12-01-2025, 08:55 PM
Tried to put up a link of the humongous waves at the Whirinaki beach - have scuttled up here for the night while the grandchildren deal with my foul smelling domestic problem .I have been away for a few days - as soon as I opened my door I thought somebody had crawled in there and died but it was my fridge freezer - my grandchildren are emptying the freezer for me and moving a new fridge in - they don’t trust me to not salvage something - the week before I went away I had a box of field mushrooms given to me - had cooked them and frozen in small portions- probably would have been tempted to keep at least one bag - such a waste
When I moved in here there was a bokashi composting system - you could put everything in it but you had to feed it pellets which I kept running out of - I swapped it for a small normal compost bin which my garden man keeps working very efficiently
My 82 year old cousin inherited by grandmothers house and he has lived in it for 50 years - she had an amazing garden so she left her house to my cousin as he helped her often and she knew the garden would flourish under his care - it’s a spectacular garden - nearly an acre - a very upmarket spec home was built on the neighbouring half acre - it was sold before it was finished to kiwis returning from Oz - it has turned out horrific - it is a 501 and his family - there are 11 adults and 9 children but they aren’t his problem - they have been there 6 months - the SPCA counted 22 cats - my cousin and his wife can not leave their doors or windows open as kittens having kittens use their house as a birthing unit as there are a breeding pair of pit bulls so they come to my cousins constantly- his veggie garden is decimated - the SPCA put some traps in my cousins garden but one of the teenagers put a rock through his window - police were called told him it would be safer not to trap the cats - they have both worked so hard all their working lives it’s simply not right - they are going to have to move - maybe if they weren’t animal lovers it would be easier they could take matters into their own hands
Think I might be not going to have a lot of sleep - the sea is roaring
When I moved in here there was a bokashi composting system - you could put everything in it but you had to feed it pellets which I kept running out of - I swapped it for a small normal compost bin which my garden man keeps working very efficiently
My 82 year old cousin inherited by grandmothers house and he has lived in it for 50 years - she had an amazing garden so she left her house to my cousin as he helped her often and she knew the garden would flourish under his care - it’s a spectacular garden - nearly an acre - a very upmarket spec home was built on the neighbouring half acre - it was sold before it was finished to kiwis returning from Oz - it has turned out horrific - it is a 501 and his family - there are 11 adults and 9 children but they aren’t his problem - they have been there 6 months - the SPCA counted 22 cats - my cousin and his wife can not leave their doors or windows open as kittens having kittens use their house as a birthing unit as there are a breeding pair of pit bulls so they come to my cousins constantly- his veggie garden is decimated - the SPCA put some traps in my cousins garden but one of the teenagers put a rock through his window - police were called told him it would be safer not to trap the cats - they have both worked so hard all their working lives it’s simply not right - they are going to have to move - maybe if they weren’t animal lovers it would be easier they could take matters into their own hands
Think I might be not going to have a lot of sleep - the sea is roaring