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Speaker 1 (00:01):
All right, talking home improvement. Of course, a big part
of home improvement is also lawn and landscaping improvement. That's
where we took to Ron Wilson each and every weekend,
and uh Ron does a national home and well it's
a gardening and landscaping and he covers the outside. I
cover the inside and ted bit on the outside inside outside,
(00:22):
mister Wilson, how.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Are you, Yes, sir, I'm underwater.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Underwater, it's rained a little.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Come on, okay, hey, II going out.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
And checking their radios to make sure that the douting
gets screwed up.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
You can call me water, all right. I'm on the
path of least resistance.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
I've been on a path of leaster.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
That's gonna be mine. Yeah, new nickname water a water.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
All I'm doing is trimming, cutting, raking and everything on
the outside because everything growing like crazy.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Yeah, well that's good thing. I mean, I'll take that.
Usually we transition from a you know, growing like crazy
spring into a hot, dry summer, and so far it's
been a hot, wet summer. Sure in many areas, not all,
but many areas, right.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
But I mean things obviously, you know, I always say
you want to have a good lawn have good rain,
and we got good rain. We have good lawn. Mother.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
If mother nature can can give that to you, you
got it made.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
I can't tell you how much I used to water
planning and changing slowly some of the landscaping out, and
every year we'd lose a bush or two. And this
year it's like everything is definitely deeply rooted and growing
and loving it good. And so that posts the question.
Then as it's grown, it's almost like you're running out
(01:48):
of room. Everything's growing so fast, it's kind of getting
leggy and different things. Can you can you? Is it
okay to trim some of this stuff up?
Speaker 2 (01:57):
You can, as a matter of fact, right now. After that, actually,
when the new growth kind of I call it hardening off. Yeah,
it becomes the same as the old growth looks, the same,
colors are the same. You can go back through and
do a second prune, like boxwood right now, getting a
second pruning, Japanese use, getting a second pruning some of
the junipers. I think the thing you have to remember
is there are some plants. If they're flowering plants, those
(02:17):
flower buds may be set for next year already. You
do a little pruning, right now you lose some of
the flower buds lilacs, Yeah, lilac especially, you wouldn't you know,
besides whole branch from wool really not a whole lot
many of the hydrangees at this stage yet. Be careful
about those two if they flower on last year's growth.
But you know, for the most part, you will get
a second kind of as I call it, a second
(02:38):
pruning right about midsummer, where you go through and kind of,
you know, hand do things, even them up, that type
of thing. Get those branch that came out here or
there that's hanging over the sidewalk, get that off of there,
and kind of just tidy up a little bit. But
then you want to stop. You know, there's a point
where you you know, right now you want to do that,
But once we get another month in you pretty well
(02:58):
want to stop any of that. I'd be pruning and
it would just be whole branch removal at that point
until we get into the mid latter part of the
fall season.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
I'll tell you what. A couple of years ago I
got one of these. I got a Fiskers Lope lopping chair,
and it came with a little like scissors pruning scissors.
I like that because it keeps me out of trouble
because you can only remove that's exactly right. That is
exactly right. You can't remove a lot, but you can
(03:28):
get the strays.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
You can get what you need to do right now, right,
I agree, one hundred percent.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
So I play with that with my trimming up some
old lilies that you know have some dead growth on them.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Now my problem is I carry those. I do that also,
and I do the dram scissors, and I can't carry
them in my back pocket, and I have a hole
in all my back pockets. I have a little sheath
that comes with it, but I don't take that on.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
I want to do that. I got she too, it's
on a workback.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
I've ripped my truck seed and then you know the
whole nine yards.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Oh yeah, but it is amazing though, I mean you
can it's easy, it's as smooth it's and you can't
get too much in trouble. So I'm all about the scissors.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Perner good for dead heading too.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Well, that's well, I got it because we got a
lot of daisies.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Oh that's that's what makes it so easy.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
And Sue likes to just pull off the flower and
I kind of.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Don't like that. That's okay, you can do that, that's
I know.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
And I said, but if you go down further and
get it where the leaves and the stuff as it
could bloom again.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Yeah, listen to you, mister gardener.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
We're working on it.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
We're working on I actually, can I ask you two questions. Sure,
it's a follow up to your window well thing. When
window wells are when the house is being built and
they're being stuck on the side and I think there's
a tobly screwed into the foundation of the house. Are
those sealed?
