Sprayed Permethrin SFR on all Structures
2/27/2020 – Sprayed Permethrin SFR at 1.5 oz. per gallon on: inside and outside the Tack Room the outside of the house the wood shed the Shop the Grain Bin and entrance platform
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Emergency Standby Generator Installation
08/06/2019 – Taylor Power Systems delivered a precast concrete pad, the automatic transfer switch, and the 20 KW, 200 amp, Briggs and Stratton Fortress Residential Standby generator. Fergie and I helped lift it off the trailer and set it on the slab. The day before, Mary and I pulled out the azalea, cleaned out the […]
Continue ReadingSprayed the house exterior for wasps et al
Now with the brick clean, sprayed the gables, the soffits, and around the windows with Martin’s Permethrin SFR at 28 ml in the 1.5 gallon pump up sprayer. Cleaned the windows of the spray, dust, bugs and bird crashes. Also sprayed inside the firewood shed.
Continue ReadingPressure washed the house and carport
5/21 & 22/2019 – We used the floor sprayer on the carport and it looks a lot better. We used the wide white spray head on the brick. Mary washed the brick with the hose immediately before I hit it with the pressure washer. Then she rinsed it after I finished and before it dried […]
Continue ReadingSeptic Tank Pumped Out
To be sure we would not have any issues at Thanksgiving, and we have no idea when it was last pumped out, we hired Billies Septic Tank Service to do so on 10/17/2018 for $275. The line in from the house is on the west end and the baffle and line to the field lines […]
Continue ReadingMoved the TT behind the azaleas…the move from Houston is about over
Today, 10/14/2018, we moved the TT from the driveway (where it has been since early March) to behind the azaleas in the barnyard. Very nice to have the driveway back.
Continue ReadingMoved to Sundown Farms. Week 1 & 2
Drove through a lot of rain on Saturday, Sept 15, 2018, after finally getting away and leaving behind our home for the past 23 years in Houston. Saw a young deer cross the road from the yard as we drove up at 10:30 pm to our new full-time home. Pulled the 5’x8′ U-Haul trailer straight in […]
Continue ReadingAugust 21, 2018
This was the trip for the gutter installation and to take the plants from the yard in Houston. We stayed in the “new” house for the first time.
Continue ReadingChristmas 2017
December 24, 2017 – So, the week begins. Christmas Day – Sorted through old boxes of stuff in the front guest room. Setup two sets of “LAN” shelves in the grain bin and moved a lot of stuff from the carport storage room there. 26th – Took old bed frame, bedclothes, lamp and nightstand to GoodWill. […]
Continue ReadingTNT Construction finished punch list for new gables and eves
11/24/2017 – Timothy himself did the cleanup, touchup and straighten up work with a helper. Mary said when we drove up, and later so did Frank, that the new trim “makes the house look like a new house”. The columns on the porch are great and we installed a new porch light fixture Mary bought […]
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