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Monday, May 10th

Hard Labor



P0581_FarmTrenchUngraded (66k image)

Well, as I feared, I started on the drainage project a little too early this year. It's going to bite me in the a... uh, well, in a place where no one likes to be bitten, I think. The image above shows the problem; the incessant rain that we've had in April has eroded the trenches quite a bit. During a rainy period the trenches fill up with water, and dirt sloughs off the walls and deposits in the bottom, reducing the depth of the trench.
Kurt on 05.10.10 @ 01:01 PM PST [more...]