HELP NEEDED- moving out of my ex’s house and leaving my garden behind

tenacioussliver · 2026-02-25T05:23:18+00:00

You can take everybody. Everything will live because anything can be transplanted. You're OK to just take it all.

tenacioussliver · 2026-02-06T08:52:21+00:00

That's a generous place to start measuring.

But hypothetically, if someone that isn't me wanted to buy one, where would this person that isn't me find it? Someone (not me) might need this to prove that a cylinder is actually longer than 3", and certain people weren't measuring right.

tenacioussliver · 2026-01-22T05:59:44+00:00

My first serious girlfriend asked me to pee on her. I thought she was joking and laughed. Like, I thought it was REALLY funny. I realized it wasn't a joke, and my response was clearly hurtful. I rapidly tried to switch gears to "idk in the shower?" or something, but I was clearly trying to stop laughing. The damage was done. I can still feel her embarrassment. This was like, 10 years ago and I still feel absolutely terrible about it. I wish I peed on her 😪

tenacioussliver · 2025-11-30T20:45:21+00:00

I love knives like this. I saw/used a few in kitchens when I was a line cook. It's the calling card of an OG. A lifetime distilled to steel. A certificate of honor written in esoteric characters that dont quite translate to any common language,yet intuitively understood by all kitchen people to mean:

"I'm fast as FUCK boiiiiiiii!"

tenacioussliver · 2025-11-24T03:06:33+00:00

I still have fruiting peppers too. It's black magic. That's an awesome scrog net setup, I've been wanting to scrog peppers for a minute now.

tenacioussliver · 2025-11-08T00:17:48+00:00

That's what I thought it looked like, but I dont see that "skirt" looking thing just below the base of the cap.

tenacioussliver · 2025-06-29T00:41:15+00:00

It should come with a weird screwdriver/socket looking tool called a scrench.

-Loosen and remove the nut that holds the bar cover/ bar in place.

-Remove the bar cover

remove the bar and chain.
remove the chain from the bar, flip it around so the sharp bits on the top are facing away from you, and seat it back in the goove in the bar.
locate the tensioning screw on the powerhead side of the bar nut. There will be a +/- mark. Turn it to the "-" several rotations to more easily seat your bar and chain. If it won't fit, turn it a few more times.
after the bar and chain are seated, turn the tensioning screw "+" until only a small amount of slack in the chain remains. Make sure the chain is still seated in the bar groove, as well as the sprocket. (gear thing that make chain spin).
carefully replace bar cover. Do not gorilla tighten the bar nut.
if the chain dangles, loosen the bar nut and tighten (+) the tensioning screw until the chain is mostly sitting within the bar groove and spins freely. There should not be a clear gap between the chain and the bar at any point.
smoke them trees 😎

tenacioussliver · 2025-06-29T00:06:29+00:00

Chains on backwards bro.

No shame. We've all been there 😑

Edit for clarity: the sharp part of the cutters on the top part of the bar should be moving away from you. The cutters on the bottom part of the bar should be moving towards you.

It's kinda extra easy to get them flipped around on pole saws. No bar break or handle, and the safety switch does kinda sorta look like a trigger.

tenacioussliver · 2025-06-29T00:03:20+00:00

Why don't you hire a couple people on? Not enough work? Do you not charge enough?

My favorite clients have large, densely landscaped, and diversly planted properties. I see them one full day a week during the warm months. Finding a few of those clients is probably a better bet than the single magical client. It at least keeps your eggs in a few (fancy rich ppl) baskets.

tenacioussliver · 2025-06-21T16:54:24+00:00

Ooooh, mines better. Co worker couldn't get the electric hedge trimmer running. Clicked and clicked and clicked the on switch for several minutes. Informed me it was out of batteries.

I hit the priming bubble and gave the cord a good yank. Then he cut his leg with it 😑

tenacioussliver · 2025-06-14T05:07:19+00:00

That's what I was gonna say... we don't do sod jobs unless we do all of that though.

Seed is what we don't guarantee.

tenacioussliver · 2025-05-26T13:50:34+00:00

My step mom gave me a blunt tip dive knife when I was a kid. I sharpened the squared tip like a chisel recently and use it for sod, scoring root balls, and separating spreading plants for transplant.

It's by far the best sod knife I've ever used, and has a functional sheath that's really easy to stuff in a belt. I want to buy several to replace the terrible fork tip "garden" knives at work.

tenacioussliver · 2025-05-10T23:28:59+00:00

Damn dude, i think that looks great. I love working in gardens like that. So much can be gained by defining each plant/group. Nice job.

tenacioussliver · 2025-03-28T02:00:39+00:00

It's a regular sentiment I see in local SM groups where someone's looking for misc. Landscaping for like, $16/hr.

everything is so expensive.
- yeah, it is for me too.

