Spring (and now summer) yard chores have been piling up, and Irma and I have tackled our to-do list with a vengeance, hoping to get some of it done before it gets too hot. Some of our projects are finishing touches of stuff we've worked on in past years (for example, running some outdoor conduit to the outside corner of the deck so we could run the waterfall we've put in the garden there), others are projects put on hold last fall when the ground got too muddy or froze over (retaining wall around the willow tree, edging along the back fence area, and the stone tree wells around our apple and pear trees. The last entails a fair amount of digging and leveling, since the trees are on a 20 degree slope, the stonework has to be dug in level. We're doing a little bit every couple of days, since I find working on my knees digging and setting-in 40 pound retaining wall stones a bit fatiguing... ;-)
Other projects for the next couple of months include the last two sprinkler zones along the back fence, one to provide drip irrigation to the veggie garden and the fruit trees, the other to water the grass (that will be planted once I finish the tree wells and retaining walls.), and running a water line to the side of the deck in order to provide a short, light hose for us to water the containers on the deck without dragging the heavy black hose half way around the house. I'd planned for this line when I laid in the sprinkler system several summers back, having laid some pvc underground from the sprinkler valves to beside the deck, where I put in a hose spigot and a manual valve that has until now sent water to the veggie garden drip system. I"ll use that line with a new valve hooked to the controller that will meter the water to the garden and fruit trees, and split off a spigot attached to the deck railing before the valve for the deck watering line. Finally, I'll put the trim and paint on the garden shed (built four years ago), and hopefully, be done for the summer. Until the next list of projects comes up.
Writing. <Sigh> No progress still. But... (no more excuses). I"ll let you know when I start up again. Perhaps our planned visit to the Colorado Renaissance Festival in a couple of weekends will spark some creativity. It'll be the first time for our grandkids, I'm sure they'll make it new for us too!
Anyway, more to come soon.
TTFN,
Jim
Other projects for the next couple of months include the last two sprinkler zones along the back fence, one to provide drip irrigation to the veggie garden and the fruit trees, the other to water the grass (that will be planted once I finish the tree wells and retaining walls.), and running a water line to the side of the deck in order to provide a short, light hose for us to water the containers on the deck without dragging the heavy black hose half way around the house. I'd planned for this line when I laid in the sprinkler system several summers back, having laid some pvc underground from the sprinkler valves to beside the deck, where I put in a hose spigot and a manual valve that has until now sent water to the veggie garden drip system. I"ll use that line with a new valve hooked to the controller that will meter the water to the garden and fruit trees, and split off a spigot attached to the deck railing before the valve for the deck watering line. Finally, I'll put the trim and paint on the garden shed (built four years ago), and hopefully, be done for the summer. Until the next list of projects comes up.
Writing. <Sigh> No progress still. But... (no more excuses). I"ll let you know when I start up again. Perhaps our planned visit to the Colorado Renaissance Festival in a couple of weekends will spark some creativity. It'll be the first time for our grandkids, I'm sure they'll make it new for us too!
Anyway, more to come soon.
TTFN,
Jim
