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Skriven 2012-04-24 20:41:56 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 23975 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: 2012 Picnic 558                                          [1]
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Hi Janis,

>> horticulturist and the property reflects that.  There will be room for
>> a nice garden if I decide to put one in..

 JK> > But a bit too late for this growing season.

 JK> Hmm.. depends... planting in a garden continues each month, really for
 JK> most of the months of the year (excepting maybe Dec/Jan) :).  While it
 JK> may be too warm for say some types of lettuce and spinach  to do well,
 JK> in July one would be planting and/or replanting summer squash,
 JK> zuccini, potatoes, beets, and green beans for example.  The way I put

OK, I'm used to my dad putting it in in early June, then the possibility
of frost as early as mid to late August. He didn't do a 2nd planting for
fall crops.  His days of gardening are pretty much over now, except a
few flowers and some lettuce & peas in the one flower bed. Breaking the
hip 2 years ago pretty much ended his gardening; the container gardening
he tried just didn't work out the way he expected it to.


 JK> a garden together is to put say 4 parts of soil and maybe 2 or 3 parts
 JK> of compost (purchased that first year), and 2 or 3 parts peatmoss.  If
 JK> we can generate some wood chips, that is a super bonus (g). What it
 JK> will depend on of course is my energy level this first year though.
 JK> With all we've got to get done after the move, I may be way to tired
 JK> this first year (g).

I hear that too tired part loud & clear. I told Steve that the next 10
days or so we'll be doing a lot of eating out of the freezer. Both of us
have school work; he's recovering from a sinus infection & I just got 2
weeks of antibiotics for bronchitis today.

>> right side, and not be bothered with the dogs if we come in the left
>> side (g).  Not sure if I explained that too well, but by the time we

 JK> > Nice! The dogs will be happy with that, as I'm sure you will be as
 JK> well.

 JK> Yes, I think they will like it.. I think the thing they'll miss though
 JK> might be their ability to race through the house like 'mad dogs' Lol..
 JK>  You know the type I'm sure.. starting at one end of the house, and
 JK> racing like no tomorrow all the way to the other end Lol. There will

We had that with cats & kids more than dogs. Pom-Pom did it some but Sam
only did when he was chasing a ball, then playing hard to get. We didn't
have that big a place so he was limited on his run around.

 JK> be room to run in the house, but surely not as much :)  Then again,
 JK> they're a little older now so maybe they'll not want to be such silly
 JK> dogs :)

Doubt that, they're still young enough to have lots of play in them yet.

>> mostly are inside critters, though they will I'm sure venture out
>> exploring ...  I'm waiting to see their first reaction to seeing a
>> deer haha.. the area around Ithaca is well stocked with Deer.. so all

 JK> > That will be quite the experience for them, I'm sure. There are
 JK> quite a > few deer in/around Wake Forest; we think they enjoyed our
 JK> tomatoes last > year. This year we outsmarted them and put them in a
 JK> hanging planter on > the side of the porch where the ground is much
 JK> lower. It'd take a
 JK> > giraffe deer to reach up to that planter. (G)

 JK> Our fencing will help that some at the new place, though I don't think
 JK> we'll fence in as much property like we did in Windsor (we fenced in
 JK> 1/2 acre and left the other 1/2 unfenced).  I will though fence any
 JK> beds I start to keep the deer and other wild life out.. rabbits can be
 JK> disasterous if you don't put fencing down deep enough in the soil.

I know my dad used chicken wire for fencing--and had lots of rabbits.
but, living where we did, there were lots to begin with. (G)


 JK> The other option is to do hanging planters as you mention.. always a
 JK> good idea as well :)

But they do suck up lots of water. Hang them on a level you're
cofortable getting to.


>> the animals will have to have extremely good deer tick preventatives
>> on them all the time.

 JK> > The down side to it but worth the cost and time if it keeps the
 JK> critters > healthy.

 JK> Yes indeed.. not to mention keeping deer ticks away from us as well..
 JK> who needs that one :(  Since the cats will be free to roam outside, it
 JK> will be pretty critical.

