The sun also rose by 7AM, and the sky was red.
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Boat rack, cherry logs, child labor 2024-11-27
After I chainsawed a cherry tree off the corncrib and dropped some cherry logs on the boat rack, I screwed it back together almost straight.
Rebuilt boat rack almost straight
We used child labor to roll out the resulting cherry logs. Continue reading
Chainsawing cherry tree off corn crib roof 2024-11-17
Yet another clearing task after Hurricane Helene: get that cherry tree off the corn crib roof.
Sawing from the top –Gretchen Quarterman
It was a nice Prunus serotina, but it would not survive like that, and we could not leave it to cause more damage during the next big storm. Continue reading
Blondie on a pine trunk 2024-11-27
Swayback shack roof 2024-11-10
Here is our 8×16-foot roof extension to our firewood shelter, the swayback shack.
This is steel roofing that was on my niece’s house before Hurricane Helene poked holes in it. You can see a few of the holes, but they won’t leak, because we put them on top of solid pieces of steel.
So, more room for the massive amounts of firewood we’re accumulating by sawing deadfalls off of driveways and woods paths.
-jsq
Cypress Swamp with dogs after Hurricane Helene 2024-11-11
Our cypress swamp doesn’t look too bad at the west end, after Hurricane Helene.
But some of it is quite bad. Continue reading
Fixing hot water line 2024-11-08
Sky wanted to know how we’re fixing the mouse-gnawed hot water PEX hose.
Sky wants to know why that red hose is cut
Here’s a better look at the problem. Continue reading
I voted Friday. You can vote today for clean water. 2024-11-01
Mouse PEX 2024-11-03
Update 2024-11-11: Fixing hot water line 2024-11-08.
Why does the well pump run in the night?
Why is the water hot immediately at the outside sink?
A mouse gnawed through the duct tape at the end of the PVC pipe around this hot water PEX tube, and gnawed a hole in the tube.
We had to dig it up, but it’s easy to fix.
Wrapping it in aluminum foil this time.
-jsq
Turtle in driveway 2024-10-31
Stopped pretty quick to avoid this turtle.
Not sure what kind of turtle. I’m guessing river cooter or pond slider. I’m leaning towards pond slider, Trachemys scripta scripta, due to the vertical thickness of the shell. Continue reading