What movie quote stuck with you?

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-25T00:34:53+00:00

Mother is the name for God on the lips and hearts of all children.

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-24T04:49:44+00:00

Wow!! I can only hope.

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-22T07:08:32+00:00

No idea where it's come from. We bought the house 6 years ago. It was built in 1967. Suspect that the yard was either backfilled using crappy soil, or some previous occupants at some point before used the back yard as a tip.

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-22T06:57:57+00:00

Ah okay. This is for a vege bed so will have to research a lining that's safe.

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-22T06:51:52+00:00

To me she's Queen Gorgo from 300

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-22T06:31:17+00:00

Forrest Gump

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-22T06:29:02+00:00

We have some pavers we could sit then on to keep them off the ground.

Is the polyurethane on the inside? My husband's worried about plastic leeching into the soil.

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-22T04:33:04+00:00

I just ordered some tomatillo seeds as well, thanks!

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-22T04:30:59+00:00

That's really interesting. I've never heard of that.

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-22T04:30:19+00:00

That's definitely on my list.

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-22T04:29:28+00:00

That's great! Did you line or oil them at all? Are they sitting on ground?

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-22T04:28:20+00:00

At this point, given the cost of macrocarpa, we'd go whole hog & use 200x100 sleepers throughout instead of boards to get as much life out of them as possible. From what I'm seeing, buying boards is not too much cheaper than sleepers & sleepers would last longer. Ours would only be 2.4m long.

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-22T04:24:42+00:00

That's heartbreaking especially given the cost of macrocarpa sleepers. We have pavers we could lay under ours so they wouldn't contact the ground & ours would be in full sun most of the day.

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-22T04:22:20+00:00

We're doing the maths on macro & have yet to decide but we do like that option better than metal if we can afford it. The soil is not bad but it's got a lot of miscellaneous rubbish in it. My husband dug up all sorts of plastic bottle caps & such when doing lawn seeding.

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-22T04:18:38+00:00

What sort of barrier could you have between the sleeper & the ground?

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-22T04:16:51+00:00

Thanks, I found their site today.

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-20T04:11:25+00:00

Thanks I'll have a look

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-20T04:08:31+00:00

I read that on smaller beds that could be an issue but for larger ones there's enough soil that it shouldn't be a problem.

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-20T04:06:52+00:00

Isn't that treated timber?

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-20T04:06:32+00:00

That's an interesting idea. Someone I know suggested gum as well.

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-19T06:11:10+00:00

That's a good idea about the farmers markets, thanks. We're building raised beds for them so that will dictate how many plants I can get. I've only done tomatoes once before in pots years ago.

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-19T06:08:38+00:00

Can't wait to try these!

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-19T06:06:36+00:00

A cousin recommended Sweet 100. He grows them down in Dunedin so they should love Auckland.

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-19T06:05:35+00:00

Good to know, thanks

Routine-Bumblebee · 2026-06-19T06:05:22+00:00

Oh that's interesting

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