I was recently told to prune suckers from my tomato plants and I went out to do this, and was honestly confused what was and wasn’t a sucker. It seemed to be that there were flowers on things I would have labeled suckers. I obviously don’t want to prune off things that are going to produce blooms. The cartoons aren’t helpful. How do you tell what a sucker is and when to prune it?
My tomato plants have massively grown since planting, but it doesn’t look like they have developed any new fruit since some that was on the plants when I bought them. Transplanted about 5-6 weeks ago. Is this expected? When should new fruit develop? Am I doing something wrong?
I’m looking to remove this retaining wall and build steps into the grade for access to this lower portion of my yard from the upper portion. The retaining wall is 3ft tall. I am fairly confident there is not obstacle to digging into that area (like pipes or stuff there) because this is a new construction property and the builder suggesting building steps into this area.
I am wondering what the proper way would be to do this. Partly, I am wondering if I could do it myself, but also if we did hire someone, I want to know what they should be saying or thinking about to make sure it is done properly.
Thanks for any and all feedback.
I am in Seattle (Ballard area). Something has been digging up my tulip bulbs - very precise little dug out holes around the old stems. A neighbor told me it is likely rats. Is this true? Anything to do to prevent them? They have pretty much dug up all of my tulips from last season but I want to know for future years.
I’ve been looking around at sheds with sliding doors because I have a long narrow area I want to use for extra storage. I need something with a max 3ft depth. I came across this shed and am thinking of going with it since the price seems pretty good (although price difference between colors is weird). I was going to lay down some thick 3” height pavers underneath it. I don’t have the skills to pour a concrete base. The instructions say to lay a concrete base with rebated edges. Could I just put it on top of the pavers with nothing else? Add a board? Could I still anchor it down? Do I need to anchor it down?
Is there a way to add a window covering to the door without drilling into the door? I live the idea of a Roman shade or something that can be opened and closed but I’m not sure this is possible without permanently damaging the door. Yes, I know it is an option to frost the glass but I don’t really like how this looks.
I just installed these raised garden beds this year. (Whew, that was a lot of work!) I dug out the grass from underneath and then lined the sides of the cedar beds with landscaping fabric and let the landscaping fabric go about 5” down into the ground to block where the existing grass is bordering the beds.
It took so much work to install that I just quickly planted starters I bought from Sky Nursery.
Please give me your honest opinions - what did I do well or wrong? How would you change the plantings? Is there anything I should change or add in now? What would you plant in future years?
I had this guy pop up like a weed in my side yard in some very loose soil. I wanted to move it to in front of my fence, so I dug it up. The soil was so loose where it was that it lifted right out and there were barely any roots. I dug a small hole in the front and put it in. The picture is of the plant immediately after moving it. This morning (~18hrs after moving), it was super wilted and looked like it was dying. Are these not easy to move? Should there have been more roots?
I have been transferring this from one section of my yard into some new raised planter boxes I am putting in as the dirt (mixing it with compost. I just got concerned that maybe this isn’t dirt. I know the previous neighbors used to have some square concrete pavers over this area, and now I am worried this is some type of paver sub base. Can anyone tell what it is? Is it suitable or okay for a planter box? I already filled one with it filled 50:50 with compost. Thanks for your thoughts.
I just added a table top and shelves to my laundry room cut from a hevea butcher block. I really like the light unfinished color - I applied some minwax polyurethane (oil, warm satin) to the top of the top shelf (can’t see it from standing below) and it really brightened and darkened the colors in a yellow tone that I really don’t like. Is there something else I can use to seal the wood that would preserve the natural unfinished color? Or what are the risks of not applying anything to it? It is very likely the surface would get wet at some point.
I want to put pavers in a small run on the backside of my home (about 5.8’ x 22’). The property has Eco Priora permeable pavers from when it was built that look really nice, but looking at their info, it seems like a foot of different base layer subgrades of crushed rocks are needed.
I am wondering for a DIY owner install how I can out these in simply? Can I do just one level of gravel underneath and hand crush it down? Or should I use a different more service level paver (just like giant 1’x1’ cheap concrete squares)?
I found this shed builder located in Bristol. Does anyone know of anything similar in the US that I could get in Seattle? I need something like this that has folding doors or sliding doors that go either way like a closet. I’m looking for something about 3’ deep x 12’ long (length flexible).
I am looking to build/install a shed in this area behind my home. The area is 5.8’ wide and could accommodate something up to 19’ long. I am thinking that the shed could be 3’ ft deep, leaving a 2.8’ walking space. And then it could have multiple double doors or sliding along the front to access different spots, kind of like opening cabinets rather than needing to walk inside. It could be one long shed or a couple built next to each other - like two 8ft ones side by side for example. We live in seattle and want it to be weather proof so stuff stays dry. What would be the best way to go about this?
I dont really see any prefab products that would work. Does this group have advice on where to start? DIY sites for self builds? Companies to contact?
I am also thinking about how and when to put pavers down here. Would you put pavers under the shed? Or should base be built over gravel or something else?
I really appreciate any and all advice and input. I don’t have any experience and want to build something nice that will be useful. We have no garage and need storage for bikes, camping gear, holiday decorations, rec gear, and other stuff like this.
We live in Seattle. We have a narrow 5.8ft x 26ft strip of land behind our house (and bordering our neighbors townhome). Our house is white; neighbor’s house is grey. There are no side yard restrictions for putting anything here bc the county sees the townhomes as being one plot and the internal divisions are condo lines, so we are free to put a shed between our buildings. However it seems most sheds need some clearance space around them to be built. We also need to be able to access the minisplit units at the back and access the sewer clean outs on the ground for maintenance or repairs. From the black sewer cleanout to the bioretention planter is about 9ft, and siding to siding is about 5.8ft. We were thinking a storage shed down here would be most useful but the tight space and need for access makes it tricky.
We don’t have a garage or storage and this is the only area not visible from the street. It is fairly dark back there, so may not be the best for growing stuff.
I am standing on top of a 3ft retaining wall. We also need to build steps down for easier access.
Any tips? Any other ideas?