Landscape Testing Ground

Those plants need me. A snip here and a cut there and she'll be good as new.

One Step at a Time

Not something I'm very good at. I got the trailer "cleaned" up, and plotted out a course of action. Then, I went to the store to get all the necessaries. Of course, I got a 3/8 drill bit to drill holes for a 3/8 bolt. Yes, I figured it out on my own when the bolt wouldn't fit in the hole I drilled.
We ate at Becky's, went back to M&P's to sleep, got up and made cheese toast, sausage, and coffee. Pearce and I went and got a C clamp (Pearce calls it a G clamp) and a 7/16 bit.
Now the work began, and I got the separated cross bar bolted back to the frame before lunch and time to return to Rome.
Soon I'll head back and try to straighten out the tongue (literally) and reattach the frame pieces that had welds fail.

Out of the Depths of the Jungle

My trailer has been at Mom and Dad's house since the day, six years ago, that a weld failed and I nearly lost my lawn equipment on Canton right in front of Peachtree Salvage (or whatever it was called then).
Today, I pruned and hacked my way through the under growth to clear a path to haul it out. I managed to get the QX4 back there and hooked up to the trailer. I pulled that booger out of there and took a small tree or two that had grown through the tailgate with us.
Well, tomorrow will be an interesting day. I will bolt the joints back together in an attempt to fix the trailer and render it fit for duty.

Me and Lucy Getting Some Work Done

Couldn't tell weed from corn this afternoon so I decided to break out the loosey hoe. Of course, I started to weed by reaching down and pulling the weeds out by hand. Then I got smarter and started pushing Lucy around the garden. It's too hot to keep at it right now. When it's cool in the morning I'll get back to it. This weekend I'll show Pearce the difference between weed and veggie. Then he can go behind me and toss the weeds out of the garden.

Oh! That's Irrigating

My soaker hose is leaking (make all the cracks you want). I'm not surprised, I only paid $1 a piece for 2-50' hoses. I've taken care of leaks at the connections but there is a tear or two in each of the hoses. The trick is these bad boys are flat when not under pressure so it might be tough to fix with the standard hose clamp.

Well, that is what I'll be up to tonight probably. In the mean time I have found a 50' piece of "normal" soaker hose that is not compromised. This length will be put into emergency use till I can fix one or both of the "flat" soakers.

I have a sprinkler but that will be an absolute last resort. Sprinklers waste a hefty bit of water, especially the dryer the air is. They are not the most accurate method of water dispersal and shooting water through dry air, some of it is going to evaporate.

First Non-MBE Landscape Job

I got to spread pine bark today. Came up one bag short stretch as I might. Looks good though doesn't it?