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Comments (14)Mike - I didn't visit any sites this morning other then my email, my bank and two forums here at gardenweb - appliances and figs. I didn't open any other links. Now I do use Firefox exclusively but I'll have to check to verify Ad Block Plus has been downloaded. I assumed I had it because I so seldom get pop ups - and this one was so odd because it happened every time I opened a new message but it only happened here at the Garden Web for about 10 minutes and then it disappeared. OK - I'm going to check for Ad Block now. Thank you again everyone....See Morewondering if there is anyone else here with this situation
Comments (23)Our situation is similar to jakabedy. When DH and I met, I was 40 and had been working in my career for 5 years. I owned my own townhouse and two cars. He was recently out of law school. Then his career did better than mine, but that dropped off thanks to the economy. I changed jobs to move here with him. After a couple of years my current job went from a 12-month to 9-month academic year, which sounds good but I also lost 25% of my pay along with it--not so good. So, now he is doing a little better than I am, but the botttom may drop out again. We are not sure if this is a bubble or not. He would also like to go out on his own, but feels leaving isn't going to happen right since they are doing better. We are still nowhere near where we were when we got married 6 years ago. I am fortunate this year I've got some summer salary for research. But, we feel we can't plan anything like a vacation because the economy may go south again. I think for at least the next 5-10 years we will be living like this. Luckily, we have a modest house, and my student loans will be paid off this year, but we are going to need a new furnance/AC in the near future. We are keeping it maintained, but its days are numbered. But I know several women with advanced degrees with their DH in a lesser paying career: PhD in Engineering with a minister, MD with a social worker, attorney with grad student/SAHD. Most women I know work and there are very few SAHM's. I do worry about my students, where are they going to go after graduation and what kind of student debt they will have to carry. This is going to have a huge impact on the economy. BTW, I am very clear with my students that we are still paying loans at our ages and what that means as far as how we live. Here is a link that might be useful: student debt...See MoreAnyone else here worried about early bud break due to extreme temps?
Comments (25)Alana, I'm colder than your zone so some of my experience might not apply, but once the roses (and bulbs) start growing, there's nothing I can do to convince them to stop. They might get a bit frost nipped here and there, but unless you get weather returning to the 20's for several days in a row (and that's all day, not just a brief tip in the night), you should be fine. Apparently roses when they first start growing in spring have nature's equivalent of "antifreeze" in their canes and they're more insulated against cold snaps than they are later in the season. Roses like the rest of the garden are reading a multitude of factors that you may not be aware of (e.g. day length, soil temperature, moisture), and they usually know what they're doing or can recover from it if not. As for pruning, I prune off obviously dead wood as soon as the crocus and such come up, which is before the official forsythia blooming start to pruning season. Dead wood is dead, and the rose doesn't know you've cut it until you get into live cane. If you're worried that it's too early to prune, leave an inch or so of probably dead wood on the tips, and it'll just be a haircut to the rose, not a stimulus to start growing more cane. Once you can tell that the rose has indeed given up on that cane, and you feel better about stimulating growth, you can do a second round of pruning to get rid of those stubs. In my zone, we always have to do 2 or 3 rounds of pruning to get rid of cane that was only temporarily alive in the spring, so this isn't unusual for us. Bottom line for me is I prune off dead wood as soon as I feel like being out in the garden, and then do a more detailed prune once the leaves are definitely emerging. I figure if it has leaves it's going to be subject to weather variations with or without my pruning, and I want to get it done before planting season starts. Cynthia...See MoreDoes anyone else here have problems with weeds growing in your pots?
Comments (38)Yes Mike. It is a very handy tool. The bent tip makes it really useful. You can grab the base of the plant and jiggle the base to loosen the roots and pull it out. Very useful when reaching in tight spaces especially for succulents. In bonsai the back of the tool that likes a little spade is useful to tamp down the soil, smooth it out and tamp down moss on the soil. I have two of them because my wife seems to like it too and it disappears from my tool box from time to time. Come to think of it I have two of most tools....See Morebbstx
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