Build quality question — losing sleep over this
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Losing sleep over roses
Comments (18)I just had a soil analysis for my main bed. It found 4.6% oranic matter. Not bad but of course could be better. But everything else seems to be OK. For a time I thought the problem was drainage but yesterday I dug a hole filled it with water and waited for it to drain. I thought this could be awhile but lo and behold it drained in less than three hours. Now as to organic matter. This spring I applied alfalfa meal and cow manure, then I mulched with newspapers and grass clippings that are worn out now with a lot of paper showing. Somewhere along in summer I put some Rosetone. I've meant to put some horse manure but didn't get around to it. I've been wondering how that works on top of my "mulch", I suppose just put in on there. Pictures? Despite being somewhat computer literate a few years ago I still don't know how to do that. Besides most of my rose gardens are a mess. I've been thinking seriously about giving up on roses. Either that or to drastically cut back on the numbers as I can't take care of the ones I have. That may be the best solution what with being 80 years old now. But I have so much invested in trying to grow roses! I have tons of books and I spend hours poring over them. The DK book by the Quest-Risons I have nearly memorized. And then there is all that work, planting, pruning,etc. So meanwhile back at the ranch one has black spot, Japanese beetles, winter kill, poor choices, the wrong rose and all those infernal weeds that manage to tolerate much better the conditions that the roses find not to there liking. Now and then there is a rose that inspires. Lately that has been Baltimore Belle. Hardy, fragrant, vigorous and profuse blooming in Spring. It grows with what I have to give it. Currently has many new 10' canes. Just like that. No intense inspection to see if you can determine what ails a failing rose. Of course you can't....See Moredo you lose old friends over a new house?
Comments (125)Whew - I read all the threads on this post! We are building our first home and I am very excited about it I have to say! I have not had any negative feedback from friends so I am lucky there. One of my good friends is building her house at the same time so that helps a lot. She is not as excited as I am as she has done all this before but we love to talk to each other about the houses. I have gotten some negative feedback from family though. It has not been to bad, just little comments here and there. "Do you like the lay out of your master bath"....I just want to say if I didn't like it that why would I be building it! :-) I just smile and say yes. I do have two sister that have never once asked how the house was coming along. It hurt at first but I need to just get over it. I am sure they have other things on their minds and I know my house is not the focus of everyone's lives! The one main thing that I have learned from this thread is that I think I will keep the 'updates' to myself. I have sent out emails with photos of the house and how it is coming along, but in my mind I am just so excited I wanted to share with everyone. It never crossed my mind that people would not care! LOL! I look at all the pictures and endless scrapbooks from friends and in all honesty I could careless about their scrapbooks but I sit for hours and say how nice they are just because I could never say anything negative knowing it would ever hurt anyone. I had one friend tell me I am the only one who sits and looks at her scrapbooks. I felt bad because deep down inside I am hating it, but it makes her happy and she puts so much work into it. They are wonderful and she does a great job but it just clicked to me that I am doing the same thing with all the pictures I send out. So, I am so thankful my cousin sent me to this forum! I have already gotten such great advice and made some great friends in the short amount of time I have been here! Now to just tone it down on my happy news. I think I will pass on the depressed thread..... :-) Kelly...See MoreI'm losing sleep - I need someone w/a vision - plans inside (pic)
Comments (11)The house faces North - so the back (where the room will be) gets a lot of morning light but is shaded in the afternoon - sun hits the front of the house in the afternoon. DH thinks that having 5 tall windows side by side (with 6inches of drywall in between) might look to busy. I think he's thinking of wanting to do a series of wider windows. THe reason that the builder did this though was to match the 2 windows that are in the exisiting family room. The contractor already got the structural plans for the 5 windows (have to put steel poles in between each window). We'll have no wall space to think of though- only place for a TV would be above the fireplace....See MoreI'm losing sleep over my shower niche
Comments (6)I am soooo glad to see your post! Lol. My family doesn't understand and now I know I am not alone. We remodeled our kitchen 3 years ago and it wasn't near as bad as this. We did end up tearing out our old whirlpool tub. There was nothing wrong with it and I wanted to keep it. Hubby strongly advised to replace it because the plumbing was 20 years old - it was plastic - plastic wears outs, and if it leaks it's going into my new kitchen. Lol. He won. But, like you said, the old tub deck had to be cut down so in the end my bathroom ended up gutted to the studs. All I really wanted was another drawer in my puny vanity, and somehow it ballooned to a gut job. Breath in, breath out....See MoreCharles Ross Homes
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