Friday, July 29, 2022

Hot Week!!

 Way above normal temps and all one
can do it water and watch what the heat
is doing to the plants!!   I'm glad I cut
the Clematis back and repotted some
of the other plants in larger pots!  I
started cutting back the plants that are
done and it's really been helpful not
see them fry!    Lots of plants were
put in the Brug House due to it's much
cooler in there.   Stay cool!!

Sunday, July 24, 2022

Again Our Gardens

 Will be closed due to the high temps!

We have currently move all the brugmansia
to the north side of the house in the shade 
to make sure they don't get more damage
from the heat.



















101 degrees on Tuesday......send the
rain back please!!

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Got Lemons??

 Make Lemonade!!  Then move on and 
enjoy your drink!!

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Newest Clematis

 Today was my day to take the one gallon 
newest babies from fall and the first of 
this year and bump them up into 3 gallon
pots.  Here is the finish Setup for them.
















The ones I got in the fall were cut back
and the younger ones were let go to grow.  


A couple weeks ago I started the summer cut 
back and I'm already seeing new growth.






















We have had some hot weather so I tend 
to do the cut back after the 4th of July and 
if you do so make sure you fertilizer with
a 20/20/20 fertilizer.  I do this weekly and
when they are around a few feet tall then 
I'll switch to a bloom booster.



  

















Here are our two largest
ones all cut back!

5 more to go and 3 will need
larger pots!

A grower suggested tree
sleeves on a group I belong
to so I decided to give it
a try due to having to cut
pots from some of the ones
I just potted up.   Here is
the newest Clematis in 
a tree sleeve and potted 
into a larger pot.




















Today I posted this on the FB 
clematis group and I hope this
helps others.  

7/17/2022

Today I finally got to finish 
the cut back on all the Clematis.

Here is the last one.



















She was a small plant when I
put her in the one gallon pot
in April.  She was a cutting off
one plant that I lost.  She was
given the right spot in the hosta
pot by the front door, morning 
sun and afternoon shade.    

Here is her bloom.


















I took cutting and keep your toes crossed
that they take off!!

Sunday, July 10, 2022

More Visitors!!

Today Dolores and her Daughter Lisa paid
 me a visit and was so kind to bring me 1
gallon pots!!  Thank you so much!!

We got to walk the garden, test the fruits
and even talked a little politics! : )  Mainly
talked about plants and I got to share some
plants and seeds.

I had to show them the huge Clematis plant
in the hosta whiskey bucket.  It was a cutting
and I thought it was from the General S but
after they left I found some buds and a bloom.
It was my lost Clematis tangutica that I had
taken cuttings of.  I was so happy to see the 
bloom!!  

I plan on cutting more Clematis back to allow
them to bloom in the fall.  





 

Friday, July 8, 2022

Potted Plants!!

I just love to contain plants in Pots
as I find they react better than in the
ground for some. 

Anyone want to guess how many pots
we have??

Here are some photos for you to enjoy!






 

Thursday, July 7, 2022

NJ's BBB Email 6/30/2022

 https://karmahappytoesgardens33.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2020-10-01T08:44:00-07:00&max-results=7

The above link is our story on our 
purchase of LeafGuard Gutter in 
2020 and what we have gone through.   
After filing a complaint with the 
OR BBB which is proper protocol
as the business we hired was from 
the OR area.

Long story short LG, violated their 
own contract and put the wrong color 
gutters up after we were told we 
should take what they have cut for our
house and no one else's.  They didn't 
resend the new contract at all and 
reflex the color or the fact that they 
stated that I could paint the gutters 
without harming the warranty.   All 
we ever got was verbals, nothing in 
writing.   We were notified by OR 
BBB after the fact they closed our 
case due to what LG's attorney wrote.  
Again that letter was full of lies and 
nothing was in writing at all.  It stated
that Mr. Carman dealt with the issues, 
false......I did and I was the one that
had to deal with the 13 leaks.  Then 
they come back at us that it was our 
roof issue, excuse me the sales person 
stated that our older home wouldn't 
be an issue.  When I asked if any of 
them were roofer, the answer was no. 
More can be added to this story.

When I received the email from NJ's 
BBB, I was stunned on how they got 
the complaint?   It stated that they 
were sending our complaint to LG and
they had 10 days to reply.  We were 
to sit tight until they did.  Last week 
they replied, they thought this issue 
was closed.  Then we had 10 days to
reply.  The issue has not been resolved
and I wrote a short email back.  

1. LG violated their contract, no resending 
to show the changes nor did we sign it.
2. Nothing was in writing as to their offer, 
rep stated $5,000 but the Attorney's letter
to OR BBB stated $5,500.  News to us 
but she wanted the complaint closed. 
We didn't get notice that our complaint was 
closed until after it was done. 
3. All issues were dealt with by me not 
Mr. Carman.
4. The attorney's letter address us by
 another name?
5.  I had to repair many places due to the 
leaky gutters before I repainted our home.
6. LG gears their commercials to elderly with
the fear that you can fall off the ladder.  You still
need to clean your roof!
7.  Shouldn't BBB keep these complaints on file
so other customers can see what LG track record
are about?


Now we wait for LG reply or what NJ's BBB
does!

Buyer's Beware

7/8/2022

We got another email this am LG states that
this issue was closed in 2020.

I sent back a email stating that our complaint
was never resolved!

BBB keeps asking if the complaint is resolved
and not closed.

7/13/2022

Again today we got another reply from LG and
they stated that they offered to change the color
of gutters.  This was news to us!!  There is no
letter in our file to this offer for a change of color.

Then I got an email requesting the contract.

7/14/2022

Got another email with a letter from their 
attorney........A letter we didn't get??  Makes
me wonder what is going on??   I have 10 days
to reply.  

7/18/2022

Yet another letter was sent off to the NJ's BBB
Not much anyone can say at this point.  Leaf
Guard violated the contract and the issue isn't 
resolved.  Why was the case close by the OR
Consumer folks and why did they fail to send
the Letter dated 4/29/2020?

7/19/2022

Received an update this morning stating that
they are closing the file and we are dissatisfied
with the company.

We understand that the only way to solve this 
issue is to take them to court!  Companies like this 
should have on record how they treat their customers
so that other customers know before they buy.  This
is the only way these agencies work.  I also question
the fact that they only had my DH sign the contract
when we live in a state where we both should of 
signed it.

Besides have you tried getting something in the 
courts during Covid?  

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Buyer Beware.........there is a serious design flaw
with these gutters and their installation.


8/25/2022

This morning I got an email from Pissed Consumers
where we wrote a complaint about our experience with
Leaf Guard Gutters.  I wrote them back and thanked them
for the video and told them we no longer have LG gutters
on our home after learning about the design issue.  One still
have to get up on the roof to clean off the debris or it will
allow the damp leaves to cause issues.

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Daylilies!

 





















More to come!

Hollyhock Time!!

 







Here is just a small part of our collection along
the southwest fence.   I will add single photos
when I get more time.