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Nikolaos Miller replied to the topic Netafim Techline vs. Rainbird XFS in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 10 years, 8 months ago
I have installed both products and their ease of installation are pretty similar, ie both are pretty pliable and don’t kink as easily as some other brands of drip tubing. The XFS doesn’t have check valves built into each emitter like the Netafim dripline does so you need to use an air-relief at the high point of the dripline so the upper…[Read more]
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Nikolaos Miller replied to the topic Best vine for full sun trained on wire on concrete wall in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 11 years, 11 months ago
Can’t think of anything evergreen; but Trumpet Honeysuckle’s got nice flowers through most of the growing season. Trumpet Creeper has really nice flowers and grows quickly but it can be a little aggressive. Virginia or Slivervein Creeper?
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Nikolaos Miller replied to the topic Model making in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 12 years, 10 months ago
Ditto what other people have suggested for modeling terrain. For vegetation, take a walk around campus and see what kind of dried vegetation is around (fuzzy grass seed heads, yarrow, juniper, etc). Arts & crafts stores are great places to hit up as well for wood, dried vegetation, chip board, foam core, just walk around and think about the s…[Read more]
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Nikolaos Miller replied to the topic Any solution for the sharp ends on rolled steel edging overlaps? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 13 years, 11 months ago
On residential jobs I avoided getting those sharp edges by loosing up the soil with a pick along the path of the edger and putting a wood block on top of the edger to beat on with the hand sledge. This added some time to install it, but we avoided lawsuits due to a pet or kid cutting their feet/paws on it.
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Nikolaos Miller replied to the topic Any solution for the sharp ends on rolled steel edging overlaps? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 13 years, 11 months ago
Are the sharp edges being caused by pounding the edging in during install?
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Nikolaos Miller replied to the topic PARIS! in the forum PLACES & SPACES 14 years, 1 month ago
Yes I was, this past summer! It would be great to make it back some day, there were so many places i want to see or spend more time at. I’ll have to add Parque Diderot to the bucket list if I make it back.
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Nikolaos Miller replied to the topic PARIS! in the forum PLACES & SPACES 14 years, 1 month ago
I really enjoyed the La Defense area; I’ll add Parc du Bercy (right across the Seine from the National Library) to the list of parks to check out. Luxembourg gardens aren’t contemporary, but it was pretty cool seeing how heavily used it was, practically every square foot of sod was covered in picnickers, an art class drawing and parents with their kids.