Now if you just extend that further and make a moat.....On today's episode of Why I'm Always Broke...
100' of progress. Threw a track. Waited 2 hours for the service truck to show up and fix it.
Then 200' more.
Now I can get someone else's water into the canal without flooding me out. Hooray!
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I suspect flooding, which wasn't ever serious, is behind me now. I've removed every possible obstruction -- no more culverts. It's now 18" wide and 2-3' deep for the entire length. Water should run good now. I'm going to divert some to water the lower pasture and maybe the yard. Seems like this is all taking forever but it's steadily getting better.
Good thing you didn't call me. I would have not came out on a Saturday for that. It would have been Monday. A perk of my job is I can take those home and use them for free. Seems like we never get done with our projects, but if you look back a year or two. You will see how much you have actually gotten done. You are far from a lazy guy!
It seems that the, "you either have the time or the money, but never both" saying is true.
I need a good solid day, maybe 2, to get my firewood situation squared. Then I've got a bunch of branches and old railroad ties to burn. After that, probably most of a day of tractor work to finish all the grading. Then I can get back to driving T-posts. I'm planning to weld all my corners and braces. I still need to pick up about a dozen pipes to set gates.
Hoping to get 3 more fruit trees in the ground soon. Still trying to source grape starts too. We're expecting a dry year. The reservoirs are still pretty low and so is the Snake river. I'm honestly a little curious about how my well does this year.
I need a good solid day, maybe 2, to get my firewood situation squared. Then I've got a bunch of branches and old railroad ties to burn. After that, probably most of a day of tractor work to finish all the grading. Then I can get back to driving T-posts. I'm planning to weld all my corners and braces. I still need to pick up about a dozen pipes to set gates.
Hoping to get 3 more fruit trees in the ground soon. Still trying to source grape starts too. We're expecting a dry year. The reservoirs are still pretty low and so is the Snake river. I'm honestly a little curious about how my well does this year.
I've been working out of town for the last few weeks. Home on the weekends but only for about 36 hours, which makes it a challenge to want to get much work done. Woke up this morning to a pretty nice day. Fields are planted and canals are running.
Ran to D&B first thing for 3 more fruit trees. Honeycrisp and Gala apple this time.
That brings the total to 11. They're mostly doing great. My Asian pears are budded out and covered in bees today. This pleases me.
They started flushing ditches yesterday. Soooo nice not worrying about culverts now. When it runs dry I'll climb in there with my little Homelite and shave all the roots.
I'm still whittling away on the downed trees a couple hours at a time. I tried a Holz Hauzen just for fun.
Still plenty of wood for 2 or 3 more before I'm done.
Ran to D&B first thing for 3 more fruit trees. Honeycrisp and Gala apple this time.
That brings the total to 11. They're mostly doing great. My Asian pears are budded out and covered in bees today. This pleases me.
They started flushing ditches yesterday. Soooo nice not worrying about culverts now. When it runs dry I'll climb in there with my little Homelite and shave all the roots.
I'm still whittling away on the downed trees a couple hours at a time. I tried a Holz Hauzen just for fun.
Still plenty of wood for 2 or 3 more before I'm done.
Not sure what my deal was today but I woke up at about 4:30am in an absolutely foul mood. I Ricky Bobby'd the Smell Camino all the way into town for those trees and all the way home. Clutch dumps and redline shifts the whole way. Later on I rode the TW to the hardware store and I wheelied that b*tch and rode hard the whole way there and back. My last errand was to the grocery store in the next town over. I downright flogged on the Chief. Last stretch to my house topped out at 115, then started to sputter. I guess I was lower on gas than I thought. Still managed to get up the driveway and into the garage...barely. I'm staying home for the rest of the night. Hoping my general demeanor improves.
It was the sympathetic German anger radiating out of the holz hauzen.
I've gotten a lot of comments on the wood pile. Neighbors probably think I'm an idiot. I know I've mentioned it before but the previous owner was a jackass when it came to fence and tree placement. The biggest factor remaining is the overhead power lines. I've trimmed or removed most of the trees that are at issue. Those woodpiles are directly under them. A couple of the new fruit trees are close but since they'll get pruned every year, it won't be an issue.
This is a satellite view from about 4 years ago, when the original house was still there, showing how the lines run from the highway. Judging by the shadows, I'd guess that the photo was taken around 8 or 9am. I painted in the shop and driveway for reference. All my fruit trees are in the triangle formed by the canal and the 2 power lines. The gigantic weeping Willow to the right blocks direct sunlight in the early morning for a few and there's a curly Willow to the left that blocks a few others for a couple hours in mid afternoon. Otherwise they get good sun exposure. Many of the trees in the photo are now gone.
I'll be mindful of attracting pollinators too. Roses and lilacs grow really good around here. As do butterfly bushes, hibiscus, and clematis. Bright colors attract bees. Bees are good for orchards and gardens.
Potential teaser alert: There may be a cabin / tiny house project on the horizon.
This is a satellite view from about 4 years ago, when the original house was still there, showing how the lines run from the highway. Judging by the shadows, I'd guess that the photo was taken around 8 or 9am. I painted in the shop and driveway for reference. All my fruit trees are in the triangle formed by the canal and the 2 power lines. The gigantic weeping Willow to the right blocks direct sunlight in the early morning for a few and there's a curly Willow to the left that blocks a few others for a couple hours in mid afternoon. Otherwise they get good sun exposure. Many of the trees in the photo are now gone.
I'll be mindful of attracting pollinators too. Roses and lilacs grow really good around here. As do butterfly bushes, hibiscus, and clematis. Bright colors attract bees. Bees are good for orchards and gardens.
Potential teaser alert: There may be a cabin / tiny house project on the horizon.
