OSUT 257: Spring is Finally Here. Bring on the Outdoor Fun and Grilling Season!

[klausm]

dogs are going on a diet, it will be miserable for all parties involved. she needs, like myself, to drop 25

 

[Expat]

Chicken salad sandwich again today

 

[GregD]

Off to kroger

 

[patience0830]

Branches are all cut down. Just need to go around and load them on the trailer to dry until I can burn them. Mowing should be more pleasant next time. Cut some suckers off the Bradford pears that made it hard to get up close to them too.

You could cut all those Bradford pears down and it'd be ok. They're showing up, volunteer here.

 

[patience0830]

Sad to hear about your son.
I'm new to this crew, so I don't know if enough time has passed to allow for any healing, yet.

The plaque is nice, but the tree momento will outlive everyone alive today.
Godspeed.

Only optimists plant trees

 

[BeDome]

Only optimists plant trees

Count me among the tree planters.
The ultimate might be those who plant trees knowing full well they will never live to see that effort turn into shade or bearing fruit.

Big tree guy! I used to answer, "Why did you move all the way up here from Texas?"

Me:
"I was looking for some shade."

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I have four over grown ones to deal with yet, right in front of my garage windows.

Two more out back that I'm just going to dig out.

They're only chest high, though. Manageable, but I would trade for dwarf lilacs if I could economically do so.

This one was about 8' tall and about the same in diameter. I've got it down to just about head height now. I'd just as soon get rid of it.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

You could cut all those Bradford pears down and it'd be ok. They're showing up, volunteer here.

I'd been letting Mother Nature do it but they keep coming back. I hate 'em. Had 3 but I'm down to 2 now.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Count me among the tree planters.
The ultimate might be those who plant trees knowing full well they will never live to see that effort turn into shade or bearing fruit.

We've got a tulip poplar out front that's about a foot in diameter and probably 30' tall. Susan and I brought it home from Lake Monroe when it was only about a 2' tall sapling. Probably around the same time we got the wisteria start.

 

[patience0830]

Count me among the tree planters.
The ultimate might be those who plant trees knowing full well they will never live to see that effort turn into shade or bearing fruit.

Big tree guy! I used to answer, "Why did you move all the way up here from Texas?"

Me:
"I was looking for some shade."

Bought 1500 trees from the state nursery at Livonia when I moved home from Germany and left the service. Turned the front 40 acres of pasture back into jungle. Some took better than others.. Been fighting the bush honeysuckle and the autumn olive since b4 that.

 

[GregD]

Howdy patience

 

[GregD]

Lunch time

 

[klausm]

the Asian honeysuckle are are huge problem up here, they are taking over a lot of woods, killing off everything else

 

[OneBadV8]

cloudy all day, but it's a pretty nice temp out. Might be a good day to do outside stuff. Might even wax the car today

 

[GregD]

Howdy V8

 

[BeDome]

the Asian honeysuckle are are huge problem up here, they are taking over a lot of woods, killing off everything else

If you are talking about the very invasive Lonicera japonica, it is banned from cultivation in Indiana, I learned from the local farm coop.

It has basically taken over large sections of both North and South Americas. Our carelessness has it setting up shop in Hawaii, now.

No quarter for this noxious weed!

They are beautiful!
But I understand that Medusa was, too. Don't look at them, just kill them.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Just ordered a new garden hose from Ace for out back. The one I've got is old and getting stiff and brittle and kinks really bad. The new one is supposed to be kink-proof.

Teknor Apex Synergy 5/8 in. D X 50 ft. L Heavy Duty Garden Hose - Ace Hardware

Next level of innovation now delivers a new level of performance. Teknor Apex Synergy PRO water hose is constructed like no other hose for durable, lightweight performance. First of its kind dual layer bonding construction that ensures superior puncture resistance for long-lasting performance...

www.acehardware.com

 

[BeDome]

Just ordered a new garden hose from Ace for out back. The one I've got is old and getting stiff and brittle and kinks really bad. The new one is supposed to be kink-proof.

Teknor Apex Synergy 5/8 in. D X 50 ft. L Heavy Duty Garden Hose - Ace Hardware

Next level of innovation now delivers a new level of performance. Teknor Apex Synergy PRO water hose is constructed like no other hose for durable, lightweight performance. First of its kind dual layer bonding construction that ensures superior puncture resistance for long-lasting performance...

www.acehardware.com

Those look OK to me. Brass threads. Important! Otherwise, deal breaker for me.

The "fancy" ones I bought last year took one season for the junk plated hose ends to electrolytically weld themselves to my brass back flow checks (required here - heaven forbid hose water coming back into the house system where we might wash a potato with hose water for crying out loud).

Two days of oiling, light heat, no matter. I broke a fifty dollar check valve trying to remove my hoses last fall.
The other one, I just cut the hose, brought the check and crummy end to my bench vise. Saved the other one.

Light oil, won't happen with all brass fittings.

 

[klausm]

cloudy all day, but it's a pretty nice temp out. Might be a good day to do outside stuff. Might even wax the car today

so how was second breakfast?

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Just picked it up. It's really lightweight! Feels more like a 25' hose than 50'. Stopped and Hardee's on the way back and picked up a double mushroom 'n swiss burger for lunch.