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Comments (39)Talk about outside kitchen! Kitty, I always adore those outside kitchen in magazines, like the one with a barbecue pit, and stone/brick wall. They are so cozy! We can never have such in our cold winter, so it sounds wonderful. Even without a permanent gas range, the idea of a stone barbecue pit is awesome. All three of my neighbors neglected or gave away their gas-grills, and they cook on Webber charcoal grill instead ... they told me it charcoal gives better flavor. I agree 100%, we used to use charcoal for 40 years, until my husband bought a fancy gas grill, I'm not thrilled about the taste... even stove-stop taste better (more moist). I wrote to a friend about how to create her own Pinterst pinning board, using mine as a template. So I'll copy the instructions here: "About my Pinterest, last night I made salmon, a detour from the routine. I chopped shallots and green onions, fried them, then put salmon faced down on a saucepan. I cooked for 10 minutes, squeeze some fresh lemon - my kid & husband loved it. For the past 1 year, my husband HATED my salmon until the dinner last night from Pinterest. The original recipe called for "garlic, green onions, dill and lemon juice." It's easy to set up your Pinterest board: log on to Pinterest, they'll ask for your e-mail account. You choose your user's name, and your board's name. I put alias "Straw Chicago" instead of my real name. Then you get into my "Straw Chicago" board, and click "re-pin" on any recipes you like, it will pin those onto your own board in your account. If you click the "FOLLOW" button on top of my board, it will give you my new recipes in the 1st page of your Pinterest. You don't have to log-on to Pinterest once you create your own account. I put Pinterest onto my Favorite Bar tool, so I click on it to get recipes. Once you set up a Pinterest account, there are 2 pages: the first page will give you daily free recipes based on who you follow, so whatever new stuff I pinned, will show up on your page. The second page (under your name) shows what you choose to pin, and no one else's recipes will show up....See MoreHoping to try container citrus again
Comments (14)Hi Kristopher, I'd have to (respectfully) disagree with blazeaglory by saying you SHOULD try to grow the Improved Meyer Lemon (IML), [particularly if your heart is set on it, which is what it sounds] and not let others' difficulties dissuade you. In regards to whether to plant in the 5.1.1. or gritty mix, I've attached an older but useful post on the merits and perils of each; it also has a nice picture from greenman on the size/type of bark you should look for to use for either mix. Like you, I was a new IML grower last summer and I couldn't decide on the 5.1.1. or the gritty. I finally decided to bare root my IML into the 5.1.1. mix since I found the ingredients so much easier to source AND this mix is lighter overall, which has proven useful in transporting my tree to and fro. BTW, if you do go with the 5.1.1., you'll need to use dolomite lime and NOT gypsum (for recipes of either, do a search for "5.1.1." or "gritty" on this forum. Here are some pictures of what my tree looked like from the onset (starting July 2011) to the present. My tree immediately after planting in the 5.1.1. mix and top dressed with about an inch of the bark. The tree was a rescue from my local nursery and was on the decline when I potted it. Within a short while after potting (a couple weeks or so), I lost all the leaves which seems to be very common and causes a lot of people useless grief. Within a couple months (and keeping the plant away from sun and using only water/no fertilizer), I started to see new growth and commenced my regular fertilizing regimen of 1/2 tsp of Foliage Pro (can be found on Amazon) + 1 capful of vinegar per gal of water at each watering. I only watered when, after sticking a wooden dowel all the way into the "soil", it came out dry (which was anywhere from a few days to a week). Late this past Winter/early Spring (on advice from a friend on this forum), I removed all the leaves in an effort to force more dense growth on the tree during the coming growing season. ...And fortunately, the new growths (pics taken earlier today) have just come in and it looks like there will be tons of new and denser leaf growth and some flowers as well this year. I hope this encourages you to give a try to the IML. Best of luck! Tim Here is a link that might be useful: Gritty vs. 5.1.1. mix - older post...See MoreOnce again, my garden hopes and dreams are crushed. Literally.
Comments (64)Scott, I just just logged on and saw your post. We have been so crazy busy with clean-up, the kids, and just daily life that I haven't checked back in. This story has a HAPPY ending! Or, at least, not a bad one. :) Our insurance deductible is $2,000. The claim was just over $4,000 in damages per the adjuster. He gave us a couple of hundred for debris removal, $2,000 for the fence repair, a little bit for the attic leak which just requires some water seal, and around $2000 for the depreciated value of the play set and grill. Nothing for the large tree or fruit trees, as they did not hit any structures. So we have $2,000 for repairs. The city of Jenks hauled away all of our small limbs free of charge. I listed the play set for parts on CL (swings, slide, rock climbing wall, ladder. etc) for $80. A very nice man came and bought the parts, then insisted he haul away the scrap wood too. He has 20 acres somewhere and said he would rather burn it, so we didn't have to pay to get it hauled off! He is a carpenter, and said that now he can build his grandchildren a play set for minimal cost. Win-win for both of us. I helped him load it, and I thought I was gonna die. Some of the items were huge and heavy (the roof, the tunnel)...He brought a pickup truck and a 16 foot trailer, and they were both piled high when he drove off. My neighbors' landscapers asked if they could have the grill for scrap metal, so I gave it to them. Dave fixed most of the damaged fence with a few new rails, some leftover stain, and some quickcrete. That cost under $50. So now, we actually have around $2,000 to replace the play set and grill (which is about what they will cost). We pretty much broke even :) The big tree is mostly gone, and many of my small fruit trees were undamaged. One was on its side, and we replanted and staked it. A couple are snapped off. They may regrow. I do still have a large stump and a few feet of the base of my tree laying in the garden, Dave has been hacking away at it. But Scott, if you are ever in the area and the offer still stands, I'd love to take you up on it. Don't make a special trip, and I'd insist on paying you something for your time and effort. I'm not sure how long you are going away for, but I don't think Dave is going to get this thing chopped up any time soon. :) Jo...See MoreFloors- before- after at the end of this week!
Comments (4)Cork- that sounds wonderful! If I had not found the old floor underneath....I would have liked that. Thanks for much for the support! I did not see this post the first time so redid it...oh well!...See More
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