In for a break ..... was outside by 8 am & probably will “quit” after dark.
We’ve had fabulous weather this week & It should last thru Tuesday. I have been filling my compost bin with leaves - about every 2 days it’s settled enough I can add another load. I tried turning it a couple of days ago, but it’s just too much for me ... it will have to be a “cold” pile rather than a hot one.
The big project is getting my 4 new raised beds put together, situated, filled with dirt & the walkways covered with wood chips. The beds were very easy to put together, but you pretty much had to get on the ground to do it. I’ve been a bit sore after all the up/dows (not as young as I used to be), but all are now bolted & tightened.
Rough day yesterday out trying to buy some things & in a bad temper when I got home. Still “in a mood” I was trying to figure out how to situate the beds ... asked my SIL what she thought. She said to wait until I was in a better mood! So that’s what I did .... found the solution to several issues early evening (having enough space, getting the mower around them, leaving pathways open into the old garden). My SIL came up to see what I’d decided while walking the dogs - told me she “loves it” and I think that was a genuine opinion. She was actually excited for me, thinking of all the flowers I can grow.
Then there’s the mower, Clyde (JD920). Why in the heck people who design mowers have to make things so complicated is beyond me. My old mower had a simple “pin” arrangement for raising/lowering the mower deck - raise the deck with a handle, pull out the pin, put it in the new holes for the height you want, lower the deck on to the new pin placement. Easy peasy. With Clyde, I have a pedal to push down (takes all my weight behind it) to raise the deck (won’t adjust unless raised), then I have to turn a dial to “unlock”, spin something else to get the height, then turn the dial the other way to “lock”, then let off the foot pedal & the deck should lower. Well, the deck wouldn’t lower. I tried everything I knew to do over a day and a half ... really upsetting because I NEED to mow & it’s too high to cut anything. I whined about it to my SIL so she told my brother - he called last night & said to bring the mower down & he’d look at it. So I did. As he watched, I explained/went through the procedure for adjusting the deck height and guess what? When I got to the part where I let off the pedal & the deck should lower, it did!! Dead silence for a few seconds ... my brother just standing there with hands in pockets. I broke the silence by saying “THANK YOU so much for fixing my mower - you are the Magic Man!” We both got a good laugh out of it. He thinks I jolted something loose coming across the field with the mower so he could look at it. Whatever it was, jolting or he IS the Magic Man .... deck is now at a height where I can mow this afternoon. Good times, good times!! :-)
LOL at your mower issues! My old ‘Craftsman’ mower allowed the mowing deck to be raised and lowered that way with the ‘pin.’
You’re so RIGHT! My ‘new’ (four seasons in) Zero-Turn? I physically CANNOT change the mower deck because I’m not strong enough to push that pedal to move it!
They need to take a survey or something because I’d guaran-damn-tee that the MAJORITY of owners of Zero-Turns are women; especially the sizes you and I are using to mow!
That happens a lot, both with tech support and with repair people. The problem magically goes away, right when you need them to see it happen.