rswyan
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- Joined
- May 12, 2004
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- Northeast Ohio
- Tractor
- Kubota B2910, Cub Cadet Pro Z 154S, Simplicity 18 CFC, Cub Cadet 782
65F and clear @ 23:15, high hit 88.3F today here and I was feeling it.
Was only a 2% chance of precip today, but 92% chance tomorrow. Probably be raining by dawn, if not before.
Had brief power failure late last night - went off for about a minute and then came back on. Woke up this morning and the UPS, computer, and router were all off. Not sure how I managed to sleep through the alarm on the UPS but I did.
Phone and internet service has been on the fritz for about the last 36 hours as well. Broadband light goes red then starts flashing green indicating the router is trying to nail up a connection to the CO then the phone light turns red. Usually they both reestablish and go solid green but the interruption is annoying as h-e-l-l.
This will probably necessitate a call to Rajneesh @ ATT if it doesn't resolve itself in the next 24 hours.
Often happens after ATT has been working on the lines in the neighborhood: they fix one thing, screw up something else.
Refilled both suet feeders around back first thing. Put out a fresh orange half later in the afternoon for the orioles.
Watered plants front and back, also seedings.
Got four 4 x 4's cut for the Water Buffalo.
Got the last 11 Pink Banana Jumbo squash seeds planted, also another 11 Watham Butternut, another 11 Buttercup, another 18 Zucchini, and another 18 Yellow Crookneck. Still have some Zucchini and Yellow Crookneck seeds left if some do not come up.
All that required making up another 1/2 tote of potting mix.
Gathered up a dump cart load of leaves from the West planting bed and hauled that up to the compost pile.
The big azalea is now in bloom, along with the Lilies of The Valley around it's base:
Needs a little clean up.
Three 5 gallon buckets of used cat litter dumped to fill in groundhog holes on east side of house next to foundation. East side mostly done at this point, will now start working on the west side.
Discovered that the one redbud that I thought was dead is actually still alive: the top may have died off but there are a number of watersprouts at the base which are producing new growth and leaves. We'll take it ...
Dug out two embedded branches in the lawn from a maple tree that fell over a couple of years ago.
Hammered in a piece of rebar for the pole for the tube feeders.
Used the cordless string trimmer to cut down all the growth on the west side of the frog pond, still need to clean up all the leaves there and spray it with glyphosate.
Also used the string trimmer on planting area under the maple at the southwest corner of the house and raked up some of the leaves there.
Used the cordless cultivator in the planting bed under the kitchen window where the Orienipet Lilies are planted. Somehow messed up the spacing when I stuck those in the ground last fall, so dug up two and repositioned them. Still have a couple more to do. Hope they survive it.
Have to say, after using the two new cordless tools today, I'm pretty pleased with their performance. Didn't run out of battery on either one.
Just have to go downstairs and move a saw back inside, tarp the radial arm saw, and lock things up and I will call it a day.
Hope everyone had a great Sunday ...
Was only a 2% chance of precip today, but 92% chance tomorrow. Probably be raining by dawn, if not before.
Had brief power failure late last night - went off for about a minute and then came back on. Woke up this morning and the UPS, computer, and router were all off. Not sure how I managed to sleep through the alarm on the UPS but I did.
Phone and internet service has been on the fritz for about the last 36 hours as well. Broadband light goes red then starts flashing green indicating the router is trying to nail up a connection to the CO then the phone light turns red. Usually they both reestablish and go solid green but the interruption is annoying as h-e-l-l.
This will probably necessitate a call to Rajneesh @ ATT if it doesn't resolve itself in the next 24 hours.
Often happens after ATT has been working on the lines in the neighborhood: they fix one thing, screw up something else.
Refilled both suet feeders around back first thing. Put out a fresh orange half later in the afternoon for the orioles.
Watered plants front and back, also seedings.
Got four 4 x 4's cut for the Water Buffalo.
Got the last 11 Pink Banana Jumbo squash seeds planted, also another 11 Watham Butternut, another 11 Buttercup, another 18 Zucchini, and another 18 Yellow Crookneck. Still have some Zucchini and Yellow Crookneck seeds left if some do not come up.
All that required making up another 1/2 tote of potting mix.
Gathered up a dump cart load of leaves from the West planting bed and hauled that up to the compost pile.
The big azalea is now in bloom, along with the Lilies of The Valley around it's base:
Needs a little clean up.
Three 5 gallon buckets of used cat litter dumped to fill in groundhog holes on east side of house next to foundation. East side mostly done at this point, will now start working on the west side.
Discovered that the one redbud that I thought was dead is actually still alive: the top may have died off but there are a number of watersprouts at the base which are producing new growth and leaves. We'll take it ...
Dug out two embedded branches in the lawn from a maple tree that fell over a couple of years ago.
Hammered in a piece of rebar for the pole for the tube feeders.
Used the cordless string trimmer to cut down all the growth on the west side of the frog pond, still need to clean up all the leaves there and spray it with glyphosate.
Also used the string trimmer on planting area under the maple at the southwest corner of the house and raked up some of the leaves there.
Used the cordless cultivator in the planting bed under the kitchen window where the Orienipet Lilies are planted. Somehow messed up the spacing when I stuck those in the ground last fall, so dug up two and repositioned them. Still have a couple more to do. Hope they survive it.
Have to say, after using the two new cordless tools today, I'm pretty pleased with their performance. Didn't run out of battery on either one.
Just have to go downstairs and move a saw back inside, tarp the radial arm saw, and lock things up and I will call it a day.
Hope everyone had a great Sunday ...
