Posted on 05/23/2020 7:34:43 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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I wonder if applying liquid graphite or a graphite paste (comes in a tube) to the stubborn lock would have worked?
I think i’ve tried almost every type of feeder and these are the ones for me at least are the ones they eat out of consistently. Hard to clog, easy to disassemble and clean. And very affordable to replace when they wear out or too dirty to clean.
Well, the earth at one time was without form and void, but what God did was far beyond any comparison with whatever form I provide to grow tomatoes in with God's dirt and water!
Re: Yellow Summer Squash production.
Usually it’s a pollination problem. The male flowers show up first and in abundance, then the female blooms show up - which are the ones that produce the squashes. (Basic Biology - we females have to do ALL the work, LOL!)
The usual culprits concerning lack of squash production are excessive heat and excessive moisture - so if you had either (or both) last season I would venture that those were the culprits for your lack-o-squash.
I’m thinking moisture or over-watering was a problem that year due to too much rain or too much hand watering; if the zukes weren’t in FULL sun all day (8 hours or more) they might have been holding too much moisture in the soil, even if the top of the soil looked dry.
If Mrs. Bert is trying again this season, opt for full sun and be MEAN to your Zukes - skip watering for a few days in a row if she’s planting again in a less than 8 hour sunny spot.
Bone Meal is a great fertilizer for Zukes - prevents Blossom End Rot which also shows up n tomatoes, eggplant and peppers.
OK! That Meal Worm Factory is both COOL and CREEPY at the same time! ;)
“Peas are almost a foot high but no sign of flowers.”
My shelling peas and Sweet Pea flowers are really lagging this season. I thought cool and rainy would make them happy - but now we’re going to go straight into the 80’s, so now I’m thinking I should’ve planted them in the snow and semi-frozen ground back in March!
Just imagine the gardens we’ll be tending in the Afterlife! Ya-Hooo! :)
It was sticking for a while. Maybe if I would have soaked it in silicone or something like I meant to but always got sidetracked.
The dang doorknob wouldn’t even turn from the inside!
Sure can’t beat the price!
It’s in the mid 80’s here so I intentionally planted them in the shade last month. It was too cold to plant them before but our weather goes straight to summer all of a sudden too. They always get fried before they can make. I started them in little Jiffy pellets and planted them along a shady fence that my daughter and I added chicken wire to.
I finally received the balcony railing brackets for my window boxes, so I could put my two 30” window boxes just outside my railing. They have gorgeous purple heliotrope, light pink/yellow/orange and deep rose/yellow/orange lantana, variegated vinca vines with red stems, portulaca, marigolds, and cherry pink calibrachoa. Looks beautiful, I get a lot of compliments. My 40 hostas on wire shelving get a lot of compliments, too. I didn’t want to mess with hummingbird feeders, so I installed 2 hanging pots on my balcony and planted fuschia in them. I also have a strawberry pot of pink verbena and deep purple petunias. Latest planting on balcony is a pair of large pots with lavender, marigold, mint, ageratum and lemon balm to act as natural mosquito repellents.
Indeed. Meaning blood-washed believers, who are saved by effectual obedient her heart-purifying faith, (Acts 10:43; 15:7-9) are privileged to serve their King.
And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: (Revelation 22:3)
And the Lord planted the first garden and put man in it:
And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. (Genesis 2:8)
And in captivity Israel was told,
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; (Jeremiah 29:5)
And is promised,
And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. (Amos 9:14)
So we are on solid "ground" for making Gardens for God!
Thanks and glory to God, though there is yet much work to be done. And in the back there are rain barrels and a 12v pump (powered by a computer power supply) which is connected to a house with holes in it that goes underground most of the length of the garden in order to supply water to the roots. However, I need rain to fill them!
Lol, I agree! Mealworms are so crazy expensive nowadays so I thought I’d give it a go.
I started out with them in the closet, but that only lasted about an hour because it creeped me out a little. So they are in the garage now.
VERY productive day yesterday.
We have many pairs of bluebirds on our place this year - at least two nests fledged last year and I think the young bluebirds are competing for nesting space with some older couples this year.
My dad made bluebird houses probably 20 years ago - unfortunately, they do not open up to clean them out or check on nests. I’ve replaced two of the (now ‘derelict’) old houses with new ones - cedar, open for cleaning & one has a screen sub-floor that I really like.
Surprise, surprise - one of the derelict houses, which is in a good spot, but hasn’t been used in many years, has a nest in it this year. I was shocked because the roof was half off - the screws on one side had totally come out of the house itself so there was a large gap, at least one inch, between that side of the roof & the house. I do not know how the babies stayed warm/dry. By the time I figured out there was a nest, I didn’t want to disturb anything & didn’t attempt repairs. So yesterday, since the nest had fledged (I saw a fledgling witting with Papa Bluebird on our old pump handle), I decided to check out the box - clean it out for sure & maybe fix the roof. Well, the mama bluebird already had a 2nd nest going, with two eggs laid. The box had more problems than just the roof, but when I finished, the roof was snugly back on & the whole box was more structurally sound, with screws tightened up & the mounting board more secure. I saw mama fly out of the box this morning, so my work yesterday didn’t scare her off.
I spent from 5:30 to about 8:45 (dark!) in the garden. All the beds are weeded (my back was beyond ‘complaining’ - it was cursing!). I have replanted one cucumber (seed - hope it germinates soon!) that had its leaves ripped off - bird? The rest are doing fine. I planted marigolds in the tomato beds - the sun shades are working beautifully. In the zinnia/Teddy Bear sunflower patch, I added more zinnia seed in some bare patches & added two more Teddy Bear seeds in gaps where the original seeds didn’t germinate. All the pepper plants (red bell & Jalapeno) went in the ground. It is foggy/damp & coolish this morning (63 right now) so the peppers should have some time to adjust without a hot sun beating down on them. All in all, a really good evening in the garden.
“witting” = sitting.
Baby Bluebird Junior may have been telling Papa jokes, too - who knows! :-)
Sounds BEAUTIFUL! Your own little NYC Garden. ;)
That WAS a productive day! It rained here, on and off all day, and now we have THIS ugly monster headed our way:
(Move the map over to see Wisconsin - I’m in the SW corner of the state.)
https://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full_loop.php
Had a similar experience with an I terror door that leads to our laundry room.
A previous owner put a bigger roof over the original roof and enclosed the back porch and stairs that lead to the basement.....so the old back porch and exterior stairs that led to basement are now interior stairs and the old back porch is the laundry room with giant windows.
That means the old back door off the kitchen is the interior door that leads to the basement.....and has the old back door tiny deadbolt.
After 30 yrs that mechanism went out and there was no way to fix it.....and for the life of me I could not get the pins out of the hinges for hours....and even when I did, the door was so tight in the frame I could not pop it free with the broken 1.5 Inc ling half the size of a dime, deadbolt still activated.
I had to damage the wall to get it out.
Old houses are more maintenance nightmares than old women (feel free to switch the ending when it suits your purposes during the next home maintenance nightmare.)
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