Went to Plemmons and bought two plants yesterday.
6 years ago
At least I planned to buy 2 plants....
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I went shopping yesterday :)
Comments (4)wantonamara, now that's an idea LOL. I was beginning to think I'd have to ship half of what I bought back on the bus but we got hold of a bunch of sleeve bags, slid the small pots down in them, twisted the top and just packed them in my pull along. The only damage was a bit of the bloom got rubbed off some of the leaves and a few leaves snapped off the fuchsias. I already have that particular Aeonium although mine would look wimpy sitting next to the ones at the nursery. I was tempted to buy another one but resisted. All I can say is I'm glad they have elevators to get to the different levels in both the ferry terminals and the ferry itself....See MoreI went through my freezer yesterday.
Comments (25)Hmmm... do you really want to know? What gets me is not what I find but what I lost. I wanted to make soup and thought I had a chunk of ham. No ham to be found so I bought some... the next time I looked in the freezer there was that ham sitting there right under the ice cube bin. The bottle of peppermint schnapps is about 5 years old... still in excellent shape if about gone. Dolly is down to the last couple packages of road kill venison... she loves a frozen block of meat to lick on a hot day. I have three hearts and two tounges that are coming out. Bag of pickle spice on the way from Penzey's and they will be pickled soon. I'm back on 7 day work weeks so what soon is I don't really know. Promised myself some steaks when I get the freezer cleaned good. Somehow I lost a quart bag of jalapeno peppers. They were in there and then they were gone... perhaps behind the ham? : ) lyra...See MoreYesterday we went to Ikea....
Comments (40)I recently ordered our cabinets from Ikea in preparation for our kitchen remodel this winter/spring (ordered now to take advantage of the countertop sale that through the end of November). We'll be using custom doors simply because ikea doesn't offer a style we liked. Its funny that people can look at the exact same product and have completely different perceptions. We've been wanting to do our kitchen for a few years and now after deciding we will be staying in this house for the forseeable future decided we would do it now, but within a reasonable budget. The standard "good" cabinet lines are not inexpensive. Standard cabinet construction in these lines includes particle board boxes & shelves with solid wood doors (and solid wood face frames if not frameless). I looked at some "upper end" cabinets and still, the standard constructon is particle board for boxes & shelves and solid wood doors & drawers. Sure, you can upgrade to plywood boxes but for our use I don't see why we would. Our current cabinets are 30 years old with 1/2" particle board boxes that have not deteriorated - a little bit of sagging in a few spots but generally in good shape. I find it funny that ikea kitchen cabinets get a bad wrap for not being constructed of "solid" wood when in fact most kitchen cabinets are not made of "solid" wood. When I looked at the ikea cabinets I was impressed. I saw very solid boxes & shelves made of 3/4" particle board, soft close doors & drawers standard - yes the drawers are not dove tailed wood but truthfully, even though a dovetail joint is extremely strong, the main point of using it in a drawer is for aesthetic purposes. The drawers themselves are screwed to the drawer face as are the ikea metal drawers. Our current 30 year old stapled plywood drawers have not fallen apart in 30 years - I don't think dovetailed construction could have done any better than that. I can appreciate why someone would want solid wood drawers but we are choosing to spend our money elsewhere. As far as the doors, ikea has cheap ones, and they have some nice wood doors if you like the styles (I'm not sure the durability of the finish would be as good as with a typical catalyzed finish you would get in a more tradition cabinet however). Personally - I see ikea as a great value on a good cabinet box & hardware - that we can customize. For our kitchen (which I recently posted a thread on), the cabinets with all hardware minus legs & door fronts came in slightly less than $2500. Had we ordered the most expensive style door that ikea offers, the total would have been around $5500. I am expecting our custom doors / drawer fronts to run around $3500-4000 or $500-1000 more than using ikea doors. For us, this was the best value, especially since i can do the install myself. We only have 1 other piece of ikea furniture in our house and thats an entertainment center down in the basement. The quality is OK, nothing to write home about, but a good value for what we are using it for. The kitchen cabinets are constructed much better than this piece. If they weren't, I wouldn't be using them....See MoreNew plant bought yesterday
Comments (12)Kristy Asao, About 2 weeks ago, I saw 3 Giant Swallowtail flying together in my yard, beautiful. They are so big and beautiful. We planted 3 citrus tree after we were allowed. You see, I live in Florida, and we had a ban on all Citrus because of the canker for a long time. We went and bought the 3 trees, as soon as we could. They were very expensive, and since we bought them, the lemon tree died, and the sour orange and sweet orange aren't doing too good either. I did get some cats on them, but a few, not too many, right now I don't have any. The people that bought the house at the back of my house, just got a new orange tree. The Giant Swallowtail has been going to their tree, but they go through my yard for nectar. I am thinking of buying either the wild lime, or the Hercules club for them. If I could find it, I would plant the torchwood, but I don't know where to get it, or if it will do good here. I live in Miami, FL. The nursery I usually buy butterfly plants from, have the wild lime. Hope you get lots of them. I usually have 1 that comes in and out of my yard almost everyday, and when I see it, I just stop what I'm doing, just wished it would stay longer....See More- 6 years ago
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My oldest (but not largest) June front left, Touch of Class front right, and Halcyon in the back. Hoping the 2 new ones will grow and complement the June.
Heuchera Caramel, Fragrant NOID, and Catherine (looks a lot like Touch of Class):
Touch of Class:
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Another of the same Fragrant NOID with Heuchera Brownies and Fragrant Blue. Middle row June, Heuchera Grape Expectations, Honeybells, Heuchera Carnival Black Olive , and Guacamole. Back row is Autumn Frost, Heuchera Brownies, and First Frost
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