RE: native/wild bees- and other good bugs

Theresa - you're so funny! Drunk tadpoles!! Thanks for the laugh - been
bummed about losing Katharine Hepburn today. I needed that!!


Pam


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Theresa- yahoo" <tchessie@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Mon, 30 Jun 2003 11:37:35 -0700

>Thanks-  I'll keep that in mind-- I had visions of drunk tadpoles swimming
>around!
>
>Theresa
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
>Behalf Of Daryl
>Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 10:38 AM
>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] native/wild bees- and other good bugs
>
>
>By "new", I mean after use, but soon after they're cut in half and sold.
>After they dry out completely, the staves shrink, and the hoops tend to fall
>down.
>
>And I'm told that the whiskey barrels will kill plants and fish, but I don't
>know about wine barrels. I use plastic liners in mine. I have a couple of
>pre-formed plastic, and have also used plain plastic stapled on. I've also
>used cut "contractor's bags" with no problem, but who knows what the next
>batch might be like.
>
>Daryl
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Theresa- yahoo" <tchessie@yahoo.com>
>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 12:30 PM
>Subject: RE: [CHAT] native/wild bees- and other good bugs
>
>
>> Ok- can you explain the hoops and barrel thing to me abit more-  when it
>is
>> fresh?  You mean new?  We don't ever see new barrels here- they've all
>been
>> used for wine or something.  Hmmm, wonder if the residual tanins would
>kill
>> plants or critters???
>>
>> Theresa
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
>> Behalf Of Daryl
>> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 8:03 AM
>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] native/wild bees- and other good bugs
>>
>>
>> I have several. A water lily, Thalia dealbata, and some Parrot's Feather
>in
>> one, Watermint , Juncus and Water Canna in another. The plants outside the
>> tubs include evergreens and perennials.
>>
>> By the way, I learned a trick from a friend with a vineyard. She says to
>> screw the hoops onto the barrel while the barrel is still fresh. That way,
>> the hoops don't fall off as the wood shrinks.
>>
>> Daryl
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Theresa- yahoo" <tchessie@yahoo.com>
>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 10:13 AM
>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] native/wild bees- and other good bugs
>>
>>
>> > Well, I certainly can get half barrels here- wine barrels are abundant.
>I
>> > don't however know what types of plants I should be looking for to be
>> > amphibian friendly-  any advise?
>>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX/zone 8A



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