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Hello all. I recently bought a 1930s red brick bungalow. Please follow this Flickr link to view 2 photos: house pics
I think it needs some serious help with curb appeal, and was hoping to solicit some advice. My first thoughts are to paint the trim white and possibly get a new (white?) front door. As is, all the colors seem to run together with the brick. Not sure what to do about the little porch... maybe add some flower pots or railing? ANY suggestions will be much appreciated!!! |
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- Posted by badgergrrl (My Page) on Wed, Mar 30, 11 at 9:57
Wood door, oak. Paint the trim white. I agree with flowers somewhere. Needs color. Do. Not. Ever. Paint. The. Brick. |
- Posted by columbusguy1 (My Page) on Wed, Mar 30, 11 at 18:28
First off, no railing--it would ruin the proportions of the house, and isn't really necessary. Think planters--long and low filled with annuals. A bench would be nice, as long as it was in keeping with the bungalow style--wood, not metal, lots of straight lines. A nice planting of peonies in front of the house would look great, or rhododendrons. A small tree would be great at the corners--stay away from crab apples as they sucker like mad. Japanese maples might be nice. Why think white for trim--it is too glaring with all the sun you seem to get? I could see the trim done in a nice 20s era sage green with a band of mustard yellow or something a bit browner, like dijon. Oak door defintely stained, and I'd trade in that storm door for a similar stained one in wood. As a side note, I'd move the house numbers--put them on a plaque to one side of the door, in a different style more suitable to the house. |
Thanks to both of you for the excellent suggestions! This is a great help. Don't worry, I'm not considering painting the brick. I was thinking white trim mainly because it would be more consistent with other homes on my street. I love all the flower ideas and the oak door! |
- Posted by badgergrrl (My Page) on Wed, Mar 30, 11 at 21:22
Check out Jane Powell's books, if you haven't already, they offer excellent suggestions for all things bungalow. (Especially the Bungalow Details books, there is one for Interiors, and one for Exteriors.) Some people don't care for the writing (I think it's great, but I am also similarly acerbic), but the photos and information are top-notch. Paul Duchscherer also has done quite a few bungalow books, but his tend to be heavy on the California style, which I don't believe yours to be. |
- Posted by joyce_6333 (My Page) on Wed, Mar 30, 11 at 23:31
I'm not picturing white trim or door. I've seen brick bungalows with a nice soft green, with red accents around the windows. Leave the door, maybe remove the storm unless your weather dictates you have one. Once you get some bold accents going, the door won't be an issue. Cute house! |
I agree, not white trim. It's far prettier as it is (and would also be far prettier with a green or mustard) than it would be with white. Just because some neighbors have white trim is no reason to do the same. You're after curb appeal for your house, not matching the neighbors' houses. Also, if you painted it white, you would lose the impact of those very very pretty upper windows on the right. The stiles in the windows stand out because they are much DARKER than the blind behind them. They're very pretty and very "period." You can't leave them dark and paint everything else white, it would look strange. And if you paint everything a light color, you lose the visual impact of the window stiles (unless you put in black blinds, haha, but I'm assuming you're not going to do that). Whatever you do, make sure the window treatment in those windows makes a strong contrast with those stiles, so that they continue to stand out. What jumps out at me as a thing to improve is the porch surface. It's too bright for the house--it looks brand new and generic, which detracts from the bungalow look. The link below is to a random stone supplier whose website happens to show a lot of different outdoor stone surfaces; something like that could really add to the bungalow look, the period look, and thus the curb appeal. I totally agree with Columbusguy on the flowers and the small tree. Depending on your climate, a redbud or a dwarf Japanese maple might be just the ticket. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Stone surfaces for porch
- Posted by badgergrrl (My Page) on Thu, Mar 31, 11 at 16:05
Sorry, I guess my preference for white trimmed bungalows stems from being in the midwest. Many of the Chicago-style brick bungalows (mine included) have white trim. Realizing you have a different style and looking at your pics again, I do agree that a sage would be quite appealing, especially given the color of your brick. You could bring a tan/putty color in as an accent along the roofline, perhaps? Have you tried one of the online virtual paint tools? Sherwin Williams has a nice one. |
- Posted by honorbiltkit (My Page) on Thu, Mar 31, 11 at 19:34
Can you tell whether the little trim bit over the front door is original? I have zilch expertise in brick bungalows, but to me it looks too high above the door, and the space between it and the trim bit that runs laterally along the edge of the roof seems peculiar. If you have any reservation at all about this section of the facade, it might be worth sketching some variations on a kind of portico that is deep enough to protect visitors from the rain. Such a thing might be cantilevered or maybe supported at its front edge by pillars attached to the planting boxes. You might want to check google or yahoo images of "brick bungalow" to see if anything catches your fancy |
Thanks for all of the wonderful advice and suggestions! @honorbiltkit: I think the trim over the door is not original. In fact, the porch and the front door are not original. From the pic, notice the sunroom on the left side... that used to be the porch and was closed in at some point to become an indoor space. I think that's why the front porch seems so awkward/boring to me. Not sure what to do about the plain concrete top. I hadn't considered other trim colors, but I like the idea of soft green. I will definitely think about that. I live in Georgia, so the climate is very mild in the winter and very HOT in summer :) Almost anything will grow here, so should be lots of options for landscaping with flowers and flowering trees. Can't wait to get started! |
Not sure what to do about the plain concrete top. That's what the suggestion about stone surfaces was for. They're basically stone veneer or tiles almost, quite thin, so they barely raise the surface, and they pretty up a porch instantly. You could also look into actual tiles, ones for exterior use. Any of these solutions could dress up the porch, the stair treads and the risers in about one or two days of work. |
Thanks ideagirl! I was thinking you had meant to do a stone walkway (poor reading comprehension, lol). I will look into that. Stone would really warm up the porch area a lot. I didn't realize you could put it over the surface like that. Thanks for the suggestion. |
- Posted by columbusguy1 (My Page) on Sat, Apr 2, 11 at 22:06
Kris, looking at the pic again, I'd get rid of the little porch overhang entirely, keeping the upper part as is. I'd fill in the new space with trim to match that on either side of the small hood. In Georgia, you don't often get so much rain that you really need a roof there--been down that way a lot as my oldest sister lives northeast of Atlanta. I think a pergola would be nice, covered with wisteria--making it with brick piers to match the rest of the house in style. |
- Posted by powermuffin (My Page) on Mon, Apr 4, 11 at 16:47
pergola- yes!!! Exactly what I was thinking. You could also stain that concrete if you wanted something less bright. Diane |
- Posted by fuzzywuzzer (My Page) on Mon, Apr 4, 11 at 18:16
I must be the only one who likes the trim color as is. I think it makes a nice quiet background for the plants that you are planning and a more interesting front door. So I vote to try to work with the existing trim. FW |
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I made this for the Redskins vs Seahawks wildcard game, and it did come together nicely, but it was deemed a bit bland. Most of my guests added some of the fresh diced jalapeño I had sitting beside it. It was nice and creamy when freshly made right before the game, but by half-time it was grainy and just awful, after sitting in a 2-qt slow cooker on "warm". Not one I'll make again, a rare miss from Chef John.
