Sorry for those expecting a deep and meaningful post. This is more a random thought and funny observation to be honest. People search for some funny stuff and here is a sample of the terms that led to my site in the past day.

• male feline urinary system
• unique birds
• worm farm images
• australian gardens
• chai plant
• kitchen
• tropical australian flowers
• wormfarm removing maggots
• worm farm creatures
• starbucks loyalty card
• can i place blow fly maggots in a worm farm

I am a little concerned about that last one. I mean why would you?

That said it seems a lot of people are still interested in vermiculture. I better resurrect my kit!

Unfortunately I am not spending the time in the garden these days that I would like to. There are a number of factors at play here.

The long commute and workload demands have seen the time available constrict severely. Being up at 3:30am to get to work and then not getting home until 8:00pm at the earliest leaves little time throughout the week to tend to the garden. Even the 2 days I work from home I find that the hours are longer and I am not leaving my desk until 6:00pm or 7:00pm.

Weekends are also a lost cause at the moment. This is due to our enforced move thanks to our money hungry landlord. Weekends are thus spent packing the house and looking for new digs. Draining and tiring work. The sooner we can find a new place the better as then we get our weekends back.

Once we can reclaim our weekend we can then look to design a new low maintenance but productive container garden. Unfortunately, it is unlikely to help the commute and workload. We need the natural work cycle of ebbs and flows to stop flowing there.

Earlier today I published a tweet via LinkedIn alerting my colleagues and followers to a vulnerability detected by Computer Associates in the Android smartphone operating system whereby premium service numbers were dialled randomly. As you can appreciate this could cost thousands of dollars in a single billing period (Trojan targeting the Androids). After reading of this new malware in the wild I thought I would quickly do a Google for Android anti-malware products. At the top of the list is an Android forum and the usual O/S bigotry was seen. This got me to publish this post.

Firstly lets define malware. According to Wikipedia malware is:

Software is considered to be malware based on the perceived intent of the creator rather than any particular features. Malware includes computer viruses, worms, trojan horses, spyware, dishonest adware, crimeware, most rootkits, and other malicious and unwanted software.

Malware is in abundance across the internet and is commonly delivered in spam. As is clear, malware sources are no longer limited to programs.

As many of you would be aware there has long been a belief shown by non-Windows O/S administrators that their platform does not need antimalware protection as it does not suffer from such threats as it can not run Windows executable (.EXE or .COM) files, this argument is most often purported by Mac, Linux and UNIX administrators. In fact it was one of the main selling points for these operating systems. Whilst it is indeed true that these operating systems are less likely to be the victim of a malware attack, that has very little to do with the operating system robustness. Rather the market share of these operating systems.

All of these operating systems are significantly dwarfed by Microsoft Windows within the computing market. As such malware creators see a greater opportunity in that platform. Interstingly, Macintosh has seen significant growth and the previous bigotry towards antimalware products has been reversed as the attractiveness of attacking that platform have steadily increased.

Further, when you consider that malware has moved on from such a limited definition the belief is clearly from a bygone and more innocent era. Any system
administrator that truly believes this now needs their head read.

That said I am now seeing the same arguments being purported in relation to mobile computing devices, primarily smartphones however iPad’s and iPod’s also fit this profile. Common features of all smartphones are the ability to receive and send e-mail, browse the internet, and run applications. Further, increasingly these smartphones are based on an operating system based upon those of traditional computing devices. Android for example is a derivative of Linux. As mobile devices continue to add functionality their attack footprint grows, as does the attractiveness for the malware proponents to exploit the flaws in the devices underlying operating system. The logical conclusion therefore is that these devices will steadily increase as entry points for malware infections within the home and commercial environment.

It is thus my belief that all computing devices that access a public internet, or a private intranet, require some form of antimalware defence in the near future. Without a base level defence any network activity must be seen as a potential security issue.

Currently not all mobile computing device operating systems have a solution accessible, however many vendors of antimalware products do have some part solutions. Further development and collaboration with the mobile computing device vendors is still required so that corporations can invest in a centrally managed, device independent antimalware platform for mobile devices including RIM BlackBerry, Nokia Symbian, Nokia Maemo, Google Android, Apple iOS and Windows Mobile.

These mobile solutions should also be integrated with existing protection consoles so that Security administrators can get a true picture of all endpoint devices within their organisation and their current protection levels. That holistic approach must be a design requirement for any product for it to be truly effective within enterprise.

