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Has has your weather been, and has it affected your garden?
Comments (28)Dry all last year and the beginning of this year (except for a 2ft snowstorm in Feb) until the last week of May when we got a month's worth of rain in 1 week. Alternating cold(30's) then hot (90) then cold (40's) temps in May and June, finally got tomatoes out the beginning of June and MORE rain! Poured for about 20 minutes at dinner last night, weather.com is showing 0 inches but I'm guessing 1/4". More gentle rain overnight, clear this morning and then this afternoon another T-storm. So I'm saying 7.5 -8" this month plus the 3.5" last week of May. Tomatoes are looking sad - I started replacing some yesterday and also planted 6 I'd been holding back. Haven't checked today to see how they've held up in the driving rain (had a couple broken last week). Peppers are still in 6-packs, I guess I can say they're hardened off though they may sunburn when I can get them out, 1 is blooming. Squash looks like it's loving this weather, cukes OK (seeded before squash and they're smaller), spinach is bolting and the kale and Asian greens are just OK. I guess I'll try to harvest mustard greens, tatsoi and bok choy for stirfry mix rather than salad greens since lettuce is so far behind. Carrots are disappearing, lettuce is barely coming in after seeding twice (every time I seed we have a downpour) but the arugula in the mix is getting tall (not bolting yet). Radish bulbs are finally starting to show above the ground 3 weeks after seeding and I don't know what's happened to my chard and beets that I've seeded twice. Beans are doing OK, but I lost 2/3 of my edamame. The only thing I'm harvesting right now that is doing really well is strawberries and they're coming to an end just as market season is beginning. Blueberries and brambles are coming along though....See MoreWho has been their own GC before?
Comments (15)I am in the midst of my build right now, and this has been my experience. I was planning to GC my house but was counseled to get a builder by friends who had been the GC for their builds. As a compromise I hired a builder who was willing to do everything up to the dry-in and then let me hire out the subs for the rest of the job. I had worked with all of the finishing subs before and I was planning to do some work myself (electrical, painting, trim, some flooring) as my and my family have done extensive renovations in the past. Things started out pretty rocky with the builder. He didn't follow the basement foundation plans (! I know, crazy, right?) which thankfully the inspector caught. This and a few other things had me thinking that I was going to be so glad to get rid of this guy once his part was up. Then, my subs started to get flaky. Bids came in at twice what we had paid for similar work in the past, two were no longer doing their trade due to the economy and others didn't get back to me. My builder was right there with quotes from his guys which were competitive, some higher, some much lower than bids I had received. And the best thing? Every issue that comes up with one of his subs? I tell him about it, or he tells me about it, and it gets resolved. For some of my subs it's a painful process every time to first get them to realize that I know that X is a problem and that they need to fix it. I'm young and not in the trade so a lot of people assume they're going to just blow me off. I only had to work through that with the builder once or twice, with shorter term contractors though once or twice adds up. Doing the split GC thing has worked okay for us. There have been a few communication misses that set back the schedule, but I was planning on a much slower build anyway due to me doing some GCing and some of the work while working full time and teaching college online part time. Thankfully my parents live next door to the build so my dad can check in or talk to subs since he works from home occasionally. Some of the downsides of this situation though is that I have to deal with the builder telling me how he would never do x or y if it was his build. He's a professional and obviously has his way of doing it. Sometimes it's great advice, sometimes is just crotchety moaning. In the end though I do trust him to do good work, and he will do what I ask so long as I make it clear that I understand what I'm asking for and that I'm sure of my choice. Getting to that point of knowing that about your builder though is tough. This guy was recommended to me through my brother who has worked construction before and now works in a cabinet shop often building cabinets for my builder's homes. Personally I'm very thankful that I didn't attempt to GC the entire house. It would have been an expensive, long, painful process that would have taken all the joy out of the new house process. I enjoy managing what I am managing, and I love getting to do actual work on the house. I loved having the freedom to buy every fixture / appliance / whatever ahead of time and make the changes necessary to accommodate them. While it hasn't been perfect, so far this situation is working out as well as I hoped it would....See MoreHas anyone ever used an Imperial Vent Hood?
Comments (8)Yes. I put one in my former home back around 1990. A friend had one in her home and I was impressed with it. I've missed it terribly. We both had flush mounts, quiet and removed steam very well. It was nice to have it retract when not using. I don't deep fry so I can't say how well it extracts grease. But it did do a wonderful job of removing steam from several large pots of boiling water, or when pan frying burgers. I'd like to install one of these when I remodel my current kitchen....See MoreI don't think this has been asked before....
Comments (12)I tried the Prep H and it didn't work at all for me. I did some internet research - and there are lots of opinions the Prep H. Some say if you get the kind that has been manufactured in Canada it works, but what is available in the US has been reformulated and doesn't work. I would have to agree with that. I use a cold wash cloth on my eyes to help reduce the puffy - but I haven't found anything that really covers the dark circles well. Some of the better concealers work pretty good. I was watching an infomercial (now you know why I have dark puffy circles - I don't sleep well, LOL) and they had a scar makeup that looked like it did a great job of concealing the dark circles. But I can't remember the name of the product. I must have fallen asleep somewhere along the line :)...See MoreOutsidePlaying
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