Where did all the albas go?
nastarana
12 years ago
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Comments (11)Carolyn, Thanks for the input. The current pump is working okay with the head and a larger hose would greatly assist the flow, even tho the pump dichareg is 1". The reason for the pump change is the current pump, and it's backup are submersibles with a screened intake and to connect a suction tube for using a bottom drain I need a pump with an threaded(NPT) inlet so the pump will draw from the pond bottom and, as well, I'll install a 3/4" tee in the suction line so the skimmer will continue to function as well. I have a screening plan to catch the water drippingoff the backside of the water wheel Th splashing of concern is where the water hits the wheel at around the 11 O'clock position and splahes outward in a fan shape. Since this wheel is small 2' diameter, the pockets are shallow, allowing the splashing. a larger wheel will not have this problem. Since I knew I'd need a new pump to handle the suction for the bottom drain, I decided to install the waterwheel and another pressurized filter knowing the 1" pipe would need to be replaced, so whatever I do this year will need to last with the least amount of maintenance as possible The treatment I used on the wood is to give it a 4-5 year aging affect in a few months, so about mid fall I'll shut it down and give it a coat of marine poly and restart the wheel in the spring Thanks, again...See MoreWhere did all the duckweed suddenly go?
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Comments (19)Wow, lots to answer here! First of all, thanks for the kind comments. I'm so glad you guys enjoyed seeing the pics. Saintpfla, I didn't plant a single one of them. Period. Haha! I got one from a friend several years ago that he dug up from his backyard. They are, indeed, native brown-eyed Susans. ALL of mine came from that one plant, plus I have given away tons of them. Yet, they aren't invasive, by any means. They reseed happily every year, but the young plants are easy to pull or transplant or pot up for others. They are biennials and take two years to bloom, but once you have a patch of them going, you will get blooms every year. They have no discernible fragrance, to me, but the bees sure love them. They are draught tolerant, hardy, and form low-growing basal rosettes until they start shooting up tall bloom stems. They make terrific cut flowers and when these are done blooming, I will probably pull them all out. At least all the ones that bloomed. They kind of die back after they finish, so I pull them, but leave the new rosettes that are coming up so that they can bloom next year. I've enjoyed them so much, I've often considered taking everything else out of the bed and letting them really go crazy. But I like seeing the red pentas and a few other blooms in there with them, too. Tropicfreak, the only roses I grow any more are OGR's, and they go in the ground, usually. Though I do have a few in pots. When I used to grow hybrid teas, I had no luck with Jackson Perkins roses at all. Largely because they weren't on the right root stock. I always bought Nelson roses in this area, as they are on Fortuniana, and I grew them in the ground and in pots, both. With pretty good success. I don't grow them any more because I got tired of the endless cycle of feeding and spraying. If I were you, I would only invest in roses grown locally in your area on the correct root stock. The others will likely croak. Hope that's some help to you. Thanks again, everyone, for your nice comments. The bed is a mess overall, but with so many yellow flowers everywhere, who cares? I know I don't. For right now, I can overlook the weeds and just enjoy the rudbeckias. Marcia...See MoreWhere did all my saved pages go?
Comments (5)Saved pages? If you mean your clippings that you saved on the old GW yes they are gone since they were tied to your member page at GW. But all the discussions are still available by search so all the recipes from the forum are still here but would have to be pulled together by you again. Better to save recipes/instructions to your own computer. If you mean discussions you saved to your own computer then they should still be available to you unless you just saved the URL and not the content itself. URLs all change when the servers change. Dave...See Morenastarana
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