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Sandplum1
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Holy smokes! Just checked Scherr's prices! :)
Comments (29)I just wanted to comment on Scherr's - we got custom doors for an older IKEA sink cabinet about 4 years ago from them for a rental until. They were wonderful to work with! We sent out the old doors - IKEA no longer makes that cabinet - and they made a copy and sent them to us. I was first going to paint them, but my husband decided to have them paint the doors. We were so pleased! The shipment was packed beautifully and made it to us in great condition. The spaces for the hinges were on the replacement cabinets and the paint was Fabulous. It has held up for 2 tenants in our condo - and still looks great. This was a wonderful family-owned company that delivers and is easy to work with - to create a great purchase experience. I am now considering to have them do custom cabinets for our kitchen. They are the best!...See MoreJust checking -- maintaining figs at shrub size
Comments (7)Soon you will be like the rest of us in here and other fig forums. 2 varieties will just not be enough, and you will figure out a way to get 4 varieties on that same wall! So they co-mingle... Not a bad thing! I don't know what planting zone you are in. You should put that next to your name so others can recommend good varieties for you. Desert King is delicious, but only puts out a Breba crop. Others give you 2 crops per year. I just had a thought. Is the south wall, your house, and are you on a slab? Fig roots can do serious damage to slabs, so you might either want them in large pots or quite a distance from that south wall. If you have a basement, you should be fine. You have a Green with red center fig AKA Desert King, and Negrone, a Dark fig with a red interior. You need a honey golden fig like LSU Gold or my fav, Mary Lane Seedless... See?...See MoreJust checking in.
Comments (6)Hurrah for you getting new babies !!!!! That is always exciing !!!! I know about life getting in the way however, but I must say,,,after all the posts to help you find a good growing method I get excited when I hear they are still growing well for you !!! You were sooooooo ready to quit, and then you tried wicks! AND it worked!!!! This should be a lesson to those who quit too soon. You really persevered and it paid off !!!!! Good for you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let us see pix of the new babies !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rosie...See Morejust checking on a cactus
Comments (1)I don't know the name (have only handful of cacti), but have few suggestions. Brownish bottom looks like corking, and that is normal for many cacti. But smell doesn't sounds very good. I would unpot it - it may be difficult to take it out of that recurved pot - and check the roots. They could be damaged. If so, they could regrow if plant is healthy enough. It jwould need to be potted in different pot and probably different mix (one that drains well). The color doesn't look right either. Rotting plant could send out new shoots, so if main plant is sick, it tries to 'replace' itself. They could be left where they are, or if original plant is sick, they may be potted separately. As for pot, it is much better to use regular pot, plastic or other, that is not recurved. Attached saucer is also not allowing for good drainage. I had few of the same type, and threw them out.....See More
caroline94535
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoPlease stay and add you comments, too!
I'm here, but I don't have much good junk. I think there's a thread on my in-progress Fairy Garden, and another one about the obelisk my dh built.
I don't know if this counts as junk, but it was sold as a small barn "robins' nesting shelf." It is so small a robin would need a shoe horn and grease to wedge itself in there, and there would be no room left for a nest, eggs, or chicks.
It was on clearance for $1 so I grabbed it.
I cut a piece of luan and shaped it to close in the open front of the "shelf." I then cut a wren-size hole (1-1/8") and stuck the shelf/nest box on top of a vine support rod.
The vine twined all around inside the box and poked blossoms out of the entry. It's almost as cute as a box full of baby wrens!
You can't tell from this photo, but the roof is metal and there's a horse-shaped weathervane on top.
I still have it, but it needs a new front wall and entry hole.
Shades_of_idaho
7 years agocaroline94535
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoIt's not so cute now, here at The Little House of Horrors on the Prairie. :)
It has weathered over the last 14 years; I still have not replaced the "front door"; and it is currently on a 50" tall stump in the back yard.
When we hacked off this seedling tree, I wanted the stump left tall. I attached the nest box to the top of the stump and waited for new branches to sprout at the top of the stump. They did, and I began training them into a large circle/halo about 24" in diameter.
It was looking cute until the stump died from having to deal with two male dogs. :(
I think I'll spiff up the nestbox, put it on a shorter pole, and add it to the Hosta Garden somewhere near the Fairy Garden pedestal.
On the stump...
Close-up of the weathervane..,
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