Month: July 2014

I knew that getting the motor to run the first time after winterizing would be tough, since it was full of fogging oil. Well, after a lot of pulling and pulling, I got it running!

Burning off the fogging oil

Couldn’t keep it running at an idle, though. Turns out there may have been one small problem: one has to open a vent on the fuel tank, which was news to me as I’d never done this before!

Also, I found it kept running better when started in forward rather than neutral. The manual says not to do that, presumably for safety reasons; but an expert site that was recommended to me said it could be done. Forward is higher RPM, which I think helped keep it running.

Spent the better part of yesterday weeding and mini-tilling to get the garden looking good. Hilled the potatoes, too.

The garden following a good day’s work

Front: parsnips and tipi for runner beans. Left, right, very back: garlic. Centre (L to R): green beans, wax beans, okra x 2, wax beans. Beyond the green and wax beans (L to R) buttercrunch lettuce, beets; behind that, several rows of peas. Far right tomato plants, hot peppers, and farthest to the right, potatoes (Yukon Gem and Yukon Gold).