Climate here is semi-desert, dry and never below freezing. Both types of termites. We did ground termite fumigation a bunch of years back, but full tenting is considered more thorough. Tenting lasts at least 10 years, as opposed to ground which is 3-5.
OK, so stupid question @Dogtamer, is your favorite rhubarb related to Rudbeckia???
(Yeah I could google it, but I trust Dog more then AI, like WAY MORE)
I do like me some rhubarb - my paternal grandmother made a mean rhubarb pie, although it paled in comparison to my maternal grandmotherâs cherry, or her own - and we do cultivate Black-eyed Susan & coneflowers (both are among the varieties of the genus Rudbeckia) in some of our gardens (theyâre amongst the better-½âs faves), but unless the taxonomists have made changes of which Iâm unaware, itâs my understanding that my own favorite, The Mighty Rutabaga, is unrelated to either of those plants.
One of my favorites in my own yard! Itâs their time of year right now. We leave the last blooms on the stems starting August/September; they feed the bees and butterflies but also add to our natural Halloween aesthetic 
Alright, looking for hive mind ideas.
Zone 7, morning sun/full sun, new bed on the back side of a gazebo to give some color. Clay soil, so think rain garden. Deer resistant preferred but I can fence it. Thoughts?
New bed in question. Going with river rock here rather then mulch.
I have 3 of these to go in as primary screen so to speak.
Pollinator friendly is always a bonus (hives are about 100â away but those girls go wherever they want!)
We ignored our better instincts and bought a condo with the bedrooms on the second floor. We knew it was wrong and did it anyway,
If you feel the urge, try to control it. Just had an estimator here for a stairlift, and the complications associated with installing one are significant in many home layouts, like mine.
I get books that appear to be NEW from Little Free Libraries, too bad they are not worth selling. Often in better condition than what I can find in B&N or the local independent bookstores.
Chiming in here to urge a one-story house or if necessary, 2 stories with a built-in elevator. Several friends have had to move house when stairs became impossible. None of us are getting any younger.
Presently, we live in a home w/ a split staircase (staircases from both kitchen and front hallway w/ 2 landings. 22 stairs). Not great for someone w/ back issues. Takes me 10-15 minutes to struggle up the stairway.
Looking for what is called a âranchâ in Texas-one floor home. The type of house both my husband & I both grew up in during the 50âs, early-to-late 60âs.
We found a great one-story ranch w/ wrap-around porch on a knoll by Lake Livingston but are still haggling about price. Will have to replace gorgeous carpet-if one likes dark green-plus add a/c shed for books at left curve of long concreted driveway and add sun-room across back of house for guests since the house has only two huge master suites. Probably about 60-70K worth of improvements! Weâre somewhat daunted about doing this at our ages!
No way weâre buying home w/ any stairs or steps!!
Just got off the phone with an electrician needed before they can install the stairlift.
This project is small but quite a hassle given my wifeâs health issues. She is temporarily in a rehab facility after hospitalization for physical issues and I am wedging getting this going between visits to her.
The ethic of a LFL is typically âalways a gift, never for saleâ.
I live in an âupside-downâ house.
Best decision we ever made.
(For those not familiar, an upside-down house has the primary living upstairs, Primary bedroom, kitchen living, dining etc. Gives us views of everything.)
But I understand the situation you are in @lake
Might be but the motivation of a lot of donors is MAKE THIS BOOK GO AWAY.
I am sure the publishers of fiction would love to find a way to shut them down, as well as shutting down used booksellers.
Recent books with a $27.95 MSRP at prices only the megas and the clueless sell at. Name authors, former best sellers. Not that I can envision a reason for me to sell them, if I wanted to read them I would borrow them from the library and read on kindle. But my wife and kindle are not compatible, so I can reduce the number of trips to the library thanks to LFL. One of places I get them from has no space to leave any books, such is the desire to be rid of these books.
I speak only as the child of a LFL steward who has been known to go through and trade with different libraries with her. (My favorite is a TARDIS LFL.) I donât know that she stamps her books with it, but itâs frequently seen. Obviously the biggest goal is sharing books to encourage reading, but the take a book/leave a book and always a gift, never for sale ethos (which is the word I meant to use; my apologies) are core as well, though obviously they canât be enforced. Take a book/leave a book ensures it doesnât empty; always a gift, never for sale encourages you to share it with someone else afterwards, either by returning it to that library, another library, giving it to a friend, etc.
Sadly, her LFL is in need of repair again, because people like to destroy nice things.
Just a pet peeve. I have bought my share of used books as well. A few years ago I purchased some of the awful Star Wars books of my childhood to have the whole run and read them again. (Seriously, they were awful. Two books a year release schedule, terrible YA story issues, but pure nostalgia.)
Wishing her and you the best.