We’ve had a lot of rain (again) which makes the horsetail and other plants happy. It makes me wet.
Horsetail is easily blown over by those high winds……
I’m hauling the peas every morning after the Things are off to school so I can avoid working in the triple digit weather with 100% humidity. If it drizzles, I work, if it pours, I wait until it stops. I try to take several breaks anyway. When I start, I can fill the buckets 3/4 of the way..after about 10 trips, the volume starts creeping down and I know it’s time to knock off for awhile.
So how far have I gotten?
I’ve gotten one layer down now. Problem is..we need about 3 more in order to hide the exposed areas where the “stucco” ends…like here…..
Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Perhaps we should stucco further down the wall on this side! Ya THINK!?!
The guy we used to build all this in the fall was scheduled to come back and do some “touch-up” on the stucco this spring, but he never showed. We didn’t chase him since we figured the touch up wasn’t really totally necessary at the time and we were all square with him financially.
If we had all the stuff, it would be a no brainer DIY. This has it’s own set of issues since I don’t know if we can replicate the “formula” for the color to match. If I go through my receipts, I can find the brand etc he used and try? If I remember correctly, he used 2 bags of black to one bag of brown…but I’m not sure. I should just call him and just say..”Hey, how have ya been? Gimme the recipe!”
I dunno, in the meantime, I need to haul a bit more (ARGH!) to cover some thin areas, then the CC and I need to sit down and discuss this other, much less exhausting option.