Speaker 1 (04:48):
No, they could put a little calking in there, but
they're not like sealed.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Would it be? Would it didn't help with the way
the extremes were having today if I actually sealed that.
It's just assuming I was having a new house built,
and I actually could seal that and put a window
well cover on the top.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Oh sure, sure. You know, the window well is basically
for light, right, you know, but you've got a light
in there.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
But we have these extremes, right, there's a good chance
water is going to go in, you know, wind a floor, And.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Like I said, not all of them are have a drain,
have a drain in them. And even the ones that
have the drain in them, I would say, if I
went and looked at window wells, the ones that had
a drain, they may as well not had a drain
because they're just all clogged up.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Anyone who gets down in there to clear that, all right, nobody.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Out of sight, out of mind, right, So yeah, putting
a little lid on that thing and keeping the light
coming in, calking the sides, especially if you have ponding
in that area, right, Yeah, Because and I don't mean
to make it sound really super simple, but in the
way it is super simple. Water will take a path
of least resistance. So if you've got a gap between
(05:54):
the metal window well and the foundation, then you got
ponding on the side of the foundation. It's going right,
the window will and if that window is old, not
sealed up real good. And I've even seen windows that
broke from water pressure. Wow, and it was sealed up
real good. Yeah, that's what a lot of times people
put glass block in there too.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
That's when you tell them, See, you sealed it up
too good to let it leak. You wouldn't have had
to break it.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
That's exactly right, put a lid on it.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
But does I mean the lid I mean obviously helps
to keep debrising thing and critters out of your I
guess it would help in a situation like that too, Sure,
I mean.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Getting delus your rain. It's not filling up the bucket either.
I like them anyway. You put a snorkl all right,
Ron Willson online dot com. You can check out his
uh snorkling videos and some gardening tips at the same time.
Thank you, sir, all right, I will continue with your calls.
(06:55):
You're at Home with Gary Sullivan Home Improvement one oh
one with Gary Sullivan every weekend classes began at one
eight hundred and eighty two three tall. You're at Home
with Gary Sullivan. For over forty years, Dumont has made
(07:32):
powerful pain and coding removers that are tough on layers
but safe for you in the environment. Tried demand smart
Strip Advanced. It works on over ninety percent of the coatings.
No harmful fumes, no dangerous chemicals. Not sure what you're removing, Well,
Demon's easy test kid tells you exactly what you need.
Find smart Strip at you're participating do it Best Retailer
(07:52):
Sherwan Williams, or visit Dumont Global dot Com. At Dumont
Global dot Com. Dumont Smart, safe and proven, so do
it yourself. Foot Demond, Hey, Gary Sealvin. Here for the
plumbing pros at Rotor Ruter plumbing and water clean up.
They've been trusted and recommended for almost ninety years. Coast
to coast. Rotor Aruter fixes clogged drains, leaky faucets and
(08:12):
running toilets. They repair water heaters, garbage disposals, some pumps,
and just about any other residential or commercial plumbing problem.
I use Rota Ruter at my house and you should too.
Call one eight hundred, get Roto, or go to rotoreruter
dot com to learn more. Well, I've been recommending Blackjack
driveway healers for years, and here's some great news. The
(08:34):
Blackjack ten year Sealer drive Max one thousand features accelerated
drying time in curing in cooler temperatures. Drive Max one
thousand adds curb appeal, delivering a light, new black finish
and as you're a thane, enhanced for the longest life.
Drive Max one thousand available at Low's Home Depot. True
value ace in your local hardware store. Visit Blackjackcoatings dot
(08:56):
com for more information. Blackjack protecting driveways.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
For over one hundre years.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Summer smells don't stand a chance because odor Exit is
bringing the heat with their summer sale right now. At
odor exit dot com. You'll get fifteen percent off, free
shipping on orders over twenty five dollars, and a free
six ounce bottle of magic when you spend over thirty
five dollars. I'm talking mold pets, funky shoes, sweaty gear,
even your car after a hot day, Odor Exit knocks
(09:23):
it out fast. Best eels, always directed odor exit dot com.