Note: Whilst I do not want this post to degenerate into which antimalware is better than the other, I would appreciate suggestions of products that are primarily aimed at mobile devices of all types. Sooner or later I am going to be pressed for a suggestion and would like to be forearmed.

I am now happy to report that the FaceBook <> Twitter <> WordPress triangle is complete. It appears that the Twitter Updater is now functioning. This issue was rather peculiar in that for anyone with a FaceBook ID over a certain value the application simply did not function. This has been corrected with a new version now available.

I have now been using it for 24 hours and it has worked flawlessly. Thanks to the team behind the Twitter Updater for taking the time to diagnose, understand, and correct the issue.

Sorry everyone but NBC have claimed copyright over the clip originally posted. As such I have replaced it with this alternative clip. Same song and artist.

Continuing on a theme with the music reorganisation I though I would share some of the great work of “Weird Al” Yankovic. As many of you know “Weird Al” is the predominate song parodist of our time. Here is a great tune called the Bedrock Anthem which is to the tune of the Red Hot Chili Peppers Give It Away. Enjoy.

Well it has been an eternity since i felt like blogging or indeed that interested in the Web in general. Yes, my bi-annual dose of internet apathy has struck. This morning I find myself, again, unable to sleep and surfing the web looking at nothing in particular. So I decided I should write this post. Not much has changed in the months since the last update.

The biggest thing is that I have once again taken up ten pin bowling. In fact I am close to life best form. I am still using my trusty old Track Black-Gold Stomp and it is doing the business currently. In fact, often it is over reacting. The ancient Ebonite Grey Wolf is not doing enough and I think it is screaming out for final retirement, as such I do not often bring it out of the bag. Unfortunately with the Australian dollar plummeting at the moment it is not a good time to get a replacement. Hopefully, that will rectify soon and I can update my kit.

The garden is going stronger than ever. In terms of the harvestable plants there are strawberries being harvested at the very least weekly. I have several tomato bushes going strong, all have developing fruit. I am very keen to see what the yellow variety brings. The cherry tomato is starting now to bear ripe fruit. There is quite a healthy bunch of carrots, pumpkin, broad beans and beetroot developing. My capsicum and chilli bushes are beginning to flower so with luck there should be a nice crop coming. Finally on the harvestable crops I also have some lebanese cucumber seedlings in the crates.

In terms of the non-fruit bearing plants the White Bird of Paradise (Nicolai) is still yet to produce a flower. Nicolai though is in a well protected (gets windy here) corner of the outdoor area and so with luck will start to produce one of the most anticipated flowers in our garden. The established standard Birds of Paradise (those already in the garden) are producing prolific flowers with a number of double bangers. Makes the working day go quickly when you can look out at the flowers and bird bath. There is always something to see, unless theres one of the neighbourhood moggies on the loose. Yes, even in the new digs there a constant intrusions of the pussy variety in our yard. Thankfully though they are brief incursions, unlike the old place where they camped in our yard.

I also must congratulate socko who has managed to grow some wonderful Sweet Peas from seed. They are very fragrant and their odour is wafting through the room as I type this blog. socko also takes credit for the broad beans and generally managing the garden when I have not had the time or been bothered.

To all those interested in the drip spikes, I never got around to trialling my fixes before winter arrived. Now that summer is here I may pull them out and give it a go this season.

We have also been to the mecca of Australian motor sport, the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. We were of course cheering on the Holden driver generally, and for me at least, the Sprint Gas/Tasman team of Jason Richards and Greg Murphy. Richards/Murphy were the consistent and always in the top 3 in practice. In fact Jason Richards became the second quickest around the circuit in history, second only to Greg. Unfortunately Jason did not get it hooked up in qualifying and as a result the grid position was back a little. Due to the grid position, and the fact the car was faster than where it was, led to an altercation with Craig Lowndes/Jamie Whincup tin can with wheels that ended up with damage to the Sprint Gas car, and eventually an early pit stop. This ultimately cost the race win to Lowndes/Whincup in an ugly red/silver F**d. The weekend though was great. It is always good to get away to Bathurst and escape reality for a few days.

Had the pleasure of seeing Greg in person at the motor show the week after. Managed to get his and Rick Kelly’s signature.

Anyway I think that is it for this post. I hope it will not be so long until the next.

