I haven't even look at the upcoming weather report for a couple days. Cooler sounds good.At least it's cooler. We only got a couple inches of rain yesterday. Unfortunately about 3/4 of it in an hour...
More Wednesday night into Thursday night coming. Highs in the 60's Thursday until Sunday!
I haven't even look at the upcoming weather report for a couple days. Cooler sounds good.
the weather is strange right now,we even had a light frost last week most everything but the melons and cantaloupes came through intact,I don't know if they will recover or not,,,,
Seems we are having a proper spring this year. Today has dawnd bright and sunny and finally warm! I transplanted the tomatoes into their final position in the greenhouse yesterday and there are seeds germinating in my experimental garden. Things are looking good here. We could do with some of your rain though, it's been dry here and I've already emptied one rain barrel watering the greenhouse and pots.
It's always good to see the bright side of things!the only good from to much rain and a layoff is I will have the time to clean up the yard and prep a new garden area
the only good from to much rain and a layoff is I will have the time to clean up the yard and prep a new garden area
It's always good to see the bright side of things!
View attachment 6852 Ok, this really dosent have anything to do with prepping, or this thread, except maybe you could relate it to fertilizer.....
I built this house about ten years ago. I put linoleum in the bathroom floors as a temporary floor while I finished other projects. Anyways, ten years later I'm finally getting around to installing the floors. I got the 18inch square porcelain tiles for 1 dollar each on clearance, and got a display toilet from lowes for 10 dollars. Last night I pulled the old toilet and installed the tile under it. I just installed the new toilet and have a functioning bathroom again, and will finish the floor over the next few days. I love remodeling things, and espechially with clearance or salvaged things. I have enough of the tiles to do two bathrooms and countertops, and some to spare! Sorry for the diversion here, I was just thrilled at seeing my discounted progress.View attachment 6852
I'm with you on tile work being tougher than it used to be. Somehow standing back up after being on your knees for a while just isn't as easy as it used to be. Also, a few years ago and this project would have been two days, now a week or so. Oh well, at least we're still going at least! I can't say I dislike doing this stuff though. I've always liked the sense of accomplishment that comes from taking something plain or old and making it look really good. One good thing about an old house is at least you have a place to live while you work on it. Although you do eat a lot of dust during the project. The new place were building for the kids has been a big long project and lots of work and is still a ways away from livable. At least it's heading in the right direction though. Just about to start trim, then on to building cabinets.We've always had old houses. First one was built in 1905, and when we bought it, last worked on for all intents in the 1930's. This one is a few blocks away and built in 1939.
Anyway, having old houses means a serious lack of closet space. At some point, somebody got drunk and enclosed the 2 car carport on the back of the house. Made it a play room, I suppose - it had AstroTurf for carpet.....
I gutted that space and we turned it into a master bedroom suite. Huge bath. My wife found marble tile for the floor at Lowes on close out. So, we wound up with white and black mosaic tile on the floor for $1 a foot (regularly $12 a foot). Damn near killed me putting that stuff in, lol. Looks great. I hate tile. Grouted it with epoxy grout too. That sucks as well. If I ever have to do tile again, it'll be 18 x 18s. At least it isn't so much grout....
Looks good, Brent!
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