Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

I've seen steel strips used like that in commercial landscapes, Eric. They have to work better than the thick, 5/8" x 3 1/2" plastic edging I used around here. Every single piece of that junk warped and worked its way out of the ground, and in the fire, the top edges melted bending it even more. I'd planted a couple hundred feet of the wretched stuff, and dug and pulled it all back up, forming a pile of it on the gravel pad where the shipping container is going. Last week, I spent a delightful afternoon, first removing the screws that held the wooden stakes onto the sides of the stuff, then using a saber saw to cut it into garbage can sized lengths for disposal. In many places, the melted plastic had covered up the screw heads, so I made do by breaking the pointed ends of the screws off with a pair of vise grips. Glad that job's done, but what a massive waste of time and money installing it in the first place.

I got a pile of it behind my shed lol

 

[jbrumberg]

BEF- Nice picture. A much better day down your way than up here in NE. It rained all day here until about an hour ago, I'll probably see off/on rain shower activity until tomorrow.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG I was just going to start replacing parts in the refrigerator when I got the November Sales add from Costco. This counter depth refrigerator will be $1000 off.
https://www.costco.com/Samsung-22Cu...ith-Filtered-Ice-Maker.product.100477773.html

Back when I was shopping, Don, Samsung had some of the poorest customer service ratings. And when you try to comparison shop using the Costco part number for the appliance, you lean that Costco has their own special numbers, and special feature sets, so Amazon ratings may not be apples-to-apples (or Samsungs-to-Samsungs, as the case may be).

Looks like a nice fridge, though, and it comes in black to match the rest of my motly crew...

 

[txdon]

Back when I was shopping, Don, Samsung had some of the poorest customer service ratings. And when you try to comparison shop using the Costco part number for the appliance, you lean that Costco has their own special numbers, and special feature sets, so Amazon ratings may not be apples-to-apples (or Samsungs-to-Samsungs, as the case may be).

Looks like a nice fridge, though, and it comes in black to match the rest of my motly crew...

Costco doubles the warranty to 2 years and citibank doubles that to 4 years, or for $129 I can add 3 years to costco's 2 for 5 years under warranty. The problem I have is they say $1000 off, but off what. I'm thinking off retail price and that will still be $100 lower than home depot and with free haul away I'm even more ahead. I'll find out Oc. 30 when it goes on sale.

The Costco reviews are mostly good but I also remember that blender I reviewed that was smoking and they refused to post my review.

 

[txdon]

Don, saw in your raised bed pic a mattock laying on the ground. That is one of my favourite tools, yet I very rarely see anyone else using one.

We have always called it a Grub-n-hoe. I use it a lot here for digging up rock and cutting roots.

Don how much will you garden produce in the Fall?

This is my first fall garden in this area. I still have 12 eggplants on 2 plants and planted carrots, kale, cabbage, cilantro, turnips, & broccoli. We have already had 2 meals of kale.

Don, looks like lot of seat time to fill those raised beds.

Yes it does, those seat time volunteer jobs always sucker me in.

37˚ F in the valley 44˚F on the hills but warmed up to 80˚F.

Took a rest day after the garden block placement and played hand and foot with the club.

Rick we have a Wildlife Club that deals with the wild pigs. I have seen their cages and have not seen any pig damage. The back-up club is always the hunting club if they start to mess with the golf courses.

Our hiking trail routes were approved by the developer so now they go into construction mode.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Was your old hoe like anything on this page?

I have a tiny gardening hoe that is pretty much useless for the stony soil around here. I'm thinking one of those 7" hoes at the top of that page would be just the ticket, but worry that the handle would be too short.

No. Mine was probably more like 8-10 lbs, forged. It was my ex-wife's grandfathers. It wasn't something you would want to swing overhead much, but more like for Eric's trenches.

It was more like this, only wooden handled.
https://smile.amazon.com/Truper-31638-5-Pound-Mattock-Fiberglass/dp/B002UF7R72/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=mattock&qid=1572216396&s=hi&sr=1-3

 

[mpham]

Acorns are so thick this year I needed to break out the power broom yesterday. Cold and raining today so taking it easy. Did load up a trailer with firewood this morning with the Kubota.
Hope everyone is healthy and safe.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

No. Mine was probably more like 8-10 lbs, forged. It was my ex-wife's grandfathers. It wasn't something you would want to swing overhead much, but more like for Eric's trenches.

It was more like this, only wooden handled.
https://smile.amazon.com/Truper-31638-5-Pound-Mattock-Fiberglass/dp/B002UF7R72/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=mattock&qid=1572216396&s=hi&sr=1-3

That looks like what I've been taught to call a mattock, and the one here gets used whenever there's a small job and I'm too lazy to hook up the backhoe.

Episodes like you related with your hoe are why I don't loan tools.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Costco doubles the warranty to 2 years and citibank doubles that to 4 years, or for $129 I can add 3 years to costco's 2 for 5 years under warranty. The problem I have is they say $1000 off, but off what. I'm thinking off retail price and that will still be $100 lower than home depot and with free haul away I'm even more ahead. I'll find out Oc. 30 when it goes on sale.

The Costco reviews are mostly good but I also remember that blender I reviewed that was smoking and they refused to post my review.

Your skills at warranty extension are impressive, Don.:thumbsup: I'd expect a refrigerator to last far longer than 5 years, though, so check the Samsung reviews for yourself to see if you'd be happy with the runaround more than a few folks have gotten when the darn things went on the blink.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

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Acorns are so thick this year I needed to break out the power broom yesterday. Cold and raining today so taking it easy. Did load up a trailer with firewood this morning with the Kubota.
Hope everyone is healthy and safe.

I've always wondered how good the power broom works. Shindaiwa makes some good stuff. Pricey but good.