Rain
By ArielZusya | כה תמוז ה תשסט - July 16, 2009 - 7:08 PM
Looks like nature took care of the watering for me. Nice to get to skip watering tomorrow.
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Basil plants
By ArielZusya | כד תמוז ה תשסט - July 15, 2009 - 6:00 PM
I found, after a quick search of the net, that Basil plants watered once a week thrive. Further, that basil plants like a lot of sun. After I purchased my basil plants and potted them in the potter Dana bought for my birthday a year ago, I figured water them once a week and put them in a place that gets lots of sun. I apparently was wrong. Denver is such a dry place that once a week wasn’t enough water. After watering them over the weekend, I figured I could wait until the following weekend to water them again. This evening I looked at the basil plants and they were completely wilted (a dramatic change from this morning when I saw new growth popping up). I immediately brought them inside and gave them a drink. The soil was bone dry and each of the three little pots (which are about 1 and 1/2 cups if I had to estimate) took nearly 1/2 cup of water. The soil soaked it up. We’ll see how they do with a day out of the sun.
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Watering
By ArielZusya | כד תמוז ה תשסט - July 15, 2009 - 5:00 AM
Did the morning watering this morning. 20-minutes per side. Looks like every other day is working out so far. We’ll see.
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Watering
By ArielZusya | כב תמוז ה תשסט - July 13, 2009 - 4:58 AM
I’ve been trying to do the every other day thing. We had some rain over the weekend which helped but since then we’ve had thunder and at most a tiny drizzle for a couple of minutes but not enough to replace actual watering. As a result, it looks like this week will be an actual watering week (though only every other day). 20-minutes per side this morning.
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Mowing
By ArielZusya | כא תמוז ה תשסט - July 12, 2009 - 9:00 AM
The grass was looking a bit shabby so I decided to get out there for some mowing. I only mowed the front lawn but I also got the new string trimmer out and tried to use that. I followed the directions in the book to the letter and even used the oil that came with it to mix into the gas as instructed. First, it was very difficult to get it started. When it finally turned over I had to quickly jump to revving the engine to keep it running. Then it turned itself off after 20 minutes and wouldn’t restart.
I called the tech support number listed in the side of the unit. After waiting on hold for nearly 30 minutes total, the Ryobi technician answered. The first question out of his mouth was, what type of oil did you mix into the gas. I told him it was the oil that came with the unit. He asked me to describe it. I told him it was a black bottle with green writing and the letter G on it. He told me, without hearing more about my experience that he bet the unit stopped working after 20 minutes or so. I confirmed and he said it was because the G stands for garbage and the unit was ruined and needed replacement. I asked him for further detail and he explained that the G-Oil wasn’t viscus enough to keep the engine lubed at temp so the engine seized and the chamber was scared. (As a side note, the bottle says the G stands for Green. If by Green they mean they are using a grown-oil rather than a synthetic or a drilled, it should have greater viscosity than others due to the double bond between molecules in its octanes but who knows what Ryobi means when Ryobi says something is Green.)
I took the unit back to Home Depot as I was instructed to do by the Ryobi technician and before I even explained what was wrong they were offering to refund my money. I then explained what was wrong and they told me they hadn’t heard anything about it but that they’d exchange the unit if that’s what I’d prefer (which is what I wanted). Perhaps I’m putting too much faith in that technician (he did tell me some strange things about how I could get away with using up the remaining gas with the bad oil by adding good oil to it–a process which I have no intention of trying) but I figure I can give Ryobi one last chance. If if fails again with “good” oil I’ll trade it in for a different brand.
I should say, what little trimming I did do, it looked nice. It will be nice when I have the working trimmer to complete the job. I will have to get used to it, however, as it will take down anything in its path.
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Rain
By ArielZusya | יט תמוז ה תשסט - July 10, 2009 - 9:00 PM
Looks like this morning’s watering wasn’t necessary. It was another one of those wild and powerful and drenching rains. No watering tomorrow as a result.
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Watering
By ArielZusya | יט תמוז ה תשסט - July 10, 2009 - 4:57 AM
I skipped the watering yesterday morning. I’m trying to transition into watering every other day in an effort to safe water (not that I use that much water to begin with). Did the usual 20-minutes per side.
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Watering
By ArielZusya | יז תמוז ה תשסט - July 8, 2009 - 4:58 AM
I skipped watering yesterday morning because of the rain on Monday and but decided to give the yard a drink this morning. 20-minutes per side.
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Rain
By ArielZusya | טו תמוז ה תשסט - July 6, 2009 - 5:10 PM
It seems this morning’s watering was unnecessary as it is storming this evening. At least I can skip tomorrow morning’s watering (though I don’t think it’s supposed to rain tomorrow). What a strange year for weather this has been.
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Watering
By ArielZusya | טו תמוז ה תשסט - July 6, 2009 - 4:58 AM
I had thought it would rain again yesterday but it never got around to it. Asa result I did the watering this morning. 20 minutes per side.
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