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• 1956 Ampol Trial Diorama - Update 3

  

  The decals are drying for both the Peugeot and the VW Beetle. I apply a special stuff called Micro-Sol which effectively dissolves the decals onto the surface,... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2016 MOTO

• 1956 Ampol Trial Diorama - Update 2

  

  We now have the beginnings of a blue Peugeot 403And we have a driver and navigator in position in the interior. Here are Wilf and Alan, the Peugeot-driving... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2016 MOTO

• 1956 Ampol Trial Diorama - Update 1

  

  At last, I have the full colour DVD in my hands (thank you local library) and I have struck paydirt on several fronts. I wanted the winning Peugeot 403 to be... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2016 MOTO

• Loving It Here

  

  Do you have a plant in your garden which just thrives and does well, no matter how little you care for it? (And that's not counting weeds, of course!). Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Stinky Does It Again

  

  When do stapelias bloom? When they feel like it, it seems. Mine is blooming now, mid-May. But the last time it bloomed was in 2015, January 3. Here's the post... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Sweet Shade

  

  Success has its rewards, but like most drugs it also has its undesirable side-effects. Here in sunny Garden Amateurland, our modest success in growing things... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Renovations

  

  Should they ever discover plant life on Mars I would not be a bit surprised if it turned out to be onion weed ... or oxalis. These two weeds are... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A New Outback Diorama Begins ...

  

  It's on again, I'm rallying around Australia in a 1950s Peugeot, but this time it's a 403, and the year is 1956. Some of you may remember my earlier effort,... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2016 MOTO

• Weedy Wonderland

  

  If they ever discover life on Mars, I would not be at all surprised if it turns out to be onion weed. That stuff is indestructible. However, I am not waking up... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Holiday Break

  

  I know February is a shortish month, even with that extra leap day added this year, but here we are with no posts whatsoever last month. Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Midsummer Jungle

  

  It's January 26 today, which makes it Australia Day as well as India's national day (hello India!), and as far as this little gardener is concerned, it's the... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Crop Dusting

  

  Anyone who grows their own vegetables soon learns that you can get a "glut" of produce from just one or two plants. In our case, that's especially true, as ther... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Show Business

  

  Half the trick with being a show-biz star is timing your entrance on stage. You want your audience seated before you appear. That's show-biz 101, obvious... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Crop Watching

  

  Gardeners often talk about how they notice climate change's subtle effects on plants in the patch under their care. I do, or at least sometimes I do. Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• 2015 - The Gardening Year in Review

  

  As far as years go, I'd be the first to admit that 2015 has not been a "biggie" in the scheme of things. We didn't set any growth records, we didn't redesign th... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Lebanese Flavour

  

  Here in Australia, and in my part of Sydney in particular, we have a sizeable Lebanese community, and they're wonderful, hard-working people. Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Restaurant for Flying Visitors

  

  Recently, last week in fact, I shared an experience with just 20 million other people on the planet that day. It was my birthday. (Do the maths ... 7. Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Thirsty Work

  

  We all know that birds love a drink and a flap in a birdbath on a scorching hot day such as today, but some of our other garden workers need a drink, too. Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• One Hedge Bites the Dust

  

  Here's a handy tip. If you're planning on sneaking up to our front door, don't do it at night. You could get trapped in the spider webs which run from hedge to... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Good Crops, Bad Crops

  

  Of course everyone who has ever watched a detective show on TV knows about "good cop bad cop", where one detective is nasty to the suspect (ie, the bad cop)... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME