Going to tear it up with this electrical powered gadget, then try to condition the soil and replant anew from grass seed. Probably will have to overseed again in the spring. Nowhere to go but up from here!
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Probably true. But I also have a hand tool to loosen things up here and there where/if this fails. Going to tear shit up one way or another.
No Honda tracked model no care
it worked ok when drug in reverse
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Did some work with it. And it works. If drug backwards against the motion of the rotors to make it dig in more. Also works a bit better than in the one handed video with pressure. Much preferable to hand tilling. Destroy it all!
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That's definitely not typical Colorado clay-ish shit.No Honda tracked model no care
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it worked ok when drug in reverse
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Did some work with it. And it works. If drug backwards against the motion of the rotors to make it dig in more. Also works a bit better than in the one handed video with pressure. Much preferable to hand tilling. Destroy it all!
Or put down weed matting and a load of pea gravel.You should plant some weed.
that reminds me to go order a bag of rocks from Amazon to lay down in the trench at the end of the extended, buried downspout. then soil and hopefully eventually turf atop it.
update:
due here on Thursday. the magic of air freight.
meanwhile the adjuster will coordinate with the exhaust shop for the estimate tomorrow or Wednesday. slow process that I had to hasten along by calling and hassling the claims agent. Thursday will thus be just fine indeed with the timeline. might even drop off the skid plate Monday afternoon with the rented Tesla depending on the timeline, or on Friday via e-cargo bike since I'm a goof.
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MPEI electrical-related upgrade project financing is as below, with a $100 one time administration fee. for the small insulation project I'm doing for the mountain house attic this doesn't make sense due to that fee being proportionally large. but for the upcoming master suite heat pump setup + potential PV on roof (!) it would make sense.
$5,901.61 estimate. Progressive is paying out $4,901.61 to me via direct deposit and I'll pay the shop the full amount via credit card when settling up. parts are being ordered now so the timeline still is fine with dropping off the skid plate on Friday and getting that done as part of this.
usage.
estimate, which lines up nicely against the 700 kWh/mo actual usage.
Tesla Energy quotes post-credit price, which works backwards to $12,110 for 5.265 kW for rough parity with the above. that's $2.30/installed W.
$14,904 for 6.48 kW, similarly $2.30/installed W. $20,493 for 8.91 kW, scaling linearly at $2.30/installed W.
for context, in Denver in May 2020 I paid $24,900.16 for 11.34 kW (on top of my existing 2.6 kW SolarCity array), $2.20/installed W. so minimal inflation but nothing extra off the top.
A few more hours of my sweaty labor + about 700 Wh of electrical work later this part of the nuke it all project is done
and Devo now thusly signed up for. not cheap.
maybe I should have the kids take up carting instead
I looked into what the Affirm rates would be as if 0% I'd have gone for it, but not 0 so just paid it straight up.
(that's $1,750 Devo x 2, $289 WP passes through comp center x 2, $300 parent work deposit that we won't work off at $15/hr, $50 donation)
I have posted about this before, but one of my friends posted a mildly harrowing story about her husband and one of their kids hiking through an area that developed a brush fire and was out of cell service. they were able to get in contact via a Garmin InReach device and all worked out.
I'll be upgrading phones for the wife and me this fall so I guess I won't need either of these two devices since the iPhone 14-onward does have similar satellite based SOS services. but for reference:
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I'll be upgrading phones for the wife and me this fall so I guess I won't need either of these two devices since the iPhone 14-onward does have similar satellite based SOS services. but for reference:
Entrusting My Life To Garmin’s InReach Mini 2 And Zoleo’s Satellite Communicators
The Drive puts Garmin's inReach Mini 2 up against Zoleo's satellite communicator, as well as Apple's iPhone 14, to find a winner.
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Sprayed front lawn for its crabgrass and clover issues
current state for posterity.
Raked loose top junk on razed back lawn. Also leveled out a bit during this. Will need to do that liquid aerator junk again as surely none touched this current exposed layer even if it does anything at all.
next up: fertilizer and seeding and seeding some more. Got two kinds of combined fertilizer/seed spreadable stuff and one sprayable fertilizer concentrate
current state for posterity.
Raked loose top junk on razed back lawn. Also leveled out a bit during this. Will need to do that liquid aerator junk again as surely none touched this current exposed layer even if it does anything at all.
next up: fertilizer and seeding and seeding some more. Got two kinds of combined fertilizer/seed spreadable stuff and one sprayable fertilizer concentrate
Could be wooly thyme?Clover issues
Isn't there a succulent type of plant that has been used in the southwest, which ends up being better than grass? IE less maintenance and whatnot. Wish I could remember the name, but it looked dreamy to walk on.
Nope, it might be something called dwarf carpet of stars...
Wouldn't thyme go woody over.....time?
Wooly thyme doesn't. It's a really cool ground cover.