Came out grainy. I may have done it wrong. I scorched the butter a little and the butter and flour mixture was very brownish colored. The rue didn't come together well so that may be the reason for the graininess. Aside from the texture the flavor wasn't all that great. Ancho chile powder is hard to find too. I might try again but will probably look for a new recipe. May need to use some velveeta instead of the other cheeses for texture.

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Trailrunner7 writes The United States federal government issued more than 19,000 National Security Letters – perhaps its most powerful tool for domestic intelligence collection – in 2013, and those NSLs contained more than 38,000 individual requests for information. The new data was released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Friday as part of its effort to comply with a directive from President Obama to declassify and release as much information as possible about a variety of tools that the government uses to collect intelligence. The directive came in the immediate aftermath of the first revelations by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden about the agency's capabilities, methods and use of legal authorities.
The use of NSLs is far from new, dating back several decades. But their use was expanded greatly after 9/11 and NSLs are different from other tools in a number of ways, perhaps most importantly in the fact that recipients typically are prohibited from even disclosing the fact that they received an NSL. Successfully fighting an NSL is a rare thing, and privacy advocates have been after the government for years to release data on their use of the letters and the number of NSLs issued. Now, the ODNI is putting some of that information into the public record."


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Document Type Master's Dissertation Author Johnston, Candice Leigh URN etd-04302009-144436 Document Title Identification of Penicillium species in the South African litchi export chain Degree MSc Department Microbiology and Plant Pathology Supervisor
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- morphological examination
- secondary metabolites
- biochemical analysis
- Penicillium
- South African litchi export
Date 2008-07-11 Availability unrestricted Abstract Penicillium species have been studied for over 200 years and the genus was first described by Link in 1809. Initially, morphological identification methods were used however, much diversity within the genus resulted in researchers seeking alternative techniques and approaches to improve accuracy. These methods involved biochemical analysis of secondary metabolites in conjunction with morphological examination. With the emergence of more accurate and rapid molecular identification tools, scientists embraced modem technology to address diversity challenges. In order to provide a more holistic approach towards the taxonomy of complex genera, morphological analysis remains an essential component in Penicillium identification. Penicillium species are omnipresent, dominant and problematic in postharvest environments. They are known to cause major losses in export markets due to fruit decay. The aim of this study was to identify species within the South African litchi export chain and develop a rapid method for Penicillium identification. This study used morphological as well as molecular identification methods in order to develop PCR-RFLP restriction maps for a number of dominant Penicillium species. Seventeen species of Penicillium were identified using conventional morphological methodology and DNA sequencing, both of which are laborious and time-consuming. Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism provided reliability and repeatability as well as being a cost-effective and rapid identification alternative. A combined phylogenetic study indicated that the taxonomic position of several species may need to be reconsidered. Fourteen species were differentiated from one another through digestion of the â-tubulin gene region with five restriction enzymes. Banding patterns correlated well with phylogenetic and biochemical data of related studies, indicating that this method holds promise as a rapid identification procedure for Penicillium species.
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Shaw: Not all government consolidations work
By Andy Shaw Better Government Association October 22, 2013 10:12PM
Updated: November 24, 2013 6:36AM
Most reform groups and editorial page writers are strong proponents of government consolidation, and for obvious reasons — when it's done right it saves money and improves efficiency.
And the sheer magnitude of government in Illinois — we have more than 7,000 taxing districts, the most in the country by far — cries out for consolidation.
But merging public services can have unintended negative consequences when new sources of money and power end up in the wrong hands, creating new opportunities for abuse.
Case in point: Lyons Township has a school treasurer's office responsible for managing and investing more than $200 million in tax money for 13 school districts in the west suburbs. The purpose of the office is commendable — centralize financial services so the school districts don't have to hire their own people.
But a Better Government Association investigation found that the former school treasurer, Robert Healy, had deep political connections but no discernible financial expertise.
And with little oversight by the township school board or the school districts, Healy improperly cashed in unused sick, vacation and personal days; hired friends as consultants; operated with no budget and allowed investments that may have violated state law.
He was recently charged with two felonies for allegedly embezzling more than $1.5 million from the treasurer's office over the past two decades.
This is one consolidation that clearly ran amok.
Another merger in the western suburbs also gave the BGA cause for concern, though not in a criminal context.
As of Oct. 1, Willow Springs eliminated its part-time fire department and contracted out fire and emergency medical services to the Tri-State Fire Protection District in what was sold to Willow Springs' residents as a cost-savings move.
In theory, that appeared to be a good move, but a review of Tri-State's track record makes us wonder whether, in practice, it's good for taxpayers.
A three-person board governs the fire district, which has its own property tax levy and provides fire and EMS services to parts of Burr Ridge, Darien, Willowbrook, unincorporated DuPage County and now Willow Springs.
One of those elected board members, Jill Strenzel, is the longtime domestic partner of Tri-State's fire chief, Michelle Gibson. The two live together and formed a civil union last year.
As a Tri-State trustee, Strenzel has voted for generous pay raises and other perks since Gibson became chief in 2008, which looks like an obvious conflict of interest.
And under Gibson's watch, the district has been burning through taxpayer money with many questionable purchases, including steak and lobster dinners; excessive bonuses and overtime; new Ford Expeditions and legal bills that from 2007 to 2012 jumped from about $13,000 annually to more than $100,000, according to documents obtained under Illinois' freedom of information law.
With help from the financial advisory firm Duff & Phelps, the BGA found that Tri-State's expenditures from its main operating fund rose by 24 percent from 2008 to 2012 compared with 2003 to 2007, when expenses actually went down 2 percent. Overall, Tri-State's spending exceeded its revenue by more than $2.7 million from 2008 to 2012.
So the question is obvious: Should the fire district be expanding and taking on more responsibilities when its financial house isn't in order?
Bottom-line — government consolidations are usually important reforms that reduce costs and avoid duplication of services when they're executed properly.
But public officials have to approach them cautiously and thoughtfully. Efficiency talk is cheap, but merging taxing districts poorly can be expensive for us, the taxpayers.
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The team, according to the Miami Herald's Barry Jackson, has recently hosted a handful of potential draftees, including Alabama cornerback Dee Milliner and Florida tight end Jordan Reed. Read More
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Do we need another streaming music service? There's Pandora for people who always want to listen to something new, Spotify for people who want access to a large number of music as soon as it comes out, and All Access for Android users who want to combine streaming new music with the albums they've already backed up to Google Music. Then there's Rhapsody and Rdio for, I guess, the same people who like Spotify.
