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Comments (1)Bump...See MoreWhat have you done with, and how have you organized photos?
Comments (5)Welllll.... I did manage to get started on the task after taking the rest of the day away from it. I talked to DH too, which was helpful and he was supportive of organizing them in a more efficient manner- including the possibility of getting rid of the old albums. Started this morning by quick sorting the box into piles based on time frames. Tried not to let emotions interfere. After looking at the old albums, I realize that they had been rearranged already and were out of order, as well as having quite a few blank spots. Add to that they are older and starting to yellow, so all the photos are out of those and into their proper piles now. So far have sorted a few piles, getting rid of any duplicates and any photos that are just bad condition or that I've always hated. Putting them in labeled plastic bags temporarily as I go. I think it will require a bit of fine tuning and for now I'm pulling out the obvious and seeing what is left- from there I can go through them yet again, and cull them further. It is time consuming, but I think it will be worth it in the end. Sort of thinking about going with photo storage boxes, where you have a bigger box that then holds a number of smaller boxes, which hold about 100 photos each. I like the idea of having the photos in that type of system, where you can pull them out and look at them by category if you actually do want to look at them, but it will depend on how many photos we are left with in the end, and if the boxes will be compact enough to make that a good solution. DH also offered to scan some into the computer. Might end up doing that too- not sure if we'd need the smaller organizing boxes if we just did that. Oh well, just thinking out loud now. If anybody here has done such a thing, I'm still listening. OK, now this topic can start moving down the list :)...See MoreWhat have you done for your compost lately?
Comments (117)I'm sorry you're going through that. (Nowadays) I would rent a trailer. I'll tell you why you should take them. They'll make you feel good when you get to your new place. You might be blue at first, but then you'll walk outside, and see those leaf bags, and they will cheer you up. I kid you not. Then, it won't be long before you're spreading them on your new beds---with new, exciting, garden plans occupying your thoughts---and you'll think to yourself, "That trailer money was the best money I ever spent." Here's what you do not want to do. You do not want to leave an especially well-balanced compost pile behind, with your failed marriage. You don't want to spend the next two months resenting that you had to leave that hard-earned bounty behind; the resentment fermenting until you find yourself in a fit of pique some day, back at your former husband's house, shoveling chipped leaves, carrot peelings, seaweed, lobster shells, eggshells, worms, and their casings, directly onto the unprotected, carpeted back of your 1984 Ford Escort station wagon....See MoreWhat HAVE you done?
Comments (56)Not really an expert on koi in ponds....I kept koi in farm ponds mostly. You want to make sure when you go out first thing in the morning, at daylight, that they aren't at the surface "gasping for air.". Some algaes can actually be beneficial...if it is the mossy kind that grows on the side of the pond, and rocks. It looks kind of "plushy". Algae that turns the water milky green is bad because it can increase an oxygen deficit, especially at night. String algae is from too much organic matter....as in fish waste...in the pond. When you see blue green algae, that is very toxic. If you can rig up some kind of filter to filter out the suspended algae in the water....something as simple as quilt batting or foam in a 5 gallon bucket, or a series of buckets, that will help clear the water, and will increase the oxygen. However if you have too many big fish, you may end up having to re-home a few of them. I know that is difficult, but the pond can only handle what it can handle and you are likely to see a die off. Other than increasing a way to turn over the water to increase the oxygen, I am not sure what else you can do. I am not a fan of algaecide because when algae dies, it increases the amount of decaying organic matter in the pond, which in turn feeds the string algae and can become a vicious cycle. I am sorry I am not more help. To sort of sum it up.....some kind of filtration and clearing the water, and also cutting down on the fish load in the pond....See MoreLindsey_CA
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