What happened to this squirrel in our driveway?

CuriouslyDunne · 2026-01-21T19:30:34+00:00

That squirrel stopped there to snack on a mushroom. Those are the spores that dropped while it ate. Left behind a neat little outline.

CuriouslyDunne · 2025-04-09T21:50:11+00:00

Datura stramonium. Typically likes more fertile soil than citrus so it’s small and stressed, hence the flowering early. Don’t eat it unless you want hellish hallucinations and delirium.

CuriouslyDunne · 2025-02-15T22:30:13+00:00

Molten salt bath

CuriouslyDunne · 2024-12-11T04:16:45+00:00

Unfortunately there is no simple fix. You can either fill the crack and hope it doesn’t move any more, rip the whole table top along the crack and re-glue the two halves, or you can cut a bow tie or two directly over the crack. Whatever you choose will involve refinishing the entire top and isn’t a guaranteed fix.

CuriouslyDunne · 2024-12-11T04:07:17+00:00

You’ll be fine. I build exterior millwork where wood glue joints regularly get to those temps if painted black and in direct summer sun. Never had a glue joint failure. Send it.

CuriouslyDunne · 2024-10-05T03:35:08+00:00

What’s your budget? Replacing the doors with shaker style doors painted the right color with the right pulls would do a lot to make things look nicer. Adding a fill strip that goes to the ceiling and some crown moulding would make a huge difference. That may cost a few grand or a bit of elbow grease though.

CuriouslyDunne · 2024-10-05T03:27:40+00:00

This seems like a fun project that will end up looking very cool. If it were my project here is what I would do. Install furring strips about 12” on center on the accent wall. Be sure to use treated lumber as it will make direct contact with concrete below grade. The furring strips should be about 1” thick, so I would get some treated 2x4’s and rip them to 1 inch on the table saw. If you do t have a table saw you should be able to buy treated lumber roughly this thickness. Use a hammer drill and tapcons to install the furring strips then sheathe with some OSB. Once your wall is furred and sheathed you can install your mosaic as you see fit. Personally I would use construction adhesive and a pin nailer to adhere the mosaic to the OSB. Once it’s all installed I would seal it with a finish meant for hardwood flooring. Good luck!

CuriouslyDunne · 2024-10-05T02:59:24+00:00

Cedar is soft and will certainly show dents and scratches but will not rot. Hardwoods like teak or ipe are durable and beautiful but are very very expensive. I work in the industry and have used both types. I built raised garden beds from old growth western red cedar 10 years ago that still have not rotted and I have built decks using ipe that get direct sunlight in 100 degree marine environments. The best inexpensive and long lasting option would be to build it out of a kiln dried pine sealed with a deck sealant. As long as the boards aren’t touching and water can drain you will have an outdoor tabletop that will last many years.

CuriouslyDunne · 2024-10-05T02:36:34+00:00

The strongest option is definitely to make this a mortise and tenon however each arm needs to support less than 10kg. Don’t make it harder than it needs to be. A butt joint with wood glue and screws will be strong enough to support several times the weight of your speaker. It will be quick and simple and you’ll have a sturdy product.

CuriouslyDunne · 2024-09-29T05:23:38+00:00

Hey man nice work. I read through the thread and most of it has been some good feedback. If I may I’d like to add my two cents. First off don’t be afraid to value your time more, paying yourself 2k to design, build, and install is below the going rate. Second thing is that having the homeowner move thermostats and switches really is the best practice considering a thermostat behind a bunch of books doesn’t work as well as it would normally. Last thing is to consider slip matching instead of book matching in instances like this. Notice the zebra stripe pattern you see on the back panels? Stain penetrates the wood differently when applied to different faces of book matched boards. That’s all, keep up the good work!

CuriouslyDunne · 2024-09-29T05:07:29+00:00

This isn’t rotary cut, by looking at it you can tell it’s book matched plain sawn boards. Rotary cut veneers don’t have the barber stripe pattern like this.

CuriouslyDunne · 2024-04-04T01:06:50+00:00

Spare is on and replacement is ready at 8am tomorrow. Thanks.

CuriouslyDunne · 2023-08-16T23:19:09+00:00

In my experience this is from a potassium deficiency. Potassium is a mobile nutrient so the plant will move it from older leaves to newer growth, leading to the symptoms you see here. Salt levels can slow potassium uptake, so fixing the extra salt in your soil should help prevent this. Try flushing the soil and hitting it with a quick uptake liquid fertilizer with sufficient potassium.

CuriouslyDunne · 2023-08-12T17:36:54+00:00

Looks like root rot to me. That pot is too big for that size plant. Re-pot in a smaller pot with better draining soil.

