"Newbies" Chapter 2
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Comments (4)Hydrangeas prefer morning sun - afternoon sun is too intense & hot, hence the burnt leaves. If you leave them in the pots they will require very regular watering. Leave the burnt leaves on as they offer some protection for the other leaves. Cut them off when it's time to prune the whole plant....See MoreGot a new house... Please help a newbie!
Comments (15)I would also suggest tackling the floors first. If you strip old, install new where you want it, and stain at the same time, it should match. I would suggest having someone do it for you if you can, especially if you are staining or haven't had much experience with finishing wood. (We sanded and refinished ours, my husband left quite a few lap marks that I had to fix...). It is a laborious task as DIY. If you have the finances, I would do that first. The finish needs time to cure and it's a much easier task do before everything is moved in. I don't know that you have to have the cabinets match the floor. There are definitely kitchens I have seen that have had different woods or stain types, but once you get the floor done, I think you can then decide if you want to strip and stain the cabinets to match, if they look okay as is, or if you want to do something else with them. That's my .02 at least. @wantsideas nailed it though: time and money. Make a list, budget out estimated costs, then work your way down the list as you have the time and money. Once you move in, you'll get an idea for what you want to change or not and how the space works for you. We have been in our first house for 3 years, and our "want/need" list has changed a lot from when we purchased to now. And having decided it's not our forever home, I'm sure it will change again. Be patient, have fun, and enjoy. Congrats on the new house (It looks very nice!)...See MoreAnother "Watering Tomatoes" question from newbie
Comments (14)Hard to assess this without understanding the spacing of the emitters. If you have ONE emitter, 0.5 gallons from that emitter is the equivalent of 1 inch of water over 1 square foot. But the roots of a plant cover a lot more area than that. So that 1 square foot is getting plenty of water, but if all the other square feet around it are dry, that would make for inadequate watering. I have to assume you have lots of emitters. If you do, with 2 foot emitter spacing (which is standard) in your bed, you'd be laying down the equivalent of 1/4 inch of water every time you water every day for 15 minutes. In high heat, I put down 1 inch of water every week over my whole bed. You'd be putting down twice that. BTW, my high heat is hotter than yours....See MoreKaylee
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