Cicadas Brood II in Saugerties, NY 2013

Well, the news of the Cicada apocalypse has come true in Saugerties, NY, or at least some parts of it. My home is an old property, the house itself was built in 1882 and I’m sure a few of the trees around here are at least as old as the house. I, like most people, […]
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It’s House Centipede Season Again

It’s once again house centipede season. Every year at about the same time I see a huge increase in interest in these ‘bugs’. This particular centipede gets referred to a lot as a ‘fuzzy centipede’ and while I don’t think it’s fuzzy, it’s long wispy legs can perhaps give the impression that it’s fuzzy. After a […]
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Tags: House Centipede, Spring
Vigoro 3015V Sprinkler Timer Internals and Valve Design

I noticed a lot of interest in my sprinkler timer review post and I wanted to expand on that a bit. In this post I’ll tear apart the Vigoro 3015V Sprinkler Timer and see what inside of it and makes it work. This timer has worked reliably for me, but I switched to the Orbit […]
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Tags: disassemble, grass, Lawn, sprinkler, watering
Painting and Yardwork in 92 degree heat

Wow, today was a scorcher once again, it’s been pretty warm out lately but that didn’t stop work from proceeding on painting the house and doing some yard work. Fridays are half day for me and it feels like we worked all day on some of these projects. We’ve been slowly scraping and priming the […]
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Tags: ants, house, painting, planter, Planting Beds
Weather Slowing Down New Front Sidewalk
Well it looks like Summer has -finally- arrive, we’ve had a few 90 degree days this week. Not nearly as bad as they got out west, but I don’t do well in 90 deg days and 80+ % humidity. I was planning to start digging out for the front sidewalk this weekend, but put it […]
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Tags: Concrete, grass, Lawn, Radio Control, Weeds