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so much for that plan.
Sep. 16th, 2019 08:57 amThe gardening did not happen last weekend.
Late Friday evening, when I went out to get the birdfeeders, I noticed that the pond level was way down, so I turned off the rill. It was too late to get any meaningful work done on it (the sun had already set and it was getting dark quickly). Saturday morning, after the bricks had dried from the overnight dew, I turned the rill back on to see where the leak was. But none of the visible bricks got damp, so I couldn't figure out where the water was going, and it was a lot of water going somewhere. A bit later, I noticed that there was water ponding at the back of the rill, and looked closer, at which point I found that the reservoir at the top of the rill had tipped so far toward the back that there was a steady stream of water going over one corner of it, down the inside of the brick wall holding up the rill structure, and out into the yard behind the rill. A slight disassembly of the rill later, the rocks underneath were reconfigured with more rocks and less dirt for the varmints to dig in, and the rill was back on.
All this while dodging rain events -- usually slightly heavier than showers, but none that lasted very long.
Sunday, I went out to commit gardening, but while I was able to dig up and weed the space where the irises are going to expand to, the ground is too wet to actually plant anything. I also got a few more volunteers yanked out from around the rowan next to the pond -- something more easily done when the ground is wet.
In other news, due to us being in and out of the backyard on Saturday, the modern pterodactyls were not in the yard, so the froggies felt safe enough to come out. I counted 14 froggies on Saturday, ranging in size from just over an inch (2.5cm) to over 3 inches 7.5cm). Whee!!
Late Friday evening, when I went out to get the birdfeeders, I noticed that the pond level was way down, so I turned off the rill. It was too late to get any meaningful work done on it (the sun had already set and it was getting dark quickly). Saturday morning, after the bricks had dried from the overnight dew, I turned the rill back on to see where the leak was. But none of the visible bricks got damp, so I couldn't figure out where the water was going, and it was a lot of water going somewhere. A bit later, I noticed that there was water ponding at the back of the rill, and looked closer, at which point I found that the reservoir at the top of the rill had tipped so far toward the back that there was a steady stream of water going over one corner of it, down the inside of the brick wall holding up the rill structure, and out into the yard behind the rill. A slight disassembly of the rill later, the rocks underneath were reconfigured with more rocks and less dirt for the varmints to dig in, and the rill was back on.
All this while dodging rain events -- usually slightly heavier than showers, but none that lasted very long.
Sunday, I went out to commit gardening, but while I was able to dig up and weed the space where the irises are going to expand to, the ground is too wet to actually plant anything. I also got a few more volunteers yanked out from around the rowan next to the pond -- something more easily done when the ground is wet.
In other news, due to us being in and out of the backyard on Saturday, the modern pterodactyls were not in the yard, so the froggies felt safe enough to come out. I counted 14 froggies on Saturday, ranging in size from just over an inch (2.5cm) to over 3 inches 7.5cm). Whee!!
