Birds like picking their seeds that they throw into it back out, and I think the neighbors cats gotten into it a couple times. Working on some critter guards, but I’ve been spending my time modifying under the deck for a larger dog run for when I get a new dog. The sheds new, still in progress, need probably 8 more yards of rock underneath as well.

Slowly but surely, this week is a rest week though.

    • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      July 5 is the expected completion date, while they were inspecting the rest of the main they found 5 other spots that wouldn’t survive being repressurized. So while the original break is repaired and filled back in, they are still underway on the others.

      It’s supposed to rain 30-40mm tomorrow, so my barrels and totes should be refilled at least.

  • manualoverride@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    6 months ago

    Those look to be very long boards, every time I do this in ~1-2 years they tend to flex outwards under the weight of the wet compost and start to collapse.

    Just wondering if you have anything in place to prevent flexing?

    I’ve been considering plastic pipe or stainless rod bolted to each side through the soil.

    • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      31·
      6 months ago

      12’ long and I built them in 2020, I expect them to bulge this time though, they are taller and less well built for their size.

      Picture below you can see the two cross supports and I had a 2x4 on the top as well. When I added the height this year I just added more cross pieces like that. I expect it to fail and I’ll hopefully be able to dig down and concrete in some posts and make a greenhouse or something at that point. These are too large, I can’t really reach the middle of them, 4’x12’.

      • manualoverride@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        Wow nice! I have done the same but I always forget and stick a fork through them at least once a year!

        Every time I consider the plastic/stainless pipe option I think about drilling holes all down it and putting a hose fitting on the ends for integrated irrigation… then the project gets to complicated and I stick a 2x4 across instead.

        One day though.

        • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          21·
          6 months ago

          Those would just get filled with water and burst during the winter for me. If anything I would just go with some readyrod/allthread across. It’s also something I can slap in emergency wise anytime, just disturbs the root zone as I jab a rod indiscriminately through it….