Dan's Blog

This has been a project I've wanted to do for awhile now.   Just never got high on the to do list.   But finally, I've built up enough compost soil that I either had to waste it spreading it around the lawn, or finally buy the raised beds.    I had thought about building my own raised beds using mortised and tenoned pressure treated 2x4's with azek/pvc plywood for panels , but the metal raised beds were cheaper and shipped direct from Home Depot (Better Choice brand raised planter beds).   I plan on painting them, so they'll better match the house color's green I made a base for each one using pressure treated 2x4's and half inch mesh to keep critters from digging up underneath.   The bases are a little wider than necessary so I could add a raised lip perimeter around the planters, just to help stop spreading if the metal braces inside each bed fail in the future.    Just had to level the bases and then put the beds...

      Saturday morning no 10 am seminar this morning, but i did wake up earlier than i expected, so i rode down for the 9a.m. opening before the crowds of day visitors swarmed. The Bronco guys turned their music off around 10-10:30 last night, but they were "drunk" loud. I'm sure they thought they were being quiet when talking around their little propane campfire, but drinking makes you deaf. Anyway, I ran into Jeff mid morning while walking around. I bought another 6 pack of roperollers from the Rollercam booth. And finally, I wrapped up the morning by getting a ridiculously overpriced burger after waiting in line 15 minutes and waiting another 20 for the burger to be ready. Burger was maybe ⅓ lb size? just cheese, no toppings, nothing else and it was $20. with a coke and tip closer to $30. should have just gone back to my truck to eat lunch, or better yet, gone to the taco or bbq trucks. NEVER get the fresh burger from a food truck when the line is long. T...

  Saturday, March 30th The “Plan” I’m going to Arkansas’ Ozark mountain just east of Bentonville (where the first Walmart started and it’s also known as a huge mt biking area). I’ll be camping in the total eclipse path on remote forest roads. I also plan on doing some bikepacking while I’m down there. I’ll just park the truck at a trailhead when I go do that. Tomorrow/Easter Sunday, I’m heading out to my in-laws. They live about 15 minutes south of Albany NY. I’ll mooch some Easter dinner and stay overnight at their place Sunday. I’lll probably also see Kris and Glenn while I’m there (Jacqui’s sister and her husband). It'll be good to see everyone; unfortunately, I missed Chuck’s 80th birthday dinner party 2 weeks ago so I’ll get to wish him a belated birthday. Monday morning, I’ll hit the road. My goal is to get to Bentonville Arkansas by Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, which means a couple of 10-11 hour driving days (assuming no major traffic jams). Inste...