Signs of Aging

[bitingmidge]

Dyavagoodweekend?

One of the indicators I have of whether or not the weekend was good, is NOT a wheelie bin full of stubbies, but whether or not the workshop bin is full by rubbish day (Monday).

If it's got lots of curlie stuff and off-cuts and leftover things that I've cut up to make bits for something that isn't finished yet, then I know I've had a pretty good weekend. The fact that I need to look in my bin is in itself a sad reflection of where my life is at I guess.

Today, was even sadder.

The attached pic shows my bin.... One bit of 1mm offut from the toy boat steering gear, and TEN TONS OF PASPALUM!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

Once I didn't even notice weeds in lawn... I didn't actually have any lawn... NOW (and this is the most awful bit...) I actually seem to be ENJOYING digging them out!!!

Is this just part of the aging process, or do I need some sort of therapy??

If so, suggestions would be appreciated.

Yours truly,

P :D

[silentC]

Pulling out paspalum and buffalo from your cooch is a highly addictive pastime. I was hooked. My front lawn was like a bowling green but it was only kept that way through many hours on hands and knees pulling the foreign bits out. My neighbours came home from a restaurant one night and I was out there with a beer in one hand and busily digging out a bindi plant with the other. This is a true story, you can ask them. It may not be too late for you. I suggest you go away for 3 months and when you come back, the lawn will be in such a state that you will be cured of trying to fix it.

[craigb]

Is this just part of the aging process, or do I need some sort of therapy??

If so, suggestions would be appreciated.



You definitely need some therapy.

Dig up your lawn. Plant a native garden instead. Or alternatively, concrete it over and paint it green. :D

[Termite]

Midge, you are at the mature stage, aging comes later. You know you are old when, like me, you can take a look at the knee high grass and say "Stuff the lawn" and happily go into your shed and play. :D

[Sturdee]

You know you are old when, like me, you can take a look at the knee high grass and say "Stuff the lawn" and happily go into your shed and play. :D


I must be old. :D :D :D Mowed the nature strip on saturday, first time since just before Christmas. :D



Peter.

[Rocker]

Midge,

Your problem is not getting old, but living in an area where it is socially unacceptable to leave grass cuttings on the lawn to rot, and people actually care about the proportions of the individual species of grass in their lawns. My nearest neighbour is a truckie who has covered most of his two-acre block with gravel to park his 18-wheelers on, so I can feel superior about the biological diversity of my lawn, which boasts couch, paspalum, bindii, and many other botanical curiosities.

Sturdee,

I believe that in the sub-Antarctic latitudes in which you reside grass only grows about 50 mm per year, so it should be quite acceptable to mow your nature strip every three months :D

Rocker

[Iain]

Sturdee,

I believe that in the sub-Antarctic latitudes in which you reside grass only grows about 50 mm per year, so it should be quite acceptable to mow your nature strip every three months :D

Rocker
We wish............................more like bloody 50mm a day, and no stubby holder on the ride on :mad:

[Termite]

We wish............................more like bloody 50mm a day, and no stubby holder on the ride on :mad:
What's the matter with the donkeys Iain, too high falutin to eat grass eh? :D

[Daddles]

... it should be quite acceptable to mow your nature strip every three months :D

Rocker

That's a typo surely. Didn't you mean three 'years'? :D

I've got a lawn. The neighbour keeps it real neat. Now all I have to do is to get him to do the same with the stuff inside my fences. :D

Richard

[Sturdee]

I believe that in the sub-Antarctic latitudes in which you reside grass only grows about 50 mm per year, so it should be quite acceptable to mow your nature strip every three months :D



Maybe grass grows only 50mm in a year, wouldn't know about that as we don't have a lawn. :D :D :D But the nature strip, although green, is mainly weeds. Everyone around me mows every 2 or 3 weeks but then they don't have a workshop. :D :D :D

Peter.

[Grunt]

Signs of Aging


I was going to say something really witty but I've forgotten what it is now.
Pass that glass of warm milk will you?