Definatly! Going to put bells on them and a collar tag with a contact
phone number?


>> > How close to the grand kids?

>> Less than 10 minutes :)  We'll be very close which will be so great.

 JK> > Better than doing the Skype thing which we have to do. But, I'm glad
 JK> we > have it; our grandkids recognise us when we come to visit.

 JK> Definitly a good thing to have available!  I bet the kids enjoy that
 JK> so much as well :)

Sarah likes it the best I think; she gets to show off what she's
learning in preschool. Robert usually plays a piano piece and Audrey
just looks cute. So does Logan, don't see much of Damian and Victoria is
on long enough to say "hi" and talk for a couple of minutes. But, some
time beats no time.

>> We'll have some work to do in the new place before we're really
>> "settled".. We need to put a dishwasher in the kitchen - I can't
>> imagine a kitchen without one these days, ya know? but if this kitchen
>> had one ever, it's not there now...

 JK> > I understand; a dishwasher was one of the "musts" when we started
 JK> > housing hunting. Only one seminary housing area offered it; we
 JK> looked at > a couple of apartments and were less than impressed.
 JK> Besides, living in > the community has its advantages--we walk to
 JK> church & Steve walks to
 JK> > school, saving gas and wear & tear on the car.

 JK> That is so nice.  Yes, I've always been a 'village' person, in other
 JK> words not off in the midst of the wild.. while we're going to be in
 JK> the country as before, living right in the village of Slaterville
 JK> Springs will be close to everything, including Ithaca.

I like a small place to live with a bigger one nearby. Raleigh is close
enough for major shopping, some medical work or a cultural event. Durham
& Chapel Hill are a bit too far away for much other than the occaisional
medical appointment, sometimes a meal out in conjunction with that. We
did go over to Durham last year to try a restaurant for my birthday but
usually we head down to Raleigh. We do want to go back to the Korean
place we went to a couple of weeks ago in Raeigh; it was really good!

 JK> > Ron is planning on building a
>> center island and installing the dishwasher in it. The cupboards in

 JK> > Going to go for a dual drawer arraingement again? I half think
 JK> that's on > the line of what we would go for, if given the chance.

 JK> No, I want to go with a slim model because space in the kitchen will
 JK> be a bit lacking sadly enough.  The Center island will be just for
 JK> that and to afford some more work space.  What we liked about this
 JK> house more than anything  was the price, and how quickly we'll be able
 JK> to pay it off. The Dish Drawer model we bought for our Windsor house
 JK> is nice, but actually not as good a dishwasher as the older one that
 JK> was in the kitchen before we built the center island in Windsor.. I
 JK> though that was interesting (g).  I forget the model of the one we
 JK> took out.. maybe it was a Sears?  I forget, that or a GE.

OK, we've got a conventional, low end model dishwasher. The landlord
didn't want to spend a lot when it needed replacing last year. I'm glad
Steve kept the sound baffle blanket from the old one to put on the new
one; it definatly cuts down on the sound.


>> the kitchen are beautiful (just a few years old, and all oak) so I
>> don't want to remove any of them...

 JK> > Don't blame you there.

 JK> Yes, they are really nice looking and well cared for :)

A big selling point there. My folks had their cabinets washed by their
cleaning lady when we were up for Christmas, 2010; I think it was the
first time they'd been cleaned since they were put in, in 1977 or 78.
They looked much better afterward.


>> Also,  we have to expand the upstairs 1/2 bath to a full bathroom..

 JK> > Always handy, especially if all the bedrooms are up there.

 JK> One is downstairs, and two others are upstairs.. right now we're
 JK> thinking my son will take the downstairs one since Toby insists on
 JK> sleeping in his room (g).. and he's now 10.. the stairs will get to
 JK> him in a few years, meanwhile the 'pups' (well, they're 2 now (g))
 JK> have boundless energy for things like stairs right now.  The s


Probably a good idea all around then.

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