem. But I also want to put in some permanent trees & bushes which they could say no to (or could insist everything be removed when I move and restored to how it is now, which is effectively the same thing).
- Comment on Discussion Thread ⭐ Thursday 7 August 2025 2 days ago:
I might do that for a few things like cucumbers, but I actually have enough space on the ground here. I have probably twice as much space in the back as I did in the last place, and there are no overhanging trees from the neighbours to fight with so it’s all useable.
- Comment on Discussion Thread ⭐ Thursday 7 August 2025 2 days ago:
After three months of procrastination I finally got around to writing an email requesting permission to put in my vegie garden. They are not allowed to say no without good reason, but I also requested permission to put in some permanent plants that they could. Fingers crossed - I believe it would add value to the property and they should say yes, but it’s also possible the landlords are vegetation hating idiots, so I just have to wait and see.
Spring will be here soon so it’s a good time to get garden beds established - I have lots of cardboard from moving set aside to go down as weed barrier, and will need to get lots of compost & mulch on top. I’m looking forward to having enough space to do large plants like pumpkins without having to train them up a support, and also looking forward to not having everything eaten by possums.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🌸 Wednesday 6 August 2025 3 days ago:
Dinner is served
Image Parmigiana, potato & vegies in cheese sauce
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🌸 Wednesday 6 August 2025 3 days ago:
I have finally located my sandwich press, and a few other odds and ends I’ve been looking for (including the cat food, Miss Meow will be pleased). I think the list of things I’m still looking for now only contains my vacuum food sealer and a bottle of oil. And I’m wondering if I imagined the bottle of oil and had actually used it all and forgotten.
I think a celebratory parmigiana for dinner might be in order.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🌸 Wednesday 6 August 2025 3 days ago:
Well, at least you are in. May I suggest you also look into getting a key safe?
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦊 Tuesday 5 August 2025 4 days ago:
It’s when they shrink down the doctor so they are really tiny so they can examine you from the inside. Very expensive due to danger pay, if they take a wrong turn they can accidentally disolve themselves in stomach acid.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦊 Tuesday 5 August 2025 4 days ago:
None of them will cover checkups. They only cover accident/illness (or if you pay extra specifically some cover specific things like vaccination, but you pay more in premiums on that section than they will give you back so it is not a good option to take).
My take on pet insurance is that it is a good option to cover you for big bills if you don’t have the savings to cover them yourself up front. My previous dog had about $6k or vet wills in the couple of weeks before she died, I got most of that back. If I didn’t have the insurance I would have had to make the decision to put her down instead of having treatment which may have saved her life. If it had worked and they had been able to stabalise her diabetes I would have also had major ongoing costs for insulin etc. which the insurance would have covered.
I’ve now managed to get my finances much better sorted and have enough savings that I can afford to cover a big vet bill if required so I stopped the insurance, but I dont at all regret having had it in the past. The insurance is not there for the small costs, it’s there so when something major happens you have the option of having it treated instead of being forced to have your pet down because you don’t have the money.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦊 Tuesday 5 August 2025 4 days ago:
I seem to be completely lacking motivation today. I think I’ll have to try taking the dog for a walk, maybe the wind yesterday blew it down the street and I can find it again out there.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦊 Tuesday 5 August 2025 4 days ago:
Happy barks, or snarly growl-barks?
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦊 Tuesday 5 August 2025 4 days ago:
Well, at least it sounds like they have enough parking. Where I am it’s all two car garages that aren’t actually big enough to fit two cars and driveways short enough that the giant vehicles many people have stick out over the footpath. Frustrating when you actually walk places.
A lot of people these days see to focus entirely on the inside of their house, they don’t care about gardens or the neighbourhood. Just drive straight into the garage, and the living areas are usually at the back so you rarely even see the neighbourhood through the windows. Putting out the bins is probably the only time many people spend in their own neighbourhoods (which may explain the appaling state of many of the front yards around me, you don’t see all the weeds when you are just driving past).
People who build like that are probably better of in a good quality apartment, there is no benefit to them having their own land.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦊 Tuesday 5 August 2025 5 days ago:
Welcome back YarraByte, it’s good to have you back with us again.
