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    turkeys

    One of our neighbours keeps turkeys. They just free range with their cattle, and they have little trouble breeding them as well. My main concern...
    Post by: Mango1, Jan 22, 2010 in forum: Breeding, Raising, Feeding and Caring for Animals
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    very poor soil ,animal and insect attacks - give up or what

    using mustard as a green manure also works. The CSIRO recently did some work showing how decaying mustard 'fumigates' the soil and kills nemotodes.
    Post by: Mango1, Jan 22, 2010 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    Climate Change - Questions and Answers

    The climate change debate frustrates me on multiple levels: Firstly, those with a vested interest in the debate feel the need to over...
    Post by: Mango1, Jan 11, 2010 in forum: The big picture
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    Good Bug Bad Bug - treatments/solutions

    Very cool bugs. The website I looked at said they eat other bugs, so they may be good bugs. Apparently they can bite. Not too sure about eating...
    Post by: Mango1, Jan 11, 2010 in forum: Breeding, Raising, Feeding and Caring for Animals
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    Antechinus REALLY HELP!!!

    Thrid choice - move away from the area. Forth choice - learn to live with it. Fifth choice - nuke the house. My bet would be to give them a...
    Post by: Mango1, Jan 8, 2010 in forum: Breeding, Raising, Feeding and Caring for Animals
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    Super Fly?

    I know it is a little sadistic, but I really enjoy dispatching grass hoppers by giving them to praying mantis in my back yard. Its a little gory...
    Post by: Mango1, Jan 6, 2010 in forum: Breeding, Raising, Feeding and Caring for Animals
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    Super Fly?

    Looks like some species of Robber Fly. They have a tendency to eat bees and to pose for the camera.
    Post by: Mango1, Jan 5, 2010 in forum: Breeding, Raising, Feeding and Caring for Animals
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    Perennial N-fixing groundcover?

    Re: Perennial N-fixing groundcover? I am in the wet subtropics - but given the recent drought you could almost call it the mostly dry...
    Post by: Mango1, Dec 3, 2009 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    the great vegetarian tragedy

    Re: the great vegetarian tragedy Just don't try to farm humans as part of your PC efforts, or atleast don't harvest them.
    Post by: Mango1, Nov 27, 2009 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    the great vegetarian tragedy

    Re: the great vegetarian tragedy ta
    Post by: Mango1, Nov 27, 2009 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    the great vegetarian tragedy

    Re: the great vegetarian tragedy Kuru - a disease similar to variant CJD (mad cow disease) that is spread through cannibalism. The incidence...
    Post by: Mango1, Nov 27, 2009 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    Bleach for seed germination.

    Re: Bleach for seed germination. Household bleach = sodium hypochlorite = sodium + oxygen + chlorine in differing ratios (NaOCl) ; the chlorine...
    Post by: Mango1, Nov 25, 2009 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    Weird vegetables?

    Re: Weird vegetables? I have grown Okra before and it did really well with little attention. Pick the pods when they are only a day or two...
    Post by: Mango1, Nov 19, 2009 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    Poorly potatoes

    Re: Poorly potatoes The bad lady bugs that do this sort of work are orange with numerous black spots (I think it is about 17 spots if you want...
    Post by: Mango1, Oct 13, 2009 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    how best to use cane toads as blood and bone?

    Re: how best to use cane toads as blood and bone? I just toss mine amongst the Bananas and let them rot down. FrogWatch in Darwin (have a look...
    Post by: Mango1, Oct 12, 2009 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    Has anyone tried cane toad legs?

    Re: Has anyone tried cane toad legs? I use mine as fertiliser, very high in phosphate. The bananas love them; and I would rather eat bananas...
    Post by: Mango1, Sep 25, 2009 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    Vanilla Orchid

    Hi I am trying to track down a Vanilla Orchid cutting. Not that I expect to get beans off of it, but I would like to have one in the garden....
    Thread by: Mango1, Dec 19, 2008, 16 replies, in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    sprouted onions

    Re: sprouted onions When ever I have done this the onions have grown and gone to seed, rather than produce more onions directly. That said,...
    Post by: Mango1, Sep 9, 2008 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    SWEET POTATOES

    Re: SWEET POTATOES Hi Len Could I grab some slips off you if you have some spare? Im just down the road in Mango Hill. Thanks.
    Post by: Mango1, Sep 6, 2008 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    SWEET POTATOES

    Re: SWEET POTATOES Hi Keith I had the same problem with shop bought sweet potatoes. I guess they must treat them with something to prevent...
    Post by: Mango1, Sep 5, 2008 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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