Monday, April 24, 2017

DBL G Daily Journal

·         Pre 4/19/17
o   Garden planted with 6 celebrity tomato plants, 1 beefsteak tomato and 2 cherry tomatoes, all on drip irrigation
o   Sprinkled bug-geta around plants
o   Fertilized with Miracle-Gro.
·         4/19/17
o   Daily exercises
o   Planted 2 bell pepper plants in “earthbox” with drip irrigation
o   Installed zip hinge on front left downspout
o   Air Rifle
§  Made two templates for target shooting.
·         Brown paper

·         Bone Collector

§  @20 yds had trouble seeing 1 inch square with open sights, so I made templates for 2” centers, we will see how this works out.
·         4/20/17
o   Went to see Courty at Regent Care,
§  left him a 6’ hank of rope to practice his knot tying
§  He has clearance to start standing,
§  left ankle and elbow not completely healed but getting better
§  right leg fracture healed
·         4/21/17
o   Daily exercises
o   Eye lid stitches appear to be dissolving.
o   Added “raised bed mix” to tomato plants as a side dressing
o   Finished reading “Watchman” by Robert Crais, good book, will try more of his work.
·         4/22/17
o   Made a bick out of an old pick head, still need to round up the pointy side and clean up,
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§  Pick head is just wedged onto the ½” x 3” plate used to make the diagonal hardy stem.
·         4/23/17
o   Started work on garden plant holder, ½” round stock
§  Bent to shape
§  Wire welded leg on and ground off excess weld
§  Cleaned and coated with phosphoric acid twice
o    will have a butterfly sillouette.
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·         Enlarged sillouette to fit in 6” circle
·         Made pattern of thin sheet metal
·         Used pattern to make butterfly from 14ga. Sheet steel

o   Chiseled line shape and now cutting shape out.

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