Grimsy's Blog » personal http://blog.grimsy.net Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 20 May 2010 04:51:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 A cold weekend in May http://blog.grimsy.net/2010/05/20/a-cold-weekend-in-may/ http://blog.grimsy.net/2010/05/20/a-cold-weekend-in-may/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 04:51:49 +0000 Geoff Jacobs http://blog.grimsy.net/?p=179 I spent last weekend at our property in Bungonia with friends and family. Thought I’d post a few pics.
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]]> http://blog.grimsy.net/2010/05/20/a-cold-weekend-in-may/feed/ 1 Saying goodbye to a father and a friend http://blog.grimsy.net/2009/12/08/saying-goodbye-to-a-father-and-a-friend/ http://blog.grimsy.net/2009/12/08/saying-goodbye-to-a-father-and-a-friend/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:54:34 +0000 Geoff Jacobs http://blog.grimsy.net/?p=151 On the 26th of November, my dad died.
He’d been battling various forms of cancer for just over a year and as much as we’re saddened by his passing, we’re also relieved that he doesn’t have to suffer any more.

Yesterday (Monday 7th December, 2009) We held the funeral for family and friends at St Cuthbert’s Anglican Church in Carlton.
Many thanks to all of those who came along. It was great to see so many faces, many of which I haven’t seen in years.

Staff at the Botanic Gardens organised a lovely arrangement of grasses and water lilies for the coffin. Mum has posted a photo on her blog here.

He was an amazing Dad. He seemed to know everything and was a great source of knowledge throughout my life and will be inspirational for years to come.

I love you dad.


Surrey Wilfrid Laurence Jacobs 1946 - 2009

Surrey Wilfrid Laurence Jacobs 1946 - 2009

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It’s a new 3′ tank on a stand that I got from a friend. I’ve been reinforcing and fixing up the stand over the last couple of months, and it’s good to finally see it being used and holding some weight.

I’ve put some shell grit in the tank and will hopefully be adding some crushed coral shortly to break it up a bit. I’ll move my existing fish across in a few weeks if all goes well. It’ll be nice to have my kitchen bench space back (where my other 2 tanks are currently residing).

A few photos of the in-progress set-up:


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A while ago I saw an episode of Jamie At Home where his gardener (Brian) planted potatoes directly into a bag of potting mix. It inspired me to try this out.
I basically put some potting mix in a bag, stuck some potatoes in there, watered them and waited a few weeks.

They’re outgrowing their current home though and I’ll be donating them to my sister’s new vegetable patch soon.

Bag of Potatoes

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Check out the details over at her blog.

Catherine Tee
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