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What went wrong this year and what will you now do differently?
Comments (15)Well, the only thing that went wrong for us, which wasn't really any problem, was that for some reason I thought DH's family get-together, which I was doing the bulk of the cooking for, though it was being held at SIL's house which is more convenient for everyone, was to be at lunch time on the 24th. So I knocked myself out the day before doing most of the cooking and prep, including roasting the turkey and slicing it up so it just needed reheating, so we could pack it all into coolers and drive down to overnight at SIL's before having a fairly cruisy morning getting lunch ready. As it turned out, on arrival we found out it was to be dinner the next day instead of lunch ("It's ALWAYS dinner!"- don't know why I have memories of lunch )), but no hassle, meant for an even cruisier day :-) I even got to go shopping and got some awesome cheeses which I will celebrate New Year with! I elected to cook this year as SIL indicated last year she was kind of over it, as she had taken up the slack from MIL as MIL is nearly 80 now and while a competent cook, doesn't really enjoy it. I also wanted to shake it up a little, as the SIL who has been vailantly cooking all these years has felt she had to conform to DH's family norm, which isn't her family's style, and I think she misses it. So I felt confident enough to unilaterally declare we would have an amalgamation of styles, and it would be a buffet to avoid the aspect that has driven me crazy for over 25 years, of us all sitting dutifully while FIL carves miniscule slivers off the turkey and places a few on each plate to pass, meanwhile everything's getting cold... Also one could have as much or as little of anything as one liked, instead of feeling like a gannet for asking for another sliver of turkey :-) So, we had turkey with gravy, cranberries and bread sauce, really crispy roast potatoes (I was pleased with them), brussels sprouts (at other SIL's insistence, which rather surprised me as she's a picky eater), carrots, my SIL baked a ham, we had cold jumbo shrimp with homemade shrimp sauce, coleslaw, kipfler potato salad, olives and sundried tomatoes and some scrummy pickled pineapple that glenda_al posted the recipe for over at the KT. DH loves that pineapple! Dessert was my MIL's trifle, which I love, and my BIL's Czech fiancee brought the rest, she made the most awesome individual flans, poppy seed strudel which I also love and isn't very common here (we don't really have the ethnic mix that goes for poppy seed sweet things here and I miss that as I grew up with them so it's great having V in the family!) and apple strudel. We could barely waddle away from the table :-D Christmas dinner was just DH and I as DD went to Noosa to be with her best friend and best friend's partner, where they were joined yesterday by DD's boyfriend who had to work for Christmas. It was our first Christmas without her but we accepted long ago that as an adult she would have other Christmas obligations and we weren't going to guilt her into always coming here. My mother did that and I hated it as with DH's job it was often astoundingly inconvenient bordering on potentially lethal as we juggled driving two hours each way combined with physical exhaustion due to DH having to be at work at 3am... I roasted another turkey (which we have just finished :-) ) with all the trimmings and we ate ourselves to a standstill and then fell alsleep on the couch :-D BTW the temperature here the day before yesterday was 47C / 116.6F :-)...See Moreself leveling concrete - what went wrong
Comments (8)its a misleading term self leveling :), you must use a spike roller to get results, did you scarify and prime the slab ? encapsulate mastic properly? ambient temps and improperly prepped slab, abnormal moisture readings etc.....See Morewhat went wrong with my strawberry vanilla Sundae Hydrangea
Comments (3)It may still open more flower buds; they do not all open at the same time exactly. But that version of MG has waaaaay too much nitrogen in the fertilizer. That causes nice dark foliage and few or no blooms. I suggest instead mulching with an organic mulch 10cms deep, year around, and also using a cup (cup=0.3 liter?) of organic compost, composted manure or cottonseed meal but only once in Spring... until they become established. Once they have become established, quit fertilizing and let them feed off the decomposing mulch. Still, I would not worry about blooms on year 1. The plants should be working to produce a nice big root system in preparation for winter instead....See MoreDead succulent (Haworthia) - trying to figure out what went wrong
Comments (8)Gardengal is completely correct, in my opinion. I have between 80-90 succulents -- including Haworthia, Gasteria, Gasteraloe, Aloe, Euphorbia and Sansevieria. Every succulent plant gets watered until water drains out the drainage hole -- and there MUST BE a drainage hole. Then, it does not get watered again until the whole plant is dry. "Just give it a tablespoon or so...." DOES NOT WORK for succulent plants. Pagan knows a tremendous amount of Haws, so I would follow his advice if I were you. I have done so in the past and with success. Also, I have concern about both the quality of what you call "succulent soil" as well as the fact that it was in a plastic pot that appeared to be subsequently housed in a cute ceramic pot. In my opinion, that plays a significant role in why your plant died from over-watering, from drowning, from retaining too much water. The soil itself appears in need of being amended -- by adding about 50% SIFTED and WASHED perlite or WASHED pumice to the soil. Also, I would quit with the cute-pot stuff until you get a plant that is established and visibly growing. Just a regular clay pot with a dainage hole will serve you and the Haworthia well....See MoreTreegeek Z6a (Boston)
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