It's almost bedtime for most of you lot
but I had to tell you about my foray into gardening today.
I bought plant pots, lots of flowering plants and a bunch of herbs, and now have them all nicely planted in the pots on my patio.
(My friend owes me $60 but he's broke so I had him work on the patio - pulling weeds, putting down gravel etc etc).

Fortunately, Home Depot (US equivalent of B&Q) has a 1 year return policy, so if I kill them all I can take 'em back!
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Fri 10 Oct 2008, 23:21, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

lol
I wish I could get away with that!

I wish I could grow herbs too, but the f**ckn possums eat them. (Australian Brushtail possums. Not to be toyed with. I've been chased off my verandah by one of the fuckers and the males get to the size of a small dog)

I tried to ward them off with a natural deterrent. Wouldn't hurt them but supposed to make them stay away. Main ingredient is chilli.

Couldn't really figure out why it wasn't working until I brought home a chilli plant absolutely covered in really hot chillies.

The next morning there were no chillies left, the buggers had eaten them!

All my supposed deterrent had been doing was putting salad dressing on everything for them!
(misskitty reeks of sex and turpentine; laudanum afternoons, Sat 11 Oct 2008, 2:33, Reply)

best water them
daily for a while - but either before sunup or after sundown is best (or at least here it is). Cold tea (without milk and sugar, natch!) is very good for plants too.
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Sat 11 Oct 2008, 10:58, Reply)