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05-13-2024, 09:35 PM | #856 |
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Location: Valley of the hot as ****
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05-26-2024, 08:13 PM | #857 |
Has a particular set of skills
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: On the water
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All the plumeria are growing so fast this year. I have one of those saplings I cut fell out of the trash on to the ground. No irrigation there. And life is finding a way.
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06-07-2024, 01:43 PM | #858 |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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Mother of ****.
Pea Gravel is heavy as hell and does not spread very far. I was worried about putting more than about 1,500 lbs in the bed of the truck - that's ONE damn bobcat scoop. Covered maybe 90 sq feet of area in the stupid kids play area. I'm gonna need about 3 times that to cover the half of the damn thing I'm re-doing. And god almighty is knocking that shit out of the truck and spreading it a chore in 90 degree heat. And the good news is that the back of my house faces south so good ol' southern sun in the summer beating down... Gross. At least it's not terribly expensive; $80/scoop wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. But it's gonna take two more of those damn bed-loads to get this done. Not even a little excited about it. And in the event we ever decide to take that play area out - well **** it, I'll just sell the house. I ain't shoveling this crap into to the back of a pickup... |
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06-08-2024, 07:52 AM | #859 | |
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The cuttings you sent me are just starting to leaf out. About 50% of them are still alive which is about right. I have plunged them in pots in a raised bed under shade cloth to attempt getting them through summer. Thanks again! |
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06-08-2024, 12:42 PM | #860 | |
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Scott City KS
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06-09-2024, 09:14 AM | #861 | |
Cheat Death
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Land of Drincoln
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They bloom around the 5 year mark, provide nutrients to bees and hummingbirds, then die This pic is like a month old. I'd say they're around 15' or taller now Taking the sawzall to them this morning before they come down on their own |
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06-14-2024, 09:16 PM | #862 |
I'll be back.
Join Date: Nov 2002
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Watch your mowers. I've seen two posts on Nextdoor just this week about people having their mowers stolen out of their yards within minutes of leaving them.
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06-14-2024, 09:33 PM | #863 | |
Don't Be A Dick
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Joplin
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06-14-2024, 09:33 PM | #864 | |
Wasted away again...
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: in Margaritaville
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The bed is 4' x 12' and I put in a Big Boy, a Better Boy, a husky cherry and a grape tomato plant. Plus 4 different peppers; Anaheim, hot banana, serrano and some variety of jalapeno. Sonofabitch if these aren't the best tomato plants I've ever had. They are all getting big and bushy. Not many 'maters yet on the vines, but there will be. And then that hot banana pepper is going crazy. There are already 4 big peppers on there with more starting. |
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06-15-2024, 06:39 AM | #865 |
Cheat Death
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Land of Drincoln
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Had to go Lorena Bobbitt on them but can hopefully get a couple new ones to grow
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