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Comments (15)Wow, I am completely surprised by the lack of enjoyment of this rose! I am so sorry to hear it does not do as well for all of you as it does for me! This rose is one of the first ones I was able to root from cuttings when I started my garden at this current house. To date, it has grown from a 3" twig cutting in fall of 2004 into the huge, thickly foliated bush that it is now. It is about 6 to 7 feet tall, probably eight feet around. It will soon be the size of a VW Van! Jeri is absolutely right. This rose has never shown a single black spot here in my humid, hot, east Texas fungal forest. If you are going to get black spot, you'll definiitely get it here! But this rose is clean as a whistle here, and all over our area. It is a landscape rose, but, it makes lovely little bouquets to add to a vase as "fillers" for your specimen roses. I think it is gorgeous coupled with a few stems of Belinda's Dream, or any pink or red rose. It has that characteristic light, fresh scent of many of the chinas. For lots of noses, it is not an easy scent to detect, but I spend a good amount of time sticking my snoot into blooms and I love comparing and contrasting the various fragrances. To me, this is a rose to love. Unless I ever move to a climate that it cannot survive in, this is one, along with "Spice", Cramoisi Superieur, and Ducher, that I would never want to be without. Allison...See MoreSmith's Parish a Dud or a Stud?
Comments (5)The blooms ARE on the small side, in a very China-like fashion. We used to prune our "Smith's Parish" years ago, but finally stopped fighting it. It's easily 12 ft. tall, but it's hard to measure because part of it lays over on the hillside, and has grown up to meet "Ragged Robin" on the next terrace up. WE get a lot of color. This is the full range: Remember that the different colors will appear on different parts of the plant, so when your plant is young and small, it doesn't have as much scope for that. But also, Bob Edberg tells me that the colors are most distinct and vibrant in cooler climates. Jeri...See MoreCould use some positive thoughts
Comments (118)At the following url is a whole PDF file on Kerdi and its installation, as well as a streaming video on an installation. The only difference between what you'll see in the video and what I'd want to do is that I'd much rather make my own curb and mud my own shower pan, rather than using the preformed ones that they have. As for why Kerdi-- First, in any steam shower you MUST have a completely enveloping waterproof barrier-- not just in the shower pan. Up until the kerdi came along, I usually used a trowel applied membrane, being that sheetmembranes have seams to them, where leaks can occur. However, with the Kerdi, although it has seams, I was willing to try it due to the fact that Schluter is one of the most reputable companies in the industry, and they wouldn't market a product unless there'd been extensive r&d done on it, as well as testing to make sure it was a top notch product. They're one of those companies that you here about every so often that if there's a problem with their product, they'll replace the whole installation as well as anything that their failure might ruin. So I tried it, and I've got to say, I've done about a dozen or so kerdi showers, better than half of those being steam showers, and I've yet to have a single problem. The best thing I like about them is the integral drain that goes along with the system. Whereas most waterproofing systems are just like normal showers where the pan is concerned-- first the preslope, then the pan membrane, then the mud, and then the tile-- the Kerdi system has taken the mud right out of the pan, and put it UNDER it. The membrane actually attaches to the TOP of the drain, so there's NO chance of water sitting in the pan under the tile and having problems down the road with all the lovely things associated with that, like mold, mildew, bacteria, etc..The tile is thinsetted directly to the membrane, so that it (the tile) is the only thing between the water and the membrane, and it's that much easier for all the water to either drain out of the pan, or evaporate into the air. There aren't many products in this industry that I'd give a 10 to, but Kerdi is no doubt, one of them. One of the most innovative products to come down the pyke in a long time. Here is a link that might be useful: Schluter Kerdi...See MoreCoffee for the Holidays
Comments (33)paulsmth, we're homemade eggnog fans too! Soooo much better than grocery store stuff. Hmmm, never thought of using Grand Marnier; interesting. I've been using Mt. Gay rum and Remy cognac, but next time I'm experimenting with a couple of the bourbons we've bought recently. You might get a kick out of perusing a local upscale artisanal food delivery service that operates in some parts of the San Francisco Bay Area, including the county where we live. Not a real replacement for our better specialty markets, but I've started using it because sometimes it's a nuisance to have to make an extra trip, and/or this delivery service has some items that are hard to find. We haven't liked everything - for example, we think Verve coffee is one of the worst third-wave roasteries around - but it's great having a reliable source for San Benoit creamery, whose products are erratic in my area. And I would probably never buy sausages from GEggs, simply because great sausages are everywhere in the Bay Area and I can get them more easily/cheaply elsewhere. Not everything is available all the time...so for example, earlier this month we got some fabulous croissants from a couple of vendors, which apparently won't be available again until after the first of the year when the holiday rush dies down. Interestingly, they organize deliveries by day of the week, as many vendors are such small businesses they need to restrict when they can offer their products. The breads, for example, are super-fresh. Anyway, makes for interesting insight into some of the smaller artisanal vendors that aren't household names anywhere but here: Here is a link that might be useful: Good Eggs artisanal food delivery/SF Bay Area...See MoreSylviaWW 9a Hot dry SoCal
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