Category Archives: Home & Garden

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Windsor Green is not drought tolerant

Posted on February 2, 2008 by Tom Bammann

Previously I had posted about how I don’t think Windsor Green couch lawn is as drought tolerant as Santa Anna couch lawn. Here is a screen-shot from the website of the company that recommends Windsor Green for it’s drought tolerance. … Continue reading →

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Political correctness of the term “Blackboys” (yakkas)

Posted on January 21, 2008 by Tom Bammann

SWK has pointed out to me that in my last post, the term “blackboys” could be interpreted as somewhat politically incorrect. I use the term “blackboys” to describe the Xanthorrhoea plant, otherwise known as Yakka. Yakka is a word that … Continue reading →

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Note to world: Tom Bammann blogging again

Posted on January 20, 2008 by Tom Bammann

I didn’t stop blogging, I’ve just had higher priorities in the last few months. Since I last posted anything substantial, I’ve been doing a lot, and I will attempt to catch up with what I’ve been up to in this … Continue reading →

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Laundry Water

Posted on October 22, 2006 by Tom Bammann

Today I rigged up a way of saving lots of water. Our washing machine, which although is already highly efficient with its water usage, still uses at least a couple buckets of water per wash. By taking the hose that … Continue reading →

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what i’ve been up to lately

Posted on September 17, 2006 by Tom Bammann

Adelaide Marathon This was a couple weeks ago, but I’ve been “a bit busy”, such is my favourite line at work these days. After talking to someone for a couple minutes and you feel like getting back to work, or … Continue reading →

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black boys starting to sprout

Posted on July 5, 2006 by Tom Bammann

A while ago I posted about my new hobby of growing black boys. I planted them mid-May 2006, and they’ve just started to sprout now after about 7 weeks. They are the quadrangilata species.

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winter grass

Posted on May 21, 2006 by Tom Bammann

As Autumn has settled in, my (/my parents) Santa Ana cooch lawn has settled in for dormancy, and the winter grass has taken away. Thanks to Paul Munns weed chart I was able to buy special winter grass killing stuff. … Continue reading →

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black boy aka xanthorrhoea

Posted on April 29, 2006 by Tom Bammann

My latest hobby, black boys. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll get time to go collect seeds from some local black boys for growing my own black boys.

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lawn care

Posted on February 5, 2006 by Tom Bammann

I’m surprised I haven’t written anything in here before about one of my latest hobbies, lawn care. This weekend I’ve done a fair bit of work on our lawns. It all started about 3 months ago, when I was attempting … Continue reading →

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working at dare with jordan

Posted on December 18, 2005 by Tom Bammann

Today I woke up, rolled out of bed, and *started* to do the usual “gourmet breakfast” followed by Starcraft with my just-as-keen-Starcraft-playing neighbour. However 5 minutes into the game Jordan called with an offer to work with him for the … Continue reading →

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