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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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 Posted - 16/08/2008 : 11:14:43
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Tony has been sawing down a few of our smaller gum trees as he wants to make a solid roof covering for when he saws, debarks and splits all the firewood. And I get to use the side facing the the south so I will have somewhere to hang my shade loving plants, orchids, pitcher plant, zygo cactus and similar..
Then came across these, sadly they have gone now HURRAH 
These are not hairy like the ones we usually have, about 4-5cms long..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
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GardenDan
gardener
Australia
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Posted - 16/08/2008 : 13:06:17
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WOW! Only one group of them?
Daniel
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 16/08/2008 : 13:25:48
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That is one insect I haven't seen around here but we used to see these sawfly larvae a lot at the last place we lived. We don't have many eucalypts here though.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 16/08/2008 : 14:04:31
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This is one of the times Daniel when one is enough..
Too many of those trees on this block Gail.
I was wondering if any of the birds eat these kind 
They must have a predator out there somewhere..
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 16/08/2008 : 15:41:36
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What are they, the hairy ones we called spit fires as kidlets 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 16/08/2008 : 19:50:40
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According to this site, tachnid flies lay their eggs in the larvae. Cheryl, I think most of the different sawfly larvae types are often called spitfires.
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_wasps/Sawflies.htm
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
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Pamela
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 16/08/2008 : 20:19:58
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Look like they would be VERY attractive to chooks!
Would love to hear about the inventor's design. I have decided I am not going to have another freezing winter - it has been so cold and so miserable with ducted AC that cannot cope with zero temps outside (even with double glazing everywhere). I have been going to bed at ridiculous hours just because it is so cold and then wake up early and it is so cold then as well. So have chosen a wood burning slow combustion and plan to do it for next winter.
But where / how to store wood from trees that come down and large limbs that fall? I am thinking about that and also how to extract the wood when it is dried out without the multiple redbacks and other things :-(
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 16/08/2008 : 22:06:14
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Daniel Tony found another two cluster of them.
Gail we get just about all of those ones on that link.
Pamela the chooks wont eat them and I don't blame them at all..
First off get your helper to chain saw the trees into 40-45cms logs or whatever size is needed for your heater believe me a little smaller in length is better, stack in the open for at least 12-18 months if possible undercover, then debark and re-stack and in 6 months time split them, you can hire a Hydraulic splitter and do heaps of logs in one day if you have enough, Tony does them by hand now with a hand splitter and three old chisels, re-stack for another 6 months then move it all into the woodhouse or uncover.. It has to dry out properly or it does not give out any heat when it burns.. We have never seen a redback here, but still wear thick leather gloves as big splinters hurt..
Acacia trees are not much good as they are too soft and burn too fast, they would be ok for chopping into sticks for starting the fire ironbark seems to be the best..
The wood port Tony is building is six posts and a roof 3.0 x 3.6 and now he will be able to store the green logs under there and they will dry out quicker as they wont get wet by the rain. Maybe a small tank for the gutter.. Do not burn bark or pine cones in your heather as the resins do something to it.
Hope this helps..
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Pamela
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 17/08/2008 : 07:51:49
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Yes - that was very helpful Mary Anne.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 17/08/2008 : 08:26:34
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Pamela its a lot of hard work, You would not be able to do it by yourself I used to help split the wood but with my bad back and right shoulder I cant even swing the splitter anymore, you may be better off buying firewood you would need at least two tonne down there of firewood, we bought one tonne in February it was $155 delivered and use ours off the block wood as well..Its best to buy your firewood in the Summer here as sometimes in the winter there is not much around it seems to go up in price as the weather gets colder..
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