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LOL! I'm all for innovative solutions.
I once wrote an article for Helen Nash's now defunct Pond and Garden magazine about disabled pond keepers. This was one hint I didn't uncover. DH has taken to a weed flame thrower in a big way. He has been flame throwing what is left of the old frog bog. He uses it all over the yard and only managed to set the wooden fence on fire once. ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. |
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Galen Hekhuis wrote:
On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:00:23 CST, wrote: LOL! I'm all for innovative solutions. I once wrote an article for Helen Nash's now defunct Pond and Garden magazine about disabled pond keepers. This was one hint I didn't uncover. DH has taken to a weed flame thrower in a big way. He has been flame throwing what is left of the old frog bog. He uses it all over the yard and only managed to set the wooden fence on fire once. I got one of those weed burning devices that uses a propane bottle and has a long wand. I didn't catch the fence on fire, but I got the lawn going pretty good. Got my shoes pretty good too as I tried to stomp out the fire on the lawn. I got the fire out OK and everything but I decided that burning weeds was not for me. But that isn't what made me decide to shoot weeds. I was shooting at paper targets with a pellet trap and all when I got a little bit bored with the paper target and aimed at a nearby weed. At first I was just happy to hit the weed anywhere, but as I got better I learned to shoot at the base of the weed, and I found I could do considerable damage to it. For sure, the "grab at the base and pull it out" method is perhaps the most effective, but not nearly as fun. -- Galen Hekhuis Illiterate? Write for FREE help If you don't get the weed at the root then won't it just grow back ?? |
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On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:54:41 CST, ©anadian Ponder "
wrote: If you don't get the weed at the root then won't it just grow back ?? Yeah, but I just don't shoot 'em just once. I nail them again and again, and most of the time if you fuss with them enough they eventually give up. Sometimes I have to actually yank them out by hand, but I do a fair job with the gun. Lots of times I use a scope, and can place a shot right at the base of the stem if there is one. There are some things like grasses and stuff that spread out and make it pretty hard to find the base, and those have to be dealt with by alternative means. Some do grow back, but that just gives me something to shoot at later. It isn't the only way to weed, but it is a way to get to those hard to reach areas (which for me can be just about anywhere). -- Galen Hekhuis Illiterate? Write for FREE help |
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:43:08 CST, "2pods" wrote:
Is that the little yellow pellets or the silver crimbly ones ? I got what in the US would be called a BB pistol to shoot at the bird table roof which scared the pigeons trying to eat stuff for the smaller birds. However, it wasn't powerful enough when there was the slightest puff of wind. I think I should try an Air Bazooka. I wonder what that would do to Blanketweed ? ;-) Peter I got the all metal type, there was a kind with a plastic part, different colors for different calibers, but I didn't want a whole lot of little plastic parts lying around the pond. I can't really say that having a bunch of spent metal pellets is such a great idea, but at least I don't notice them and they haven't been a hassle so far. As to power, there are pellet guns and there are pellet guns. Some are pretty useless, you can almost blow as hard. Others can pack quite a punch, and it is not uncommon to find fairly inexpensive pellet guns with a muzzle velocity exceeding many .22 firearms. I think I remember from reading that there are restrictions to power in air guns in many countries, so they may not be very effective in some areas. Granted, the pellets are lighter than those made of lead, but at 10-25 yards I find it takes a fairly stiff breeze before my shots are bothered much. Besides, windage is one of those things shooter has to address. -- Galen Hekhuis Illiterate? Write for FREE help |
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