I managed to get the Bunny-Resistant gate installed today. It went in pretty much the way that I expected it to (after I repaired a faulty weld that let go during installation).
The gate swings very nicely and the fencing installed up against the gate frame nicely. Now we're ready for veggies – I guess we should be out planting seeds tomorrow (before the rain).
Oh! Speaking of rain – this wet, soggy Spring season has pushed off our tree installation plans. Rob from ERCA comes here on a daily basis and paces around like an expectant father. He pokes a shovel in the soil and shakes his head. He does this every day.
Today is wonderfully dry and sunny, but it rained last night and they're calling for rain again tomorrow morning. There just isn't enough time between rainfalls to get any planting done. I think he said he had 8 million seedlings in his fridge at home and his wife is getting a little ticked off.
Now I know why he paces.
In other news – I'm still really enjoying cutting the grass – it's a wonderful 'quiet' time (it's actually not very quiet at all, but it is nice and solitary).
Every time I cut the grass I play a demented little game of Simon Says. In this case 'Simon' is played by the engineers that built my John Deere lawn mower.
I should back the story up a little and ask those of you who have driven riding lawnmowers if you remember the first time that you tried to back up while cutting the lawn? Did you press the RIO button before you started? Neither did I.
Man! That was a horrible noise coming from under my seat (and it had nothing to do with what I ate that day!)
So. When I cut my grass and I need to go backwards I press the RIO button simply because the engineers at John Deere say I have to.
The button isn't hard to press, so there's nothing mechanical happening (it's a tiny little button – smaller than the starter button). If I press it ever so briefly when I first start backing up then I can backup for as far as I want without holding the button.
But I have to press it.
Does RIO stand for "Reverse Is OK"?
If I only have to press it for a brief second, why don't I just tape the button down? Why – exactly – is the button there?
I think it's to amuse the engineers at John Deere.
Just because someone there, named Simon, said.
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