Good morning!!!!

[Eric Salop]

Unlike LS, I achieved nothing yesterday, despite it being warm and dry all day, with only the lightest of winds to float away the soap bubbles I was blowing for the grandkids.

Whole fields of thistles were left untopped, the roller stayed unwelded and the mortar gaps in the brickwork remained unpointed. A little catching up to do today ...

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning all, 65 and foggy this morning going to a high of 70 with an 80% chance of heavy rain. Going to the grocery store and get a few things and check with the guy that has the mill and see if he is back yet. Need to make a dump run soon and clean out some more stuff from the garage. Wonder what I will get done today.

Eric, have you tried a brick jointer rake? It's a handle, two wheels and a hard nail. The nail just rakes the old mortar out. Works well in some cases, if the old mortar is not to hard. A lot quicker than a chisel. I see them on line for $7 to $15.

LS, glad you are improving, praying that continues and that the kids home stays safe, and some rain too.

Prayers for all who need them, have a great day. Ed

 

[Buppies]

70 high of 81 more big storms today then nice cool down but only lasting one day

LS glad you done with fence glad knee is doing better

Prayers for those in need

 

[Thomas]

41F blue sky low 80's for high.

Just made little dust yesterday afternoon about it,after work today good cleaning grill grates...sooo far.
Time for E muffin feed little critters than slow roll to work.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[wngsprd]

66 and foggy, going to only 74.

LS, glad the knee is better.

Eric, sounds like you had a perfectly good day.

I hand dug a trench 10" deep and 50' long for my first French drain yesterday...moist soil/clay made the digging easier, but the lifting heavier. Had just finished smoothing the trench bottom and using a string level to make sure properly angled. Was ready to put fabric, rock and pipe when a thunderstorm attacked...later I went down to check on it during the hardest rain, and water was flowing, so I'm sure some erosion and refill at the bottom. If it dries out enough, I'll try to finish today, but got over 1" of rain on top of the 1.7" the day before.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 77˚ heading to 100˚, sunny, South wind at 15mph. I need to do some more exploring in the area today and look into a good composting unit. The horticulture club might have a veggie compost pile, I'll have to inquire. We used to throw all our veggie scrapes in the keyhole garden every day and now it sure seems a waste just to throw them in the garbage.

I took whipper out before sunrise to go, but she just laid down on the patio and refused to come back in. She is making progress, I think. The first sign of activity is the sprinkler man stopping behind the back yard to turn on the sprinklers in the section of the golf course behind me - about 100 yards of irrigation sprinklers, we will se if Whipper changes her mind about staying outside when he dives up with his JD utility vehicle.

 

[toppop52]

Does yours have this lift or like the one I posted earlier?

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Just like that. Flips down and has a crank handle that goes on top like a trailer jack.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 57° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 79° with sunny skies. Yesterday I got pond cleaned and net to keep Herons out removed. Decided to throw it away. Going to install new one with plastic strips screws on the PVC pipe. Strips are made. Hope to get them installed before a Heron finds out net is not there anymore.

Don, give the kids some dog treats for Whipper.

LS, glad you are feeling better.

Randy, Prayers for Ellen's mother and Grandson.

To those lifting mower to change/sharpen blades. Be extra careful. I run my front mower up on car ramps with deck fully raised. Give me full access to blades. But I still put a jack stand under it for protection.

Eric, Grand kids always come before projects. Until they get old enough to assist with the projects.

Prayers for all those in need.

Good morning All.

 

[toppop52]

Our Toro Z Turn has lift like the one posted above and it is a 2005 model

Mine is around 10 years old, just no hours before I bought it last year.

 

[toppop52]

59 with strong northeast winds, temps might hit 64 later. Very strange June weather.