We need it to stop raining, nothing but rain rain rain flash floods flood warnings almost daily. I think we are heading to a bit of a dry spell again, well for two - four days.
Thank you. The previously owner grew a lot of asian vegetables and herbs. He even gave us some seeds to plant, but we didn't want to go the route of a vegetable garden and had our own ideas how it should look. Re sound: The sound helps mask the sound of airplanes going to O'Hare Airport. We are not super close to it at all, but we are directly under one of the routes they take to get there. We live in a pretty dense city neighborhood, but most people are nice so even though it's more crowded than the suburb we were in before we moved, in a lot of ways it's a lot nicer
Thanks Barb. I try to keep a lot of water moving. I think that helps. Last year my wl and wh barely grew. This year they are going crazy. My wife was trying to figure out where all the plants came from. From watching me and my pond the last 10 years she knows I can be a little sneaky. I did sneak in two Koi a month ago that she doesn't know I bought.... It didn't even dawn on me she might be guessing I was constantly buying new plants and adding them every day. When I explained they all came from two plants total... one wh and one wl she couldn't believe it!
I think that's probably making the difference. I bought a Koi Air mini last fall and it throws out a ton of bubbles and moves the water pretty well. I have noticed that since I installed it my fish are more active and the floating plants this year are growing like crazy!
HI Barb. Thank you. Yes it's the garage. It's an old Chicago style red brick garage. When we bought the property my wife asked if we should just tear it down because it was in such bad condition! Well after demoing the interior drywall and plywood, pressure washing and tuckpointing the brick inside and out, new electric including led recessed lighting and 200 amp service for this and our basement, alarm system, new insulated garage doors and man door, new granulated bituminous rubber roof and rebuild the parapet walls, new Kynar black steel gutters, new Jeld Wen black low e double hung clad windows and new glass block on the sides, fixing the cement floor,new drywall ceiling.... it is in pretty decent shape now! It's a three car garage with high ceilings. This is where I'm going to be someday if my wife ever kicks me out! I have my bicycle there, my pond nearby, and I can plug in a beer frig and be perfectly happy! It did have gas and water at one point, but we didn't reinstall them when we did the rehab. I thought about adding a green roof to either it or our main building lately, but researched the cost and found it to be very expensive.
