Fayes' Botanic Obsession

Tristrin · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:14 pm

Jaymie wrote:

Faye and Eddy have great fires

So do we.....unfortunately I don't have a photo of the time when hubby threw some petrol onto a fire which was in a large hole in the ground....but it made our house shake! :dont:

Faye · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:34 pm

Eddy saves the fuel to put in the cars and just uses old fashioned wood, mmm petrol would be fun though. Grass trees are fun to burn.

seamonkey · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:50 pm

And they smell lovely too!

Faye · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:18 pm

seamonkey wrote:

And they smell lovely too!

Umm the marshmallows or the petrol Seamonkey?

seamonkey · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:58 pm

The marshmallows, petrol and the burning GRASS TREES. Hee hee!( Especially the grass trees)

chillidude · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 2:19 pm

Faye wrote:

Grass trees are fun to burn.

Yes they are :devil:

got a dead one here that's gunna light up the night sky once burning season kicks in again.

Tristrin · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:46 pm

Anyone ever put bamboo on the fire?????? Goes off like gunfire.....had some very worried neighbours!!!!! :run:

Of course I wouldn't recommend it, could be very dangerous :dont:

chillidude · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:29 am

Tristrin wrote:

Anyone ever put bamboo on the fire?????? Goes off like gunfire.....had some very worried neighbours!!!!! :run:

Of course I wouldn't recommend it, could be very dangerous :dont:

Cool ! No, but I'll probably have some in 1-2 years.

pistolknight · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:45 am

Jaymie wrote:

Faye and Eddy have great fires :rock:

I see Eddy doing all the work again, is that a Glass of wine your hiding Faye :drink:

earthbound · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2010 7:14 pm

Tristrin wrote:

Anyone ever put bamboo on the fire?????? Goes off like gunfire.....had some very worried neighbours!!!!! :run:

Of course I wouldn't recommend it, could be very dangerous :dont:

BUt sure sounds like fun.... Was it green or dry? I guess green it would build up steam pressure within each hollow section, till..... BANG.! Yeah, definitely sounds like fun...

Tristrin · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:52 pm

the most effective one was the giant bamboo and yes it was fairly green....advisable to wear full protective gear and don't stand too close!

Faye · **Posted:** Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:16 pm

I'll be sure to put some bamboo on the next bonfire, and not stand too close with the marshmallows.
When I got out of the car the other day, I looked up at the house and thought to myself " I like the look of that" and proceeded to take photos to mark what it looked like after removing the bulk of the gum leaves. It is one way to look back without going through 10 000 other photos.

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Granny Smith · **Posted:** Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:14 am

You're right. It's looking great, Faye. How much land do you have?

earthbound · **Posted:** Sat Mar 27, 2010 12:11 pm

She has too much land......

I can say that while she's not here...

I think it's just under 5 acres.

Tristrin · **Posted:** Sat Mar 27, 2010 2:36 pm

5 acres is perfect

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