Garage and road project

[Hatchdog]

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Beautiful pic with the greens, browns and reds against that angry looking sky.

[Sir Henry]

I start the day about 9 am.

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Another 4 hours on the tractor and the road building gravel is leveled. It makes a good solid building base and when compacted doesn’t erode. The down side is it gets dirty when wet. I’ll finish with cleaned 3/4” gravel which they call crushed rock.

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Then the gang shows up to play cards.

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Finally everyone is gone and I can head to the house.

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[Sir Henry]

I’m getting more big rocks this week and bought three large pots yesterday. Later today I’m heading to another garden store to get more pots. I try to get them when they are 75% off because they are expensive and I’m poor.

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[Sir Henry]

I bought more pots today. This was the first load. They are stacked inside each other so what you see in the next pictures were all on the trailer except as noted.

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The red, white and blue pots were not on the trailer.

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These are huge pots.

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This is the second load.

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[markiver54]

I’m getting more big rocks this week and bought three large pots yesterday. Later today I’m heading to another garden store to get more pots. I try to get them when they are 75% off because they are expensive and I’m poor.
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Pretty nice pots..for a poor man.
Lookn' good Gene!

[Sir Henry]

I’m getting more big rocks this week and bought three large pots yesterday. Later today I’m heading to another garden store to get more pots. I try to get them when they are 75% off because they are expensive and I’m poor.
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Pretty nice pots..for a poor man.
Lookn' good Gene!

Usually I can get 75% off on a select few but this time it was only 50% however it was for the entire line. I’ve never seen this before. Although I didn’t save as much as I wanted I did get some of the latest pots. These Michael Carr are the very best pots in the world and they come from Vietnam. It’s all in the clay. I don’t like things made in China but they make the second best pots. Like I say it’s all in the clay. Mexican pots are the worst. No they are the second worst. The absolute worst are American pots. We just don’t have the right clay.

I get the boulders on Thursday or Friday.

[BigAl52]

You gonna have a neighborhood planting party zGene

[Sir Henry]

You gonna have a neighborhood planting party zGene

I had a pot unloading party yesterday. I’m expanding my driveway so people can turn around without driving on the grass.

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This isn’t where they go but look better arranged. You can see the yellow grass on the right that was sprayed. You can also see it in the top picture. The gravel will be spread there.

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[Hatchdog]

Pot party at Gene’s house.

[daytime dave]

That's a lot of pots Gene. What are you planning to put in them all?

[BigAl52]

I hope they dont run over your pot when they turn around Gene

[Sir Henry]

Pot party at Gene’s house.

That’s what the work party was calling it.

That's a lot of pots Gene. What are you planning to put in them all?

I never think that far ahead although most of the big ones will have shrubs or such. These are on the far side of the RVport and this is the second growing season for the big pots. The smaller pots in the second picture were replanted a few days ago.

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[daytime dave]

Those are great looking trees in very nice pots. The second picture looks like they will grow pretty big. Did any of your pots freeze and break in the winter? I had three do that two winters ago when I didn't empty the dirt out.

Me being thrifty, I tried gluing them back together. It worked pretty well too.

[Sir Henry]

Those are great looking trees in very nice pots. The second picture looks like they will grow pretty big. Did any of your pots freeze and break in the winter? I had three do that two winters ago when I didn't empty the dirt out.

No I’ve never had a Chinese or Vietnamese pot freeze and break. In Washington I had lots of cheap Mexican pots break. Pots from Vietnam are the world’s best. I remember a pottery in Vietnam back in the late sixties never thinking I would ever own one.

[Sir Henry]

I can get to my deck from the outside now and I can walk all the way to the RV directly from the porch. And I can walk all the way around it.

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It’s still only roughed-in however it will be completed in a day or so.

[RetiredSeabee]

I am somewhat surprised that you didn’t bring home one of the dinosaurs.

[Ernie]

Those dinosaurs aren't at your place???

[Sir Henry]

I am somewhat surprised that you didn’t bring home one of the dinosaurs.

Those dinosaurs aren't at your place???

Those dinosaurs run $12K each.

[Sir Henry]

I did a little more work yesterday. It’s not finished however I have to move on the the next project.

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I just had my plantation thinned and now I have cleanup to do. I’ll post about it.

[markiver54]

Those pots look heavy. How are you moving them around without damage?