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[aart]

DH wants to get some kind of ramp set up in case an animal falls or inadvertently jumps down in. Mice could crawl up the cement walls, but a deer couldn't. Or maybe the smell keep them out until after it's covered with snow?

Not a bad idea. Or are there plans to fill it in?

Wow, DL! What happened?

Ditto Dat!

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Luckily, I didn't need to extend it, so only up ~10'.
Was harder to carry it, set it up, then carry it back.
I did have a itsy tiny bit of a backward wobble when I was up there.

I was on a two-step stepstool the other night on the first step and as I was getting off I fell backwards hitting my head.

No reason for the fall.

 

[Sally PB]

Not a bad idea. Or are there plans to fill it in?

We've talked about, "Hey, we could turn it into a _____." The basement looks to be in excellent shape, but we don't know until we get down there. Of course, if the years go by, and it gets rained and snowed on, it could end up cracking/shifting/falling apart just like the house did.

Who said, "Oh, you'll have so much free time in your retirement!" was joking, right?

DH said it would be great for a greenhouse: put a wood burner in the basement for heat and some kind of dome over it. Ummm... dear, do you see all the trees here? 100 year old, big tall, sunlight blocking trees? Unless we cut them all down, this won't get enough light to grow anything. (And DH hates to cut down living trees. Not to mention that he doesn't have a chainsaw that would handle a roughly a 30" diameter tree.)

It could become a root cellar. The only problem with that is our lack of planning ahead and the fact that it's 1/4 mile from the house. "Dear, do you want some potatoes with dinner? Oh, damn, I need to go to the corner store; there aren't any here at the house."

It would take a LOT to fill it in. I'm going to guess the footprint is 20x30 or 40. The FD Chief said he thought it was about 9 feet deep. Not sure where we'd get that amount of clean fill. I see signs out by the road, "Clean fill wanted." Do people get that for free, or are they paying for it?

 

[Sally PB]

I was on a two-step stepstool the other night on the first step and as I was getting off I fell backwards hitting my head.

No reason for the fall.

Oh, no! Are you ok?

 

[DobieLover]

Wow, DL! What happened?

Probably a deer was raiding the garden and got a leg caught in the net.

 

[Sally PB]

Probably a deer was raiding the garden and got a leg caught in the net.

Deer!

 

[DobieLover]

"Clean fill wanted." Do people get that for free, or are they paying for it?

This is what I was thinking when you wrote that. There are a lot of people looking for some place to dump clean fill. You'd be surprised. Check your local CL and even place an ad. But with you being that rural, it might take time.

 

[DobieLover]

Deer!

At least it didn't go the way the last time a deer got caught in the fence. I'll never forget that.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, and thanks for the coffee.

 

[Sally PB]

This is what I was thinking when you wrote that. There are a lot of people looking for some place to dump clean fill. You'd be surprised. Check your local CL and even place an ad. But with you being that rural, it might take time.

It's a possibility. No rush, though.

When we took our morning walk, we stopped by. I don't see any more smoke. There might still be live embers, down under the ashes.