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Deer. Yeah, they are horrible to plants and vegetation word.

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Our tomatoes were overgrown and as a result we were not able to get at a lot of them. Deer finally broke through the fence and ate up the fruit, not the plants. So far have stayed away from the peppers word!!

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We should be getting over an inch of rain by the weekend. A day ago they said 1.25 inches just on Sunday. Now it is less than that. Now it is 1.25 inches from Sat to Sunday. The lawn could sure use it. Our grass gets brown during the summer but is green all throughout the winter. Lack of rainfall in the summer is what happens here.…[Read more]

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Hi Ryou,

I do not know how deep that is. That will be part of the work to do when I get started on this. I first need to know where the sump pump actually drains to. Does it go to the septic or does it tie in with the house main. I think it is the first but I have no idea how that is routed. I wish I could talk to this guy but he is…[Read more]

Hey Viratas – Nice to see you come around here.

Ryou – I’d have to look at the depth. I was guessing before but next summer when I might tackle this, I will definitely have to look at that.

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That would be a good solution if my pipe was buried like it should be. But it is above ground coming out of the sump and then it goes underground. So the drain pipe is about 1 foot above ground before it goes underground. The original pipe was the concrete tiles that are fitted together. They failed so there is no original pipe anymore.…[Read more]

Tapping the incoming water pipe would be after the meter. So I think that would be ok to do. Right now we are running a couple of 100′ hoses to get water to the garden area. It is not the best, but it works and we maintain a fair amount of water pressure out there.

With trenchless, I thought they moved a pipe through the ground and got…[Read more]

On another note, my wife’s friend suggested we break into the water main and pipe the garden directly. That’s sounds like a great idea, but that pipe is from 1968 and I’m really not sure I want to break into it. Actually that would be a plumber breaking into it. The street is about 300 feet from the house so it is a long pipe. If it gets…[Read more]

Our waste line does not go to the street. We have a septic tank and all the house waste flows to the septic tank. The pipes to that tank were a concrete pipe with 6-8 inch sections all fitting together. There is a metal pipe from the house to the concrete pipe. I wanted the guy to replace all that with the plastic pipe for the kitchen. He…[Read more]

Regarding your question about sink and toilet, we have two feeds to the septic, main house and kitchen. It is the kitchen one that is the problem. Years ago the piping tiles broke and it caused a real problem. So I had a guy come fix it. Rather than fix it right (I admit that is a huge job), he put in a sump. The problem is the sump gets…[Read more]

It is supposed to rain all week this week. And it is getting cooler so we will need to pick stuff that hasn’t been picked yet. Fall is here. Cooler in the morning, perpetual wet.

I was looking at Seattle rain the other day and we get roughly 39 inches each year. Which isn’t as much as you get probably. But it drizzles here so we…[Read more]

When I lived in MN, the local DQs would close for the winter. We don’t have that issue here in the Seattle area. Looks like fall arrives next week. Mon-Sun next week rain everyday. Fall has arrived and I am unhappy because that means temps are going down. Means the garden produce might need to be picked before completely ready. But we…[Read more]

More Ice Cream! Word!!

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Yeah, the ice cream part sounds great. Nice way to break up an hour drive. That’s a great tradition. We have not done that but our grandchildren are pretty young yet but that’s a great idea for in a few years. I still work so that would be up to my wife. But retirement is creeping up on me so who knows. I bet the kids love it word.

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yeah, the recent WCs were quite remarkable. I don’t know anything about Jax other than he is still in HS and what he did is just amazing!! Snyder reaching gold is another high point. Taz looks tapped out now and who knows about Sad. If they are both has beens, then Snyder is the king. I was a little disappointed in Helen. She won with…[Read more]

Yep, there is less daylight here as well. Still not 100%, but feeling better.

I made salsa with our garden grown jalapenos and roma tomatoes. It was pretty good but I deseeded all the jalapenos so it was a little bland. Will be making another batch here soon and will leave one jalapeno with seeds and all that. Hopefully that will bring…[Read more]

I’m back at work now. But not feeling 100% yet. But getting better. I hope you are on the mend word.

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I’ve been sick since Thur and pretty much out of action. feeling better now but not enough to go to work. Hopefully tomorrow.

Our neck of the woods we have mostly cedar with some maple and fir. My wife got another chip drop, not free, of real cedar chips for her preschool playground. My daughter and her boyfriend came over to spread…[Read more]

Got a chip dump from a tree company yesterday. I took the day off for other reasons, but ended up moving chips all over the property. Nice cedar chips with a great smell word.

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