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Sure

Works for me

So I can do next Saturday 21 Jan, but that might be too short notice for most, or any weekend after the following weekend (i.e. not the weekend of the 28th)... 21 Jan or 4 Feb?

I don't do facey man, let me know about the walk and I'll see. I've got a month off starting in a week or so, so was thinking that I might even have the usual suspects at my place some time? Prolly not keen on having those I've not met before though.

Yeah I'm down

Nah, I'm not gunna get there

I'm trying to get there, missed the last two. Young bloke has been in hospital all week, so things are all over the shop. He is right now, but I might run out of time to get to the meet.

That's way cool...

Ha! I've got 3 of those 4. Lucky enough to have some room to put them though...

I'm keen

Thanks everyone, that's good to know. I knew they would have pest potential; didn't know 30 metres, I thought I'd read 30 feet! Currently growing it up part of the house and am draping over / framing the windows with it, might need to rethink that!

Hi. So I've been growing 2 x HBWR vines for about 12 months. They've been growing like stink. Big healthy leaves, vines must be 6 or 8 metres long. In the last couple of weeks, just as its warming up and me thinking flowers might come with Spring, the leaves have started to yellow and die back. I initially wondered if it was lack of water since I haven't had to water for so long due the amount of rain and soil moisture, wondered if the soil had finally dried enough to require a drink, but nope, don't think that's it. There are still many healthy leaves, but perhaps only half as many as there should be. Those leaves that are yellowing are doing so fairly uniformly throughout the whole leaf, starting with the "flesh" of the leaf and leaving green veins, leading to the veins then also yellowing and the leaf (and stem supplying it) eventually withering and dying. The main stems appear fine. This isn't part of the plant's cycle is it? Photos would be helpful to you I guess, but I'm lazy right now, maybe later if my description above isn't helpful enough. Located a little west of Bris. Any thoughts? Thanks

I'm keen to just try some, not heard of saffron being of interest before this, but also keen on brewing some. I am currently experimenting with my mead (technically melomel) by adding damiana to my second ferment. Will know at xmas time how that goes... Seems like saffron could be something to try as well.

I'll chip in! But NFI where to get it...

Sorry all, something came up. Both of my dogs passed last year about 6 months apart, and I've been missing dogs in my life and looking and waiting for a pup for a few months now. Went to to meet a pup yesterday. Bring him home next week. In other fabtastic news, A NEW PUP! Just saw "fabtastic" above and yes it was a typo, but I like it so its staying. A wonderful joining of both fabulous and fantastic, I think.