Update: HTC has officially denied the veracity of this rumor, and stated that it has no plans to discontinue use of Beats Audio in its handsets.
Original Article: I don't like Beats. You probably don't like Beats. In fact, it's really, really easy to not like Beats. According to news site MyDrivers.com, HTC might not like Beats anymore, either.
After ditching bundled Beats earbuds in April, and then selling 50% of its stake in the headphone and, uh, sound enhancement company, industry sources (yeah, yeah, we know how that goes) are saying that HTC is going to drop Beats Audio from its handset lineup entirely.
In a move that is going to surprise approximately no one who knows anything about selling smartphones, HTC has indicated to CNET that it no longer plans to bundle Beats headphones with its handsets.
The reasoning should be pretty obvious - people aren't going to buy a smartphone on the basis that it comes with a pair of decent headphones. Headphones are a separate market, and if you care about them at all, you're going to buy them separate of any other hardware.
In the world of premium headphones, there is an emerging market for "designer" products - a niche Beats By Dre has been all too happy to fill in cooperation with Monster Cable (until now - HTC will be taking over Beats' headphone production). In fact, Beats accounts for over half of the $1 billion headphone market in the US - succeeding in ways and in markets brands like Sennheiser and Grado could only dream of.
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We've been hearing information about the HTC Rezound (codenamed Vigor) for quite a while now, and HTC just officially took the wraps off of this beasty. Like most other new HTC devices, it's packed with Beats by Dre, and, similar to the Sensation XE, has those wicked red capacitive buttons. It's quite impressive in terms of hardware spec:
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Americans are a hard-working bunch and should keep what they earn. Our ideas for tax reform reduce the burden of taxes while ensuring governments have the resources to focus on core responsibilities.
Governor Napolitano's office has warned there might not be enough revenue to cut taxes this year. That is, as Barry Goldwater might have put it, Poppycock! There is plenty of revenue. The problem is that everyone at the capitol wants to spend it all.
Total revenue for fiscal year 2007 was $9.5 billion. Sales and individual taxes made up 90 percent of that amount. The corporate income tax represented nine percent, or just over $900 million.
May 1st was a bad day for liberty. First, the state-wide smoking ban went into effect. Then, the House released a $10.6 billion budget proposal. What else should we expect on May Day?
Arizona's conservative majority in the House is asking taxpayers to fund a budget that is $276 million larger than what the democratic governor asked for. It gives tens of millions of dollars in across-the-board pay increases to government employees and continues to subsidize the biotech chimera.
New York Times columnist and Princeton economist Paul Krugman is among the most passionate advocates for honest-to-God socialized medicine. His solution to Americas health care problems is the Veterans Health Administration, whose success story is one of the best kept secrets in the American policy debate.
In light of recent events, the secret seems to be how shabbily government hospitals treat their patients.
In last year's state budget negotiations, everyone was thrown a bone. The spending lobby received huge increases in government spending and taxpayers benefited from income and property tax relief. What a difference a year makes.
From all her talk about investing, one might think Governor Janet Napolitano is trying to channel Warren Buffet. She's always talking about investing in something education, bio-tech, downtown.
But she's not really investing, she's spending. In her first term, General Fund spending surged 70 percent, a bigger increase than any other governor in the past two decades. Not only is general spending up, debt spending is increasing $2 billion a year. Is all this "investing" really good for Arizona?
First Things First, this falls popular tobacco tax, may be up for a challenge. It centers on whether the initiatives proposed tax on cigarettes is 80 cents a pack, as advertised, or .80 cents a pack as written in the already-voted-on-ballot.
As reported by the Arizona Republic, First Things First supporters claim this is a typo and think it is very clear and voters understand and read that it is an 80 cents tax on tobacco.
If you had family in town for Thanksgiving, they may have mentioned how expensive it was to rent a car at Phoenix Sky Harbor. Nearly 30 percent of the average car-rental bill at Sky Harbor is taxes, the fourth highest in the nation. Ever wonder why they're so high? Sky Harbor doesn't hide the facts: the charges help pay for the University of Phoenix Stadium and a new multimillion-dollar car rental facility.
Democrats nationwide have promised to fulfill their mandate for change by prudent fiscal management and looking out for the middle class. Its time to get down to business.
In Arizona, Gov. Janet Napolitano seems disinclined toward more broad-based tax reductions even though she touted the tax cuts of her first term during the campaign.
But theres reason for the governor to get on board with tax reductions if she wants to move Arizona forward. Evidence continues to mount that states with low personal and corporate income taxes are the healthiest economically.
Sometimes clichés fit. Take the recent shenanigans at the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for example. The court decided to put Arizona's voter ID law on hold. We can't be sure of the court's reasoning, but the plaintiffs spent a lot of time explaining how grueling it is to secure photo identification. Talk about making a mountain out of a molehill.
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Boeing v. Machinists: Time for an Inslee-vention
When Missouri Governor Jay Nixon called the state legislature into special session last Monday, it removed any lingering doubt about how serious other states are about landing Boeing's 777X assembly line — the one the company was willing to build here. Another hint came when the United Auto Workers, which represents Boeing assembly line workers in Long Beach, Calif. publicly announced that it was happy to accept the pension reforms rejected by the Machinist Union workers in Washington State. I guess union brotherhood only goes so far.
More than a dozen states have a December 10th deadline to present their incentive packages to the company. Most will include both tax incentives from government and wage incentives from workers. Boeing got the first half here, when Washington lawmakers approved a multi-billion dollar tax package, only to see the union rank and file angrily reject a contract extension that included benefit concessions supported by their own national office.
So what now?
Simple. The workers have two choices. They can stand by their current contract and watch the 777X line disappear — like the second 787 line did — along with 8,000 direct jobs and thousands more indirect ones. Or, they can deal. Boeing already is, except they're doing it in other states with other unions.
Before we get to how and how much both sides deal, let's acknowledge that neither side handled the recent negotiation well. The company negotiated with the union's national officers, who apparently believed they could deliver an affirmative vote. But the resulting agreement was unveiled to the workers in a way that almost guaranteed a hostile reaction: a brusque, take-it-or-leave-it-and-vote-right-away offer that front-loaded enough ill will to make a "yes" vote an uphill battle from the start. OK. Point made, lesson learned.
But the clock is running, and Boeing apparently meant it when company officials said they are no longer negotiating with the Machinists. Cue the Governor.