Go now and stop out those odors for good.
All right, talking home improvement. Of course, a big part
of home improvement is also lawn and landscaping improvement. That's
where we took to Ron Wilson each and every weekend,
and uh Ron does a national home and well it's
a gardening and landscaping and he covers the outside. I
cover the inside and ted bit on the outside inside outside,
(00:22):
mister Wilson, how.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Are you, Yes, sir, I'm underwater.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Underwater, it's rained a little.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Come on, okay, hey, II going out.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
And checking their radios to make sure that the douting
gets screwed up.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
You can call me water, all right. I'm on the
path of least resistance.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
I've been on a path of leaster.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
That's gonna be mine. Yeah, new nickname water a water.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
All I'm doing is trimming, cutting, raking and everything on
the outside because everything growing like crazy.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Yeah, well that's good thing. I mean, I'll take that.
Usually we transition from a you know, growing like crazy
spring into a hot, dry summer, and so far it's
been a hot, wet summer. Sure in many areas, not all,
but many areas, right.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
But I mean things obviously, you know, I always say
you want to have a good lawn have good rain,
and we got good rain. We have good lawn. Mother.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
If mother nature can can give that to you, you
got it made.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
I can't tell you how much I used to water
planning and changing slowly some of the landscaping out, and
every year we'd lose a bush or two. And this
year it's like everything is definitely deeply rooted and growing
and loving it good. And so that posts the question.
Then as it's grown, it's almost like you're running out
(01:48):
of room. Everything's growing so fast, it's kind of getting
leggy and different things. Can you can you? Is it
okay to trim some of this stuff up?
Speaker 2 (01:57):
You can, as a matter of fact, right now. After that, actually,
when the new growth kind of I call it hardening off. Yeah,
it becomes the same as the old growth looks, the same,
colors are the same. You can go back through and
do a second prune, like boxwood right now, getting a
second pruning, Japanese use, getting a second pruning some of
the junipers. I think the thing you have to remember
is there are some plants. If they're flowering plants, those
(02:17):
flower buds may be set for next year already. You
do a little pruning, right now you lose some of
the flower buds lilacs, Yeah, lilac especially, you wouldn't you know,
besides whole branch from wool really not a whole lot
many of the hydrangees at this stage yet. Be careful
about those two if they flower on last year's growth.
But you know, for the most part, you will get
a second kind of as I call it, a second
(02:38):
pruning right about midsummer, where you go through and kind of,
you know, hand do things, even them up, that type
of thing. Get those branch that came out here or
there that's hanging over the sidewalk, get that off of there,
and kind of just tidy up a little bit. But
then you want to stop. You know, there's a point
where you you know, right now you want to do that,
But once we get another month in you pretty well
(02:58):
want to stop any of that. I'd be pruning and
it would just be whole branch removal at that point
until we get into the mid latter part of the
fall season.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
I'll tell you what. A couple of years ago I
got one of these. I got a Fiskers Lope lopping chair,
and it came with a little like scissors pruning scissors.
I like that because it keeps me out of trouble
because you can only remove that's exactly right. That is
exactly right. You can't remove a lot, but you can
(03:28):
get the strays.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
You can get what you need to do right now, right,
I agree, one hundred percent.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
So I play with that with my trimming up some
old lilies that you know have some dead growth on them.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Now my problem is I carry those. I do that also,
and I do the dram scissors, and I can't carry
them in my back pocket, and I have a hole
in all my back pockets. I have a little sheath
that comes with it, but I don't take that on.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
I want to do that. I got she too, it's
on a workback.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
I've ripped my truck seed and then you know the
whole nine yards.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Oh yeah, but it is amazing though, I mean you
can it's easy, it's as smooth it's and you can't
get too much in trouble. So I'm all about the scissors.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Perner good for dead heading too.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Well, that's well, I got it because we got a
lot of daisies.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Oh that's that's what makes it so easy.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
And Sue likes to just pull off the flower and
I kind of.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Don't like that. That's okay, you can do that, that's
I know.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
And I said, but if you go down further and
get it where the leaves and the stuff as it
could bloom again.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Yeah, listen to you, mister gardener.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
We're working on it.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
We're working on I actually, can I ask you two questions. Sure,
it's a follow up to your window well thing. When
window wells are when the house is being built and
they're being stuck on the side and I think there's
a tobly screwed into the foundation of the house. Are
those sealed?
