Tips on How To Graft Fruit Salad Trees

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A fruit salad tree is a real, living fruit tree that can grow several different types of fruit on the one tree. Some can even have up to eight varieties, as long as they all belong to the same fruit family.

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This is done through grafting, where you attach buds or stems (called scions) from different fruit varieties onto separate branches of a single rootstock.

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You can only graft stone fruit with stone fruit -like Mango, plum, apricot or similar.

Or citrus Orange, Lemon, Lime etc.

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Do you love the Perfume from a lovely flower garden

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Have you ever walked into a garden at dusk and been hit with that wave of perfume that makes you stop in your tracks? That’s the magic of fragrant plants, and you don’t need a big budget to enjoy it. With a bit of frugal thinking and a few clever choices, you can fill your garden with beautiful scents without spending a fortune.

These are some of my favourite fragrant plants, ones that are easy to grow, easy on the wallet, and give you plenty of rewards.

Why Scent Matters in the Garden

Scent is one of the most powerful parts of a garden, yet it’s often the one people forget about until they experience it. Colour catches your eye, but fragrance reaches you in a deeper way. It drifts, it lingers, it surprises you when you least expect it.

A scented garden feels alive. It changes with the time of day, the weather, and the seasons. Morning brings one kind of perfume, warm afternoons bring another, and evenings often save the best for last. Even a small breeze can carry the scent of jasmine or lavender across the yard and instantly change the whole mood.

Fragrance also creates memories. A whiff of honeysuckle can take you straight back to childhood. The smell of gardenias might remind you of someone you loved. Lavender can calm you before you even realise you needed calming. These little moments are what make a garden feel personal,, not just a collection of plants, but a place with its own character.

And for frugal gardeners, scent is one of the best returns on investment you can get. A single cutting, a handful of seeds, or one well placed shrub can perfume an entire corner of your garden. It’s simple, natural luxury, and it doesn’t cost the earth.

That’s why scent matters. It brings emotion, memory, comfort, and a touch of magic to even the humblest garden.

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Tips on How to Repair or Fix Carpet Burns

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This is not something that we trust would not happen even to an old carpet. But I was the cause of our new carpet. It happened so quick, and could not believe that I was so stupid.

It was winter, and I was trying to light my wood fire. The wood was wet so in my wisdom I grabbed the fuel container to put a bit on to encourage a good flame. What I didn’t realise was that it was petrol and not deisel. Yes I Know, I wasn;t thinking.

Don’t make my mistake. Anyway to make a short story I tipped some on and luckily it as just in a small tin. I dropped it and suddenly it flared up. I grabbed to closest thing which was our lovely white sheepskin mat. I hit the flame and tin but it just spun the tin around. Yes spilling more fuel. I threw the mat over it.

In desperation I raced outside and grabbed the hose. That sorted it out. But it ruined the sheepskin and burnt a small bit of the carpet in front of the fire.

I covered the burn with a small mat. Until we eventually claimed from insurance.

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Help with Removing Burns in Carpets
Do not panic, most times burns in carpets are caused by a spark from either an open fire or a cigarette. The open fire burn could be harder to fix if a piece of wood fell out of the fireplace.

Vinegar & Carb soda
Make up a small solution of carb soda and vinegar and leave on burned area for a few minutes, this should lighten the burn if not cut off the very top with a pair of scissors.

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Cut out Method
You will need a sharp Stanley knife with a new blade, double-sided tape, and a glue gun or suitable glue. If the carpet is well worn, you need to find a similar remnant, from inside a cupboard or a mat from the same carpet. If none available, you are in trouble.

Use the Stanley knife and cut out the burnt section, using clean straight lines. Either a square or round cut, depending on damaged area. Make sure you do not cut into the underlay. Now cut a piece the same size using the cut piece for a pattern. It is important to match the pattern or grain of the cutout carpet to the piece you are replacing.

Test it in the hole to make sure it fits, with no gaps. Lay the double-sided tape under the carpet and fit
your new piece into that space. Stand on it for a minute or two to make sure it sticks, or stand a heavy item over it.

Do not vacuum for two or three hours so you know the glue is dry.

