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Ram27 Offline
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He-lo Sunday.........RollEyes
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Inch or two of snow to move. 40 is the target temp. Thinking about not shoveling. Forecast says we could get another inch or two tomorrow. Decisions decisions.
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I’m torn between doing taxes or planting tomatoes.
Gene363 Offline
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God Sunday Afternoon! Got late, even later with time change. It's a clear 46° on the way to 57° today.
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I'm gonna blame time change but I could not sleep worth a damn today. Got home and showered, ate some toast, dozed off on the couch as soon as I sat down.

Went to bed for real about 0900 and woke up feeling fully refreshed at 1130. I thought it was at least mid afternoon.

Oh well. Back to work. I think my 3 week vacation where for most of it I was sleeping 11-7 every night and being active during the day is more to blame. I need to get off nightshift, but I hate working dayshift still a little more than I hate living nightshift. Brick wall
BuckyB93 Offline
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HockeyDad wrote:
I’m torn between doing taxes or planting tomatoes.


I vote tomatoes. In a few months they will provide some fruits for your labor. Taxes just suck out fruits of your labor.
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BuckyB93 wrote:
. ….just suck out fruits of your labor.


And where HD lives, there is no shortage of fruits to suck.
HockeyDad Offline
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I planted 8 tomatoes and one squash. Prolly plant 8 more tomatoes in a week or two.

I’ve got tomatillo and pepper seeds from last years crop in the ground but no action yet.

Cherry and apple trees are blooming.
Ram27 Offline
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Loaded the 410.
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4-1-1 is a telephone number for local directory assistance in Canada and the United States. Until the early 1980s, 4-1-1 and the related 1-1-3 number were free to call in most states.

Post 411.
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Area code 412 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The numbering plan area (NPA) comprises the city of Pittsburgh, most of surrounding Allegheny County, and small portions of Washington and Westmoreland counties. The area code was one of the original North American area codes created in 1947, when it was assigned to the entire southwestern corner of the state.
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HockeyDad wrote:
I planted 8 tomatoes and one squash. Prolly plant 8 more tomatoes in a week or two.

I’ve got tomatillo and pepper seeds from last years crop in the ground but no action yet.

Cherry and apple trees are blooming.


One thing I miss from house dwelling to apartment dwelling is having a garden. Our apt place has some raised bed garden plots in the green space out by the pool (only like 5x10 ft plots) but last year they were all spoken for. Some people did veggies but most were flowers and herbs. Looking at them, the soil looks rather anemic since they don't get the proper organic material mulched in year after year.

That said there's huge mound of grass clippings and leaves behind the fence by the pool shed where the landscapers dump stuff. Bottom layer is nice black compost. (don't know why folks don't see this black gold and use it)

Another bunch of folks on the first floor (where I'm stationed) do container gardening and they do pretty well. There's a couple apartments down the row that are occupied by some old folks that do a lush flower and herb display outside their place. I'm told they do it every year. Might have to introduce myself and get some tips from them.

I'd like to do at least do some herbs, peppers, pole beans and maybe tomatoes (not a big tomato fan but the are easy to grow). Maybe buy a couple of those half barrel oak planters and some other planters for container gardening this year
Whistlebritches Offline
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BuckyB93 wrote:
One thing I miss from house dwelling to apartment dwelling is having a garden. Our apt place has some raised bed garden plots in the green space out by the pool (only like 5x10 ft plots) but last year they were all spoken for. Some people did veggies but most were flowers and herbs. Looking at them, the soil looks rather anemic since they don't get the proper organic material mulched in year after year.

That said there's huge mound of grass clippings and leaves behind the fence by the pool shed where the landscapers dump stuff. Bottom layer is nice black compost. (don't know why folks don't see this black gold and use it)

Another bunch of folks on the first floor (where I'm stationed) do container gardening and they do pretty well. There's a couple apartments down the row that are occupied by some old folks that do a lush flower and herb display outside their place. I'm told they do it every year. Might have to introduce myself and get some tips from them.