Jay Inslee wasted no time putting a pro-Boeing, bipartisan package together that preserved the company's low tax rates until at least 2040, fast tracked the company's permitting process in a way that should serve as a template for all companies in Washington and tossed a few million into jobs skills and education. The vote was overwhelmingly positive, underscoring the bipartisan support on both sides of the Cascades enjoyed by the 98-year-old company. Governor Inslee can say he did his part.
But leadership isn't just about rallying people behind a bill. Sometimes it's about bringing people together. If Boeing isn't going to negotiate with the workers, then the Governor has too.
He has credibility with workers and management, plus the Machinists have had a few weeks to cool off. They know that under the existing contract the 777X lands elsewhere, and it is not in their interest to let that happen. Inslee knows that losing the line doesn't help him politically and that keeping it here does, especially if it looks like he helped snatch victory from near certain defeat.
So, everyone has an incentive to make this work.
Pension reform is going to happen sooner or later; it's inevitable in both the private and public sector. Even under the company's current offer, the Boeing retirement package is enviable for blue and white collar workers alike. And while 16 years is a long time for a worker to toil until he or she reaches the top of the wage chain, six years is too short — save any profession but the NFL. Twelve years is reasonable.
Governor Inslee needs to convince the union to make concessions on both items. In return, he should urge Boeing to sweeten its signing bonus from $10,000 to $13,500. Yes, it's a face saving gesture. But given what it will cost the company to create a new assembly line elsewhere, the bonuses are a bargain.
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Posted Wed, Dec 4, 7:01 a.m.
You're too funny. Why in the world would you expect us to believe that the Governor could come to the rescue when he already presented a "give away the farm" proposal to his colleagues.
Corporate World rules professional sports, amateur sports, aircraft, automotive and washing machine manufacturing, agriculture, port authorities, Wall Street and everything else.
Inslee will do little more than postulate, like any and all politicians. Why? He needs a job more than a conscience...
Posted Thu, Dec 5, 7:47 a.m.
You would rather have the IAM be "right" and pricipled than employed?
The hard truth for the IAM is there are folks in Missouri and other places that can do the work, get a raise over their current jobs, and increase their standard of living. They are worth what they produce. Others can match that production and cost less.
If Boeing is as abnormally profitable (they are doing very well) as you suggest, other competitors will come in to the market to be slightly less profitable (but do well, not very well) at a lower price point and compete for those workers.
A Canadian company is trying to fill that space and not getting orders. Bombardier (Brazil) is doing smaller commercial jets and has not ventured into that space. Airbus is taking some Boeing market share. Nope, the profits aren't high enough to draw another investment group into the market to hire away IAM and SPEEA workers. They have to take a hard look at the value of the goods they produce and the cost at which they produce it. They have to dance with the partner they came to the dance with until other partners are drawn to the dance by high profits.
Posted Thu, Dec 5, 2:49 p.m.
Good points. Bombardier is Canadian. Embraer is Brazilian manufacturer you are referring to.
Posted Wed, Dec 4, 7:21 a.m.
Boeing will do the rational thing: assemble these wings outside Washington using less expensive, younger workers.
The IAM local's membership rejected the contract Boeing's management proffered for good reasons. The suggestion that increasing the "signing bonus" by $3,000 would change lots of peoples' votes now is patronizing and flat wrong.
It's appalling that Inslee called his surprise special session to hand those tax breaks to that wildly profitable company. That was a shift of a massive tax burden from a rich entity that can afford it no problem onto the backs of the lower middle class. Everyone gets that, right? The democrats now are going to raise regressive state and local taxes.
Those Boeing tax breaks should be repealed. It will continue to employ tens of thousands of people around here for the indefinite future. If its stock drops a penny as a result that'd be a small price to pay.
Posted Thu, Dec 5, 2:50 p.m.
Good work, Crossrip An entire post without one mention of Sound Transit. I'm impressed!
Posted Wed, Dec 4, 8:33 a.m.
Why is it perfectly acceptable for any corporations top priority to be its own bottom line, but anathema for workers to use the same logic in their decision-making?
Commentators like John Carlson essentially want the Machinists to "take one for the team" in accepting a contract that impacts their bottom line in hopes of securing a product line that would benefit the next generation of workers rather than themselves.
Furthermore, the credibility that Gov. Inslee has with workers was already put to the test when he asked 'how high' in response to Boeing's order to 'jump' for their special-interest tax breaks; his credibility with workers - and much more of his political base - would evaporate if he became the Boeing shill that John Carlson and others think he should be.
Yes, the governor should do everything he reasonably can to promote job growth in Washington - and he can very credibly claim to have already done that. Taking the advice of a conservative who would love to see him fail would be just about the dumbest thing he could do.
Posted Wed, Dec 4, 4:51 p.m.
Your comment reads as if you believe the machinists get no benefit from having jobs.
Posted Wed, Dec 4, 9:24 p.m.
They don't get the same wealth of benefits from their labor that the head shed in Boeing does.
Posted Thu, Dec 5, 9:50 a.m.
Why should workers who already have jobs vote for a contract that offers them more work in the future for fewer benefits - especially if many of the current generation of workers are close enough to retirement that they won't benefit all that much from airplanes being built more than a decade into the future?
Would YOU voluntarily give up your pension plan and increase your out-of-pocket healthcare cost for 'the good of the regional economy' and the sake of knowing that the next generation of colleagues have jobs, albeit with fewer benefits than their predecessors earned?
Posted Thu, Dec 5, 2:54 p.m.
Yes, I would. Because I would know that when I eventually lose my job, I'll be looking for one without a pension and increased out-of-pocket health care expenses for an inferior health insurance.
Same situation for the next generation of workers. It's not a matter of if private sector pensions are a think of the past, but when.
Posted Wed, Dec 4, 9:46 a.m.
John Carlson: Reality exists even if you choose not to acknowledge it.
It will hurt in the short term to loose (portions of) Boeing, but we as a state will be much stronger all around if we wish them well now. Boeing is a valuable business tenant, however when the tenant demands a remodel and lower rent, it's time to encourage them to move.
Your article is all about "the states competing" and that puts Boeing in charge. If there were two or more competing manufacturers, they would be competing for our mojo.
Your article seems to accept and encourage what amounts to socialism (equalize the worker's lifestyle by lowering wages and spreading the societal cost amongst all the people, "for the good of the people of this state").
Posted Wed, Dec 4, 10:39 a.m.
I'm for letting Boeing pack up and leave. There are more positive benefits for Washington State in them leaving than staying. The biggest benefits would a lot less drama and industrial pollution.
Posted Wed, Dec 4, 10:41 a.m.
UAW is right to accept the pension reforms. Take a look at what's happening to Detroit and Illinois pensioners. Defined benefits plans have a way of disappearing, as happened to United Airlines retirees and many others. Bankruptcy court can wash away pensions. The way to guarantee you'll get a pension is to contribute part of your own paycheck, get the employer match, and manage your money with a retirement investment provider like Vangard or Fidelity. To be sure, this requires the employee to pay attention, learn a bit about investing, and take some responsibility for their retirement portfolio. But it's the employee's money from day one.
Posted Wed, Dec 4, 11:48 a.m.
Let the love affair end. Boeing loves the Evergreen State as long as we give her billion-dollar gifts, in exchange for diminishing jobs. She's already been seeing other lovers for years; better to say buh-bye to her rather than lavish more under-appreciated $love her way. After Boeing leaves we might find that a very large proportion of soil, air, and water pollution leave with her; that our 'canary' species including Orca begin to reproduce and recover once Boeing's industrial chemicals are no longer in the soup. Let's transition our workforce into sustainable transportation industries using renewable energy; the Governor's Apollo Project can be looked at for guidance.
Posted Wed, Dec 4, 11:49 a.m.
You're dreaming, John. Jay Inslee isn't going to be able to stop the train from pulling out of the station because he's not the IAM president...Tom Wroblewski is. The governor can only offer Boeing so much, but he can't make any union accept company demands. A facilitator is not going to help close this breach because the damage is done and (as you mention) there are several states willing to give Boeing both tax incentives AND a workforce that won't price themselves out of their jobs.
Boeing is no longer a Seattle-based corporation and the people who run the show out of Chicago are mostly not from this area. They've stayed as long as they have because there weren't other workable locations for them in the past, but that is no longer the case. Love Boeing or hate them, this is the new reality: The company is no longer required to do business in the Seattle area to make a profit, and the exodus is only beginning.
Posted Wed, Dec 4, 1:09 p.m.
First of all;
WA. gave nothing to Boeing to keep them here. The State just proposed to take less from the company. Keep that in mind when you are complaining about the big bad bird maker. Essentially the State was only offering something that would ultimately be paid for with tax income from the company, employees, and ancillary economic activity.
Inslee is strictly a Party Drone. He always has been. The Party is an extension of union boss offices. As such, Inslee and co., are incapable of proposing and executing a serious challenge to the private clubs (unions) who invest nothing, create zero jobs, and exist only to enhance conflict.
Yes, it would be more democraic to make WA. a State where workers are not Forced to join, or pay for, private organizations. It would do a lot toward bringing political focus back to the needs and desires of the general public instead of the fantasies of old timey Laborites.
Machinists will move to to the work if none is available in Washington. They will work for the best deal they can find, at whatever compensation is paid. The State of WA. can't move. The general public can live in the rubble after the going away Party.
The primary "concessions" are going to become realities eventually anyway. Ultimately workers will want control over their own retirement instead of relying on the fortunes and good will of former employers. Health care coverage will eventually flatten out until everyone "enjoys" the same basic coverage. The Gold Plans will disappear from the public eye. Why vote to move future jobs out of State to "protect the pride of a chosen few". How proud will they be later in life when the reality sets in.
Inslee is best off staying out of the spotlight and under the radar. That's pretty much his career M.O., and it has obviously served him well (MIA).
Posted Wed, Dec 4, 3:08 p.m.
The future will involve a local agrarian economy. Until then . . . somebody give Airbus a call.
Posted Wed, Dec 4, 5:07 p.m.
If Boeing had not been based here, say they were located in California, do commenters here think we would have the other technical, scientific businesses that are located here? I doubt it. There existed here, after WWII a sizable population of engineers who were capable of designing missiles and guidance systems and orbiting vehicles. Boeing hired some brilliant people and brought a lot of them to the Pacific Northwest. I think their presence made many startups feasible. This history is not something the machinists need to think about, their question is to be decided individually and purely on their own interest. But the tax breaks are probably good for us all, unfair or not.
Posted Thu, Dec 5, 6:44 a.m.
How, exactly, do you think the tax breaks for Boeing "probably are good for us all"? No Boeing engineers' "startups" amounted to anything for 99% of the people here.
Those tax breaks for Boeing mean I and the vast majority of my neighbors will pay higher regressive taxes. They are not good for "us".
Explain whatever logic you may be employing to reach the conclusion you did.
Posted Thu, Dec 5, 3:25 a.m.
Hi John,
"Simple. The workers have two choices."
Yes we do, but those two choices are either to accept the company's offer or wait until our contract expires and negotiate a fair contract with the company.
See John the decision to build the second 787 line was made even before the IAM started negotiating with the company to keep it here. It is the same where the the location that the 777X wings will be built, that has already been decided.
Boeing is involved in a campaign to see how much money it can get from Washington state and how little it can pay it's employees to build it's planes.
Personally I think the state should offer up the 8.7 billion it proposes that will benefit Boeing to all aerospace companies.
If Airbus was a factor in the mix do you think Boeing would be trying to low ball it's employees? We all know the answer is NO!
Posted Thu, Dec 5, 2:38 p.m.
Emirates, Boeing's largest 777 customer has already told them they only want 777X's that were built in Everett. Also, S. Carolina doesn't have a production certificate yet. Everything completed there comes to Everett to get certified for flying (and fixed, if necessary, which it is necessary).
Boeing's own customers don't want planes from anywhere else, and S. Carolina still can't certify planes to carry passengers. Between this and the ability to go after other aerospace and advanced manufacturing sugar daddies, tell me again why we should be freaking out?
Posted Thu, Dec 5, 2:51 p.m.
So Boeing must have its assembly facilities in Washington?
Then there was no need to give it multi-billion dollar tax breaks. Indeed, we should increase taxes on it.
The small cost to Boeing of those taxes can be passed on to Emirates.
Posted Thu, Dec 5, 2:56 p.m.
I agree with John Carlson...Oh no! I must be turning into a Republican!!!
Posted Fri, Dec 6, 9:43 a.m.
Some good comments here, but I'm genuinely surprised at some of the antipathy toward Boeing. In the last dozen years, five aerospace competitors, including Rolls Royce and Bombardier, checked out the prospects of doing work here in Washington. All of them passed. Were Boeing not here, they wouldn't locate here, either. Let us also remember that unlike most high-tech companies in this region, which are right-to-work, Boeing is a union employer. Work rules are more rigid; salary schedules are higher than what the market would otherwise offer. It's not easy doing business in that environment, especially when Airbus is doing assemby work in non-union states. That is why it is worth having the Governor step in to try and grow Boeing here, rather than preside over its fade-to-black. Here's another reason: There is absolutely no downside in Jay Inslee making the attempt. If he succeeds, he's a hero. If he doesn't, at least he made the attempt against long odds.
Posted Fri, Dec 6, 6:39 p.m.
