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New home - need advice on some smaller flowering trees
Comments (11)Thank you for all of the suggestions. So far for fall delivery I have ordered the following - Magnolia 'Butterflies' Magnolia 'Genie' Magnolia 'Vulcan' Chrysanthemifolia Star Magnolia Chionanthus virginicus Cercis canadensis 'The Rising Sun' Cercis canadensis 'Appalachian Red' Cercis canadensis 'Burgundy Hearts' Cornus kousa 'Blue Shadow' Cornus kousa 'Akatsuki' Syringa reticulate Fagus sylvatica âÂÂRoseo Marginataâ (tricolor beech) Kwanzan flowering cherry Weeping Double Red Flowering Peach Acer palmatum 'Coral Pink' Acer palmatum 'Oregon Sunset' Ginkgo biloba 'Mariken' (a male) Definitely excited! Still keeping an eye out for things that peek my interest. If any of the good mail order nurseries do end of season sales or anything, I would love to know about them! I am also still debating the purple cherry I asked about as I ordered the rosebud Burgundy Hearts which is the color and size I was looking for. Thank you for the suggestions! Also, everything above is mail order and smaller than what I see at nurseries (on purpose for saving reasons). Being in zone 6b and with the property having a windbreak all around, should I be doing anything special for these trees for the winter? I will be planting in October. I have planted shrubs and perennials at that time and been fine through the winter but don't have any experience with trees. Thank you again for all of the help!...See MoreHouse Flys - Help, I've searched
Comments (18)This post gets spurts of activity. I guess it is a semi common problem. First off, my original intent was to find alternatives to the sticky traps, tapes etc. Second, as I mentioned in my secondary response/follow up, I realized the root of my problem, and that was the fly's laying eggs in the litter box, prior to being added to the bin. Solved that problem, smaller box, empty more often. But that did not entirely elminate the problem. Although I HAVE elminated the problem, no more flies for me and no sticky tape. Here are the steps that it took to elminate the flys, house fly or fruit fly. 1) Empty rabbit box more often 2) Freeze food scraps prior to adding to bin (But I had been doing this all along, which had already elminated the fruit flies) 3) Feed less, I was, as alot of us do in the begining, was over feeding my system, which was inviting unwanted mouths to the feast. Less is more, all feed should be eaten in a matter of days or you are asking for problems. 4) Less moisture, my system was too wet. 5) Create a "dry" layer on the very top. This, I think, is one of the biggest deterents for house flies. They want to lay their eggs in the moist goodness of your worm material, not a dry layer, and they can not "dig" to get to the moist layer. I use a piece of cardboard or a burlap sack. It has in no way been effected my bin by having this layer on the top. In fact it has help keep it from drying out. Since the bin that I use inside is almost entirely fed with rabbit manure it wasn't getting the moisture that most get from their organic material breaking down, so I would have to add water more frequently then most systems would, the layer on top helped conserve the moisture I barely have to water at all now. 6) Beneficial Nematodes. Now we get into a grey area, some will accept these, others will not. Prior to treating my bin with these I had the problem "under control" but in no way eliminated. I think this is what made the final difference. That said I am not sure I would do this on a regular basis. Due mostly to the cost. Ideally I would like my worm bins to be a free of charge addition to my garden game plan, so dislike the idea of purchasing these. However, I will be getting more this spring to treat my front lawn, so would treat the bins at the same time. I just don't know if I would purchase for the sole purpose of treating the bins. They do not ship the nematodes in winter, so in the end it would not be a year round solution anyway. Since I have my bins out side in the spring/summer and will on bring it back inside for winter, this option looses viability. So for what it's worth, that has been the solution to my fly problem. Good luck. Kat...See MoreNeed help in house plan search!
Comments (2)Seabright- Congrats on your land. We just got some Nebraska land too! While I am planning a full basement, I am looking at similar or slightly less square footage in a 1 1/2 story also. I think that there are quite a few plans that you can maybe at least modify to meet your requirements? Did you like what your designer came up with? Is it possible to have him change things around to a smaller sq footage? Maybe take your other plan and note rooms that are too large or not needed?...See MoreSmaller Home With Terrible Kitchen Layout
Comments (17)Hi there! Glad to have some new kitchens and smaller homes coming to the forum. It is like having a new neighbor in the hood. Don't worry about living in your home a while before you do any remodeling. I've been here since 2006, and we just began the latest installment of updating our 1950 stick built house. It is solid as a rock, something my DH was looking for after our river house was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. I have an active thread now, showing part of the house that is being subjected to demolition, and the part we are hunkered down in to eat and cook for the time being....until they build the addition, and then make it weather tight, and can start knocking down walls. We did our updates in phases. First we enclosed a screen porch into a sunporch using Lexan panels and a french door. Love it. Put Italian porcelain tile on the floor. Then I did a tiny bathroom, which cost us the tub until the next phase, which was adding on a bumpout for a complete bathroom with a walkin closet for a master suite. Now we are biting the bullet for the big job, to include new roof, new hardwood flooring, a kitchen gut with more space added to it, a new sitting area for the master, and a new deck which will include an outdoor shower. So you see, learn about your house, and see what can be done in stages. I like your kitchen, except if you have room to move the range into a sort of cooking peninsula at right angles to your sink so you can face that nice light from the window, and put a high bar backed up to the cooking space, perhaps. I'm not sure of the dimensions you have. Do you have kids? Small/big/grandkids/babysit them? Here is the street view of our house, which we are not changing....although I wanted to add a small entry, it was scratched due to budget. I doubt we'll do it in the future, since the roof we are adding this time will be too new to mess with. Sketch us out a kitchen plan and take a picture of it if you don't have a scanner. Welcome to the smaller homes conversations. Nothing is too small to talk about....See Moremushcreek
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