AusBonsai

Greth wrote:Vanilla is really tropical, will only survive here if I can keep the frost off it in winter, keep water up to it in summer. But in the shadehouse it does have a fair shot at growing. Only have some shoots for now, this is a new acquisition, but hoping to get a vine in the fullness of time.
The next problem will be that it must be hand pollinated, I have heard only in the morning, so it is a long way to vanilla pods. Now you know why the stuff costs so much!!!

Mixed feelings about the firebreak, Matt, the fire got part of my olive collecting zone good news is I already cleared it of anything diggable this year, so no potensai lost, they are all enjoying growbox heaven at my place for a year or three.

The climate change predictions for SA could actually make this place a lot more liveable and better for agriculture, lets face it, nothing could make most of it much worse anyway. Would love to see an inland sea, all ya really need is a very long pipe to connect Lake Eyre to the ocean, its below sea level anyway.