Help! I'm killing a family heirloom!
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Comments (15)I would also assume that it is legal in PA, but you can always check with your cooperative extension and see what they say. You mentioned that your slope is southfacing, so I assume that it gets sun. That should make it easier than a shady site to get something to grow. I am probably not the best expert, but what about forsythia bushes? The one I have in my backyard is prolific without being uncontrollable and I think would be deeply rooted enough to help stabilize the slope. Also I would think that they would be fairly inexpensive and common at the big box stores so that you could get a bunch in without breaking the bank. My other thought was some low growing evergreen bushes. I have some on my sunny slope and they are doing quite well. For the shaded portion of my slope I am looking at planting some hydrangeas (once I get the ivy out) and maybe some ferns. Litrope would also be a good choice and is sold at the box stores. I would consider digging it up now while it is not completely established and not out of control. Like a misplaced tree, it will just get to be a bigger proble to solve later if it is left to flourish now. Plus I would expect to find it establishing other places in your yard (far from where it is planted) and becoming a problem in many spots. Last, I know that in my english ivy is where the poison ivy starts. I only have poison ivy where the English Ivy is and that is a bigger problem! Here is a link that might be useful: MD Suggestions for Groundcovers...See MoreHelp! I'm feel like I'm going crazy...long
Comments (55)Ladies may I join you in this discussion? I am a young healthy looking 62. And today is my first visit here after looking up adrenaline I sure understand better now That's what I have going on MY NATURE'S PACE MAKER.working. Adrenaline After a stay in icu heart recently everyone finally agreed i am mot crazy.it was.my heart. The docs installed is a device catch my heart acting badly is a heart tracker like halter monitor. Under my chest muscles on top of my heart. I can cause it record what just happened.. iam write with excitment because your stories are all so familiar. These stories for me begin after mitral valve repair. 7 years ago. Basic problem ..unless the doc sees the heart behaving badly they deny the problem. All this time we never could catch it Last doc said bluntly if we dont see it didnt happen. You must to er Well recent at 230 am it woke me up, just as you have described. I went directly to the er They caught the serious thing! Arrithemia and more then two days in icu. Now meds have slowed my heart from 70 to 52 while docs decide what to do. Last night I realized I was having an adreilin rush. The same rush I went to a neurologist for help. Over a year and half. Often it also affect my skin. Goose bumps crawling feeling all day long! Well have I got news for him.I was not crazy about that either. my gp I visited last month just to say. I know you don't know what is wrong but I still got it. Knows too I sat in neros office two months ago ,,,same thing. I said dr i just want you know ME when I end up in er..and i need you. well it was er straight to icu. Home now with electrical issues. Last last night meds have my average at 52 bpm.it woke me. 2 3 am. I use my tricks to get back to sleep.as soon as felt sleep coming on the stomach feeling spread. It woke me up heart pounding.sweat .out of breath!!! Happened several times . then checked average heart rate on my Garmin. 48. Average 48 so i was probably lower. Maybe 45! My natural pace maker kicked in every time sleep lowered bpm and I was short on air. Natural pace maker? Adrenaline can't wait to see what was recorded on my device Thank you body! Now I think i know what as going on for long time hidden from doc view. Electric shock adrenaline style...See MoreHeirloom countertop? Maybe I'm not so crazy after all!
Comments (8)Go for it! I like your thoughts on manly kitchens in which hammers can be dropped on the counters, for all those times when one is using a hammer in the kitchen, haha. :-) Lots of people on this forum have wooden countertops. There are various views on how to finish them, everything from tung oil to Waterlox to multiple coats of polyurethane as thick as what you see on the floor of a basketball court. The finish to choose depends on your needs and uses, of course; you can't stain a wood counter or put most types of poly on it if you want to use it as a cutting board, because those finishes aren't food safe, but IMHO counters are not cutting boards--cutting boards are cutting boards. (A revolutionary viewpoint, I know.) If you're a total slob who splashes everywhere when you wash dishes, or if you want an undermount sink, you may want some sort of marine finish (i.e. what they put on wooden boats) on your counters. Oh, and be sure the counter that goes over your dishwasher is finished on the bottom too, not just the top, to protect it from steam. Another minor factoid to keep in mind is that tung oil may not be good if you have anyone in your family with a nut allergy, because apparently tungs, whatever those are, are related to nuts. Anyway, point is, having chosen wood (for which I commend you), you're only halfway there: you now have to choose the finish. Or I should say, you're 2/3 of the way there, since you've chosen what kind of wood (distressed walnut). On to the finish line!...See Morejudy musicant
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