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Several plants in the front yard picked up shot hole disease and need to be replaced.

• Dig up and trash diseased plants
• Pick a species of loropetalum plants to use as replacements
• Get potting soil and initial fertilizers for new plants
• Confirm when the best time to plant is

• Uplight 3rd from porch
• Light by garage
• Flood light

• Find a local gutter cleaning company or buy a tall ladder

Prepare office for standing desk placement and layout

March

• Clean gutters
• Trim crape myrtles (1 to 5 main chutes)
• Trim other shrubs
• Paint mailbox as needed
• Till driveway flower beds
• Rake leaves and junk in yard (dethatching)
• Examine drainage and yard puddles
• Test sprinkler system
• Pressure wash sidewalk, driveway, front door, back deck
• Start up lawn mower
• Change oil in lawn mower
• Start weed whacker
• Inspect weed whacker air filter
• Start leaf blower
• Inspect leaf blower air filter
• Purchase pH testing kit
• Run pH tests on lawn
• Rent an aerator
• Aerate the lawn
• Apply pre-emergent herbicide for crab grass
• Fire up and clean the grill
• Inspect propane tanks for grill

April

• Fertilize lawn
• Lime to raise pH, sulfur to lower pH as appropriate

• List the top 5 house issues
• List the current weather
• Show the latest camera snapshot
• Show the current time

Water is super overpriced in the area I live in to the tune of $92-100/month for just 2 people. It's gotta be more economical in the long run to have a well or some sort of brownwater recyling system.

• Buy a bag of lime and spread a week ahead of time
• Buy a 10-pound bag of turf-type K-31 fescue

Can't tell if it's just water-based rot or an insect causing the issue.

• Select and order dog fence SportDOG SDF-100A
• Determine where to place base power unit
• Finish laying out perimeter wire
• Finish mounting base power unit on wall
• Install perimeter flags
• Introduce dog to the system according to instructions

I've just completed this project over the weekend, but felt it was worth posting here in case someone wants to reference it:

Before

After

Materials

• 15 count: 2 x 4 x 8
  • These are standard 2x4s
  • Since my shelves are indoors, I used cheap whitewood 2 x 4s
  • 15 * $2.67 = $40.05
• 2 count: 4 ft. x 8 ft. 4-Ply Plywood
  • These should be ripped up the middle to form four 8 ft. x 2 ft. sections of plywood. Only three sections are used for shelves, but you can optionally use the fourth to cover the ground.
  • 2 * $17.00 = $34.00
• ~100 count: 3 in. self-drilling wood screws
  • 2 boxes (70 count) * $7.80/box = $15.60
• Total cost: $89.65 before tax

Tools

• Circular saw
• Level
• Carpenter's pencil
• Tape measure
• Square
• Electric drill
• Phillips head drill bit

Build Instructions

My goal was to build a free-standing structure that could be moved around the garage as needed.

Here's the end-result of the build with measurements so you know what you're working towards:

I found that the easiest thing to do was to pre-cut all the 24 in. cross-beam supports ahead of time, and lay them out on the ground to ensure proper fit and spacing.

One thing I found that made assembly with the screws much easier was to start the screws in the long board just a bit, drilling straight towards the ground and then turn the long board sideways to start attaching the smaller cross-beam supports.

Reference implementations used:

• http://imgur.com/a/FtPTV#deKRg
• http://premeditatedleftovers.com/naturally-frugal-living/diy-how-to-build-garage-shelving

Gotchas

• The overall width of the shelves came to around 29 inches when assembled this way, so make sure and factor that into your target location for the shelves.
• To fully cover the 8 ft. 2 x 4s, the plywood width should really be closer to 28 inches wide, but it was cheaper to only have to buy two of the 4 x 8 sections of plywood and have them each be 24 inches wide. There's not a structural issue regarding weight with this choice, as there are 5 cross-beams supporting each section of plywood shelving, but it's about 95% aesthetically pleasing.

Chemicals most recently used by pest control:

Temprid SC
- EPA #432-1483 (0.10 GA)
- spot indoor

Termidor SC
- EPA #7969-210 (3.0 QT)
- perimeter outside

• Add pegboard
• Add standing cushion
• Add low shelf for speakers

Living room light switch