Here Jeff, you need one of these!
This'd pull your whole HOUSE up out of frozen soil! =)
Weather Watching Feb 2014 - No More Snow?
That's a small one,
Holy CROW man, now THAT'S a machine!!!!!! < =D
.... adding it to my birthday wishlist. :)
Many years ago I visited an open pit iron mine in Minnesota and saw a used bucket from a power shovel being used as a garage.
oh my WORD now that's a big shovel!!
Holy smokes. That is an interesting garage!
Lol forget the house that thing would have taken up the whole neighborhood!!
I wonder how ya climb up into that thing... a crane??
Jeff, How many Hollies are you digging up and how big are they?
Man that thing is huge makes you wonder how they build something that big.
Jeff, it's too bad you don't live closer! I'd help you dig out the hollies and use them as bonsai. I need practice trees for wiring.
Wow, do one of you actually own those hugh machines? Something like that might have enabled me to transplant my big holly trees. Unfortunately I had to cut them down then shave away the roots. A shame, I know, but the foolish previous owner planted them about 1 foot away from the house!
I had them taken out last fall, then I planted some mums in the spot. It will need new plants this spring!
No, I be thrilled with a small Bobcat.
Heeeheeee, not me neither, something that big would scare the pants off me! < =D
I have approximately 12 hollies I'll be getting rid of. Some of them are in decent condition if anyone wants them. They all have spider mites though. Let me know by Saturday. They have all been planted either beginning of season 2013 or end of season 2012 from 2C pots so they are no more than 18" or so.
Sequoia, if it's not too much trouble, can you save a couple for me? I don't mind if they have spider mites. I just need more woody plants to practice wiring and pruning. Thanks!
I don't need them and couldn't come and get them now, even if I did. A whole hedge of Hollies would be nice hope someone can use them. I have about a doz in a small hedge that wraps around the back corner of the yard and makes a nice backdrop for the lilies and other flowers in a bed in front of them.
SSG, when could you get them if I saved some for you?
Sounds like a nice hedge Holly! That's what I was hoping for but we'll see how the Aronia Arbutifolia works instead :)
They should be lovely and give a very different look. I will see if I can sit at the house computer long enough to post a few pictures for you.
I can't seem to find a summer time pic so here is a winter shot. The bed in front of it is filled with trumpet and oriental lilies, garden phlox, iris with a butterfly bush on one side. Last year I removed some of the ornamental grass that was in front and planted some of my large potted tropicals in there with lots of coleus.
Very nice!! That's what I was going for but the hollies weren't cooperating
Seq, you just have to see Ric and Holly's yard this summer. Its gorgoeus.
Holly, if its any consolation, I am not in the garden today either. I have something pulled in my back, did nothing yesterday more strenuous than picking up sticks. And its not feeling mild out there like we thought it would today.
Yeah it'd be nice to see another cool yard!! Plus we live so close :)
Tomorrow--Wednesday--predicted temp here is 67*.
Then it will crash 40* lower into the 20's for the night and be very, very cold...
Some snow possible...
How crazy can weather get? Here, in this neck of MD--we are used to
the ups and downs...
The "funniest" thing is that, sometime end of May--you wake up, one morning--
and BAM!--it is 90*-------and summer has arrived....just like that!
G.
I checked the weather this morning and saw that the high predicted for today down here is 71 degrees, but then low 20's tonight with possible snow tonight into early tomorrow morning. What the heck!? Looking forward to "real" Spring! =)
You're right Gita, Summer seems to hit outta the blue, HARD. Remember a few years back when it was in the 90's in early April!? That was nasty!
Speedie, that's why I'd love to have a 'Growing Spaces' dome greenhouse as it moderates both the cold and hot swings..warmer in winter and xooler in summer!
http://geodesic-greenhouse-kits.com/greenhouse_design.php
I guess I should read the fine print on the Dome as I can't imagine a glass house being warmer on a winter NIGHT and cooler on a summer DAY.
I'd be happy to let them give me one and prove it
; ^)
Ha ha Sally! Me too on the let me test it!
Other than the dome having less suface area from which to loose heat, it is feature #3 the thermal mass that really does the trick in moderating temps
"This extraordinary Growing Dome greenhouse design feature, a large above ground pond, acts as the "Power Pack" of the solar greenhouse. Our greenhouse kits are the only kits available that include this special feature. The pond is a thermal mass that keeps the geodesic Growing Dome warm in the winter and cool in the summer creating an optimum environment in these green houses for year round growth. Unique among greenhouse designs, the pond can be used as a beautiful space both for aquatic plants and fish. VIEW VIDEO of the pond and how it works in our year round greenhouses."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN2qAE3vUgE&feature=BFa&list=UUnjjXOtie5CuMu2BPjVOQAQ&lf=plcp
Of course all of the other features contribute to the overall performance of this year round growing dome. Really, read up on it and you'll see how different it is from other 'greenhouses or domes'! For instance feature #6
"6. Solar-Powered Central Air System
In the central air system (also known as the "undersoil heating & cooling system"), a solar panel on the Growing Dome greenhouse produces electricity to power a fan which blows the air inside the greenhouse through pipes buried in the perimeter raised soil beds. The air at the intake is warm in the winter and cool in the summer, so you are effectively heating or cooling your soil depending on the time of year. This Growing Spaces system also helps circulate air through the solar Growing Dome to even out the overall temperature. One-of-a-kind in greenhouse designs, this feature makes year round growing a reality"
This reminds me of Geothermal heating/cooling but the earth mass is the raised planting beds in the dome.
