Rejecting Ramsey
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I just planted my potted Violette de Bordeaux fig tree in my side yard yesterday. I'm not sure it'll get enough sun. I'll plant one more soon, a Celeste. I bought them both a year ago and they did ok last year, but the hot weather made them dormant for a couple months in summer. In the ground, they'll be more insulated, and should produce and grow through the summer. My only concern is enough sunlight. I have to put them next to a fairly tall fence, which will shade them but for a few months in summer when the sun is directly overhead.
Education is extremely important.
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Before I got my first job, I had an allowance of $6 a week to cover the cost of lunch and incidentals at school. I never took a bus - walking 3 miles to/from school. I remember spending 26 cents a day for lunch - which consisted of 2 cartons of chocolate milk (3 cents each), a Little Debbie chocolate brownie (10 cents) and a small bag of pretzels (10 cents). That way, I was clearing over $4 a week of savings.
In college, I worked for a sleep laboratory - and didn't have an apartment or dorm. When I slept, I slept in an office on the floor in a sleeping bag so I didn't have any rent expense. I microwaved food in the cafeteria and stored food in a refrigerator that was used to store dead rats from the animal lab. At one point I was working 3 jobs while in school - sleep lab, deli worker on weekends and testing service - but I was always working.
When I graduated college, I had no debt and actually saved almost 10 grand - enough for a 20% down payment a house that I bought at 24.
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Before I got my first job, I had an allowance of $6 a week to cover the cost of lunch and incidentals at school. I never took a bus - walking 3 miles to/from school. I remember spending 26 cents a day for lunch - which consisted of 2 cartons of chocolate milk (3 cents each), a Little Debbie chocolate brownie (10 cents) and a small bag of pretzels (10 cents). That way, I was clearing over $4 a week of savings.
In college, I worked for a sleep laboratory - and didn't have an apartment or dorm. When I slept, I slept in an office on the floor in a sleeping bag so I didn't have any rent expense. I microwaved food in the cafeteria and stored food in a refrigerator that was used to store dead rats from the animal lab. At one point I was working 3 jobs while in school - sleep lab, deli worker on weekends and testing service - but I was always working.
When I graduated college, I had no debt and actually saved almost 10 grand - enough for a 20% down payment a house that I bought at 24.
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I just planted my potted Violette de Bordeaux fig tree in my side yard yesterday. I'm not sure it'll get enough sun. I'll plant one more soon, a Celeste. I bought them both a year ago and they did ok last year, but the hot weather made them dormant for a couple months in summer. In the ground, they'll be more insulated, and should produce and grow through the summer. My only concern is enough sunlight. I have to put them next to a fairly tall fence, which will shade them but for a few months in summer when the sun is directly overhead.
@Horace said in Rejecting Ramsey:
I just planted my potted Violette de Bordeaux fig tree in my side yard yesterday. I'm not sure it'll get enough sun. I'll plant one more soon, a Celeste. I bought them both a year ago and they did ok last year, but the hot weather made them dormant for a couple months in summer. In the ground, they'll be more insulated, and should produce and grow through the summer. My only concern is enough sunlight. I have to put them next to a fairly tall fence, which will shade them but for a few months in summer when the sun is directly overhead.
Mayhaws and apples are blooming right now. Pears and plums are just starting to show a smidgen. Figs aren't budded at all.
