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Post by brian on Jun 3, 2008 14:02:06 GMT -5
Thats ok Rick I always was surprised when I went to the cottage after winter melt and found the darn things still there, not washed away or picked up by curious passersby. They are 20 year old technology and have no value. I still have the other two. But if you want to make it up to me you could come up to the cottage some weekend, dig my new bog and wet the peat moss.. you supply muscle and I supply the free beer
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Post by Rick Hillier on Jun 4, 2008 7:26:02 GMT -5
Hi Brian, I'd love to do that... I'd probably come out ahead on the beer thing too! Unfortunately, I have a daughter that plays competetive ball and virtually every weekend this summer is tied up with out of town tournaments And on top of all that, I'm in the middle of digging out a new bog in a sunnier location in my back yard. I want to go 18" deep, but that's going to be a challenge, as I hit hard clay at 4"... know anyone selling dynamite cheap? Out of curiosity, where is your cottage? >>> Rick <<<
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Post by brian on Jun 4, 2008 14:59:14 GMT -5
There are recipes to make your own on the internet but I recommend either a full size pick or an adz (axe mounted sideways normally used for squaring logs) to bust clay. Or see if someone has a backhoe, if they can float it to your place, whack a pit and float it back in a half day at 60 bucks an hour you could get a monster bog for $250. Cottage is on Lake Baptiste in Hastings Highlands just north of Bancroft. Good luck on your bog!
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Post by Syble on Jun 10, 2008 13:12:11 GMT -5
aw comeon! Clay aint that bad! We dug mine over 2' deep in nice a-bug clay! Sib
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Post by brian on Jun 11, 2008 4:54:57 GMT -5
Nice thing about a backhoe, you can sit back in a lawn chair and direct the operator "deeper there, wider here". He'll be done in about five minutes. Then you can figure what the heck you're paying by the hour, tell him to keep going.. when you're significant other comes home you can say "good news honey, we can get rid of the lawnmower". Of course you'll need to wet a hundred yards of peat moss to fill the hole.
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Post by Rick Hillier on Jun 11, 2008 5:24:09 GMT -5
I am stuck doing it by hand... can't get a backhoe into my yard. In the great physical shape I'm in and witrh all of Rachael's baseball, I can only pick away at it... I should be done by around 2015 >>> Rick <<<
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