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Comments (5)Hi Terrance nice to meet ya and thanks for the reply! Yes I must get outside in scratch that dirt. Where I live now, in Aberdeen, we gravelled the whole backyard due to having multiple horses in the house. LOL..my great danes make a terrible miss on grass so it was the only way. And mud? As in garden? Would be destroyed unless I built a fence around it. We are planning to buy a house soon, so hope to change all that. I can not wait to get into roses outdoors and perenials, grow my own veggies. Lily's too! I hope he builds me a greenhouse, as I am a die hard fan of tropicals. Plumeria and hibiscus are my fave's. Been growing them indoors for a year under lights, and lots of blooms. I also enjoy propagating and starting from seed indoors. Fun stuff! I guess when you grow up as a small town girl, you stick to your roots..hahahaha..too funny! Krista - sorry I left Sharon's name in the original post, so she knew I ressurrected it....See MoreOGRs in warmer zones - REAL sizes/habits/experiences
Comments (23)You should also look into the book Antique Roses for the South. There are many roses that where found in Louisiana and would do great for you in NO. Besides the one you already mentioned, Mclinton Tea and Maggie are both found roses from Louisiana and Maggie I think is considered a bourbon. I live in Deep South east Texas that practically borders Louisiana so I have a very similar hot and humid climate as you do. Sdlm does great for me with minimal black spot and Peggy Martin is amazing for me. I agree that teas, bourbons and noisettes will do great for you as well as some of the polyanthanyhas like Marie Daly and Marie Pavie. If all else fails you can call the Antique Rose Emporium and they can lead you in the right direction. I deal with with black spot, mold and other humid fun stuff and it's just the name of the game where we live. Most all my teas rarely black spot but if they do I don't sweat it because they grow and bloom for me regardless. Have fun choosing! And let us know what you finally do choose :)....See MoreEcovent Experiences Anyone ? Real Experience ?
Comments (21)This is a tough one. The Ecovents themselves are pretty good. We’ve had them for six years, and they definitely work. On the other hand, the complaints about customer service and battery replacement are very real. We have 16 Ecovents in our home and have to replace the batteries every few months. About four years ago, we comtacted customer service about this, as that’s obviously a far cry from 3–5 years. Their customer service was awesome: they said they’d look into it and get back to me, and a couple of days later, they informed me that it was a firmware issue. Batteries were being drained much more quickly than expected, and as an apology (and out of gratitude for letting them know), they said they would cover my batteries for the next ten years: anytime I needed more, just let them know. Now, obviously, this was a great deal. Not only were they covering my costs, but it gave them another reason to improve the functionality: the better the battery life, the fewer they’d have to send. It was a win-win! A few months later, the batteries started dying and I contacted them. Obviously, they hadn’t fixed the problem; but true to their word, they sent me enough AA batteries to power all 16 vents. Unfortunately, that’s where it stopped: when the batteries started dying again, a few months later, I called for replacements and was told that free batteries isn’t something they do, that I’d obviously misunderstood. And, you know, that’s possible. I was probably just thrown off by the fact that after they said they’d send me free batteries, they sent me free batteries. It’s an understandable mistake. To be honest, the functionality has improved quite a bit, since then. The batteries still don’t last very long, but we’ve started buying them in bulk from Amazon. The Ecovents don’t seem to last much longer with high-end Energizers or Duracells than they do with Amazon’s own brand, so we save the money that way. I just replaced 40 of them, in the last 24 hours, and everything seems to be working just fine. Furthermore, Ecovent has been acquired by Keen Home, and they seem to have much better customer service than Ecovent’s eventually degenerated to be. (I won’t go into details, but suffice to say there were more issues than the battery one.) So yeah… a mixed bag. Personally, I think they’d probably do a lot better in addition to a traditional zoning system than on their own—which is, after all, an option they support. But since I’ve never had both Ecovents and traditional zoning in the same house, I can’t say for sure....See MoreSoapstone for a kitchen- real-life experience?
Comments (24)I had soapstone counters installed this past November (2018) and love them so far. I posted my thoughts - look for a thread starting with “Black Venata Soapstone”. They are super durable in the ways I care about -like being able to put a hot cookie sheet down on them and not having to worry about etching or staining, I like that they are antibacterial too. I’ve not oiled mine yet, and keeping them medium gray does mean a little more maintenance. Oil splatters will not sink in (soapstone is super dense) but they will cling to the surface and need a light scrub with the rough side of a sponge and a little Dawn soap to remove them. Once oiled this goes away as an issue. Cleo7 is right about pie dough. Some people have said they really like soapstone for working bread (maybe it has the right grippi-ness) but I find it disconcerting for pie dough. I’m back to using a mat. My finding is that like wood counters, soapstone can be scratched or chipped (although any dings can be fixed) and it will likely acquire a patina over time, but unlike wood soapstone doesnt stain, etch, burn, melt, or rot. Not sure where the comment about ”ruined by water” came from, Btw. I’ve had tea kettles boil over onto the counter, and that new vase wth the apparently porous bottom that sat leaking water and floral solution for three days? Not a problem. Best advice though, find a distributor and a fabricator who really knows soapstone and also you might want to read up about the different varieties and their respective hardness so that you have a sense of what you are looking for. I would look at the online soapstone specialists like M. Teixeira,, etc. Calling around you may find some stone yards that carry mostly granite or marble but they happen to have a random slab or two labeled generically “gray soapstone”. Don’t buy with that little information. And, with kids, I absolutely would avoid the softest kinds. ...Every person who has seen my kitchen to date loves the counters. Soapstone is just very cool....See More
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