My Safe Place Thread

[kbate]

Oh the glamour of country life! Back-breaking labour and mind-numbing boredom all in one.

Yesterday for our extra glamour, we went out and pulled weeds in the lilies. I also pulled weeds in the irises and strawberries.

Never a dull day.

 

[trysail]

Beans are resilient and they love water, especially those in my just sown fields. Now if we just get some sun next week, I will be on my way to only losing a few thousand dollars instead of many thousands. Isn't farming wonderful?

Other than this brief crop report, I have nothing to add to the invigorating and intellectually stimulating discussions currently progressing all across this site.

'snice to have someone around this godforsaken joint who is conversant about beans, Reynard, cattle and such.




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[Equinoxe]

Yesterday for our extra glamour, we went out and pulled weeds in the lilies. I also pulled weeds in the irises and strawberries.

Never a dull day.

I spent yesterday re-reading Gormenghast.

But, apples and oranges. Of course, you're much too far north to grow oranges, outside of an orangery.

 

[Greypowerful]

What a quaintly 18th Century reference.

Begs a grand Georgian pile to display the goods.

 

[glynndah]

Just passing through. I fear I don't meet all the qualifications to legitimately hang out here.

A from the good little witch.

 

[HisArpy]

It's probably ok since you're female and have a wand and are all sparkly and everything. Kbate will likely forgive any failures to comply with the rules just because of the sparkly bit, but the other things won't hurt.

 

[glynndah]

It's probably ok since you're female and have a wand and are all sparkly and everything. Kbate will likely forgive any failures to comply with the rules just because of the sparkly bit, but the other things won't hurt.

You're new here, aren't you?

 

[HisArpy]

You're new here, aren't you?

Lol.

I'm so new the shiny hasn't worn off.
I'm so new the Cosmoline is still sticky.
I'm so new the giftwrap hasn't been selected.
I'm so new they haven't invented my symbol for the periodic table.
I'm so new it'll take another 4,758 years for my light to reach earth.

How's that?

 

[kbate]

Just passing through. I fear I don't meet all the qualifications to legitimately hang out here.

A from the good little witch.

I thought I was doing well, hiding in my safe place, but here you are, spreading evil, discontent and ill tidings, as you have done for over a decade.

I suppose that alone qualifies you to post here.

 

[Radiohead]

I thought I was doing well, hiding in my safe place, but here you are, spreading evil, discontent and ill tidings, as you have done for over a decade.

I suppose that alone qualifies you to post here.

Shuddap newbie

 

[glynndah]

I thought I was doing well, hiding in my safe place, but here you are, spreading evil, discontent and ill tidings, as you have done for over a decade.

I suppose that alone qualifies you to post here.

Make way, you fools, make way. *flicks glitter in your path*

 

[kbate]

two posts in one day! perhaps the rain has me in a funk.

 

[Greypowerful]

Funky chicken?

 

[Equinoxe]

two posts in one day! perhaps the rain has me in a funk.

Scandalous! Ghastly! Frightful! Oh the horror! What do think this is? 2005?

 

[Fata Morgana]

two posts in one day! perhaps the rain has me in a funk.

Hello my little cunt nugget.

 

[kbate]

Hello my little cunt nugget.

I thought of you the other day, odd because I never think of Lit personalities when not here posting on Lit. I wont tell you what I thought, because then I would be being really cuntish and it so pleases me to have my little secret that I will accept being mildly cuntish just to keep it.

 

[Fata Morgana]

I thought of you the other day, odd because I never think of Lit personalities when not here posting on Lit. I wont tell you what I thought, because then I would be being really cuntish and it so pleases me to have my little secret that I will accept being mildly cuntish just to keep it.

Cunt.

 

[girlsmiley]

Cunt.

Hello Petal.

Ugh I was just reading the latest Harris Farm Market update. It's not sounding very good.



Market Update by David Harris.

This week he says "Avocados continue to be the largest selling fruit line we have. As June comes around of course winter berries become the main focus. Unfortunately, the couple of weeks (right now) before they start are really difficult. We had excellent blueberries from Far North Queensland last week but they copped a heap of rain and probably won’t be back in full swing until the weekend, strawberries are a disaster. Until you see Queensland on our strawberry tickets I wouldn’t bother.

Crimson seedless and black grapes are both very good, Kiwi Gold is superb and we are starting to see a substantial fall in seedless watermelon, particularly the smaller melons which can be dodgy at times but what we have in store this week is eating really well. We are going to wait one more week to start Australian navel oranges on our stacks, the imported fruit is eating really well still, probably the best it’s been all season. Apple sales continue to be strong, the massive number of varieties is I think somewhat confusing. Rockmelons and honeydews are about as dear as they get, best leave them go in my view. So not a lot of good news in the fruit category this week.

Best news in veg this week is the price drop with cauliflowers. They are real feast or famine product. The famines over and now for the feast! Excellent value are Lebanese cucumbers, English spinach, coriander (by far the most popular herb) and various of the pumpkins.

Through the roof are beans but if you have not tried the local continental beans please do. One third the price of our traditional French beans, try them with crushed garlic and olive oil, they are fantastic fresh and mostly grown within 50 kilometres of Sydney. As massive corporates dominate the tomato growing with highly mechanised glasshouse production a lot of the smaller players have transitioned their winter crop to these delicious beans to survive. Whilst the weather remains so mild, English spinach is the pick of the bunch line vegetables. Brown onions are still cheap, very cheap. Good mushrooms are hard to buy."

 

[Equinoxe]

So, earlier today I happened upon a review for a book entitled Farewell to the Horse: The Final Century of Our Relationship by Ulrich Raulff, which, I understand, is an idiosyncratic book about the history of working horses and the place of horses in culture.

Which seemed a thing to mention.

 

[glynndah]

 

[kbate]

congratulations? yay?

 

[kbate]

Farewell to the Horse: The Final Century of Our Relationship by Ulrich Raulff,

I shall have to read this.

 

[HisArpy]

I shall have to read this.

Wait, are you actually allowed to be in this safe space thread?

 

[Equinoxe]

I shall have to read this.

It seemed relevant to your interests.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

glynndah, I would have never thought to look for it, here!

It will look adorable, after a few more posts...