Happy Spring 2012!

[Dexman PE PMP]

Because our winter was so warm, alot of the pollens that hit those of us with allergies never really "settled", so this spring we're getting hit with all 3 allergy types (trees, grasses, weeds). Usually it's only the trees in the spring, but this last week has started getting miserable.

Time to make my usual investment in Zyrtec & Kleenex...

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

I think investing in the weed might be more lucrative.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

It's been my experience that weed isn't traded publicly...

 

[Ble_PE]

Time to make my usual investment in Playboy & Kleenex...

Ummm, that's a little personal don't ya think?

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Why would I invest in Playboy when we have the interwebs?

 

[Chucktown PE]

We usually bypass either Fall or Spring on a regular basis. This year it seems that we bypassed both Winter and Spring. We had one week where it was somewhat cool (highs in the 40s) and that was it. My grass is fully green now, flowers are blooming and the fish are biting. I do enjoy having distinct seasons but I'm really glad the warm weather is here now.

 

[pbrme]

Because our winter was so warm, alot of the pollens that hit those of us with allergies never really "settled", so this spring we're getting hit with all 3 allergy types (trees, grasses, weeds). Usually it's only the trees in the spring, but this last week has started getting miserable.

Time to make my usual investment in Zyrtec & Kleenex...

"I caunt, Mim says theys spoars"

 

[Master slacker]

It's been my experience that weed isn't traded publicly...

Tell that to the college kids in the Wal-Mart parking lot next to us a few weekends back. We were loading groceries and the kids sat in their car as an "interesting" car pulled beside them and things got exchanged. We started laughing and they knew the jig was up. They grinned and hauled ass.

 

[snickerd3]

its still march and I have a half dozen mosquitto bites already and I was outside for less than an hr.

 

[Road Guy]

I got at least a cord of wood that I split myself early fall, had one fire the entire winter... no clue what the hell I will do with a cord of wood this summer..

 

[snickerd3]

camp fires in the yard with hotdogs and smores

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

It's been my experience that weed isn't traded publicly...

Tell that to the college kids in the Wal-Mart parking lot next to us a few weekends back. We were loading groceries and the kids sat in their car as an "interesting" car pulled beside them and things got exchanged. We started laughing and they knew the jig was up. They grinned and hauled ass.

You should have meandered off somewhere and called the cops on them. I'd head back into Wally Mart for a beach chair and bag of chips and watch the fun.

 

[Ble_PE]

I got at least a cord of wood that I split myself early fall, had one fire the entire winter... no clue what the hell I will do with a cord of wood this summer..

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

This sounds like a problem best solved in the morning.

 

[Master slacker]

It's been my experience that weed isn't traded publicly...

Tell that to the college kids in the Wal-Mart parking lot next to us a few weekends back. We were loading groceries and the kids sat in their car as an "interesting" car pulled beside them and things got exchanged. We started laughing and they knew the jig was up. They grinned and hauled ass.

You should have meandered off somewhere and called the cops on them. I'd head back into Wally Mart for a beach chair and bag of chips and watch the fun.

Meh, they looked like the band geek, innocent puppy type of kids. To answer questions on a police report about a small bag of weed is nothing I care to do.

 

[Chucktown PE]

No-see-ums are out in force now. I hate those frigging things. They made baseball practice miserable. I'm hoping the heat arrives soon and kills the bastards off.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Played Farmer Brown this weekend. We got a lot of flowers from the local farmers market, and planted tomato, squash, cucumber, and green pepper plants as well as seeded some carrots, cucumbers, bell peppers, and onions.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Got the ball rolling on getting the landscaping in the backyard. I spent the better part of yesterday trying to fill-in some of the low spots in the grade so it's ready to start laying out sprinkler systems. Based on my survey (yes, I actually surveyed the yard), I still need about 20CY of fill dirt to get the yard built up to how I want it, so for the next couple of weeks I will be stealing dirt from the adjacent lot (still under construction with a ton of extra material the superintendent said I could have) by the wheel-barrow load.

 

[Chucktown PE]

Dude, 20 cubic yards by wheelbarrow. That sounds like a bitch.

As a side note, and maybe this doesn't go in this thread, I'm looking at putting in a sprinkler system as well. However, I want to install a shallow well so I don't have to pay for water. I've read some info online about it and I think where I am I can hit water at 40 feet. Anyone have any experience with this?

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Got the ball rolling on getting the landscaping in the backyard. I spent the better part of yesterday trying to fill-in some of the low spots in the grade so it's ready to start laying out sprinkler systems. Based on my survey (yes, I actually surveyed the yard), I still need about 20CY of fill dirt to get the yard built up to how I want it, so for the next couple of weeks I will be stealing dirt from the adjacent lot (still under construction with a ton of extra material the superintendent said I could have) by the wheel-barrow load.

Protip: Call the city and have a separate tap and meter installed for the sprinkler. That way you just pay water fees instead of water/sewer fees you'd pay if you fed the sprinklers off the house.