PART 2 ...Mistakes, Mistakes, Mistakes.... oh my
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Comments (8)I've looked at the book. I think he's in somewhere like Manitoba, and he's playing games. He's planting very, very deep and covering with a very, very loose soil mixture. I plant 2 inches down, and have never had a problem with either being too deep or not deep enough. For a long time, at least 150 years, and possibly much longer, it's been understood that a viable way of zone pushing is to keep things dry. A lot of what he's talking about, I interpret as water management in a fairly dry climate. There hasn't been a lot of feedback about his methods, however it didn't strike me as something where you can take a piece and ignore the rest....See MorePruning mistake(s)?
Comments (2)Roses that bloom only in June do not bloom on first-year canes: the canes need to go through a winter before blooming. You may have some non-recurrent roses, or the non-blooming shoots may come from the rootstock variety, which would be non-recurrent. In the latter case, though, I'd expect you'd have some old rootstock canes that would be blooming now with a different flower than the hybrid tea (or whatever). I wonder if you have hybrid teas, though. I'd expect their canes to be injured to the ground by a Toronto winter. To try to identify we would need clear pics of the flower, leaf, and stem with thorns....See MoreMistakes, Mistakes, Mistakes.... oh my
Comments (21)Yes, granite is going to be changed, as I won't accept anything else - it's NOT at all what I ordered and it's still at the fabricator's yard - they can fix it. The island and the fireplace are very important because they are focal points. I know that somepeople would have cared less and never even notice, but I did. As far as the fireplace, I have recalled more conversational details. initially, I wanted a pre-made mantel, brought the spec's to the house, and the foreman told us it wouldn't work, unless we built a raised hearth (that I didn't want). I TOLD him at that point "it looked high" and questioned him if it was the same as the model - he ASSURED me it was. I then scraped the mantel - which now, I understand WHY it wouldn't work! He should have worked on making that mantel work - because if he did, we would have had to lower that firebox MONTHS ago! Yesterday I had to go to the house and drop off an item. He (the foreman) was there ripping out the bricks. He turned his back on us and never acknowledged us there! He is making me annoyed - and I KNOW for a fact that he (once again - as we caught him) is lying. I am sure he is blaming us 100% - but at this point, I don't care! I am paying enough for this house and this is important! The stairs - the treads are 10" deep, and the risers I didn't measure, but they aren't high, and step very much like a normal step. These stairs are in the back of our home, and I am not going to make this another area of conflict as it's not that important. Only we (our family) will really see these stairs and we already planned to add the wood treads ourselves at some point. Anyway, I am VERY happy about the fireplace - as looking at the photo's above - it does look strange!...See MoreOh my.,,, just made a big mistake
Comments (9)For months after I had quit as girl of all work at my hometown newspaper I answered the phone at home with, "Herald". My current 'name' problem is learning to respond to my legal first name, when I've never been called by it -- only my middle name, Sue. Social Security, Medicare, doctors, hospitals, even the airlines -- all 'know' me as my legal first and last names. I've written my medical information on the back of my driver's license, along with, "I'm called Sue."...See Morekrislrob
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