From: snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 4/29/2019 7:23 AM, songbird wrote:   
   > Terry Coombs wrote:   
   > ...   
   >>     You poor poor baby , I feel your pain !  Actually I   
   >> feel my own pain , been up working on the roof of the camper-port (giant   
   >> carport) . Today is rafter-setting day , got 3 pairs up so far . Only 8   
   >> more to go ... it wouldn't be so bad , but it's 12 feet up and I haven't   
   >> got the permanent bracing installed yet . Temp bracing halfway up the   
   >> posts and it's got a bit of sway up on top . 20 years ago I'd have   
   >> laughed , but these days I don't bounce when I hit , I break . Got way   
   >> too much on my plate to be laid up healing right now .   
   >    getting old ain't for the weak!   
   >   
   >    i am not someone you'd want up on rafters or a   
   > roof for doing much.  i will go up once in a while   
   > to inspect or as we are currently tarped over part   
   > of the top (chimney cap) i have to put the tarp   
   > back under the straps to keep it from making too   
   > much noise in the wind.  i have to call the roofing   
   > people this week to see what is up and when they   
   > might be back.  it would be really nice to be done   
   > with this.   
   >   
   >    my leg is still trying to heal up from last fall.   
   > taking a long time - just the way things are i guess   
   > - at least my arm is ok.  last time i visited the   
   > chiropractor i mentioned my shoulder was still a   
   > bit messed up from when i pulled it a few years ago   
   > like it was a residual that would not move right.   
   > he did a few things to it and it took care of it -   
   > feels like normal - but i sure won't be shovelling   
   > heavy clay from a hole up into a wheelbarrow any   
   > longer.  i'll do half buckets at a time instead if   
   > i need to move any more subsoil (not expecting to   
   > have to do that but you never know...).   
   >   
   >    good luck on getting that done.  i wouldn't even   
   > attempt it.   
   >   
   >   
   >    songbird   
      The driving force on this one is Mrs Snag ... But if I didn't want to   
   , it wouldn't happen . I'm still pretty spry for my age i guess , people   
   we know that are our age aren't faring so well . I did get my tomatoes   
   in the ground this morning and planted some bunching onions . Went to   
   the co-op this afternoon and got 10 bales of straw for top mulch . The   
   tomatoes are on the trellis I built last year for beans instead of cages   
   . I'll be putting cardboard down around them before the straw mulch to   
   prevent soil splashing up on the plants when watering or raining -   
   that's what caused my blight fungus last year . Potatoes are coming   
   along nicely , bare spaces in the row are gradually filling in . I also   
   found a bunch of volunteer yellow squashes , planted some and potted   
   some more for giveaway . Oh , and did I mention that the strawberry   
   plants are loaded loaded loaded with fruit ? Not much in this world   
   better than fresh strawberry jam on hot from the oven bread slathered   
   with (real) butter .   
      I'm looking for a great year , I learned last year about the pests   
   that my plants have never survived long enough to get before ... and I   
   have an arsenal of "natural" weapons to unleash upon them !   
      
   --   
     Snag   
   Yes , I'm old   
   and crochety - and armed .   
   Get outta my woods !   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)