What did you do in the garden today?

[Dadanga]

The bulk of my Ryobi cordless tool batteries are 4Ah. But I also have some that are smaller and one that is larger. In the Ryobi line of brushless tools, a larger battery can provide more power as well as a longer run time.



I think it's well over 10 years since I had a Ni-Cad battery. I had a handful of 1 Ah Ni-Cads and they did not last very long on the power hungry tools, like your grinder, a grass trimmer, chainsaw, etc... Fortunately for me, Ryobi kept the same battery stem format when they moved from Ni-Cad's to Li-Ion batteries. So, my old Ni-Cad Ryobi era tools work even better, and have a longer run time, with the new Li-Ion batteries.



If you use the grinder a lot, then I imagine you will really like the larger 8 Ah battery. When I use my grinder, it's usually only for a small job, so I grab even my smallest 1.5 Ah battery. I do have one 9 Ah battery that I use in my chainsaw and electric mower. There, the longer run time is really an advantage because those tools are power hungry.

I have been in the Ryobi One+ line of 18v tools for about 20 years. Over that period of time, I have accumulated a collection of batteries. Ryobi has those special Ryobi Days deals every year where you buy a tool, get free batteries, or buy some batteries, get a free tool. Also, most of their tool kits come with batteries. Last count, I had 43 batteries to maintain and rotate to keep fresh. I built a couple small shelves out of some scrap pallet wood to hold the batteries so I can easily track which battery should be used next....

When I took that picture, I had another 6 batteries on my 6-port SuperCharger and a few other batteries on individual chargers.

I know some people ask if I really need that many batteries, and the obvious answer for is, no, I don't need that many batteries. But I never bought an individual battery for retail price. They all were packaged in tool kits and/or freebies given away if you buy a tool. My Ni-Cad batteries died years ago, but the Li-Ion batteries you see on those shelves last a long time as long if you properly maintain them by rotating their use and periodically recharge them. My 15+ year old Li-Ion batteries still have about 90% or more of their original capacity.

At any rate, I have more tool batteries to work much longer than I can these days. I never have to stop work because I ran out of tool batteries! Unfortunately, my internal batteries are getting old and they need to be recharged more frequently these days. I work a little, rest a lot, and eventually the project gets finished in its own time.

Nice! That's quite a haul! I was looking at Ryobi One HP especially when my brother moved from Makita to Milwaukee. I heard that Milwaukee and Ryobi are under the same umbrella now so that's interesting as well. Funnily enough I find myself using the angle grinder a lot. I actually have a job coming up that I'll probably use the angle grinder for and I'll be prepping a spare at least.

Today I went out with the purpose of finding some different chilli seedlings from bunnings but managed to find 3 different types of eggplant seedlings. They give you like 6 for one price and there's two of each (Lebanese, Long Purple and Bonica). So. I plan on putting 3 in soil, the other 3 will go on kratky. I did find some fire eater jalapenos. They did really well on kratky when my early wonder capsicum bit the dust so I was more than happy to try out a more spicier variant.

Couldn't devote as much time to the garden today as I would of liked but on the plus side, a row of sunflowers have started to come up. I wonder if they are the royal velvet variety as they kinda appear darker but who knows. I'll have to get some pictures tomorrow. The tomato seedlings are really long in the tooth and I'm debating where they'll go if I don't get a wicking bed made.

 

[Sally PB]

@Dadanga, you're going to be our "garden fix" now. You're entering summer, we're going into winter.

I'm enjoying your pictures and posts.

 

[akroberts1085]

Luffa is a vine that grows long green “cucumber looking” fruit. When the fruit dries out you peel off the brown skin, shake out the black seeds and then you can use the luffa for a luffa. sponge/scrubby for shower or dishes.
Sponge that grows on a plant instead of in the ocean. The vine has yellow flowers My bees loved them.

I'm going to try to get some.

 

[TJAnonymous]

I feel you, after my father died, we had to empty the house too, also 350 km away from where I now live, my parents “collected” stuff, they are not the only ones, I also have trouble throwing away stuff that isn’t broken we tried to empty the house for a year ( along with my sister) in the end we had to give up and had a company empty the house and resell whatever was worth something, I’m sure they made a huge profit!! But if you live so far away, you just can’t manage to sell the stuff, we were there every few months on a weekend, and did manage to sell some of the stuff, but it is too difficult in the end, it was a big house, not a chance to take stuff in the car and sell it at home either

Ugh, it's not been fun. Dismantling 2 lives (my mom & stepdad who have both passed). They lived 2 hrs away, one way, so it was an effort just to get there. I did do an estate auction through some friends of my mom. I don't know how I could possibly have done this without them... Then I hired a cleaner to get it spotless afterwards before the photographer arrived. The good news is that the house sold in less than a DAY with a cash offer. Now I'm just jumping through all the new hoops to assist the buyers inspection prior to closing on the 30th.

 

[TJAnonymous]

I'm going to try to get some.

I LOVE having luffa (loofah) around! It's so useful

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning Gardeners I thinks loofah in my dreams our growing season is not long enough.
I keep up most here do not have any thing to post most often.

 

[akroberts1085]

My growing season is 281 days so quite long. Is that enough time for the luffa growing.

 

[jerryse]

Dw caught a cold from the 4 year old a week ago. Now I have it also.

 

[Sally PB]

My growing season is 281 days so quite long. Is that enough time for the luffa growing.

Yes! You should be able to grow great luffas!

My season is about 120 days. It can stretch a bit (or shrink!), but not a lot. I have to start luffa inside. April 1 in the green house was just barely enough. If I grow them next year, I'll start them in the house, as the green house is only passive solar heat.

 

[lightm]

Luffa is a vine that grows long green “cucumber looking” fruit. When the fruit dries out you peel off the brown skin, shake out the black seeds and then you can use the luffa for a luffa. sponge/scrubby for shower or dishes.
Sponge that grows on a plant instead of in the ocean. The vine has yellow flowers My bees loved them.

@akroberts1085
Young luffa is also edible. I think it tastes a lot better than zuccini. Asians love luffa gourds and you can often find young tender luffa in Asian grocery store in summer.