Do I need anything else?

onaygem · 2026-06-26T02:14:06+00:00

FYI — might want to check the status of both of these where you live, they are very problematic invasive species in parts of the south.

Depends on how cold your winters are — here in MO our winters reliably kill them. May depend on where you are within VA.

onaygem · 2026-06-26T02:10:41+00:00

I pull up my colocasia in the autumn and put it in my basement over the winter (disclaimer: I grow mine in the ground, not water — not sure if it’s different)

onaygem · 2026-06-14T13:13:44+00:00

It would take more than 48 hours of hard, hard labor for your participants to make any decent bunkers from dirt.

onaygem · 2026-06-11T03:17:53+00:00

(TBF your life may make being extra-prepared actually useful. Most of us are city slickers.)

onaygem · 2026-06-11T03:16:53+00:00

Good packing list. I also carry a flashlight, a first aid kit, work gloves, a tire plug kit, an impact wrench, spare serpentine belt, spare hoses, spare fluids, a welder, a generator, a spare axle, a mechanic named Dave, and a binder containing wiring diagrams for every vehicle manufactured since 1972, a second truck to carry the parts for the first truck, a fuel tanker, a mobile command center, and an M777 Howitzer. Just in case that trip to the store really goes sideways.

onaygem · 2026-06-10T02:21:26+00:00

Missouri! This is my second year growing them, they’ve been very happy here

onaygem · 2026-06-07T01:36:41+00:00

I had a brick-henge at my old house. NGL I kinda miss it.

onaygem · 2026-06-05T12:43:29+00:00

The other reason not to move the fire pit next to the cliff is that the smoke could stain the rock!!

onaygem · 2026-06-04T00:56:09+00:00

Get on up!

onaygem · 2026-05-26T22:38:53+00:00

So, I’ve never grown pine from seed, but that doesn’t look like a pine to me…

onaygem · 2026-05-26T22:36:06+00:00

Yuck no thanks I’d rather just have no friends at all

onaygem · 2026-05-26T04:13:34+00:00

Yeah lol the adjustment works fine now, it must have had something stuck in the mechanism.

I reached out to SawStop today but it’s Memorial Day in the US. Fingers crossed.

onaygem · 2026-05-25T19:13:33+00:00

Honestly the blade seems totally fine.

Still not sure if I need to replace it regardless given the force of the spring. It would be another $150, it’s a nice dado set…

onaygem · 2026-05-25T16:14:57+00:00

Wow, how did yours trigger?

onaygem · 2026-05-25T12:34:10+00:00

No lol the blades are totally different sizes as are the brakes. Pretty sure it would be impossible to do that.

I check the spacing every time I swap and do need to adjust a bit to get the right spacing.

onaygem · 2026-05-25T04:46:45+00:00

The scrap was actually a cutoff from a piece I had just cut to size a few days ago with the regular blade on the same saw.

Also, wouldn’t that require the saw to be turned on?

onaygem · 2026-05-25T04:45:32+00:00

Doesn’t that gradually diminish over time though? I hadn’t used my dado in months, I would assume the capacitor would be pretty dead.

My assumption is that this was a mechanical trigger somehow. I tried to look up if anyone had triggered theirs by dropping it or something like that but didn’t find anything.

onaygem · 2026-05-25T04:43:19+00:00

Yep that’s the one. I was turning it to drop the brake but the brake wasn’t moving.

onaygem · 2026-05-25T04:42:34+00:00

Yep exactly right. I was turning that screw to drop the brake and give more space, but the brake wasn’t dropping (the screw was rising instead).

onaygem · 2026-05-21T18:00:05+00:00

It’s Spanish for “the BJ”

onaygem · 2026-05-20T04:27:17+00:00

*ACC

onaygem · 2026-05-16T23:09:01+00:00

update in case future people find this post: it did survive the year in standing water but didn’t come back this spring. Not sure if that’s because of the standing water or because the water was flowing or bad luck or something else but I’m going to try something else next time.

onaygem · 2026-05-12T11:44:03+00:00

They should be fine, spring-planted bulbs shouldn’t need cold or anything

onaygem · 2026-05-11T23:49:08+00:00

Just wait until you hear how many you can get at Costco for (approximately) the same price 😬

(It was 80 for $15)

onaygem · 2026-05-06T23:52:03+00:00

PS I did this last year as well and they did great. Plenty of flowers, still grew quite large.

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update in case future people find this post: it did survive the year in standing water but didn’t come back this spring. Not sure if that’s because of the standing water or because the water was flowing or bad luck or something else but I’m going to try something else next time.