Re: Christmas tree lights

This is true Allan! hehehe
Ruth Shultz...OKC, OK


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>From: Allan Day <allan@crwys.demon.co.uk>
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>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!
>
>-- 
>
>Allan Day  Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
>
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