And of course Mr. Carlson, in a show of solidarity with IAM members will happily sacrifice a share of his future earnings in order to gain these 8,000 taxpayer subsidized jobs for the region. Seattle is not Detroit, and Boeing is not General Motors. While I don't wish to see Boeing or its jobs leave, I am also not willing to play an American version of race to the bottom in which states compete for jobs by offering right to work rules, and less pay and benefits. Boeing is a highly profitable company and for them to stick a gun to the head of its workers and say negotiate our way, take it or leave it, and have our political class lamely shrug their shoulders and suggest they take one for the team is ridiculous. The workers are those with a dog in this fight, keep the politicos out of it.
Posted Fri, Dec 6, 8:41 p.m.
Wake up, KgSmyth. Most of the people in this state (including most workers in both print and electronic media)have taken far deeper economic hits than the machinists. "Race to the bottom"? Far from it. The machinists will still be the most handsomely compensated assembly workers in the state, with health care and a retirement plan beyond the reach of most white-collar workers. The only question is this: Will those jobs be here.....or elsewhere? Because there is no "fight". Boeing is simply opting to see whether there are other states - and unions - that don't want to "fight". Didn't take long to find them.
Posted Sun, Dec 8, 9:34 p.m.
Mr. Carlson:
I believe you are missing the point of these comments. It is not about the "deal with the union members"...that is their private business.
It is about the extortion conjured up with the clandestine help of the Governor and legislature by Boeing corp. Don't you see? Sometimes when regular people are pushed to a point, they turn their back, no matter the cost. That is what we have here. Simple disrespect not only of their own workers but a dictatorial stance towards every citizen in this state.
I urge you to take another look at your premises and conclusion, which equate to socialism. Boeing is free to compete amongst other states to find a cheaper/better/faster/etc. deal. Let them.
You appear to come from the position that "it's the best deal we can get" and I think the commentators are telling you, "let's roll the dice".
Posted Sat, Dec 7, 9:11 a.m.
This is the factory where Boeing has asked for, according to the Seattle Times:
• "Site at no cost, or very low cost, to project."
• "Facilities at no cost, or significantly reduced cost."
• "Infrastructure improvements provided by the location."
Additional incentives it lists include:
• Assistance in recruiting, evaluating and training employees.
• A low tax structure, with "corporate income tax, franchise tax, property tax, sales/use tax, business license/gross receipts tax, and excise taxes to be significantly reduced."
• "Accelerated permitting for site development, facility construction, and environmental permitting."
This is not exactly the free market, folks.
I don't think Washington can, and probably should, compete with places like Alabama on these grounds. The state is basically being asked to pay for an airplane factory and cancel all taxes in order to have the honor of hosting it. These kinds of deals usually end up having negative value for the state, since the costs in subsidies are bigger than the value of the jobs created. I suspect the Machinists are being set up as the fall guys so that Boeing can relocate to a more obliging location without getting too much heat.
Posted Sun, Dec 8, 12:31 a.m.
Inslee simply is not smart enough for any aspect of his job, let alone this one.
Posted Mon, Dec 9, 11:38 a.m.
Mr. Carlson,
Let's keep this simple. It's not your job. It's not your livelihood. It's not your pension or your health care. I'm sure the machinists have considered the dangers of losing their jobs, and their generous benefits with it. But it's not up to you or any other politician to gamble with their livelihood, present or future. You don't get to gamble with their current standard of living, it's up to them. Surely a smart guy like you understands this.
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Hi all,
My 3 yr old son was all excited to grow sunflowers (thank to several Winnie the Pooh stories!). So, we got some seeds and planted a few at the edge of our garden. They started to come up & when they were a couple inches high, I thought since that went so well (this is my first year attempting to grow a garden) I figured I'd plant some as a border around 2 sides of my yard. The next day I went out to water & saw that something had dug up the newly planted seeds & ate them!! Then, a few days later, the seedlings that had sprouted in the garden were completely gone!! Do you think that whatever ate my seeds came back & got my plants? Any idea what it could be and/ or how to keep it (them?) away. I live in the Triangle area if that makes any difference. I (and my son!) would appreciate any thoughts on this!! Thanks! |
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I used to plant sunflowers and something would eat them up every time they got a couple of inches high. One year, I planted them in pots on my deck and didn't put them in my garden until they were about a foot high. A couple days later, something ate them up again. Never figured out what was eating them, but it was the usual suspects -- deer or rabbits. I don't try to grow sunflowers any more. |
I am so sorry to hear about your plants and seeds! I can't help much if it is deer but last year I sowed mine in big red solo cups and 2 liter bottles with about 1/3 of of the top cut off. Actually, they were the left over wintersowing jugs without the tops. I knew I had a rabbit problem so when the seedlings were big enough to plant out I then took a 2 liter jug and cut the top and bottom out and cut one side open. planted the seedling and then placed the bottle around it to protect it from the rabbits. Later I took the bottle from around it. I probably could have left it around it but the rabbits seem to leave them alone and the jugs are ugly. I also have a dog who was outside once it was warm so that might have something to do with the rabbit problem disappearing. I have some sundlower seeds and a few dward sunflower plants if you need them - email me. I am in the Triangle. Good luck. Shannon/Dirtrx |
- Posted by puppyscruff 7/NC (My Page) on Fri, Apr 21, 06 at 18:26
Try, try again. The same thing is unlikely to happen. You can control them by planting in little pots and then transplanting to your beds carefully, without letting the plants know they are being moved. Shhhhh! SF's do not like to be moved. Branching sunflowers, like Autumn Sunset, are amazing. Wait til you see the birds cavorting up high on those burnished beauties. |
- Posted by sunshinysmile 7 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 21, 06 at 22:21
I am a bit nervous about planting my babies...I am nursing about 30 torch tithonia seedlings that are about 4 inches long, but are just forming their second real set of leaves. If they get et, I'll be an upset lady! I'm in the Triad...and just remembered my son is afraid of bees... My yard is going to look like a jungle...heeheee...my neighbors are going to LOVE me... |
sunshine, tithonia transplants well. they are the most vibrant wonderful velvety orange. the butterflies won't leave them alone. pup, i hadn't heard that sf didn't like transplanting. i don't have good luck in direct sowing, but i'll have to bear that in mind. 'course i already have a bunch started in 6 packs now. i'll get them out young & be extra careful. thanks fro the tip. tam |
- Posted by belgianpup Wa/Zone 8 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 24, 06 at 0:39
You might try bending some chicken wire over them, in long strips if that's how you planted them. Fold the ends down so creatures can't get inside. You might have squirrels eating them. Sue |
- Posted by puddle_of_mud NC - zone 7 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 25, 06 at 16:53
