Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

69F and "Fair" @ 11:30, heading up to around 75F. Looking to be another late Summer beautiful day.

Nearby LWS reports low this morning was 44F.

Got the front lawn all mowed yesterday.

After that I watered the west Redbud tree and day lilies around it, around 10 gallons IIRC.

Then took the Buffalo up and put 6 gallons into the hole I tried to drill up by the shed where the ground was so hard.

Then gave 2 of the small oak trees along the road 4 gallons each.

With that the Buffalo was empty so I brought it back down to the house and hooked it up to refill on slow flow.

Woman came out while that was happening with a “tech support” phone question. Was able to resolve that for Her, Buffalo was full, and dinner was ready so I headed inside to chow down.

Woman made a meatloaf, baked potatoes, and sautéed green beans from the garden.

After dinner I headed back outside and started watering the east and northeast planting beds ... which have been badly neglected this summer.

Left soaker running on low flow on the pole beans and west side of arched trellis while I did that.

Four rhododendrons watered and fed. The 2 large ones got 6 gallons each and the 2 smaller ones 4 gallons each.

Lilac bush got 4 gallons.

Some hosta and other plants watered, plus all the day lilies.

And with that the Buffalo was empty again. Took it over by the garden and dropped it off and then went and collected the dump cart and parked the Cub over there as well.

Then came on inside.

Agenda for today (in no particular order):

Refill the Water Buffalo.

Water all the arbs.

Use whatever is left to water the rest of the oaks up along the road.

See if I can't get that planting hole up by the shop re-drilled, now that it's been wetted down.

Start hauling down wood chips to mulch the east side garden expansion where I sprayed the other day.

Beyond that just see what else comes up.

Hope everyone is having a decent Sunday ...

 

[daugen]

made a nice meatless lunch based on supermarket's foccaccia with red sauce and mozzarella, on which I
had ladled sauted broccolini with lots of fresh garlic, and then sprinkled with parmesan and baked for half an hour.
yum
plus another lunch tupperwared, won't be as good nuked

 

[sodamo]

71°F and .44 inches much needed rain Light and intermittent thru most of the day.

Spent too much time attempting to repair puppy modified 3rd light wiring on my Tundra. Able to get mangled connector reinserted but light not working. Then I realized I have never actually seen it work, just assumed it did.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Looking4new]

Good afternoon, I'm a little late today. The low is 68 and going up to 75°F. Wind SSW 7 mph. Sunny!

Today is a day of rest for me anyway. Tomorrow is going to be as nice as today, so maybe tomorrow I will get out and actually do something.

Re all the cucumbers: I would eat them. Straight up, skinned
(don't like cucumber skins), swimming in vinegar and as a last resort pickled.

Drew, are you renting that house? Or did you buy it?
If it was mine I would strap it and re-roof it in steel.

Ribs for supper tonight. Can't wait.

Have a safe day all

 

[ponytug]

yellow jackets are not your friends
alpha insect with a bad attitude

got food shopping done, had fun with my 10 % off coupon, tried a few new things

my first job is changing the water filters on house, bet they are nice and gunked up.
Jet well pump sends a lot of junk down the line, mostly rust colored

FWIW: There are self cleaning (backwashing) sediment filters available. We use them on our wells to get 3 micron sediment removal. The upside is cleaner water and maintenance only every 5-10 years or so, but the downside is that they aren't cheap.
E.g. Filter-AG Plus Filtration Systems - Hellenbrand

All the best, Peter

 

[sodamo]

is your commute down to the supermarket just too stressful?
do you need more soothing?
Lincoln has your solution, all you need to do is contemplate the waterfall

begs the question what happens when one of these screens dies out of warranty, whooeeee
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Meditate while driving?

 

[daugen]

and I still got distracted from changing those filters...this time with a not so small "get to".
nice afternoon, worried about sand grout turning into a rock, so went ahead and grouted the front walkway.
It will dry lighter, and should look very nice until January, when freeze and thaw will send some of those
pavers an inch upwards. This stuff will sure crack then.

was going to use a broom but wound up down on hands and knees with a shop bench brush making it as nice as I could.
Then I gently blew it off with Makita hand leaf blower to get loose dust off, then wet the surface.

maybe tomorrow for the filters...

 

[m7040]

75 which looks to be the high for the day

Another window was worked on. Several more to go

Worked on the post at the barn thinking it would be easy to siamese a post on to the existing one. But after getting the 25 ton jack all tapped out and using two 3/4 inch treaded rods as well it was not sliding fully in place. At least I got a good work out.
Will leave it to another day and get a second 25 ton jack on it as well.

 

[Thomas]

73F sunny day.

Been laid back day and more so after dinner.
While putting another fresh coat stain on the mailbox post neighbor 1/4 mile away stop by for visit,he fill me in on the brains of city one of new plans,if pass landowners will be require have roadside mowing done could be interesting for those live out state.
About time to flop small pork loin on the grill,enjoy your evening all.

........................................
Cubs found their new pull rope this morning.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Monday) morning. Overnight Low of 3.3C and it's presently 16.8C, clear & calm.

It's the first 'official' day of Spring as Australia goes by calendar. We've got another month (5th Oct) 'til DST comes into effect.

Nothing planned for the week except for the regular stuff. That's about it, take care all.