I have spread my seed far and wide
after one more round of raking, liquid aerator, sprayable fertilizer stuff (looked a lot like Revive), that is.
ended up only laying down maybe 12 lb of one bag. Have much more left yet should this not take beautifully a la the packaging’s pictures.
after one more round of raking, liquid aerator, sprayable fertilizer stuff (looked a lot like Revive), that is.
ended up only laying down maybe 12 lb of one bag. Have much more left yet should this not take beautifully a la the packaging’s pictures.
the astute watcher would note from the above that the hot tub pad remains empty despite today having been the delivery date. the dealer removed the packaging prior to loading it up on a truck and found some damage to the overlip of the shell. the R series isn't made any more now (!) and he has to sort out whether liability for this is on the original shipper or his firm.
so I'll have a resolution but won't have a hot tub today or for a few weeks yet, it appears.
so I'll have a resolution but won't have a hot tub today or for a few weeks yet, it appears.
first one that started at 1.3 is now pending sale, so we all will get to see what it ended up at in this climate!
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second dropped from 949 to 899. still unsold.
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501 Paintbrush Terrace, Tabernash CO, is a Townhouse home that contains 2336 sq ft and was built in 2007.It contains 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms.This home last sold for $825,000 in November 2023. The Zestimate for this Townhouse is $819,000, which has decreased by $6,533 in the last 30 days.The...
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that first house is literally across the street from ours. it's the near one on the right. ours is the salmon colored box on the left, of course
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Yeah, I read that I should ideally wait until overnight temps are more like 60. So I may well be reseeding later. But I wanted to try now at least and get some cover! I have like 50 more lb of seed left to spread. Probably should get a better seed spreader: my electric handheld one is not the most even in its distribution, not to mention seeding my own sock, etc.It's too early to seed. Wait until mid-September. And don't forget to water it.
that doesnt sound very cheap. you´d need very cheap electricity to compete against 6-7mpg diesel.
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1.7 kWh/mi energy consumption on average.
CA diesel prices as of last month were $4.821/gal.
let's assume 7 mpg. so that's 14.29 gallons to go 100 miles, 170 kWh to go 100 miles.
$68.88 of diesel == 40.5 cents/kWh to break even on this simple metric...
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It appears I shall know soon if my appeal on my increased property valuation resulted in an adjustment
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Residents start seeing property value appeal decisions this week
Jefferson County, Douglas County and Denver have each sorted through tens of thousands of appeals after property values skyrocketed.
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New solar lights work decently
video at link of color changing trick that i will never use
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Also did some math(s) and figured out square footage of remaining theoretically grass area after the pad, and the answer is about 318 sq ft
edit: screwed up the math. did triangle formula even for the non triangle areas. should be 462 + 84 + 54 - 9 == 591 ft^2. pad area is 111 sq ft, so would have been 702 sq ft total before the pad encroached on it.
video at link of color changing trick that i will never use
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Got some solar powered/battery LED torch lights from Costco recently. First night with them automatically turning on after charging during the day. They’re pretty decent! At least when on white at max brightness. Whole color array possible. The other small lights on the walls, etc. are...
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Also did some math(s) and figured out square footage of remaining theoretically grass area after the pad
edit: screwed up the math. did triangle formula even for the non triangle areas. should be 462 + 84 + 54 - 9 == 591 ft^2. pad area is 111 sq ft, so would have been 702 sq ft total before the pad encroached on it.
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reseeding project update
raked today as getting a bit of cover for new seeds is recommended. also found out during this that the water distribution (after watering this morning on an every day x 14 days schedule for the new seed) is extremely uneven. dependent/lower portions positively waterlogged and upper ones kinda dry.
turned out that some of my sprinkler heads were almost 90 degrees off from their proper 180 degree fan pattern orientation with respect to the yard. fixed that and changed timing.
also one of them had no water at all coming out of it although it popped up fine. instead of troubleshooting more than running my hand over it I ordered up a replacement for $9 on Amazon. I've never replaced a sprinkler head but it seems simple enough: dig around it for access, unscrew, Teflon tape, screw in new one, adjust pattern, put dirt back in.
cheap tesla semi is cheap.
time for the same trivial math for charging the PacHy:
it's rated at 410 Wh/mi in electric, 30 mpg on gasoline.
85 octane was $3.979/gal when I drove by Quik Trip today. electricity in summer months under time of use is 11 cents/kWh off peak, 19 cents/kWh mid peak, 27 cents/kWh peak.
so the question I'm going to answer is what equivalent gas price do each of those electricity rates correspond to.
11 cents/kWh * 41 kWh to drive 100 miles / 90% charger efficiency == $5.01, which would break even at $1.50/gal gas.
mid peak 19 cents ==> $8.66, breakeven at $2.60/gal gas.
peak 27 cents ==> $12.30, breakeven at $3.69/gal gas.
therefore I should not worry about when the PacHy gets charged, as it's cheaper at any time than actual gas, and subjectively is better to drive in electric mode anyway beside the environmental benefit (recall that we overproduce from our PV system so our electricity is carbon free).