It's probably the squirrels. They do that to me every time I try to grow sunflowers. Once I got a seed to grow up and bloom, just as the seeds in the head were ripening, a squirrel chewed through the stem just below the head, and ran away with the whole thing!!! All I had left was a big green stick! Funny thing though, watching that squirrel run with that big ol' flower!!! LOL |
I'm sure glad I read this thread -- though I was losing my mind when my little sunflower seedlings started to disappear! I still have trouble believing that any rabbit or squirrel would brave coming into the garden of a household with 7 cats, but maybe it's a kamikaze rabbit. Anyway, I planted sunflower seeds only because I couldn't find any tithonia seeds locally. A friend had given me a tithonia plant last year, and it was fabulous! So here's my question: if I mail-order some tithonia seeds, is it too late to plant them? I'm in the SC midlands. |
- Posted by lynnencfan 7b/8aNC (My Page) on Fri, Jun 2, 06 at 14:28
Here is my question about sunflowers - I have never had any luck with direct sowing them, had about 30% with WSing them with some varieties and again 0% with others. WHY do they germinate like crazy under the birdfeeders???????? - I do let some of them grow but they are just the run of the mill ones and t hey never get very big before they bloom - I want the fancier ones with all the beautiful sunset colors and branching stems. I guess I should be thankful I get the ones under the birdfeeders. I did have good success with WSing tithonia. junequilt - do you have a Walmart close by?? - they have the tithonia seed - any of the bigbox stores should have them if they still have their seed out.... Lynne |
- Posted by paulacat Z8 Coastal SC (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Fri, Jun 2, 06 at 16:52
Just had to add my 2 cents...I'd say it's definitely squirrels, the most destructive little beasts I've ever seen. The ones in my yard will dig up ANYTHING they think might have something edible attached. If I can ever get small plants established, they'll leave them alone but those first couple of weeks are a definite trial. This year, I had some sweet potato vines, green and blackie, that survived the winter in the greenhouse. As soon as I put them out, some long-tailed varmint pulled it out of the pot and ATE the potato. |
- Posted by pathfinder81601 z8SC (My Page) on Tue, Jun 6, 06 at 14:18
About those pesky squirrels! We live in an area which was once a walnut grove and the sqirrels are everywhere here. We have oak trees in the front and back yards with zillions of acorns and an abundance of squirrel nests. Last year, I had huge sunflowers with no problems from the little buggers. I am quite certain that the old-time remedy I had used with my bulbs discouraged the squirrels from eating other goodies from my flower and veggie gardens. The first autumn after I moved here, squirrels dug up and chewed up all of the iris tubers that I had brought from CO when we moved to SC. They gnawed all around the tubers and then left the remains on top of my barbeque grill....as if to say, 'gotcha!" Then they cut off all of the blooms on my tulips the following spring. Someone told me to put pieces of Ex-Lax around the plants. They love the chocolate, but after they sit on the 'john' for awhile, they have time to think about what they have done. After that, they won't eat ANYTHING from your place again. Now we grow tomatoes, corn, sunflowers, squash, and tulips with no more problems. The neighbors behind us have a small garden and my hubby and I sit on the swing and watch the squirrels run up and downn the neighbors' fence with baby peaches and tomatoes in their mouths! Hilarious! Instead of buying real Ex-Lax, hubby bought the cheaper WalMart brand Equate and it worked just fine. We keep a supply on hand, but only had to use it that one time. I also put a few small pieces in the flower bed around my mailbox to keep the across-the-street dogs away from the newly planted clematis. Now they dig up plants and poopie in someone else's yard! |
what a machiavellian, but hysterical way to deal with them!! little blighters. i'm gonna have to try that! every yr they get my nectarines just as they ripen. hubby likes to slingshot them with old whole pecans. seems poetic. |
- Posted by pathfinder81601 z8SC (My Page) on Wed, Jun 7, 06 at 17:16
tamelask, your hubby sounds like a lot of fun! Do you have pecan trees, also? My 87-yr old mom has a slingshot that she uses on neighbor dogs that sleep in her carport and leave fleas. I just went out to put fresh 'juice' in the hummingbird feeder and found that the squirrels had popped of all those little yellow 'daisy' snap-ons that guide the hummers to the drinking holes! The 'daisies' were in the strawberry bed just below the feeder, so I super-glued them back on. 'Skirls' are very creative, aren't they? That's what my 3-yr-old grandson calls them. |
Very excited about my sunflowers. Direct sowed many seeds on Saturday and went out today to see 5-10 from a mix variety pack poking out. I was amazed! It did rain the past 3-4 days and I think the day the sun finally came out everything decided to go full force! I hope the squirrels don't get them. I know they already attacked some bean seeds :( |
This reminds me that i need to get the ex-lax spread around in hope that they'll leave my fruit alone this year. I'll cover my nectarine, too, in case they don't get the message. A very late answer, but no, pathfinder, we don't have a pecan. No room or light. But the park down the road does and we collect from there, and we have indoor parrots, and so get some non human grade whole pecans in that. I'm having more trouble with coons now than squirrels. |
ok something ate the tops off my sunflowers. This was noticed just as the heads were starting to form. The most likely suspects here are either squirrels or snails. Now, I've a grand sunflower that grew in the compost pile. He has been scared nicely by snails but is doin well. He has a 10"-12" head and just about ready for netting. But for the row of sunflowers that are across the yard and along the fence. I was wondering what ate their heads off? At this time the heads had hardly formed. I'm not ready to call it squirrels. The heads were only halfway up the fence. There were gouges like but not the same a the snails had left. Sure, last year when the heads had form nice,heavily seeded sunflowers, the squirrels did feast very well. |
- Posted by dottie_in_charlotte z7-8 NC (My Page) on Wed, Aug 22, 12 at 0:40
Instead of sunflowers, next year you might have fun planting some sunchokes (from the grocery vegetable section). The few I harvested and planted at my new house have grown to 10' tall so they have to have support, strong support. Then, after they bloom, in late fall you can dig up the chokes (jerusalem artichokes) and let your grandchild taste them raw or cooked. Just remember to site them properly where they won't be in the way because once you plant them they come up every year no matter how well you dig them up. Its in the sunflower family and instead of the heads being decimated by squirrels and jays, these smaller heads are food for the goldfinches. |
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This golf story takes place in a faraway and unlikely locale: Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I ended up there after visiting Vietnam in 2000 to assist a group of surgeons who had received laparoscopic equipment but had not been trained to use it. On that trip, I stopped by an orphanage outside Ho Chi Minh City. That experience changed my life. The children were starving for human contact. When I entered they ran up to me and hugged my legs, refusing to let go. When it was time to leave, the nuns had to pry them off me.
Two years later I moved to Phnom Penh and opened a clinic with a charity arm, Operation Kids. We perform free reconstructive surgery on burned and disfigured children.
