Week of May 10 through May 16, 2020

#1 ◱ Mike Frankel mans a 3.5 ton hydraulic jack to raise the corner of the 2.4 ton A-Con container. He dug a hole in the gravel to get the jack under the corner.

#2 ◱ When the container was high enough Don slipped a round log under it. First time did not work.

#3 ◱ When the container was high enough Don slipped a round log under it.

#4 ◱ Measure twice cut once. We verified the exact distance across the containers. 30 feet 1.5 inches.

#5 ◱ A very sturdy chain runs between the corner of the A-Con container that is resting on two round logs, and the B-Con container that is flat on the ground. With luck when we use the tractor bucket to tighten the chain, A-Con will slide toward B-Con. And in fact that is what happened. It took us two shots to get it fully into place. Lift. Relax. Measure. Tighten. Lift again. Relax. Measure.

#6 ◱ You can see the tightness of the chain. But now the next problem is how to get the logs out from under the end of the A-Con container. Hmm.

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#8 ◱ It was a multi-step process removing the logs, just as it had been a multi-step process getting them installed in the first place.

#9 ◱ The jack came in very handy.

#10 ◱ The white mark is spray paint showing where the corner of the A-Con container was before we moved it.

#11 ◱ The triangle of dry gravel shows where the A-Con container was before we moved it.

#12 ◱ Our first pears!

#13 ◱ The lavender is so pretty and the bees like it.

#14 ◱ One of two white Rhodies in the Rhododendron Garden.

#15 ◱ Second white Rhodies in the garden.

#16 ◱ Japanese? Iris in the Rhododendron Garden.

#17 ◱ Pumpkin and squash on the west playfield hill.

#18 ◱ honeysuckle vine

#19 ◱ Grape Vineyard after Lois took Betsie for a spin.

#20 ◱ blue purple Iris

#21 ◱ violet Iris

#22 ◱ several different purple of irises.

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#24 ◱ watermelon

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#26 ◱ Poppies in The Waffle.

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#28 ◱ white onions

#29 ◱ red onions

#30 ◱ Four tomato plants. Do you think they are protected enough? 🤣

#31 ◱ and swiss chard

#32 ◱ spaghetti squash.

#33 ◱ Eggplant

#34 ◱ Another purple Iris in the guesthouse patio area is just starting to bloom.

#35 ◱ Them duckies is gettin big!

#36 ◱ Don putting the cattle guard cover over the ducklings.

#37 ◱ ducklings on the porch at night.

#38 ◱ Lois caught a bird taking a nap in the West end of the chicken run.

#39 ◱ Lois put three duck eggs under Broody Polly.

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#41 ◱ Lois put four duck eggs under Broody black Australorp.

#42 ◱ Waldo

#43 ◱ Goldie on the basketball court.

#44 ◱ It is easier to drop the mower train on a flat cement surface.

#45 ◱ The truck that the repair person drives is impressive.

#46 ◱ Mowing deck

#47 ◱ Mowing deck on its side so that the blades can be sharpened.

#48 ◱ Mowing deck getting blades off?

#49 ◱ Sharpening the mower blades.

#50 ◱ Goldie

#51 ◱ another view

#52 ◱ Box Scraper in its new location behind A-Con. (Was previously by the garage.)

#53 ◱ How much gravel can you get in one scoop?

#54 ◱ Impressive. Now can you move it without spilling it?

#55 ◱ Installing Dripline

#56 ◱ Installing Dripline after punching the hole for the next house to go on.

#57 ◱ Installing dripping hose that waters three tree.

#58 ◱ Installing Dripline

#59 ◱ Lois putting end caps on the new dripline.

#60 ◱ Don Making Dripline

#61 ◱ Lois showing off 19 Future Driplines.