Cool-ish and damp to start the day. Some chance of rain. We got a few drops last night around 11pm but nothing major. 62F and dropping slowly when I went to bed.
I got some stuff done yesterday, most notably I tilled the garden patch. Weed whacked it first, added some fish parts, then tilled. Tiller started right up after sitting in the garden for a year. It’s how the old man stored it, and it works. It does have a big bucket covering the motor and it’s in the shade.
I also almost caught a fish. One hit the lure, but I lost it trying to bring it in. That’s the closest I’ve come. I spent a bit of time messing around with poles and bait, with no further success. My fisherman neighbor gave me a couple of pounds of fish fillet in sympathy for my failure. HE catches fish…but he’s been fishing this lake for over 50 years. I’m learning everything I can.
Like gardening, fishing has a surprising learning curve. Start climbing the curve if you are thinking to supplement your protein with fish. Get your garden in too.
Didn’t meet with the tree guy. I guess he ended up being too busy. Got my new chainsaw out and it fired right up. Didn’t move the chain though. Spent some time troubleshooting that. It was a “open box” store return and was very cheap. Someone screwed up the chain so it couldn’t slide in the bar. No idea how you could do the damage they did. A new chain should solve the problem, but that will have to wait until the next trip up. I’ll have to remember the bar oil too. I had a random spare chain up here but it was too long. I’ll buy two this time. Two is one and one is none.
Plan for today depends on the weather. I will work on something though, rain or shine.
And I’ll be stacking. Always stacking.
nick