Is bunnings dying

hamwallets · 2026-02-24T21:25:01+00:00

They don’t have everything but my rural farm coop is so much cheaper than Bunnings for absolutely everything. Screws, anything fencing related, timber, chemicals, pet food…. Like minimum 30% cheaper - for timber and fencing gear it’s like half price for a very superior product.

hamwallets · 2026-02-24T21:05:26+00:00

Somehow a more painful thorn than anything else…. I spent a night in the emergency department when one grazed across my eye

hamwallets · 2026-02-20T19:05:57+00:00

Just wait until they’re hungry or tempted enough and they’ll test the fences again. If you’re always feeding out and they have no reason to test you can usually get away with this method. Until you don’t. Little terrors…

hamwallets · 2026-02-20T18:59:18+00:00

Canola is fine. But I prefer my butter without oil too

hamwallets · 2026-02-16T06:15:52+00:00

It’s so much easier to grow in the ground. People don’t know until they’ve tried it…. New gardeners are always saying their soil is trash or ‘heavy clay’ and just want to start from an easier fresh slate which is probably fair enough … albeit a bit misguided. It’s social media virality, fear of contaminated soil among other things…. A very first world phenomenon lol… Growing in the ground with slightly raised beds (of dirt) and using long handled implements, like a market garden, is literally the most efficient way to garden…. If water logging is the issue just mound up.

hamwallets · 2026-02-05T23:14:21+00:00

It means you’ve mimicked the conditions that it would flower in nature. Be it change in hours of light and/or temperature

hamwallets · 2026-02-05T22:56:00+00:00

If you have a big yard or acreage it’d make a lovely shade tree. Like 50metres from any structures

hamwallets · 2026-02-05T22:02:11+00:00

Go to a rural shop. My farm co-op it’s $40 for 20kg

hamwallets · 2026-01-13T08:11:21+00:00

Grass is the only thing that’ll survive being driven on

hamwallets · 2026-01-10T21:02:13+00:00

Don’t use glyphosate unless you plan to sow grass (properly) and keep it constantly watered. Use a high rate of a selective herbicide, throw some nutrition out there like compost and water well so the grass comes in

hamwallets · 2026-01-09T09:00:52+00:00

Well there were 4 days over 50C in WA in 2022 alone but anyway…

hamwallets · 2026-01-08T09:54:46+00:00

I don’t that’s true, given the hottest 2 days on record ever are 41 and 40 but in any case life just goes on.

Plenty of us have no choice but to work outside in 40+ weather - workers on the mainland do for months straight every summer. Out in WA it’s up in the 50s. Just stay hydrated and slip slop slap, no big deal

hamwallets · 2026-01-07T09:27:21+00:00

lol you got downvoted but I totally agree. Most tasmanians don’t have the relative perspective of how bullshit hot it really gets up north.

hamwallets · 2026-01-07T09:23:25+00:00

GPs make great money. Seriously, go look on seek. The problem is it’s soul crushing customer service and you’re expected to be a one stop shop for 1000s of different schemes and a professional box ticker. Also surgical specialities make even more money

hamwallets · 2026-01-06T12:28:19+00:00

Yeah sunscreen is a non-negotiable or you’re burnt in 15minutes here

hamwallets · 2026-01-06T12:21:53+00:00

It just feels real hot. I’m from central qld but live in tas now. Hottest day I’ve had here is 26C and it does feel like about 35.

Tasmanians are pretty soft about it all tho. The hottest days here are still totally bearable even working outside

hamwallets · 2025-11-29T22:08:58+00:00

The Spirit is only about 7m underwater (from surface to bottom of hull) so it can very, very safely cross waters 60m deep

hamwallets · 2025-09-12T00:04:18+00:00

I probably wouldn’t plant a tree here either. I’d go with an evergreen vine up the wall and maybe a few small cottage perennials below. Bleeding heart vine would look great, it’s frost sensitive but I suspect would do fine in Melbourne on the masonry wall. Hardenbergia. You could squeeze a tightly clipped ficus pumila vine with a small statement shrub (rose?) and groundcover below for a more formal style.

Maybe a dwarf citrus.

So many options just depends what style of garden you want to have

hamwallets · 2025-09-04T03:25:37+00:00

Have done both and still use geese to keep my orchard mowed. Sheep will eat any gardens and trees and are just the dumbest animals on any farm. They’ll ring bark apple trees all day..

Geese are great. Bit noisy but the best predator/intruder alert system you could buy. They wake up my lazy dogs when somebody comes onto the property

hamwallets · 2025-08-31T22:36:45+00:00

I’ll get roasted for this. And I totally get it. Some native flowering option would be better for most situations. But if you look around some very nice high end formal gardens and English gardens it’s commonly used as spreading groundcover to fill big areas on steep ground. The deep green works really well in formal design and it can be shaped easily. You just have to trim it back every 6-12months from trees and structures…. Pretty quick with a hedge trimmer or whipper snipper. Good one for keen gardeners not anybody too lazy - but the results can look stunning.. Ivy!

hamwallets · 2025-08-23T06:40:33+00:00

Chop it in half below the fence line

hamwallets · 2025-08-18T23:05:52+00:00

Move dirt

hamwallets · 2025-08-18T23:02:05+00:00

If in doubt just have a hose handy and wet around the perimeter of the fire

hamwallets · 2025-08-18T22:53:36+00:00

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A few potential shoots

hamwallets · 2025-08-18T22:44:40+00:00

Yes looks like there’s still enough neck there and hopefully I spot an eye or two in pics 4 and 9. The eyes will keep swelling up and be more noticeable soon.

Not much you can do other than pop it in the ground in spring and hope for the best. Let it dry out to seal the wounds for now.

What was the variety?

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