Re: Re: dried up gardens
Thanks Jim, sounds like just what I need. I see a trip to HD in my near
future. How's Dennis treating you?
----- Original Message -----
From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: dried up gardens
> Judy, both RainBird and DIG make single station battery-powered timers
> that can be set to turn on and off a hose two or more times a day. If
> you use Toro's blue-stripe poly-pipe rather than a hose, you can run
> any number of drip lines or micro sprinklers off it. HD has all this
> stuff.
>
> On Jul 9, 2005, at 9:04 PM, Judy Browning wrote:
>
> > Is there a timer available that can be set to water for a specific time
> > daily? We have automatic sprinklers, but I don't have lines or space
> > on that
> > timer for all my pots that need some water once or twice every day. I'm
> > wondering if I could set up a timer on a spigot to take care of a line
> > for
> > them while I'm on vacation. Anybody doing this?
> > Judy B
> > z 6 Idaho Rainy & cooler 74F or so.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 10:30 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: dried up gardens
> >
> >
> >> Before I put the whole thing on a six station RainBird timer a couple
> >> of years ago, Donna, I used battery operated RainBird timers that are
> >> designed to attach to a hose bib and have the hose attached to them. I
> >> suspect that for random use, they would drive one nuts having to
> >> program them whenever you wanted to water something for an hour.
> >>
> >> Gardena makes a mechanical water timer for about $25.00 that can be
> >> set
> >> from 5 to 120 minutes. Gardena makes good products; I think I'd try
> >> it.
> >>
> >> On Jul 9, 2005, at 5:28 PM, Donna wrote:
> >>
> >>> Which one do you use Jim? We had one, but never worked right...
> >>> either
> >>> it
> >>> would go off too soon (like a minute after it started) or stay on
> >>> forever....
> >>>
> >>> Donna
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Yeah, this is exactly why I have ours on a timer. We don't have
> >>>> "city
> >>>> water"--have a well, so chlorine is not a problem and neither is a
> >>>> sewer tax. But memory sure is; no way I could remember to water all
> >>>> the
> >>>> stuff that needs water and no way I'd want spend all that time doing
> >>>> it
> >>>> even if I could remember.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Jul 9, 2005, at 2:36 PM, Jesse Bell wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I hear ya Kitty. I have done the very same thing. Once I left the
> >>>>> hose on all night LONG.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> kmrsy@comcast.net wrote:
> >>>>>> It has been so hot and I have been so busy the last two weeks I
> >>>>>> haven't
> >>>>>> had time to water or weed much. Gardens are getting away from me.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Same here, but I keep trying. Twice however, made BIG mistake. Left
> >>>>> the
> >>>>> water running on the north fence area for something like 8 hours.
> >>>>> And
> >>>>> the other evening I set a sprayer on light spray to water at the
> >>>>> base
> >>>>> of
> >>>>> my Silver Fir and forgot and left it running for about 12 hours.
> >>>>> None
> >>>>> of
> >>>>> the palnts will be hurt by this as each overwatered area is near a
> >>>>> slope. In addition to all the intentional watering, I'm really
> >>>>> worried
> >>>>> about what my water charges will be this month. They also charge a
> >>>>> sewer
> >>>>> fee for all water. I think I should invest in good timers. The
> >>>>> ones I
> >>>>> had before I didn't trust and got rid of them. But as I get older
> >>>>> it
> >>>>> is
> >>>>> too easy to get distracted and I can't keep doing this.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Kitty
> >>>>> neIN, Zone5
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -------------- Original message --------------
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Oh Pam...I have been emptying her pool near the new trees we
> >>>>>> planted
> >>>>>> and
> >>>>>> all that red clover from the seeds you sent me. That yard is going
> >>>>>> NUTS...the red clover has taken OVER. She eats it and LOVES it.
> >>>>>> Last
> >>>>>> night I was out trimming down my sun-fried iris "flags" and she
> >>>>>> was
> >>>>>> "helping" me. I trimmed them, and then she would go behind me and
> >>>>>> make
> >>>>>> sure there weren't any "left overs". Then she proceeded to trim
> >>>>>> down
> >>>>>> my
> >>>>>> daylilies that are no longer blooming. She only "weeds" or "trims"
> >>>>>> what
> >>>>>> I'm working on. And she's pretty darn good at it.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> It has been so hot and I have been so busy the last two weeks I
> >>>>>> haven't
> >>>>>> had time to water or weed much. Gardens are getting away from me.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Jess
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Pam Evans wrote:
> >>>>>> You ought to empty that pool water into your flower beds. With
> >>>>>> that
> >>>>>> little extra zip of fertilizer, they should do famously! LOL
> >>>>>> And ALL your animals are rotten darlin'. Even the deer! Too funny.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 7/9/05, Jesse Bell wrote:
> >>>>>>> I KNOW IT! Well she has her own little yard, a little barn, a
> >>>>>>> pool. I
> >>>>>>> figure when winter rolls around I'll have to put a bird bath
> >>>>>>> heater
> >>>>>>> in
> >>>>>>> her pool so I can drain it frequently. She poops in it...a LOT! I
> >>>>>>> change
> >>>>>>> it out every day. She is so ROTTEN.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center
> >>>>>>> <4042N15@nationalhearing.com>
> >>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>> have to go get a bigger pool that she can swim in,
> >>>>>>> And they say CATS train their owners. This goose has you wrapped
> >>>>>>> around her
> >>>>>>> little...little what?
