In the garden, and RAIN!!!!

POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
Well, dang.

This is what I posted about some weeks earlier. The fire season held off for a nice while, but now that the Santa Ana's are blowing (starting as a hot high pressure air mass inland over the desert, and blowing to offhsore and the ocean) the hot, dry wind is fueling fires.

I hope the fire season isn't too bad here; most especially, I hope it's not too bad up in the Sierra's and NoCal. And I really hope we get our normal winter rains.

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Definitely made the news up here tonight. Not good and I know that is going to be an understatement this season.

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SIX, they used to use rope soaked with tar, but they prolly have something better now.

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To get the lastest fire updates go to

https:// www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/

just remove the space before " www";

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

You idiots have been oppressing the entire sexual spectrum as long as you have existed. I can't wait for the day your kind is dead - WISHIMAY

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
BTW... do you know, or could you ask your husband what type of stuff I'd be looking for if I wanted to create a seal between a concrete slab and the foundation of my house?

I've got that large front porch slab that sits in front of about 2/3rds of my house, and I've got a slab next to the back porch that is large enough for a big grill. It's apparent that at some time these were "sealed", but it looks as though they might have just dumped concrete in there and it has long since just broken off.

I'd really love to get something in there to keep water from going behind them. I'm sure there is some sort of somewhat malleable material that is designed for the job, but my Google-fu is failing me right now and I'm not getting any relevant results.

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I know they put stuff in bewteen concrete sidewalk slabs (it's almost like an asphalt-impregnated rope), but that's more like "expansion joint" stuff, not waterproofing stuff. Looks like you found what you need, but I'll ask anyway.

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Yeah. I didn't even know that until I found it now. I thought I'd be pouring some rubber stuff all the way down the back of the concrete slabs.

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Everything I did outside seems to have held up wonderfully through the heavy rain last night. No splashing and making a mess everywhere. I did notice a corner somewhat close to the main house that needs to be better graded though since it was pooling water while the rain was really heavy last night.

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So, the leftover pavers .... are you placing them under the drip-line of your eaves to keep the soil from being splashed away?

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Yeah. It worked great where I ripped everything up. Those pavers are so cheap I should have done it years ago in front in lieu of getting gutters. Still need to put gutters up there, but it would have at least helped the situation out.

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When it warms up again, I'm going to do the same in the front of the house around the hastas with the leftover pavers until I get the gutters up, but that's going to require some re-grading of the dirt first. I'll use that opportunity to finally fix that drain pipe too.

Rain all day today, and then it drops to 33 degrees here tonight!

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Jeezus. In the 30's already???

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Yeah. :( 37 degrees right now as I'm writing this.

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SIX, they used to use rope soaked with tar, but they prolly have something better now.

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I don't know about "better", but it looks as though people are just using that foam backing rod (which is cheap at about $2.99 for a 20 ft length) and caulk tubes of various concrete friendly materials. Some of the people at Menards seem somewhat knowledgeable, so I'll ask them which they recommend. Wish I knew a concrete guy to tell me specifically which one they'd recommend. They can vary quite a bit in price. I don't want to spend double the money if I don't need to, but I also don't want to buy crap or something that isn't made specifically for that job. The one I linked looks right to me though.


Do Right, Be Right. :)

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1kiki, you are completely out of your mind. Trump gave Turkey the go ahead during a phone call on Sunday for a war on the Kurds, and you can't admit it

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SECOND hears voices. They tell him what Trump says, what Trump thinks, and what Trump feels. They whisper in his ear and he believes them. SECOND is





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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

You idiots have been oppressing the entire sexual spectrum as long as you have existed. I can't wait for the day your kind is dead - WISHIMAY

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I think you meant to post this here.

T

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Laundry day today then a couple of things to do outdoor in the cold.

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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
Well, dang.

This is what I posted about some weeks earlier. The fire season held off for a nice while, but now that the Santa Ana's are blowing (starting as a hot high pressure air mass inland over the desert, and blowing to offhsore and the ocean) the hot, dry wind is fueling fires.

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The title of this thread is in the garden and rain kiki. Your post is off topic and doesn't belong here. You say nothing about gardens at all. Your post is about forest fires. Maybe I'll go through and see if I can't find many more examples of you posting about things other than gardens. What do ya think?

T

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