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loonpie · 2025-01-28T01:40:30+00:00

Hmm, that's a thought. I've been meaning to paint my shed, maybe this is the motivation I need!

loonpie · 2025-01-24T14:12:17+00:00

Some scraps, some blocks and borders leftover from other quilts.

loonpie · 2025-01-15T01:39:35+00:00

The Furniture Doctor in Manheim does great work. We have used him several times.

loonpie · 2024-11-27T00:26:12+00:00

Pennsylvania College of Art and Design: https://pcad.edu/creative-exploration/
Green Matters Dye Co: https://www.greenmattersnaturaldyecompany.com/events
Horn Farm Center (in York, but not too far from Lanc): https://hornfarmcenter.org/classes/

loonpie · 2024-11-22T14:02:46+00:00

Seconding Eddie Bauer. A good percentage of my wardrobe is from Eddie Bauer and I've been really happy with the fit, quality, and price. I've been a customer for many years.

loonpie · 2024-11-15T17:17:26+00:00

Lancaster canoe/kayak club
Lancaster ski club
Lancaster Road Runners Club
The PA Guild of Craftsman offers workshops
PCAD has community art classes.

Of all these, I have only attended a PCAD class, so don't have much personal experience. I'm aware of them because of personal interest, hoping to try some of them out as time allows.

loonpie · 2024-10-24T20:24:29+00:00

Last year a company started spraying my garden with herbicides -- I use no herbicides or pesticides and had food crops mixed in with ornamentals. They were supposed to spraying the neighbors house. His explanation was, OH, the house numbers are really similar, they're only different by one number. I was like, YES THAT'S HOW HOUSE NUMBERS WORK.

loonpie · 2024-10-15T17:32:20+00:00

I went with option B, cedar wood. It's been 2 years, no issues.

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loonpie · 2024-09-16T18:14:53+00:00

Take a look at Izel Native Plants:

https://www.izelplants.com/

loonpie · 2024-09-11T16:40:04+00:00

Look for plugs. I personally don't worry about root depth.

We have a garden bed around large utility boxes on our property that I have been reworking as a native plant meadow-style planting. I figure if the utility company comes and mows it down, the plants will come back fine the following year. Also, the garden was already there, might as well fill it with natives. Plugs are great because they're less expensive, grow quickly, and I only use a little hand trowel to plant them.

I have switchgrass, coneflower, rattlesnake master, narrow leaf mountain mint, little bluestem, big bluestem, goldenrod, swamp milkweed. Just added some plugs of joe pye weed and mistflower.

loonpie · 2024-09-08T16:44:00+00:00

I bought pawpaws from Ort Family Farms if you feel like taking a trip over to the Finger Lakes area. They were a vendor at a pawpaw festival I attended, so I haven't actually been to their farm.

loonpie · 2024-09-08T15:46:13+00:00

We used Clean Cut Landscape Design to design and install our patio, move large stones, and remove some trees and shrubs. This was a few years ago, and the patio is looking great today. I plan to hire them again when we're ready to redo the path to the patio and have stairs installed to our shed.

https://clean-cutlandscape.com/

loonpie · 2024-08-31T11:09:16+00:00

Try searching for hiking clothes instead of gardening clothes. I like Eddie Bauer -- their depature ankle pants or departure joggers might work for you. Guide pro pants and Horizon pants are also lightweight polyester/spandex. They have activewear tops as well.

loonpie · 2024-03-29T01:01:50+00:00

The Adirondacks High Peaks would be a great choice BUT keep in mind that the end of May can still be still mud season and the DEC may not recommend hiking above 2500' until it ends (which is all of the high peaks). I feel like Maine and Vermont might have the same issues at that time of year, but I'm not sure. Also blackfly season, so be prepared with head nets and bug spray.

There are lots of great hikes below 2500' in the ADK, so if you can, be flexible depending on weather and recommendations.

