mdvaden

Wasn't my first choice either. but my wife wanted something with very few shrubs, and some hardscape. The front yard is my terriitory. But I do really like the circular paver block patio kit. Wanted one for years. We both like the pots too. What style do you like by the way? Woodland? Expansive lawn? Oriental?

When we moved back to northern Oregon in 2008, we focused on the front yard. The back has been on the backburner, although we removed stairs from the raised deck, and ran a ramp to the upper tier of the back yard so we and the dogs had a straight shot. Last autumn, I added a detached guest room on peir blocks so it would be up off the Douglas fir tree roots. Thick insulated walls. Our son is using it, and his computer actually heats it. Even keeps the window cracked open. Its got a small heater. Just does not need it. Anyway, in March we got rid of lawn and the slope. The vegetable garden tucked in the corner will be planted after my arborist friend climber comes over in a couple of weeks and a tree is removed. Its all going to bomb-down in that area to the right not shown completely in the pick. Will be adding one or two more Hinoki cypress and 3 ornamental grasses. The last photo is the before shot. And that photo was taken about 7 days before the after photos shown.

About the only rakes I rake with me are the springy leaf rakes. And with fiberglass handles, because its hollow fiberglass. Wood grain splits. I don't like fiberglass on shovels because its solid and heavy. But those springy leaf rakes - I like the way they skim the surface, especially on fine gravel paths, leaving the small stone behind.

Probably why I empty my tool boxes of tools when I travel to the redwoods for hiking and park my truck in the turnouts. Someone should invent a tool alarm. A small locked case for the battery and alarm stuff, and nothing more than a simple cable that stretches through the saw handles. If the cable or wire gets cut or pulled loose, an alarm goes off. Or is there such a thing?

Our son builds ours. He told me that Dell are decent. I've got twice the width of screen now, than what is below.

Looks good now. I ended up running Ad Aware at my end anyway, because it was maintenance time. Anyhow, entering the forum looks clean as a whistle now.

Hey ... today its the reported attack site warning blocking the entire website, until I hit ignore. Something about duplicate websites. Any server changes happening?

You brought another thought to mind. I wonder if the reflected heat to an area of short plants, or other, could warm the soil in patches, causing some areas to come out of dormancy sooner.

85 degrees is my guesstimate. It looks like 85 degrees F. is about 29 degrees C. Generally, I just do it topiary style, with some shearing, and a bit of thinning. The few I inherit, were generally just sheared prior with no thinning. I know how to do the Asian or Japanese meticulous method, but just never get calls for it. There are a few folks who specialize in that traditional style here, or the home gardeners know it and do it as a hobby for themselves. I used to do a lot of bonsai for myself too, but eventually just leaned toward plants in the ground growing to normal proportions. We get a few hot weather days here, but the window damage can be sporadic. The biggest spot I saw was a big lawn with west facing windows. Very big windows at that. And the damage in the lawn was more or less rectangular, the width of the windows.

Anyone getting a box with a 3D parsing error message when they arrive in the main forum page? I noticed last night that the website was not working, and only a page of directory folders showed up all in a row. This message is appearing today when I come to the site. Each time. Was wondering if its related. Forget all the text in the box, but I think it has some reference to Adobe or a Adobe Reader. No big problem. Just close the box. But its odd, and only happens at this website now.

Here's something that might be of interest. Probably depends on if you get summer days in excess of 85 degrees in areas. That's Farenheit. Energy Efficient Windows and Heat Damage to Landscaping This was one of the most subtle types of landscape damage I've encountered in my work. Many times, the cause in progress can be gone for the day, or gone for the week, when the symptoms show up. Folks can be looking to see if sprinklers are working, or wondering if a tarp was laid on their lawn. Something a bit different.

Me? I'm highly skilled. Not just skilled. Arborist, ex-greenskeeper, previously licensed pesticide consultant, heavy equipment operator, presentations, website work, word processing, etc.. In general, I'd definitely say "skilled" for certain.

Forgot to mention, if interested, send a note email. Link in my signature for site, and the site contact page has the email. I read one PM. But get to my email more routinely than individual forums and PMs.

Here's a re-post, that I mentioned elsewhere. Extended to you folks overseas. What I noticed over the past 5 years or so, is that the number of decent free resources to list websites as seems to be shrinking. Those with related content that is. And I think that green trade professionals should start networking more with folks in or out of their regions, to provide a greater web presence, which equals more "votes" online. For those to whom its practical.

This is one thing for which a short video would be nice, to see a few basic steps of what's involved.

Over here, I've never seen or heard of one being planted in the area. Do you have poison-oak or poison-ivy in the UK area? Poison-oak, Poison oak. Poison Oak Photos. Images. Urushiol. Rash Information Although we don't have the varnish tree or Chinese lacquer tree, I added mention on that page. May try to find public domain image sometime. Poison-oak is the most prevalent along the Pacific coast area where I'm at.

Check out mycorrhizal fungi too. Maybe it was mentioned already. See the photo, for example, that I added to this page: Redwood roots and mycorrhizae All you need to do if find a local supplier. Not sure if the one outfit I listed on the page ships to the UK, but if he did, odds are it would be to a commericial business or nursery.

Congratulations. That's a good start. I was only 7 lbs & 8oz ~ and rather sizeable now. One game I enjoyed with our son when he was like a year to about three, was to have him lay in a small blanket, grab two corners with two hands, and gently swing and whiz him around making sure to avoid hard stuff. They sure are easy to play lifting games with at that age.

Pretty certain its the oregonense. The one in that photo is 21" across, or 53 centimeters. Have not tried any yet. Somewhat surprising, because its an easy ID, and one that's a sure find in autumn. Recently, someone told me to just cook the fringe from around the edge. How much would you cut off for cooking?

Here's one more pic I found from Jedediah Smith redwoods of sulphur shelf. The shirt ring a bell? Its a Silky shirt with "I saw" on the back. I much prefer greens and blue.

Don't really see much of anything "on" the redwoods. But in the redwood forest, seems that sulphur shelf and ganoderma are common ones I see on decaying trees of other species. Below is my son next to one Ganoderma. And from about one week ago, my brother next to another one of the same species, in the same park: Jedediah Smith redwoods state park. Now I have no idea for the name of the mushrooms in the last pic. Those are from last autumn, half way down the trail to Tall Trees Grove in Redwood National Park. Other than the photo, I have no idea of spore color or anything. Maybe you can tell from the image. I barely know a dozen or so fungi.

Seen the Beranek redwood videos before? If not, here they are. Berakek has a pretty good narrating voice too. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbwv6kZEiUA&feature=channel]YouTube - A Summary Of Our Old Growth Redwoods[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GbPfi7o3J0&feature=related]YouTube - Part two of "A Summary"[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4WqrvEUzkQ&feature=related]YouTube - A Summary... Part 3[/ame]

Certain old apple treess can be fun to prune. Do folks still harvest fruit from that tree in your photo?

Just played around with the search for a moment to see if they protected it from abuse. I entered "mdvaden" into the website box, and it detected my IP address, saying I"m outside the UK, and its not available to me. So lookis like only UK folks get a free website courtesy of your tax dollars.

With no directions online, I got a vague lead down there several months ago, for a general area where that one was located. I kept an eye out for it my last 3 visits to that area, and spotted some foliage on it. If the sky is overcast, the silvery highlights on regular redwood foliage, when wet, pretty much obscures it. Because wet foliage on an overcast day looks white or silvery. This last time, it was pretty dry, and early in the day.