sseelhoff
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What do you mean "was?"
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What do you mean "was?"
buckeyefarmer
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Wouldnt it be nice if a new faucet came with that little tube of silicone caulk that you need to install it.....
Good evening, called for rain but got none. could use a little.
Good evening, called for rain but got none. could use a little.
txdon
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Morning underachievers is open to all in the "Good Morning thread" not morning time specifically. So yes thousands of work hours will not be unappreciated - because they didn't happen.:thumbsup:
Kyle_in_Tex
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Hey, you have Planes, Trains, and Automobiles!
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Not sure if that was plain bad cooking, or you were experiencing part of the charm of the Welsh - a gift some have for of subtly demonstrating that deep down, quite a few hate anyone who isn't also Welsh.
Pretty sure I experienced that later on the same trip when I pulled into a gas station with an urgent need to relieve myself (that breakfast tea really went right through me :laughing
. The attendant showed his courtesy by denying me the key even though I assured him I would be buying a tank of gas. I repaid the favor by walking around to the door of the loo, making a mess on the concrete (I did say URGENT), and purchasing fuel a bit farther down the road.:thumbsdown:
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Well I suppose those little tails at the corners do help the rain drip off a little farther from your collar... :laughing:
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I'm not sure what I can do to get it back to snuff...I'm trying not to stub it again
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68 right now. Not going to get much warmer...looks like a high of 70 today and a high probability of thunderstorms.
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71.3F and overcast @ 03:00 ...
The heavy, slow-moving thunderstorms in the forecast turned out to be a bust ... petered out just before they got here ... which is unfortunate, because it's been awhile since we've had any rain. I noticed yesterday that the (undisturbed) ground around some hawthorn trees next to where I was transplanting was actually cracked pretty bad. The grass has gone into summer dormancy ... not because it's been all that hot - it hasn't - just due to lack of precipitation I guess.
Speaking of transplanting, we've managed to transplant 1 (smaller) japanese yew, 3 clumps of pampas grass, and 7 oak trees - which ranged in height from around 5' or 6' up to 12'. The oaks seem to be doing well, with only a little bit of leaf loss on a couple that we couldn't get in the ground immediately after digging them (cluster of 3 trees) ... but I've been watering them every couple of days ... usually about 20 to 25 gallons per tree. Still need to mulch around the base of the trees to slow moisture loss.
Between the recent transplants and existing shrubs, I've probably have hauled 750 gallons of water or more at this point, just in the last week or so.
I spent Saturday afternoon and evening pumping out and pulling the 275 gallon fuel oil tank. Wound up with about 130 gallons of fuel ... which will probably cover me until next summer. Getting the tank up out of the basement was a PITA - 90 degree turn on the landing at the top of the steps to get out the door ... but a friend and I managed it. Tank appears to be sound and relatively decent shape ... no obvious leaks, just some surface rust on the backside where it was close to the basement wall.
Today I got around 10 pallets of stuff moved back into the polebarn in anticipation of the rain that never really happened. After that I dug about 15' of trench for the downspout drain, got the first 10' section of pipe laid and connected to the downspout, cleaned out the section of gutter that that downspout drains, and nailed the gutter back in wherever it was loose.
I had to dig out around the foundation where the downspout comes down in order to repair it (the foundation) ... the downspout was missing the bottom section that redirected the water away from the foundation and it has been dumping water next to the foundation. With the winter freeze and thaw cycles some of the bricks had come loose and several blocks were damaged:
Figure I'll just lay a piece of plywood in there for a form and fill it with 'crete ... after I hose down and clean off the block.
As part of this project I did some work on this monster, just to gain access to the foundation to be able to work on it, which involved trimming out some of the understory:
Originally, the idea was to remove the entire plant and transplant it elsewhere. After messing with transplanting the oak trees, and getting a good look at the main trunk of this rhody, I've decided that I'm not going to do that - it's just too big.
What I found in doing the trimming was that a lot of the drooping branches had begun to root wherever they touched the soil and were covered with leaves:
So I went ahead and made a cut with a razor knife between the rooting part of the stems and the main plant to cause further rooting, pinned down the stems with cut coat hangers, and covered the section that was beginning to root with compost and then mulched over it. In another month and a half, I'll cut the stems going back to the main plant and hopefully by next spring I'll have 18 to 24 more individual rhododendrons ready to transplant. This specimen has light purple blooms ... so it should add some color around the place.
So in addition to removing the propagated portions around the perimeter, I'll probably just trim the upper part - to try and get it under control and away from the electric lines coming from the transformer on the power pole.
Met last Friday with a realtor on the commercial property. As of today they will have the listing. Be interesting to see what kind of interest they get on it.
Hope everyone has an enjoyable and productive day.
