We have had light rain all day - on the news it said this was the first rain in 19 days! It's been just a gorgeous fall, with sunny bright blue skies every day. It's good to have rain today after planting our trees this week.
Jim did more investigation on the car today. He's not happy with rust on these structural members, so trying to decide how much to replace...
Continuing his investigation plus he started changing the oil.
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| High 63.2/Low 53.8 - light rain |
Marking the spot...
We bought some tree fertilizer spikes to hopefully give our newly-transplanted trees a boost, so Jim put those in the trees we transplanted over the last couple days...
It's out!
Putting it in the hole...
A little water in the roots...
Filling the hole back in...
Once the tree was planted, Jim brought the Bobcat over and we picked up all the rocks we had accumulated from the holes...
He dumped them in our rock pile...
Our line of trees looks amazing!
We have an appointment on Friday to have the septic tank pumped. Jim wanted to make sure all was well beforehand...
Unfortunately, the filter was all clogged again. It wasn't that long ago that we cleaned it and it was fine. But it was the fall last time that we had an issue - it seems to be clogged with needle or leaf debris. It's a closed system so the only way in would be through the stack on top of the house and that would be bizarre. Jim may have to investigate that, but that would require building scaffolding. We'll see what they say Friday. It's always something.
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| High 72.3/Low 46.8 |
Jim started the day with a trip to the doctor for his annual physical. He had his bloodwork done last week and the doctor said that he has the physiology of a 60 year old! Love to hear that!
After lunch, we headed to our local community center to vote...
Then we decided to transplant another tree. This was our target - you can see how closely packed all these trees are...
It's out...
Taking it to its new spot...
A little water in the roots...
Filling the hole...
A final watering...
The line of trees looks really good - we're thinking of adding one more to the line. Plus - that horizon is gorgeous!
This giant tree fell into the woods when we were building - we've just been letting nature take its course...
But Jim said he was tired of looking at the root ball, so he used the excavator to just crush it...
Continuing to break it up...
Looks better - he plans on cutting this end off at some point and we'll take it back to our stump graveyard.
The turkeys were gathering around the stone wall this evening...
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| High 60.9/Low 49.8 |
Now it's time for the Suzuki to go up on the car lift! Jim wants to repair the cross member, do an oil change, and put on the winter tires...
In the afternoon, we headed outside to transplant some trees. It's tough because the trees are so tightly packed in the woods - a good problem unless you are trying to pick one out.
Bringing it out and starting the drive over to the hole...
In the hole and filling it back up with dirt...
Filling in the hole...
Cleaning up the area...
Our two new trees...
This row of trees along the driveway looks so good...
Putting some water on the new transplants...
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| High 64.7/Low 37.9 |
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| High 59.8/Low 27.7 |
