A Bit of Lime Aid

Today when I walked over to view the construction site near our office it looked like it had been snowing on part of the site.

Lime, Construction, Grading, soil drying, compaction, stabilizationOf course, it is much too warm for snow.

I had to research a bit to see what was happening.

This is lime that is being worked in to aid drying, compaction and stabilization of the soil. They had started the process yesterday at the other end of the site and later in the post you will see what they have been doing at that end today.

Lime, Grading, Soil compaction, Soil drying, soil stabilizationThe machine at the right mixes the lime into the soil after it is spread by another machine.

Parking lot, grading, fine gradingWay down at the other end of this area you can see some other equipment working. This half of the construction site is where the parking lot will be.

fine grading, leveling the site, soil compaction, constructionHere is the other end of the parking area and you can see that the soil is being compacted and leveled. I am looking forward to seeing what the next step will be in this area, as they will most likely have the parking lot leveled and compacted soon if it doesn’t rain too much.

Dublin, California, Construction, Building footprintIn the other half of the construction site you can now see the outline of where the building will be.

Steven

 

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The Last Roses

On Saturday I finally just had to prune my last rose bush along with the last roses of the season. It is time to let the rose bushes have a restart.

Last roses of the season, rose bushes, St. Patrick, pruning, winter rosesOn Wednesday I had done the initial cut back of my other rose bushes, but just could not bring myself to cut back my St. Patrick that still had blooms. In fact, it was even hard on Saturday as you can see that there are still some nice blooms.

Rose Bloom, St. Patrick Rose, Yellow Rose, PruningHere I am cutting off one of the remaining blooms. I decided to save all the blooms and buds and take them inside to enjoy a little longer.

St. Patrick Roses, Green Roses, Green tinge, Last roses of the yearHere are some of the blooms and buds laying on the trunk of my car. They still look so pretty and it was really hard to cut them off of the bush. However, I just have to tell myself that the sooner I cut the roses back, the sooner I will have blooms again.

Rose Bush, Pruning, Winter PruningHere you can see the pruned rose bush. It is ready to start again as it begins another season of growth.

Yellow Roses, Vase, Last Roses of the yearThe last roses of the season are now in a vase in my living room. I have been enjoying them for the last few days and will just have to see how long they last. I know it won’t be too long, but I will enjoy them as long as I can.

It is nice to look up from a book and see the beautiful roses.

Steven

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