baymule
Garden Master
What is on top of the chicken coop, hanging over the nest box? Is it part of the roof?
On freezing nights, take the water hoses off. Do the water faucets have cut off valves? If you don't know, take a piece of rebar or something that you can push in the ground in the vicinity of the faucet. The idea is to push it into the soil, if you hit something, it might be the cut off valve or the underground pipe. They usually have a plastic cover over them, but can get covered with dirt and grass. When you find one (if there are any) and uncover it, then you usually have to dig dirt out of it so you can turn the valve off.
Buy some split foam pipe wrap. Put it on the exposed pipes and tape with duct tape. I had a Labrador chew off my pipe foam wrap one year. I bought some more and put it back on, wrapping with duct tape again. But then I wrapped the pipe with the duct tape, backwards with the sticky side out. Then I rubbed the sticky tape with cayenne pepper. Dog left my pipe wrap alone!
Since the compost pile is attracting the dog, stop putting things in it that attract him. Maybe compost in a metal trash can? Or move compost pile and put a pallet fence around it? Pallets can often be had for free.
The foam faucet covers will work if you take the hose off and put them flush against the wall. Where the faucets are sticking up out of the ground, those won't work. Wrap with the pipe foam, then wrap faucet with a large towel that you don't care about. Sprinkle with black pepper and cayenne to keep the dog from chewing it off.
30 years? And he dumped you for "the other woman"? I can't help but think that she did you a favor. If you are hurt, I certainly understand, but I didn't have 30 years invested, only 13. After knocking on "her" door and the ex answering the door, I left. You are better off without him, go on and have a real good life. I'm here for you any time you need to talk.
On freezing nights, take the water hoses off. Do the water faucets have cut off valves? If you don't know, take a piece of rebar or something that you can push in the ground in the vicinity of the faucet. The idea is to push it into the soil, if you hit something, it might be the cut off valve or the underground pipe. They usually have a plastic cover over them, but can get covered with dirt and grass. When you find one (if there are any) and uncover it, then you usually have to dig dirt out of it so you can turn the valve off.
Buy some split foam pipe wrap. Put it on the exposed pipes and tape with duct tape. I had a Labrador chew off my pipe foam wrap one year. I bought some more and put it back on, wrapping with duct tape again. But then I wrapped the pipe with the duct tape, backwards with the sticky side out. Then I rubbed the sticky tape with cayenne pepper. Dog left my pipe wrap alone!
Since the compost pile is attracting the dog, stop putting things in it that attract him. Maybe compost in a metal trash can? Or move compost pile and put a pallet fence around it? Pallets can often be had for free.
The foam faucet covers will work if you take the hose off and put them flush against the wall. Where the faucets are sticking up out of the ground, those won't work. Wrap with the pipe foam, then wrap faucet with a large towel that you don't care about. Sprinkle with black pepper and cayenne to keep the dog from chewing it off.
30 years? And he dumped you for "the other woman"? I can't help but think that she did you a favor. If you are hurt, I certainly understand, but I didn't have 30 years invested, only 13. After knocking on "her" door and the ex answering the door, I left. You are better off without him, go on and have a real good life. I'm here for you any time you need to talk.
