Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

I cut this down a week or two ago. Mom and I planted it back in the '70's ... it was supposed to be a small juniper shrub ... it ended up probably close to 30' tall.

Turned out it was apparently an eastern red cedar (which is actually not a cedar but a type of juniper):

The birds loved it ... but it was constantly dropping it's foliage onto the AC unit and the roof (and from there into the gutters) ... so it had to go ...

 

[rswyan]

Retaining wall (left) after removal:

It was made from 6 x 6 PT and the guys that installed it didn't do a very good job tying it back into what it was retaining (was leaning) ... and it had some rot in some of the timbers ... some of the PT may be salvageable/reuseable for something or another. Hafta check it out.

The area where the wall is now sitting used to covered by a deck (to the left) ... which was another sub-par job by idjits who had no pride in their work), and a planting bed (to the right)

 

[rswyan]

This is where the retaining wall was before I removed it:

Not really sure what I'm going to do with it ... but if I put a retaining wall back in, it will be stone or landscape block ... not wood.

Might just fill it, grade it, and seed it for lawn tho' ...

 

[Eric Salop]

If we are lucky we may get some sunshine later in the day. At 9:00 am it is cloudy with a wind making it feel much cooler than the 8C/46F showing on the thermometer.

When I first got this land there was a string of private electricity poles crossing that once provided power from the adjacent creamery plant to a distant water pumping station, both now long defunct. Within a couple of weeks the owner had the poles cut off at chest height and took them away, along with the precious copper wire. I have taken a few of the poles up since then and used them for gate posts and thought it was time to do something about the others that are still in the middle of fields, making any operation with a tractor that bit more awkward.

I put a hole down the side of each post with a spade to help ease them out intact with the 4-in-1. Does your mind ever drift when you do something simple and repetitive ? My certainly does, by the time I realised what I was doing I had almost dug one completely out by hand.



Never cease to be surprised what I find when digging holes. This one threw up a hand chiselled chunk of stone.




Well, at least there were no snakes to worry about. Got get those snake boots Don before you don't live to regret it. Do they only strike below the knee ?

 

[dave1949]

51F. Cloudy and upper 60's today.

The area 4H Club is having a manure sale this morning. Half&half horse and cow with bedding shavings and somewhat composted. I hope they have a tractor that will reach over the sides of my truck but I'll get the bags if not. It's an annual fund raiser activity.

Picked up some smaller rocks yesterday and my back is good this morning. Maybe I got carried away this spring and didn't give it enough time to limber up.

RS I would choose grading that out a bit where the retaining wall was and call it good. From the pick it doesn't look like a retainer is really needed. One less thing to mow and trim around.

Eric who knows what all is buried in the your country? Has to be some interesting stuff in many places.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is brewing. 59° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 74° with chance of showers and thunderstorms. Did not cut lawn. Back on list for today. Started a project yesterday trying to find a leak in the garden pond. Need to hand dig up top filter and it's feed line. Hope I find it on first dig.
txdon, snakes. If you had a Smartphone you would always have a camera with you. :thumbsup:
RS, lots of work for the tractor. Place looks nice.
Eric, You cannot dig a hole around my place without getting a wheelbarrow full of rocks.
Good Morning All.

 

[RoyJackson]

2015-05-16, 0623

51 and sprinkling outside. High today will be 75 and a chance of thunderstorms... Doubt if I mow this weekend.
Chores today...nothing pressing, but I'd like to get the 3PH components on the Deere. I was missing a couple pins, which I picked up yesterday. I'd also liked to have started work on the dolly for the snow blower, but between the house payment and the tax installment, not much left over for what I need for materials.

 

[KevT]

63 and headed to 90. Our 80% chance of rain is now 20. Looks like I will be buying hay for awhile. Good Morning Everyone!!! I should of never taken my wife to the horse auction, today she wants to go back to GA for a tack auction. Looks like I will be buying saddles today instead of burning tree piles.

 

[KevT]

51F. The area 4H Club is having a manure sale this morning. Half&half horse and cow with bedding shavings and somewhat composted. I hope they have a tractor that will reach over the sides of my truck but I'll get the bags if not. It's an annual fund raiser activity.

Wow, I wish they did that down here. I get a good price from one of the Dairies ($45 a dump truck) but it would be nice to support a youth group like 4-H or FFA

 

[bakerg]

Good morning, 66F withe a chance of rain, heading towards 77F. Birthday dinner went great last night, good meal ,good conversatons. All getting together again tonight for a 30th birthday party for my daughter inlaw.