Thursday Coffee and Chat -- 8th January 2026

thanks @DogMan79 , fingers crossed here

hope your weather changes for the better soon my friend , your poor birds

Hey @Shaz51

I hope you are safe from the cyclone.

Living rural, we are on high alert for tomorrow's weather.

Living rural, we are on high alert for tomorrow's weather. --- ohh for heat or fire @Snowie

up here is still only 2 lows so hopefully they don`t develop into a cyclone

we are flooded in but we wont get flooded though

everyone is out panic buying today

@Shaz51 Good to know you are cyclone-savvy!

I'm just in planning stages of my garden, as I'm new here. There's already shrubs & some natives planted here, so Im going to work in with the existing ones.

There's a row of shrubs all along the front fence, noticed they are quite hardy thankfully & have an orange flower. I'm thinking of scattering a heap of multicoloured marigolds all along the front section. Different Oranges, yellows, white & reds. I quite like nasturtiums too.

Seriously considering abolishing the patch of lawn at the front & replacing with a groundcover. Maybe do it in sections. Path to a bench.

Trellis with apricot climbing miniature roses at my front gate.

I mostly like hardy, "thrive on neglect" type of plants such as succulents.

There's a long line of bottlebrush trees (saplings) down one side, and on the other side, there's a couple of trees in front of the windows. (also saplings).

I plan to do a herb garden maybe on the front or back patio, and try my hand at growing microgreens, baby tomatoes, chillis.

Health permitting.

This is hopefully my forever home now, (as far as I can envisage anyway.)

This boiling hot weather is killing me slowly. I'm doing nothing but lying around, trying to catch up on sleep. More racing thoughts when I have nothing to do. I really can't move; it's just too hot!

hardy, "thrive on neglect" type of plants such as succulents. --- I like them too @Meredyth49

going to work in with the existing ones. -- that is a good plan because they are already there

i have inherited my mum`s gardens , she was the gardener in the family

step at a time my friend

Good to see your aunts are being social @Shaz51 ...nice

Hopefully the elder one is correct about the cyclone!

Hello @creative_writer

How are you my friend 🧡

Very wet and humid here , not doing much at all

@Shaz51 Yep, it's a newly built unit so I am the first person to ever live here.

I like plants which can have culinary uses &/ or beauty treatments.

My all-time favourite is aloe vera. So many uses. I've always had a patch wherever I have lived.