Watcha doing today?

[SarahT]

I can attest to the fact that the fruit of the ginkgo tree smells just awful, and also gets mushy, so when you step on one, you track a foul moosh and smell into the house. You will be entering the house to fetch your chain saw, of course. Adding to Ginkgo fun, they can change gender, so 1 to 5 of your 5 males trees can decide to become female to produce fruit for you (some people dispute this). I had a Chinese neighbor who would pick and take the fruit from our neighbor's ginkgo and make it into a candied dish (which I never tried).
But if you can keep the trees male, they are absolutely gorgeous and interesting.

[j.w]

I can attest to the fact that the fruit of the ginkgo tree smells just awful, and also gets mushy, so when you step on one, you track a foul moosh and smell into the house. You will be entering the house to fetch your chain saw, of course. Adding to Ginkgo fun, they can change gender, so 1 to 5 of your 5 males trees can decide to become female to produce fruit for you (some people dispute this). I had a Chinese neighbor who would pick and take the fruit from our neighbor's ginkgo and make it into a candied dish (which I never tried).
But if you can keep the trees male, they are absolutely gorgeous and interesting.

I looked it up and it's a pretty tree but said it takes 20 yrs to get the fruit. I don't care about that as I'd just like it for the beauty! Thanks for sharing!

[brokensword]

But if you can keep the trees male, they are absolutely gorgeous and interesting.

erm, and how do I do THAT?? Ain't performin' no surgery, if you get my drift!! Pretty sure I read it takes 20 years though for seeds to form fruit, so odds aren't in my favor I'll be in smelling distance! If I'd have known this when I bought the seedlings and that garden centers sell male trees only, would have gone that route but figure I'll take the chance now that I got them. Won't be too tall/large of a tree to hire a chainsaw-er should I see those 20 years and confirm my typical luck!

[SarahT]

Just figured I'd let ya know. No surgery / human intervention will change the tree's mind. It's a case of the tree gonna do and be what the tree wanna do and be, and dooby dooby doo it goes.
Probably is 20 years out for any potential fruit, so enjoy the beauty of it.

[rubyduby]

Me too been watering! 6 days of record high heat in the 90's temps here. Never have we ever in Western Washington had this many days of this high of heat in a row! No history ever recorded since they started recording.
I watered 80 trees w/a sprinkler set to water 3 trees for an hour each Took two days of watering in the morning and then evening to get them all done. Then been watering all the garden beds and filling bird bathes constantly, oh and filling the ponds up too! I liked watering as it kept me cooler instead of cramped up in the house all day long! Got all my bike riding done in the early morn and then a few extras, in the cooler eves. Hubby even went w/me in the evenings!

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wow, EIGHTY TREES??? What; you live in a forest or something? I know we had to fell a lot of trees to build yer lil Annex, but sheesh! Didn't think we left THAT many fer you to take care of!!!

I bet you even stood UNDER the sprinkler, didn'tcha??? heh heh, GOOD lil queenie...

Glad it at least cools in the evening; hard to sleep when it stays in the 80s at night...or even 70s!

That is some hedge row j.w.! Beautiful! It's a lot of work to keep it watered but would be a bummer to see it yellow...It is really awesome!

[j.w]

Thanks @rubyduby it's easier to move the sprinkler then to stand there and water each tree for 3 minutes each! Used to do that.Set a chair, water, move chair.............that got real old fast! Not sure if we really need to water them at all but not worth taking the chance to find out.

[j.w]

Looking at new fridge's online as old one is ill! Too many to choose from and I don't like all the crazy new stuff they have on them. Don't need internet access or wireless to my fridge. I have narrowed it down to Lg or Samsung brands. We don't really need an ice maker here and we have one on our old one but never use it and it always gave us issues when we did. I see most all have them tho but can just not hook it up if we don't want to. Good thing we have another older fridge and 2nd freezer too in the garage. That old fridge is ancient and it still keeps on ticking. Anybody here got any ideas. Boy are they expensive too!

[brokensword]

Looking at new fridge's online as old one is ill! Too many to choose from and I don't like all the crazy new stuff they have on them. Don't need internet access or wireless to my fridge. I have narrowed it down to Lg or Samsung brands. We don't really need an ice maker here and we have one on our old one but never use it and it always gave us issues when we did. I see most all have them tho but can just not hook it up if we don't want to. Good thing we have another older fridge and 2nd freezer too in the garage. That old fridge is ancient and it still keeps on ticking. Anybody here got any ideas. Boy are they expensive too!

WHAT? You mean you don't have any desire to go to your fridge one day and find out someone online hacked into it and triggered the defrost maliciously??? heh heh, no kidding; shoulda seen the 'pomp' we went through re mrsbrokensword's new car last February; sheesh. Told her; you know when all these dodads go 'pop', it's gonna cost you, right? Definitely don't need all the junk modern mechanical/electrical toys come with. STILL using an old old washer and dryer my dad salvaged from the curb just because someone though it was dead (and he'd fix them one day) probably from the 80s, maybe even 70s. I had two of each and am using the second washer and have one dryer sitting waiting for this current oldie to die someday. I saw the prices and can't stomach them either, esp since the old ones are never going to break just because some 5 volt electronic board went kablooey! But, that's the way it is now-a-days; everything has to be 'smart'. All except the owners, I guess, huh? I'll just keep using my old dependable analog/mechanical only toys and see how far that gets me! I figure, when the 'toys' get smarter than me, time to hang it up!

