Sunday April 8, 2018 Guerneville CA.
Building a small fence
I felt pretty lazy today. I was puttering around in the yard when I decided I might as well get some pieces of 2 inch pipe out of the bushes and clean it up. I need a piece of pipe about eight feet long and all I have are small pieces so I need to weld the parts together.
Here’s the dirty old pipe I collected.
I hosed the pipes off with water. Not real clean, but clean enough.
Cutting the ends square and welding them up
These smaller pipes needed the ends trued up so I cut the ends that were not square off with my metal cut off saw.
Then I butted the pieces together and welded them up to make a long pipe. I also welded some brackets onto the pipe.
I then put a coat of paint on the prepared pipe and let it dry some.
Digging a hole
While the paint was drying I got the post hole digger out and dug a hole for the pipe.
I was going to get some cement for the pipe but I decided it didn’t need any as the fine rock I had will work just as well and I already have that.
Pipes installed
I need to get some 2x4s to bridge from the garage to the pipe so I can put up a small fence in this spot then I will plant some trees or bushes here.
Dirt for planting
I brought over some better dirt from the garden.
Afternoon motorcycle ride
After a break I decided a motorcycle ride up the hill to check things out would be nice. My brother Mike’s motorcycle is in my carport so I hoped on it and took off up the hill. As I got through the first gate I realized I forgot my camera so no pics of the ride.
The sun was out and I had a nice ride. With the heavy recent rains there’s lot’s of water flowing down the streams coming out of the hills.
Making plans
I spent the rest of the day planning another garden enclosure, a chicken coup and an outside cleaning sink would be nice too.
I need to start getting materials together to build these things. Some materials I can scrounge and some I will need to buy.
Seems I always have plenty to do around here. Had a nice day.
kevin said a copper cooling radiater is mo-betta not Alum!!