Best way to handle runoff from gritty mix?
michael_ames
11 years ago
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best way to handle this situation (long, sorry)
Comments (9)I am so sorry for your loss. First, you MUST report this to law enforcement immediately. Even if they tell you that you cannot press charges against this person(which I cannot imagine as he was guilty of trespassing at the very least), the law enforcement officers should make an 'information report' about the incident. Secondly, find out exactly what the law says where you live. I live in a rural area with no leash law, so dogs can run free as they please. HOWEVER, once a dog steps off its own property, it can be shot if it is a threat to any person or animal. Thus, in our area, your neighbor could have legally shot the dog on his property or even if it was on county property like in a roadway, but could not come onto your property and legally shoot it as he did. Third, in addition to reporting the incident to the police, report it to the humane society if your area has one. Fourth, consult an attorney about how to proceed in protecting your property from this person and his animals. In some jurisdictions you must clearly post No Trespassing signs. In others, you must mark your perimeter with a certain color of paint. You may have to send a "cease and desist" letter informing this person that criminal charges will be filed if he trespasses onto your property. You obviously need a fence to keep your animals home, and his animals out, and I realize that is a major expense. Consulting an attorney is also an expense, but you have a very difficult situation on your hands and need to be careful every step of the way to ensure you understand the law and comply with it yourself. It also will help establish firmly for you just what your legal rights are. Fifth, you need to inform this neighbor that the encroachment of his animals on to your property will no longer be tolerated. It is best to do this in writing. You will have to decide for yourself what steps to take if the animals come onto your property again. It is best to think about this and decide in advance what to do. That way you don't make a snap judgement in the heat of the moment that you might regret. I would find it almost impossible to even attempt to maintain a friendly relationship with someone who came onto my property and behaved as your neighbor did. I suspect it is time to worry less about getting along & being a good neighbor and time to worry more about protecting yourself, your family, your animals and your property. You know, a person who would kill an animal in front of its family on its own property might do just about anything. Be careful. Finally, if you want to forgive this person, fine. Do the Christian thing and forgive him if you can. BUT, do not forget! I suspect that a person like this, if he knows you have forgiven him, might do something similar in the future because he got away with it once. Again, my condolences for the loss of your beloved pet, and especially because you had to witness such a heinous event. I hope everything works out for you and your family....See MoreNeed easy way to drain runoff from containers in apartment
Comments (11)I will use bottle caps to lift the container so it isn't sitting flat on the bottom to allow the water to soak into the container. Some use other devices to lift container from the saucer. I let the water evaporate and I don't worry that it will cause any perched water in the container. . I also would use a turkey Baster if needed before I found the caps to lift containers. I will place around four or so water caps to lift but it Depends on the size of the container. If its a large heavy container.. You will have to use something stronger. Laura...See MoreGritty Mix in the Arizona Desert?
Comments (46)Sure! I can certainly post back once I have some results to report. I have a tendency to dive much deeper than necessary into details of any hobby I take on...in the end I'm sure a lot of these details aren't critical. I'm in a detail-oriented profession so I think it's just a natural mindset for me to fall into. In this case though, the more I think about the whole coco media buffering, the more I realize that most people who have to worry about it are growing in 100% coco-based media or are utilizing hydroponics. Any of the negative effects I would experience from unbuffered coco (if there would actually be any such negative effect in practice) should be largely offset by the fact that the coco is only 1/3 of my mix. Also I'm applying a fertilizer with every watering that has calcium and magnesium in it so the cation exchange issue should theoretically only be temporary as the media should balance over time. Some of the research I've read indicates that it is more important for the coco to be properly washed to a low electrical conductivity than it is for the cation exchange complex to be buffered. This is because seedlings and young plants are substantially more sensitive to the negative effects of high sodium exposure than they are to a temporary deficient quantity of available calcium/magnesium. The good news is that most of the high quality sources of coco products are washed to a very low electrical conductivity, it's just hit or miss whether a particular manufacturer buffers or not. Since I'm going to be growing a few plants each of some of my aji limon peppers and purple jalapenos, I think I might try buffering some coco and not buffering the other coco and see if there is a noticeable performance difference between the two if the rest of the mix is the same. It would obviously only be anecdotal, but it would still be an interesting thing to see!...See MoreHow to clean salt from beach sand to use in a “gritty mix”?
Comments (6)You can get rid of the salt simply by rinsing the sand/gravel with clean water. Salt or not, you should always clean native material before you use it. I use a shallow container (can be plastic) ~4" deep x at least a foot square (like a portable dish washing tub) and put a couple of inches of sand in the bottom. Then put that in my wash tub/sink in the basement and run tap water into the container until it starts to run over. Then continually work the sand around inside the container with my hands. The lighter material, mud and salt will overflow down the drain as you work it around. I sometimes tip out most of the water in the middle of the process and let the water fill again. After a while the water will run clear as it goes over the side. If you want coarser sand/gravel just run it through a sieve or kitchen screen to remove the fine material. Warning: It can take a lot of water if you have large amounts to clean. You should also sterilize the media using a metal cake pan or the like. Put that in the oven at 300 and leave it in until it's heated through. I usually leave it on my bench until it cools, stirring occasional until dry....See Morerina_Ontario,Canada 5a
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