Category: yard work

Self-tutoring about ants: the tutor mentions how one colony moved. Maybe six years ago, a large ant hill appeared in the back yard. I don’t think I noticed it until the end of summer; I’d been gone some weeks. Yet, …

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Self-tutoring about yard work: the tutor looks into lawn mower maintenance, specifically regarding spark plug replacement. Apparently (perhaps surprisingly), lawn mower spark plugs might be expected to last as little as a couple of years. It’s even recommended to replace …

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Self-tutoring about yard work: the tutor mentions how easily a current one starts, versus some he remembers. When I was a kid, starting a lawn mower could be hard – you just never knew. I had one, a two-stroke, that …

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Self-tutoring about yard work: the tutor mentions a relationship between pruning and winter damage. Winter damage – aka winter injury – seems to be a general term meaning injury that a tree sustains during, and due to, winter conditions. While …

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Self-tutoring about weather effects during west coast winter: the tutor mentions an interesting side effect of much rain. Today I was out working on the car in the driveway. It was a dry day, yet I noticed, when I would …

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Self-tutoring about yard work: the tutor mentions yesterday afternoon. December 2022 we got a surprising amount of snow, with very cold temperatures, for here, as well. On Canada’s West Coast, we’re not meant to have typical Canadian winters of snow …

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Self-tutoring about yard work: the tutor reflects about keeping an old fence alive. I imagine the fence around our property, at some places, might be 30 years old. I’ve kept it alive with various types of fixes, and plan to …

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Self-tutoring about super glues: the tutor mentions two kinds and their advantages. I began about Krazy and super glue in my post on Feb 3, 2022. Krazy Glue was the first type of super glue I heard of, back in …

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Self-tutoring about structures made of thin wood: the tutor compares fasteners with glue. Where I live, this is a good time to mend outdoor wooden structures such as fences. The reason is that it’s nearly always warm (or hot) and …

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