Do you have any good packing-to-move tips?
IdaClaire
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Comments (5)Hey Squirrley: We don't field grow anything "officially" but dig and divide from the garden. I start as soon as anything pops up because you want to be able to provide water at this critical time. For example, I've stopped dividing now because we will shortly be going into a complete water ban here. Cramps the style! At church we use Fafard for potting. Shrubs, daylilies and larger perennials get a mix of Farard and "pine bark fines". Sunshine mix is another great potting medium that pro growers often use. If you can get a business # then you can buy in bulk at wholesale and it is feasable. If not, these are expensive growing mediums. The pine bark fines help drainage, and they also help to keep the pots from getting too dry. The main reason growers don't use peat based mixes is that they dry out and are hard to re-wet. So there has to be a very concentrated effort on keeping everything moist all the time. The hardest thing to do when home growing is to try and have plants ready for the public. Professional growers may field grow but then pot up early into greenhouses and force bloom for buyers. You need to build up a customer base locally that will understand you are not seeing blooming plants. It can be done. GGG...See Morewe are moving, any packing tips??
Comments (12)We've done a skeleton move like yours 3 times. It's easy if you pack in layers just like you'd unpack. First to pack, label with "storage" and put color dot sticker on 2 sides, is the "decor layer". This is all accessories, pictures, couch pillows, dustables. Keep out 2 items from each of these that make you smile, you'll need them in your temporary space (my last temp space was supposed to be 6-9 months, was 30 months in 1100 s.f with 3 businesses). Next, are "extras"- holiday dishes, plates, pans, extra bedding, all extra craft/hobby supplies (like a sewing or knitting stash...you won't have time or space to do these). The same with most books. These get a second color dot on 2 sides, meaning "unpack next to last". All extra furniture and the stuff you store there gets put into storage. rugs also. Now you should be down to your basics of life. You won't be entertaining at home, so keep a couple of nice lamps and candles and store half of all of your remaining dishes, pans, etc.with a 3rd colored sticker (means "unpack first"). Keep the movies and video games, you'll need the stress release. Kids get two plastic tubs of toys, the rest get donated or stored. You and spouse get 1 plastic tub of extra non-clothing stuff. Think stress relief (this is not the time to pack away sexy lingeries). Put everything, everything not kitchen into plastic storage boxes, plastic shoe boxes, plastic drawers. When you move again you'll just grab the storage boxes from cabinets and drawers and slide them into your next home. Plus, you're more organized every day. Every single thing in your bathroom should be in a wicker or plastic container. I can pack a 3500sf house in 3 days, unpack in 5 days (time off for walks, movies, restaurants because you hit a wall the 3rd day). Lastly, know thyself. Let yourself have a few little luxuries. If you usually surround yourself with vibrant color then don't stop now. Put down some great rugs and don't try to live with white walls. if baking is your stress release then have the muffin tins. If you have to garden or go mad then get a small greenhouse from Harbor Freight and go to it. The one thing you cannot ever, ever do in a temp space is shop for stress relief. One item comes into the house,a similar item must go out. This is especially true for clothing and kids toys. My kid got anything for Christmas that would fit in a plastic shoe box. Think video games, they're small. I love gameboys. Keep an eye on the spouse, make certain that their downtime has what they need...for example, living with my husband when he doesn't have a garage for his project cars is both stressful and makes for some ugly yard art. We're in a larger house for 2 years right now, then we pack up and move again. I honestly don't know how other people can live with the accumulation of stuff that builds up even in 2 years. Moving is a terrific chance to purge your life of old and outworn possessions and energies. It beats spring cleaning. Good luck!...See More"Wild" Cherry gone all red when moved.... (any tips appreciated)
Comments (4)Just to throw in some trivia here, wild cherries have twice as many chromosomes as sweet cherries. The two can be crossbred, but because they have a different number of chromosomes the resulting offspring will be sterile. Sour cherries, American wild cherries, and Capulin have 32 chromosomes, whereas sweet cherries and cherry blossom species have 16 chromosomes. (note that most cherry blossom cultivars in the surrulata group, such as kwanzan, are triploid artificial hybrids, with 24 chromosomes, and are sterile)...See MoreWant to move laundry upstairs - any tips
Comments (15)How does misting getting the wrinkles out without a bunch of shaking the clothing? and still won't do as well as something with a bit of heat...and misting doesn't get rid of smells. A steam refresh cycle does all of those as it uses air as well as warmth/steam. Maybe you have time to air fluff clothing in your dryer and also mist them and shake them out and wait for it to dry in the morning when you have 15 minutes to get dressed and ready for work, but I sure as heck don't. The 8-10 min fast refresh cycle that has my clothing coming out dry, air fluffed and less wrinkles and takes me less than 30 seconds to set the cycle, throw it in and remove it after it's done, is very useful for a busy parent. You can laugh if you wish but I don't see how making fun of a cycle that is useful to other people is funny. You don't have to add anything special to your laundry room to use the steam cycle in a dryer. If you don't like it, don't buy it. But don't laugh at others for using something that has saved them time due to not having to wash items as often, and not having to iron and not having to spend time with wet washcloths and misting bottles when they don't have the extra time....See MoreIdaClaire
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