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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
There was a lot of rain in the evening yesterday and more is coming, probably to you as well. Saves on watering!

Not for me. I'm growing under a roof this year so no rain. I'm about ready to put what little bit of gutter I have on the tunnel and run it into an IBC tank.

I had planned to stop by the creek for water on the way home from work, but it's raining. Tunnel tank is getting low. I'm going to head to the shed here shortly and reduce the watering schedule from three times a day to one. Seeded bed has almost been too wet and it looks like cloudy weather through the weekend so there won't be much sun to bake it dry. Hopefully it won't be raining at 4pm tomorrow or Monday when I come by the creek after work.

Swapping to weekend shift gave me a little pay bump; $100/wk - $400/mth (half my bills). My review is still in limbo but when it's complete, I should get another bump. This paycheck will do vehicle ins/reg renewals but in two weeks, I can spend on homestead stuff, and myself.

674 posted on 06/28/2025 3:30:37 PM PDT by Pollard (Rambling Man)
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To: Pollard

Rain broke and it cleared up a bit so I made a water run. I lose a lot with the jury rig setup I have to transfer water from on IBC tank to another so I’m going to Menard’s tomorrow to get an actual transfer pump. Also moved the one tunnel IBC tank to line up with tunnel side for gutter.


677 posted on 06/28/2025 6:09:37 PM PDT by Pollard (Rambling Man)
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