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I've been doing a lot of reading, and a lot of working on my old motorcycle.
The latter is at a reasonable stopping point, the only things remaining are that I have new mufflers to install, for which I'm waiting for parts on Monday, and I have a cruise control to install. The only holdup there is trying to do a decent job of hiding the ugly bits and fitting everything into a pretty small space. The bike is running otherwise.
A few weeks ago I got the rose bush ripped out from around the deck. The project there is to replace the skirting. I need to decide how I'm going to anchor all that stuff. I'm going to use a tighter mesh than last time, and hopefully anchor it better, to keep critters (skunks, raccoons, cats, etc) from going under there. I think the big problem will be anchoring it at the bottom. I'll probably have to bury something then run rails, but unless it goes a way into the ground critters will just dig under it.
I need to start doing regular bike rides, I have the Erie Canal trip coming up in mid June and I need to be in shape for consecutive 80 mile days. The plan is for less than that, but things happen and sometimes you have long days, and I'd rather train for a bit more than is needed.
I'm also itching to restart the historical marker rambles; for both that and bike riding I'm just waiting for warmer days, but that's just me being lazy, it's not really a problem to do either of these on 50+ degree days.
I also need to move the strawberry beds; they don't get enough sun and with the big cottonwoods gone there's now a much better spot farther down the hill. I'll probably use new lumber and will definitely get a fresh batch of compost. The beds in front of the house could use some new compost as well. The west bed isn't much of a problem since it has large plants in it and I can just shovel compost in around them. The east bed though is largely ground cover and mosses and short of inventing a method of lifting the whole bed in the air and inserting compost underneath, there's not a lot I can do.
The latter is at a reasonable stopping point, the only things remaining are that I have new mufflers to install, for which I'm waiting for parts on Monday, and I have a cruise control to install. The only holdup there is trying to do a decent job of hiding the ugly bits and fitting everything into a pretty small space. The bike is running otherwise.
A few weeks ago I got the rose bush ripped out from around the deck. The project there is to replace the skirting. I need to decide how I'm going to anchor all that stuff. I'm going to use a tighter mesh than last time, and hopefully anchor it better, to keep critters (skunks, raccoons, cats, etc) from going under there. I think the big problem will be anchoring it at the bottom. I'll probably have to bury something then run rails, but unless it goes a way into the ground critters will just dig under it.
I need to start doing regular bike rides, I have the Erie Canal trip coming up in mid June and I need to be in shape for consecutive 80 mile days. The plan is for less than that, but things happen and sometimes you have long days, and I'd rather train for a bit more than is needed.
I'm also itching to restart the historical marker rambles; for both that and bike riding I'm just waiting for warmer days, but that's just me being lazy, it's not really a problem to do either of these on 50+ degree days.
I also need to move the strawberry beds; they don't get enough sun and with the big cottonwoods gone there's now a much better spot farther down the hill. I'll probably use new lumber and will definitely get a fresh batch of compost. The beds in front of the house could use some new compost as well. The west bed isn't much of a problem since it has large plants in it and I can just shovel compost in around them. The east bed though is largely ground cover and mosses and short of inventing a method of lifting the whole bed in the air and inserting compost underneath, there's not a lot I can do.