Well I have mixed feelings about the drip spikes now. Seems they get clogged very easily with the normal grit in the pots and this prevents the water from being applied to the plants. I am going to persist with them as I feel that when they work they work well. However, this is an intrinsic design flaw worth sharing with everyone.

My mind is contemplating strategies to overcome this problem, and one that immediately comes to mind is to get some PVC piping the width, and length, of the spike and sit the spike inside the tube. This will keep the soil away from the spike, thus it should not become clogged as easily as appears to occur now. Further, it still delivers the H2O directly to the plants root zone. Sounds like a trip to the The Big Kids Toy Shop is on the cards.

Actually, it will be a bit of an adventure visiting Bunnings Warehouse down here. All the ones I have seen look absolutely huge and I have not set foot in any of them. Definately time to correct that over the weekend me thinks. I need some more RichGro Pro Mix at any rate.

Well I thought it is time to give you all an update on how the latest BlackJack Zucchini’s are progressing. As many of you would recall this plant is my nemesis and I at one stage swore not to grow any more. Needless to say I buckled and bought some hardy looking seedlings on 20th January and decided upon Another Attempt.

These seedlings remained in their seedling tray during the move as I did not want to torture them with a replanting before they journeyed to Wollongong. They were though replanted into good sized containers upon arrival in 5 containers. One container has 3 plants, the other 3 received individual pots. I then put them in two locations within the garden. Both locations share a similar sunny disposition.

All but one of the plants are thriving in Wollongong. They are getting sufficient water thanks to the mild and wet summer we are having. I have though lost 1 seedling, that though looks to have been the work of a bird with it going from healthy to vanished in the space of 24 hours.

So although still early I am relatively confident that the hex of the BlackJack Zucchini may be broken.

Well before the move I was given about 12 drip spikes to trial in the garden. As luck would have it it then rained for a week, and then I had all the technology failures below to deal with. Anyway yesterday I finally deployed the spikes using some of the collected rain water.

The spike basically connects to a spent PET bottle such as a Coke bottle that is pierced at the base. The spike is then inserted into the ground and lets water out direct to the roots at a controlled rate. There are 9 settings to control the drip speed. I now have deployed the spikes around the garden to a range of plants. All are on the slowest drip speed. Early indications look good with many of the bottles nowhere near empty after 24 hours of deployment.

I will let you all know how it goes over the coming weeks.

Over the last week my former host has basically driven the majority of their clients away due to a whole service failure. My sites were, and some still are, affected. As a result my sites are on the move. SCHWOIT was the first restored and socko’s spot will be second. The directories will follow shortly thereafter.

Well many of you will have seen that my site was AWOL across the weekend. This was due to a major screw up at my web host that saw all its clients off line. As such I am now looking for a new web host. I apologise to all my regular readers and will be looking into this carefully over the next few days. In the meantime I will be running daily backups.

I am not going to bore you with a song for children, nor will I throw in the odd “Dear Liza” or “Dear Henry”, but I will tell you about the impending disaster in the garden. As I have mentioned in recent posts it has been rather wet in Sydney. The garden initially loved this, and much of it still does, however the cucumbers do not.

Basically the issue is that the soil has become water logged due to not enough holes in the tub. This was the first of the recycling tubs converted to sizeable planters. It has exposed a problem with the design. Basically I need to double the number of drainage holes in the tub to allow sufficient run off of excessive water.

The soil is now a rather wet sludge and if I was to attempt to pour the excess water out I am fearful that the entire soil structure will also float out. Now that would not be an issue given there is a spare, though rain water filled, crate that could be used to replace it once converted in the now proven design. However, I do not want to cause the plants even more shock by transplanting the cucumbers given they will also be suffering relocation stress due to their impending move to Wollongong.

Thus, I am in a pickle as to which way to jump. Do I transplant and take my chances? Or do I wait it out? I will be taking a look tomorrow when hopefully work pressures will be relieved. If there is still a pool I think my decision will be made for me and an emergency transplant will have to ensue. I will keep you posted.

Well today I found a number of very healthy looking Blackjack Zucchini seedlings. My head said walk away you know that is your nemesis plant. However, my heart said you can grow these. So I now have another lot of Blackjack Zucchini to try my hand at. I have decided that I will be potting them in some temporary pots tomorrow.

