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Joan K

Roselle, IL
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Gardening: My husband wants a cherry tree

Looking for advice on Cherry Tree's. I live in Zone 5 (Chicago Area). The planting would be on North side of our house. I've seen on-line that there are many different varieties. Any advice for me?

Joan K
Joan K Roselle, IL
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  • Joan K
    Commented on Feb 16, 2013
    Thanks so much for all the advise Douglas and Acorn!
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  • Hops twinging up the wind chime.

Hops!

Good crop o' hops growing on the arbor this year.
Joan K
Joan K Roselle, IL
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  • Joan K
    Commented on Aug 30, 2012
    This season he is not brewing. Last year was Nut Brown Ale.
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Gardening: Trail of dead grass mystery?

Trail of dead grass appeared two weeks ago that starts in neighbor's yard and goes to the sidewalk, then continues past the sidewalk in a line into the grass into my yard all the way to ...»
street. I noticed the neighbors across the street have the same tail of dead grass. Never happened in 12 years I've lived here. Anyone have ideas on what is causing this?

Joan K
Joan K Roselle, IL
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  • Joan K
    Commented on Apr 29, 2012
    @Christina - not grubs or bugs. I dug a little and didn't find anything. Gas company checked ...»
    and no leaks. My best guess is chemical or gasoline burn. Just don't know how it happened. Thanks for asking.

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  • This beam was the old location
  • Moved to a nearby tree
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Bird rescue at a deck project

When our crew showed up to begin the demo and replacement of a deck, they found a robin and her babies in a nest on the deck beam! With care, we relocated the nest to a nearby tree, and ...»
the robin has been continuing to care for her babies in her new home!

Hamtil Construction LLC
Hamtil Construction LLC Saint Louis, MO
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  • Joan K
    Commented on Apr 19, 2012
    Kudos to Hamtil Construction!
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  • Bee swarm...about 30,000 bees, protecting their queen 5
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Gardening: A little side note...these are pictures of a tree in our back yard, a swarm of bees moved out of their hive,

As I understand it, they took their queen with them and hunkered down in our tree for the night. ...»

A "beeman" was called and he dressed all in white, evidently white doesn't upset the bees. Very gently he moved the majority of them into a box he brought, and said by morning every bee would be in there. And he was right except for maybe 2 lost souls. He took the box and away they went to a new home. He said there were probably 30, 000 bees in this swarm, when they get too numerous, they split, and swarm elsewhere.The original swarm will have 3 or so new queens "born? and the first born will eliminate the others. The tree was humming, very exciting but weird, I have never seen anything like this. Awesome. We stood out there a long time watching and they never bothered us.

Actually this was about 4-5 years ago, I was looking for some "good" pictures of my garden and ran across this! So I am sharing.

Bernice H
Bernice H Yakima, WA
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  • Joan K
    Commented on Apr 09, 2012
    Wow. Thanks for sharing this.
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  • gas grill that was off due to a leak in the line, was sitting there doing nothing but being ugly lol 5

broken grill makeover

I had a couple of old grills going to waste, i converted them into planters for fun. Im So not a gardener but it was fun and it was my first home and the patio looked barren and all i had ...»
was an overgrown bush, some tiger lillies and some weeds at the time.

'Raven E
'Raven E Chester, SD
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  • Joan K
    Commented on Apr 09, 2012
    Thanks for the idea as our Weber grill has out lived it's most useful life. Krylon spray ...»
    paint in a shade of "green" will spruse it up and it will blend in well out in the back of the yard with some lovely colorful annuals flowing over the sides.

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My Pergola on my backyard patio

Terry M
Terry M Quincy, IL
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  • Joan K
    Commented on Apr 09, 2012
    Love it and the chandelier
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  • have house on 1/2 acre......front yard grass died so  I created low moisture garden with connecting paths using bromeliads, agaves, and other tropical plants---half property is lawn but front and 1 side are tropical garden --put house up for sale for $258,000 and not sure about leaving garden intact---is it overwhelming? does the garden make it unsaleable? 4
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my garden in FL

have house on 1/2 acre......front yard grass died so I created low moisture garden with connecting paths using bromeliads, agaves, and other tropical plants---half property is lawn but ...»
front and 1 side are tropical garden --put house up for sale for $258,000 and not sure about leaving garden intact---is it overwhelming? does the garden make it unsaleable?

Ann W
Ann W Fort Pierce, FL
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  • Joan K
    Commented on Mar 14, 2012
    Your yard and garden are lovely Ann! I can't imagine anyone not loving it!
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  • "our song" by our bed. And old medicine cabinet is our side table.
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My Master Bedroom!

I stenciled the entire ceiling, turned a brass light fixture into a chandelier, and put the title of "our song" by our bed.
Stacy @Not JUST A Housewife
Stacy @Not JUST A Housewi... Provo, UT
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  • Joan K
    Commented on Jan 27, 2012
    Very nice, beautiful. I feel calm looking at this room. I'm definately going to check out the ...»
    stencil site.

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  • That drill/driver isn't big enough, I need more power! I don't think so Tim! These compact drill/drivers pack more of a punch than you might think.  Check out what this real user thought: http://bit.ly/wZF0LT 4
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Hey, Hometalkers!

Which one of these tools would you most likely use during your next project in 2012? Tell us here and we will select five random responses who will receive a free tool bag! And I mean, ...»
this thing will fit 5 drills, or 3 circular saws, or somewhere in the tens of thousands of drill bits.

(Contest ends Monday at midnight.)

ToolSelect.com
ToolSelect.com Grand Rapids, MI
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  • Joan K
    Commented on Jan 12, 2012
    Miter saw and circular saw
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