Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Oct 17, 2013 12:11pm
My 85 year old home will be getting new windows (16 total) this Friday we got some newer outside doors last year.</SPAN>
I checker the furnace (burners, motor and ignition) general cleaning</SPAN>
I cleaned both chimneys</SPAN>
Checked all the vehicles (tires, oil, trans, antifreeze, battery) will replace plugs this weekend
Need to get a few hundred pound salt for my truck </SPAN>
Splitting more wood from a down tree last week .. should be good for all winter</SPAN>
Checked our back up food, water and propane supplies in case of a power outage</SPAN>
Thinking of replacing the small gas powered generator with a stronger diesel next year.
Have the garden almost done for plastic covering
Patio furniture still out
Rain barrels need to be drained and removed
Lower spouting cleaned, upper has leaf covers
Have you home owner and or car owner done any winterizing yet? </SPAN>
I checker the furnace (burners, motor and ignition) general cleaning</SPAN>
I cleaned both chimneys</SPAN>
Checked all the vehicles (tires, oil, trans, antifreeze, battery) will replace plugs this weekend
Need to get a few hundred pound salt for my truck </SPAN>
Splitting more wood from a down tree last week .. should be good for all winter</SPAN>
Checked our back up food, water and propane supplies in case of a power outage</SPAN>
Thinking of replacing the small gas powered generator with a stronger diesel next year.
Have the garden almost done for plastic covering
Patio furniture still out
Rain barrels need to be drained and removed
Lower spouting cleaned, upper has leaf covers
Have you home owner and or car owner done any winterizing yet? </SPAN>
redrocket
Posts: 126
Oct 17, 2013 12:23pm
Something to think about, if you have natural gas forget the diesel generator and go with one that runs on natural gas. As for everything else that you listed....I was a Boy Scout and have it covered.
vdubb96
Posts: 2,210
Oct 17, 2013 12:33pm
I just winterized your mom! BOOOM!!!!!!!!!! j.k. mofo!
said_aouita
Posts: 8,532
Oct 17, 2013 12:51pm
Gotta xj Jeep and Subaru parked outside.
I'm taunting Mother Nature.
I'm taunting Mother Nature.
ZWICK 4 PREZ
Posts: 7,733
Oct 17, 2013 1:11pm
I winterized the 5th Wheel. That's about it.
LJ
Posts: 16,351
Oct 17, 2013 1:12pm
Had Whempy's out to clean the fireplace last Friday.
I still need to put the glass back in the front storm door and put the screen away.
I have the sandbags for the truck sitting in the garage. I don't like putting them in till I tag out on deer.
Kale looks to be far enough along that it will survive winter, so we will have fresh greens all winter.
I still need to put the glass back in the front storm door and put the screen away.
I have the sandbags for the truck sitting in the garage. I don't like putting them in till I tag out on deer.
Kale looks to be far enough along that it will survive winter, so we will have fresh greens all winter.
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Oct 17, 2013 1:24pm
Winter is for poor people.
Somebody was going to say it, so there it is.
Somebody was going to say it, so there it is.
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raiderbuck
Posts: 1,623
Oct 17, 2013 1:28pm
I rent, and have no car.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
said_aouita
Posts: 8,532
Oct 17, 2013 1:51pm
Better put chains on your bike.raiderbuck;1519385 wrote:I rent, and have no car.
Hope this helps.
TedSheckler
Posts: 3,974
Oct 17, 2013 2:09pm
Yard aeration scheduled for this week, then I'll fertilize and be ready for winter.
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Sonofanump
Oct 17, 2013 2:20pm
Not yet:
Soon the convertible will be stored for the winter and the SUV will be in action.
Need to convert the tractor from mower to snowblower.
Blow the leaves out of grandpa and grandma's eves.
Soon the convertible will be stored for the winter and the SUV will be in action.
Need to convert the tractor from mower to snowblower.
Blow the leaves out of grandpa and grandma's eves.
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friendfromlowry
Posts: 6,239
Oct 17, 2013 2:25pm
Going to buy a sweatshirt.
Fab4Runner
Posts: 6,196
Oct 17, 2013 2:31pm
Got my brakes on my Trailblazer done yesterday. Need to get my 4WD fixed ASAP.
The house I am moving into next month has brand new windows and doors and the furnace is ship shape, so it's good to go.
The house I am moving into next month has brand new windows and doors and the furnace is ship shape, so it's good to go.
vdubb96
Posts: 2,210
Oct 17, 2013 3:07pm
These people probably aren't poor.reclegend22;1519383 wrote:Winter is for poor people.
Somebody was going to say it, so there it is.
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Oct 17, 2013 3:47pm
Back in Perrysburg we had a generator connected to the natural gas line but water got into the gas line system in the Blizzard of 1976 and everyone line froze at the meters. The generator was worthless. That the only reason I when with a secondary fuel generator.redrocket;1519351 wrote:Something to think about, if you have natural gas forget the diesel generator and go with one that runs on natural gas. As for everything else that you listed....I was a Boy Scout and have it covered.
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Oct 17, 2013 3:52pm
The fact that she's dead, she been winterized for a long time...vdubb96;1519357 wrote:I just winterized your mom! BOOOM!!!!!!!!!! j.k. mofo!
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Oct 17, 2013 3:57pm
LJ;1519378 wrote:Had Whempy's out to clean the fireplace last Friday.
I still need to put the glass back in the front storm door and put the screen away.
I have the sandbags for the truck sitting in the garage. I don't like putting them in till I tag out on deer.
Kale looks to be far enough along that it will survive winter, so we will have fresh greens all winter.
I store my butternut, acorn and spaghetti squash in large Rubbermaid containers filled with sawdust in our garage storage area (small room within the garage). Do you store any squash? How?
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Tiernan
Posts: 13,021
Oct 17, 2013 3:58pm
I'll re-stock the corn crib this weekend and boil down some molasses. The SO still needs to make more candles.
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Oct 17, 2013 4:07pm
Wife and I did 12 quart of spaghetti sauce, 12 loafs of zucchini bread and 10 bag of shredded zucchini few weeks ago, on Sunday we did 20 pints of Blueberry jam.Tiernan;1519477 wrote:I'll re-stock the corn crib this weekend and boil down some molasses. The SO still needs to make more candles.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Oct 17, 2013 4:11pm
Go on...LJ;1519378 wrote:Kale looks to be far enough along that it will survive winter, so we will have fresh greens all winter.
What should my kale look like at this point in order to survive the winter?
LJ
Posts: 16,351
Oct 17, 2013 4:21pm
Do you have edible leaves yet?justincredible;1519484 wrote:Go on...
What should my kale look like at this point in order to survive the winter?
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Oct 17, 2013 4:23pm
Yes. That it?LJ;1519487 wrote:Do you have edible leaves yet?
LJ
Posts: 16,351
Oct 17, 2013 4:25pm
Yep. Some people wait too long because their tomatoes are still going. I say by the weekend after labor day you gotta have your kale seed downjustincredible;1519488 wrote:Yes. That it?
TedSheckler
Posts: 3,974
Oct 17, 2013 4:26pm
Just the way I like'em.Belly35;1519472 wrote:The fact that she's dead, she been winterized for a long time...
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friendfromlowry
Posts: 6,239
Oct 17, 2013 4:35pm
Prayers sent.Belly35;1519472 wrote:The fact that she's dead, she been winterized for a long time...