I'm feeling pretty smart (OK, WS should feel pretty smart for his idea) about putting the greenhouse over the peppers. Here is what I harvested early last week:
The can opener is there for size reference. Those were the large peppers - some of the plants were loaded with smaller peppers. I'll have to check today to see if there are more for the picking.
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WS started stripping the siding from the house on Sunday. The neighbor got his deer early (bow hunting), so he was bored and decided to join in:
I'l have to get pics of the rest of the house before the siding guys come in this week. They dropped off the plywood on Thursday. WS covered it up with a tarp as we were supposed to get torrential rains and wind (we did). WS started on the front of the house yesterday afternoon. He will finish it today and take all the trim off the inside of the window. Just in time for the siding guys to come in Monday.
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I start my new job tomorrow. The first test is to see if I remember to take the left directly after turning right onto Rt 77. Since February of 1989 I have taken a right at 77, and kept going on to Milford. From there, I have had 3 different destinations, but the first 28 miles have always been the same. The challenge is to overcome 21 years of conditioning!
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Fall has really gotten here with relentless winds of 20-30 MPH, which we have had for the last 10 days or so. The mornings have all been down in the 30's and the afternoons maybe up to 50 (most aren't that high). Overcast seems to be the most common sky phenomenon even when it isn't raining. We got another 2.5" on Friday, so we've gotten 8-10" in the last couple of weeks. Good for the rivers, streams and swamps that were suffering anyway.
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Those are the short takes from the Bogie estates where change is not only in the air, but seems to permeate several other aspects of our lives.
Wow! Good luck on teaching your car a new route.
Is plywood a normal part of the buildup of the siding of houses in NH? Around here, they use Tyvek (or some such) that looks like foam insulation under the siding (in our case, the siding is rough cedar on 2.5 sides of the house, with brick on the other 1.5). In the house on Sunrise, I believe that a layer of tar paper was used - but don't quote me!
Have fun during your first week and tell us more about your new employment, if you can.
Posted by: Cop Car | October 17, 2010 at 07:51 PM
The insulation in the picture should be over plywood (plywood is used for stability and for something to nail the siding and insulation / tyvek to). That was never done so it is now being added to the outside of the insulation.
Posted by: bogie | October 18, 2010 at 05:41 AM
Thanks for the education. I still don't think that we do that, here, but I could be (what an admission!) wrong.
Posted by: Cop Car | October 18, 2010 at 12:47 PM
P.S. I'll be cheeky enough acknowledge that the plywood would add shear strength! ; )
Posted by: Cop Car | October 18, 2010 at 12:49 PM
Early construction may not have, but most present day houses are built that way. More than likely your local building codes require it.
Posted by: bogie | October 19, 2010 at 05:39 AM