Re: help needed!

I remember a tool my father had (probably still has) that looked like a long
handled hoe, but the metal part was not bent, it was straight.  And it made
a dandy ice chopper (used standing up and chopping straight down) as I
recall.  No clue what it was called, but I can email him and ask if you
would like.

On 12/19/08, Daryl <dp2413@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Donna,
>
> There's nothing you can do for the vegetation that won't damage it further.
>
> If the temps are close to 30, you can salt the driveway and let Ma Nature
> take care of it. If it's much colder than that, salting won't work and will
> only damage the vegetation.
>
> We used to keep an old ice chisel (formerly used for ice fishing, when we
> lived up north) to get under the ice back in the "bad old days" when your
> type of ice storm was a common occurrence. Used like a shovel, it would
> break up the ice enough so that during the middle of the day when the sun
> was on the drive, we could make enough cuts to get the shovel under the
> worst of the ice.
>
> Otherwise, resignation is the best thing. The weather will do what it will
> do, and waiting is often the best answer. If you have power, heat and water,
> consider yourself blessed.
>
> d  (In Georgia - prime ice storm territory)
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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