naturegirl236 -- thanks for the update on that thank you here for the postage deal elsewhere thing, and sorry for any confusion! *****Have fun, folks!***** Thanks for all the updates everyone, and for keepin' on keepin' on. When this thread fills up, I will get another one started, but I may not check back until the weekend.... *************************************** Current Newbies to be Adopted: razkeys zone 6 (state unknown, please post) (interests: veggies) miafolks2011 zone 6 springfield mass (interests: veggies, fruits) _________________ Adoptions in-process or completed: Willie_Dean 7 North Carolina (cryptid) shoestring zone 5 GateCity, VA (ishareflowers) elaforet zone 7 unk state (flowergirl34) Paperfinch zone 6b TN (flowergirl34) azimuth zone 5?7? New england (beth_b_kodiak) sumwhare 7A (beth_b_kodiak) dbannie04 8 TX (canyonwind) cantwait2garden zone 7 Nc Foothills (naturegirl236) mintygreen zone 5 IA (flowergirl34) bette_wi zone 3 N. WI (soilent_green) bobanda 6 (poisondartfrog) hannah 5 south IN (ishareflowers) ctcfo 6b - Southwest CT (kms4me) kvenkat zone 5a Dever, Co (aquawise) rhashell zone 5 southeast in (jessicavanderhoff) GretchensGarden 9a/Houston, TX (naturegirl236) gardengimp zone 9B Florida (dcj24) downsouthdavid 7 south (hostarookie) Chris_NH_4 z 4/3 NH (flowergirl34) dciolek zone 5B OH (naturegirl_2007) SCPearson 5 NE CT & zone 6 SE MA (kms4me) tempusflits 5 WestCentral IL (rbrady) BogGardner 6 MA (flowergirl34) citygirlseeds zone 9 (canyonwind) efd123 zone 6/7 MA (ishareflowers) GardenCochin zone 6 VA (dem_pa) Manuela via HoHumHollow 6A (canyonwind) lbooth169 zone 7 GA (greenthumbgrow) mavis07 zone 7 VA (greenthumbgrow) morbidzero zone 8b (naturegirl236) bizarrogir zone 10/Sunset 22 Southern CA (cryptid) Scratchits zone 8 OR (canyonwind) NancyPlants zone 5b Kansas (ishareflowers) azmountains_gardener zone 5b/6a AZ (beth_b_kodiak) wjarvie zone unk Wyoming (skybird) sharon5840 z6b Southeast MO (aquawise) celeegra z6 NYC (ishareflowers) nuttnhunee z5a (smitties) sundog2010 zone 5a WI (elvis) bhscarlett (aquawise) jshipway zone 6 MD (beth_b_kodiak) Nis941 zone 9 FL/Sarasota (alwaysagarden) wren1 zone 5, Central IL (smitties) HoHumHollow zone 6A RI (dem_pa) BeesNeeds zone 5 deep SW MI (dem_pa) wrenhouse10 zone 5 (diene) ckap zone 9a TX (piksi_hk)

I have a 1/4 mile road frontage and a septic field that I spray. We do have a lot of deer, but I don't have stilt grass on my deer trails. I think my stilt grass came from auto traffic...construction vehicles down my road. Since the construction is finished, I hope that over time, there will be very little stilt grass remaining. I am very careful when spraying the Roundup and spray on a calm day. I use a one-gallon sprayer and mix the concentrated Roundup with water. I only spray the leaves of the stilt grass. It grows in around the milkweed and other grasses. as long as you don't spray the "good" plants they are not affected. the area in the photo was covered with stilt grass 4 years ago. now you can see the brown dying stilt grass I sprayed a week ago and all the milkweed and native grasses that have filled in where the stilt grass was killed in prior years. my neighbor "went to town" with Round Up on one thistle plant on his side of the road and everything in a 3 ft diameter was killed. that's just awful. in my situation, I am probably doomed to fight it forever, since it is very prevalent in my entire development. the HOA used to spray extensively throughout, but stopped last year. My earlier post regarding the string trimmer use was on the common area trails that the HOA is no longer spraying. I like to hike the trails with my dogs, but the stilt grass is 2 feet high on them. I'm not ready to give up on them like the HOA is, but don't want to spray such a large area. So I hope the string trimmer will "do the trick". I would love to hear of anyone's experiences with string trimmers on trails. the doc I link to recommends cutting it right down to the dirt. I'm afraid it will be a huge task and the long grass will get bogged down on the trimmer line. I just hate to see an invasive taking over our entire development out here in Wild Wonderful West Virginia. This post was edited by jules8 on Fri, Aug 22, 14 at 19:29

hey all - apologies for not updating or tending to this thread. my life has changed drastically since i started doing this several years ago. i got hectic and moved, and probably about to move again. i dont have internet access always like i used to. also - this thread sort of expired, in that its been a while since it was up and active....so i just let it sink to the bottom of the pile... i could repost the OP and open up a fresh thread - #8 of this long running project, but ideally would love a new host to step forward to carry on the adopt a newbie threads in the future. i did ask a couple of people, but so far no takers to take over as host. if i do post a fresh thread - i think we should scrap the current list as most of the people are not even around anymore, this thread is quite old. also i would like to ask for a volunteer to update the list as needed, keep track of when people get adopted or add new names...ideally perhaps a new host will volunteer to just take over the adopt a newbie thread entirely... if anyone is game, just copy and paste the first two posts of this thread onto a new thread, and then maybe as a third post place a beginning list of new adoptees...so that as people sign up you can add names... or really however the new host would wish to do so...but the easy way would just to be to continue with the current format, copy and paste the first 2 posts, and then periodically post an edited updated list of those seeking adoption. otherwise my life is way to chaotic and hectic right now to continue to post the updates right now...

Ok, I have to return here and admit my mistake. The HiSense fridges are awful. They freeze things throughout the fridge section (both units) and one of the freezers randomly stops freezing. We continue to be in refrigerator purgatory for the last 8 years: 2012 - kitchen reno - put in Electrolux All-Fridge and All-Freezer 2014 - fridge side died - repaired by Electrulux 2015 - fridge side died again - put in 36 inch French door in the meantime - not counter depth and stuck out way too much. Electrolux replaced dead fridge unit (250$fee) so tried again with the pair. 2018 - Fridge side died again - replaced both with Whirlpool Sidekicks. 2019 - put in HiSense refrigerators - both not function well (freezing in fridge section, freezer randomly stops). Move Sidekicks to Mudroom for extra stuff. 2021 - Whirlpool Sidekick refrigerator died - 1 Hisense is totally dead So I have 3 fridges - 1 partially working Hisense (still freezes in fridge component) - and freezers. This is what I have: - 2 HiSense fridge on top model (in kitchen, only 1 working) - Whirlpool All-Fridge (dead) - All Freezer (in nearby mudroom) So confused and overwhelmed about what to do now. When we did the kitchen in 2012 I looked at Liebherr fridges and loved them. But in looking at reviews their reliability makes me wonder. Thank you Roberta