For some reason, many of my readers somehow reached the conclusion that I am accident prone.
Therefore, I have a responsibility to post something every day to save you vultures from wasting your time combing the obituaries searching for the details of my demise.
Getting older, sigh!
I am resigned to the fact that one "heavy" work-day or work-out now requires two days of recovery. That does not mean inactivity. It means two "light" days in terms of physical activity.
Planting
Two Somerset hazelnut bushes and two Clematis montana cv "Mayleen" in the linear brush-pile.
Grafting
Four Illinois Everbearing Mulberry grafted on to four seedlings that are located in areas where they will not be mowed down.
Two Illinois Everbearing Mulberry grafted on to large seedlings in the windbreak west of the Upper Orchard.
That pretty much burns out the supply of graftable mulberry seedlings for this year.
Spraying herbicide
The very best way to conserve soil moisture is to eliminate "weeds". It also conserves soil fertility in the sense that the nutrients that the weeds do NOT vacuum up are available for the growing trees.
I used a bottomless, 5-gallon bucket that is split from top-to-bottom as a shield around the smaller grafted trees. I want to kill the grass, not the tiny trees that are what I WANT to grow.
First pecan seedlings
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| The pecan seedling in lower third of frame, slightly biased to the right. |
I decided it was worth a shot, although I did it on a much more modest scale than he does.
It works!!! At least three nuts overwintered and have broken through the soil and are growing! Thanks, Unnameable Benefactor in dry state. God willing, I will have ten or more seedlings to move to other places while leaving the strongest seedling in-place.
Garden Cart
Poking around behind the barn at The Property, I recognized the tongue of the kind of cart that can be dragged around behind a garden tractor.
One tire was flat.
The other wheel was missing.
Part One and Part Two are ordered.
Broke a boot-lace
I HATE when that happened.
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| Looking from the bottom toward the top |
I dislike the open "speed-lacing" system where the laces are dragged across the raw edges of bent, metal stampings.
I am not the only person who dislikes this system.
It is easy enough to fix. I ordered some small "D" rings that I will place into the hooks and then smash the hooks down. It will not be as fast to lace my boots but my laces will last longer.
And while I was on the DeNile website, I ordered some cut-resistant bootlaces. They are a little bit pricey but your footwear is where the rubber-hits-the-road.
I would rather be driving a $5000 vehicle riding on $250 tires than driving a $150k vehicle on $100 tires. But that is just me.
I find myself working hard all day and finish it just whipped. Then I realize that used to be one-half a days work. And my boots are all pull-on because I can't tie laces. Just wait. It ain't gonna get any better. ---ken
ReplyDeleteWhen we are judged before the Pearly Gates, the parable of the talents (Matt 25:14-30) implies that the safe-queen, show-dogs will be scolded and the worn-out, bloody-pawed work-dogs will be celebrated.
DeleteI "get" that we are saved by faith. But it is easy to mouth the words. Living the faith not only proves it, it strengthens faith.
Keep us updated on the new shoelaces. Seems a lot to pay, but if they last several worn out shoes, it may be worth it. I’ve started using 550 cord and it replaces a couple pair before it wears out. Getting old isn’t for whimps
ReplyDeleteIdaho Bob
Some boots will work with a zipper converter that has, literally, a zipper in the middle and matching lace/hook points on either side. Lace/hook it into place and you now have a shoe with a zipper.
ReplyDeleteLast time I broke a shoelace, I blamed climate change.
ReplyDeleteNext one. I'm going to blame the dog.
After that, probably Trump.
Good luck with the hazelnuts - the squirrels eat all ours. On the other hand they do bury walnuts in our flower pots and those we pick out and eat. I wonder whether they bury some of our hazelnuts for the owner of the walnut tree.
ReplyDeleteB beat me too it. You're not accident prone, just busy and from your postings often working alone.
ReplyDeleteNot surprising as all too often I'm working alone as nobody wants to help prune those fruit trees and bushes but many want "just a Ziplock bag of them please" when it's picking time.
It's an OLD STORY given the story of the Red Hen and her wheat patch.
I've a $4k pickup w $1200 worth of tires. Like boots, a good foundation is important.
ReplyDeleteI have a pair of hiking boots that have two eyelets at the bottom, and speedlaces all the way up. I learned to tie them by holding both laces in one hand and whipping my hand back and forth, hooking two laces at a time, all the way up. Boots tight every time, and quickly tied - very quickly. Never wore out a pair of shoelaces. I guess this is a 'your mileage may vary' type thing, but I love-em.
ReplyDeleteAlong with having speedlaces, another handy thing on boots is having laces that actually remain tied instead coming untied from time to time...
ReplyDeleteTook my boots to my local cobbler to have a pulled-out hook replaced. He HATES the open hooks and convinced me to have them replaced with D-rings. I picked them up a week later; the D-rings fell off before I started the car. Boss cobbler was rather unhappy; the job had been given to the new guy. Oops. Ten minutes later, it looked like The Hulk had installed them. Yay, craftmanship! I'm glad the failure didn't happen a few miles into the hike.
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