Need advice - got into some ‘DIRT’
Aida DM
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23 days agoAida DM
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New veggie garden, need advice on dirt.
Comments (17)As you can see, every person has different opinions. I don't dig, use organics heavily, and worship Ruth Stout. A friend happily uses 50-50 composted dairy manure and sand and I grow stuff in nearly 100% once-was-horse-manure, and it works well for me. I can get 3 cubic yards of horse manure/bedding mixture onto my pickup truck and it's free, which is also important to me. The last load I got had a yard given to a neighbor, a yard put in a wire bin for later, and a yard dumped into a fresh empty bed that I'll probably be able to plant food in this Fall. No dirt. No clay. No digging-in. No composting. It's all part of my being lazy, for sure. A back can only take so much abuse in one lifetime and so "the higher the better" is a good way to plan. I've seen concrete block beds that are perhaps four feet high and my first "raised" bed here in the desert was about 3 inches high. I can't grow carrots since every single one (ever!) has been donated shortly after birth to the local critter food supply. Potatoes, however, will tend to grow out of the surface, so leave room for a little extra mulch to shade the tubers from the sunlight....See MoreGot 3 heat pump bids-need some advice
Comments (4)baldloonie-I need to clarify that the supply ducts are 12" flex and the return duct is larger-not sure of exact size but it appears to be about 2-3" larger across than the supply ducts-don't know if this makes a difference or not. We never had a problem with the 4 ton cooling the upstairs. In fact, from reading I would say it is definitely oversized as it cooled the upstairs down very quickly even on hot days which is apparently not supposed to be how heat pumps work. Thanks for the opinion on Airease as I had never heard of it before. rabadger-could you be more specific as to what homework I need to do? I looked through the majority of the posts you link to and can't really see what point you are trying to make. I know it is important to have the correct sized system based on load calc. Are you referring to the load calc maybe being incorrect or size quoted or something else? Sorry to sound so confused but this is why I am asking for advice and opinions...See MoreI've got dwarf hamsters, I need some advice
Comments (2)You could just make a tray out of plastic, corrugated sign board to catch the mess that you could wash down after emptying it. A better solution, though not as easy, would be to fasten sign board panels over the sides of the cage with wire to keep the mess inside. I would also line the floor with it so their feet don't fall through. You could line the underside so they could still get traction from the wire floor. I've included a link to a website on building your own pet cages that may give you some ideas for using sign board, although the site is primarily about guinea pig cages. We had built one of their cages years ago for our piggies and the sign board lasts for years and is very washable, as well as being easy to work with. I don't think you'll have much luck training them to potty in one place. The larger hamsters are much easier because they usually choose one corner, but the dwarf ones just go wherever they are. Here is a link that might be useful: Pet cages...See MoreNeed advice to fix dirt mistake
Comments (11)Kara gave exactly the advice I would. The brown and cracked part of the stem is dead and can't function any longer. The plant is putting out roots above it in an effort to save itself. While the the plant is putting out roots near the dead portion, I'd be a bit more cautious and cut it off well above the dead portion to help ensure that any possible infection (rot) is left behind. this usually happens from over-watering or poor drainage. It could've been that way already when you bought it. Succulents respond quite slowly because they have so much energy stored in the leaves. I purchased an Echeveria a couple of months ago that was shriveled and continued to shrivel despite my efforts. Only today I discovered a stem that looks just like yours. I cut mine off and I'm letting it start over- exactly like Kara advised you to do. It'll be fine. Just try not to love it to death....See Morebeesneeds
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