I'd like to do at least do some herbs, peppers, pole beans and maybe tomatoes (not a big tomato fan but the are easy to grow). Maybe buy a couple of those half barrel oak planters and some other planters for container gardening this year



I have hip replacement scheduled for June 6th so container gardening is all I'm gonna get this year,luckily I have a huge compost pile from the last two years ,tomatoes peppers,squash and .maybe a half dozen okra stalks.Still better than 2020 and 21............no garden at all due to heart surgery recovery.I have 16'x24' garden plot out by the water well just sitting out another year I'll till it a few times throughout the year because 2023 is gonna be different.............I hope and pray
HockeyDad Offline
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I’ve got 10 5’x5’ raised garden boxes so I can get a little covered up in veggies if it a good year. Got a bunch of herbs in pots too and an indoor hydroponic small garden as well.
Palama Online
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Whistlebritches wrote:
I have hip replacement scheduled for June 6th so container gardening is all I'm gonna get this year,luckily I have a huge compost pile from the last two years ,tomatoes peppers,squash and .maybe a half dozen okra stalks.Still better than 2020 and 21............no garden at all due to heart surgery recovery.I have 16'x24' garden plot out by the water well just sitting out another year I'll till it a few times throughout the year because 2023 is gonna be different.............I hope and pray


And we’ll do a pre-kickoff with a helluva herf in Vegas in October? Herfing
Ram27 Offline
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National Pie Day 3.14 greetings folks.
Sunoverbeach Offline
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So will there be pie or is it just the numbahs thing? Not sure whether Ram has brightened my Monday or not

Morning, peoples
Ram27 Offline
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^ Well Whole Foods is giving away a free large Cherry or Apple pie!Herfing
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Well all right then. Monday brightened
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Ram27 wrote:
National Pie Day 3.14 greetings folks.


Circled on my calander.

Good Monday Morning! It's 38° on the way to 68° today.
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Ram27 wrote:
National Pie Day 3.14 greetings folks.


Dagnabit! Trying to drop a few lbs and now I want one of those hugh berry pies from Costco.
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Wife changed her mind on the paver patio.

Now she just wants plain concrete slab... a 48ft x 10 ft concrete slab... I said stamped? Or dyed and polished? She said no, just brushed concrete.

When we bought the house it had a raised concrete slab deck and concrete walkway with landscaping against the house and she hated it. I had to tear it out anyway for foundation repairs but I don't know why she wants a driveway sized chunk of concrete in the yard. I told her I'm gonna be real tempted to park project cars on it unless she at least considers stamped concrete. I do not like large concrete patios. I think it looks cheap. It's not cheap but it looks it. And concrete does two things - gets hard and cracks. A properly set paver patio would outlast a poured pad.

A quick text message to a buddy who used to be in concrete work says it may save $2-3k over the $8-10k paver patio but if stamped or polished may be more. And followed up with "but it's gonna crack"
rfenst Offline
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BuckyB93 wrote:
One thing I miss from house dwelling to apartment dwelling is having a garden. Our apt place has some raised bed garden plots in the green space out by the pool (only like 5x10 ft plots) but last year they were all spoken for. Some people did veggies but most were flowers and herbs. Looking at them, the soil looks rather anemic since they don't get the proper organic material mulched in year after year.

That said there's huge mound of grass clippings and leaves behind the fence by the pool shed where the landscapers dump stuff. Bottom layer is nice black compost. (don't know why folks don't see this black gold and use it)

Another bunch of folks on the first floor (where I'm stationed) do container gardening and they do pretty well. There's a couple apartments down the row that are occupied by some old folks that do a lush flower and herb display outside their place. I'm told they do it every year. Might have to introduce myself and get some tips from them.

I'd like to do at least do some herbs, peppers, pole beans and maybe tomatoes (not a big tomato fan but the are easy to grow). Maybe buy a couple of those half barrel oak planters and some other planters for container gardening this year


RAOK.

