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Amid the unfamiliar things at our new digs is the operation of the acequia irrigation system. We saw it in operation yesterday on the other side of Fourth Street. Plus I lurked while the young man who is showing us this morning how to operate the weirs to properly flood our property. I am considering calling the Middle Rio Grande Water Conservancy District to increase the acreage flooded, currently at .40 acre. I reckon if we call it .75 acre we can flood the front as well as the back of the property.
In other news, it appears by the smell of it that we have a skunk residing on our property. No incidents yet, only a faint whiff of that distinctive scent when we walk by the Tuff Built tool shed. It may be that the shed has been skunked in the past, but I think we have a tenant.
We are poking around at the plants, mostly trying to help those in desperate situations. No master plan as yet (except to bring the irrigation forward), just trimming dead wood, collecting junk into piles, and deciding whether we have any use for a dozen old milk crates. I am pretty sure that I have no use for large electrical motors, but I should really check with Roomie.
Posted by Underblog at August 27, 2005 7:27 PM
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Your nose may still be damaged from those cheap microwave lasagnas I made you smell every day. Check with a neighbor to see if they also smell skunk before you do anything drastic.
Posted by: generationbob at August 29, 2005 9:44 AM
Anytime a males says, *I really need to check with Roomie before I pitch this,* it means he REALLY wants to keep the (doubtless useless) item and is hoping his better half will be weak willed enough to agree. My vote (not that I have one) is, Out! Out! Damned motors!
Posted by: Suzanne at August 29, 2005 10:33 AM