A few interesting shade plants I picked up today
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Picked up a few Sub Zero roses + Yankee Doodle
Comments (9)See the following link for a discusion of Dr. Brownell's roses. I would expect that, if virused, the chance of it appearing in the first few years would be greater in a cool climate than in a hot climate (the rose virus immune system does not function very well in cool climates for PNRSV - one of the more common rose viruses). http://home.roadrunner.com/~kuska/high_temperature_effect_on_pnrsv.htm Here is a link that might be useful: Discussion of Dr. Brownell's roses...See MorePicked up 2 plants today...okay, one for the wife.
Comments (15)I picked up 2 plants myself today. Not Aji Lemon, Not Bhut, not even a pepper plant. I picked up 2 Yarrow plants. Mark my word... I will conquer the pests with mother nature! Was real nice to see that Armstrong's had a bit of variety on the superhot front -- they had Bhuts, Scorps, Caribbean Red, and many other. Nice to see HOT hot finally going mainstream. I give credit to the younger generation! Thanks all you 20-30 somethings! Your choices in music suck, but thanks for the heat! ;) Kevin...See MoreA couple new things I picked up today...
Comments (7)Dingy whites. I think it's better to figure out the cause before you execute a "cure". Dingy whites is often from not enough detergent, too much detergent and a build-up from not rinsing out of the clothes, and/or a combination of hard water and detergent build-up. Since using Charlie's Soap, I don't have a problem with detergent build-up, so I don't have dingy whites. You can check Charlie's Soap web site for tests done on detergent build-up in fabrics. It's pretty interesting.... If your whites are dingy from soap/detergent build-up, here's an "old-fashioned method" to whiten dingy whites I found in a Cooperative Extension Service laundry guide sheet from New Mexico State University. Wash the dingy whites in HOT water (NO detergent) adding enough water softener product to make the water feel slippery (about 1-cup in a TL). If the water becomes sudsy, the clothes were not rinsed enough, causing the whites to become dingy from soap scum build-up. Wash them again adding ONLY water softener. If the clothes do not whiten, add soap or detergent and rewash. Hanging whites out in sunshine will also whiten them, without the need for harsh chemicals that can damage fabrics. Sparkling white clothes - yet another benefit from line-drying clothes outside. Hydrogen peroxide is another add-in for whites, but I never use it. On rare occasions I have added some Cascade Dishwasher Detergent to a load of whites as a laundry booster for the enzymes and phosphates found in the Cascade. I've successfully used this method, and a long soak, on really dirty laundry from yard work, including ground-in dirt and grass stains - especially on white cotton socks. I can't use bleach in our water because the minerals react with the bleach and causes whites to yellow, and it's really hard on fabrics. Add-ins, like bluing, are only an optical illusion and actually don't whiten anything. That shade of blue tricks the eye into thinking the color is vibrant white. I'm the white T-shirt queen, some are REALLY old, and still worn daily for work-out clothes, gardening, etc.... All of them are all nice and white - just using Charlie's Soap. -Grainlady...See MoreI picked up this chair today!
Comments (20)The horse hair they used was from the mane and tail and an animal didn't have to be slaughtered to give it up. Besides, none of my antiques had horse hair in them; most don't. Other common stuffings included Spanish moss (lots of that was used until the dust was cited as a cause of worker lung problems), and even common straw/hay was used. Of course, a lot of cotton batting was used just under the fabric. At any rate, I wouldn't worry about it. It's quite doubtful that it's the original covering if it's very old, and all the stuffing may well have been replaced already. What's important is the chair is very pretty and you love it. I would expect most men not to like it all that much as it's rather feminine -- but men don't need to love every item of furniture in the house. Today's men are pretty funny when we remember that Victorian men were insufferable male chauvinist pigs and look at how feminine the decor was in that era. I hope you enjoy your chair for many years to come!...See Morerouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a)
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