Speaker 1 (04:48):
No, they could put a little calking in there, but
they're not like sealed.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Would it be? Would it didn't help with the way
the extremes were having today if I actually sealed that.
It's just assuming I was having a new house built,
and I actually could seal that and put a window
well cover on the top.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Oh sure, sure. You know, the window well is basically
for light, right, you know, but you've got a light
in there.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
But we have these extremes, right, there's a good chance
water is going to go in, you know, wind a floor, And.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Like I said, not all of them are have a drain,
have a drain in them. And even the ones that
have the drain in them, I would say, if I
went and looked at window wells, the ones that had
a drain, they may as well not had a drain
because they're just all clogged up.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Anyone who gets down in there to clear that, all right, nobody.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Out of sight, out of mind, right, So yeah, putting
a little lid on that thing and keeping the light
coming in, calking the sides, especially if you have ponding
in that area, right, Yeah, Because and I don't mean
to make it sound really super simple, but in the
way it is super simple. Water will take a path
of least resistance. So if you've got a gap between
(05:54):
the metal window well and the foundation, then you got
ponding on the side of the foundation. It's going right,
the window will and if that window is old, not
sealed up real good. And I've even seen windows that
broke from water pressure. Wow, and it was sealed up
real good. Yeah, that's what a lot of times people
put glass block in there too.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
That's when you tell them, See, you sealed it up
too good to let it leak. You wouldn't have had
to break it.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
That's exactly right, put a lid on it.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
But does I mean the lid I mean obviously helps
to keep debrising thing and critters out of your I
guess it would help in a situation like that too, Sure,
I mean.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Getting delus your rain. It's not filling up the bucket either.
I like them anyway. You put a snorkl all right,
Ron Willson online dot com. You can check out his
uh snorkling videos and some gardening tips at the same time.
Thank you, sir, all right, I will continue with your calls.
(06:55):
You're at Home with Gary Sullivan Home Improvement one oh
one with Gary Sullivan every weekend classes began at one
eight hundred and eighty two three tall. You're at Home
with Gary Sullivan. For over forty years, Dumont has made
(07:32):
powerful pain and coding removers that are tough on layers
but safe for you in the environment. Tried demand smart
Strip Advanced. It works on over ninety percent of the coatings.
No harmful fumes, no dangerous chemicals. Not sure what you're removing, Well,
Demon's easy test kid tells you exactly what you need.
Find smart Strip at you're participating do it Best Retailer
(07:52):
Sherwan Williams, or visit Dumont Global dot Com. At Dumont
Global dot Com. Dumont Smart, safe and proven, so do
it yourself. Foot Demond, Hey, Gary Sealvin. Here for the
plumbing pros at Rotor Ruter plumbing and water clean up.
They've been trusted and recommended for almost ninety years. Coast
to coast. Rotor Aruter fixes clogged drains, leaky faucets and
(08:12):
running toilets. They repair water heaters, garbage disposals, some pumps,
and just about any other residential or commercial plumbing problem.
I use Rota Ruter at my house and you should too.
Call one eight hundred, get Roto, or go to rotoreruter
dot com to learn more. Well, I've been recommending Blackjack
driveway healers for years, and here's some great news. The
(08:34):
Blackjack ten year Sealer drive Max one thousand features accelerated
drying time in curing in cooler temperatures. Drive Max one
thousand adds curb appeal, delivering a light, new black finish
and as you're a thane, enhanced for the longest life.
Drive Max one thousand available at Low's Home Depot. True
value ace in your local hardware store. Visit Blackjackcoatings dot
(08:56):
com for more information. Blackjack protecting driveways.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
For over one hundre years.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Summer smells don't stand a chance because odor Exit is
bringing the heat with their summer sale right now. At
odor exit dot com. You'll get fifteen percent off, free
shipping on orders over twenty five dollars, and a free
six ounce bottle of magic when you spend over thirty
five dollars. I'm talking mold pets, funky shoes, sweaty gear,
even your car after a hot day, Odor Exit knocks
(09:23):
it out fast. Best eels, always directed odor exit dot com.
Go now and stop out those odors for good.
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