Thank you to a highly skilled photographer, we have capture the elusive suited Genziuk in his natural habitat. Holding meetings in the communal cafe has taken on a whole new level of satisfaction since starting to collect all the grounds that are coming out of those machines. Every time one of those buttons gets pressed … Continue reading »
Monthly Archives: August 2010
From little things big things grow
There is more to my gardening than coffee grounds. Just a little. I went on a fruit tree spending splurge from a heritage nursery in late April, and took delivery in middle of July. It was a long wait to get these babies. The collection comprises: Lapin Cherry Simone Cherry Gala Apple Pink Lady Apple … Continue reading »
The garden – August 10
Great to see progress in the garden month on month, and it should be an interesting thing to capture as the weather improves and the tomatoes, cucumbers, capsicums, and pumpkin get bedded in. So how are things going in what has been a cold, wet, and unfriendly month for the gardener. The snow peas are … Continue reading »
Mould Growing on Coffee Grounds
Coffee Grounds and Mould Up until this weekend, I had a shed floor covered in used coffee grounds, with another lot sitting in a cardboard box. The idea was simply to see what happens with it, in a cold and dry environment. Yes these are the sorts of things that I find interesting – things … Continue reading »
New soil with coffee grounds
Making coffee compost for plants and the garden I have a few compost bins, and this is the one that does the bulk of the work. Over the past month, I’ve added 400 kilos of lettuce leaves and coffee grounds into it, and the thing is only half full. Even in the dead of winter, … Continue reading »
I See You See
At twenty three hundred hours our forces engaged the insurgents and due to good intelligence they were taken completely by surprise Around 11 at night soldiers kicked in our front door and started shooting at everyone even my mother killed in her sleep Our forces did sustain a number of casualties in the pursuing actions … Continue reading »
The Crest
He woke with a dull ache in the neck and when he tilted his head enough the comb touched an open sore where maggots grew fat She approached the shed drawn by a noise teesh not from the ventilation fans ta teesh like a metal brush tapping cardboard teesh and when she got inside to … Continue reading »
Ground to Ground in the Office
Recycling Coffee Grounds It took me a little while to figure out that all those office coffee machines were spitting out a healthy quantity of grounds. And it was in one of those moments that I had flashbacks of my decade in corporate life (as in office life), and how many tray loads of used … Continue reading »
Garden gym
I did a good deal of lifting on the weekend. First off, I found a place in Lysterfield with a herd of horses that, I think, make a lot of crap. So much of it that I was able to buy 30-40 kilo sacks of it for $2 a piece. About 300 kilos of it … Continue reading »
