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Jimdamick

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schuylaar said:
i'm thinking of having my hand at a raised bed planter for the first time..i have a nice big back yard. it faces south, where would you put the box?
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As close as possible too your source of water.
Just make sure you have a hose long enough to reach the bed & you should be good.
 
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I'll bet a currency sterilizer would sell great right now, feed the bills into the rollers and slowly past the UVC lamp(s) and into a bin where they are further blasted by UVC while being blown around a bit inside, open the bin the light goes out. Something like that would sell like crazy right now, there are banks and cash businesses who would want them in different models. We have plastic cash in Canada and I'll bet the bug is active on it a lot longer than paper cash, but even then it remain viable for too long.

I clean my cash with spray bleach, occasionally a friend wants a bag (used to cover expenses for the compassion club) and I have a procedure they follow to ensure social distancing and safe practices.
 
Justin-case

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Jimdamick said:
Asparagus is another cool plant too grow, but you really need to amend the soil with sand or they will not flourish.
My soil is clay based & until I added sand, they never really did well.
Just some advice :)
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I replanted some last year, any day now. I'm pretty OCD, so I check every day.

Finally got some morels yesterday though, woohoo! It's on.
 
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DIY-HP-LED said:
I'll bet a currency sterilizer would sell great right now, feed the bills into the rollers and slowly past the UVC lamp(s) and into a bin where they are further blasted by UVC while being blown around a bit inside, open the bin the light goes out. Something like that would sell like crazy right now, there are banks and cash businesses who would want them in different models. We have plastic cash in Canada and I'll bet the bug is active on it a lot longer than paper cash, but even then it remain viable for too long.

I clean my cash with spray bleach, occasionally a friend wants a bag (used to cover expenses for the compassion club) and I have a procedure they follow to ensure social distancing and safe practices.
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I read it only lasts 24 hours on cardboard, I imagine cash would be similar.
 
Rob Roy

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Jimdamick said:
Nice work on your raised bed planter.
Good to see you used regular wood for your frame instead of that treated stuff.
Your plants will appreciate it :)
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If store bought lumber is difficult to acquire or too costly, a decent raised bed can be made by using smallish trees spiked together. Approx. 5" diameter in a double or triple stack log cabin rectangle is what I'll use. Easy to make with a chainsaw or even a battery powered Sawzall, can even be made with a bow saw if your gym is closed.

In a few years, when the bed rots, just push it in and build around it again. Probably wouldn't do that with pressure treated wood. Worms might rebel. Sticks, leaves, rotted wood in the bottom in a quasi hügelkultur will make the dirt go farther.

I'll be making two of those beds today, and placing them on a sunny bit of sloping land in a friends backyard where the best sun is on her most difficult terrain.
 
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it reminds me of prairie dog suicide..i'm convinced this is how they die. the other day i'm driving and i see this thing in the road from far away as i get closer i realize it's a prairie dog in the road not moving; just standing upright..i'm slowing down out shoot another grabs the prairie dog in the road and brings it to safety..went around where they were and stopped. suicide prairie dog was laying on his mound the other had disappeared; i told him to not do that again and he was just laying on his side listening to me..
 
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schuylaar

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Rob Roy said:
If store bought lumber is difficult to acquire or too costly, a decent raised bed can be made by using smallish trees spiked together. Approx. 5" diameter in a double or triple stack log cabin rectangle is what I'll use. Easy to make with a chainsaw or even a battery powered Sawzall, can even be made with a bow saw if your gym is closed.

In a few years, when the bed rots, just push it in and build around it again. Probably wouldn't do that with pressure treated wood. Worms might rebel. Sticks, leaves, rotted wood in the bottom in a quasi hügelkultur will make the dirt go farther.

I'll be making two of those beds today, and placing them on a sunny bit of sloping land in a friends backyard where the best sun is on her most difficult terrain.
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what is the best sun on a southern facing backyard? east side or west side, there are mature trees all around and the most sun here is east west.
 
Jimdamick

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Justin-case said:
I take it you like pie?
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Oh yea, I love my pie!!!
Hate making the pastry though, always found it to be a pain in the ass but I love the finished product.
Fall is my pie making time actually, when my pumpkins & blueberries & strawberries & rhubarb & apples & peaches are finished, then I go insane making pies.
Damn, now you got me into the pie making mood :)
 
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DIY-HP-LED said:
I'll bet a currency sterilizer would sell great right now, feed the bills into the rollers and slowly past the UVC lamp(s) and into a bin where they are further blasted by UVC while being blown around a bit inside, open the bin the light goes out. Something like that would sell like crazy right now, there are banks and cash businesses who would want them in different models. We have plastic cash in Canada and I'll bet the bug is active on it a lot longer than paper cash, but even then it remain viable for too long.

I clean my cash with spray bleach, occasionally a friend wants a bag (used to cover expenses for the compassion club) and I have a procedure they follow to ensure social distancing and safe practices.
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believe it or not, paper money doesn't hold on to the virus.
 
topcat

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DIY-HP-LED said:
I'll bet a currency sterilizer would sell great right now, feed the bills into the rollers and slowly past the UVC lamp(s) and into a bin where they are further blasted by UVC while being blown around a bit inside, open the bin the light goes out. Something like that would sell like crazy right now, there are banks and cash businesses who would want them in different models. We have plastic cash in Canada and I'll bet the bug is active on it a lot longer than paper cash, but even then it remain viable for too long.

I clean my cash with spray bleach, occasionally a friend wants a bag (used to cover expenses for the compassion club) and I have a procedure they follow to ensure social distancing and safe practices.
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A money launderer, eh? You're no Deutsche Bank!
 
Jimdamick

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schuylaar said:
what is the best sun on a southern facing backyard? east side or west side, there are mature trees all around and the most sun here is east west.
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Just pick the area with the most early morning/ early afternoon sun and your good.
Just remember too plant your tall plants in the rear of your bed so you don't block the smaller plants light
 
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