No brown recluse in CA, but we definitely have black widows. They like it dark and woody for the most part.
The outside man door for our garage wasn't used for a while and one day I went through it and caught a faceful of a strong spider web. Startled the heck out of me. Luckily the spider -...
Mine surges but still runs and I'm too lazy & scared to do much about it. I'm always afraid of getting those linkages taken apart and put back together right...
While it's a completely different product area, an organization I'm involved with has a need for a particular plywood, and due to circumstances that began in '22 the product's availability is sketchy. We were able to get some at local (50mi range) stores the first two years but last year I...
Similar to the rope, I use a bit of wire because it's what was on hand when I needed it. My OEM hook also is way too small. I just pull the wire through the end of the hydraulic top link and give it a quick twist at whatever length I feel like having it and it holds very well.
> professional apple storage
Nobody's expecting professional storage out of this, just a simulation of a root cellar.
We do surprisingly well in the barely-cool room as it is.
Reducing temperatures alone will get us a good amount more, even if the apples don't last till spring.
Also, it's not...
If we had the right ground temps (see the graph on first page), I have a good hillside that would make it fairly workable, though it's by my barn about a hundred yards from the house (strangely enough it's flat around the house!)
I agree that a dug-out root cellar isn't a good match here, as much as I like the idea and aesthetics of the concept, if the project gains traction it'll end up in that storage room.
I'm of the opinion that an easy-to-install package is worth spending some money on so I probably wouldn't...
I'd love to have a root cellar and have the desire and possibility the capability to dig & build one
but my concern is that I don't think that the ground here (norcal, 2000' elevation in the hills, fairly hot - often 90-95 15-25% humidity but rarely 100+ desert hot in the summer, kinda freezes...
Following with no suggestions... I've developed reflux issues despite barely eating any food, looks like I need to elevate my upper... meanwhile my wife needs to elevate her lower for completely different reasons.
This didn't go from "rounding out the holes" to failure in a week. You'd know better, but I'd start it on the monthly checklist - put a sample rod the same size as the attaching pins into the holes and ensure there's not "too much" play. Keep a log of hole diameter measurement. After a year of...