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  1. Gibonius

    The Home Ownership Thread

    My dad and brother are both huge plant nerds, like they do it professionally but it's also one of their main hobbies. It's honestly a foreign language sometimes, especially since they know the Latin names for almost everything. They're always going over new weird rare plants they picked up or...
  2. Gibonius

    The Home Ownership Thread

    I've ordered stuff from Conifer Kingdom. I got a really nice Chirimen hinoki cypress from them. That's a great result for mail-order in general, much less a one gallon. I have some three gallons that are half that size after a couple years, and they weren't something as slow growing as a...
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    The Home Ownership Thread

    You need to watch out for using stones for mulch with maples, it can raise the soil temperature and simultaneously dry them out and cook the root. Given the rain chain, I'm guessing Validus's bed stays damper and has shade.
  4. Gibonius

    The Home Ownership Thread

    I went to the specialty nursery last year just to get a Mikawa, and all the bigger ones had already been tagged within a day or two of their spring delivery. Demand for specialty stuff has gone nuts since the pandemic. Has that one been in the ground awhile? Most mailorder places I've tried...
  5. Gibonius

    The Home Ownership Thread

    Almost ten years, including being transplanted once. Started growing like crazy once I moved it. It was planted literally the same day as the Butterfly, which really highlights the growth difference. One of my several housewarming trees, which is (apparently) a thing in my family.
  6. Gibonius

    The Home Ownership Thread

    Speaking of maples: Mikawa Yatsubusa. Hard to find big ones around here. Butterfly. Recently transplanted after not really growing for 5+ years. We'll see if it likes this spot better. Acer shirasawanum "Autumn Moon." Will turn more orange (with red new growth) later into spring...
  7. Gibonius

    The Home Ownership Thread

    I'm about to buy a Coral Bark unless I find something cool in a trip to the specialty nursery next week. We have a lot of problem with pseudomonas around here, which Sango Kaku is vulnerable to. Frustrating when they just turn black and die. But it's a cool tree otherwise. I don't know...
  8. Gibonius

    OFFICIAL THREAD: General Cookery and Discussion

    I wouldn't get a non-stick wok, especially if you're actually doing wok-style high heat cooking. All you really need is carbon steel. I got this one on recommendation from either Serious Eats or J Kenji Lopez Alt (which are basically the same), and it's been solid...
  9. Gibonius

    The Home Ownership Thread

    Can't forget the Japanese maples. I love azaleas (esp. the ones that flower twice a year) but the deer love them to an absurd degree. I spray repellent, but they basically check every single day until the repellent is worn off enough for them. They eat most of the buds on the ones in the...
  10. Gibonius

    The Home Ownership Thread

    Bradford pears don't produce human-edible fruit, just little fruit that the birds love to spread all over the place.
  11. Gibonius

    The Home Ownership Thread

    Super invasive too. Not 100% sure I'd remove one if it was in my yard, but I sure wouldn't buy one these days.
  12. Gibonius

    STEAKS!!!!!!!

    Or reverse sear, same difference. Either approach is way more reliable for a group of steaks than trying to get them all right with a direct sear.
  13. Gibonius

    STEAKS!!!!!!!

    Good video on different searing/cooking techniques: Spoiler: includes deep frying a tomahawk steak.
  14. Gibonius

    The Home Ownership Thread

    That makes sense from the needle pattern now that I see it. Cool plant. I have one of the full size Lebanese cedars, planted it last year. There's also a dwarf Japanese larch in there, and a Northlight dawn redwood just starting to push needles.
  15. Gibonius

    The Home Ownership Thread

    I do love me some maples. They all just leafed out last week. Running out of room to add any more, although I think I have room for two more this spring if I find something I like. You know what the one on the front left in the first pic is? Some kind of larch maybe?
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