In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Back to the trenches.
The blister on my palm from all that tar painting is not very fun. And apparently while I was opening up the packaging on my outlet tester I decided that the other palm needed in on the fun and sliced it pretty good.
But the good news is, all of my garage electric is good. Well... that or the tester isn't good. Hmmmmm... I suppose I'm going to have to get around to intentionally wiring up an outlet incorrectly to see if my tester is working.
I've got two, maybe 2 1/2 days to backfill the front before the rain comes down. It won't take me all day to do that, so maybe I'll get some of it done and go back to putting down fabric and rocks after more grading. I'd really rather be doing that today, but I don't want to let time get away from me and not have the front backfill done before the rain comes in this weekend.
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Quote:I assume without the backfill you'd just have trench full of rain ?
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Back to the trenches.
The blister on my palm from all that tar painting is not very fun. And apparently while I was opening up the packaging on my outlet tester I decided that the other palm needed in on the fun and sliced it pretty good.
But the good news is, all of my garage electric is good. Well... that or the tester isn't good. Hmmmmm... I suppose I'm going to have to get around to intentionally wiring up an outlet incorrectly to see if my tester is working.
I've got two, maybe 2 1/2 days to backfill the front before the rain comes down. It won't take me all day to do that, so maybe I'll get some of it done and go back to putting down fabric and rocks after more grading. I'd really rather be doing that today, but I don't want to let time get away from me and not have the front backfill done before the rain comes in this weekend.
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Falsus in unum, falsus in omnibus
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Good luck, Brenda.
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Actually Jack. I had great luck. I got 1st place and won $10. Had 3 really good hands all over 1,000 points. Finally hand was winds and dragons.
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Back from mah jong and as you can see by what I told Jack it was a really good morning. I finished with over 7,000 points and went out 5 times. The table I was playing at did really good. Another lady I was playing with got 2nd place. Don't know who got 3rd though or if there was a booby prize.
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Was also informed by a lady that lives on my floor that she has seen a mouse around. I thanked for the info and said I will be careful and keep an eye out.
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Originally posted by SignyM:Quote:I assume without the backfill you'd just have trench full of rain ?
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Back to the trenches.
The blister on my palm from all that tar painting is not very fun. And apparently while I was opening up the packaging on my outlet tester I decided that the other palm needed in on the fun and sliced it pretty good.
But the good news is, all of my garage electric is good. Well... that or the tester isn't good. Hmmmmm... I suppose I'm going to have to get around to intentionally wiring up an outlet incorrectly to see if my tester is working.
I've got two, maybe 2 1/2 days to backfill the front before the rain comes down. It won't take me all day to do that, so maybe I'll get some of it done and go back to putting down fabric and rocks after more grading. I'd really rather be doing that today, but I don't want to let time get away from me and not have the front backfill done before the rain comes in this weekend.
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Falsus in unum, falsus in omnibus
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
Well... yes and no.
Even though I believe we're in for a good deal of rain on Saturday and Sunday, we had a light spring rain season and the sun and heat have done a good job keeping things fairly dry around here this year. My sump pump probably hasn't gone off since spring (if it has, I've never been around to hear it... and I find myself just checking that there isn't any flooding when we do get rain).
I don't think I'd have a river up against my house this weekend unless we got about 12" or some crazy amount. But 3 years ago when we had some crazy amount like 75" of rainfall that water would fill the trenches up to the brim. Even last year I noticed that when it only rained few inches when the fence was being replaced behind me that the post holes were full of water to the top.
But I finished the mole tunnel nets and backfill in front today.
I'm going to run out and buy some topsoil tonight for grading tomorrow. I shouldn't need any on the side that I started putting rocks down, but I know for sure that I'll need it on the other side. Even with the gutters up if there's a heavy rain water will sit against the shed slab on the side and wrap around the front of the house about halfway through the porch blocks. I'm never going to keep water from pooling in the hasta beds because the stone barrier for them is almost as high as the bottom of the siding, but I'm going to at least get the water to pool at the bottom of that stone and as far away from the foundation as I can. Hopefully the rocks will help with the drainage.
My goal is to have the rocks down on the side and around the front to the walkway tomorrow. If I only use 1/3 of the rocks for that, I shouldn't have any problem covering everything I wanted to cover this year. Then I'll have to buy another 10,000 lbs of rocks for next year.
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Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Good luck, Brenda.
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Actually Jack. I had great luck. I got 1st place and won $10. Had 3 really good hands all over 1,000 points. Finally hand was winds and dragons.
Awesome.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Good luck, Brenda.
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Falsus in unum, falsus in omnibus
Actually Jack. I had great luck. I got 1st place and won $10. Had 3 really good hands all over 1,000 points. Finally hand was winds and dragons.
Awesome.
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It was.
. My first hand, I went out and got over 1,000points. Then it sort of skidded around for a while then I got another hand with over 1,000points. Then more skidding. I almost had winds and dragons in another hand but I couldn't get rid of 2 character tiles. So, that hand wasn't great. The last hand was just pure luck. Didn't have my own flower or my own wind. But I had the wind of the round which was West and the green and white dragons. So, I got 3 doubles for the basic winds and dragons then another 3 doubles for the wind of the round and the 2 dragons in my hand. 6 doubles and another over 1,000point hand.
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Out for my walk and I'm not sure if my area saw any of the rain the weather people were predicting but I am putting a jacket on.
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Quote:Just make sure all your food is sealed up in sturdy containers. You probably won't see mice per se, but keep an eye out for droppings next to baseboards, backs of drawers and cabinets in your kitchen, and backs of closets.
Originally posted by Brenda:
Was also informed by a lady that lives on my floor that she has seen a mouse around. I thanked for the info and said I will be careful and keep an eye out.
We had a field mouse in our house once, so I bought a fieldmouse-sized live trap and caught it. Cute little thing. I released it in a nearby field.
But they chew power cords and can spread hanta virus (altho never heard of hanta virus near Vancouver) so best that they're not in the house.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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