Re: help needed!

Mini lights will work...just takes longer because the don't get as hot as
the other bulbs (smaller)

On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> HUm..... too bad I don't have any of those lights.  Maybe a trip to the
> store
> is in order!  I do have some mini light but I suppose those wouldn't work??
>
> Donna
>
>
> --- On Sat, 12/20/08, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] help needed!
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 11:24 AM
>
> OK, don't laugh at me guys - cause it works.  Remember last
> December/January
> when Oklahoma had this HORRIBLE ice storm move through and take down a ton
> of trees with the weight, which caused power to go down for about 3 weeks
> in
> some areas?  Well, some of the trees that were close to my house I managed
> to save with Christmas lights.  Yep...the big bulbs like you used to hang
> on
> your house.  You can drape them around your tree branches and the ice will
> slowly melt off.  I know it's a lot of work, but it's worth it if you
> want
> to save your trees.  I had a BIG crepe myrtle, a river birch, and several
> maples that I saved that way.  As for the trees in the pastures and creek
> area...nothing I could do.  Just had to let nature take it's course.  We
> lost a lot of branches down there.
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:24 PM, Judy Browning
> <judylee@lewiston.com>wrote:
>
> > I have a sod cutter/edger that looks like that
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Evans"
> <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 6:48 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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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> >>
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> >> Pam Evans
> >> Kemp TX
> >> zone 8A
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> Jesse R. Bell
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