The View From Maybelot

[Maybenaut]

Power’s back, and one of our outdoor cats, Ivy, has returned. Still waiting to see if White Mike makes his way back here.

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

[Maybenaut]

White Mike is back! But we might have to call him Grey Mike for awhile yet.

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[raison de arizona]

So sorry to hear of your loss, but so happy for you that it wasn’t worse!

[AndyinPA]

On the critters

[qbawl]

Talked to the insurance company yesterday. Everything will be covered. I’m supposed to hear from the adjuster today. We need to make a list of everything that was in the barn. There was quite a bit of stuff, but we’ll be able to do that.

Don't forget to include the Picasso...

And of course your one of a kind antique Lamborghini tractor!

[Maybenaut]

Now that it’s dark we can see that there are still a few hot spots on the property - mostly glowing coals but a few small flames. The rain is supposed to start soon.

[keith]

It’s going to start raining here at 10:00 pm, and we’re expecting an inch in the next 24 hours. That ought to help.

Doan wanna be 'that guy' , but...

The rain will hopefully help knock down a lot of the embers and internally burning stumps, but now you gotta pay attention to erosion and landslips caused by the rain since your ground cover is gone. You are already complaining about slides of loose rock held in place by the now gone kudzu.

[Maybenaut]

Don’t worry, I was already ‘that guy.’ We’re very concerned about landslides. Much as I hate the kudzu, it did its job. And it’ll be back.

It’s nice to hear the rain on the roof.

[Foggy]

Yeah, kudzu is pretty indestructible, and will be back. Keith is right, though, the rain will help with hotspots but might wash away a bit of uncovered soil.

Ol' Wifehorn and I are keeping our fingers crossed.

[Slim Cognito]

[Maybenaut]

We saw a snowplow drive by here a bit ago

[pipistrelle]

Kudzu control.

https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/ja_miller006.pdf

Yikes, it's still spreading. Oregon was mentioned...

I wonder if there's a native ground cover that could be planted now that would keep the kudzu from coming back, or compete with it.

[sugar magnolia]

Kudzu control.

https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/ja_miller006.pdf

Yikes, it's still spreading. Oregon was mentioned...

I wonder if there's a native ground cover that could be planted now that would keep the kudzu from coming back, or compete with it.

Nothing can compete with kudzu, including ground covers and huge trees. It's illegal to plant in several states because it's so destructive. Almost half the vine is underground and even after being burned off or sprayed, one little tiny root or node left in the soil will result in a new takeover of the land. There's a reason it's known as "the vine that ate the South."
Thanks, Japan!

[Maybenaut]

We had the septic guy here this morning. The septic system and the underground fresh water cistern were damaged. The septic tank is plastic and needs to be completely replaced. The cistern is concrete. The guy said it can probably be sanitized and repaired. The plastic riser coming up out of the tank and the plastic manhole cover burned off, but the tank is otherwise OK, just full of dirty water.

The barn needs to be torn down and rebuilt. We might relocate it to a different part of the property.

Now the whole place smells like yesterday’s campfire.

If I could just get the insurance company (USAA) to return my calls. I was assigned an adjuster, who has me on ignore. I have yet to speak to her. The intake person said she would return my call within 24 hours. That was Thursday. I left a message Monday and yesterday. Crickets. Her voicemail has the name and extension of her supervisor. That will be my next call.

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

White Mike is back! But we might have to call him Grey Mike for awhile yet.

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