Recent content by cyphoon
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Replacement HVAC
Dayton Heating and Cooling. They sell Trane AC and heaters, and Mitsubishi mini splits. They offered a 0% financing for 12 months through Veridian when I bought my minisplit H -
Under deck leaking water under siding and flashing
Might be wise to buy a cheap vinyl siding tool, peel up the bottom of the second or third course above the foundation flashing and verify that you see water behind the siding there. Rule out that water is simply wicking around that flashing and giving the illusion of a much bigger problem... -
Mow or Weed Eat First
In the country, the correct answer is it depends. If there is junk hiding in the weeds, like a garden hose, extension cord, wire fencing, or a tool you forgot to put away, then it is better to weedeat first to avoid hitting that stuff with the mower. Otherwise, mow first so the weedeating is... -
KXNO Sports Fanatics
I wonder if they are trying too hard to be like Murph and Andy. Their radio show, and now podcast, is about one third sports and two thirds bathroom humor, restaurant and beer talk, current Iowa events, reddit talk, and whatever the hell Scott adds to the mix. Unfortunately, the remaining kxno...- cyphoon
- Post #5,141
- Forum: General College Sports
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Iowa groves look sad
We have had good luck with 3 of our 4 pear trees. The lone disappointment was hammered by a buck when it was young, and it has never gotten back on track. One challenge has been fighting their tendency to grow vertical. Japanese beetles are a headache, but they go after plums and grapes first. H -
Iowa groves look sad
These bugs are also known as sap beetles, and that name gives a better clue as to how they infect oak trees. They feed on sap the oozes from fresh wounds or pruning cuts. In Iowa, it is best to start wrapping up oak pruning around March 1st, although I have pushed to mid March in cold years... -
Iowa groves look sad
I was in a meeting with some plant breeders at the Big Seedcorn Company a few years back, and one of them said "You software guys have it tough. If you don't know what you are doing, people find out right away. If a corn breeder doesn't know what they are doing, it takes about a decade before... -
Iowa groves look sad
Scotch pine and Austrian pine trees are doomed due to scotch pine wilt. They die just as they are reaching peak form. No practical treatment exists, last I checked. Best you can do is clear out the dead ones ASAP. When our ash trees died suddenly, I warned a neighbor that had a magnificent ash... -
Iowa groves look sad
I had about a dozen high value ash trees that I was going to treat on our acreage. Put it off for a couple years because I didn't see any warning signs. Then bam... they were all dead in 2023. Woodpecker damage was the first thing I noticed, but that was in the spring when they didn't leaf out... -
Japanese Beetles
They work wonders. The key is to put them on your neighbor's property. H -
Lawn Mower - Reviews
... 3rd electric mower in 10 years. I have owned 2 gas push mowers in my entire life, and the first is a craftsman that is still kicking. Only sold it because we moved to an acreage and thought we didn't need a push mower. Decided a year later that we did, so that became push mower #2 I can't... -
Ankeny water ban
Nitrate levels at the USGS gauge on the Raccoon River at Van Meter, from https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/05484500/#dataTypeId=continuous-99133-0&period=P365D Levels are indeed way up. Fortunately they tend to drop fast as well. For those that don't remember chemistry class, a... -
NBA: *** 2024 NBA thread ***
The announcers were riding Halliburton's ass the entire second half. Poor defense, disappeared in the offense, not bringing the ball up the court, yada yada. ... and then they had to pivot and queue up the Halliburton heroics video that they didn't think they would need today. That was fun to...- cyphoon
- Post #2,847
- Forum: Pro Sports
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Tyrese Haliburton setting Pacers, Cyclones, and NBA records
Didn't see this posted- cyphoon
- Post #126
- Forum: Pro Sports