Getting ready for Winter

Scuba_Dave · 07-02-2010, 04:26 PM

Hey...the summer doesn't last long up here !!
I've been cleaning up my wood cutting area
Started cutting up odds & ends & stacking it
Neighbors tree dies so I started limbing that & tossed them in the truck
Then drove the truck into the back yard to unload & chop up
I use my sawzall when I'm up in the tree to limb everything
Easier to use then my chainsaw - Husqy 570

Out back I use a hatchet & an axe on most of the stuff
Then the sawzall for bigger stuff & the chainsaw for the biggest
I have about 4-5 dead trees around I am going to chop up for the winter

Abnshrek · 07-02-2010, 05:34 PM

You go for it Dave.. Down here I wait till its fall & I still sweat like crazy.. lol :^)

Scuba_Dave · 07-02-2010, 06:46 PM

Usually I start cutting in March
But this year I've been working on the yard
Built a patio, then a frame for the screenhouse
Big improvement to the pool area
So thru the summer if we have some cool weather I'll be cutting, splitting & stacking wood

Abnshrek · 07-02-2010, 06:52 PM

I'll be doing the same thing once my foot is ready to go.. Its a pain without toting around any more poundage.. The front yard will get cleared in the months to come. Your right you have done some great things in the last couple months to your place. :^)

Scuba_Dave · 07-02-2010, 08:09 PM

Thanks
This is the 1st year where I feel the back yard & pool area are looking good
I still have more to do: ponds, finish bar, a few odds & ends on patios, & the pergola over the picnic table

But the warm tub/small deck & the new patio & screenhouse have really made an improvement
Plus getting the last pile of wood to burn out of the garden area

sunfish · 07-02-2010, 08:40 PM

It's just now getting warm enough here to put up the pool

Scuba_Dave · 07-02-2010, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by sunfish

It's just now getting warm enough here to put up the pool

San Diego, CA ? You're kidding ?
With solar heat I had the ~19,000g inground pool up to 76 by Memorial Day

sunfish · 07-02-2010, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Scuba_Dave

San Diego, CA ? You're kidding ?
With solar heat I had the ~19,000g inground pool up to 76 by Memorial Day

We haven't been much over 70f this year,lots of nday's in the 60's.It's fine with me since all I've been doing is scraping stucco and window trim.

hammer · 07-02-2010, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by sunfish

It's just now getting warm enough here to put up the pool

Wow how many bananas are around that pool are they all in pots.

sunfish · 07-02-2010, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by hammer

Wow how many bananas are around that pool are they all in pots.

Some are in pots some in the ground. Fifty or so in the pic.

Abnshrek · 07-03-2010, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by sunfish

Some are in pots some in the ground. Fifty or so in the pic.

The real question are how many are around the pool not in the pic as well? lol :^)

sunfish · 07-03-2010, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Abnshrek

The real question are how many are around the pool not in the pic as well? lol :^)

19 in pots 7 in ground,plus 20 pups

justjoan · 07-03-2010, 09:31 AM

It will be 91 here today, wish that pool were closer

Patty in Wisc · 07-03-2010, 11:11 AM

Dave, you need a log splitter. Mike has a used one & we have enough split logs to heat our houses for 2 years years LOL. It's a real time saver.
Hey Joan, we are gonna real hot & humid now till Monday...I wish I had a pool!!!

Scuba_Dave · 07-03-2010, 11:26 AM

I split everything by hand
Keeps me in shape
round is a shape

justjoan · 07-03-2010, 11:42 AM

Yup, good old Banana growing weather in Minnesota

Happy July 4th to all on this side of the pond!

Abnshrek · 07-03-2010, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Scuba_Dave

I split everything by hand
Keeps me in shape
round is a shape

I hear that.. I like keeping a bunch of logs whole for that very reason.. Big round one's don't stack so good.. lol :^)

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