Lawn

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, […]

Continue Reading Cicadas Brood II in Saugerties, NY 2013

Tags: ants, bugs, Cicada, General, summer

It’s raining tonight again.  It’s really been crazy, like it should be Spring right now and not summer.  For the last two weeks we’ve had almost non-stop rain, perhaps one or two days without it.  The Scott’s Patchmaster is doing great, but it’s not really getting a chance to get it’s roots deep in the […]

Continue Reading Some Site Updates, Scott's PatchMaster, Lasers, and Helicopters

Tags: grass, Helicopter, laser, Lawn, patchmaster, rocketry, Topsoil

Having had to grow a new lawn in 2 areas covering around 2000sq ft we really needed some sort of sprinkler timer system. I had actually spent some time searching online to see what it would take to put an in-ground system in at one point.   Although most of the components are extremely price friendly, […]

Continue Reading Review of a Couple of Brands of Sprinkler Timer / Watering Timers

Tags: Electronics, Lawn, Orbit, sprinkler, Vigoro

I hope everyone in the US is having or had a good Memorial Day weekend.  So far I’ve been doing yard work and flying, and tomorrow will probably be grilling as well. I’ve been a bit slow this week in uploading photos and updates on the new patch I put on the lawn on Monday, […]

Continue Reading Memorial Day Weekend - Another Lawn Update

Tags: ants, BBQ, flowers, Helicopter, Lawn

I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and was getting tired of winding the 100 foot hose back into a pile.  We went to Lowe’s a while back and I was looking for a hose reel while Bryn was looking for herb seeds and such.   I saw this thing and decided to spend the 75 bucks on it.  […]

Continue Reading Auto Winding Hose Reel by No-Crank

Tags: arhtritis, RA, rheumatoid arthritis