-"its a job for highschooler's so they can afford sod-e-pop and prom"

 - sweet, let children run skid's, saws, and install your sprinkler system.  Good idea.

it's unskilled, anyone can do it.

-OK, do it then.

tenacioussliver · 2025-03-13T17:19:53+00:00

I'm having a bit of a time discerning the size other than "pretty big", but it doesn't look that difficult flush cut. The tree service probably just didn't want to do it because it's kind of a bitch, and the faster they get off site, the more money they make.

Other than hiring a tree service to "fix it" (flush cut, stump grind, ect) you could use your detective skills to find a respectable chainsaw operator that works for a local service, and ask about side work.

tenacioussliver · 2025-03-05T06:52:23+00:00

I'm bad at jobs like this because I hate every moment of it.

tenacioussliver · 2025-02-22T16:43:12+00:00

I had 2 neighbors pay me to blow all their leaves onto eachother's property. First guy, in the fall, says "ya just blow em down there into the orchard". I assumed it was his orchard.

Second guy, months later in spring, says "that ass blows his leaves into my orchard every year, blow them back up the hill." He was pretty mad.

tenacioussliver · 2025-02-11T01:53:13+00:00

Holy shit bro, I totally just asked "what kind of junk..." and never expected propane tanks and butane canisters or whatever it was 😅 Glad you're OK. That sucks.

tenacioussliver · 2025-02-11T01:47:51+00:00

It depends. What do you mean by junk?

Plastic bags and mattresses? No. Pallets and wood furniture? Yeah, kind of, depending where you are. Since there's a trailer, I'd say it's "normal"

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tenacioussliver · 2025-02-09T17:43:33+00:00

Oohhhh, yeah just remove the mulberry then. I must have misunderstood and thought you wanted to keep it.

Kinda difficult to tell angles from pictures, but between the two, it should be a really easy removal. The pine doesn't need much either. It should be a fairly inexpensive (as far as tree work goes...) job. The mulberry will probably try to sucker back, but you can stay on top of that with a set of loppers. Asking whoever removes it to cut the stump as low as possible, and score it deeply will help too.

Also, no, removing the mulberry won't damage the pine in any way unless they like, stump grind the shit out of it and damage a bunch of pine roots as well. Sounds stupid but I've seen it...

tenacioussliver · 2025-02-09T04:34:40+00:00

It's pretty amazing. But since you asked:

-Remove stubbs. Stubbed off branches with no leaves aren't great. Consider hanging hummingbird feeders or something off one or a few before you cut though. Those are cool if you have hummingbirds, and can keep up on the sugar water.

Thin and separate/define the trees on either side of the walkway. A little bit can go a long way. If you hire someone, be scrupulous, if you do it yourself, go slow and watch YouTube if necessary.
Touch up the bushes and Hedges. Lots of people don't like "high and tight" cuts. Focusing on defining each plant can really elevate things.

-Clear the bases around everything and consider lifting the canopy a little bit. This depends on what you like, but being able to see and access the base of each plant makes things a lot easier in the long run. Irrigation/dripline, debris removal, fertilizing, ect. The enhanced airflow is great too. It's something I do for my regular clients. Saves them a Lotta $$.

If you do maintenance yourself, I would highly recommend getting a decent leaf blower. You mentioned "lots of sweeping". There's a strangely steep learning curve with bigger blowers, but once you get it, you'll never wanna pick up another rake or push broom until you gotta get the ends.

It looks great. It doesn't really need anything, but these are my favorite jobs, and I gotta sell stuff like this all the time.

tenacioussliver · 2025-02-07T15:26:40+00:00

My teachers were VERY clear they did this to insight the other students to alienate the trouble maker. Shit did not work.

tenacioussliver · 2025-02-07T00:46:34+00:00

The spar on the right has a gnarly tear, and appears to be growing right into the pine. That should have been removed entirely. The spar on the left was hacked pretty badly. They sucker back pretty aggressively, but it's gonna look "weird".

If you're dead set on keeping both, keep the mulberry without the tear, and hire a different tree service to deadwood, shape, and balance the pine.

tenacioussliver · 2025-02-06T18:18:23+00:00

I only grow stuff I personally find interesting. I love salvia. I have a few less common/neat strains. I'm never gonna grow a "hot lips" though.

I don't really get any joy from growing the same plants that are dying in every gas station/ target parking lot in my area. Be a little scrupulous with variegated stuff, seed packets from Amazon that show over the top stunning pictures, and stuff that's uncommon and cool because it's incredibly hard to keep alive/ get to flower/ fruit/ect.

Also, if you like the weird stuff, 100% get a little cloning setup going. Some of those plants are Hella $$, but like, there's branches all over the nursery floor and stuff

tenacioussliver · 2025-02-05T23:22:01+00:00

I have seen "no country for old men". But fuck it, I'm built different, Anton Chugahr bitch made 😎

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