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Post by chrysanthemum on Feb 8, 2023 7:58:38 GMT -6
I’ll be honest: we got the oak tree down, and we cleaned up part of it, but not all of it is hauled away yet. The first set of branches is out of the yard, but the second set remains on the stone walkway next to the pergola. The firewood sized wood is in a pile on the other side. It will be nice wood to burn once it’s dried out.
My husband took the day off of work on Monday to haul branches away from our work sites, lop them down to manageable size, and run them through the chipper. He worked the entire day and completely chipped two large piles. His goal was to get the oak out of the backyard, but he ran out of time. We’ll hope to take care of it on Saturday, but we still have some broken branches hanging in trees that will need to come down. We just have to make choices about which work comes first after all the damage of the ice.
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Post by hmoosek on Feb 8, 2023 12:41:11 GMT -6
I take the Jed Clampett approach to yard work. “Someday, I’m gonna.”
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Feb 8, 2023 14:49:47 GMT -6
That oak will sure make less reactive mulch for your plants than cedar. That's a big plus, not to mention it's probably the best firewood there is.
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Post by FrostyTurnip on Mar 4, 2023 8:08:12 GMT -6
Ahrberg Milling trucks run right in front of our home. Unhinges the foundation on the house and the banging trailers are noisy. The electric utility is a block away, noisy but not severely so. The “Safety Center”was built a few years ago. It houses both the police and the fire department and are half a block away, sirens all hours. The fire department constructed a building on the lot across the street in front of our house. When they were done, I took my curiosity over there to read the sign. It read something to the effect that the building can withstand up to more than 1000 degrees and provided bold cautions. Training facility, we assume. Pretty cool actually.
Yesterday they were doing some more construction on the lot and on the building. It was noisy. Normal stuff. There’s a strange humming noise ever since they worked on it yesterday.
LAST NIGHT I NOTICE THEY INSTALLED HUGE HALOGEN LIGHTS ON THE BUILDING. WAS LIKE SUNRISE ON THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE ALL NIGHT.
So, I thought, Well, that’s helpful for potential burglars. But my plants on that side of the lot will be exposed to constant indirect light. It is a tad brighter than a moonlit night. Everything up there is pretty much toast. Thanks, Cushing.
Good leverage.
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Post by chrysanthemum on Mar 4, 2023 8:19:19 GMT -6
Oh, Frosty, that sounds quite disruptive. I don’t have advice. Keep us posted.
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Post by amyinowasso on Mar 4, 2023 9:49:17 GMT -6
I would be so mad! I'd be calling to complain. What earthly purpose do the lights have? Are they storing gold there? I'm not sure about the effect on plants, but it effects birds and insects. Mutter mutter. Humans never consider how what they do effect the natural world.
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Post by rdback on Mar 4, 2023 10:35:42 GMT -6
BB gun.
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Post by FrostyTurnip on Mar 4, 2023 10:39:46 GMT -6
I’m laughing so hard over this town. When will I stop reacted to this stuff? Did I mention the earthquakes? The burning oil tanks? LOL I cooled my jets and decided to walk over to the fire department where I flagged down a fireman in the barn. I’m remembering the time we enjoyed watching them haul in fully in tact cars. It’s not every day one gets to see cars destroyed by a backhoe. We stood on the porch as we watched them smash three vehicles. My suspicions were confirmed when a group of trainees in full gear watched while another fireman pried open the vehicle with the jaws of life. These facilities are top of the line, btw. I used to draw and render metal buildings. Big ones, like Nordam, and that barn was totally slick. Still cool stuff. I think it’s an industry hub of some sort. Finally, all my questions about this weird building came rolling out. It’s a training facility. It can withstand up to 1200 degrees (But we don’t want it to ever get that hot, he mentioned). It’s designed to be filled with dense smoke. There’s a massive exhaust on one side of it. I wish I had a photo, because it’s a really weird looking 2 story building and the entire time it was being constructed we wondered what it was. There’s nothing valuable in it, he mentioned when I acquiesced to not knowing how badly they needed those lights. He’ll ask his chief and give me a buzz. There are 8 lights on the 2nd story - 2 on each side - and 6 on the lower. On the other side of the block, the houses are only a couple yards away which means the intensity of the light for them is greater. The fire truck emergency exit is position on the opposite side of the block and away from our house, he motioned as if I should count my blessings. There is one house only a yard away from the garage exit! My woowoos aren’t that serious.
What’s odd is not the woo woos for me. For years I lived along side I-44 in Tulsa. Jake brakes, much more woo woos and high level traffic noise. It’s the engines in the police cars. They exit their lot onto our street and immediately punch it. You can feel the engines revving. Weird stuff.
I will continue with those beds. I plan on installing some wood work to raise them and stymie wind and soil erosion. I lost my manicured edge when I covered them with woodchips. 3 years working red dirt into brown, I’ll see what grows and does not. My peas came up the last 2 days. I hope the light doesn’t interfere with flowering. I guess I’ll document, document and document. Maybe provide some answers to online searches about daylight sensitivities and how light pollution impacts germination, plant growth, etc.
I can shield my pepper plants with a makeshift wall. It won’t be pretty, but it’ll work. And, truly, it’s still early enough to rearrange some growies and start extra daisies and holly hocks to be planted elsewhere.
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Post by FrostyTurnip on Mar 4, 2023 11:25:07 GMT -6
I would be so mad! I'd be calling to complain. What earthly purpose do the lights have? Are they storing gold there? I'm not sure about the effect on plants, but it effects birds and insects. Mutter mutter. Humans never consider how what they do effect the natural world. When the fireman and I were standing on a knoll in view of the neighborhood, it hit me. OMG the trees! It came out of my mouth as, I hope the trees will be okay. He didn’t hesitate, “Oh, they’ll be fine.” I didn’t even look at him or think about my response, maybe arrogant in correcting him. They really just don’t know about these things.
It takes time, probably about ten years, I told him.
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Post by amyinowasso on Mar 4, 2023 11:44:54 GMT -6
Exactly where does the smoke go when it is exhausted? It sounds like a poor sight for such a facility.
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Post by FrostyTurnip on Mar 4, 2023 11:56:38 GMT -6
Exactly where does the smoke go when it is exhausted? It sounds like a poor sight for such a facility. Exactly. But I gotta say, this whole thing is exhausting!
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Post by woodeye on Mar 4, 2023 12:12:07 GMT -6
It sounds like you have a case of "light pollution" FrostyTurnip . There should be a city ordinance against such a thing ever happening.
I bet if the mayor lived across the street from all those lights, they never would have been installed...
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Post by FrostyTurnip on Mar 4, 2023 12:30:15 GMT -6
Apologies, I clearly do not know my yard lengths. The other homes are probably about 3 to 600 feet away from the structure.
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Post by rdback on Mar 4, 2023 16:23:43 GMT -6
Exactly where does the smoke go when it is exhausted? It sounds like a poor sight for such a facility.
I agree. The training center for our area is built beside the recycling center, out at the landfill. No homes nearby, at all.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Mar 4, 2023 21:46:58 GMT -6
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