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Hunting down a pest

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 2 Jan

When I first saw a similar photo to this one in a news article I didn’t realise the red-whiskered bulbul is a pest in Australia. Authorities are hunting for an escaped individual in South Australia. The birds are listed as an...

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red whiskered bulbul

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Relics from years gone by

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Nov 21

Recently, when we visited our old home town of Donnybrook in Western Australia, my friend and I had coffee at a new cafe. The old railway goods shed has been converted into a coffee house. It is a big building and part of it is...

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Donnybrook - NOT the home of the Granny Smith apple

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Aug 20

I live near Donnybrook in Western Australia. We are surrounded by orchards and vineyards. There are also a lot of vegetables grown here. In earlier days, the orchards were almost all dedicated to apples and several new varieties...

western australia

apple varieties

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Backpackers staying in Western Australia and a cruise ship in crisis

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Mar 20

Our area of south-west Western Australia (WA) provides employment for a large number of backpackers. They are employed on orchards, vineyards and market gardens. Now, with the coronavirus, many have decided to stay in WA. For...

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Fire-eaters and jugglers

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 2 Apr 19

When I was approaching adulthood in Australia, it was a big deal for people to go overseas. Certainly young people wouldn’t go traipsing off all over the countryside, backpacking their way here and there. Or at least, no-one I...

western australia

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Why are people so rude?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Mar 19

On the plane back from Nepal Vince met a girl who was coming to Western Australia to meet her boyfriend. They intended to work at whatever they could find so Vince suggested they look us up if they happened to be in our area. To...

western australia

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Fruitland

celticeagle @celticeagle (189820) • Boise, Idaho 26 Sep 18

We used to drive over to the nearby town to their orchards and pick apples off the ground that the pickers didn't want for whatever reason. Some of them were over sized. Like huge. The size of two good sized apples. I couldn't eat...

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The beautiful orchards in Shantiniketan are amazing.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 2 Apr 18

In Shantiniketan, Raktakarabi is a resort created on countryside. The entire place is fringed with ponds, trees, farmlands and orchards. The orchards of different fruits like mangoes, guavas, bananas are really amazing.

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White Figs for the Taking

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Jan 17

Yesterday we drove into our nearest town for a few provisions. We met a lady that we know quite well and stopped to exchange pleasantries. She had a bucketful of ripe figs in the car and gave us some to take home. As you can see...

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Errors and Smudge Pots

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Jan 17

I've made a mistake in my post about horizontal horizons. I said that a pole in the middle of the photo was a light which comes on to prevent frost from forming in the orchard. As I wrote it I was wondering how a simple light or...

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Why We Don't Grow Fruit Trees

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Nov 15

I was 'talking' with Val from New Zealand whose strawberry plants succumbed to the cold. In the meantime she had bought some very tasty ones in her local shop. I mentioned that we live in an orchard district and are often asked if...

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How do you keep birds out of your garden?

cassidy22 @cassidy22 (2974) • United States 15 Jul 08

I am researching ways to keep birds out of my gardens. I don't mind that they eat bugs, but they are also eating all of the cherries from my cherrie trees. How do you keep birds out of your gardens?

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Apple Picking

blogyourself @blogyourself (1577) • United States 7 Dec 06

When I moved to New York I found myself surrounded by orchards. Ever been apple picking?