MJ's little flock

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Good evening MJ and everyone


What's the bottom picture?

If I remember correctly it's a Hairpin Banksia (Banksia spinulosa)

 

[Grammy60]

If I remember correctly it's a Hairpin Banksia (Banksia spinulosa)

Thank you, I've never heard of it before, so I'll be googling today

Just looked it up, that's a neat plant.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Thank you, I've never heard of it before, so I'll be googling today

Just looked it up, that's a neat plant.

I love banksias. The birds and small mammals love the nectar and the fruit is so interesting.
Edit: I also have an Old Man Banksia (Banksia serrata) and a Heath Banksia (Banksia ericifolia). There are lots of different banksias ranging from ground covers to very tall shrubs.

 

[Grammy60]

I love banksias. The birds and small mammals love the nectar and the fruit is so interesting.

I love banksias. The birds and small mammals love the nectar and the fruit is so interesting.

Sorry fingers jumped the pictures I saw didn't shop any fruit and yours looks way better than the web pictures.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Sorry fingers jumped the pictures I saw didn't shop any fruit and yours looks way better than the web pictures.

Thank you, that was the flower on mine. It has fruit now but it is too late to take a picture for you. I'll take one tomorrow.

 

[BY Bob]

Sounds like a very satisfying project to have. Could you share the history of the house?

Gratuitous chicken photo: Pepper before her moult with sun on her feathers.
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Just beautiful . I love black legs. Mal had black legs.

 

[BY Bob]

Newspapers make good weed mats.

Do they still make those? Newspapers?

 

[BY Bob]

They do. I use them all the time. Soak them in the wheel barrow and lay them on the ground overlapping about 5 or 6 pages thick then put mulch on top. It works a treat.
Our front yard was overgrown with grass and I just trampled down the grass, jumped up and down on it a few times and used the newspaper and mulch method. Not much broke through and all the native plants seem to be thriving now.
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Amazing. They work really well.

 

[LozzyR]

Do they still make those? Newspapers?

They do. I also use them to line the floors of the hen houses. My dad saves them for me and gives me a heap when we visit.

 

[Shadrach]

Sounds like a very satisfying project to have. Could you share the history of the house?

Gratuitous chicken photo: Pepper before her moult with sun on her feathers.
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I like pepper.