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Close Privacy Overview This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Related Discussions I am at a lost on how to retrofit my home to accomidate my sons wheelchair and medical equitment also to make Q. Hi peg leg, sorry I am getting into the conversation late, but hope I can help.
I have been saving a lot of items after extensive research with prices towards remodeling for universal design because I am raising 4 kids and am in and out of a wheelchair.
Without an accessible home, I found myself more and more home bound. It is a process, but even more than any meager direct financial help you may get, having him as government disabled will get him many services not otherwise available 3 I would have to look into CA, but many states have a much faster line to disability services through the state medical review team under the department of health.
You should have an open intake number for your county for all county services, and let them know you need a county case manager through disability not social security and that should start your path. If you have private insurance, they also will cover a case manager through a contracted agency who can help with resources. Your best person to ask of you do not know where to start if your son's occupational therapist. There are numerous non-profits in each county that specialize-!
On the bathroom, having a similar one I was advised the best bet is a full Wetroom - your son will need a PCA which you can get free from insurance or county and glass or half walls get in the way. A curtain from the ceiling can give a beautiful way to separate out for other users e. Pulled back next to the toilet but not provide any barriers for your son or PCA.
The system John mentioned is the best option- the whole room can get wet and still be both accessible and beautiful. They make 2" door extender hinges that may make the difference. I have also found many low-cost high impact products and ideas I would be happy to share from ramping to adaptable solutions..
To everyone else in the conversation- I have become convinced that a cause-related multi media program could enable learning for all by showcasing projects through television and web that showcases products and professionals and gets people in need rehabs in the process.
John, Ronny, Susan, et al There just is not anything here in the U. I am happy to throw my hat in the ring to help coordinate an online and other media initiative on universal design. We can start with pegleg's son, and move around to different areas of UD from design to products to construction, etc. Contact info- Gzahtz me. Pegleg- check out my story and you will understand I know you can get through this! Best, Gail. Fam is my fan, imagine. Here is my further advice, which you might put on the table next to the local advice from your plant material suppliers - do not just go to one garden center or nursery to seek your perfect front yard companions.
First, please stay away from the arborvitae and cypress. They are not the quality you want in your outdoor room, right at your elbow.
They are not long-lived and will start by losing their lower branches. These are part of your furniture, which you always keep neat and trim for your guests and family. I do not think you will be happy with anything golden year-round, only that band on your finger.
If you want bright colors, use deciduous material not evergreen. Take a look at the colorful leucothoe though, but for out in the beds. There are dwarf spreading yews that will remain low, but, of course, grow horizontally. Any plant needs to develop new foliage to sustain life. If you want the growth to be at point X, then cut it back a few inches further so the new seasonal growth can reach out to point X, where you want it.
Or cut it back twice that far so it will take two growing seasons to reach your goal. Another way to handle your indecision is to purchase some planters that coordinate with your outdoor furniture in your outdoor room. Place these shrubs in the planters for a year or two while you decide where you wish to finally plant them, shifting them here and there, adding more as required to satisfy your need.
Then plant them. You can do this, but not with the same pals. You can root prune them for a few years as they are growing down there in balance with the top growth , but then will need to put them in the ground - I expect you have plenty of good needy locations for your old friends - or give them to the neighbor who has been salivating over them for years.
Perhaps boxwood would be your best choice, as at all the grand estates around town and around the world. In spite of all the new introductions in the plant kingdom, they certainly stand the test of time as noble furniture in our outdoor rooms. Do not visit only one garden center or nursery, perhaps avoid all the discounts, and look for sage advice from an old pro - like your friend Joe Cascio - and shop for quality to last a lifetime, or until you change your mind or your outdoor room decor.
A final note on the planter tubs or boxes. If they are double lined, two layers of material between the plant and the surrounding air, the double wall will slow evaporation of the soil and keep the roots cooler in summer. I lied, here is the final note. Don't forget to bring in fragrance, so you can save on the cologne. If you want thoughts on container mixes, let me know a website and I'll email you something I prepared for a houzz client who has a balcony in Bangkok.
