MsLoganHenney
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I was able to propagate a Snake Plant successfully for the first time! So much easier than I thought it would be. It started growing a baby already! 
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Dtknuckles
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There has not been much rain here this year, but fall planting season is coming. I have a lot of work to do between then and now. Plan and install a sprinkler system, plant about 20+ plants and do some rock work on a dry stream bed I dug out.
jaycee
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Randomly found some neon pothos at Home Depot the other day!
What kind of light do these need inside? I have some that also came from a home despot i think that is in an outdoor basket that gets a fair amount of sun but if i can overwinter indoors i'd like to try. i have it mixed-in with something i don't know the name of but has a little purple fuzzy ball flower - looks ok
MsLoganHenney
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It depends on where you live if you should/can keep it indoor, outdoor, or rotate it around. I live in Vegas (zone 9a) and it's best to not keep them in direct sun because the leaves will burn. The lighter color foliage is more prone to burning too. I keep most of mine in indirect light next to a window, but not where they spend all day in the sun. Do you have a picture of the "little purple fuzzy ball flower"? It would help to ID it so that whatever plants are sharing a pot have compatible care needs.
Here are some links that helped me take care of the different pothos I have:
Information On Caring For Pothos Plants
Pothos plants are great for beginners and collectors alike. Click here to learn everything you need to know about growing your own.
www.gardeningknowhow.com
Pothos: A Complete Care & Growing Guide - Garden Design
Pothos Plant Care Made Simple: Discover the secrets to thriving pothos plants with our comprehensive guide. Learn essential tips on light, watering, and propagation to grow lush, healthy vines in any indoor setting. Perfect for beginners and experienced gardeners alike
Dtknuckles
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When your wife tells you to cut the weeds in the front yard
Dtknuckles
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Finally getting around to putting in the rocks for the dry stream bed.
folsom_lives
pretty_lil_dirt_boi
Happy Easter. A year or so in and the front garden already looks great.
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Dtknuckles
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These guys showed up today
Bull Shannon
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I need to dump a full garden update here, as I’ve proudly converted the mud pit of a yard we inherited into something of an intentional garden. This weekend I’ll be squirrel proofing some strawberry plants, so I’ll get some pics then, and try to hunt down some good before shots.
But, what I want to share today is that I spotted a sparrow building a nest in the passionflower vines outside our front door. We took a peek, and found a nest:
And just yesterday, we discovered they’ve hatched:
Needless to say, we’re stoked. We’d names the mother Biddy, and now that the eggs are hatched, we’ve gone with Daryl, Larry, Daryl, and Bob.
But, what I want to share today is that I spotted a sparrow building a nest in the passionflower vines outside our front door. We took a peek, and found a nest:
And just yesterday, we discovered they’ve hatched:
Needless to say, we’re stoked. We’d names the mother Biddy, and now that the eggs are hatched, we’ve gone with Daryl, Larry, Daryl, and Bob.
Dtknuckles
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Those eggs are beautiful. We have birds that makes nests in the eaves of one our overhang. We don’t get to see the nests though.
Dtknuckles
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Joe Mac
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That’s what the netting is supposedly for. We will see how well it works, this is my first year growing them!
debianlinux
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We have a city wide bulky item pickup that comes through our neighborhood in March and during that time this year I picked up someone's discarded cedar chest and converted it into a raised bed. That got me bit by the bug and now I basically want to cover my yard in raised beds.
There's two major obstacles; cost as usual, but also everything is on a steep slope. I was seriously considering building custom beds to match the slope but started thinking about the potential for the slope to erode out and also that the beds are 100% useless outside of the spot they were constructed in. So now, I'm left considering how much effort is involved in leveling. For the moment I think I want to just dig out the perimeter and put all the spoils right back in the beds.
I'd really rather just do this once. For a perfectly level area using treated lumber exterior frames on corrugated metal inners makes sense. But with them set into the hillsides I feel like I should go 100% metal since there will be below grade contact all the time for the exterior portion. Vego et al beds are prohibitively expensive.
That's all for now. Lot of thinking and zero doing.
There's two major obstacles; cost as usual, but also everything is on a steep slope. I was seriously considering building custom beds to match the slope but started thinking about the potential for the slope to erode out and also that the beds are 100% useless outside of the spot they were constructed in. So now, I'm left considering how much effort is involved in leveling. For the moment I think I want to just dig out the perimeter and put all the spoils right back in the beds.
I'd really rather just do this once. For a perfectly level area using treated lumber exterior frames on corrugated metal inners makes sense. But with them set into the hillsides I feel like I should go 100% metal since there will be below grade contact all the time for the exterior portion. Vego et al beds are prohibitively expensive.
That's all for now. Lot of thinking and zero doing.
Dtknuckles
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I don’t know how steep the slope is or how precise you want it to look. But if you want a more natural look, I would just bury some boulders and backfill the areas behind them.
folsom_lives
pretty_lil_dirt_boi
Any reason why you can't dig into the slope and make a retaining wall of some kind? How steep is steep? Inquiring minds want to know...
debianlinux
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Time. money, willpower? Depending on where and for how far the measurements are taken the slope is between 10% and 20%.
folsom_lives
pretty_lil_dirt_boi
Wow yeah that’s pretty steep. Almost a 2H:1V at 20%. The reason I asked was with slopes that steep is bedrock shallow and will moving too much dirt around cause unintended slope issues. Building up too much dirt could overload a slip plane and cause all your hard work to go with it.
I know you don’t want to but the best idea maybe just landscaping timber. I’ve also seen some clever stuff done with cinder blocks where the cells actually get planted out too.
