6/23/19
(Above: Wag mowing on the left, and Padre searching for hidden articles in the grass on the right.)
Building Summary: Today I tended to two main tasks. The first was lawn maintenance where I set up a more permanent electric fence, cleaned up construction debris with Padre’s help (so Uncle Wag could mow), and plucked a whole bunch of sida weeds. The second task was measuring, cutting, and fastening on a piece of ¾” plywood to the back of the closet slide-out.
Commentary: Though this morning mostly consisted of Jacobhouse lawn maintenance, I’m quite happy that I was able to cut and fasten the postern piece to the closet slide-out. The entire apparatus glides even more smoothly now that it has that ¾” plywood acting as counterweight to the front*.
As for points of interest, I would say there were a couple this morning. The first was the fact that both a Padre and a Wag helped me neaten up the lawn. Padre helped me pull up a bunch of sida weeds** while Wag ran the unwieldy tractor lawnmower. At one point, that machine got caught in a rut running along the north fence (the ditch for the electrical cables where dirt has settled over the past few months). It was not until Padre and I were helping Wag extricate the machine that I realized we were working right at the base of the bee-pole. I looked up a couple times to make sure we weren’t aggravating the insects, but they seemed not to mind one bit. They just kept flying in and out just as they usually do in the morning, presumably collecting nectar from the orange ‘sticky flowers’ on the nearby paper-mulberry trees.
The other bit of interest occurred slightly later. As was mentioned in the summary, I set up an actual electric fence today. Despite this sort of perimeter lacking the character of a post & board fence, I must say that it does look a lot better than my portabucket construction setup. The thing about all fences, though, is that they don’t do any good if the gap/gate isn’t closed. This is what I found when I returned from checking beefers with Padre:
Final Note: Some time soon, Alan and Terry are going to return to work on Jacobhouse. If they don’t show up tomorrow, I will be cleaning the woodmess off of the front porch and set about adding plywood to the outside of Wall #5 (the closet-wall).
*Might have to use ½” plywood for the front to maintain that balance, and I will also still be placing some form of small weight at the top back corner.
**Very tough weeds with roots systems resemblant to that of miniature trees.