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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Vigoro 3015V Sprinkler Timer Internals and Valve Design
Posted on August 31st, 2010 in Lawn and Garden
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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Painting and Yardwork in 92 degree heat
Posted on July 9th, 2010 in House, Lawn and Garden
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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