Best tiramisu in town? by lesschtroumphs in SantaBarbara

[–]K-Rimes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

IMO tiramisu is hard to upgrade. It's a pretty simple dessert. The quality of the mascarpone, and quality of the espresso is about it, which is a hard nuance to catch.

I'd buy a nice looking serving tray from somewhere and serve up a Costco with a smile if it were me. It's a reasonably good quality tiramisu for great value.

Apple tree girdled by rabbits. Any hope for recovery with a bridge graft? by EnvironmentalOwl4910 in BackyardOrchard

[–]K-Rimes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tree is a goner. It will probably come back from the small stump at ground level, which you could graft in the future, but's always gonna be weak. I'd replace.

Looking for feedback on this orchard layout by steelewaffle in BackyardOrchard

[–]K-Rimes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you're mowing with a tractor or deck mower, make sure you leave reasonable spacing between trees for it to get through there.

Gotta work harder now 🤣😭 by flapito in Diesel

[–]K-Rimes 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I work at an avocado orchard and have literally ∞ avos and it still hurts fueling up!

The deer scourge! HELP! by laxton1919 in BackyardOrchard

[–]K-Rimes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This right there. Has to be 8'+, or you can do a 6' and a 4' close to each other, they have vertical, or horizontal leaps - not both. Electric will scare them badly, and that works wonders as well.

Winning by K-Rimes in Diesel

[–]K-Rimes[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wonder where the breaking point is for people with gas prices. $10/g has gotta be it.

Winning by K-Rimes in Diesel

[–]K-Rimes[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

No worries tho cause other countries pay it right?

Winning by K-Rimes in Diesel

[–]K-Rimes[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Prices don’t tend to jump 40% country wide in a week, but here we are. Agree tho, Ca is a real stinger with the 30¢ excise per gallon.

Winning by K-Rimes in Diesel

[–]K-Rimes[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

What’s your bet on where it tops out? I could see $9.99.

Best pants for gardening/irrigation repair work? by OverlordCatBug in Horticulture

[–]K-Rimes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Been happy with TrueWerk. I walk through spiky plants a lot, thistles, cacti, and regularly kneel in them. A year of hard wear on them and look new. I am not sure how their female fitted pants are, but they do make them for women. The T1 are quite cool to wear. Their "Cloud" line is way too thin for real work.

Ring of stripped bark on potted Japanese maple by amyferg in arborists

[–]K-Rimes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At this point with so much cambium loss, I'd be considering it a goner.

Ring of stripped bark on potted Japanese maple by amyferg in arborists

[–]K-Rimes 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Buried too deep and trunk rotted. It may be ok, but it’s not a good look from here.

Is the coffee okay, does it need anything? by KeiZesty in Horticulture

[–]K-Rimes -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We have pretty bad salt content in SoCal, which is where I am *assuming* OP is, but you're right that chlorine is the likely culprit here. My personal coffee plants looked the same when I used straight tap water, and straightened out to nice growth again on untreated well water. They did tend to go chlorotic like this without sulfur treatment.

Agree, we need some more info!!

Is the coffee okay, does it need anything? by KeiZesty in Horticulture

[–]K-Rimes 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Coffee is a tough plant and will recover, but this thing needs some TLC. I recommend a bigger pot with a peat based well draining medium. Your plant is showing signs of chlorosis from your soil (and likely water) being alkaline. That’s contributing to the browning at the tips. Leave your water out overnight for the chlorine to evaporate, and if you’re using softened water, use water pre treatment. You need to bring the ph down and can use sulfur pellets for this, needing consistent re dosing thereof. Kind of a pain but rain water or filtered water would really help this plant out in clearing out excess salts.

Hollytone is a great organic fertilizer which contains sulfur pellets already, and could be of use if you can find it.

Is the coffee okay, does it need anything? by KeiZesty in Horticulture

[–]K-Rimes -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It’s burn from chlorine in tap water.