The heavy, slow-moving thunderstorms in the forecast turned out to be a bust ... petered out just before they got here ... which is unfortunate, because it's been awhile since we've had any rain. I noticed yesterday that the (undisturbed) ground around some hawthorn trees next to where I was transplanting was actually cracked pretty bad. The grass has gone into summer dormancy ... not because it's been all that hot - it hasn't - just due to lack of precipitation I guess.
Speaking of transplanting, we've managed to transplant 1 (smaller) japanese yew, 3 clumps of pampas grass, and 7 oak trees - which ranged in height from around 5' or 6' up to 12'. The oaks seem to be doing well, with only a little bit of leaf loss on a couple that we couldn't get in the ground immediately after digging them (cluster of 3 trees) ... but I've been watering them every couple of days ... usually about 20 to 25 gallons per tree. Still need to mulch around the base of the trees to slow moisture loss.
Between the recent transplants and existing shrubs, I've probably have hauled 750 gallons of water or more at this point, just in the last week or so.
I spent Saturday afternoon and evening pumping out and pulling the 275 gallon fuel oil tank. Wound up with about 130 gallons of fuel ... which will probably cover me until next summer. Getting the tank up out of the basement was a PITA - 90 degree turn on the landing at the top of the steps to get out the door ... but a friend and I managed it. Tank appears to be sound and relatively decent shape ... no obvious leaks, just some surface rust on the backside where it was close to the basement wall.
Today I got around 10 pallets of stuff moved back into the polebarn in anticipation of the rain that never really happened. After that I dug about 15' of trench for the downspout drain, got the first 10' section of pipe laid and connected to the downspout, cleaned out the section of gutter that that downspout drains, and nailed the gutter back in wherever it was loose.
I had to dig out around the foundation where the downspout comes down in order to repair it (the foundation) ... the downspout was missing the bottom section that redirected the water away from the foundation and it has been dumping water next to the foundation. With the winter freeze and thaw cycles some of the bricks had come loose and several blocks were damaged:
Figure I'll just lay a piece of plywood in there for a form and fill it with 'crete ... after I hose down and clean off the block.
As part of this project I did some work on this monster, just to gain access to the foundation to be able to work on it, which involved trimming out some of the understory:
Originally, the idea was to remove the entire plant and transplant it elsewhere. After messing with transplanting the oak trees, and getting a good look at the main trunk of this rhody, I've decided that I'm not going to do that - it's just too big.
What I found in doing the trimming was that a lot of the drooping branches had begun to root wherever they touched the soil and were covered with leaves:
So I went ahead and made a cut with a razor knife between the rooting part of the stems and the main plant to cause further rooting, pinned down the stems with cut coat hangers, and covered the section that was beginning to root with compost and then mulched over it. In another month and a half, I'll cut the stems going back to the main plant and hopefully by next spring I'll have 18 to 24 more individual rhododendrons ready to transplant. This specimen has light purple blooms ... so it should add some color around the place.
So in addition to removing the propagated portions around the perimeter, I'll probably just trim the upper part - to try and get it under control and away from the electric lines coming from the transformer on the power pole.
Met last Friday with a realtor on the commercial property. As of today they will have the listing. Be interesting to see what kind of interest they get on it.
Hope everyone has an enjoyable and productive day.
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Eric Salop
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Should be fine again today for haymaking. I lost a few tines on the haybob yesterday. To try and save my hearing, I now wear ear plugs when I do hours of pto work, but that meant I didn't hear a thing when the tines broke, so I need to be more careful today.
I also tend to like meat well done (but not crunchy hamburgers !). Not sure if that's because that was how it was served up when I was young, or I just have an inherent aversion to tape worms and liver fluke. Now if the vet would only give me wormer pills like he does the dog, I could enjoy meat with blood oozing out too.
I'm with you vts, but have you any tips on how to do it ? Anyone can simply put things off for another day, but it takes real skill to actually persuade your wife, or yourself, that it's actually better to do it tomorrow than today.
A few years back I was getting worried that my previously unlimited supply of plausible excuses was running low, then came the aging body and now I'm finding a whole new set to go at, it's a revelation.
I also tend to like meat well done (but not crunchy hamburgers !). Not sure if that's because that was how it was served up when I was young, or I just have an inherent aversion to tape worms and liver fluke. Now if the vet would only give me wormer pills like he does the dog, I could enjoy meat with blood oozing out too.
I'm with you vts, but have you any tips on how to do it ? Anyone can simply put things off for another day, but it takes real skill to actually persuade your wife, or yourself, that it's actually better to do it tomorrow than today.
A few years back I was getting worried that my previously unlimited supply of plausible excuses was running low, then came the aging body and now I'm finding a whole new set to go at, it's a revelation.
vtsnowedin
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Well I'm not a doctor but I hear there is this thing that improves circulation without any negative side effects. I believe it is called "exercise" or some other foreign term. Ain't never tried it myself except by accident.
