Skwerl's new cabin

Landscaping looks good. You just keep chugging along!

weather man said:

Landscaping looks good. You just keep chugging along!

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You mean the oak tree? Yes, it's recovering nicely from transplant shock. I've held off on the landscaping until the roof is finished. Have about 120 plants staged out back waiting to go in the ground.

skwerl said:

They started my roof today. Due to weather delays yesterday they started late, had to finish yesterday's job first. These were taken about 4pm today. These guys were animals, cranking it out through the hottest part of the day.

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That's just pure insanity. I have an insane amount of respect for anyone doing hard labor outside in the peak of summer in the middle of the day. I rebuilt parts of the railing on our deck a few weekends ago after a tree fell on it and it took me 11 hours. From 11-2 when the sun was direct overhead was beyond miserable. I couldn't imagine doing it in Florida's humidity. I lived there far longer than I care to remember.

Photos make me feel like a pussy. I'm putting off building a vanity and workbench in the garage with a fan until the fall because this summer is so brutal.

House is coming along nicely. Seems like twice the house you started with already.

i am ryan said:

House is coming along nicely. Seems like twice the house you started with already.

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It really is. Almost every day I am amazed at how nice this place is compared to every other place I've lived in my adult life. I constantly feel like I don't deserve it. My friends tell me I've worked hard for it, but I've worked harder for much less in the past. Thank you.

Just got home. Foreman said they were delayed waiting on the inspection for a few hours. The brown drip edge with this color shingles is looking pretty good IMO. Don't look at the front door, I haven't got there yet.

All finished. Tomorrow I start planting.

Roof came out great.

You're neighbors must like you right about now. You've done a lot improve the property.

skwerl said:

It really is. Almost every day I am amazed at how nice this place is compared to every other place I've lived in my adult life. I constantly feel like I don't deserve it. My friends tell me I've worked hard for it, but I've worked harder for much less in the past. Thank you.

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I know I haven't been on this earth long enough to really get the full perspective on life, but I fully believe that if you work hard enough you can achieve anything and that you should be rewarded for working hard. Never tell yourself you don't deserve something that you've spent so many years working towards.

You have done an outstanding job on your Home !!!



Skwerl,

Your Home looks great with all the improvements inside & out.

You have busted your butt but it sure does show.

Congratulations







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Got a couple hours in this morning before it got too hot. I dug the palm tree out and got about 45-50 plants in the ground before my hip gave out. Tomorrow morning we are going to move the palm to Don's house and hopefully get the Magnolia set in place.

skwerl said:

Got a couple hours in this morning before it got too hot. I dug the palm tree out and got about 45-50 plants in the ground before my hip gave out. Tomorrow morning we are going to move the palm to Don's house and hopefully get the Magnolia set in place.

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Where did you get the colorful plants on the left side of the pic? Home Depot used to have a sales a couple times a year 4/$10 on those but hasn't in years now and I'm not paying there 8.99 price.

Those are Crotons. I got them from County Line nursery on Hwy 50 in Winter Garden, out by you. Across the street from 4 Rivers BBQ. They do wholesale and retail, they gave me wholesale pricing since I bought a couple hundred plants from them. I think I paid about $5 each for the 3 gal pots, retail is about $7.50.

skwerl said:

Those are Crotons. I got them from County Line nursery on Hwy 50 in Winter Garden, out by you. Across the street from 4 Rivers BBQ. They do wholesale and retail, they gave me wholesale pricing since I bought a couple hundred plants from them. I think I paid about $5 each for the 3 gal pots, retail is about $7.50.

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Are you adding an drip(irrigation) to the plants or just weather watered?

I have an irrigation system, but not drip. My well water has a lot of iron and grit in it so I designed my system to just use big rotors that won't get clogged up. The rotors along the house are on risers about 30" tall so they will spray over the shrubs. I posted about it when I put it in a few months ago.

We got the magnolia tree planted today (after taking the palm over to Don's house and planting that). I piddled around fixing some grading and watered but was too tired to plant any more plants. Maybe tomorrow.

Getting closer. The overall theme is beginning to take shape. I just counted and I have about 100 plants left to plant. Half of those are around the back yard.

Looks great!

Your house is coming along nicely, your progress is amazing.

Thanks, guys. The roof made a huge difference and I've been itching to start the landscaping for weeks. Had two different neighbors stop by and compliment me on the house, made me feel like a million bucks. One of them even brought me some fresh mangoes off his tree!