Instead of Hitchcock's the Birds yesterday morning it was the Moths. I think it is the Dynatrap light that is drawing them in so much at night and then they hang out until morning. STARING in the house with those beady little eyes....
Got the boys to school then headed out for the few things to harvest in the garden.
I am rather proud of myself for this. I needed to figure out a way to set the rear posts at the correct heights, a foot lower than the front. So in my looking around the farm I found a piece from an old deck set that was the perfect tool. I measured down one foot from the top of each front post and marked them. Then I used a c clamp to hold the metal piece tight at the line and a small level to set it right.
It worked PERFECTLY!!! I was able to easily determine the correct depth to dig each post and it made the rear slope match the front.
The 3 posts were pre-dug but I had to get them to the proper depth.
This is where the battle got tough. Boulders were piled in my way as I dug. I had the big pry bar out and eventually managed to excavate enough, though had a rather large hole.
The last post hole was a bit easier but still had a number of large rocks to lever out.
After a bit of a break I was out getting the header boards on the posts. I had to fight with the end board that couples to the pine tree but it got set in the end.
Digging around the farm for any board the right length I found a number that were from the slider install on the house. I had to pry them apart then remove all the nails before I could cut them to 7 feet for the roof.
I measured each set of posts front to back spacing and set them at 5'6" as I back filled around the posts.
Once I installed the cross bracing on the middle set of posts the structure became a LOT more solid. I have the ends locked to the carport and the tree, the back posts are 2 feet deep, the front 1 foot deep.
My problem now is figuring out how I am going to build the cardboard cubby on the end by the house. I want a 2 foot wide section that will be 6 feet deep where the cardboard can all go, instead of the piles everywhere.
I had remembered that I had stored some used wood under the coop and had metal put around the base to keep the birds out. I drug out a pile of used t&g from the kitchen floor. Some pieces are 8 feet+ and a handful were 6+ feet long. I carted them over to the yard and then carried a stack from the pile by the studio up to the yard.
Futurama just had this in their episode. Amazon puts the smallest object in the biggest box they can find with a single piece of packing paper.
My fishing net took up a tiny fraction of the space of the box. Is this why it took forever to ship???
The moth was still around, R found it and was being rather rough with it. I got it and set it on the cactus on the deck where I got this cool shot.
After seeing @themarkymark Lotto Post I went ahead and picked up a T190 to play with. It took a few times on the setup to get it right but it is happily hashing away at a blazing fast 113 kh/s. My S9 is doing 16 TH/s but at 88w/THs... This is 0.0000115 TH/s at .5 W. The S9 is hashing 1.39 million times more but uses WAY more power.
If anything the esp32 board will be super useful for projects around the farm.
After my much needed shower went out for a much needed soak.
Our a/c spider was out in the middle of her web as I headed for the house and I got a nice full light shot of her.
As I got to the slider I was accosted by a swarm of moths which I stopped and got a few shots of.
Get boys to school then go to my Dr. appointment first thing. The rest of my day will be all about the wood cover and getting the roof on it. I have to cut the cats which will lock all the rafters together then once they are all together I will fix them to the structure. With the cats in I may only need the pool cover tarp and not the fence as well, I will have to see once it is up.
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| HP | 30,000 | 28,100 | +366 | 80 |
| HBD Savings | 4,030 | 3,473 | -56 | |
| Hive Posting Streak Days | 1,681 | 1,584 | / |
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