Posted by FarmI on April 24, 2007, 9:43 am
> How are you jokers in the drought areas of Aus doing with your vege
> gardens?
So far no worries but then we supply our own water and aren't subject to
urban water restrictions. We specifically bought this place because it had
good water. Our pastures are the problem - insufficinet feed to support the
number of cattle that we would normally in a non drought times.
> What arrangements have you ockers put in place during the drought for
> watering the veges?
Now careful with those "ocker" and "joker" appellations! We may call
ourselves that but it's not something we accept too well from furriners!
> Stuff the drought water anyway?
> Roof tanks (how have they stood up to the long dry?)
Water tanks wouldn't be enough to keep a veg garden going throughout a
drought if one is on water restrictions. It may help out a bit but not for
long.
Posted by George.com on April 24, 2007, 4:56 am
> > How are you jokers in the drought areas of Aus doing with your vege
> > gardens?
> So far no worries but then we supply our own water and aren't subject to
> urban water restrictions. We specifically bought this place because it
had
> good water. Our pastures are the problem - insufficinet feed to support
the
> number of cattle that we would normally in a non drought times.
> > What arrangements have you ockers put in place during the drought for
> > watering the veges?
> Now careful with those "ocker" and "joker" appellations! We may call
> ourselves that but it's not something we accept too well from furriners!
joker is as NZ as it is Aussie. 'Kiwi joker', 'the joker down the road',
'hurry up you jokers'. We may trade it for pavolva.
Aussie, ocker, cobber, digger, thats just part of the list we call folks
from Oz. Those are the polite ones.
rob
Posted by 0tterbot on April 25, 2007, 5:37 am
>> joker is as NZ as it is Aussie. 'Kiwi joker', 'the joker down the road',
> 'hurry up you jokers'. We may trade it for pavolva.
> Aussie, ocker, cobber, digger, thats just part of the list we call folks
> from Oz. Those are the polite ones.
ocker, cobber and digger are all really specific here, they mean different
things.
otoh kiwis are just kiwis. or new zellunders.
kylie (who was accused of saying "bread" like a kiwi the other day. whatever
next?)
Posted by George.com on April 25, 2007, 1:01 pm
> >> joker is as NZ as it is Aussie. 'Kiwi joker', 'the joker down the
road',
> > 'hurry up you jokers'. We may trade it for pavolva.
> >
> > Aussie, ocker, cobber, digger, thats just part of the list we call folks
> > from Oz. Those are the polite ones.
> ocker, cobber and digger are all really specific here, they mean different
> things.
yes, I realise that
> otoh kiwis are just kiwis. or new zellunders.
or birds, or chinese goosberries.
rob
Posted by Terryc on April 24, 2007, 10:58 am
FarmI wrote:
> Water tanks wouldn't be enough to keep a veg garden going throughout a
> drought if one is on water restrictions. It may help out a bit but not for
> long.
Exactly. Our 7,000 Litres would last a week of selective watering over
our 50 square metres of garden.
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