Plan B Forum

I went and dug a large hole in the backyard later to be lined with gopher wire.

Sweat was involved. evolved? A pulaski and a round-nosed shovel were put to productive use.



no no NO! More like this:



The adze blade is good for breaking up hard ground and transmitting vibrations back to the hands of the user when a large rock is discovered.

Its a little closer to this actually but some would say a mattock has a pick and an adze not and axe and an adze.



A pleasant labor. And next year I will have a gopher-proof 4ft x 3ft planter.

yrs,
rubato

Today I labored over a hot grill and a cold blender....

Ess Eff's Indian Summer is in full throttle; hit 82 today, and expected to be in upper 70's to low 80's most of the rest of the week...

Hopefully this will then be followed by a serious monsoon season....

well, I did my labor of love, as I have for the last 4 or 5 weeks. provided pro bono daycare for an infant and a 3 yr old.

they are a pleasure to have around and they bring great joy to the household, but I was glad to see the back of them this afternoon....

nap time!!!!

Too hot and humid to be outside... cooked two beer-can chickens on the grill, luvverly. 6 family members over for lunch and chats. And there's a U in LABOUR

you old toury.....

anyway I generally type labour colour humour, or labor color humor, however my fingers happen to fall that day......

I did the laundry.........................does that count?

only if it was really dirty....

I used an extremely large amount of water to irrigate my garden and two lawns. Then I let the hose run for a little while for no particular reason.

did you get written permission from Archer Daniels Midland to use their water?

dales wrote:I did the laundry.........................does that count?

As long as you didn't do the landry, yes it does

A beautiful extended weekend here on Long Island. Bright sun and warm but no humidity.
Saturday I fixed my tractor. The steering knuckle broke it's weld from the front end. Wish I had a welder but I fabricated a bracket and it should hold. If it doesn't, I think the spot where it broke will crack off and I'll have to buy a neew front end piece. Oh well. After I got done with that, I took a snooze in my hammock.

Sunday I did more yard work. Weeded all the gardens a few of which had not been weeded since May. Also took care of the rasberry bushes. Cut out the old and tied up the new shoots getting them ready for next year. Washed my car then took a snooze in my hammock.

Monday was compost day. Dug out and sifted the compost that was done "cooking". Got about a yard of great dirt for next years plantings and have two empty bins ready for the fall leaves. Also put some of that great dirt on top of where the old cesspool was collapsed and filled in and planted some grass seed. Then I vacumed the pool and washed my wifes car. After all that, I took a snooze in my hammock.

Oh, and I bar-b-qued, crab legs, burgers, corn on the cob, steaks and lobster tails. Not all on the same night.
And went to a meeting every night.
Overall a productive weekend.

MajGenl.Meade wrote:

dales wrote:I did the laundry.........................does that count?

As long as you didn't do the landry, yes it does

How about the Icky shuffle?


yrs,
rubato

Saturday I fixed my tractor. The steering knuckle broke it's weld from the front end. Wish I had a welder but I fabricated a bracket and it should hold. If it doesn't, I think the spot where it broke will crack off and I'll have to buy a neew front end piece. Oh well. After I got done with that, I took a snooze in my hammock....


Sunday I did more yard work. Weeded all the gardens a few of which had not been weeded since May. Also took care of the rasberry bushes. Cut out the old and tied up the new shoots getting them ready for next year. Washed my car then took a snooze in my hammock.

Monday was compost day. Dug out and sifted the compost that was done "cooking". Got about a yard of great dirt for next years plantings and have two empty bins ready for the fall leaves. Also put some of that great dirt on top of where the old cesspool was collapsed and filled in and planted some grass seed. Then I vacumed the pool and washed my wifes car. After all that, I took a snooze in my hammock.

So, from that tiny expenditure of effort, you concluded you were entitled to not one, not two, but three hammock snoozes?

Slacker!

dales wrote:

Jarvis Landry - did "the whip" touchdown dance. Hence, Icky Shuffle

Thx, Gen'l.

Lord Jim wrote:

Saturday I fixed my tractor. The steering knuckle broke it's weld from the front end. Wish I had a welder but I fabricated a bracket and it should hold. If it doesn't, I think the spot where it broke will crack off and I'll have to buy a neew front end piece. Oh well. After I got done with that, I took a snooze in my hammock....


Sunday I did more yard work. Weeded all the gardens a few of which had not been weeded since May. Also took care of the rasberry bushes. Cut out the old and tied up the new shoots getting them ready for next year. Washed my car then took a snooze in my hammock.

Monday was compost day. Dug out and sifted the compost that was done "cooking". Got about a yard of great dirt for next years plantings and have two empty bins ready for the fall leaves. Also put some of that great dirt on top of where the old cesspool was collapsed and filled in and planted some grass seed. Then I vacumed the pool and washed my wifes car. After all that, I took a snooze in my hammock.

So, from that tiny expenditure of effort, you concluded you were entitled to not one, not two, but three hammock snoozes?

Slacker!

I'll try harder to get into that hammock more often.

I do have to turn the remaining compost pile. But at least I have four open stalls for the fall leaves.

can I borrow your rotor-tiller when you are done?

wesw wrote:can I borrow your rotor-tiller when you are done?

I don't have one. Wanna chip in for one and we'll share it? You're only a 4-5 hour drive from LI.