The temporary pots are recycled pots for larger plants in the garden. This will give the plants something to grow in and prevent getting root bound in the current seedling tray. It will also the easy transportation of the plants to Wollongong next week. Once in the Gong I will be performing another recycling tub conversion to a planter.

In order to make a few changes to this attempt I have bought a bag of Debco Organic potting mix. The reason for going with this alternative planting medium is that I wish to eliminate the RichGro Pro Mix from being a potential contributor to my previous disastrous attempts to grow this plant. This medium is coarser and does not contain the soil wetting agents or slow release fertiliser that the Rich Gro does, however given that I will have an abundance of worm juice and vermi compost that should not be a problem.

Why will I have an abundance of the worm produce? I will be deploying a second worm farm in Wollongong. In fact I am seriously considering going larger and marketing the worm juice and compost. That does need a considerable amount more investigation. However, a second farm is a certainty. The construction of that farm is yet to be decided. I am considering the Cheap Worm Farm Construction idea, but that is largely dependent on the above plans.

From this article there are two things that are certain:

1. All attempts will be made to grow these plants successfully, I am sick of having a nemesis, especially one that I enjoy.
2. I am yet again in need of more worms.

This week and weekend has been very wet in Sydney. It is basically miserable and is preventing me from doing a number of things, including gardening. As a result there has been a devout lack of gardening posts on the site of late. Today is no different in terms of the weather as it has been steadily raining all day.

This is a bit of a bonanza for the garden in preparation for the move with all my plants receiving a monumental soak. The plants were struggling at times with an extended dry period prior to this rain setting in. The plants have now had an extended soak and are looking healthy once more successfully recovering from their heat stroke or other dilemmas.

Generally the garden was coping, however as happens with container gardening the combination of thirsty plants and evaporation the moisture was leeching quickly. Those plants that I had mulched in the two sessions I mentioned in my Mulching Day post were doing better than the others. However, it is fair to say that most of the plants were spending the day starved of moisture and looked forward to a daily drink.

On this problem I have some products to try and fix this that will deliver moisture, and liquid fertiliser directly to the roots of the plants in a truly recyclable manner. That said given our impending relocation to Wollongong I am holding off implementing these measures until the plants are settled once more. Back to the plants.

The plants that have benefited the most seem to be the 2 varieties of lettuce and spinach. The Green Coral lettuce was suffering due to its transplanting. This would not have been a major issue, except the heat caused it to continually dry out and struggle. Now it has regained its former vigourous growth and green foliage.

The Red Coral Lettuce was already struggling prior to its transplant. Remember this is the lettuce that looked like a Christmas tree. I had to free it from its previous dilemma, and then it was struck by the heat extremes and the constant lack of moisture. It is now looking very good and finally beginning to spread and look more like a lettuce than a Christmas tree. I am happy for that as I have been unable to havest anything from this plant to date due to it being a runt when bought, then crowded by the Green Coral lettuce in the shared accommodations.

My perennial Spinach was also struggling with the heat. The paradox of this plant is that it loves full sun, however that means that it dries out constantly and then wilts. This plant was starting to benefit from the rather deep mulch that I had placed around it on Mulching Day, however the constant soaking has turned the plant right around. It has once again resumed vigorous growth.

The only plants that a really struggling are a number of very immature sun flower seedlings. They are struggling not through a lack of care, but because something has pecked off their leaves. The stalks are thus back in the home made green houses and are remaining green. With luck they may produce some new leaves and grow, however that is more hope than anything.

So all in all the garden is very healthy, which is good news given that in less than 10 days time they will be facing a new challenge in a new post code. The weather in Wollongong will be reasonably similar to Sydney at this time of year, if anything a bit milder. That is a good thing for both the garden and the gardener in my opinion. As such I do not expect much of a culture shock for the traveling plants. The plants will have some months to adjust to the area, prior to winters onset that will be a few degrees cooler than Sydney.

In terms of moving the plants we shall be using a truck and ensuring there will not be wind shock on the journey. So I expect the plants to travel well and simply assume a new position in the yard of the new digs. The thing that I will need to prepare for transport with much more care is my worm farm.

I have been trying Google over the past few days, however drawing a rather large and consistent blank on the subject. I am thus thinking that I will drain the worm juice, remove any usable vermicompost to some storage containers (to use at the other end), and then tether the three layers together. The tethering should keep the layers in place and reduce the chances of the farm separating in transit. If anyone has experience, or knows someone who has had experience, in relocating a worm farm please let me know of any ideas.