Another note, perhaps most important of all, involve your kids in every bit of work you do outside, no electronic devices allowed. Except your cell phone to receive the calls from your neighbors wanting to be invited over for coffee in your new outdoor room.
Thanks for your confidence in my advice - it's free, and worth every penny of it. Pansy is an herb? Didn't know that. My oregano is definitely spreading - I planted some in Bermagui and it went wild there! Well over a foot across and still growing. I know it's supposed to be clumping, but it seems to think a clump is larger than I think a clump is ; It wasn't tall though - so I guess a different variety?
Italian parsley loved the environment in Bermagui - I planted some one year, and never had to plant it again. It just kept popping up in unexpected places, grew very large, got chopped down and eventually dug up, but would reappear the next year.
I planted three seedlings last year in our new house, ended up with plants about 2 feet wide and high, and took them out a week or so ago. I've planted more seedlings, but I have a suspicion I'm going to get parsley where I didn't plant it again.
It seems to love the soil and the sun of Australia. I had nice basil last year, but I think that was before the possums discovered my yard.
Must try and find a spot for garlic chives. Did I mention, my garden is tiny? Color options for door and shutters Q. Not all azaleas are susceptible to deer damage, but some are like chocolate to them. Here is a list of plants which includes some varieties of azaleas that deer do not like. I live on acreage near woods so we have deer, coyotes, bob cats, beaver, eagles, etc. Check with your local extension center or talk with a Master Gardener familiar with your area for the best plants.
They will provide this information for free! Here are a list of shrubs that are deer resistant. Aesculus parviflora Bottlebrush Buckeye : Stately specimen that forms a spreading, mounded shrub with tall, pyramidal spikes to white flowers in July. Shade tolerant. Grows to 8 to 10 ft. Has abundant white flowers in spring followed by clusters of red fruit in the fall. Foliage is lustrous green, turning brilliant red in fall. Excellent for border or massing.
Grows 30 to 40 ft. Bark does not exfoliate. Chionanthus virginicus White Fringe Tree : Deciduous shrub or small tree; height of 15 to 20 ft. Clethra alnifolia Summersweet Clethra alnifolia Summersweet : Deciduous shrub; 6 to 8 ft.
Cornus florida White Flowering Dogwood : Popular tree growing to 30 ft. Cornus kousa chinensis Chinese Dogwood : Outstanding deciduous ornamental tree; grows to 20 ft. Cotinus obovatus American Smoketree : Intense fall colors of yellow, orange, red, and reddish-purple. Attractive gray-brown bark becomes scaly with maturity.
Grows to 20 to 30 ft. Leave the bulbs to grow again. Just be sure you take the leaves sort of late in the season to give them time to energize the bulb. I transplanted some bulbs in in oak tree shaded area.
Do animal eat these? Ramps are ephemeral and completely die back by the end of May or so, depending on where you are. If your ramps are growing and I hope they are! You can see ramps only in spring. The leaves die back. Go check now, they are up in southern Ohio. I planted a handful of ramps from a market last year that had been in the fridge a bit too loony to eat.
I have about as many plants popping up now, a year later. This is one small datapoint to answer your replanting question. They looked terrible last year after a week or so, so I had little hope, but they are beautiful now.
Thank you for the well written article. My brother told me about ramps and I have never heard of them before. I am a flower gardener and also cook a lot too. Apparently my cousin in WI has them growing wild on their land which is where my brother got them and said they were delicious! I live in Wisconsin and found a beautiful patch in the wooded area of my property. I had to post a picture of them to find out what they were. I have trillium growing in this area too; so I thought it would be great to transplant and make my wooded area more colorful.
Sad to hear that they die soon. They are to delicate and pretty.
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