Let me know if you want some small succulents or cacti in 2-5" pots to start out with both indoors or outdoors. Son Noah has at least 250 of 75 different varieties, some he hybridized, and I would be happy to simply put a few together and easily send them to you. You should only have to water 98.2% of them like 1x/month. The key for guaranteed success is to simply get several different ones; put them where you want them; water them like you think they need; and see which make it and which don't. Then, you know what else to buy and not to buy because you know you won't kill it.

Seriously, I'd enjoy doing this PM your snailer, if interested
rfenst Offline
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deadeyedick wrote:
Dagnabit! Trying to drop a few lbs and now I want one of those hugh berry pies from Costco.

Or, there is always their apple pie. Need I say more?
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Hot tub/jacuzzi is at 101F headed to 104F in a few minutes. I get in for 20 minutes as part of my morning routine. 61F headed to74F, which is a classic, sunny and clear winter day here. Wednesday, the heat and humidity come back. ram27bat
Nothing planned today but to just lay about, maybe swim...

Hope everyone is well
Let's finish this thread today!!!
HockeyDad Offline
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Work is at 150F heading to 250F. Part of my Monday morning routine. I could go for a hot tub right about now.
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danmdevries wrote:
Wife changed her mind on the paver patio.

Now she just wants plain concrete slab... a 48ft x 10 ft concrete slab... I said stamped? Or dyed and polished? She said no, just brushed concrete.

When we bought the house it had a raised concrete slab deck and concrete walkway with landscaping against the house and she hated it. I had to tear it out anyway for foundation repairs but I don't know why she wants a driveway sized chunk of concrete in the yard. I told her I'm gonna be real tempted to park project cars on it unless she at least considers stamped concrete. I do not like large concrete patios. I think it looks cheap. It's not cheap but it looks it. And concrete does two things - gets hard and cracks. A properly set paver patio would outlast a poured pad.

A quick text message to a buddy who used to be in concrete work says it may save $2-3k over the $8-10k paver patio but if stamped or polished may be more. And followed up with "but it's gonna crack"


Best of both worlds may be to lay 2ft x 2ft concrete pavers with either white gravel or real/fake grass between them. She gets concrete, you get no cracks. Crack kills.
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danmdevries wrote:
Wife changed her mind on the paver patio.

Now she just wants plain concrete slab... a 48ft x 10 ft concrete slab... I said stamped? Or dyed and polished? She said no, just brushed concrete.

When we bought the house it had a raised concrete slab deck and concrete walkway with landscaping against the house and she hated it. I had to tear it out anyway for foundation repairs but I don't know why she wants a driveway sized chunk of concrete in the yard. I told her I'm gonna be real tempted to park project cars on it unless she at least considers stamped concrete. I do not like large concrete patios. I think it looks cheap. It's not cheap but it looks it. And concrete does two things - gets hard and cracks. A properly set paver patio would outlast a poured pad.

A quick text message to a buddy who used to be in concrete work says it may save $2-3k over the $8-10k paver patio but if stamped or polished may be more. And followed up with "but it's gonna crack"


I'd have to agree with you there. Looks cheap and is destined to crack especially in your area with the freeze/thaw cycles every year. Pavers are more work to install but would be better in the long run both in esthetics and survivability.

Then install a shrubbery... only slightly higher so you get a two layer effect with a little path running down the middle.

Fore two NINE!
BuckyB93 Offline
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Change jar was full, cashed it in. Came to about $68 but the machine rejected a 1 Franc coin, a $10 Pesos coin, a Canadian penny and a $1 Sacagawea coin (the change machine at my CU doesn't process fiddy cent pieces or $1 coins for some reason).

I can understand getting the Canadian penny thing and the $1 US coin along the way for change but I wonder where I picked up the Franc and Peso coins?
Palama Online
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danmdevries wrote:
Wife changed her mind on the paver patio.

Now she just wants plain concrete slab... a 48ft x 10 ft concrete slab... I said stamped? Or dyed and polished? She said no, just brushed concrete.

When we bought the house it had a raised concrete slab deck and concrete walkway with landscaping against the house and she hated it. I had to tear it out anyway for foundation repairs but I don't know why she wants a driveway sized chunk of concrete in the yard. I told her I'm gonna be real tempted to park project cars on it unless she at least considers stamped concrete. I do not like large concrete patios. I think it looks cheap. It's not cheap but it looks it. And concrete does two things - gets hard and cracks. A properly set paver patio would outlast a poured pad.

