Good morning!!!!

[kenmbz]

I use Arbor day for my trees, limited selection but seem to be decent.
I have friends who use fastgrowingtrees with decent results.

 

[Buppies]

Ken we have to be careful what we plant here. The deer are ravenous and devour all sorts of things and six or more live here full time along with the bear possum rabbits squirrels skunks (coyotes who are really not welcome). I planted a bunch of wildflowers a couple of years ago turned out nice

 

[kenmbz]

Buppies,
I also have a deer issues and they eat everything, including some poisonous to them plants.
They probably had a belly ache after that.
Last few years ate all my tulips and hosta .
And I have a 7 foot chickenwire fence, stapled to the ground due to deer, groundhogs, rabbits and raccoons.
I planted Ginko which the deer don;t seem to like.
A few almonds, which I had to cage and some evergreen trees. Since deer love arborvitae don't do those anymore.
They will even eat my holly bushes during the winter!

We don't have a bear population, though they cross the river every now and then and local wildlife mgmt bring them back to NJ

Coyotes are new here, but showing up everywhere. Skunks, while not plentiful are around.
Foxes have made a big come back. Had a kit born on the front of my property.

What else do you plant?

Always looking for advice on deer proof. As they even eat rose of sharon here, whereas they didn't when I was in NJ.

I will need some fast growers soon, thinking Silver Maple and maybe some more cedar or pine.
New neighbor next year and I want a nice looking and maintainable screen for us.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Hope all is well with the snow.

 

[daugen]

gingko trees can be absolutely beautiful with such a pretty different shaped leaf
but oh for a month or two when it drops its fruit, well when it rots it smells. Just not what you want to track into the house.

nice thing about the online tree site Don mentioned is they sell a one year no questions asked warranty for a low price, store credit but that's fine
local places only warranty what they plant, for big bucks.

Ken, you keep those deer down on your side of Bowman's Hill
after the snow I could see where they went to sleep in the front lawn, then meandered around, probably chomping on something as they headed into the back yard.
Tracks in snow tell an interesting story. Everything trampled down near bird feeder.

 

[rswyan]

Wind howling now, snow died off to essentially nothing shortly after I posted earlier. Heard to see how we're going to get to what they were calling for unless something changes.

Banking done, paperwork sorting in progress.

On plants/seeds I have used both Holland Bulb Farms (out of WI) and Eden Brothers (out of NC) and have been largely happy with both for the most part.

Holland usually tends to be cheaper than Eden Brothers and they have a program that allows you to earn points on your orders that can be redeemed as a credit on orders. It's not insignificant.

I'd say quality has been decent on both, but I'll know more this coming spring summer.

A couple of others to check out that I get emails from but haven't actually bought anything from:

American Meadows out of Vermont - seems to be a little cheaper than Eden Brothers on wildflower seeds. Also like Eden Brothers, they offer larger quantities of seed. Have some good "How-To" videos and instructions.

Park Seed out of South Carolina - seems to be a focused on smaller quantities of seed, but they do offer bulbs, plants, and fruit.

Gurney's out of Ohio - seems like a smaller operation, not as cheap as some of the others above.

All of them offer various sales, come-on's, and promo's to get you to buy ...

 

[Looking4new]

I got the plowing done and it was so nice out that I tried to move the Jeep and trailer. Nope, battery flat. Got back from town and took my tester to the battery, 3.45 volts. No wonder the lights on the dash wouldn't light up. Battery charger on it now. I'll go out in a couple of hours and check on the charge. Probably take the charger off it for the overnight and stick it back on in the morning. The trailer was frozen into the ice on the driveway, the Kioti took care of that. Lifted the trailer up until it broke free and then dragged the whole thing back 10' so I could get at the battery.
The only reason for moving the Jeep was so I could clear off the snow on that part of the driveway, it was only up to my knees.

Roy, when it comes to coffee, if it aint black then I am not drinking it. I use to get it with 1/2 a shot of cream and found that the coffee shops up here insisted on putting 2 or three shots in it. I didn't mind a little cream in my coffee not the other way around a little coffee in my cream. So now I insist on black and I will add whatever I want to it.
I have a half a 26er (what you would call a fifth) of Baileys and a half gallon of Kahlua in the fridge.

The DIL and her on again off again medically assisted suicide is off again. This makes the third time she has set it up and three times she cancelled it. I don't know how Doctors can do that. What happened to the hypocritic oath they took?

 

[RoyJackson]

Roy, when it comes to coffee, if it aint black then I am not drinking it. I use to get it with 1/2 a shot of cream and found that the coffee shops up here insisted on putting 2 or three shots in it. I didn't mind a little cream in my coffee not the other way around a little coffee in my cream. So now I insist on black and I will add whatever I want to it.
I have a half a 26er (what you would call a fifth) of Baileys and a half gallon of Kahlua in the fridge.

Before I went in the Navy, coffee was sweet and creamy...
But, aboard ship, fresh milk didn't last long...so, I drank coffee black and sweet. Not too long after, gave up the sugar too...
So, for the last 50 years...it's black for me

 

[Thomas]

37F steady rain changing to snow around 8pm or so 10-14 inches by late Friday night,wouldn't hurt my feelings if rain continue next 24 hours.

8 hours at pt. job than finish getting ready for the nasty storm,yup it's a feet up night.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[Rich B1]

I would prefer to be on your side of this storm @rswyan. It is a mess here. We have ice everywhere. Not sure what is coming down now, some odd mix of ice, snow, and sorta liquid precipitation. But at least I can walk on it so far.