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Shoganai
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 Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:27 pm Post subject: I decided to do something with the front yard while Steve... |
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Is away. 
First, tear out everything and mark out new planting bed.
Next Google how to lay a wall foundation.
Drive to the mountains and hand pick some Earth bones.
Place largest stone in place.
Google how mix and work mortar. Note the stone walkway I laid.
Build wall.
Stone boarder laid in place
I made a sifting frame out of 1-1/2 PVC pipe and steel expanded metal. That way I could clean the soil of LOTS of rocks, and mix old mulch and heavy clay based soil together. This allowed me to transfer excess dirt from the existing beds and make it better for growing things in.
Go buy some plants.
Test placements.
I also did the rock circle and plants in the foreground.
I should be able to finish planting tomorrow, then put down the mulch.
Steve doesn't know I'm doing this. Only that I'm 'work in the yard'.
He's on his way to Texas and won't be back until after this coming weekend.
So this will be a cool surprise when he rolls up home.
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Flying Duck
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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Hit a pothole and one of those will jump and take out a motorsicklist.
Does Steve not have access to the Internet where he is?
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Shoganai
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Flying Duck wrote: |
Hit a pothole and one of those will jump and take out a motorsicklist.
Does Steve not have access to the Internet where he is? |
More like, hit a pothole and the leaf springs will SNAP!
Yes, but he doesn't lurk here.
Besides, he is slamming it to Texas.
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Ted
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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NICE!
I wish I had the motivation, I look at my yard and usually walk over to the patio and have a cigar 
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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That is fkn AWESOME!!
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Flying Duck
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:02 am Post subject: |
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Plant some blue and white flowers in a roundel. 
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Jim
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:09 am Post subject: |
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If she does a blue and white roundel, she'll have to plant an orange KTM, too...
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Shoganai
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:10 am Post subject: |
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| Jim wrote: | | If she does a blue and white roundel, she'll have to plant an orange KTM, too... |
No s*it! 
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Flying Duck
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WTF were you thinking in the first place? Hire someone to pave it all while you go riding.
If you REALLY cared about Steve, you would've gone riding with him.
(Just ribbin' ya.  )
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Shoganai
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:37 am Post subject: |
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| Flying Duck wrote: | WTF were you thinking in the first place? Hire someone to pave it all while you go riding.
If you REALLY cared about Steve, you would've gone riding with him.
(Just ribbin' ya. ) |
:razz
We had different vaca plans this year.
I wanted to do HM and he wanted to go to an ADV event in TX.
I hope to talk him into this for 2011. 
D2D Dust to Dawson
http://ridedualsport.com/forum/index.php?topic=183.0
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Scott_Anderson
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 7:23 am Post subject: |
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Shogs, that's really starting to take shape. I see you had the forman on the job making shure you had things straight and square.
I never had the "vision" for landscaping. I could do the work, so long as someone else planned it out.
You are doing great, keep it up. See you in about a month.
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miKeinWIs
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:14 am Post subject: Nice |
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Really looks nice, Gwen.
But will he notice when he gets home?
The four most dreaded words a man can hear:
"Honey, notice anything different?"
Good work
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Shoganai
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:36 am Post subject: Re: Nice |
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| Scott_Anderson wrote: | | I see you had the forman on the job making shure you had things straight and square. |
 He was a great grunt. He helped a lot with the heavy lifting and all the rock gathering.
| miKeinWIs wrote: | The four most dreaded words a man can hear:
"Honey, notice anything different?" |
I thought it was "We need to talk"
I have worked my finger prints off! 
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1993 K1100RS aka The Shop Whore
1994 K1100RS aka Blue Streak
The long road is a rainbow and the pot of gold lies there.
So slip the chain and I'm off again,
You'll find me everywhere. I'm a Rover. - JT
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SugarHillCTD
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:38 am Post subject: |
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Gwen- that looks GREAT.
You da' woman!!
Hope Steve appreciates that you worked your fingerprints off.
See you at HM
John
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:05 am Post subject: |
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I think putting this on one little rock would be awesome!
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Scott_Anderson
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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Qwen, since no one else has said it yet, and I can't resist any longer.
You ROCK
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drikko
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 5:37 pm Post subject: Re: Nice |
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| miKeinWIs wrote: | | "Honey, notice anything different?" |
Nah, that ones easy, you have a 95% chance it's a haircut, so if you hear "Honey, notice anything different?" just automatically say "sure, your hair looks awesome" and you'll probably be OK. Shogs is right the really horrifying words are "we need to talk" You may as well grab a suitcase out of the cupboard before you even bother replying.
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joeangi
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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Lets see, she rides....loves to cook....and does landscaping, Steve is a lucky guy.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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| joeangi wrote: | | Lets see, she rides....loves to cook....and does landscaping, Steve is a lucky guy. |
Plus shes cool as shit!
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Shoganai
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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 Oh knock off guys.
Ok, it's all done.
There was a little drama on my part after carfully meausuring the PVC for the sifter, I did this n00b mistake.
It was supposed to look like this.
On a side note; this is what the back yard looked like a year ago.
Today...
The patches should be filled in by fall.
Look, no finger prints.
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1994 K1100RS aka Blue Streak
The long road is a rainbow and the pot of gold lies there.
So slip the chain and I'm off again,
You'll find me everywhere. I'm a Rover. - JT
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