Fingers crossed I will get a shot at the garden tomorrow as I need to dig out my black mondo grass from the front garden bed and plant it in some pots. I am buggered if I am leaving the plants that first kindled my interest in gardening behind. They are good to look at and drought resistant, and thus need to come.

Thats it for now, and please any fellow vermiculturalists with experience relocating worms please contact me via a comment to this post.

As I have mentioned previously mulching has been a weak point in my gardening quests. This became very apparent when I read Mulching Day over at Urban Cultivation very early on in my gardening quest. Lee talked about the many benefits of mulching and chose to use store bought sugar cane mulch. I agree with the benefits of mulching and am primarlly concerned with the water conservation aspects. I was also keen to avoid having to purchase mulch, which after all is simply shredded garden litter and prunings.

So I had a look at how I could produce my own and decided that I needed a garden shredder. As luck would have it my company runs a rewards scheme that is linked to the Wish List site. Within the site was a Ryobi 2400w electric garden shredder that I had enough reward points to obtain. So after consultation with socko I placed my order and was waiting for its arrival somewhat anxiously.

On Friday my new toy arrived. After unpacking the box and assembling the unit, only a few screws, I set about mulching. Where the unit was assembled was near a stack of wood that is used during winter in the fire pit, or the traditional wood burning barbecue. As we have little intention of stoking either in the midst of summer I tested the unit with this material.

Within a half to three quarters of an hour I had a good supply of fresh mulch to apply during my watering run. So the mulch was applied to about 25% of the front garden. The capsicums, chillis, tomatoes, kangaroo paw, rosemary, egg plant, and frangipani’s were the beneficiaries on the run. The reason these plants were picked was that their pots always seem to be the driest upon inspection. Regularly requiring a good soak, and not just a casual maintenance watering. Also, many of these plants are currently bearing fruit, and I do not want to lose that valuable produce because the plants were missing out on the precious water.

Due to a wealth of prunings I intended to get back to mulching on Saturday. However, due to me having to manage several web site issues by the time I was in a position to resume mulching it was dusk. I decided that Sunday would be mulching day instead.

As such, I intended spending the whole day performing this task with my new toy, however the weather played havoc with those plans. First it was too hot to get enthused about leaving the air conditioning and performing such a physical task. When I checked the thermometer on the weather vane it read 41 degress celsius, this is a bit of a misleading reading due the weather vanes positioning is in direct sun. Then when the heat broke, it quickly turned into thunder storms and the reading plummeted to 29 degrees celsius in an hour. So all in all I got about an hour of mulching in. It was enough to mulch half the front garden. So there is about 25% of the front, and the entire back vegetable garden to do.

The Ryobi garden mulcher has lived up to expectations, and in some ways exceeded them. I can see that it is, and will continue to be, a valuable garden tool. As valuable as the Homelite Mighty Lite Line Trimmer. I would recommend this product to anyone looking for a home mulching solution. It will do most small prunings with ease and produce a great mulch to spread on the garden and protect from weeds and save water.

The rain in the evening has been a benefit to the garden, and the mulch will trap that goodness in. I also have a new product to trial soon that is essentially a bag that holds 1.2 litres of water. I will not be giving anything further away at this stage, but it looks like a really good true blue Australian product.

Well after losing the most recent Blackjack Zuccini seedlings I have been doing some research and believe that they may be suffering from damping off. Damping off is a fungal disease that attacks plants at any stage of life, however it is as a seedling that the worst effects can be seen. As a seedling the fungus attacks the stem of the seedling and eventually the young plant topples over and dies. This is exactly what has been happening with the Blackjack Zucchini attempts.

So with these symptoms in mind I went and looked at where the last batch were planted. In the tub occupied by the new long yellow capsicums a white discolouration has appeared. It looks very much like a mushroom kit does when the mushrooms are ended. Basically it is a layer of fungi. This is typical of damping off.

Looking at the remaining tubs that the Blacjack Zuchinis have been in. Within them is another fungus running rampant, the humble toadstool.

