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nannykins
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Does anyone have Donna Sandra quartzite?
Comments (28)I just came from seeing the Donna Sandra in a full slab (several actually) and it is indeed NOT super white. The Super white IS a Quartzite, but has Marble properties & will scratch, etch & stain like a marble. I know this because the Super White was my 1st love. I wanted the Super White so so bad, but with much research & sifting through the many places in my area within 200miles, actually driving to see it & seeing for myself, that depending on the slab yard/ distributor & seeing it in several places, it was being called anything from a Marble, to a Quartzite to a GRANITE, it got so confusing & annoying. I finally found out through my Nephew who's a Geologist that it's a Quartzite & rates 4-5 on the Moth scale, which is just slightly higher than Marble unfortunately, but wow ow is it beautiful & he said that given it's Marble properties, if you, not only have your fabricator seal it, but get it professionally sealed at least one more time before use, then you should have less problems with it. Which brings me to the Donna Sandra, it's a TRUE Quartzite. I spent over an hour testing it, sealed & unsealed & it definatly etched when not sealed, but a lot less with the sealed piece & cut right through my glass tile with little pressure. Again though, you need to seal it more than once preferably or even though it's a Quartzite, it'll still etch & stain easier than a Granite will. But OMG, I love it even more than the Super White, which says alot, because I love the Super White. I think I'm going to take the chance :)...See MoreChecking in on Fred, Donna, and others in the NE
Comments (17)Hello, waving my hand! We received well over ft. of snow but hard to tell because it was wicked windy. Forecasting 3" more tonight. And more in a few more days. I've been busy today planting Streps, Kohleria, Saintpaulias & Chirita...and filling my humidifiers. Oh and planted 2 more Amaryllis. 'Dancing Queen' & 'Apple Blossom'. Yesterday I had 7 goldfinches on the Nyjer socks 5 Juncos eating out of the feeder I made and 2 hairies on the suet cage. Those were the only feeders I could see.. I have many more. It was wicked, snow came down sideways....See MoreNew baby Dinky Donna is now practically all brown. Just the fall?
Comments (13)Let's just say I'm looking forward to seeing it arise vigorous in its little pot, which is buried in the soil for the winter. Also gathering paper sacks to winter over my geraniums, "Hang 'em high, hang 'em dry". Eying the volumes of fallen leaves (we seem to have skipped the yellow/orange/red leaves thing this year) to gather and place over the bases of my rose bushes. Yeah, winter is on its way....See MoreDonna and Carol...Thank you!!!
Comments (5)Thank you Donna! I can't believe its been five years since I got the seeds. I thought it was three years. Thank you for the list. I do have the list as I wrote it down, problem is I don't know which plant is what! The labels were blown away by my lawn guy over the years. I guess I'll try to find images online. I'd like to move the bunch growing in the shade of a tree. They have never bloomed and are much smaller. Is this a good time to dig up the bulbs? I'm in Florida so the weather is warm in the 80's. I'd love to move them now to the spot where I put the others. They are twice the size and in full, hot sun. Amazing. Today I noticed another scape/spike on the coral one. It has two fat buds. This is so exciting, I love how pretty they both are. Thank you so much for the thrill! Jane...See Morenannykins
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