14,100 pounds, by hand. What's a home owner to do?
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Comments (10)First, for next year: I read that if you pick them when they are not quite ripe yet, (which is recommended) then they will store in the fridge for months, and you take them out a few at a time to ripen, so you can eat them all winter. This won't help you this year, of course. Second, you can make pear sauce easily if you have a sauce mill. You wash them and cook them and run them through the mill. No peeling or coring necessary. Mix them with some apples to increase acidity for canning, or freeze the sauce in baggies. Last idea: you can run them through a juicer (wash and core, no need to peel) and then freeze the juice. It makes amazing "pear sherbit". You hack it up to serve it -- everyone in our family loves it, and it's like very healthy icecream. Good luck!...See MoreFarmhouse sink owners...how do you do your dishes?
Comments (37)I am in the same camp as @Chris Hunter because I don't know how I could operate with only one large bowl. I think there are several problems with these oft repeated blanket statements that a single large bowl is always better than a double bowl. 1. There are other options than everyone's stereotype of an equally divided double bowl with small sinks on both sides. There are 60/40 or 70/30 sinks. 2. There is the option of getting a low divide. 3. Not everyone has the luxury of having an additional prep sink. Everyone always discusses nothing more than how to wash and where to dry. This is not the only use for a sink. How does one accomplish soaking a dirty pot, draining a pot of pasta, having some water to wipe down a stovetop, washing grimy produce, rinsing fish filets, and washing hands all at the same time with only a one bowl sink and one drain?...See Morenew home owner in North NJ looking for advice
Comments (6)Note that the article cited by gardengal from Rutgers says to have the soil tested and that seeding is best done in late summer or early fall, things I have said for many years. You can find your local office in this list. https://njaes.rutgers.edu/county/ In addition to the tests for soil pH and major nutrient levels from Rutgers these simple soil tests may also be of some help. 1) Soil test for organic material. From that soil sample put enough of the rest to make a 4 inch level in a clear 1 quart jar, with a tight fitting lid. Fill that jar with water and replace the lid, tightly. Shake the jar vigorously and then let it stand for 24 hours. Your soil will settle out according to soil particle size and weight. For example, a good loam will have about 1-3/4 inch (about 45%) of sand on the bottom. about 1 inch (about 25%) of silt next, about 1 inch (25%) of clay above that, and about 1/4 inch (about 5%) of organic matter on the top. 2) Drainage. Dig a hole 1 foot square and 1 foot deep and fill that with water. After that water drains away refill the hole with more water and time how long it takes that to drain away. Anything less than 2 hours and your soil drains’ too quickly and needs more organic matter to slow that drainage down. Anything over 6 hours and the soil drains too slowly and needs lots of organic matter to speed it up. 3) Tilth. Take a handful of your slightly damp soil and squeeze it tightly. When the pressure is released the soil should hold together in that clump, but when poked with a finger that clump should fall apart. 4) Smell. What does your soil smell like? A pleasant, rich earthy odor? Putrid, offensive, repugnant odor? The more organic matter in your soil the more active the soil bacteria will be and the nicer your soil will smell, to a point. Too much organic matter can be bad as well. 5) Life. How many earthworms per shovel full were there? 5 or more indicates a pretty healthy soil. Fewer than 5, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service, indicates a soil that is not healthy. kimmq is kimmsr...See MoreNew Home Owner - Advice needed
Comments (4)The fast fix for dog spots is to drop a handful of table sugar on it. The problem is caused by the soil microbes not being able to process the urine fast enough. The sugar stimulates the microbes to repopulate. Once there are enough microbes, the spot will heal itself without you doing anything else. No need to dig or compost or reseed. Here is a summary of a low hassle approach to lawn care. These are in order of importance. Watering: Deep and infrequent is the mantra for watering. This is for all turf grass all over the place. Deep means 1 inch all at one time. Put some cat food or tuna cans around the yard, and time how long it takes your sprinkler(s) to fill all the cans. Memorize that time. That will be the time you water from now on. My hose, sprinkler and water pressure takes 8 full hours to fill the cans. Your time will likely be less. I like gentle watering. As for watering frequency, that depends on the daytime air temperature. With temps in the 90s, deep water once per week. With temps in the 80s, deep water once every 2 weeks. With temps in the 70s, deep water once every 3 weeks. With temps below 70, deep water once a month. Note that you have to keep up with quickly changing temps in the spring and fall. This deep and infrequent schedule works in Phoenix and in Vermont, so it should work for you. The reason for deep and infrequent is to grow deeper, more drought resistant roots and to allow the soil to dry completely at the surface for several days before watering again. If it rains, reset your calendar to account for the rainfall. Mowing: Mulch mow at your mower's highest setting for most grasses. The exceptions are bermuda, centipede, and creeping bentgrass. Those should be mulch mowed at the lowest setting. Fertilizer: For chemical fertilizers do the first application of the year on Memorial Day, second one on Labor Day. Last application goes down about Thanksgiving. It actually goes down after the grass stops growing in the fall but before you get a frost to make it dormant. This timing depends on where you live. If you want to use organic fertilizer, you can do that any day of the year. If you want to save some money, instead of buying commercially bagged organic fertilizer, go to your local feed store and get a bag of soybean meal, alfalfa pellets (rabbit chow), corn meal, or whatever ground up nut, bean, or seed you can find in a 50-pound bag. The cost per application will be about 1/6 what the commercially bagged fertilizers cost. The application rate is 15-20 pounds per 1,000 square feet. Herbicide: Stay away from weed n feed products. When you want to fertilize, use a fertilizer. When you want to kill weeds, use a spray product so you can spot spray individual weeds. Which herbicide you use depends on what type of grass you have and what kind of weed you have. Insecticide: I've never needed an insecticide, but I realize some people do. It's just rare. For that reason don't use insecticide every June just in case. Insecticides are really bad for the biology in your soil. If you think you have a bug problem, search here or write in and ask what to use. How many square feet do you have?...See More3pinktrees
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