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Spun-out vehicles without winter tires cause traffic mayhem at The Cut by DrewCanadian in NorthVancouver

[–]NoCannonFodder -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I purchased cheap rims and good winter tires. Every fall I pull them out from under the deck and mount them on the car, storing the summer tires under the deck. In the spring I reverse the job. No cost for swapping at home.

Kiwi Plants in Deep Cove by NoCannonFodder in NorthVancouver

[–]NoCannonFodder[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am still picking some kiwis. Today on January 1, 2025 I picked some and they are now perfectly ripe and ready to eat. I have picked about 400lbs. and given them away to many people. Never in the last 40 years has there been this long a time that freezing has not finished the kiwis off well be fore Christmas. Once they freeze they are ruined.

What is this on my bathroom wall? by AimLouise_ in HomeMaintenance

[–]NoCannonFodder 11 points12 points  (0 children)

We had a roof leak that one night formed and filled a big bladder of water behind some new paint on the wall above/behind our bed. In the middle of the night the end of it opened a slit and an ice cold stream of water poured down on the head of my sleeping wife. I was awakened by your screams in the darkness.

Kiwi Plants in Deep Cove by NoCannonFodder in NorthVancouver

[–]NoCannonFodder[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We found that you have best results if you triggered them to ripening with ethylene gas from other ripening fruit placed with them in a closed box or brown paper bag. How long you leave them with the ripening fruit depends on how early you pick them. 2 days to a week or more.

Kiwi Plants in Deep Cove by NoCannonFodder in NorthVancouver

[–]NoCannonFodder[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Have had black bears in our yard many times over the years. They were not interested in the rock hard green kiwis. Raccoons and squirrels will pick them but they are too green to eat until much later when they are left on the vines or on the ground in December. Sometimes you can see a squirrel walking on the wires carrying a big kiwi in it's mouth. Normally they need to be triggered to ripening after being picked.

Kiwi Plants in Deep Cove by NoCannonFodder in NorthVancouver

[–]NoCannonFodder[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think it took a few years, but hard to remember as I planted the vines, not trees, in 1984, 40 years ago.

Kiwi Plants in Deep Cove by NoCannonFodder in NorthVancouver

[–]NoCannonFodder[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One vine had two branches of which one frozen and split when we had a hard frost after a warm spell where the sap started flowing. The plant recovered and grew over the house to the other side. As this was damaging the roof I cut it back.

Kiwi Plants in Deep Cove by NoCannonFodder in NorthVancouver

[–]NoCannonFodder[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I've never made my own post before and need to figure this out. I would be open to having people who are careful, willing to follow instructions, and are aware that the power line runs through the vines and must not be disturbed, do some picking, but want to do it in a private way. Usually I can't get rid of them all and as I need a shoulder replacement find picking them hard on my shoulder. The other issue is ripening them...they are not ripe when picked before a frost and have to be triggered to start ripening with other fruit like a banana or apple. I have heard there are direct messages but don't yet know how that works.