Well, are you still working on those tomato cages ? What's going on here man? You can't just leave us hanging.
We need updates
Sorry about that. Been pretty busy.
I'm not happy with the pics. I don't seem to have good luck with my phone camera. I need to get out the better camera. But here goes...
Here's a shot of the tomato cages. This job goes on the list "I'll never do that again".
Used bolt cutters to cut the 8 feet by 50" panels into two 7 feet by 18" panels.
I've not used a bolt cutter before and didn't realize I was hitting one hand with the other when I made a cut.
After hundreds of cuts...I have a bruise from my index finger to about 1/3 of the way up my forearm. Not a good thing.
I can hardly turn the keys in my truck.
This is a typical problem of getting older...you trip, hit something, turn an ankle, whatever, and it shows up two days later and you can't remember what you did to get such a bruise.
18 panels. Then folded each in half (not easy!) and used two to create a cage. 9 cages.
But she was ecstatic. Loved them. Thinks they will last a lifetime now. Right.
A shot of the snap peas. We've been eating snap peas for days now. They are great. I take a bag to work for lunch.
T and my eldest daughter have been making wonderful dishes with them.
A shot of the boxes containing snap dragons and a zucchini plant.
A shot of the boxes with loads of different lettuces.
And now we come to some shots of the current status of the shop. Not much going on.
Still moving everything around the house and setting up.
About all I can do is look at the mill and dream.
But I'm getting there. A few more weeks before the lathe shows up.
It looks like it will be a while before I can start cutting.
I'd forgotten that my summers generally shorten shop time.
P.S. Meathead number 2 is going to ask my eldest for marriage. While she was on business he came by to...well I can't say he asked my blessing so much as he said he plans to marry my daughter. That's fine. I did the same thing. And he knows I have a shop with interesting tools that don't have to be applied just to metal.
P.P.S. About to go back to Missouri and drive my folks out here so they can visit their grand-daughters and great-grand-daughter. They won't fly.
I suspect it's the last time they'll make it out here.
They are good people.
Better than most of you.
I mean all of you.
I mean all of you put together.