It all sounds wonderful!
I think we all need to be their testers and give reviews. Hehehe. Think they'd go for that idea?
It makes me remember the New Alchemy Institute Cape Cod Ark Bioshelter that I read about back in the 1970's to early 1980's although that wasn't a dome.
http://permaculturegreenhouse.com/2013/04/21/new-alchemy-institute-cape-cod-ark-bioshelter/
I, too, would love to be a tester -- wonder if they'd also give me the land on which to erect it?? ;) Heeheeheee
Darius, I really like the look of that bioshelter; wonderfully functional and VERY attractive!! Just a wee bit more land, and I could attach THOSE to my home very happily!
speediebean, just think.... that bioshelter has been working great for over 30 years now!
Spring is coming! Here's the proof: http://blog.pennlive.com/wildaboutpa/2014/03/snow_geese_arrive_en_masse_at.html
There was so little open water thousands were using any open water on the river, Just what Josh saw.
Jeff, Have you ever been to Middlecreek?
No I've never been but it's close enough, I should go sometime. It's really close to a nursery I go to sometimes.
Ric and I have never been either. Every year we say next year we will make sure to get there and then we seem to miss it for some reason.
Holy anf jeff---
aybe you both can get together and come to the Cylburn Arboretum's Market Day
on May 10th. Lots of plants for sale--as well as all the bulbs they used for the Rawlings Bulb show.
The one time I went--they were selling these bulbs 3-$1.
You will, probably, also see some of my Brug babies for sale...both Maya and Dr. Seuss...
Lots of walking--acres and acres....wear good shoes...
I cannot go--as my daughter and her SO from Seattle will be here visiting.
Karen said she is going....G.
Whole Earth Summit going on on line now I can't wait to finish my paper route and listen in this evening!
http://wholeearthsummit.org/
[FREE & ONLINE] – Why join? Though our hearts know another world is possible, it’s not necessarily easy to create the regenerative culture we dream of. Whether in our own backyards, communities at large [or even within ourselves], how do we actually create the world we want? Join this first time gathering of extraordinary change-makers and on-the-ground visionaries as they share what they’re up to, why it’s important, and what you can do about it in your own life. Gain valuable insights and inspiration to be more dynamic, community-oriented and effective on the ground, where you are. A whole earth is calling us…
• What if everything we did created a world that benefited all life?
• Do you consider yourself a change-maker with a desire to make a difference?
• How can you be a strong collaborator who connects the dots in your own community?
• How can your local projects ripple throughout the landscape and shake up the status quo?
• Do you want to be awesomely inspired so that you’ve got to take your next leap?
TUESDAY, MARCH 11TH (EDT)
4:00 - 5:00pm - HOSTS Janell Kapoor & Stacey Murphy: Vision, Inspiration, Collaboration & Action
5:00 - 5:15pm - Vandana Shiva: Seed & Food Sovereignty
5:15 - 6:15pm - Raj Patel & Nikki Silvestri: Love, Purpose & the Food Movement
6:15 - 6:30pm - Cantave Jean-Baptiste: Haitian Seedbanks & Community Security
6:30 - 7:30pm - Brad Lancaster & Geoff Lawton: Regenerative Action & Abundance
7:30 - 7:45pm - Marla Spivak: Honeybee Allies
7:45 - 8:45pm - Joel Salatin & Peter Bane: Growing Sovereignty
8:45 - 9:00pm - Mark Lakeman: Activating City & Planet Repair
9:00 - 10:00pm - Jason McLennan & David McConville: Desiging Living Buildings & Systems
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12TH (EDT)
4:00 - 5:00pm - Bill McKibben & Hunter Lovins: Energy & Capital
5:00 - 5:15pm - Majora Carter:
5:15 - 6:15pm - Lonny Grafman & Rob Avis: Appropriate Technology & Community
6:15 - 6:30pm - Johnny Weiss: Solar & Renewable Energy
6:30 - 7:30pm - Sepp Holzer & Dr. Dieter Duhm: Healing Water, Healing Love
7:30 - 7:45pm - Allan Savory: Holistic Land Management
7:45 - 8:45pm - Jacquie Berger & Anna Lappe: Food Systems: Global to Local
8:45 - 9:00pm - Karen Washington: Urban Farming Movement
9:00 - 10:00pm - Charles Eisenstein & Vicki Robin: Transformational Leadership
THURSDAY, MARCH 13TH (EDT)
4:00 - 5:00pm - Grandmothers Mona, Rita, & Flordemayo: Vision & Action for a Healed Earth
5:00 - 5:15pm - Bill Twist: Awakening the Dreamer
5:15 - 6:15pm - Starhawk & Rob Hopkins: Practical Action for the Commons
6:15 - 6:30pm - Sacha Stone: Human Sovereignty Movement
6:30 - 7:30pm - Nina Simons & Terry Tempest Williams: The Art of Engagement
7:30 - 7:45pm - Susun Weed: Wild Food as Medicine
7:45 - 8:45pm - Gemma Bulos & Osprey Orielle Lake: Women, Water & Climate Change
8:45 - 9:00pm - Rachel Parent: Kid’s Right to Know
9:00 - 10:00pm - Ryan Eliason & Ocean Robbins: Food Revolution & Social Entrepreneurship
coleup---
In the link you just posted--there is a Jacquie Berger---(4th row down) but--it cannot be our JB???
Ours id wayyyy older---Wonder if she has a daughter named after herself?
Should D-mail her and ask....will attach the link you posted above....
So--now there are TWO JB's??