Re: Christmas tree lights

On Thu 28 Jan, 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

Stan, leave one out to tell you when the others are working. I hope they
are not 'permanent contact'. You will have to train a mole to change the
dud bulbs because you won't be able to tell once they are buried. The
chances of spotting the dud are 1 in 100!

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Allan Day  Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
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