How Long Do You Keep The Tape On The Hosta?
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Comments (22)Bluegirl....... I figure it takes two years at a minimum to grow out a band to have a large enough root mass before I can plant the rose in my garden. I now overwinter my roses in a friend's green house, but I think the larger root mass going into the ground makes the plant more heat tolerant in the long run. This is just from my personal observation in my garden. For the first year in the ground, I use the sprinkler to water the bed beyond the size of the rose hole I have dug to encourage the roots to spread into the glacier slurry. When I first moved up here, I had to overwinter my roses outside. I clustered them together and surrounded them with bags of leaves with the largest plants in the middle. None of them died even tho' my night temps are generally around 20F and can get into the low teens. I put some of the roses that were in the smaller cans into larger pots with leaves stuffed between the pots for additional insulation. With my soil, it's a lot of work to prepare a rose hole, so it was worth the wait. Sandandsun ... I am gardening in glacier slurry. There is no way I can possibly prepare a whole bed. Nor can I build raised beds since everything has to be hauled up the gardening area and hauling the amount of soil that would be required is beyond me. My best bet is to dig big holes, amend the soil because it has no natural plant organic material in it, and plant a healthy plant. I mound up the soil in the planting hole so that when the organics break down and the rose sinks, it usually ends up at the height I want. Of course, I keep mulching. Ingrid..... I truly envy your ability to be able to plant directly in the soil, but it just wouldn't work in this garden. I know you grow beautiful roses, so if it's working for you, there is no need to change. Learning to garden in this climate and in glacier slurry has been an adventure. Smiles, Lyn...See MoreHow long do you keep a sofa?
Comments (1)I think the average sofa is expected to last 7-10 years... in the same sense that a car is meant to last 3-5. After that they start to show wear and tear. Of course if you keep your car in the garage and don't use it, it will look like new forever, the same is true of upholstery. Our living room sofa is about 12 years old and could go on a showroom floor today...but, we only use it about 6 times a year. Our family room sofa is from Classic Leather and is about 18 years old. We recently changed the seat cushions (Classic Leather found a very close match for the discontinued leather) and it sits like new. $750 was a mid-range sofa in 1990. That sofa would probably be 1,099 or more today. If the spring system is intact, you could try replacing the seat cushion cores (available from any local upholsterer). After 18 years, I'd feel that I got more than my money's worth and start shopping for a new sofa....See MoreHow long do you keep things?
Comments (29)I have a huge walk-up attic and it's too easy to keep things. I also have the junk brought back from college in random boxes of books and dish towels, or bath caddies packed with notebooks & spatulas. Lots to go through. And I don't have 36 lamps, but whenever I upgrade one of my lamps I've been putting the old one up there for the "kid's apartments". Well, turns out that my kids don't want my old lamps, so I've been ditching them little by little. This summer I had to get a new refrigerator. I had the old one 12 years, and I bought it used then, so it was time. My stove has also been slowly dying (oven sometimes acts possessed, the burners need to be lit and have low flames), and I came across a great deal on a new Viking, so even though the stove is still hanging in, I'm replacing it before it's an emergency. I feel just a little bit wasteful, though, since the old one is still working. I bought leather couches 10 years ago and while it would be nice to have something new and different, they are in great condition and I can't justify replacing them. They can go to one of the kids, but who knows I might have a move sometime in my future and I'd rather get new stuff then....See MoreHow long do you keep checkbook registers?
Comments (26)PammyFay asked, Lindsey: Do you use an Excel spreadsheet, too? Or some other method? I write a physical check maybe twice a year. Of course, expenditures made with a debit card, or ATM withdrawals should/would also be written in a check register, to keep an accurate running balance. But, I don't write those down, either. (I don't make purchases with my ATM/debit card other than at the grocery store.) If I purchase something "in person" or purchase something online, I use a credit card. I pay my monthly bills (credit cards, cell phone, car payment, etc.) via my bank's online Bill Pay system. That system will also generate and send a physical check (and they cover the postage!). When the money electronically leaves my account and goes to the payee, the deduction shows up in my online account. I don't receive a physical/paper statement each month -- I can view my statement online. I do download the PDFs of the statements to my computer, where they are organized by bank, then account (checking/savings/credit card) then by year, then by month. Paperwork for major purchases, etc., goes into a file folder for that purchase, and stored in the file drawer with other similar folders. When I do write a physical check, the bank does not return the canceled check to me. They quit doing that many years ago, even when I was still receiving a monthly paper statement. I can go into my account online and view both sides of the check, and download a copy of the images, which I do. My PC is backed up to a 2TB portable drive. Every time I make a change to an existing file, or add a new file, it is backed up. And, no, I don't worry about my running balance. I know how much money is direct-deposited to my account each month, and I know how much I have left each month after I pay my bills. Since I use my credit cards more than my debit card, I don't need to know my balance. (I'm 67 years old and haven't overdrawn my checking account since I was 19.)...See Morefrankielynnsie
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