How Wide Should Pinus mugo Be at Five to Six Years of Age?
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Ideas for a six foot tall, four/five feet evergreen shrub?
Comments (13)I don't think he was saying that zone 7 climates do not exist in this area - as we all know, they do - but that specifically where one is located will have a bearing on both the exact zone and what plants can reliably be expected to fare well over winter. Even rather subtle climate/zonal changes can make a big difference with how well a broadleaved evergreen shrub will handle a typical winter. And there are a lot of inaccuracies in various zone maps. Tracking by zip code is a lot more specific, but even some hardiness zone ratings by zip code are quite inaccurate - the Arborday site for example. "East of Lake Washington" covers a LOT of territory, some of it zone 8 and more in zone 7 and even lower zones the further east you get and the higher into the mountains, so narrowing it down will provide better assistance to the poster. If width is less of a concern, various selections of osmanthus, elaeagnus, euonymus or nandina could work. Some pieris have a narrower profile as well. Kalmia is another possibility. It is important to remember that ultimate size is more closely related to age and maturity of the plant rather than just a specific cultivar - even some so-called dwarf or compact selections can easily achieve greater than listed heights over time. But many broadleaved evergreen shrubs also respond very well to occasional pruning to keep size in check....See Moresudden death of husband at 46 years of age
Comments (34)I'm so sorry. You'll never be the way you were, nor would you want to be; as you said, he was your true love, & he wouldn't want you to grieve & be miserable & not enjoy, relish, & revel in the life you still have on this earth with your/his children. You are a vibrant young mother with 2 dear children tethering you to this earth; your mission here is important & it won't be complete for many many years. Your precious sons are the next links in your beloved husband's chain of life, & you're the one who can nurture their connections to their roots, for their sakes & for the sakes of their children., Please take care of yourself, in every way. Eat right, don't drink, make sure you see people every day (isolation is an enemy). Grief is deep & dark, but depression is a physical malfunction that can be beaten. Get outside that house & get your heart pumping; oxygenated blood is the best medicine for...well, many things. I know you don't feel like jogging or playing tennis or swimming, because not wanting to do anything is a symptom of depression. Make yourself do it anyway. If you can't summon the strength, have someone call you every morning & tell you to get up & get dressed & get outside. I always managed to get up if I knew someone was on the way over to take me to jazzercise, etc, somebody who wouldn't be embarrassed to bang on the door & holler at me to get my @ss out there. & go to your doctor: this is the year 2014, & there are sophisticated medicines out there these days to help you. Enlist some help; go to your family, friends, neighbors, church family, people at work, people you meet in the grocery store (seriously, I've found that saying "what a beautiful hairdo!" or "is that the best peanut butter?" provides a tiny little spark of human contact that really helps you to keep putting one foot in front of the other). & this may sound off the wall, but do something for someone else: it lifts the spirits & affirms...something, I don't know what. I do know that researchers have discovered that giving makes people happier than getting, or as our grandmothers said, it really is 'more blessed to give than to receive'. I wish you the very best, including a long & satisfying life, filled with the memories whose pain will fade in time, leaving only a sweet joy....See MorePinus banksiana gallery 2016
Comments (53)It's all good Dax you know we've been tight ever since we broke bread together before that epic day of scion rustling in Clinton and its surroundings a couple winters ago. That's something that's always been invaluable about online forums like this: to make contacts and arrange for fun meetings and adventures. I will not likely write any more about a certain notorious individual. Definitely too much personal bad water has passed under that bridge. I'll leave it that I know things and have seen things that most people never see and would greatly disturb them if they did. Nonetheless, in my never ending search for enlightenment, I never back away or move sideways . . . In conversations with some of the old-timers from these forums (most of which I still know and talk with), many have mentioned the sterile anonymity and problems with pseudo-personalities as reasons for leaving GardenWeb. I've decided to come back for a while, but I admit it can be frustrating. ~Dave...See MoreFamily of six in 1,000 square feet
Comments (82)Interesting thread. This was the house I lived in from age 10-18 with my parents and 3 siblings. Eventually my dad left so then it was "just" the 5 of us. And no, he didn't leave because of the size of the house. 960 s.f., 3 bdrms, 1 bath. And we were THRILLED when we moved there from our 2 bedroom apartment. We even had a yard! No garage at the time but my brother eventually built one for my mom (some kit thing). I had my own room (crazy) as the rooms were so small my mom thought it too difficult to cram my 2 younger sisters in with me. My brother slept on the pull out couch. I remember in high school when a visiting choir was coming to town we hosted 4 boys at our house (sleeping bags on floor). And when my grand parents came to visit they often stayed with us rather than my cousins who had HUGE homes. I also remember hosting friends (all of whom had much larger, nicer homes), including boyfriends who would visit after dates, etc. and we would sit at the kitchen table talking (or kissing on the couch after my brother moved out) until the cuckoo clock gave us away at midnight. My mom could hear the cuckoo clock of course since every door opened to the living room and kitchen. She would lean over her bed and open her door and mimic the cuckoo clock if she needed to. We had a small mechanical room off the kitchen where we eventually put a portable washing machine (yippee!) but you had to manually stay with it and run each cycle. Clothes on the outdoor line, even in the winter in MN, or off to the laundry mat. It was a standard joke to literally run to the bathroom if my brother mentioned he was going to take a bath (we didn't have a shower) because we knew he would hog the bath for awhile. Funny, I don't remember feeling anything but lucky to have a home and a family to share it with. All the kids got themselves through college and on in life just fine. All of us have larger homes now because we can and choose to. But we know we don't NEED it! So of course it can be done. Millions in this country and elsewhere would love to have a 1000 s.f. house for their family. Maybe they just aren't hanging out on HOUZZ trying to figure out their decorating style....See Morewestes Zone 9b California SF Bay
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