The sand delivery is going to cost $650. I think that'll be the final expense unless something else comes up. It's possible that if the pad isn't level enough there could incur an additional charge to fix it, but I'm determined to have it perfect. I'll post photos as progress is made. The sand is scheduled for delivery on Oct 12, and the install is scheduled for the week of Oct 23. It's going to happen! And Sunday my sons are going to work at leveling the parking areas and tank pad. I'm amazed how the many challenges and obstacles are being overcome!
For several years my sister and I have been intrigued by the
Arroyo Fame-flower, that grows on our mountain, but have never been able to see it in bloom.
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| Sep. 10, 2017 |
Therefore, Ann went up the mountain frequently hoping to find it blooming. A few days ago she saw it on the verge of blooming, but not in bloom. A "limited number of people" have ever seen it in bloom.* Knowing she couldn't physically make that climb the next day (nor could I), she picked a small sprig of one and took it home. In a glass of water, it bloomed two days later. Such a special flower!
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| Sep. 24, 2018 |
Arroyo Fame-flower is a Mexican species that only grows naturally in the U.S. in Texas and New Mexico. There is just one species of Talinopsis, and that is
Talinopsis frutescens that represents the earliest-divergent lineage of its family, Portulaca. Blooms vary in color from yellow to purple. Ours is a lovely shade of pink. It depends on rocks and creosote bushes for shade and protection. In the Big Bend it seems to only bloom in September.
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* From
Cactus and Succulent Journal 89(2):88-91. 2017 (Monica I. Miguel-Vazquez & Gilberto Ocampo)
2 comments:
"It's possible that if the pad isn't level enough there could incur an additional charge to fix it"
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And that is important. Your expensive tank investment will be worthless and will not function properly if the base is not perfectly level. Don't they generally have some sort of laser device they use for grading perfection ??? They do in agricultural fields we level perfect is a must where flood irrigation is to be employed in future farming or half the field may not be productive.
Making it perfectly level isn't my problem. Can do that. My son has the tools to do that. What I worry about is that more fill gets added to the low end so there'll be more settling with weight there. That's why I'm trying to stir up the material in the high end so it will be like fill and not compacted soil. Hopefully when my son gets there Sunday he can do that. My husband started when his bobcat broke down. What messed me up was the guy from the tank company came out and put up stakes where level was and told me to just add to the low end. I soon realized that wouldn't work but a lot of dirt is already on the low end and it's a big hassle to remove it. So we're bringing the higher stuff down but maybe not exactly equally. No one except my son has told me to do this, but I think wetting the stuff good before a final leveling attempt will help it pack. I also worry about the edges of the low end where there's the most fill sliding down from the edge. No one has suggested a retainer wall there. The installer said to make the pad wider there. It's all very overwhelming for me. Maybe I'm over-worrying here.
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