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Here we go again: finding pine bark fines in New York City
Comments (19)I live in the North-East Bronx, just South of Westchester, NY, and I find that most of the local nurseries, garden centers, and Home Depots/Lowes etc. suck, if you're trying to find anything that approaches an "exotic" ingredient for making Al's growing medium. None stock Turface-MVP, and they never heard of it. I've been to them all, and haven't found anything that could be called "pine-bark fines"...just shredded mulches....that will mat down, and clog the mix. After you factor in the cost of gas, your personal time, phone bills, cost of the products, time used to screen out unwanted materials -which doubles the cost, if 50% is wasted- the mix becomes very expensive. I can't be bothered hunting down all the ingredients anymore. I cut my losses. I just buy premium grade Repti-Bark at the local Pet-Co/Pet-Smart, a 20 lb. bag of aquarium grit, and a bag of Turface-MVP, and make the mix. NAPA Auto has oil-dry compound that can sub for the Turface. Some of the bark nuggets are too large, but, what the hay. Most of it is usable out of the bag. Hit the big pieces with a hammer. Yes, there are cheaper alternatives for the ingredients that I have mentioned, especially the Repti-Bark, but I'm not driving all over the state just to collect the ingredients that I need. Re-read the 2nd paragraph. Just my two-cents worth. The mix is great,...if you could find what you need, EASILY. My Clivia love the stuff, and you can not over-water plants! No PWT either! Frank PS....When the bark breaks down, just wash out the residue, and re-cycle the Turface-MVP, and the grit. Use new bark chunks, and you're good to go. Just the bark-fines break down....See Morehere we go again
Comments (10)Thanks! He is wonderful. He has his moments of hyperactivity, when he does laps around the yard, galloping like a horse. A couple days ago, we took him and the aging lab to a little dog park in the neighborhood - we figure smelling all the other dogs who were there, even if none are there now, is like TV for dogs. Fred carefully sniffs and marks every tree and light post. Atticus is just beginning to care about other dog smells, but he likes to run and he started galloping around. He ran up to Fred and realized too late that he couldn't stop. So he jumped clear over our 90-pound lab. Fred was not pleased, so he left, pushing open the gate that I hadn't latched well. Fred doesn't move quickly, so Chuck grabbed him right away while I held Atticus, Chuck and I both laughing hysterically at our dogs. And like any baby, Atticus needs his naps....See MoreHere we go again!
Comments (35)Gypsichic, I can share a division of Hosta 'Blue Angel', and Hosta 'Sum & Substance' if you can help me dig it up. I have some lysimachia, creeping jenny, groundcover (the lime green color) also. I also have some begonia grandis evansiana tubers I can dig up (not hard) for you that is a beautiful shade plant. Has green angel wings with red undersides, and blooms pink panicles of blossoms in late summer. I also have some sucker growth on my Itea virginica 'Little Henry' which is a good shade shrub. It is about to bloom - blooms in spring, and turns red in the fall. I have some Hedera helix 'Goldheart", which is not invasive, but looks pretty in the shade. Can give you a start of that. Also have: Adenophora (Lady Bells), campanula 'Elizabeth', eupatorium coelistinum (Greg's mistflower) (will grow in sun or shade, and has purplish blue mistflower-type blooms in fall). Butterflies love it, too. Have Joe Pye Weed (eupatorium maculata 'Gateway') - gets pretty tall - about 5-6'. Will bloom in part shade, but needs staking. Do you have room for a plant that gets huge?? Let me know. Oh, also have some petasites japonica variegata - very pretty shade plant. Gets kind of sad looking when it's hot here, but looks so gorgeous in spring and fall. Have another lime green hosta - may be 'June', but not sure. I have some ginger mint if you want to grow some in a pot. It is variegated yellow/green. Also, garlic chives if you want a start of them, too. Monarda - it's either fistulosa or didyma, but it blooms with hot pink blossoms that the hummingbirds and butterflies love. It will be okay in part shade, too. I also can give you a start of Veronica 'Sunny Border Blue'. It will bloom in part shade also. Very pretty spiky blooms that are a purplish-blue. Another Monarda that is red. We can just dig and gab. And I have tons of seeds if you would like some. Some are Japanese Morning GLories that I just don't have anywhere to plant right now. They take more shade than other MGs. Susan...See MoreHere we go again...a rant.
Comments (20)Thanks Sylvia and Sally, This is a large organization that I know does do a lot of good. Apparently, they do more in the area they accustomed to working in. I can understand if they don't have members in our area and the volunteers are reluctant (or whiney) about the drive. We won't be requesting a refund or publicizing this because we don't want to harm the good they are doing elsewhere. The lady (Judy, a volunteer from the organization) who came when we rounded up the kittens a month or so ago came today and picked up Cookies. He will be tested for leukemia and feline aids then vaccinated and, a little later, neutered. During this time he will be living with a foster mom. Then he will go with the rest of the kittens to a PetSmart in Richardson. Adopters must agree that the cats will be indoor cats and that if for some reason, at any time things are not working out, the cat must be returned to the organization and not just given away or "thrown" out. I understand that the adoption fee at PS is around 125.00. Hopefully if someone is going to pay that much for a cat, they will give it a wonderful home (considering the number of free kitten ads they could have chosen from). I told myself I wouldn't do it, but I cried. Just couldn't help it and can't help it now. Barb, Candy and I discussed this morning with Judy the possibilities of us doing it all on our own. She volunteered her help and traps and we will be contacting the organization to get their approval which we will need in order to work with the local veterinarian (free spaying and neutering) and our local PetSmart who won't accept animals from individuals. Anyhow, thanks all for your advice and help. I know Cookies will be fine and find a great home, but I need a tissue right now. Take care, Kristi...See MoreDesign2 girl
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