[ozwinner]

Pass that glass of warm milk will you?
:D :D Pussy:D :D

Al :D

[bitingmidge]

:D :D Prussy:D :D


:D :D

P

[graemet]

Aging is a very high price to pay for maturity!
BTW this summer I've mowed my grass twice, so much for water restrictions, instead of every second week.
Cheers
Graeme

[Daddles]

:D :D Pussy:D :D

Al :D

You want him to pass you a pussy rather than a glass of warm milk? :eek:
Oh, you mean a pussy to DRINK the warm milk. :D
Silly me. I though you were being rude :p

Cheers
R...err...Ri...er, what's 'is name

[bitingmidge]

Right!

If my sums are correct (which they rarely are), I get to start at the top of a new page!

A few more snippets if I may (in my own defence or otherwise).

I am rather taken by Rocker's biodiversity call, and for that reason have actually two types of grass, in case one fails I guess, or maybe because I simply am not THAT much of a greenkeeper after all.

This is the first time in almost 15 years that we have any lawn at all, and while the 65m2 that we have is only a small portion of our 900m2 allotment, it is more than twice the area we have ever had before!

It's there to give us a rigging area for the boat, and to park visiting cars and campervans on (as well as hold the odd wedding and other stuff), so we really can't have bindi in it can we????

I'm thinking going away for three months may just be the right solution.

Particularly if I take the cat eh Al?

Cheers,

P

:D

[Zed]

plant buffalo, its agressive, grows in a mat and doesnt get real high. pretty soon it will displace all the other grass in your yard and when you do get around to mowing it it will look ace.

you should feel privledged midgester, this is my 900th post and im wasting it on you you friggen toad eatin' queenslander. :p

[bitingmidge]

plant buffalo
The second species to which I refer!!!

Believe it or not, just to buy Buffalo turf a couple of years ago was nearly four times the price of having Couch LAID!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

In a year or five it will have taken over, and I'll rest easy (except that the biodiversity will be gone...)

Cheers,

P :D

[Cliff Rogers]

We have 10 Acres, 5 of them infested with Tobacco Weed.....

If you have a need to pull out unwanted weeds, do we have a holiday destination for you.... :D

[echnidna]

We have 10 Acres, 5 of them infested with Tobacco Weed.....

If you have a need to pull out unwanted weeds, do we have a holiday destination for you.... :D

Congratulations Cliff The first one whose NOT OLD to post.

[journeyman Mick]

plant buffalo, its agressive, grows in a mat and doesnt get real high. pretty soon it will displace all the other grass in your yard and when you do get around to mowing it it will look ace.......

Unless of course you live in the wet tropics..... I've got buffalo grass, unfortunately it's not as aggresive as the nut grass, molasses grass, sensitive weeds, Singapore daisy or guinea grass. Because of one thing and another I haven't mowed for about a month and fairly irregularly before then. I've got quite a few patches of 2M high guinea grass :eek: that are starting to really annoy me.I could have mowed this afternoon but instead I got in an hour and a half of shed time. :) . This was badly needed therapy for me after the stress of the last few weeks. There's nothing like the prospect of losing your beloved to really help you in prioritising your tasks. Mowing is fairly low on the list now, and pulling out the sensitive weed has just been bumped off the list for the forseeable future.

Mick

[Iain]

Mr Midge, the donkeys eat in their paddock but Mrs gets upset when they eat in her garden, we have tried, so it's time to invite someone over for a BBQ so the kids can have a crack at the ride on, works a treat.

[DavidG]

Your all approaching the problem from the wrong end.

Buy some PasStop and spray liberally.
That will kill the paspalum, bindi, couch and a few other grasses. :o

If that is still not enough the spray liberally with Roundup. :rolleyes:

If you are still not satisfied with the result get some
243DT and spray again. :eek:

By this stage it should look like a desert so all you need are a few cacti (in pots 'cause the 243DT).

[bitingmidge]

you should feel privledged midgester, this is my 900th post and im wasting it on you you friggen toad eatin' queenslander. :p

AND it cost you a rasperry too!!!

Better be careful or the buffalo grass will take over your entire rasberry patch, and you'll have nothing but a sea of green to dish up!! Gee I'm glad there's no pineapple option though!!

Nah, as long as I've got this weeding fetish, you should be right.

