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I am diving into the Hydrangea world! But I need your advice...
Comments (5)If you've read through all the threads on Endless Summer you might come to the conclusion that its claims of blooming "all summer into fall" could be a bit overstated. Success with this selection has not been uniform and for many gardeners, once the plant has been purchased and established in the garden, it doesn't quite live up to its hype. While its greater hardiness pretty much ensures it survives across a wide range of climates, the amount of dieback that occurs each winter, at least in colder winter climates, seems to just stunt the plant in terms of overall growth and blooming potential. Those gardeners in warmer climates simply have better and heavier flowering choices available. This is not to discourage you from choosing this selection, only to make you aware of what you can expect. And it would not be happy in a full sun location in a hot summer climate like Utah. Dappled all day shade or morning sun and afternoon shade is preferred. It's not going to provide you with blue flowers, but I'd suggest your first hydrangea choice be one of the paniculatas, perhaps 'Limelight'. Flowers will be globular, not flat, but they will start as greenish buds, open to a pure, creamy white, fade to a rosey pink and then finish as a green-pink tone. Paniculatas are very easy to grow, are more sun and drought tolerant than just about any other species, very hardy and bloom heavily. And because they bloom on new growth (rather than the old growth of most macs), they can be pruned each spring to maintain a specific size. btw, 'Bailmer' is the patented cultivar name - Endless Summer is the trademarked (sale) name. Here is a link that might be useful: growing Endless Summer (Bailey Nursery website)...See MoreMy Old World Kitchen - Need Help with New Project! MANY Questions!
Comments (32)Take a look here, this transformation is perfect for your son's kitchen. http://www.remodelaholic.com/update-builder-grade-cabinets/ Other suggestions- 1) find someone like Trebuchet to change out your double sink for a large single sink (perhaps the same manufacturer will have one that perfectly fits the existing cutout). 2) add pullouts to your base cabinets. Ideally change them to drawers with new drawer fronts that match. 3) change stove to slide in style with stainless hood. The counter is beautiful and likely cost at least $4k installed. Not worth changing if it is not his forever home. I love my sink on the peninsula, and do think it would work well for you if the space between the arms of your "U" is about between 5- 5 1/2 feet, but changing that is not within the possibility of your budget. I like the wood flooring but that decision can be deferred if you are not changing the cabinet layout. Also the upper cabinet opening from the center over the peninsula sometimes works in in these older kitchens because the hinges allow complete 180 degree swing. In my kitchen, I deliberately added inset pin hinges to my cabinets in that location to get the 180 degree swing, and tested my reach physically so that the contents could be easily accessed. I have hidden Euro hinges with soft close on the rest of my uppers, but they only open 135 degrees. I will bet that even here at GW, nobody has ever noticed that my hinges are different in that location (benjesbride kindly linked my reveal above, the pin hinges are on the mirrored upper cabinets over the peninsula). HTH...See MoreI Need the World's Most Scrubbable Paint
Comments (20)Tile isn't a contender. Wood paneling would have to be white to match the rest of the trim in the house, so also not a contender. Neither is laminate. We do not live in an area of the country where removing your shoes in someone else's home is a common practice. I would never ask a guest to do so, and DH absolutely would never remove his shoes not even in his own home (we joke that he puts on shoes to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night). I think I'll give the BM Aura a try. If all else fails, I'll just have to paint frequently. ETA: Brushworks, thanks for the recommendation. As far as visual differences go, is there any difference between interior and exterior paint?...See MoreThe world needs our gladness
Comments (13)I'm struggling with this. I want to love what I love, but so many people that surround me are so negative, that when I express joy and gratitude or a love of something, they say something negative to counter it. It's like a reflex for them . . . I have mentioned it and they say tough luck that's the way they are and the way they feel. It's OK if that is just some of the people around you . . . if you deal with someone constantly like that it affects you deeply. Edited to add that the point of my post was not to be "Debbie Downer" but to point out that your gratitude and positive attitude don't just affect you, it can have wide ranging effects. Of course same with the flip side. Quite a few years ago, I got a very silly book that I just started reading casually at the bookstore in the bargain bin and then ended up buying and reading more. It was called, "The Dating Secrets of the Ten Commandments." I know, right?1 ;) That's why I even opened it, the silly title. It's by a "radio rabbi" media personality called Schmul Boteach. He's the "Dr. Phil" for Orthodox Jews, lol. Anyway, the point of that long winded and rather self-focused tome is about how the ten commandments can be used as guides for dating behavior, but frankly, I bought the book and read it because the advice that I managed to tease out of it applied to ALL life behavior. He stated that "not taking the Lord's name in vain" could be interpreted as not de-valuing other people and speaking negatively about the blessings that this world offers. If you believe that all of creation is here to praise God, then working on doing it as much as possible, and noticing the blessings is quite a helpful exercise. I also went to a therapeutic recreation training years ago where we spent quite a bit of time discussing the effects of negativity on the psyche. When we said something negative, we were asked to state the positive opposite of that, just put it out there for consideration. It's not that the glass is really half empty and you're in denial about the empty part, it is considering what happens when you focus on the part that is half full. A lot of the world is neutral or only mildly annoying, so hyper focusing on that part isn't necessary. But it is a symptom of trauma and an anxiety disorder to hyper focus on tiny negative things....See Morecawaps
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