> >>>>>>> What happens come winter?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Kitty
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>>>>> From: "Jesse Bell"
> >>>>>>> To:
> >>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 9:46 AM
> >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Now link to- Update on Lady Chatsworth of
> >>>>>>> Peeperville...
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Yes...she is a cutie pie. We go for our walk every single
> >>>>>>>> evening.
> >>>>>>>> When
> >>>>>>>> my son was here we took her down to the ponds so she could
> >>>>>>>> actually
> >>>>>>>> paddle and swim. No deal. She doesn't like it when she can't see
> >>>>>>>> in
> >>>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>> water. A fish nibbled at her foot and she jumped straight up in
> >>>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>> air,
> >>>>>>>> ran on top of the water and landed in my lap, short of breath
> >>>>>>>> and
> >>>>>>>> scared
> >>>>>>>> to death. I laughed so hard. Since then, she won't go in the
> >>>>>>>> ponds,
> >>>>>>>> only
> >>>>>>>> on the edge. She is like ME..I only like chlorinated water...no
> >>>>>>>> surprises, no sharks, no critters that will nibble on me. So
> >>>>>>>> now...I
> >>>>>>>> have to go get a bigger pool that she can swim in, but one with
> >>>>>>>> a
> >>>>>>>> stopper to let the water out because it's too heavy to lift and
> >>>>>>>> empty!
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Pam Evans wrote:
> >>>>>>>> Let momma stay?? You betcha! What a riot that picture is w/
> >>>>>>>> Brianna, Lady Chatsworth and Spencer. Hard to believe your girls
> >>>>>>>> w/
> >>>>>>>> be 17 in a few short weeks. And that is one happy goose indeed.
> >>>>>>>> Major bonding action going there m'dear! Can't wait to see her
> >>>>>>>> in
> >>>>>>>> October.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On 7/9/05, james singer wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> The question may be--now that the goose has taken over--will
> >>>>>>>>> she
> >>>>>>>>> let
> >>>>>>>>> Jesse stay? She is a cutie, though. And they can be quite
> >>>>>>>>> fearless
> >>>>>>>>> watchdogs when full grown.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On Jul 9, 2005, at 12:01 PM, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National
> >>>>>>>>> Hearing
> >>>>>>>>> Center wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Great pictures. That is one happy goose. I think she plans to
> >>>>>>>>>> stay.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Kitty
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>>>>>>>> From: "Donna"
> >>>>>>>>>> To:
> >>>>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 6:20 AM
> >>>>>>>>>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Now link to- Update on Lady Chatsworth of
> >>>>>>>>>> Peeperville...
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> And the pictures can now be found here:
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> http://simplymyworld.com/gardenchat/jesse/jesse3.htm
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> or
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> http://hort.net/+YTL
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Donna
> >>>>>>>>>>> Sorry Jesse, took awhile for them to get here and I crashed
> >>>>>>>>>>> out
> >>>>>>> before
> >>>>>>>>>> that-
> >>>>>>>>>>> been a 'long' week.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Behalf Of Jesse
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> I sent Donna some updated photos of Lady Chatsworth. She has
> >>>>>>>>>>>> outgrown
> >>>>>>>>>> her
> >>>>>>>>>>>> swimming pool so it's time to buy a NEW one.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Photo 1: Close up of her with the little bit of down she has
> >>>>>>>>>>>> left on
> >>>>>>>>>> her
> >>>>>>>>>>>> head
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Photo2: Ballet? Stretching? Hmmmm
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Photo 3: Jesse loving on the goose woman
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Photo 4: Hanging out by the chiminea
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Photo 5: Daughter Brianna "going long with the Peepster
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Woman"
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>>>> ---
> >>>>>>>>>>>> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with
> >>>>>>>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>>>>>> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>>>>> ----
> >>>>>>>>>>> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with
> >>>>>>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>>>>> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>>>> ---
> >>>>>>>>>> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with
> >>>>>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>>>> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Island Jim
> >>>>>>>>> Southwest Florida
> >>>>>>>>> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> >>>>>>>>> Hardiness Zone 10
> >>>>>>>>> Heat Zone 10
> >>>>>>>>> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >>>>>>>>> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>>> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with
> >>>>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>>> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>> Pam Evans
> >>>>>>>> Kemp TX
> >>>>>>>> zone 8A
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>> -
> >>>>>>>> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> >>>>>>>> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>> -
> >>>>>>>> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> >>>>>>>> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> >>>>>>> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> >>>>>>> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Pam Evans
> >>>>>> Kemp TX
> >>>>>> zone 8A
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> -
> >>>>>> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> >>>>>> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> -
> >>>>>> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> >>>>>> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> >>>>> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> >>>>> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> Island Jim
> >>>> Southwest Florida
> >>>> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> >>>> Hardiness Zone 10
> >>>> Heat Zone 10
> >>>> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >>>> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> >>>>
> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>> -
> >>>> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> >>>> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
> >>>
> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> >>> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Island Jim
> >> Southwest Florida
> >> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> >> Hardiness Zone 10
> >> Heat Zone 10
> >> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> >>
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> >> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> > message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
> >
> >
> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
Other Mailing lists |
Author Index |
Date Index |
Subject Index |
Thread Index