Sorry yours is on the downside, and can't give you much in the way of suggestions for fixing or buying new; I'll be in the same boat as you come the next time we need a fridge, which isn't that young btw...knocking on wood...I guess my ONLY suggestion would be; get the fridge that comes with the longest warranty; I figure if THEY think it'll last X years, and it's longer than the other manufacturers, must mean better build quality. For whatever that means in this modern age!

[j.w]

Looking at new fridge's online as old one is ill! Too many to choose from and I don't like all the crazy new stuff they have on them. Don't need internet access or wireless to my fridge. I have narrowed it down to Lg or Samsung brands. We don't really need an ice maker here and we have one on our old one but never use it and it always gave us issues when we did. I see most all have them tho but can just not hook it up if we don't want to. Good thing we have another older fridge and 2nd freezer too in the garage. That old fridge is ancient and it still keeps on ticking. Anybody here got any ideas. Boy are they expensive too!

WHAT? You mean you don't have any desire to go to your fridge one day and find out someone online hacked into it and triggered the defrost maliciously??? heh heh, no kidding; shoulda seen the 'pomp' we went through re mrsbrokensword's new car last February; sheesh. Told her; you know when all these dodads go 'pop', it's gonna cost you, right? Definitely don't need all the junk modern mechanical/electrical toys come with. STILL using an old old washer and dryer my dad salvaged from the curb just because someone though it was dead (and he'd fix them one day) probably from the 80s, maybe even 70s. I had two of each and am using the second washer and have one dryer sitting waiting for this current oldie to die someday. I saw the prices and can't stomach them either, esp since the old ones are never going to break just because some 5 volt electronic board went kablooey! But, that's the way it is now-a-days; everything has to be 'smart'. All except the owners, I guess, huh? I'll just keep using my old dependable analog/mechanical only toys and see how far that gets me! I figure, when the 'toys' get smarter than me, time to hang it up!

Sorry yours is on the downside, and can't give you much in the way of suggestions for fixing or buying new; I'll be in the same boat as you come the next time we need a fridge, which isn't that young btw...knocking on wood...I guess my ONLY suggestion would be; get the fridge that comes with the longest warranty; I figure if THEY think it'll last X years, and it's longer than the other manufacturers, must mean better build quality. For whatever that means in this modern age!

Guess SIL who is an electrician is coming over one of these days to see if it might just be the switch. If so he can fix that one but if it's the compressor no way Jose'! Then it's a shoppin we will go to find the one that's got the least amount of excess junk on it. I saw 2 year warranties and nothing more on Lg and Samsungs. Then I think you have to pay them to take away the old one. Oh well life goes on!

[SarahT]

If you haven't bought one yet. My fridge repair guys say fork over for the extended warranty (hate to hear it, but amused they're honest about it). You may want to call a repair guy and ask which ones they think are better than average. Having an icemaker of some sort is helpful for house resale value (per my former realtor). My brother's Samsung has worked fine for 6 years, but that's a "point in time" reference.
If the place that sells you a new fridge doesn't haul the old away free, many electric utility companies will take your old, but working, fridge away, and sometimes they'll rebate you with $50.
I promise I'll never watch the (hacked) TouTube videos of the inside of your Internet connected refrigerator.

[j.w]

If you haven't bought one yet. My fridge repair guys say fork over for the extended warranty (hate to hear it, but amused they're honest about it). You may want to call a repair guy and ask which ones they think are better than average. Having an icemaker of some sort is helpful for house resale value (per my former realtor). My brother's Samsung has worked fine for 6 years, but that's a "point in time" reference.
If the place that sells you a new fridge doesn't haul the old away free, many electric utility companies will take your old, but working, fridge away, and sometimes they'll rebate you with $50.
I promise I'll never watch the (hacked) TouTube videos of the inside of your Internet connected refrigerator.

Fridge is still sitting there w/no help yet from SIL. The neighbor is an electrician also so will ask him to test the relay thing as we had that same problem w/it in 2005 and replaced it and it was fine till now. That switch just plugs in and is easy to replace and is only $15 on Amazon.
Now if it's the compressor than have to start the hunt for a new one. We are getting used to walking out to the garage every time we need something tho

LOL not getting an internet fridge..............not that I don't trust you all :smirkysmirk:

[brokensword]

If you haven't bought one yet. My fridge repair guys say fork over for the extended warranty (hate to hear it, but amused they're honest about it). You may want to call a repair guy and ask which ones they think are better than average. Having an icemaker of some sort is helpful for house resale value (per my former realtor). My brother's Samsung has worked fine for 6 years, but that's a "point in time" reference.
If the place that sells you a new fridge doesn't haul the old away free, many electric utility companies will take your old, but working, fridge away, and sometimes they'll rebate you with $50.
I promise I'll never watch the (hacked) TouTube videos of the inside of your Internet connected refrigerator.

Fridge is still sitting there w/no help yet from SIL. The neighbor is an electrician also so will ask him to test the relay thing as we had that same problem w/it in 2005 and replaced it and it was fine till now. That switch just plugs in and is easy to replace and is only $15 on Amazon.
Now if it's the compressor than have to start the hunt for a new one. We are getting used to walking out to the garage every time we need something tho

LOL not getting an internet fridge..............not that I don't trust you all :smirkysmirk:

dayum; I'm pretty sure Sarah had 'movie' night all lined up to YOUR channel, next month! The CAstle inhabitants are gonna be disappointed...to say the least!!