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Yard & Plant Dying of Thirst! Help!!
Comments (12)Vetivert, Thanks for so much advice. Believe me, it is drastic times. I am definitely going to try to catch my water from the washing machine. Can I also use the water from the bathtub? We bath our daughter and use a mild Johnson's baby liquid soap. Will the soap damage the plants? I have the perfect tub for plunging the plants. I assume you mean not the whole plant, but I know what assuming means. Do I just stick in about 1/2 the pot? The hostas were here when we moved in and they are HUGE! I am heartened to know they can bounce back, even if it takes a while. They were such a joy to find in the yard when we bought the house. I have watched them spread and double in size (we moved in in May) and I would hate to loose them. The ferns were also here. Some are older, some are young. They are natural (or at least I think that is what you call them). They have spread also since I have been here. Goodness, I wish it was windy. At least that would be somewhat of a relief. Alas no wind here, just dripping hot, humid days. I have saved several months of newspaper. Can this be used as ground cover, or is it ineffective? Just a thought. Thanks for all the wonderful ideas. I have several small young plants, most in pots and ok, but several have lost all their leaves. I moved them to a area with more shade, but I fear they will not make it. Here is a list of my critical ones: 1. Japanese red maple, has leaves, but not in the best condition, about 12" tall. 2. three small wisterias (for trellis purposes only) have lost all their leaves and the stalks are dead looking. They are only about 10" tall. 3. One crape myrtle. She has her leaves, but is droopy. She is about 12" tall. 4. One glowing embers, there are several dead leaves, but there is also new growth, only about 4" tall. 5. Finally, one hydrangea seedling. I got two at the same time from ordering on-line. One is doing fantastic, the other looks like a dead stick. Should I dump him? I have another hydrangea that was almost as bad, but brought him back to life (pink, girls, blue, guys). However, the one that is coming back did so pretty quickly, was larger, and is in the ground, the seedling is showing no sign. All the potted plants have mulch around them. I hate to give up on any of them. It is not the money, although a lot was spent on these "kids", it is the fact it is my responsiblity to make sure they live. I have just started gardening and I already love these guys. I talk to them and encourge their growth. I will feel like I failed them if they die. I know it sounds crazy, but I figure another gardener would understand. Please let me know if any of these options are viable and if there is any hope for my little ones. I can take the harsh truth, but I am hoping for some good news too (don't feel bad if you can't provide it). Thanks so much, Crazy optimistic...See MoreThirst at night!
Comments (13)Agree with Calliope, if the vets have ruled out the common, they need to test for the less common before labeling this as behavioral. Since standard blood and urine tests would not show D.Insipidus, talk with your vet about the testing for that. If not supportive, go get that second opinion. A little story for you. I have NGA greyhounds, and volunteer a bit for the breed. I drove down on a Saturday afternoon this spring to pick up an 11 yo dying dog whose adopters were no longer able to care for him. He was peeing in the house constantly, and had lost 20% of his weight, could barely support himself to stand. I lifted him into the car and honestly didn't think he'd be alive when I got back to my house with him. When we got home, he wanted only to drink and pee drink and pee. If I had filled the bathtub with water, he would have drank it all. At midnight, I put comforters in a crate and lined the front with as many bowls of water as would fit and went to bed. That comforter was saturated and heavy the next morning. I had to put it through the spin cycle before I could wash it. Took him to the vet that morning, and the urine said D.Mellitus but vet and I both said - "nah greyhounds don't get DM." Blood test confirmed DM. DM and DI are different, but it could be your vet simply thinks DI is not common in Schnauzers so not testing for it. Greyhounds rarely ever get Diabetes Mellitus, but I've got a greyhound with DM :) Maybe you've got a Schnauzer with DI. Test for it. The death's door greyhound is regulated now, he's put his weight back on and some of his muscle. He is happy and trots a bit when my girl greys run. 11 is fairly old for a grey, but he's got more time because he has good vets and he's on insulin. The med for DI is desmopressin. Worth doing a bit more testing for your girl?...See MoreWhat's over your fridge?
Comments (26)Right now I have wasted space above my refrigerator. I hate it. I have two small cabinets that match my other upper cabinets . . . and this means that I have two un-reachable cabinets and a bit of empty space in front of them. I keep a picnic basket on the refrigerator on front of the worthless cabinets. When we build, I plan to have vertical slat similar to CampHappy's above. I expect to use this for cookie sheets, wire cooling racks, muffin tins and other flat items. If space allows, I'd like to have a shelf above for cake pans and things that aren't used frequently. The one idea I DON'T like is crock pots and other appliances. These are heavy, and I'm short. I fear that reaching high above my head for heavy items is an accident waiting to happen. Yes, I have a rolling stool that's wonderful -- but, still, I don't welcome the idea of heavy things above my head....See MoreWhat trees do you have in your area or on your property?
Comments (116)Waas, trees aren’t the only plants that make life possible lol. Plus, grasslands are typically more “species rich” (biodiverse) than temperate forests and on some scales even beat tropical rainforests in plant diversity! Couple that hat with the fact that grasses are more resilient to climate change since they are more drought tolerant and fire resistant than trees and they are better at sequestering carbon because most of it is stored underground in their massive root systems rather than in huge above ground trunks, stems, and leaves. Have I made a prairie convert of anyone yet ;). To to be fair, while I gree up out here on the prairie and I have a special fondness for it, it’s only my second favorite ecosystem. If I had the opportunity to move back down to the low desert in southern Arizona I would be out of here in a heartbeat. The Madrean Sky Islands south of Tucson is my favorite place on the planet. You go from low desert-grassland populated by scrubby, green barked palo verdes and towering saguaros up in elevation through mesquite bosqes and into subtropical and montane forests of sycamores, oaks and conifers. If you’re lucky you might even catch a glimpse of a jaguar. I don’t know if it was the blazing desert sun or what, but the forests there seemed much brighter and less closed in than other forests. The rugged basin and range of the Sonoran desert just west of there is equally as beautiful with is craggly, weathered mountains where agaves, ocotillo, and organ pipe cactus thrive. Then there’s the Mojave desert and it’s savannahs of Joshua trees. If there is one place on this earth I live above all others it’s the desert....See More- 3 years ago
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