From what I have been reading, it takes about a “season” for firewood to dry (or season) enough to burn. That’s about nine months. There are a bunch of factors, including temperature, if the wood is covered or not, stacked in sunlight or not, air flow, wood type and a bunch of other things. It […]
Archives for July 2008
Working With A Dell Precision T7400 Workstation
Well, I recieved the new Dell T7400 workstation yesterday, a day early. I met the FedEx guy in the garage. He warned me that the box was heavy. I unpacked the box and took the computer out. It was pretty heavy. I brought it upstairs and made room for it on my desk. I set […]
More Hiking At Devil’s Hopyard State Park
Today, we went back to Devil’s Hopyard State Park in East Haddam for what turned out to be a grueling two mile hike. It felt good, but there was a lot of sweat involved. We went uphill and downhill and everywhere in between. You should’ve seen me huffing and puffing like a fat guy at […]
Hiking At Devil’s Hopyard State Park in East Haddam, CT
As I have mentioned before, Connecticut is the place to be if you like parks, hiking, mountain biking and recreation in general. We are learning that people around here take this stuff very seriously. When driving around, it’s hard not to see people jogging, riding bikes, playing golf…whatever. Last week, we decided to drive down […]
The Search For The Pellet Stove Begins
I know it’s only July, but believe it or not, that’s about two months too late when someone is trying to get a pellet stove installed. I stopped by the local pellet stove store the other day to pick out my new Harman P68 Pellet Stove. This is top of the line and has everything […]
A Night Out At Evergreen Walk in Manchester
Last night, after we went to Circuit City, we stopped by The Promenade Shops at Evergreen Walk in South Windsor, CT. It’s near Manchester. We had to visit Pottery Barn to get some plates and napkins and things like that. I am not even sure how this turned into a blog post, but since I […]
Windows Vista 64-Bit Operating System – Freezing Up
This is a very aggravating post to write. It’s a wonder I am sitting here and not in a mental hospital right now. Let me offer some background. For the past few weeks, Laura’s computer has been showing the signs of hard drive failure. The computer is about 6 years old and has a 30Gb […]
Going For A Nice Long Walk
We had to wake up extra early today because of a few chores that needed doing. The first thing was to drive Holly to the vet. She has been there a few times since we arrived in this part of the world. Apparently, she got some wound on her tail that needed tending to. She […]
Planting Blue Prince Holly, Rhododendron and Mulching
It has been pretty dry here lately. It just rained this morning, which is good, but up until that, we haven’t had any substantial rainfall in quite some time. I have been watching many plants wilt because of the dryness. The neighbors are getting used to the guy with no shirt standing out front with […]
Using Milky Spore To Control Grubs and Japanese Beetles
So, I did it. I jumped on the Milky Spore bandwagon. Yesterday, I was thinking about how much I hear about this Milky Spore stuff. You know, Milky Spore is the thing that causes Milky Disease in grubs. It’s powder that you sprinkle onto the ground in a grid that takes years to work. Some […]