PROJECTS UPDATES

Status report from the gardening projects front line.

The Lantana bush that I brought back over Mothers day from Jacksonville, Florida is covered in blooms. It attracts a white color butterfly here.

As for the seed trial from the Desert Rose they have not germinated as of today. I am giving the seeds heat and moisture and keeping my fingers crossed. As with most plants they require patience.

The lawnmower repairs are slowly proceeding. After waiting for my initial epoxy patches to set up and dry I reinforced them with another layer of fiberglass cloth and epoxy.
Today I painted the deck and the underside of the mower deck with rusty metal enamel primer.



The primer went over the epoxy sealed holes in the metal.

This is probably a temporary fix because the rust will return eventually but the idea is to give the mower hopefully one more season of hard use.

As you can see the rust damage was pretty extensive to

the deck of the mower.

The repair is not that hard just time consuming having to wait for one step to dry before making any further progress.

The primer is drying now and after it does I figure I can use up a lot of my old half used cans of spray paint to paint it final coat.

After that if it will start I can finish mowing the yard with my multicolored mower.----sanddune----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------