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Comments (5)I don't think putting them in small pieces would keep the squirrels out. Chicken wire is intended to be put down when 'building' a flowerbed from scratch. You can clip holes in it if you want to put a larger plant here and there, but the more holes there are, the more squirrel entry points there are. Standard stakes used are landscaping staples (a big piece of metal bent in a U). If you want to put just a bulb here and there, bulb cages might be more what you are looking for. This is a chicken wire container about the size of a drinking glass, a tulip bulb is place inside then the whole container is planted. For crocuses you could use a sideways tube or box and put a row of 3 or 4 crocus bulbs in it....See MoreCalling all Master Gardeners!
Comments (13)I'm a Master Gardener here in SC. I took the class in 83 or 84 . Cost $35 at the time for our books.I took it at the time to meet other people whos eyes didnt glaze over when I was talking about plants !!! and to learn more about how to plant, soil ammend, etc. I was very much a newbie and scared I wouldnt fit in w/ all the knowlegable gardeners. At the time there was not enough people in our county to start one, so the next county extension office teamed up w/ our and we alternated weeks in each office. You are expected to volenteers x amount of hours, which we did planted shrubs, flowers etc at some new Habitat for Humanity houses,I gave a talk to my sisters sons boy scout troop and even manned the phones for a SC PBS show Making It Grow & manned the booths at plant clinics at area craft shows.Greenwoods a big gardening town.. we have the Festival of Flowers here every year late june, and home of Park Seed, Wayside Gardens & Marlboro Bulb Co. I've met alot of great people this way,gotten scads of gardening tips,& divisions of plants...alot.If your just a casual gardener like I was when I first joined, you'll be amazed at how much, how quick You learn...and Im still learning all the time. I'm not active w/ them the last 6-7 years. The War (nasty divorce) took its toll on me esp when the Evil B .. Buzzard ? .. took his tractor & tilled over ALL my beds of 70 different lilys,my rose garden w/ 14 tea & 20 minatures and all the other perrenial beds with 1000s of different daffodils ,Allium Gigantiums .. oh so much, such carnage !!!!( I had a friend who worked at Park seed. Every year they would let employyess go through w/ GROCERYBAGS and get whatever they wanted.Every year for 5 years, she & some of her friends who worked there would bring me their bags & bags full of goodies, and I would host Girls day/night. Make big pans of lasagne, make shrimp dip & pitchers of White Russians & Frozen Strawberry Margaritas.and they would get to choose from some of my crafty stuff a gift to take home. I got 1000's of dollars worth of bulbs for some bartering and having a fine time w/ the girls.Oh yeah, also had some of the local senior boys (My step daughters were in High school at the time)to be designated drivers to drive them back in their cars from the country where I lived into town and the girls would follow to pick the boys up. Fine time had by everyone !!!!The next weekend I'd have a party for the girls & their friends that helped out in our shop that was next to the house. Set up a sound system , let them get as loud as they liked and have plenty of food for them and leave them alone...I had boys vollentering for the next year right after !!!...Win Win.. just a few reasons to become MG....I strayed a little , hope I didnt offend anyone !! LOL...See Morehelp...DH just called from HD about trim options
Comments (1)Here are the trim options i have used - and what I like and don't like about them: Standard trim - round ring with spring loaded hanger: I found these trims to be the easiest to install. The down side is that if you use a smaller flood lamp - you can see right up into the back of the housing. You also have to adjust the sliding bracket inside the housing to get the bottom of the bulb in the right place - not a big deal but it does take some time to get them just right. When I use these - I make sure that the bulb is large enough and set so that it blocks the view into the back of the housing. Eyeball trim: installs like the standard trim above but has a clam shell like piece that allows you to swivel to direct the light. Works great when you don't want the light to shine directly down - maybe illuminate part of a wall. Baffle trim: these trim kits look like a cone. They are harder to install because you have to take off the sliding bracket inside the recessed housing (that has the bulb socket at the top) and snap the bulb socket into the top of the trim, then attach the trim with the spring loaded hangers. These reflect more light and cover up the back of the recessed housing. These tend to be more expensive than the standard ring trims - and I think they look the nicest of al lthe available trims. They are made for a certain flood lamp size and you don't have to mess with the slding bracket to get the bulb in the right place since the cone of the baffle determines the max length. You can also use smaller bulbs if you desire since the baffle blocks the view into the back of the housing. I have all of these trim types in my house using them for different applications. You can always start with the cheapest and upgrade later. Make sure you read the label inside the housing on maximum wattage. It will tell you the maximum bulb allowed when combined with the different trim types....See MoreWhy DH Didn't Call
Comments (17)"...Our "detoxing" that we do after intrusive encounters with BM are a way we reconnect...." I may be wrong on this, but it sounds like the two of you connect over your 'recovery' from BM. That is keeping her in your intimate life as much as discussing the religion to begin with. IMO, you need to exorcise this issue from your lives entirely. Figure out something to say... and then say it. Every time. With no deviation. If she continues, simply tell her that you're very sorry, but you have your opinion and you will have to respectfully disagree. Then change the subject or leave the room. Do not play into this game, and do not have a pow-wow about it later with DH. You are stirring the hornets nest. "...But the thing that makes me the angriest is that after years of calming the waters on this matter, I'm going to have to deal with a tempest in a teapot again. If she brings it up with me, I am going to say "Oh, we became Satanists last week," ha! Or maybe "Oh, I am about to become a nun and DH is entering the priesthood...." I can understand you feeling like this. I tell those who come to my door that we are Jewish. They leave us alone. But that is just provoking her more. Absolutely positively do not provoke her. I don't know if I'm spot on or if I'm completely off base, but it sounds like you're getting some "we're so alike, BM's not, we're better suited, the issue of religion was a catalyst in DH/BM's divorce but we don't have that problem, so what's her problem-itis". While that may be good in the beginning of a relationship, discussing what went wrong and why the marriage dissolved, I don't think it's healthy to continue that into the future. Find another way to bond with DH. REMOVE her from the picture entirely, except as her relationship to her children. That should be nurtured. But then, I think all relationships for children should be nurtured: Grandparents/aunts/uncles/cousins/etc. Children should have as much family showing solidarity as possible. AND, I can understand you being pissed about DH not calling. If my DH were out of town, and got into a heated argument with anyone... and decided... yes, that's what your DH did, was he DECIDED not to call you, I would be really hurt and upset. But that is because my DH and I talk on the phone constantly, several times a day, when we are commuting home, etc. When we are traveling separately, I will call him, even if it's just to say... 'I'm really busy, I can't talk. I love you.' And he will do the same. Texting works too, when we don't have time to talk....See Moredebruk_aol_com
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