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DavidBarkey wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:01 am
Eugen wrote: Sun Mar 26, 2023 9:53 pm Beautiful sunny day here. Snow melting and flooding me at the bottom of the hill. 🤷‍♂️ can't win.
Had to block off and back drag the lower driveway section in front of the shop last week as it became soup . First time ever for that bad .
Any chance of landscaping some shallow ditches to lead the water away? I had to do it here, the driveway heads downhill but could get mushy and if the water was running fast enough take the gravel down hill with it. I keep a 2" crown in the driveway, and depending where you measure the ditches are 2 -10 inch deep to keep the water flowing.

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I wish I had some elevation here. My immediate area is as flat as a pancake. The ditches all dump intp the Erie Canal which is about a mile away. I’m thinking of digging a mosquito hatchery way in the back of my property and have drainage ditches run to it. That way my gardens could drain off earlier than they do now. :peace: Harry
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Harry wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 11:48 am I wish I had some elevation here. My immediate area is as flat as a pancake. The ditches all dump intp the Erie Canal which is about a mile away. I’m thinking of digging a mosquito hatchery way in the back of my property and have drainage ditches run to it. That way my gardens could drain off earlier than they do now. :peace: Harry
Well if you do, relocate :446cart: the topsoil to your garden and build up its elevation even more, win-win ;)

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Our little lot is the lowest point of the entire area, except for a corner which leads to ditch that goes away from us. I would have to raise the entire lot. :hitsfan: :hitsfan: :hitsfan: To do that, many dump trucks of soil would have to be brought in, and also a permit is needed. When I bought it it was the end of September, I had no idea about the bog problem, everything was dry, green, and beautiful. One of the reasons for the smaller backhoe is to run a ditch on two sides of the lot, might help. Oh well, you can't win them all in life. :spin:
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DavidBarkey wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 5:01 pm Weather warning for here tonight and into tomorrow . Chance of rain and or wet snow and or freezing rain and or fog and or nothing at all with high winds 70 - 80 km prh gusts . or not .
@DavidBarkey - I think the weatherman saw your :violin: about all the weather possibilities last time... I don't think he is taking any chances with this one...
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Re: The weather

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Just got back from a trip to Ottawa, and then swung by our property to have a look at how things went this winter - had to walk up the driveway... Still have a good foot of snow on the driveway across the back of the property - and 2-3 foot drifts all over - might be a few more weeks before I can start doing any work up there...
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RoamingGnome wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:53 pm
DavidBarkey wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 5:01 pm Weather warning for here tonight and into tomorrow . Chance of rain and or wet snow and or freezing rain and or fog and or nothing at all with high winds 70 - 80 km prh gusts . or not .
@DavidBarkey - I think the weatherman saw your :violin: about all the weather possibilities last time... I don't think he is taking any chances with this one...

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Look at this, it's not a April fool's joke either. :rofl:
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@Timj Got any ice skates ?? might as well have some fun with it .
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Here’s our forecast till next Thursday. Not as bad as yours Tim. But still not outside days really.

I wonder if I took the mowing deck back off the Case 224 and put the thrower back on.

Naaa, just let er come I guess.

Oh ya, 4cm here tonite ok.


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