Tiller time!
May. 8th, 2025 02:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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gardeningI did a quick checkup on my little 1986 Pony tiller today:
- inflated soft tires
- cleaned out residual mouse nest from blower housing
- oiled recoil ratchet
- cleaned/oiled foam air cleaner cover
- replaced the spark plug
- added Sea Foam to last Autumn’s gasoline
- topped off the oil
Started on the second pull!
From there I tilled under the living room window in anticipation of a batch of gladiolus bulbs coming next week. I then gave the garden a rough tilling.
I love this time of the year!
- inflated soft tires
- cleaned out residual mouse nest from blower housing
- oiled recoil ratchet
- cleaned/oiled foam air cleaner cover
- replaced the spark plug
- added Sea Foam to last Autumn’s gasoline
- topped off the oil
Started on the second pull!
From there I tilled under the living room window in anticipation of a batch of gladiolus bulbs coming next week. I then gave the garden a rough tilling.
I love this time of the year!
Fence work
May. 7th, 2025 08:07 pmmoonhare posting in gardeningOther than a few odds and ends, the garden fence project has been completed. This should secure the area from the rabbits, woodchucks, and deer. Other smaller rodents, and birds, haven’t been as destructive.
Added were an electrified wire above the existing fence, and a mesh barrier behind the electrified wires at the fence base. The top wire is to deter deer; the mesh is to discourage other pests. I also replaced some insulators and tightened up the lower wires where necessary. What is left is to trim back any vegetation and to staple the mesh as needed.
From the Peter Rabbit movie. I used a similar pic in 2019, when I first considered adding the electrified fence.
My first postings about the fence were in August, 2019.
https://gardening.dreamwidth.org/2019/08/06/
Added were an electrified wire above the existing fence, and a mesh barrier behind the electrified wires at the fence base. The top wire is to deter deer; the mesh is to discourage other pests. I also replaced some insulators and tightened up the lower wires where necessary. What is left is to trim back any vegetation and to staple the mesh as needed.
From the Peter Rabbit movie. I used a similar pic in 2019, when I first considered adding the electrified fence.
My first postings about the fence were in August, 2019.
https://gardening.dreamwidth.org/2019/08/06/