A quick text message to a buddy who used to be in concrete work says it may save $2-3k over the $8-10k paver patio but if stamped or polished may be more. And followed up with "but it's gonna crack"


Is there something she doesn’t like aesthetically or functionally with the better long-term solutions?

Or is “saving” money the reason why she wants just a concrete slab?

If you end up doing it her way, when do you guesstimate it’ll start cracking? Will she be okay with the cracks? Will you have to re-do the slab because she hates the cracks? Who’s paying? (…think I already know that answer…)

In any event, good luck!
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What's up?
danmdevries Offline
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Stogie1020 wrote:
Best of both worlds may be to lay 2ft x 2ft concrete pavers with either white gravel or real/fake grass between them. She gets concrete, you get no cracks. Crack kills.


That's why I don't get the change of heart. The tiles she picked were these https://www.lowes.com/pd/Square-Gray-Concrete-Patio-Stone-Common-16-in-x-16-in-Actual-16-in-x-16-in/3034746

I don't think it's for a cost reason. I think it's because she's seen too many poorly done and or old paver patios that are buckled and bowed. Also 3 people she knows have 1-2 year old houses with concrete. If im spending 10k on a permanent fixture in the house I'd rather up the budget rather than compromise the upgrade to save money that will be forgotten faster than a cracked patio.

She will definitely complain about cracks in the concrete. I will definitely remind her she wanted concrete. I could gouge out the cracks to make room for a shrubbery. Probably use a herring for the job.
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I guess if you lay them on a bed of crushed rock and sand like you'd do with pavers, it wouldn't be much different. I'm sure you know how to do them correctly.

With the larger tiles it'd be faster and easier to cover the space than installing individual pavers but I, personally, would prefer the appearance of pavers with all the different sizes, shapes, colors to choose from. A herring bone design with a few different earth tone colors looks cool to me while a plain Jane gray concrete color is pretty bland and unappealing. Also with the large pieces, if you have to go around something and have a perimeter other than a simple rectangle, cutting the slabs might be a PIA.

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Pour patio. Have her sign a declaration of satisfaction upon completion. Use savings to stock up on Flextape for the inevitable cracking
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The truth came out after 15 minutes of back and forth.

She doesn't want decorative pavers cause I'll be asking her to help with the project. If we get concrete, I do the prep and hire someone to pour it.

I suspect the patio before kitchen choice is in the same line.
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You have my BLESSINGS danm.d'oh!
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Yeah. Not sure how I'm gonna proceed with this.

I do not want concrete in this size. It will look like a driveway behind the house. Not to mention cracking, and potential for drainage issues which is unacceptable in a swamp. I would make concessions for a stamped concrete pad and install an extra deep gravel base with drain tile to the empty lot. She doesn't want stamped, dyed, or polished concrete.

I also don't want to do a project of this size without some help. We argued a bit more about this until she said she knows more about landscaping than I do and is adamantly against paver bricks. Discussions are over. Either I get a bug up my ass and do it entirely myself or it doesn't happen.

I did offer up the kitchen again. She doesn't want to spend months in a construction zone. Which I reminded her I wanted her to pick out cabinets, countertops and flooring and stuff so it could all be here before I start. She reminded me that I'm lazy and it will still take a long time. I said you can help. That shut it down.

Guess the vacation period of getting along are over.
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danmdevries wrote:
Yeah. Not sure how I'm gonna proceed with this.

I do not want concrete in this size. It will look like a driveway behind the house. Not to mention cracking, and potential for drainage issues which is unacceptable in a swamp. I would make concessions for a stamped concrete pad and install an extra deep gravel base with drain tile to the empty lot. She doesn't want stamped, dyed, or polished concrete.

I also don't want to do a project of this size without some help. We argued a bit more about this until she said she knows more about landscaping than I do and is adamantly against paver bricks. Discussions are over. Either I get a bug up my ass and do it entirely myself or it doesn't happen.

