Very nice!
20 ft. tall? Yikes! The tallest one I’ve ever seen might have been 6’ tall.
Very nice!
20 ft. tall? Yikes! The tallest one I’ve ever seen might have been 6’ tall.
Just ordered a few bottles for Christmas presents. Might be hard to find soon.
Thanks!
I’ve been told that ivy will eventually kill a tree. Might take a while and it’s kind of picturesque. Maybe I’ll keep it.
That may well be an azalea or a rhododendron. That would be disappointing but not heartbreaking. I like those too and they won’t grow in my very sunny yard.
Front yard trees. I think they are some sort of Maple. Reddit arborists say they are a hot mess and need to be either bolted together do they don’t split or be removed entirely.
They’re not coming out. Let’s see what bolting costs.
https://share.icloud.com/photos/092OPdV2wyUVpsR91uWslJ61Q
More yard art. Not sure what it is. Box on top is wood and there are hinges that appear to have attached a cover at one time.
Here’s the pond. It appears to include some sort of waterfall. Have yet to find a switch for it.
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Ivy is climbing all of the trees. I can get up high enough to remove it from some of the trees but not these. If I cut it off at the base it will die but will look like hell for years. Might rent a boom loft over the summer to strip it off.
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Doesn’t look like much in the picture but it’s the crown jewel of the landscape. A camellia! My favorite shrub. I’ve been informed many times that they will not grow here but that’s obviously not true. Apparently there are cold hardy hybrids and this is one of them.
Temps climbed to a sultry 51 degrees and I started cleaning up the yard at Kim’s house. A few highlights:
Hidden in some trees I found this yard art. Paint it? Let it rust?
Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be.






What Ron said.
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Also on solder, you have to get the wires hot enough to melt the solder by themselves. Heating just the solder won’t work.
Good grief.
What does all of this cost?
Very nice! 



I can just hear that guy’s defense.
“My boss does it all the time. No big deal!”
Yahoo! 
Houses closed today. I have contractors lined up for tomorrow to start the renovation. Previous owners came back and cleaned up the leaves/grass. It looks a lot better than I expected - Yahoo! I’ll get a picture when the rain lets up.
Meanwhile, the fun part! Picking paint colors, flooring, wallpaper, curtains. I like where she is going with it.
Blooms all gone now but the buds on magnolia tree gives me hope for Spring!
Oh no! That sounds awful.
Hope you feel better soon!
Latest news is that there’s nothing in them.
Not any more.