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Lanx

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Khane said:
Called the town they said there had been some roadwork recently which can cause temporary rises in Iron levels when pipes get "shaken".
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i mean that actually sounds right

since you don't have a contaniment issue or maybe you do, do you have a tds meter?
TDS Meter, 3 in 1 TDS, EC & Temperature Meter, Accurate & Reliable PPM Meter, Digital Water Testing kits for Drinking Water Quality, Tap, Well, Swimming Pool, Aquarium, RO/DI System, Hydroponics

but if you just want better tasting water for you and tenent, buy a brita water filter, it's the easiest low effort way to get better tasting water, brita water tastes the best b/c it's just activated carbon to take out the funk.

if you want still low effort and filter out some tds, you can try the pur and zero water filters

and then going up from there requires plumbing and ro water
 
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I already use a PUR water filter. My water tastes fine, I think she is just maybe "sensitive" to slightly high iron levels? Like some people are sensitive to Brussel Sprouts?

They don't usually complain so when they do I actually take it seriously and check things out, but I really can't taste any difference in the water, maybe if I try really hard and trick myself there is a slightly metallic aftertaste.
 
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tree guys crushed a "half tree?" and also w/ the tree gone my lack of landscaping is showing and i have dead rose bushes

do i just remove them like so?


and just buy and plant new ones now?

also can i just remove the old bush and just burn it in my fire pit? i don't see the harm
 
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Roses are so overrated. My house has tons of them from previous owners. They flower for like a week a year and otherwise just create puncture hazards for pets and kids. I'm ripping mine up and putting in a storage platform for my trash bins.

Anyone in LA who wants a dozen mature, "heirloom" rose bushes can have them.
 
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Captain Suave said:
Roses are so overrated. My house has tons of them from previous owners. They flower for like a week a year and otherwise just create puncture hazards for pets and kids. I'm ripping mine up and putting in a storage platform for my trash bins.

Anyone in LA who wants a dozen mature, "heirloom" rose bushes can have them.
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My mother in laws roses bloom for practically half the year. They aren't babied, but definitely get regular attention along with the rest of the flowers/plants they have around the house.
 
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Captain Suave said:
Roses are so overrated. My house has tons of them from previous owners. They flower for like a week a year and otherwise just create puncture hazards for pets and kids. I'm ripping mine up and putting in a storage platform for my trash bins.

Anyone in LA who wants a dozen mature, "heirloom" rose bushes can have them.
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that is true, i don't really care for roses, just replacing what i lost, i don't know landscaping or shit, guess i'll just buy whatever is here for set it and forget it shrubs?

www.bhg.com

8 Low Maintenance Shrubs That Never Need Pruning

You don't have to prune these low-maintenance shrubs for them to look beautiful in your landscape.
www.bhg.com www.bhg.com

actually this place has it by zone, i'll use that
www.tnnursery.net

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that is true, i don't really care for roses, just replacing what i lost, i don't know landscaping or shit, guess i'll just buy whatever is here for set it and forget it shrubs?

www.bhg.com

8 Low Maintenance Shrubs That Never Need Pruning

You don't have to prune these low-maintenance shrubs for them to look beautiful in your landscape.
www.bhg.com www.bhg.com

actually this place has it by zone, i'll use that
www.tnnursery.net

Buy Plants For Zone 7 For Sale Online

Explore our vast collection of zone 7 plants on sale at TN Nursery. We offer low grower prices and super fast shipping nationwide.
www.tnnursery.net www.tnnursery.net
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From that first link, I'd avoid their top 2. Boxwood suck ass, I have 4 of them near my front porch, and they're going to go out asap. There's some stupid little insect that basically spends its whole life cycle on the leaves. It looks like you constantly have a cloud of Mosquitoes hovering around each one. I'm sure I could spray something, but what's the point for such an unremarkable shrub. Also not a fan of Arborvitae, especially not next to a house, they can get to be over 30 ft tall.

I've had really good luck with peonies, although there's not much there once they bloom in the spring. I also like hardy hibiscus.
 
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finally felled the tree, the base is perfectly fine, but where the 1/3 split is just a big ball of rot
 
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Captain Suave said:
Roses are so overrated. My house has tons of them from previous owners. They flower for like a week a year and otherwise just create puncture hazards for pets and kids. I'm ripping mine up and putting in a storage platform for my trash bins.

Anyone in LA who wants a dozen mature, "heirloom" rose bushes can have them.
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Roses are gay
They're too much work
Save your money
And don't be a dork
 
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Vegas lawn?
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Not in vegas but close. 90 tons of 3/4 red rock in the front yard. Type 2 everywhere else. Backyard LOTS of type 2, little landscaped area with fake grass in the back. Pay a guy once a year in February to spray weed killer on it all and that's pretty much my yard work.
 
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Deck guys have actually been showing up thankfully but man do they work slow. They left.all their tools here so I know they're actually working now n
 
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man raking up the embedded leaves and twigs took all morning, the tree guys took away the stuff on top of the lawn but all these twigs were embedded into the soil

so i noticed, my house gets warmer faster now, but also i didn't wake up to no birds, i guess they were all using my tree as a sanctuary
 
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Lanx said:
man raking up the embedded leaves and twigs took all morning, the tree guys took away the stuff on top of the lawn but all these twigs were embedded into the soil

so i noticed, my house gets warmer faster now, but also i didn't wake up to no birds, i guess they were all using my tree as a sanctuary
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Yeah, we lost 2 nice oaks at my cabin to some disease that were providing shade from morning till eve. Wifes dad planted them in the 80s. They were like 20 ft tall. Like I said I lost a shit ton of oak up there but none of it really mattered except the 2 that were shade trees. Shit sucks now, gets hot right in the morning there now. Plus we had to add an umbrella to the deck since its blazing sun all day long, lol.
 
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Yeah, we lost 2 nice oaks at my cabin to some disease that were providing shade from morning till eve. Wifes dad planted them in the 80s. They were like 20 ft tall. Like I said I lost a shit ton of oak up there but none of it really mattered except the 2 that were shade trees. Shit sucks now, gets hot right in the morning there now. Plus we had to add an umbrella to the deck since its blazing sun all day long, lol.
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Oak Wilt is going around. You can inoculate important yard/shade trees against it but it gets spendy if you do a lot.
 
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Oak Wilt is going around. You can inoculate important yard/shade trees against it but it gets spendy if you do a lot.
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Mine around the cabin were ok until the moths got to them. They usually spray up there to kill them but IDK, they missed, lol. Both oaks died because the moth larva ate all the fucking leaves off of them. First one was last year spring, then the other got it this year spring. Gypsy moths or some shit.

Of all the oak that died up there, and there is still more to cut but cabin is not in danger of them, I have firewood for like 10 yrs now, lol. Gonna fire up the splitter this fall up there and split it and stack it.
 
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So far they've finished 3 out of 4 decks, so I am at least mostly pleased. They've begun framing the pool deck but are now waiting on the inspector before moving forward.
 
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