This spike is 12 inches long. There is a 6" one behind it which, I myself may have lost altho I can't remember what I might have used the common spike for but I have bought them in the past.
Twelve Inches? What would have been the purpose for that? It was about 2" below the soil surface and driven straight down about 24" from the corner of the greenhouse foundation. It was so badly rusted that it took me about a half a minute of tugging to pull it out after I had removed the sod and notice the head.
Any log structures once on the property ...?
I counted 15 nails found, another staple, the eye screw, and a wood screw. Along with those were 3 hose washers
. It was quite a
slew of nails but that might have been because the path and new bed are somewhat close to the house.
Freezing again this morning but at some point soon I will bring out the little blue fountain and replace the silly plastic bowl. If rain water had frozen and broke it this Winter, I would have cared little and that would also be true of the House Sparrows. No immediate neighbor feeds them these days so there are far fewer here. I suppose that I should be filling the bowl rather than wait for snow & rain because it is completely dry right now. It's obvious that there is a pair of crows nesting near the top of a very large Douglas fir only about 80 yards away. I'm not at all sure that I want to attract them to the backyard. The little blue fountain with its
spitting blue fish will encourage them soon but the nearby school will also be running sprinklers soon. The crows and I will be much more comfortable out in that playground
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