I did offer up the kitchen again. She doesn't want to spend months in a construction zone. Which I reminded her I wanted her to pick out cabinets, countertops and flooring and stuff so it could all be here before I start. She reminded me that I'm lazy and it will still take a long time. I said you can help. That shut it down.

Guess the vacation period of getting along are over.


I could use a little extra cash.........however I don't do concrete,pavers or kitchens.Cantankerous bull headed spouses on the other hand .........DDDDC Inc.
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Grab some pallets and sheets of plywood. You can have yourself a shiny new patio done in about half an hour.

A good warm and balmy Tues to you, peoples.
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Tuesday greetings peoples..............
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Happy Tuesday!
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Morning gents. Danm you have my sympathy.

Going to be upper 80s today so I'm out early for a 4 miler. Then we are taking wife's brother from Minnesota up to our mountain house for the day. I will do yard cleanup and they can tour the area. Wife's niece and husband will be coming in about a week to stay there for vacation from the frigid north.
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Good Tuesday Morning! It's a cloudy 47° on the way to 60° with rain later today. I'm off to the range today to get more practice.
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Butt loads of rain in LA this morning and lasting until noon.

High today around 70.
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BuckyB93 wrote:
One thing I miss from house dwelling to apartment dwelling is having a garden. Our apt place has some raised bed garden plots in the green space out by the pool (only like 5x10 ft plots) but last year they were all spoken for. Some people did veggies but most were flowers and herbs. Looking at them, the soil looks rather anemic since they don't get the proper organic material mulched in year after year.

That said there's huge mound of grass clippings and leaves behind the fence by the pool shed where the landscapers dump stuff. Bottom layer is nice black compost. (don't know why folks don't see this black gold and use it)

Another bunch of folks on the first floor (where I'm stationed) do container gardening and they do pretty well. There's a couple apartments down the row that are occupied by some old folks that do a lush flower and herb display outside their place. I'm told they do it every year. Might have to introduce myself and get some tips from them.

I'd like to do at least do some herbs, peppers, pole beans and maybe tomatoes (not a big tomato fan but the are easy to grow). Maybe buy a couple of those half barrel oak planters and some other planters for container gardening this year


Wife's birthday present last year was a standup gardening bed. Only issues now is getting the growing season started first and then figuring out what to plant. Want something easy to start with to gain confidence and momentum.
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danmdevries wrote:
Now she just wants plain concrete slab... a 48ft x 10 ft concrete slab...


She keeps running her gums about Wanting expensive stuff, she may find herself under it.
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8trackdisco wrote:
Wife's birthday present last year was a standup gardening bed. Only issues now is getting the growing season started first and then figuring out what to plant. Want something easy to start with to gain confidence and momentum.

Zucchini, plant the seeds, and it will grow by itself...
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RMAN4443 wrote:
Zucchini, plant the seeds, and it will grow by itself...


Alright. Like that idea. Thanks, Rman.

Another helpful criteria would include vegiies and herbs which squirrels find uninteresting. Some old guy on my deck likes to feed them corn and on occasion almonds. The old guy always joked about getting old and talking to squirrels like a crazy person. Now I am that person.

One thing off of my bucket list- if I had a bucket list.
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8trackdisco wrote:
Alright. Like that idea. Thanks, Rman.

Another helpful criteria would include vegiies and herbs which squirrels find uninteresting. Some old guy on my deck likes to feed them corn and on occasion almonds. The old guy always joked about getting old and talking to squirrels like a crazy person. Now I am that person.

One thing off of my bucket list- if I had a bucket list.

Make up a mixture of Cayenne and water or siracha and water, and mist it onto your plants
after watering...then laugh your ass off as the squirrels and chipmunks get a taste of that.
Also works great on bird feeders...doesn't affect the birds, because they don't have saliva glands,
but the squirrels and chipmunks hate it. Any hot pepper sauce with water will work. A good way
to use those extracts...just make sure to wash veggies before human consumption...most humans DO
have saliva glands...
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