Have You Bought Your Cranberries Yet?
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Have you planted your onions yet in DFW?
Comments (9)Just a follow up bump here. After sleet and then a week with temps at or below 20 degrees, followed by seven inches of snow and then to top that off another snow a couple of days later, I think my onions said to heck with this. They were laying over, no color and I say dead. Then after a couple of warm days some of them actually started to show a little green. But I had to decide weather to chance a come back by all of them or lose a whole season waiting for nothing. So I bought a few more sets and replaced most of the onions. I did leave some to see if they would come back and produce good onions. Trouble may be in figuring out which ones were frozen the first time. Anyway, hope that is all the really long freezes because I have now planted 70 red potato seeds!!...See MoreJust bought my Cabinet Coat and have yet more questions.
Comments (5)~sigh~ This is probably going to be the instance that gets my head shaved by Michael. karoloke: I have purchased many cans of CC. Only one (the last can I bought) had those tiny little speckled clumps you speak of. Yes it was an absolute aggravation. I have no idea what caused it. I stirred well (I use a battery operated kitchen mixer). Didn't get rid of them. In a pinch, I had no time to return/exchange. It worked out alright, though. I've used this paint a lot so am very familiar/comfortable working with it. I just brushed out any little specks (I was painting trim with that can, not cabinets). It was a real PITA. Because it was trim set on sawhorses it was easy to swipe off the little flecks. Cabinets would be harder. And I ditched that can (half used) when that job was done. If this is your first can/first try, I'd suggest taking your sample board back to the store and showing them. Those specks should not be there. I want to suspect it has something to do with temperatures and storage (warehouse/transit/etc.) but I'm just a DIY'er so don't know for sure. The pros here can probably offer better advice on that. Satin is the only sheen. It's wonderful! Wipes off readily and easily and will take bumps/dings better than regular latex. My mother recuperated here with us after heart surgery, she used a walker and wasn't so good at steering it. Several times she bumped the trim or door and CC didn't chip where a standard latex would have. Little black scuffs from her walker tires wiped right off. I have done projects with and without primer. Rental properties and my own home. (Figures, the one I'm now having issue with is my kitchen cabs, but that's my fault.) If you're going over a similar color you don't need to prime. I tend to prime just because that's what I like to do for extra good measure. I've just done a rental bath, didn't prime, painted over glossy oil-based white on medicine cabinet and trim, CC covered it fine in two coats. First time I used CC was about 5+ years ago on kitchen cabs in different rental. Those were oil-based paint as well (a medium level gloss, cream in color). Dove right in, didn't prime, CC is still holding well. My own kitchen cabs I'm going to have to touch up. They were 70's stained dark oak. I was burned out, didn't prep them well, primed with Zinsser Bullseye (water based, love that primer). I have pin head size dings going straight down to dark finish. So Bullseye is not clinging (atypical, that stuff will cling to most anything). I knew better and now I'm paying for my lapse in judgment and shortcuts :( The other times I've used a primer with CC is when going over dark colors or stained surfaces. It saves on extra coats of CC used. I tested CC on a dark mahogany stained plant stand. It did cover, but it took 4 coats, whereas with a primer generally two coats of CC is ample. And primer is much less costly than CC ;) When I did my cabinets (style similar to yours) I painted large center surface first with a foam roller. Any bubbles quickly brushed out with a good brush. Then did the edges with a tapered brush. Start in working out and you won't get paint all over your arms reaching across what you've already painted to get to the unpainted middle ;)...See MoreHave you wrapped your gifts yet?
Comments (2)I was going to be a smarty pants and say, "Gifts? WHAT gifts?!" because I am so behind on getting ready for the season but this is a great tip. I will see when the Christmas fabric goes on sale and make up some for next year....See MoreHow is your fall color and did you have any freezes yet?
Comments (155)Awesome pics everyone! I feel like I'm in a different country with the grass now going dormant. Doesn't help that we're having winter like temps. We got 1.5" of rain a few days ago so that helps going into winter. Oh fun...looks like 1-2 of snow tomorrow morning now that I'm checking the weather. Sometimes we don't get that until mid December....See More
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