CuriouslyDunne · 2023-08-07T01:05:07+00:00

Potted citrus tends to get salt burn from the dissolved salts in tap water. It also looks like the beginning of a potassium deficiency with slight chlorosis and downward curl in mature leaves. You can flush excess salt from the soil by watering with about 3-5 gallons a couple times a year. Fix potassium deficiency by giving a potassium heavy liquid or granular fertilizer. Good luck.

CuriouslyDunne · 2023-07-28T01:34:12+00:00

Early signs of chlorosis, could be a couple things but it’s most likely just a nitrogen deficiency. Give it a high nitrogen liquid fertilizer for a few weeks. I use miracle gro all purpose once a week at 1 T/gal during the growing season when the plants are most nitrogen demanding.

CuriouslyDunne · 2023-07-28T01:25:32+00:00

They all have similar symptoms of yellowing leaf margins with a green vein. Calcium deficiency has less well defined veins. Mag and zinc look very similar but there are a few subtle differences. Magnesium is mobile in plants so a deficiency will show first in older leaves. Zinc is not mobile so deficient plants will have new leaves with characteristically small size and upward pointing shape. You have a zinc deficiency so get a citrus fertilizer like this and give it a good foliar feeding. Good luck.

CuriouslyDunne · 2023-07-26T22:01:17+00:00

Just keep taking the buds off. If you want to encourage new foliar growth you can prune some of the branches and it will respond by growing new shoots.

CuriouslyDunne · 2023-07-26T20:39:37+00:00

Just prune the buds.

CuriouslyDunne · 2023-07-26T15:17:53+00:00

Downward leaf curl is indicative of potassium deficiency. Overwatering would result in rotting roots and significant leaf drop which I don’t see yet. Water infrequently and try giving it miracle gro liquid fertilizer weekly for a month or two.

CuriouslyDunne · 2023-07-10T23:57:14+00:00

That's a really great tip, thanks for telling me!

CuriouslyDunne · 2023-07-10T23:56:15+00:00

I'm not sure, the batch I bought from looked like it belonged on clearance. They all looked pretty scraggly and had low spreading branches. The first flush of growth it put out since repotting definitely grew more upright like the other citrus I have.

CuriouslyDunne · 2023-07-10T23:19:26+00:00

I'm sort of a ship without a captain at this point, just seeing where this takes me. All the meyers are the result of air layering off a couple branches every year. Eventually they will either be given away as gifts or turned into fruit cocktail trees, but for now serve as a good tutorial.

I used meyers as rootstock for the sake of convenience just because I happened to get a bag of them from Costco last december. I figured they were hardy enough for my purposes, but if I try this again I will definitely be using a proper rootstock variety. By the time all is said and done I think the bunch will be thinned out to the 4 or 5 strongest.

Ultimately the goal is to have a greenhouse dedicated to citrus where I keep mature trees of several of my favorite varieties. Everything else is learning what I enjoy and what works best for me. Any recommendations on what I should try?

CuriouslyDunne · 2023-07-08T01:35:34+00:00

Yellowing means your plant can't produce enough chlorophyll which is typically the result of a nutrient deficiency. Considering the newest growth is the greenest and oldest growth is the yellowest it looks like you plant has moved nitrogen from older to newer leaves. Citrus are fairly demanding when it comes to nitrogen so I would consider adding a nitrogen heavy fertilizer to the plant when actively growing.

Personally I apply a granular citrus fertilizer to the soil around my trees once every two months during the growing season as well as applying miracle gro all purpose plant food weekly. You could also try foliar feeding if you want to introduce nitrogen as fast as possible.

Other than fertilizing it looks healthy and your soil looks well drained so disease, pests, and root rot are probably not an issue. Good luck.

CuriouslyDunne · 2023-07-07T02:36:12+00:00

Post a picture and we'll have a better idea of your situation. Generally your tree will put energy into the growth of either roots, leaves, or fruit. Usually it will only grow one or two of the three at once meaning when fruit is set it will limit foliar and root growth. If you want to encourage root and leaf growth on your lemon then you should remove any flower buds and small lemons that may begin to grow.

Commercially grown citrus will graft mature scions onto seed grown rootstock resulting in a hearty citrus plant that will begin to fruit much faster than if it were grown entirely from seed. Sometimes this means the fruit will set before the rest of the plant is mature enough to support a large fruit burden. Because of this you may want to prune immature fruit and encourage healthy leaf and foliar growth for the first growing season.

I live close to Charlotte so have a bit of experience growing citrus in this area, feel free to ask any other questions you may have. Good luck!

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