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Chemical Guys VRP
I’ve mowed about a dozen acres with the little toy mower, to date. It was pretty dirty, and I wanted to get the dead grass and what not out of it and clean it up a bit. I found this stuff in the garage, and I’m telling you, this thing looks better now than when…
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Ant Mound of Doom
There’s a few of these ant mounds around the property, maybe 3 or 4 that I’ve found so far. They’re huge circles of death, in the center of which is an ant mound entrance, and they’re crawling with red, hot fire ants.
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Deer
I didn’t get a picture, but this morning I saw four or five white-tail deer running along the back fence line!
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The Texas Garden
I was inspired by the gift of this Texas flag tent to do the BBQ grill side of the house in a Texas theme. We have the Texas Pavilion for seating near the grill, and the Blue, White, and Red lights on the side of the house. I’m planning red and blue native perennial flowers…
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Chickens
There’s a really nice chicken coop here, so I’ve found some chickens. I couldn’t find any confirmed blue laying Easter Eggers, but I found 4 hybrids that will lay blue, green, or pinkish brown. Fingers crossed for blue. Mom and I had to go in her little, bitty BMW to Hillsboro to pick up the…
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Wildflowers
Here are some pretty flowers I’ve found while mowing. The pink looks like some kind of wild petunia and the blue like some kind of bellflower (campanula).
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It’s Like a Tractor
So, there I was at Walmart, looking for a fragrant, pink rose when I spotted this riding mower. It was the only one there – turned out to be like a display model that had been sitting around for a while, and it was half off. Seriously – half off! So, naturally, I brought it…
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Hose Upgrades, Part 1
So, the hoses to the auto-waterers were leaking a bit, and I tried to tighten them up to fix it, so, of course, they started leaking badly. I got a pressure reducer and a new 4 way splitter, and a piece of long rebar and a little bit of feeder hose so I can move…
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Sugar Explores Her New Home
Sugar explores her new home.
