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Comments (7)To tailor it specifically for your situation, two things come to mind. 1) "indirect light". Despite all advice you see, phals want some direct light. If you can give them a few hours of light in the morning, or in the evening, that would be much better. Increase your light. 2) The other big trigger is the requirement for a drop in night time temperature of about 15F beginning in the fall (september-ish). If daytime high is 75, night time needs to be 60F or below. Best way to achieve this is to grow your plant outside during the summer where it can get a little bit of morning or evening sun. You'll get that natural drop. Something I'm also noticing is your top few leaves are smaller than the leaves below them. THats usually an indication that the plant went through some kind of stress. If that stress was great enough, it would keep the plant from blooming that year. Only cure for this is time... and light... and drop in temperature....See MoreWintersowers roll call Part 2- everyone check in!
Comments (82)This is my first year wintersowing. I've been saving my milk gallons all winter... I know 20 or so isn't many to you veterans, but to my poor hubby it's a lot, especially now that they're starting to line our FRONT walk (Well, it's the best winter sun! The neighbors won't mind when our yard is full of flowers!) I'm packing in 2-4 varieties per jug to make the most of my space, does anyone else do that? Does it work ok? I am trying perennials, annuals, herbs, and some vegetables. Peppers, tomatoes, eggplant, melons, squash, and basil are going to be started inside, but most other stuff is going in the jugs. Gosh I am SOOO nervous to put all my babies that I traded for so lovingly, out in the snow and miserable cold... what if nothing comes up? What if it does and then dies in a really cold night? What if everything survives the winter only to drown in April rain??? I guess I should be reassured by all the success stories I see on GW! Lori...See MoreBack at it!
Comments (5)Happy new year! Houzz lets you create "ideabooks" that are basically like collections of bookmarks to photos on their site with your own notes about what you liked in the picture. You can easily share these ideabooks with your design and construction team by email. Start building your ideabook(s) now. It's never too early to start thinking about design. Since you are a few years out, you have a lot of opportunity with your property. Is natural light important to you? Visit the site at various times of the day. See where the sun comes, what obstacles (trees, etc) there are, where the views are etc. Your home should be designed with the properties of your land in mind. If you've not bought the site yet be sure to check in the various restrictions on development in the area. In our town you are only allowed to build 6000sqft per acre total, including porches with 3 walls, and only 15000sqft of impervious covered hardscape/house per acre. There are also limits on septic, engineering, etc. Be sure to check out if there are any existing easements. How will this impact/limit your house or landscape plans? You can't build over a utility easement for example. What are the setback rules? Are there height limits? Is there a process by which neighbors can slow/block your development? If they're available, take a look online at your town planning committee minutes to see what obstacles past projects ran into! A good architect will work with you to help refine and implement your vision for your life on your land. They should listen to you and your desires and bring their experience/wisdom to the table about what works and what doesn't in home design in general and for your specific area. There are too many people around that either don't have local knowledge, don't have enough of an opinion about details, or have too much of an opinion (e.g. they have a "vision" that supercedes yours). Spend the time talking to a few different architects and figure out which one you would be most comfortable working with. For me I was able to find one who shared my love of the type of house we were remodeling, and who was super responsive via email, and so the interaction has gone really well. In broad strokes, the process for us went something like this - we considered the types of space we wanted, figured out what spaces could be multipurpose, came up with rough dimensions for the spaces etc. then (since we are a remodel) drew the perimeter of the house and arranged them inside the perimeter using colored bubbles in a computer program. From there both the architect and I took several steps at arranging the bubbles into a layout my wife and I liked. You have much more freedom when you are working with 100% new construction, though if you are shooting for a specific historical style you may have more limitations (e.g. a colonial will limit you to a rectangular shape). From there, we proceeded to modeling the space in three dimensions, understanding the elevation, ceiling heights, etc. Plans followed and now we're in early construction and material selections....See MoreConsidering a 4 year old Miele w4840 and t9800
Comments (6)I was struggling a bit with my machine-I wasn't sure what to expect as far as noises and what not. Turns out, it is the drain pump making "the noise" and it is perfectly normal. I love my warsher! she is a tank! I would love to buy another for sure. I did a bit of searching thru here and found ways to increase water levels, add rinses etc. On a side note, I found a full size t9800 dryer on Kijiji (5 hours away) and bought it. Not sure if it actually works or not, haven't brought it downstairs yet. I am hoping like heck it does LOL! it came with a pedestal as well. For now, I am running my 4842 washer with a Kenmore dryer. I have a Samsung washer off to the side, and will be hooking up my Miele dryer whenever I can get enough hands on deck to bring it down my stairs of doom. I plan on running all 4 machines in the near future. haha@ laundry unicorn! *powdered unicorn horn anyone?* is something I always say when I feel like I am being asked an impossible to answer question. Not sure where you live, but there is a Miele unboxed store in Ontario that I would dearly love to check out-however, I am in SK!...See MorePoorbutroserich Susan Nashville
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