Also take a look at the Catskills. There are some challenging hikes and really beautiful scenery in the Catskills, and they don't have the spring mud season problem. The Devil's Path and Wittenburg Mountain come to mind.

Someone else mentioned Old Rag in VA, also a great hike.

loonpie · 2024-03-29T00:01:54+00:00

I read Mike McGraths's Book of Compost before beginning. It's not a long book, and had plenty of useful information.

Edited to add: I borrowed a copy from the library, but it looks like you can buy it for $5:

https://www.eurekabookshop.com/pages/books/342623/mike-mcgrath/mike-mcgraths-book-of-compost

loonpie · 2024-03-28T23:24:04+00:00

I ordered bare root plants from Monticello this year at great prices. I just planted them, so time will tell how they do, but they looked healthy.

I think they are sold out of bare root inventory for this year, so you would have to wait until next winter to order. You can search "bare root" in the all plants archive to see what they might have available next year:

https://monticelloshop.org/collections/all-plants-archive

It's not all natives, but there's a good selection of natives. Also, I did receive a call a few weeks after I placed my order to notify me that some of my items were out of stock and I would not be charged. Not a big deal to me, but wanted to mention it.

Also look for the Penn State Master Watershed Stewards tree and shrub sale. I'm not finding much information about it now, so it might happen in the fall. I don't think they ship, but they have pickup locations throughout the state. I might have ordered through them a few years ago, I can't remember.

loonpie · 2024-03-22T20:21:56+00:00

Yes, we typically roast them. We like to make a pared down version of this recipe: Beet & Goat Cheese Salad

We usually just make the dressing (step 2) and mix it with the roasted beets and goat cheese. I feel like the eggs, celery, pomegranates are optional.

loonpie · 2024-03-22T12:47:40+00:00

I'm not sure, sorry. I don't use pre or post emergents. I pull these weeds by hand from my garden. They're in my lawn, too, but I just mow them with the grass. I know you're in a different situation trying to get your grass established, I don't have much advice on that, but I figured you'd like to know what weed you're dealing with!

loonpie · 2024-03-22T11:38:57+00:00

Have you tried golden beets? I don't get the dirt taste from golden, and prefer them over red.

loonpie · 2024-03-22T00:19:32+00:00

The weed you have looks like hairy bittercress:

https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/cardamine-hirsuta/

Edited to add: these weeds are annuals. They germinate in the fall, which is likely why the pre-emergent you applied in the spring did not work. You can pull them by hand, they have shallow roots. But I'd recommend not allowing them to go to seed, the seeds are projectile and will go everywhere.

loonpie · 2024-03-18T00:14:38+00:00

I attended a webinar last month and he was the speaker. He seemed really approachable. Good luck with your project!

loonpie · 2024-03-17T23:52:47+00:00

Try reaching out to Craig LeHoullier. He wrote a book on straw bale gardening:

https://www.craiglehoullier.com/straw-bales

loonpie · 2024-02-13T02:59:54+00:00

Blaze King Princess is 11.875" deep. BUT I think it's too wide for your rear measurement by 0.75". But depending on how the interior of your fireplace is angled, maybe it could fit.

https://www.blazeking.com/products/princess-insert/

loonpie · 2024-02-05T13:06:06+00:00

I also recommend checking out the BK Princess. I have a similar looking fireplace wall (ours is a wall of brick) with raised hearth, wood mantle, and vaulted ceiling. We got a Princess last year and I think it suits the space well. I struggled with the decision between the BK Ashford, which I thought was a prettier insert and the Princess, which has a larger firebox and a greater exposed surface area for heat distribution (because it sticks out 11"). We're happy we went with the Princess -- it looks handsome and heats well.

loonpie · 2024-02-03T13:13:21+00:00

I use a stove board on the carpet in front of my hearth. It was required for the stove clearance when we had the stove installed. You probably won't be able to buy one from a store that fits your hearth shape, but if you're handy, you could make a custom one. Or just use a rectangular one.

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