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Comments (7)hortster: "ildivo, do you mean scapes or new topgrowth? I would be amazed if you see scapes that fast. "Scapes" for me occur the next spring about three or four weeks before the garlic needs harvest." I don't honestly know. There are no "flowers". I took garlic I bought in the store. My guess it that it is "common garlic". About 5 weeks ago I planted the cloves about 3" deep and 6"+ inches apart. Now, nearly every clove has two or three green scallion or spike-like growths coming up through the soil from the clove. Some are several inches high. Some of the stuff I've read indicates that I should cut the growth back at around the time of the first frost to encourage bulb growth. The stalks themselves make good salad stuff I guess (if what is read is right). I'll try to remember to post what happens. Any other thoughts would be appreciated. You all might find this link of interest: http://www.naturalhub.com/grow_vegetable_type_garlic.htm...See Morelet the mosaicing begin!
Comments (102)OHMYGOODNESS, CAIT!!!!! Out-of-sight-beautiful. I so love this bench - the shape, of course, is my favorite shape. LOVE ALL OF IT, but especially the front bottom section. I like the sunflower all over design. Not to busy for l'il busy bee me. I felt the same about lack of contrast on my outside sink pedestal, and decided to outline the ivy leaves in small black tiles, and it helped immensely. You could do the same w/your arches and around those wonderful paisley designs to make them stand out better. I don't envy you w/the positions you have to get into to work on this, but you're young, and I'm sure it doesn't hurt you as it would me. Beautiful project, CAIT. Glad you dodged the fire bullet....See MoreLet the porch painting begin ! And a bonus: cleaning tip
Comments (9)It dried out in a few minutes so I was able to get the 2nd porch finished and a 2nd coat of primer on the 1st porch. Will start painting in a day or 2 as I want it to really dry. I jumped in the pool after I finished and feel great now ! Sue : your DH knows his mops. I will say that it doesn't do great in the house on the wood floors for some reason. But boy outside on the porches and all the walls it is amazing. Thank you Jan !! It really wasn't too bad. I was lucky that they were in pretty good shape except where the rain hits them on the steps etc. jleek: I can pass along what I have found and been told. You have to start with completely clean unpainted wood. Nothing sticks like it should to old coatings. So they will need to be sanded all the way back. After that you should use oil penetrating stain. It is the only thing that will go all the way into the wood...but you have to be at bare wood for it to work. If you don't want to do that then you need to get all the loose paint off 1st. BM has a primer that supposedly you can put on even loose stuff and it will bond all of it completely...my DH says "humph" and won't believe it. Might be worth a try but I still would get everything off that I could. After that use 2 coats of really good primer and let it cure . Then coat with 2 coats of porch and deck paint. I have been told that if the wood is exposed to the weather/water that you will never get a horizontal surface to hold the paint longer than 3 years or so. If that is the case then I may be working on this again in 3 years. We'll see. Most of it was fine and only the parts that get water on them all the time were peeling. So there you have it...that is all I know to do. Oh another tip a painter told me was that if you use the oil penetrating stain be sure it is quite warm and that the wood is warm too...hot sunny day...he said it really soaks in and will last upwards of 15 years...I am going to use it on all the new trellis and see how it does. c...See MoreLet the 2017 clearance deals begin
Comments (53)Local $$$ nursery has a progressive sale in October to this weekend. Starts at 60% off, goes to 90%. At 70% off their prices become mostly a good deal. It's like a game going every fall. First day I just go an make a list, unless I see something I've been wanting. I research things then go back. If they have a lot of something I may wait til almost the end. It's a game to me. Plus, what they still have in stock varies wildly from year to year. First few years, I scored a good number of miniature hostas. This year, almost sold out of minis before I arrived for 60% off. Last year, large hostas, pulmonarias and single peonies were my favorite scores. Lots of hydrangea choices but I couldn't choose one. This year, all pulmonarias and peonies were sold out before the sale. Ditto hydrangeas. I have to consider that that, too, is part of the game....See MoreLillian Barnes
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