Re: [gardeners] Re: Hello! and West Australia report.
Marc Winterburn (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Wed, 5 Feb 2003 23:11:21 +0800
I received the brochures today with the wildflowers in. Looks like they will
cost around $1.50 USD wholesale. You guys are my friends so you can all have
them at the wholesale prices if you like plus a little postage maybe. There
are some beautiful ones. I will sit down and type out the list and
descriptions in the next couple of days and post it on list if that's ok. I
finally chose my digital camera today. It is a Olympus C730 Ultra Zoom. It
has a 10X optical zoom and super macro ability so I should be able to start
posting a photographic record of the metamorphosis happening here.
Spring will be truly amazing here after the fires.
Kind regards
Marc Winterburn
The Oz Chilli Man
http://www.geocities.com/ozchillinet/
----- Original Message -----
From: Jann <linncrk@access2k1.net>
To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 1:16 AM
Subject: Re: [gardeners] Re: Hello! and West Australia report.
>
> >Hey Marc!!! Looks like you are recovering. I have been thinking about
you!
> >Let me know when you become an agent!! I also love my wildflowers!!!
> >
> >Janni
> >
> >At 02:44 PM 2/4/03 +0800, you wrote:
> >>Hi Penny and every one. Thanks for the thoughts.It sure is busy here at
the
> >>moment.
> >>I took delivery of 35 tonnes of chicken poo that has been composted with
> >>brewery waste. I also got 1.3 tonnes of sheep dag pellets ( Sabrina
Hahn's
> >>Sheep Dags, More than just sheep poo!) to help build up the soil. I am
also
> >>using fish/seaweed and soil microbes to reestablish the floriculture in
my
> >>soil. Check out the products I am using on this site.
> >>http://www.ecogrowth.com.au/
> >> I have at the moment approx 5000 plant a mix of Zucchinis, basil ,
lettuce
> >>, various capsicums ( Sweet Bell Peppers) and melons oh and of course
> >>chilies ready to plant. A lot of the plants were donated by a nursery
some
> >>350 kms away after they heard of my plight.
> >>They would normally have thrown them out but decided to gift them to me
to
> >>help me out.
> >> The weather is pretty much just hot with a couple of cooler days
thrown in.
> >>We did get a smattering of rain on Sunday but although Perth had a
really
> >>heavy down pour 1" in total we only got a trace.
> >>I am getting a little 16hp 4wd tractor with a range of implements with
it
> >>so that should make life a lot easier. I am also looking at becoming the
> >>agent for a local wildflower packaging company that packages small
> >>mounts( home garden)
> >>They have a huge range and I do love my wildflowers.
> >>If anyone would like some WA wildflowers let me know and I can see what
I
> >>can do. Check the West Australian wild flowers out on google of
similar.
> >>West Oz is world renowned for its native spring displays.
> >>I go into hospital at months end to have the first of my carpel tunnel
> >>operations then the second some six weeks later. After they are done
with
> >>they can then hopefully find whereabouts my back pain is coming from. It
> >>makes life very hard when you cant walk for a couple of hours in the
> >>mornings. I have to swallow a few painkillers and wait a while and then
I
> >>can function. I broke my back in 1983 and it has been relatively well
> >>behaved up until last winter when it went again. It hasn't come right
since.
> >>Must away more work to do, keep up the good work everyone.
> >>Kind regards
> >>Marc Winterburn
> >>The Oz Chilli Man
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: <pennyx1@juno.com>
> >>To: <marcw@iinet.net.au>
> >>Cc: <pennyx1@Juno.com>
> >>Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 12:57 PM
> >>Subject: Hello!
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Hi there, Marc -- I've been hoping that the weather conditions in
western
> >> >
> >> > Australia had smoothed out some, but we have not heard from you --
> >> > this is a private message only because I wanted to send you several
> >> > attachments concerning the fires and flooding, and we are not allowed
> >> > to post them thru Gardeners...
> >> >
> >> > Did the torrential rain reach south to you? Three weeks ago I looked
up
> >> > where you live, but right now I am not sure where the rain line fell.
> >> > Lancelin and Mogumbar, 50 miles north of Perth -- only I have a
problem
> >> > placing them on the full west coast of Australia.
> >> >
> >> > Flooding in Western Australia
> >> > http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=5381
> >> >
> >> > No, the more I look at it, the more I realize that you must be quite
a
> >> > ways
> >> > south of the rain. Have you been blessed with any at all...?
> >> >
> >> > http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=5384
> >> > http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=5375
> >> >
> >> > As for the fires on the east coast, they apparently rage on and on.
Here
> >> > in
> >> > New York, right beside the Atlantic Ocean, we are occasionally
subject to
> >> >
> >> > dreaded hurricanes, bringing with them strong storm surges which
drown
> >> > coastal properties and homes (my friends in Connecticut and South
> >> > Carolina,
> >> > for instance); we do periodically suffer an intense drought; we had
one
> >> > winter about 10 years ago which brought 18 snow storms (phenominal -
for
> >> > the norm is about 2); and we actually had a moderate earthquake about
> >> > 10 years ago, (epicentured only 4 miles away!) which woke us up in
> >> > amazement. But the usual weather pattern for New York City is very
> >> > moderate -- perhaps down to 20*f in winter, and up to 90* or 95* for
a
> >> > few days only in summer. This winter IS different: -10f to -15f
every
> >> > night for two weeks ... and everyone in the area has fallen trees,
> >> > myself
> >> > included. Nature has evidently gone nuts.
> >> >
> >> > How are the zucchini plants doing...? What else have you put in the
> >> > ground?
> >> >
> >> > You are welcome to reply to me directly on the Gardeners line, since
I
> >> > know
> >> > so many people are really interested in your well-being ....
> >> >
> >> > Penny, NY
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > .
> >> >
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