RE: Inside Bon Vivant Nursery/ now weeding without getting stuck

How about a long handled triangle headed weeding hoe?

Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5) 

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From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Theresa W.
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 10:03 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Inside Bon Vivant Nursery/ now weeding without getting
stuck

Speaking of weeding around pokey things-  anyone have a suggestion for
weeding clover from around my agave plant???

Theresa

Vera Metzke wrote:
> Chris
>
> This is beautiful....I shared it with my husband the plumber!  
> Suggested one for the back and he seemed to make funny faces at me!
> Also love teh Opuntia!  I have had one for several years and really 
> dread the weeding around it!  I have resorted to using the grill tongs 
> just to move it about to weed!  The large spines are easy to spot - it 
> is the tiny hair like ones that always get me!  The blooms are absolutely
breathtaking!
> Thanks for sharing the pictures!
>
> Vera
>
>
> On 6/12/06, Christopher P. Lindsey <lindsey@mallorn.com> wrote:
>   
>> You've all probably read my nursery trials and tribulations in 
>> amusement, boredom, or annoyance over the past few months.
>>
>> I'm here to make sure that it continues.  :)
>>
>> Since I didn't have enough room (or sun) in the back for my plants, I 
>> ended up using the flat roof over my garage.  I installed three long 
>> storage tables and built a framework for two of them out of PVC, 
>> covered them with shadecloth, installed a misting system over the 
>> top, and then connected it all to a manifold that's controlled by my
computer.
>>
>> It's pretty much done now, so I'm torturing you even further by 
>> putting some photos online:
>>
>> Here's the first framework covered with shadecloth:
>>
>>   http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/nursery/rooftop/shadecloth1.jpg
>>
>> The second one was the same height until today; I needed to add 
>> another foot since the coneflowers were growing through it:
>>
>>   http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/nursery/rooftop/shadecloth2.jpg
>>
>> The third shelves don't have any shadecloth yet, but will probably 
>> get some:
>>
>>   http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/nursery/rooftop/nocloth.jpg
>>
>> The first two shelves are on a timer-based watering system, but the 
>> third one is still watered by hand.  I left an opening for it in the 
>> manifold though:
>>
>>   http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/nursery/rooftop/manifold.jpg
>>
>> I should add that the pipe isn't that bent.  It's partially because 
>> of the lens that I was using.  :)  Another tip:  PVC doesn't lose 
>> it's integrity when exposed to UV light, but it *can* become more 
>> susceptible to stress fractures.  Painting it protects the plastic so 
>> that it can be exposed to light.
>>
>> Of course, there are some plants that just don't care about watering 
>> systems at all:
>>
>>   http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/nursery/rooftop/cactus.jpg
>>
>> I love Opuntia.  I just dread the day that I have to package one up 
>> to ship.
>>
>> Chris
>>
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