Raised refrigerator? Why not?
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Comments (14)A lot of the reasons for raised beds never made sense to me where I garden. Bad soil can generally be improved as easily as replaced. But then I don't live on bedrock either, so I can see that. Warms up more in the day? If so, it cools down more at night. In point of fact, neither is true. At least in my situation where I made a point of putting this to the test. IMO, it's an urban gardening myth. My own data bears this out. Your mileage may vary. Weeds? Not a big deal for me. I work the top inches of soil every year and I know how to use a hoe properly. Better drainage? A disadvantage in my sandy loam. You have to consider your own situation. Don't have to bend over so far? Very true, but not an issue for me... yet. Yet after all of my disinterest in raised beds, I did, however, break down and build a 12" raised bed for one reason. Carrots. What a difference. But they require water each and every day, or splitting is still a problem....See MoreWhy should I use a raised bed?
Comments (12)I would suggest, for your particular soil, adding compost and vermiculite. Sand drains beautifully, to the extent that you would rather it hold moisture for longer, and it isn't very strong on plant nutrients. My father has sand in his front yard (with gravel underneath), it drains about as well as anything could, and the addition of compost and vermiculite has made a tremendous difference to how well his gladiolae and roses grow. With the soil you are working with I would try and mix these in down to spade depth. I bet you will see the need to water less. If you can find Mel's original edition of the SFG book, which is white and quite a bit thicker than the current book, you can read his extensive information about amending soil. The same ingredients, vermiculite in particular and also compost/organic matter, which are famous for "lightening" and improving the drainage of heavy, dense, (clayey, etc.) soils, will have the opposite effect on sandy soils, and will help them retain the watter you apply longer, and allow your plants to make better use of them. Your lack of weeds and dieing grass may be symptoms of the sandy soil being unable to support them well, especially in dry weather, due to lack of water and nutrients. Then by amending your soil and mulching your garden bed you made a much better growing environment,and, like Mel's Mix, you started without much by way of pre-existing weeds, and kept the weeds well under control. The other topic that Mel hit much harder in the original book was not walking on the soil, I know from my own years of pre-SFG experience how much of a difference this makes. Mel designed his suggested raised beds so that it would not be an issue, since he specifies a design that you can always reach the middle of, especially if you can get to at least three sides. In your situation I would try and plan places to walk into my beds to make sure I can reach everywhere without walking on the soil, it makes a tremendous difference, and is the other big reason for the raised beds. (Clearly defining an area and keeping the plot to a size you can reach all the way into so that there is never any need to walk in it.)...See MoreLow bathroom and hallway ceilings - why and can they be raised?
Comments (7)It depends upon the amount and direction of the ductwork. You may be able to gain some height depending upon the ductwork depth. When I renovated we were able to put 7'6" or 7'8" ceilings in the bathrooms despite ductwork and one of the bathrooms is mostly empty space with a duct only in one portion. But it often looks cleaner to have the ceiling a little lower but flat than bumps up and down depending upon ductwork. Unless it's a straight soffit somewhere that seems to make sense with the overall design, Ive seen bathrooms here with one random corner bumped down for some sort of obstruction and I think it looks awful....See MoreWhy do new refrigerators not get cold...?
Comments (0)I’m wondering if anyone out there can tell me why newer refrigerators don’t get anywhere near as cold as older units...? first a brief background as to my pondering... I like drinks COLD, COLD, COLD! This was never a problem growing up as on occasion I would have to chew the ice in my drinks. Be it milk or water... now I know what everyone is thinking... “that’s so bad for you” Well you can go suck eggs. This question ain’t for you. Also if your sucking eggs came from a proper fridge they’d be as cold as ice. Anyway... I know how to use a refrigerator thermostat and my complaint is not that these refrigerators haven’t or aren’t working correctly. I believe they’ve all been working as they were intended and designed to... I’ve had an thermometer in all my fridges and they’re all holding the temperatures they’re set at. But why does it stop at 33 degrees? My old refrigerators would be set in the middle of their range and be sometimes below 30 degrees. And rarely would things other than water and strangely lettuce freeze. But what a difference a few degrees makes in beverage temp!!! So much more satisfying to have a glass of milk at 31 degrees instead of 33...See Moremarcolo
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