Getting Tired Of Fighting The Fight This Winter ...

Doing The Dixie Eyed Hustle said:

Wood ash is poor womans / mans lime

I usually sprinkle the ash can on top of the show (read dump if the weather is bad / treacherous ... this year most of them went on the ice in the walkways & driveways <dirt driveways> ) , let it wash through, rake out as needed. I have a megazillion oak trees, and hence their leaves, which usually end up sitting in the beds over the winter. I figure it's a wash, the oak leaves and the ash negate each other

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While some wood ash is okay, never spread walnut ash on your lawn or garden, the ash is actually toxic to the plants. My neighbor found this out last year when his garden failed. He sent a soil test out to Rutgers University, they determined it was the walnut ash that did it in.

Man - it's mid-spring here in Seattle. Friggin' dandelions are already to seed.

First 70 degree day since October here. Still 12" of snow in the yard. Lots of mud, but I'll take it.

That's water, in liquid form, out doors, and lots of it!

Doing The Dixie Eyed Hustle said:

Wood ash is poor womans / mans lime

I usually sprinkle the ash can on top of the show (read dump if the weather is bad / treacherous ... this year most of them went on the ice in the walkways & driveways <dirt driveways> ) , let it wash through, rake out as needed. I have a megazillion oak trees, and hence their leaves, which usually end up sitting in the beds over the winter. I figure it's a wash, the oak leaves and the ash negate each other

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Good news, then.

I think the missus will find them useful in the garden.

We are finally getting some decent weather, in the 60's here. I think having snow in your yard in May is nuts....

A week or so ago I posted that I would shut down the stove 3 days before turning on the a/c. I was wrong. I was driving yesterday and had to turn on the a/c otherwise I would have turned into a poached egg. I've had the stove off for 2 days BUT - we've got nighttime lows of below freezing next week, so the stove will be back on. Burning 24/7 is so much easier than starting a small fire each evening.

I still have 2 feet of snow on my lawn.

Swedishchef said:

I still have 2 feet of snow on my lawn.

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But the Canadiens are still playing - - and winning - - so what's your rush?
If the Canadiens are still playing in June and you still have 2' of snow on your lawn I'll buy you a bottle of one of them foreign owned Molson Canadian.

DougA said:

But the Canadiens are still playing - - and winning - - so what's your rush?
If the Canadiens are still playing in June and you still have 2' of snow on your lawn I'll buy you a bottle of one of them foreign owned Molson Canadian.
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LOL
I don't like the Canadiens...and I can't find MOlson Candian anywhere around here!

Dix said:

Finer ash is better than the "clunky take it out so I can keep the stove going when it's freezing ash/coals".

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Thanks, I probably got a bit of everything in there, might need a sieve!

Dix said:

Ack .. left front done 2 weeks ago, right side was fine. For 1 week (I drive the Beast on Sundays, or horse stuff, pretty much.

*grumbles*

Atleast it's not in 4 wheel

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Back brakes done 2 weeks ago, left a dent in the wallet for sure.

33 right now. Snowed in areas of the state yesterday with flurries in our area. Put the Spring coats back in the closet and brought out the winter coats (again). Sheesh!

OldLumberKid said:

Back brakes done 2 weeks ago, left a dent in the wallet for sure.

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I did my rears on the Hyundai last week. The squealing was attracting attention in town.

They have a drum E brake inside the rotor plus regular discs on the outside. Weird. Had a b*tch of a time getting the rotors off because the drums were shot inside and stuck. Who uses the E brake anyways? One of the class 10 bolts holding the caliper bracket snapped. I spent 2 hrs. drilling it out and using a bolt extractor and finally gave up and bought a new caliper. Only the bracket was a problem but you can't buy just the bracket and the wreckers wanted 60% of new $, so I had to buy new. PITA. The only good thing was that if I had taken it to a garage, they would have snapped it too and I would have blamed them for charging me an extra few hundred for being inept. Figured I saved $450 in labor total.

We had an inch of new snow on the ground this morning. There was a bad accident on the highway in front of our neighbors at 8 am that woke me up. They closed the highway and brought in 2 air ambulances so it must have been serious. It's a bad stretch with more than it's share of fatalities. People too anxious to get to work on time and pass on a hill that is a 'no pass' zone.

1" of snow this morning. 32F out now at 12:30pm.

This spring blows so far.

30 This morning with Howling winds and some sort of white covering on the ground!

Really am getting tired of fighting this fight! Have gone from no fires and shorts, to burning round the clock again for the past couple days, pants, and work delays because it's too cold to paint what we need to repair outside.

I guess if it wasn't for the suffering we wouldn't appreciate the nice weather so much...

I did get my first mosquito bite two days ago though!

My boss wished me Merry Christmas at the end of the day yesterday. LOL

Now that was a short summer. Started 24/7 Thursday and will keep it going for the next week.