Robinia's - are they really that bad ?
Karen_Perth
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Comments (3)I know. I just couldn't believe it. And after I left and came back to work, I just kept thinking "OMG, what if they had been really injured, what would I have done?" CHILLS! I don't even want to think! Like my aunt said, someone must have been watching out for them....See MoreRobinia Pseudoacacia 'Frisia' -- Golden Locust
Comments (11)Thanks for the wonderful feedback ... I'm a little worried about the eventual size, although our house is a single story in an older suburban development, so the yards are not too tiny and a little limbing up should take care of any interference with the roof. I plan on placing the tree about 20-25 feet from the footing of our house and surrounding it with some mid and smaller size shrubs like serviceberry, virburnum and barberry (it will be in a full sun location). I wanted to plant some daylillies about 8-10 feet away, but perhaps that is not such a great idea due to issues with the roots? (I wanted to do something similar to the bed at Bellevue Botanical Garden -- I'll post a photo when I figure out how to do that). As far as wind goes, it won't be right next to any taller trees, but several of the homes around us (next door and and across the street) have very large evergreen trees that I hope would provide enough of a wind break. We don't live at the top of a large hill or in a location that is especially prone to strong winds, but then again the tree will be basically on its own with the nearest tall trees being about 75-100 feet away. Perhaps you would advise against this location? I haven't been to the Kubota gardens yet, so I'll have drag the kids out there soon to take a look at the specimins there....See MoreWhy recirculating hoods are a really really bad no good terrible idea
Comments (19)opaone: Looks like my sensor collection is missing a component, even though my house is deliberately "leaky." Is this the IQAir [AirVisual Pro] Smart Indoor & Outdoor Air Quality Monitor [PM2.5, CO2, AQI, Temperature, Humidity]? How do you like it, and why did you select this brand? I have several. Of the consumer variety this and Foobot are generally the more accurate according to testing by Lawrence Livermore and others. I went through five IQAir's (testing against a borrowed lab meter) before settling on this one. All were fairly accurate but this one was the closest. Foobot was similar though I only went through three. I keep an IQAir and Foobot next to each other in our bedroom all the time and then have another IQAir that I move around wherever needed. I write about healthcare and population health and IAQ is an increasingly critical component....See MoreIs Sunbrella Indoor fabric really so bad?
Comments (22)Two things to note thst i don’t see mentioned here. First, the upholstery durability test only measures thread breakage, not piling. Once two threads break, it failes. Anything above 40,000 rubs is contract grade and will last well in a residential setting. Secondly, any material that has a fiber content of more than 25% acrylic will pill. So I would never use Sunbrella on an indoor sofa. Acrylic is also not great for the environment in and of itself. But added to that, Sunbrella is coated with PFAS, which is what gives it its stain resistance (ditto Crypton). (I do understand that the EPA considers these types of chemicals safe, but most consumers do not realize these ”performance“ materials are even coated. People should know and make up their own minds as to its safety). The only thing Sunbrella is truly good at is color fastness because acrylic is solution dyed, mean meaning the color is in the liquid that is turned into the yarn that is woven into the fabic—the color goes all the way through the fiber, rather than garment or yarn-dyed where the color sits on top of the fiber. if you’re going with a light color, there’s literally no good reason to choose Sunbrella. There are far better options asthetically and environmentally....See Moremeggs
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