Cover Up

If this burn is small from a cigarette, you may find this idea easier. Use a sharp pair of scissors and cut the edges off around the burnt section to remove the blackened area. Sponge this area with a solution of detergent and water, and leave to dry. If that did not work and still shows, you may be able to use a wire brush and fluff the carpet over the hole. If on a white carpet you could try a littl drop of diluted bleach.
If it has burned right through the carpet, cut off some fibers from inside a cupboard or the edge of unseen carpet.

Place glue in the hole and press the fibers into position and leave to dry.

Another idea
If these suggestions will not work for you, try covering with a mat or call the insurance company. Carpets suffer more wear and tear than any other floor covering. So, give them the care and respect they deserve.
If you follow any of these tips to perfection, your carpet should last you for many years to come, without anyone seeing the faults.

If your burn is only small you could first try sanding the mark with a piece of sandpaper and then vacuum the carpet. If that does not work, cut the charred fibers off with a pair of scissors.
You could try cleaning the burnt area with a mixture of water and peroxide, dab it with a clean cloth. Failing that you will still have to cut it out like suggested before.
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Animals and Insects seen onTravels Around Australia

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Lace Monitor seen at Chimneys Qld

Lace Monitors
These Lace Monitors are beautiful, although we were not sure at first. We had just arrived at the chimneys and on walking around were suddenly heard a russle in the bushes. My first thought was that it was a snake, and I was ready to run. Then when we saw it and how huge it was I started to run.
Someone saw my stress and said its okay they are very friendly they just wander around looking for food.
There was two of them and they would have both been about 6ft long. So they really made you feel a bit unsure at first that’s for sure.

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Close up of Lace Monitor

Wolf spider Carrying an Egg


The wolf spider lives mainly on insects. It has a total of eight eyes, they have 4 in the front and four in lines further back. They look pretty scary but usually are only interested in insects and are known to be predators of small toads and frogs.
They are harmless to humans although if they do bite it could cause itching.

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Dangers of Animals on the Country Roads
We were following a huge Truck with four trailers behind and as we neared a corner, we came across this huge cow on the side of the road. He didn’t look both ways before crossing the road. Now the Crows are looking for new food.

Bob Tail Goanas

Dingo on the Nullabour

Dingo Skirting Our Camp Site
Everyone needs to be aware of these beautiful dogs. It is common Knowledge that some of these will tempt other Travellers dogs away from the camp site.
Once away from the camp they will keep them close to their lair and eventually mate with them.

Copy of Crocodile shot up North by a woman with a 22. To give an example of its size our Blue Heeler sat in its mouth out of the hot sun.

Mud Crab from Up North

Wombat Killed on Road in South Australia. These do a lot of damage to traffic when hit.

Wedge tail Eagle these have up to a 6ft wing span.

Osprey with baby in nest in Dandaragan West Australia

Have you seen any of these animals on your travels Around Australia if so share your sightings in the comments please

The True Grit of the Pioneers

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They Paved the way for us

This is the story of my parents who in my personal opinion were true pioneers.

They left all their family and friends behind in England not knowing if they would ever see them again. And no they never did.

They did it so tough, but I will leave it for

my father to tell this story in his own words.

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The True Grit of the Pioneers : They Paved the way for us

They moved from group to group eventually building a home in Wembley in Western Australia. Which they built one room at the time when they had the money. It was built on one and a half acres. I loved that place as a kid.

There was a stray cow that always chased us on our way to school that was not funny. Dad bought our own cow called Jessie. Every Guy Fox us kids would build a great big bonfire. And every day Jessie would bunt it all over the place.

As kids, my sister aand I used to catch little fish in the drains. We were chasing our dog one day and my sister ducked under the barb wire. But not me I didn’t see it. She had to unhook my neck from the wire. One day we had a fight and I took of on my scooter and rode all the way out to City Beach and back again. Yes I got into trouble that night when Mum and Dad came home.

Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier

 Here are their stories: wilderness mothers, schoolmarms, Indian squaws, immigrants, homesteaders, and circuit riders. Their personal recollections of prairie fires, locust plagues, cowboy shootouts, Indian raids, and blizzards on the plains vividly reveal the drama, danger and excitement of the pioneer experience.

Yes our pioneers really did it tough. I believe that we actually get it easy and that’s why some of us take things for granted.

I hope if you read this that you will share some of your families experiences with us in the comments.