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Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-16-2015, 11:00 AM
Replies: 395
Views: 34,852
Posted By Richard
Re: New house, new chapter

Darkman,
Keep in mind my climate is mild from coastal influence. For the last month mornings have been in the 70's with afternoon highs in the low 80's and humidity barely 60%. We've had no...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-13-2015, 01:29 AM
Replies: 395
Views: 34,852
Posted By Richard
Re: New house, new chapter

On Sunday August 9th, Littlefoot and I are having an open house and BBQ for family, friends, CRFG and Bananas.org members. The theme? What do you want from...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-09-2015, 07:39 AM
Replies: 395
Views: 34,852
Posted By Richard
Re: New house, new chapter

I've got a half dozen more trees to plant plus 5 planter beds and 2 sheds to build. Not sure when Google is doing its next fly-over.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-23-2015, 03:37 PM
Replies: 395
Views: 34,852
Posted By Richard
Re: New house, new chapter

I get 2-3 harvests a year. The one ripening in our spring is typically bland but the summer and fall crops are good eating. They never make it into the house.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-05-2015, 06:30 PM
Replies: 395
Views: 34,852
Posted By Richard
Re: New house, new chapter

Installed the first set of lattices on my trellis this afternoon :)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57997&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57997)
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-04-2015, 06:21 PM
Replies: 395
Views: 34,852
Posted By Richard
Re: New house, new chapter

One of my new toys -- a collated screw gun.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57992&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57992)
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-19-2015, 12:25 PM
Replies: 395
Views: 34,852
Posted By Richard
Re: New house, new chapter

Here's the progress on my "vineyard" trellis as viewed from the southern end. All the vertical and horizontal structural pieces are finished. The top rails are about 8 feet long and 8 ft above the...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-18-2015, 08:13 PM
Replies: 395
Views: 34,852
Posted By Darkman
Re: New house, new chapter

I am doing well but last year set me so far behind and I'm trying desperately to catch up. I'll call them and see if they still have any. I also check my local store in the morning.

Love looking at...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-16-2015, 07:19 PM
Replies: 395
Views: 34,852
Posted By Richard
Re: New house, new chapter

Today I installed 13 galvanized metal posts in my secondary retaining wall. They will serve as uprights for a railing and also the base of them will provide attachments for lateral support to a grape...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-10-2015, 03:31 PM
Replies: 395
Views: 34,852
Posted By Richard
Re: New house, new chapter

A few days ago I finished placing the blocks and vertical rebar for the raspberry planter bed. Today I filled the blocks with concrete. I'll wait a few days for it to dry, then add soil and plant the...
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 03-23-2015, 08:59 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 5,570
Posted By JP
Re: Wormcomposting

Too bad I'm so far away! Can't complain though; I'll have enough worms soon enough... They're pretty prolific. They still are doing great. I gave them strawberries from florida the other day and they...
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 03-21-2015, 08:16 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 5,570
Posted By Worm_Farmer
Re: Wormcomposting

Worms, worms,, everywhere! WELCOME! If you are in FL, I have an extra flow through bin I am not using.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-14-2015, 11:44 PM
Replies: 395
Views: 34,852
Posted By Richard
Re: New house, new chapter

Here's a photo of my supervisor at the end of a day's work.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57529&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57529)
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-14-2015, 11:01 PM
Replies: 395
Views: 34,852
Posted By Richard
Re: New house, new chapter

The CRFG Festival Of Fruit will be held in the San Diego area this August. My house will be on the list of garden tours.
:woohoonaner:
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 03-12-2015, 09:58 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 5,570
Posted By sal
Re: Wormcomposting

That's good. I have been doing Worm-composting for almost a year. I started with 1 lbs, rough about 1000 worms. Now, I don't really know how many I have LOL. Anywhere I move stuff around the worm bin...
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 03-11-2015, 01:16 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 5,570
Posted By JP
Wormcomposting

Finally! I'm officially wormcomposting! Just bought a pound of red worms and they're officially eating part of what I used to throw away. They seem pretty happy about it too!
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 02-27-2015, 08:29 PM
Replies: 395
Views: 34,852
Posted By Richard
Re: New house, new chapter

Littlefoot (my supervisor) and I finished installing the row of Moraceae this week. Here you see from foreground to background:
Morus nigra "Black Beauty"
Ficus "Violette de Bordeaux"
Ficus...
Forum: Other Plants 02-22-2015, 11:56 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,110
Posted By Scuba_Dave
Re: from seeds to air layers "interesting and perhaps helpful"

I've always wondered how long the veggie seeds I bought were viable
That link states that for the most part its several years
I learned this 1st hand last year when I planted old seeds that were...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 02-16-2015, 08:11 PM
Replies: 395
Views: 34,852
Posted By Richard
Re: New house, new chapter

As of late I've been planting my deciduous trees. Today I set out to put in the second row, but instead ended up spending the entire afternoon uncovering a buried circular concrete pad about 8 feet...
Forum: Other Plants 02-15-2015, 08:47 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,274
Posted By Richard
Re: How to root fig

There's a great forum devoted to fig growing, started by Jon (pitangadiego (http://www.bananas.org/member-pitangadiego.html)). There are several good threads there about rooting fig cuttings. Many...
Forum: Other Plants 02-15-2015, 10:42 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,274
Posted By sunfish
How to root fig

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/P1010035.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/P1010035.jpg.html) :woohoonaner:
Forum: Other Plants 02-06-2015, 03:52 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 979
Posted By Richard
Pitahaya Production Videos from UC Extension

Pitahaya Production Playlist on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBUEGZK5qzuUXzVM0nqRVV7ROwyUP6udu)
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 02-03-2015, 12:12 AM
Replies: 395
Views: 34,852
Posted By Richard
Re: New house, new chapter

Finished piping on substation, then buried it to just below the valves and put the covers on.

:woohoonaner:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55607&size=1...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 01-20-2015, 10:16 PM
Replies: 395
Views: 34,852
Posted By Darkman
Re: New house, new chapter

Great job Richard.

Here is my tip for stump removal. Dig the dirt out from underneath it and wash the remaining dirt off. Lastly get the chainsaw a cut it up. Much easier than dealing with it...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 01-20-2015, 07:37 PM
Replies: 395
Views: 34,852
Posted By Richard
Re: New house, new chapter

After numerous hours labor, saw blades, and five 15-gallon containers of cuttings ... I finished trenching through the stump! Now I can complete my...
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