A year after arriving, someone told me a golf course was being built on the outskirts of town, so I rode over to check it out. The Royal Cambodia Phnom Penh Golf Club hadn't matured yet, but it didn't matter. I took one look at the grass, the palm trees and the flags flapping in the wind and returned to the taxi. On my next trip to Thailand I bought a set of clubs, and I began playing every week.
The course was built next to the infamous Phnom Penh firing range, where for only a few dollars you could stop after your round and shoot an AK-47. Watching tracer fire against the twilight sky was victory regardless of how you'd played. If so inclined, for two hundred dollars you could fire a rocket-propelled grenade or a shoulder-mounted surface-to-air missile. Shooting at aircraft was out of the question, of course. Hence the term "surface to cow."
Hanging around the course back then could be hazardous, as a nation of golfers took to the links without the slightest idea how to play. Balls flew in all directions. Carts went everywhere, up onto tees and even greens. Naturally the course was in poor condition. The fairways were half dirt, half grass, rock hard in the dry season and muddy in the rainy one. The greens were slow and bumpy.
In January 2004 I entered a single-day tournament and won. I had been paired with Kim Vannak, a four-star general and the defense minister of Cambodia, who invited me to lunch afterward. We got along well enough, and midway through the main course he invited me to join a money game with some other generals. I accepted, with little idea of what I was getting into.
I Met the group a few weeks later on the first tee. General Kim Vannak was of medium build. His shoulders were broad and his hair retained the rich black pigment of youth despite his being around fifty years of age. His dark brown complexion accentuated the hardened appearance of a man who had little time for conversation. His voice was authoritative, befitting a man of his rank.
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What is the ideal way to prune these two cherry trees, which will remain in containers? They were planted last year as bare root whips One is lapins, the other is black gold I think. In the first picture all the branches grew in the same plane (all left and right at 180 degrees. |
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- Posted by queenskitchen 6B/7 (NYC) (My Page) on Tue, Mar 12, 13 at 0:09
I've got about 6 in pots going on 5 years. The only reason to prune those now would be that you want more branches. Any pruning will delay bearing. Shape doesn't matter to me especially in a pot. They don't get big enough to have much issue with shading out the lower/inner spurs. If they start to over bear, set too much fruit, in a few years then prune hard to reduce flower buds and renew fruiting wood. |
- Posted by queenskitchen 6B/7 (NYC) (My Page) on Tue, Mar 12, 13 at 22:06
Would more branching increase yield for a younger tree? |
More branches equals more yield. But heading to get those branches will slow down bearing. I know both statements seem to contradict each other. If you want max yield in 3rd leaf don't prune. If you want a more compact heavily branched tree then head back each shoot by 1/2 to 1/3. Me I go for yield asap and don't prune early. Later on I can fill the tree out. What is the rootstock? |
- Posted by queenskitchen 6B/7 (NYC) (My Page) on Wed, Mar 13, 13 at 12:28
you provided a lot of assistance in purchasing these (and other plants) last year. They are on gisela 5 Lapins and Black Gold. Althought it doesn't look like it, the left branch on the left tree is almost vertical while the rest are more angled. On that same left tree, there is a little nub of a branch that started growing late last year (approx 1 or inches long). Should i remove it or just leave it alone until next year (and then ask you again.lol). These are my first trees and i will probably get 2 more next year. i wanted to lear a little with these first. |
Leave the short branches. The right thing to do in the long run is probably to cut a 1/3 off the long branches. If there is a shoot nearly upright I'd be even more inclined to head that back. Doing so should force more branches. |
I've read that one way to promote branching, one that I am trying this year, is to remove some of the buds, especially those near the tips of the limbs and of the leader. You want to leave the terminal bud - the one that will continue lengthening the limb and the leader, but remove the rest of the cluster at the end of the limb as that's where most of the energy goes. Then remove buds down the limb, leaving buds where you want branches. I can't find the particular article right now but will post a link later today. The idea, as fruitnut said, is to promote branching without heading or pruning as that increases the time to fruiting. gary |
- Posted by queenskitchen 6B/7 (NYC) (My Page) on Thu, Mar 14, 13 at 10:30
Thanks. I'll be interested to see the article if you can find it. Since I only have 2 trees, I don't want to experiment too much. If I was to trim a third off of each branch, what is the right time? End of this month before they really get going? Looks like the buds may be beginning to swell. |
If you are to prune do it now. I've read the article about removing buds and tried it once. It didn't seem to change anything that I could tell. I'm not knocking the idea I just don't know so I usually take the easy way out which is to do nothing. I know my posts on this subject are probably confusing. Cherries aren't the easiest tree to prune/train. They do their thing and thumb their nose. But, there is good news: on Gisela 5 they have always started to bear the 3rd leaf for me. A nice crop the 4th leaf. |
Well, I spent the whole evening searching my hard drive, my bookmarks, and the Internet using every possible combination of keywords and couldn't find the one particular article I was thinking of. The one linked below is OK, but the "lost" one was more specific. gary |
Here is a link that might be useful: Debudding
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Sour Boy, Bitter Girl wind up in a ditch and meet some puppies at Waffle House
Fort Collins' Sour Boy, Bitter Girl started 2011 with a weeklong tour of our neighboring states, playing shows in Kansas, Missouri, Texas and New Mexico. They released a record last year, but this was mostly a "because we can" situation. These sorts of tours, however brief, can be pivotal moments in bands' careers and see them facing... unusual challenges. Which is why we're introducing a new feature where we gather reports from the road.Click to enlarge. Photo courtesy of BJ Buttice.
First up, we bring you Sour Boy, Bitter Girl front man BJ Buttice, who shares the tour's highs, lows, and encounters with locals.
Westword: What did you travel in?
BJ Buttice: We still haven't come up with a band vehicle. This time around we took my Four-Runner. Four sleepless, restless, showerless guys packed into a pretty tight space. We had to pull a trailer for the gear. Then we hit ice, and the trailer pulled us. Into a ditch. Hopefully we'll have a van next time.
Where did you sleep?
Sleeping was all pretty comfortable this time around. Friends floors. A friend's parents' house -- which was pretty killer. And I believe there was some sleeping in the car outside the venue.
What was your cheapest meal?
The cheapest meals were the amazing free meals we had at our friend's parents' house. They were great hosts. Or the free pizza at the Record Bar in Kansas City. Also pretty great. Other than that, it was mostly gas station food and a buy-one-get-one chicken sandwich deal at... I think it was Burger King. Doesn't really matter. It was cheap and not as disgusting as it could've been. Most surreal meal was at a Waffle House in Kansas where all the very loud customers knew too much about each other and too little about us. It ended with the band getting to play with puppies!
What was your best show?
The best show, for me, was Dallas. Good turn out. Good bands. Really nice people and a good response. Plus the drinks were cheap as hell. And i got to see a very old friend for the first time in too long a time.
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