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Forum: The Trailer Park

Apr 17th 2015, 12:05 am

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Posted By Yorkieabroad

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Or is it just that you've got a big ar$e? :scarper:

Actually, we lived with the inlaws when we first arrived, and they have those dinky little round bowl toilets. They really are not fit for...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Mar 31st 2015, 4:24 pm

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Posted By Yorkieabroad

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LOL - just had our annual water quality report a couple of weeks ago, and no, our water is pretty good, if a little (lot) hard.

The valve is on a west/southwest facing wall and gets pretty toasty...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Mar 31st 2015, 4:18 pm

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Posted By Yorkieabroad

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That approach is actually recommended on a couple of the websites I read when researching installing new flower/veg beds

People already think Houston is a concrete jungle...:sneaky:

Forum: The Trailer Park

Mar 31st 2015, 1:44 pm

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Posted By Yorkieabroad

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I'm with the nursery worker on that one, hence my declining mulch consumption as the landscape matures and covers the exposed ground. Unfortunately there are some areas that I think I will always...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Mar 31st 2015, 1:40 am

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Posted By Yorkieabroad

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No, the brittle piping was on the supply line to the pool, so just regular water direct from the mains before it gets any of the pool chems in it.:(

Forum: The Trailer Park

Mar 31st 2015, 12:41 am

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Posted By Yorkieabroad

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Just replaced the pressure vacuum breaker on the pool autofill line today. Had been on my list for a while, as it was dripping, and I thought it was a simple repair. However when I got the cover off,...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Mar 26th 2015, 2:40 am

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Posted By Yorkieabroad

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We are effectively on a corner, as we have lake on 2 sides, but still don't get anywhere near that. I think I will probably do about 100/110 cuft total - whats that, about 4 yards? My mulch...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Mar 26th 2015, 1:27 am

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Posted By Yorkieabroad

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Yowch, that's a lot of mulch!

Forum: The Trailer Park

Mar 25th 2015, 8:33 pm

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Posted By Yorkieabroad

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I go through phases....I normally get someone to do it once school is out.
Yeah, now they just need to come home and unload it! Was that huge African American guy there? He was tossing two bags of...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Mar 25th 2015, 4:49 pm

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Posted By Yorkieabroad

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Just finished my 3rd cut of the year. The first 2 were spread out a few weeks,but think the growth rate has picked up and can see it now being a regular weekly occurrence.

I put 20 bags in...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Feb 26th 2015, 4:53 pm

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We were riding out in the country last weekend - my son counted 19 trucks in the area around one house - from what we could see, only one of them appeared to be roadworthy (well, it had 4 tires!) and...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Feb 26th 2015, 4:17 pm

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Posted By Yorkieabroad

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Have finished all the weeding/trimming/cleaning up from winter, so want to get some mulch down in the next week or so, before the weeds come back!

Am planning to get a raised bed or 2 built for...

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