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Comments (8)The older I get, the less energy I have, the less my roses need pruning at all. That is my new axiom in gardening. I think pruning is largely a matter of fitting the plant into the space allowed in the garden. The older I get, the less critical my jaundiced eye becomes. This year I had very little time for pruning and consequently many roses did not get pruned. One of those was Penelope. I have never seen her look better. Odd, isn't it? Then again, this year I managed to prune Ballerina before she leafed out (haven't got to her the previous two years) and she looks about the same as always. More and more I think that pruning the diseased canes and dead one (but only if you have to--the dead canes will be discarded by the plant eventually) works best for me. Buff Beauty who was moved last spring and pouted was not pruned and he looks pretty good as well. (Why BB is a he I don't know). Course, his looking good is really a matter of sprawling wherever he wants and that's exactly what he is doing. Now mind you, pruning only diseased canes can be a matter of cutting to the ground depending on the location of the disease, and this year I have a couple of those. Anyway, my advice on Hybrid Musks (and any rose for that matter) is prune diseased canes, step back, take a look, and prune for shape depending on placement in the garden. Don't forget to have the beverage of your choice when its over. Celebrate the work and enjoy your results....See MoreCould someone explain how paint works-want to get a lighter color
Comments (5)Two things here. "How paint works": paint comes in usually four different bases for the different colors. Pastel base has a lot of white pigment and very little room in the can for adding colorant. Medium base has less white pigment and more room. Then there deep base and ultra base, which is nearly transparent and has a lot of room to add colorant. If you want a dark color, you have to start with a transparent base, not a lot of white. That is why ultra dark colors can take more coats and take longer to dry. Most colorants don't dry well and are not as strong as paint. (BM's new Aura is a different animal and covers extremely well in dark colors and dries fast.)Dark colors can take 2 to 4 weeks to "cure" before they stop rubbing off. Now how your 50% equation fits into this. Back in the days when all houses were painted in pastels, a common method of picking a ceiling color was to add only 50% of the color formula to the pastel paint base at the time it was ordered at the paint store. You would have a light color on the wall and a 1/2 strength, lighter color on the ceiling. Today's colors are deeper, and if you ask a paint clerk to mix 50% of a medium base color, she or he then has to decide whether to go with the medium base or move to a pastel base. Either decision changes the equation and you will not get the color you pictured in your mind. I sell paint, and I can tell you I have mixed many 50% formulas that simply do not work, and no one is happy, because the color was too deep to use this old idea with. I prefer to walk over to the color chips and find a lighter color by eye that will work great as a ceiling color with the wall color the customer has chosen. I have many years of experience in working with color, as well as a BA in Art from Cal Berkeley. You might be surprised to learn how many blue collar wage slaves are actually very well educated. If you can visit a few paint stores and talk to the staff before choosing paint for your next project, you may find a "free" color consultant in the process. Just be sure to buy your paint there....See MoreExplain how to cook a turkey...to someone who can't speak English
Comments (7)Unfortunately I have no idea what their plan was. I felt bad because my communication was clearly not getting through, which is why it took so long to get even those basics across. This suddenly reminds me of a story I heard years ago, probably an urban legend, but here it is. A newly arrived immigrant family goes to the grocery store and ends up buying a can of crisco, fully expecting it to contain fried chicken parts as pictured on the label! I don't know if they realized the turkeys were plentiful because of thanksgiving or if they just thought that this was a regularly stocked item. I figured at the time that they were trying to get into the American spirit of things but looking back, I wouldn't be surprised if they'd only been in the country a few days and had no idea about Thanksgiving! I just have to keep telling myself that if they were brave enough to buy it, then they would be able to figure out if it was done after three hours or not....See MoreBasement wall waterproofing - can someone explain this to me?
Comments (5)Thank you, Jim - yes, the funny thing is, there already is a French drain there and I’ve never seen even a drop of moisture in it. The moisture seems to stay above it in the cinderblocks and doesn’t seem to make its way down to the bottom cinderblock in any obvious way. I know the laws of gravity and hydrostatic pressure probably say otherwise, but I was trying to understand how a French drain helps when there doesn’t seem to ever be enough to actually “drain” away. Yes, I received estimates from well known companies for rather elaborate systems that would run along the entire basement out to my back yard - just wondering what would actually “run” out there? Water vapor?...See Moregardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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