Jamie Thingelstad

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Mazie is growing some peppers, Brussels, herbs, and other food in a raised garden bed this summer. She loves to tend to the plants and even likes weeding. She’s trying this out with an eye towards a full garden in the future.

Raised cedar garden bed on a patio with peppers, Brussels sprouts, herbs, and flowers, with a small gnome figurine tucked among the plants.

We had BarrkArt Fencing come and fence in our back yard so Lucky can have a space to run around. They did a great job matching the fence in with the existing segments and connecting to some difficult terrain. They even put a small privacy fence in to hide our trash bins. Great company. Would absolutely recommend working with them!

Lush backyard garden bed with hostas and perennials along a new cedar privacy fence beside a detached garage Backyard garden bed edged with fieldstone boulders, planted with hostas and pink peonies, bordered by a new cedar privacy fence. New cedar wood fence with a gate running along the side of a house, connecting to an older brown fence in a green backyard Cedar wood privacy fence panel mounted on a metal post base beside a house siding, concealing trash bins near a garage door on a brick paver driveway.

There are a lot of complicated things that I understand very well, however the impact holidays have on garbage collection schedules is not one of them. 🤷‍♂️

Working through my first pool “issue”. The Saltwater Chlorine Generator was set too low (6%) while we were gone and the chlorine level dropped to near nil. Water was cloudy, but no color. I got HTH® Super Shock! Treatment and added 6.9 lbs to the pool. The water turned green right after adding the granules. Now waiting and hoping it all works out okay. 🤞💧

Added another 2.3 lbs of Super Shock! Treatment later in the evening. Can smell chlorine now, before there was no pool chlorine smell. Did a water test and the Total Chlorine was around 10 ppm, but Free Chlorine is still near 0.

Next morning the water is much less green, but still very green. The cloudy seems to be gone. Water test shows total chlorine around 5 ppm but free chlorine at 0. I thought I didn’t add enough chlorine so added 4.16 lbs HTH Shock Treatment. We had to take off so I left the Chlorine Generator in Boost Mode, it will go back to 20% after the boost. I also added about 2/3 gallon of muriatic acid since the pH level was very high.

Rectangular backyard swimming pool with green-tinted cloudy water, a gray plastic slide on the far side, concrete deck surround, shed and trees in background. Backyard swimming pool with green algae-tinted water, blue tile border, a diving board on the right, and a blue hose visible at the far end.

We weren’t able to get our backyard fencing completed before we got Lucky, so we have erected this barrier that is so far holding her in. Fence company is hoping to get here in a week or two. 🤞

Side yard with an AC unit, kayaks, and outdoor gear leaning against a wooden fence forming a makeshift barrier near a brick house.