Getting the F' Outta Dodge.

[CopperNick]

If you are thinking organic for a solution to your water hazard, Peat Moss is a great sponge and water retainer. My dad used to buy the stuff in bales. You'd cut the end of the bag off and the contents would explode out all over everything due to it being compressed as it was stuffed into the package. During the back fill on my new gas line a year or so back, I added an intermediate layer of Peat to the trench to act as a water barrier. Instead of just oozing its way down to the water table, the peat holds the water in suspension and gives the surrounding soil a better chance to absorb it instead of just shedding it. Stuff is great for flower and vegetable beds for the same reason. You can even "sweeten" it by adding cow or sheep sh*t to the mixture. There is a plant in Manitoba that processes and sells the stuff; minus the stench, of course. Or you could find a nearby farmer that has excess he wants to dispose of. My vegetable garden is on hiatus right now due to various reasons but it will be getting another injection of Peat 'n' Cow soon as the frost goes out and the snow quits for the season; maybe around Labor Day. (LOL)



Nick

 

[64nailhead]

I think the tires are over top of some small bushes to protect them. My neighbours will learn to love me... or hate me...

I’m not taking bets on that one lol.

I have to say that where you live looks beautiful to me, and I’m envious. To hell with the anti snow people. AFAIC winter makes you work harder to be ready for warm weather.

 

[CopperNick]

Winter-ites fall into three general or generic categories. The Lovers, the Tolerators, and the Haters. if you get a thrill from clamping a pair of fibreglass slats to your feet and throwing yourself off a perfectly good hill in sub-zero F. temperatures then you're a lover. If you put up with the stuff because you own a business that makes money pushing it around or removing it, or you have a job that lets you work all winter and have the summer off, then you may be a tolerator. If you turn into a hermit and jack the heat up in your house so you can run around in your shorty-shorts and not get cold, or you book the first flight south soon as Thanksgiving is over and wrap your house in crime screen bunting to keep the Trick or Treaters at bay, then you are a hater.

As far as I am personally concerned, anyone who professes to like snow and thinks it is a major giggle to drive half a day away to embrace the outdoors and freeze their a**e* off ought to be required by law to have work for the city roads dep't and shovel snow by hand for 12 hrs/day during the storms. Right now I can get all of the snow I want just by looking out my front window and seeing the 10-12 foot high pile that the neighbour across the street constructed with his snow blower. Mine aren't quite that high but still taller than I am.



Nick

 

[64nailhead]

There is a happy medium between lovers and those that tolerate it. At least there is for me and that’s the group that I fall into.

It’s supposed to be cold and snowy in the winter. Last I checked anyway 😉

 

[CopperNick]

Pilgrim, if you want to fall between the cracks and enjoy the cold and wet, have at 'er. i just finished enduring three months of cold induced asthma and this was the third year in a row that I have had to deal with it. My GP is going to be referring me to a Respirologist to get my lungs and bronchial passages checked for damage. Anything colder than 0 F. and it is like I have a combination of Whooping Cough and Bronchitis and it won't quit. It is not so much that I hate snow and cold, it is more the likliehood that it will kill me and soon.



Nick

 

[motorheadmike]

I decided to introduce my girls to wrestling by watching the 1997 Royal Rumble together. I think it worked. At first it was: "Why are they fighting?" Which quickly turned into: "Why not just kick them in the junk?" And finally: "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2... 1!" They also now know why Stone Cold is my all-time favourite wrestler.



And that's the bottom line... because family fun says so.

 

[86LK]

who taught them about "kick em in the junk"?

and I see you got all your play toys over there in the back . awwww, that's so cuuuuute! bet you have the bestest tea parties ever!

 

[motorheadmike]

who taught them about "kick em in the junk"?

and I see you got all your play toys over there in the back . awwww, that's so cuuuuute! bet you have the bestest tea parties ever!


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Hit it once accidentally and they get a reaction... they know how it works for life. Plus, we fight dirty in this house.

Yes, and yes. My life is glitter, tutus, and unicorns.

 

[86LK]

Hit it once accidentally and they get a reaction... they know how it works for life. Plus, we fight dirty in this house.

Yes, and yes. My life is glitter, tutus, and unicorns.

you forgot the rainbows🌈

 

[Supercharged111]

There is a happy medium between lovers and those that tolerate it. At least there is for me and that’s the group that I fall into.

It’s supposed to be cold and snowy in the winter. Last I checked anyway 😉

I hate cold with no snow. What's the point?

Hit it once accidentally and they get a reaction... they know how it works for life. Plus, we fight dirty in this house.

Yes, and yes. My life is glitter, tutus, and unicorns.

I resemble that remark, 3 daughters and I'm chopped so no more anything! I still wouldn't trade them for anything. Gotta have a good, manly hobby to offset all the girl stuff. And try and teach them stuff most boys their age won't know anything about (but should).