Re: Christmas tree lights

Stan,
Hey, it's people like you that advance the art of gardening. Let us know
how it works out, it is not as crazy as it sounds, we have lights out in
the rain, why not in the soil as a cheep soil heating cable

Ed

On Thu, 28 Jan 1999 pattie@juno.com wrote:

> 
> Some of you may remember my pyramid idea of last Spring.  Well
> it was too wet in my garden last year to try them out properly.
> I have the pyramids made and the Christmas tree lights
> ready to go this year.  Hopefully I will get a chance to try
> them out later this year, maybe in early April.
>      At the local Target store (a department store) after Christmas
> I found Christmas tree lights on clearance.  100 white lights
> for $0.37 per box.  They are those tiny lights, unlike the
> larger ones that I am going to use in the pyramids.  
>      I think I will try burying them about 2 inches under the 
> soil, maybe two strings, about 3 inches apart to pre warm
> the soil so I could possibly put some seeds in the ground
> early.  I will plug them into a GFI (ground fault interrupter).
> Hey, the worst that could happen is when the soil gets wet,
> they trip the GFI.  Actually, I could go out and do that today.
>      The soil isn't frosted today, and it will be interesting to
> see what happens when it snows. 
>      For those of you who don't know me very well yet,
> this kind of stuff is considered normal.
> 
> Stan.............the cheap and lazy gardener.
>      Boulder CO............Zone 6
> 
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