Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

First day of the Narrogin spring festival today and many people were very interested in the AP as well as Di's garden. Tomorrow is another day for the open garden and we are expecting a lot more visitors than today. Nocky has volunteered to come out and do a bit of AP spruiking, and I may be able to go for an afternoon nap!!

Abdul, here is your picture of my mango that you requested, and a couple of vegie shots. The tomatoes are winter tomatoes that came as seeds with the Burks Backyard magazine, and they are very nice and not very acidic.

Looks awesome Rick, those tomatoes are so RED.
Is that Pawpaw as well and Banana ? How old is the Mangoe.
I put one in the ground about 4mth ago and is doing great.
Good to see your sharing the love through the Open Garden.
Have a great weekend.

I thought someone had screwed around with my screen colour, now I know its not just me

any chance you could mail me some seeds Rick

ya mean like.. "Ya think your a mango tree hey... nothing but a weed growing in vegetable world"

Nice pics there Rick. Enjoy your day! Love to see a couple of pphots of Di's garden if you don't mind. More brownie points huh?

Thanks Rick, it looks marvelous! Could use a little toughening up, try the pushing idea and let us know if it works out

Great job on those tomatos, how come you have them just lying on the GB that way instead of hung up on a string or staked?

Nice lookin' tomatoes Rick !!

Most of them are strung up abdul, but these small tommys have a fairly compact bush, so half of it half of it is up and the other half is not big enough.I can do that Faye, but like Abdul, you will have to be patient. Getting too many brownie points in quick succession is just a waste!!Can't say no seeing you are bowing to me! Send me a PM with your address and that may remind me as well.Yep, pawpaws banana and mango. Mango has been in for 9 months I think. You could look back through my thread and tell me.
Too many questions. I will have to go back into posting hibernation again.

Bugger, another Pawpaw tree bites the dust, a female too I believe. Ah well, I still have two more and they have different looking flowers, so that means, a male and a female.Not only are they still alive but they have a thicker trunk that is tapered to the top. Both in the same blue drum, bugger again! These two must be a different variety. Initially I bought some seedlings and I also planted some seeds from a very nice pawpaw. I'm not sure which is which now. My mango tree is discarding some of its fruit, it had too many anyway. Time will tell if any of the ones left will fully develop. As much as I love to eat mangoes, I have just discovered that I am allergic to their skin. The skin has an oil on it similar to poison ivy, and it brings out a very itch rash in ones tender spots, that I won't discuss here, but also under my neck, belly button etc. The itch lasts a good two weeks.

Might I suggest you stop rubbing mangoes on your "tender spots" and then they will not get so itchy

I get an itch in some tender spots , but I dont have a mango, so whats going on

I think you can get a powder for them at the chemist, Mantis !

ROFL!!!

Why did you lose that pawpaw Rick? It looks like it just fell over. The other pawpaw looks like a monster!

salt a tank to 6ppt, and soak for a few hours, should clear up any skin infections pretty easily

alternatilvley drink rum till the itch stops?

I am sorry Rick But I had a good laugh at your expense LOL
Hope your ich gets better soon and doesn't spread to the fish!