Sundasy
took the cool house tour around Southern Austin. lots more retro fits this year even had a rainstorm in the middle oft afternoon.
Monday
still no water, got up early and blocked off some more of the rafters in the attic. Its still really tigh to crawl around up there. and it gets hot pretty fast.
Went down toJodys and picked up more old bedding for the garden. maybe 6 bags full planted an iris, and the shrimpplant. planted the souvenir garlic upstairs in the deck planter. uses automatic watering from the air conditioner water. made dutch wicks they seem to be working pretty well
several of the homes we visited used low pressure drip irrigation and rainbarrels to irrigate their landscaping and gardens.
I wrapped the new insulation aroundthe cold freon line of the air conditioner had to wrap entire line as the temperature difference pops the adhesive slit open. Its the same foam but nod==w the whole thing is wrapped in duct tape not spiralled just around.

mexican heather is getting dryed out and still have not figured out where to plant the other two irises. I want a planter area under the trees on the back porcsh somewhere. maybe I can get by with some buckets. If I can keep them in the shade they may do better then the other planter spots. Lots of mulch seems to help all the planters even at the Kamenzinds. planted some heirloom beans, I just wanted to replace on planter but after soaking so many beans I just planted them everywhere even around the trees just to see if the soil will handle it. I will have to make a cage for thme to keep the deer away butat least will know if I can add somemore plants arond the trees. The mulch has really changed the ecosystem.

Wednesday projects includea trip to the post office to mail stuff to MEB and liz, get $75 for the water drop.move the canopy from the west. see if the Home depot still has the corrugated special will also need some 1 b 2 and eventually some paint. see aout new gable door for the upper story. Temperature got up to 130 in the attic outsidewas about 105 F