Terrapinjoe

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[–] Terrapinjoe 2 points 7 months ago

I think being stepped on would be less trauma than transplanting. You could always fold them back onto your property and wrap them with some flagging tape or something to keep them visible to workers.

By cutting them back, I meant cutting them back to a reasonable length to manage. It's usually not great to prune plants more than 1/3 of their total size, but some plants will even recover from a full cut back. The jasmine will be fine. Depending on the rose variety, they should be ok too. Some people seriously prune roses to encourage flowering.

[–] Terrapinjoe 9 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I'd leave them in the ground if possible and just untangle them from the fence. Cut them back if need be. This is not a great time for transplantation and they may not survive.

If you have to take them out, your plan is probably the best you can do. Make sure to keep the roots wet the entire time they're out. That's going to be your main killer.

[–] Terrapinjoe 4 points 7 months ago

I think the construction company is just being lazy and doesn't want to work around the tree but if it's a Bradford Pear, they'd be doing you a favor. If it's on the south side of the house insist on the replacement being something sturdy and deciduous so you get shade in the summer and sun in the winter. Cherry bark and Scarlet Oaks are great. You have some leaf pickup every year, but as hot as the summers have been lately, you'll save a fortune on electric if it shades your house.

If you want it as an evergreen green screen, get a Southern Magnolia.

[–] Terrapinjoe 21 points 8 months ago

I voted for "not Trump" so I feel like he delivers on that level.

[–] Terrapinjoe 5 points 8 months ago

Myself and some other managers I know became managers for being competent at our science-based jobs when the company wanted to expand. Our education and career up until this point mostly had not involved learning skills like delegation, teaching, scheduling, and team-budgeting, not to mention the interactive social skills needed to successfully manage individuals.

Some bad managers are just good workers that weren't able to suddenly learn these skills when their employer insisted they manage a team so it could pursue its endless quest for infinite growth by setting up hierarchies of workers. Good managers are either trained in management or extraordinarily talented.

[–] Terrapinjoe 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Is anyone helping them?

[–] Terrapinjoe 1 points 9 months ago

Or Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain

[–] Terrapinjoe 2 points 9 months ago

Jars of Clay - Flood

[–] Terrapinjoe 31 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This calls for air guitar!

[–] Terrapinjoe 2 points 9 months ago

I very much miss the Facebook groups of 2018, but there's so much recommended content, I barely even see my wanted content. When I do see something, it's only once before it's buried, even if there's an evolving discussion in the thread which there rarely is anymore due to the glut of sponsered content.

[–] Terrapinjoe 17 points 9 months ago

In the 1980s, that was an extra large soft drink.

[–] Terrapinjoe 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That was my gut reaction too but what happens when this happens to the electric company as well?

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