The Adventures Of IndeMoJo: When August Comes Around

OMG!!!!!! I finally have a working washer & dryer! Getting it set up cost me as much as the unit. Ouch!

First load done & in the dryer. Second load starting now. I’m amazed at how quiet it is & even at high velocity spin dry the washer doesn’t shake a millimeter! Damn! I was so afraid it would vibrate the 112 year old floors. Guess the new main floor beam helps with that too. 👍

LG color me impressed! Love tech in all forms. And it so shiny, pretty & new! The funny/scary thing: the unit has WiFi. I can download the LG app & control the washer & dryer from my phone. Awesome!!! lol 🤩🤩

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New Home Projects: Found a video on Instagram that showed how to root rose bush clippings using honey as a root stimulator. I’ve done 5 cuttings. We’ll see how they work.

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The other project is enlarging the flowerbed plantings on “The Hill”. I have a combo of Russian Sage, “Baby Joe” Pye weed, and “Buzz Magenta” Butterfly Bush. Need to keep those pollinators happy! Already attracts butterflies & bees even before planting. Plus the single white hydrangea was kind of lonely and in need of company.

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Saw a lone hummingbird flit by my front porch, which made me put up my hummingbird feeders & take down the bird seed feeders. Yeah, paying $100 for two 40 lb bags of no waste seed is kind of out of my budget. But a 5 lb bag of sugar … I can handle. And it’s also so cool to see hummingbirds making pit stops at the 2 feeders.👍

#flowers #joepyeweed #russiansage #butterflybush #butterfly #bees #polinators #roses #rooting #honey #projects #birdseed #hummingbirdfeeder

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#joProjects: Today’s project was assembling and filling my new SpinBin 60 gal composting barrel.

Can I just say: AWESOMENESS!!!

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The barrel came in 4 sections that I had to bolt together. One lower half, then an interior stationary “mixing bar” and the top half over that. When done … one barrel. Then assemble the legs, attach, and we’re ready to load it.

Loaded it with greens, browns, dried twigs, a little cardboard, coffee grounds, watermelon rinds, and assorted veggie trimmings …. and then … I’ll tumble for ya!

Round and round it goes. Add a little moisture & tumble some more.

What an ingenious idea! 💡

Start your compost engines! 👍😃👍

#SpinBin #compost #compostbin #composting #compostable #spinarama #wateringcan

Not the greatest photo … but… you get the idea.

It amazes me how many hummingbirds are fighting over a turn at the feeder. I’m also amazed at how many are around … period. Though they seem smaller than the hummingbirds in Seattle. Unless they are adolescents. Didn’t card them before service. 😆

Pretty wild … these guys will buzz up to me just feet away, to check me out when I’m sitting on the front porch, or if I’m washing dishes, they buzz up to the screen of the kitchen window. Pretty fearless little buggers! 👍😃👍

#joProjects: Fabricated a new dirt sifter this morning. Went to Lowe’s bought the 2x4s the 1/4″ welded mesh & took care of business. Good thing I like doing things like this! lol

All this because I’m trying a new way to plant using the fine sifted clay soil with compost, rather than buying topsoil & mixing it with other soil additives. Figured I’d try it on the 7 pots of mums I bought.

I bought the yellow mums in memory of my mum. She loved them, as did the butterflies back in Lanoka Harbor, NJ.
Had to make sure the hill was completely done before Wednesday. I’ll be getting FIFTEEN cubic yards of mulch delivered at 8:00 AM. That will be lots of fun spreading in my flowerbeds 3″ deep! 🥵

Just another day at home. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#garden #gardening #gardeninglife #joHome #mulch #compost #lotofun #spreadthemulch #dirt #soil #soilsifter #dirtsifter #sifter

Community Action Agency of Greater Kansas City just came out to do a complete & FREE energy audit on my home. They will be lining up contractors to seal up all air leaks in the house, insulate the roof crawl space, the floor rafters in the basement, wrap insulate all HVAC pipes & ducts, clean both my hot water heater & my HVAC system, plus a whole lot more! Wow!

They will also insulate all my uninsulated house walls—for FREE! All I have to do is have an electrician come out and certify in writing that all knob & tube wiring in the walls is not active. Of course I already called my electrician to make an appointment to do this.

I am totally FLOORED (no pun intended) that there is an organization like this to help MO citizens—especially seniors— who meet the income (or lack there of) requirements, and do all this work for FREE!

I applied maybe a week ago, got a call within a day to verify some info, was okayed, and a team of 3 men came and did their thing at 9:00 AM this morning! That’s fast!

So incredibly awesome & thank you CAA!!!!!

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So the first thing I did at 7:00 AM (of course only after starting coffee brewing) while there was a lull in the rain: went out to spread tall fescue grass seed on the patches of lawn where I was trying to fill in large divots and pot holes. I had used all the “fines” I got from sifting the old mulch to fill in and spread on large areas. Figured it was a good use on top of the nasty clay soil to give the grass seed a fighting chance. Then spread a thin layer of peat moss on top of the seed. And right on cue … the rain started up again. Most excellent!👍😃👍

#joProjects: Shower Door Install

Um …. they said it would only take an hour. Yeah. Right. 😝

Sometimes I just outright amaze myself at all the things I’ve done and am capable of, fixing up my home. A Joe of all trades. For sure!

I had my doubts about doing this project. The paper instructions were pretty worthless. But found an install video on YouTube for the model I bought. Still more than hour. More like six. But hey … not much else to do on a rainy day. 👍

Also good thing I paid a bit more and got a door that’s made for “not plumb” openings. By the standards of this house … that’s the norm.

All in all it looks good. Me likey!

Have to wait 24 hours for the silicone caulk to set. But that’s okay … I’m not so stinky right now. 😝

The cats are upset they can’t lay inside the shower like they always do. With my luck … they’d paw at the silicone. So better safe than sorry. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#joProject #bathroom #showerdoors #thecatshelped #homeimprovement

Woke up. It was an Inde morning & the first thing that I saw … ❤️❤️❤️❤️

#joPhoto #Independence #mo #missouri #missourioutdoors

The Art Of Gardening: Sometimes in the middle of cutting the lawn, taking a break, drinking cold cold water, the muse hits. And these photos were part of the result. Even dirt filled scratches on sunlit translucent orange wheelbarrow walls look painterly. I was just having fun & not trying to overthink the moment. Hope you like.

#garden #gardening #lawn #wheelbarrow #butisitart #joPhoto

#joProjects: It’s D-day: as in new door day! Four new doors: 2 full glass screen doors with roll down screens. The cats already loved these type doors at my mom’s. Easy for them to bird, people & train watch while lounging in the sun—when there is sun.

Plus 2 insulated fiberglass doors. One nine pane (back door) one six pane (front door). The old front door was solid, now I can see who’s at the door & get a bit more light into the entrance & living room. 👍

Have to decide if I’ll paint the front door or not. I was kind of thinking orange like the mailbox trim. Or gray outside and orange inner panels. But that’s far down on the list of things to accomplish or even fret about.

Right now, I’m happy with the look of the doors—especially the new screen doors. Plus I can finally get cross ventilation with both screens open. Screens are on the top which is kitty proof & the kitties can still see out the bottom. Awesome!

#houseprojects #projects #doors #stormdoors #before #after

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