With this in mind I recalled a gardening program I saw with a homemade Damping Off retardant. It is very simple and inexpensive recipe that takes advantage of the ingredients high level of calcium, potash and sulfur. The recipe is:

Ingredients

• Chamomile Tea
• 1/4 cup
• 2 tea bags
• 2 cups water
• Pot or kettle
• Strainer (if using loose leaves)
• Spray bottle

Recipe

• Boil the water.
• Add the chamomile tea.
• Let this prepared tea cool.
• If you have used loose leaves then strain the mixture into a spray bottle or desired containers.

Usage
There are two applications for this mixture. It can be used to:

• By spraying on soil and seedlings to kill off the fungus.
• Soaking the seeds prior to planting for a week.
• Combat outbreaks by spraying any area displaying fuzzy white growth.

Shelf Life
This mixture has a relatively short shelf life of one week. After which time the mixture should be recycled and replaced.

I am now about to prepare the mixture and treat the suspect areas within my garden.

Yesterday I needed some garden stakes to assist my now bushing beefsteak tomato. It has stopped rocketing skyward and is now going sideways. One of the longer branches was as such in need of staking. So rather than trapes to the the big kids toy shop we opted for Mitre 10. It is about 5 minutes away and has a reasonable selection of gardening implements and supplies.

Upon walking in we had an armful of supplies but not the garden stakes. Included in the supplies were a new set of excellent garden gloves. These have leather fingers and palms with a stretchy blue rear. They are really comfortable and are great. Definately good replacements for my recently deceased Jamie Durie gloves.

So we headed out to the nursery where the stakes are kept. Of course I had to take a quick look the plants. Almost immediately I spotted a Cherry tomato literally laced with fruit. Some was even ripe and ready to harvest. After confirming the price was good it was in the trolley.

This of course dictated a suitable pot. So off to the pots I went and located some nice round tuscan style pots. We already have a number of these in the garden, so I decided to go with one of those.

I then remembered that I wanted a larger pot for my stunted exiting cherry tomato. My theory is that the healthy but dwarf tomato bush is severely by its small tub. So quickly there were two pots and drip trays, the gloves, the tomato bush, some other supplies, but still no garden stakes.

I then finally grabbed them and a bag of Yates premium professional potting mix and headed to the checkout. Over $100 later I headed home with my less than $4 grden stakes and a whole lot more. Gardening can be expensive.

So after repotting the tomatoes I freed the fairy lights and the Red Coral Lettuce from their constrained environments. The Red Coral Lettuce severely neededits own spot due to the Green Coral Lettuce growing so well and crowding it out of the wheeled planter. It was growing upwards and was jokingly known as the Christmas tree lettuce due to its shape. It now has a nice large pot to grow in, I will be trimming the Christmas tree shape out of it tomorrow afternoon.

I am now looking forward to a better harvest.

I have checked the worm farm today and was greeted by a magnificent site. Worms wonderful worms everywhere. The little buggers have bred prolifically and have a large food reserve to chomp through.

There was still the unmistakable aroma of maggots. However, on inspection I removed the milk soaked bread. The bread stunk to high heaven, and although I saw no visible signs of maggots I am sure they were present. I came to this conclusion after stirring through the compost with a stick. I located less than 12 maggots in the system. I also exposed many more worms.

So although I am not 100% certain that there are no maggots in the system I am willing to claim victory. My worms have excelled and are now munching through the mountain of food. In 2 – 3 months I should have a nice supply of usable material for planting of fruits, vegetables or flowers. Now I just need to work out how best to get them to Wollongong when we move.

As I have written numerous times I like the taste of zucchini. In fact on Saturday I cooked a rather safe beef stir fry that had an entire home grown Lebanese zucchini sliced up and quartered. However, this article is a tale of woe, not a celebration of my culinary successes. After another attempt to grow Blackjack zucchini I have lost another four seedlings.

The Blackjack zucchini seedlings showed positive early signs and went into a growth phase. I thought finally I have some success and could look forward to some long, slender standard zucchini. However, all have subsequently perished. I simply do not understand what it is that I am doing wrong with these plants. They are getting the exact care and growing conditions that the Lebanese zucchini receives, and that plant is absolutely flourishing in the conditions. In fact it is currently full of flower.

I am now shelving the Blackjack zucchini dream for a while. I will concentrate my zucchini growing efforts on the Lebanese variety that is giving bearing great success. Perhaps I will give the Blackjack variety another crack once we have moved to Wollongong. A move that will be happening soon as we are all ready for a change of scenery due to no small part the cats next door. Another dedicated post coming on that soon.