Went out to bring in the wheelie bin at dawn this morning, carrying by trusty paspalum knife, managed to get a handful of biodiversity before the midges got so much blood I had to go back inside! :mad:

Cheers,

P
:D :D :D

[Cliff Rogers]

.....
Nah, as long as I've got this weeding fetish, you should be right.
....managed to get a handful of biodiversity before the midges got so much blood I had to go back inside!....
Mate, you'd love it up here, no midges & when you've finished on the Tobacco Weed, you can start on the Lantana. :D

[craigb]

Went out to bring in the wheelie bin at dawn this morning

:eek: :eek: :eek:

:)

[bitingmidge]

:eek: :eek: :eek:

:)
Well I like to clear the footpath before I get on my pushie.....just in case!!!

And the sun don't shine till after 6.00 anymore.
P

:D :D :D

[Sturdee]

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Went out to bring in the wheelie bin at dawn this morning,

Shouldn't leave your house pets out overnight, Midge, not fair on the native wildlife. :D :D :D


Peter.

[TrevorOwen]

Maybe grass grows only 50mm in a year, wouldn't know about that as we don't have a lawn. :D :D :D But the nature strip, although green, is mainly weeds. Everyone around me mows every 2 or 3 weeks but then they don't have a workshop. :D :D :D

Peter.
Thanks for the tip Sturdee, I was wondering how to get a workshop.http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon7.gif

[adrian]

I noticed that part of the aging process is taking twice as long in the shower. I am often finding that I end up washing everything twice because I can't remember which parts I've already done.
That used to be fun when I was younger.

[AlexS]

Went out to bring in the wheelie bin at dawn this morning, ..... :mad:

Cheers,

P
:D :D :D

So tell us Midge, where've you wheelie bin? :D

[Daddles]

Seriously, just for a moment please boys. I'm losing track with this thread. I can no longer tell what is serious and what is not. Does this mean that I have incipient old bugger's disease? :confused:
Please be gentle with me. :)
I am feeling delicate this evening. :o
I'm not getting old am I? :(
Just because when I watch a footballer retire I can remember when his FATHER started as a first season player? :D
Just because channel two has a show called Grumpy Old Men, most of which are younger than me? :rolleyes:
Just because ... because ... oh dammit, I've forgotten what I'm talking about AGAIN. :rolleyes:
Hey, I can't be old. My Dad's still alive ... and seems to understand where I'm coming from. I can't be THAT old surely. Surely? :p

Oh help.

Richard :D

[Cliff Rogers]

...I can't be THAT old surely. Surely?....Nah, I'll be your age next year & I'm not old.... says he who had 50mils of something that looks like beer drained out of his left knee at lunch time. :rolleyes:

I was wondering where it went & I'm sure I drank more than 50mils. :D

[ozwinner]

says he who had 50mils of something that looks like beer drained out of his left knee at lunch time. :rolleyes:

I was wondering where it went & I'm sure I drank more than 50mils. :D
Maybe they were pisstaking??

Al :D

[Sturdee]

Hey, I can't be old. My Dad's still alive ... and seems to understand where I'm coming from. I can't be THAT old surely. Surely? :p

Oh help.

Richard :D

Richard,


Old age is a state of mind, nothing to do with age. :D :D Whilst I feel quite young with many years still to experience, you sound like an old man :D :D so you must be old.


Peter.

[vsquizz]

Oh very young....sounds like an opening for a song:rolleyes:

The best lawnmower invented is Roundup.

My mower is over at the neighbours rusting.

Last time SWMBO told me to clean up I used the Bobcat. Bare sand + dry summer = no weeds, or lawn for that matter.

Your only as old as what you are feeling, so keep your hands to yourself you dirty old...:D

What was this thread about??:confused:

You know you can still eat pancakes without any teeth:eek:

Cheers

[Iain]

Mrs came home with this last night:
Four stages of life,
Believe in Santa Claus :D
Don't believe in Santa Claus :confused:
Are Santa Claus :rolleyes:
Look like Santa Claus :mad:

[Barry_White]

As my mother-in-law used to say "You are only as old as the woman you feel"