Darkevs

morning DT!!

the dude is here for an early start today...I think.

we had lots of rain overnight, not sure if it will impede progress or not.

well..........I hear the machine warming up.


as to the mosquito questions..............yes we have them, though not too bad, lots of natural enemies of them here.

swallows, bats, birds of the insect catching varieties, including Hummingbirds who eat a lot of them. Also lots of other insects and insect larvae that feed on all stages of the mosquitos. And many little stickleback fish will show up quickly, they eat mosquitos at every stage too!

i wont be trapping the fish in the pond, they will be able to come and go as they please, lots of waterways to, through and near the pond/lake.

as catfish, bass etc. are not native to my area i will not stock them or anything else that does not live near here already!


Cool! off goes the hoe to connect the lake/pond area with Pearls pond.

he is going to make a meandering ditch wide and deep enought to row a small boat up and down from pond to pond.

he has a good eye for making it park like too!

he keeps asking me if it is ok to do this or that......I say GO FOR IT!!

i trust him to do an awesome job.

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Toby'shuman

Pearl has her own pond????
Have we seen it?????

Toby and I think that a few more pics are in order so we can check out the progress of this wonder digger driver.

We are waiting!

kmbeach22

That's awesome! I'm happy for you and your pets!! I've always lived either on, or by a big reservoir and I couldn't imagine not having accessing to water! You'll have so much fun!

Darkevs

quick update.

it is still raining!

but.

the HUGE ditch (5 feet deep and about 10 feet wide) is in and he is now digging out my....................body of water! heehee

maybe i will call it.......Pond lake!

picture of the ditch area before...........



and now...........



and he hit a bar of sand so he made a sand pile and a peat pile for me to use in the garden!


bad sat. internet today, i keep losing the connection.

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dobermansrule

we need some aerial photos....

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Darkevs

i had hoped to get aeirial before all the work was done.............just did not expect him to fly at it so soon.

i will try and get photos after though.

ditch is filling with water.........


can't wait to see how full it is in the morning.

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Toby'shuman

Darkevs, how much of BC do you own, heck that is a big affair you are having dug there.

Can I borrow your guy, jesus in a handbasket, his work rate is phenomenal.
Here they have to have a coffee in the local bar as they drive into your village, in case anyone wishes to chat and offer them more work, oh and to tell the world and his dog what he is doing at your place. Then they have to have another coffee because all that talking is soooooo tiring and they need the boost so that they can actually climb up into the machine. Then they drive up the mountain, after which they have to go back down because it has made them 'nervioso' what with cliffs being at the side of them as they came up. They then drive back up and if you are lucky dig around after standing looking at the job, kicking over a few small rocks and determining if they can be bothered or not. Then it is lunch time, followed by siesta, followed by an hours work, during which they have to have another coffee because, well they need it. After which they go home.

Darkevs

Good morning DT!

and isn't it a fine morning!



not raining.

we have at least another foot of water in the ditch.

he got here real early this morning and is digging a HUGE pond/lake.

we are trying to figure out what to do with all that he is digging out...I said just throw it around here and there, he just laughed and said he would figure it out.

and Toby'shuman..........this guy is the best at what he does, not a wasted motion with that machine. He should have it all finished in less than 20 hours total work.

Sorry 'help' in your area is............no help at all.

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Darkevs

well, work has come to a grinding halt!!!

the hoe is stuck and stuck good!

another hoe is on its way to pull the first one out!

things are getting interesting.

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dobermansrule

two hoe's? what kind of neighborhood do you live in?... rim shot....

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Darkevs

second hoe just pulled in!

he is going to use all the stumps in the huge pile he built the other day to help solidify a route to get the stuck hoe out.

2 hoes are better than one.

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Toby'shuman

I wouldnt know, I can't even get one hoe up here to work,

How are Pearl and Chuck taking to all the upset?

I think we need to see a couple of photos of them to make sure they havent run away or the like.

Darkevs

i gots lots of pics and video.

now we have 4 grown men...........and 2 machines that are worth about 3/4 million dollars each...................playing in the mud and clay!



gotta love life.....you just never know from one day to the next, how things will go.

Pearl, Chuck and I just got back from a long walk..so we are sitting in the house by the wood stove.

I can see everything going on from my window.

no swearing yet.............

oh, oh, things have taken a turn for the worse. lots of swearing.............

gotta go.....

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Darkevs

it was touch and go and pretty tense at times................

BUT.....................the yellow hoe is free from the mud and back to work, the green hoe is on its way home!

see how stuck the yellow hoe was.........

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GingerGunlock

A stuck hoe is never a good thing.


(now excuse me while I go giggle for a little while.)

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Yep, that looks like it was stuck. all right. How much swearing was involved, and how creative was it?

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Darkevs

well..........lets just say.......if any of those guys post their videos of the stuck hoe episode on youtube....they might want to do some sound editing first.

oh ya, i forgot to say.........the water is filling is fast..........you can hear it and see it get higher and higher.

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Where is the water coming from?


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Darkevs

water is coming from many different sources.

the rain.

seepage from marshes and a swamp above the north end of the property, runoff from our land, and at least one underground spring!

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MsMoppett

YESSSSS. The best quote ever! I guess Spain needs some strong-armed pimps!

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there's what appears to be a man laying under the ho

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Darkevs

yes, because they had to get the gear (to pull the hoe out with the other hoe) under the stuck hoe where they could hook to the main frame to pull her out!

the men had to hand dig with 2 good ol' trusty garden shovels to get this job done............................in..............ab out............4 feet of ooey gooey mud and clay.

all these dudes are over 55.

no one was harmed.

no hoes were hurt.

and all the animals were smart enough to stay way far away.

any other questions..cause it is miller time!



and.

he will be back early in the morning to finish it.

this guy will not quit till the job is done.

and.

everyone took home lots of mud and clay on their clothes for their wives to clean.

i bet they are cursing me.

i did send 'em home with a dozen eggs.

hahahahah

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GingerGunlock

It'll be finished tomorrow? Fastest lake ever!

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Toby'shuman

Oh well then, that makes it all alright.

Darkevs

looking back at Cedar point,,,,,,,,around the corner is the pond.

sitting in the boat.

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