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Wooden tomato stakes.
Hi,
I used to buy simple 5 (or 6?) feet long 1x1 inch wooden tomato stakes at places like Home Depot and even Wal-Mart. They came in bundles of 9 as far as I remember. This year they look at me as if I am asking for something totally out of the ordinary when I enquire about them. They now stock all kinds of fancy plastic stakes and metal cages, but the good 'ol wooden stakes are nowhere to be found. At least I do not know where to find them now. I live in Round Rock north of Austin and was wondering if anyone know where I may be able to get hold of the ancient wooden tomato stakes. Please do not try to convince me some of these new staking methods are better, I am sure they are, but I need the old wooden ones for some special tomato growing containers I have been using for years. Anyone? -- //ceed |
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Ceed,
Did you check at the contractor desk of Home Depot or Lowes (if you have them)? They can pull out the catalog. Austin is not forest country. However, sawmills sometime will give away the trim where they finish lumber. Highway crews in Louisiana use the 1 X 2 stakes to mark off road borders for road repairs, so if they use them in Texas, they have to be getting them in bulk somewhere. If worse comes to worse, you can get some 1X 2 rough trim in 8 ' lengths at Home Depot or another large lumber outlet, and cut them to the length you want. Politicians used to use them for signs they put in people's yards. (In fact, I arranged with a politicians campaign office to pick up all their signs in a square mile area once, and screwed them to trees in Black Bayou Lake for hanging yoyos.) If this info doesn't help, let me know and I'll do some checking. g "ceed" ceed@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqr stuvwxyzabcdefghijk.com wrote in message newsp.so1oq3to21xk10@bob... Hi, I used to buy simple 5 (or 6?) feet long 1x1 inch wooden tomato stakes at places like Home Depot and even Wal-Mart. They came in bundles of 9 as far as I remember. This year they look at me as if I am asking for something totally out of the ordinary when I enquire about them. They now stock all kinds of fancy plastic stakes and metal cages, but the good 'ol wooden stakes are nowhere to be found. At least I do not know where to find them now. I live in Round Rock north of Austin and was wondering if anyone know where I may be able to get hold of the ancient wooden tomato stakes. Please do not try to convince me some of these new staking methods are better, I am sure they are, but I need the old wooden ones for some special tomato growing containers I have been using for years. Anyone? -- //ceed |
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I arranged with a politicians campaign office to pick up all their signs in a square mile area once, and screwed them to trees in Black Bayou Lake for hanging yoyos.) I have to ask, why did you hang yoyos? The yoyos kids play with on strings? Cindy |
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Cindy,
As used for fishing, a yoyo is a little contraption with a string wrapped around a coiled spring and a triggering device. A fixed string, at the top, is tied to a limb (or stick, attached to a tree). At the bottom, another string is pulled out two to four feet -- tightening the coil spring -- and a small trigger is set. When a fish takes the bait, the device is triggered and the fish is hooked. They are illegal in some states and have to be 'supervised' in others. In Louisiana, fish are plentiful, however, and catfish can be caught on yoyos year round. When set properly, the fish's head is not pulled out of the water, so it can remain alive until brought into the fisherman's boat. g "Cindy" wrote in message . .. I arranged with a politicians campaign office to pick up all their signs in a square mile area once, and screwed them to trees in Black Bayou Lake for hanging yoyos.) I have to ask, why did you hang yoyos? The yoyos kids play with on strings? Cindy |
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Okay, thanks. Learn something new every day!
Cindy "g" wrote in message nk.net... Cindy, As used for fishing, a yoyo is a little contraption with a string wrapped around a coiled spring and a triggering device. A fixed string, at the top, is tied to a limb (or stick, attached to a tree). At the bottom, another string is pulled out two to four feet -- tightening the coil spring -- and a small trigger is set. When a fish takes the bait, the device is triggered and the fish is hooked. They are illegal in some states and have to be 'supervised' in others. In Louisiana, fish are plentiful, however, and catfish can be caught on yoyos year round. When set properly, the fish's head is not pulled out of the water, so it can remain alive until brought into the fisherman's boat. g "Cindy" wrote in message . .. I arranged with a politicians campaign office to pick up all their signs in a square mile area once, and screwed them to trees in Black Bayou Lake for hanging yoyos.) I have to ask, why did you hang yoyos? The yoyos kids play with on strings? Cindy |
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On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 23:29:43 -0500, g wrote:
Ceed, Did you check at the contractor desk of Home Depot or Lowes (if you have them)? They can pull out the catalog. Austin is not forest country. However, sawmills sometime will give away the trim where they finish lumber. Highway crews in Louisiana use the 1 X 2 stakes to mark off road borders for road repairs, so if they use them in Texas, they have to be getting them in bulk somewhere. If worse comes to worse, you can get some 1X 2 rough trim in 8 ' lengths at Home Depot or another large lumber outlet, and cut them to the length you want. Politicians used to use them for signs they put in people's yards. (In fact, I arranged with a politicians campaign office to pick up all their signs in a square mile area once, and screwed them to trees in Black Bayou Lake for hanging yoyos.) If this info doesn't help, let me know and I'll do some checking. Thank you for all your advice. However, I did finally find bamboo stakes at Home Depot. They were 6 feet tall. Got those, so for now: Problem solved! g "ceed" ceed@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqr stuvwxyzabcdefghijk.com wrote in message newsp.so1oq3to21xk10@bob... Hi, I used to buy simple 5 (or 6?) feet long 1x1 inch wooden tomato stakes at places like Home Depot and even Wal-Mart. They came in bundles of 9 as far as I remember. This year they look at me as if I am asking for something totally out of the ordinary when I enquire about them. They now stock all kinds of fancy plastic stakes and metal cages, but the good 'ol wooden stakes are nowhere to be found. At least I do not know where to find them now. I live in Round Rock north of Austin and was wondering if anyone know where I may be able to get hold of the ancient wooden tomato stakes. Please do not try to convince me some of these new staking methods are better, I am sure they are, but I need the old wooden ones for some special tomato growing containers I have been using for years. Anyone? -- //ceed -- //ceed |
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I drove by a pile of cut bamboo on the north side of 45th between
Burnet Rd and MoPac. In my experience, bamboo will outlast most wood in contact with water and soil. My guess is that the property is not in love with them and I know that the city will not collect bamboo. Just a thought. cheers, On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 20:50:53 -0500, ceed ceed@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqr stuvwxyzabcdefghijk.com wrote: Hi, I used to buy simple 5 (or 6?) feet long 1x1 inch wooden tomato stakes at places like Home Depot and even Wal-Mart. They came in bundles of 9 as far as I remember. This year they look at me as if I am asking for something totally out of the ordinary when I enquire about them. They now stock all kinds of fancy plastic stakes and metal cages, but the good 'ol wooden stakes are nowhere to be found. At least I do not know where to find them now. I live in Round Rock north of Austin and was wondering if anyone know where I may be able to get hold of the ancient wooden tomato stakes. Please do not try to convince me some of these new staking methods are better, I am sure they are, but I need the old wooden ones for some special tomato growing containers I have been using for years. Anyone? |
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On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:28:43 -0500, B.Server
wrote: I drove by a pile of cut bamboo on the north side of 45th between Burnet Rd and MoPac. In my experience, bamboo will outlast most wood in contact with water and soil. My guess is that the property is not in love with them and I know that the city will not collect bamboo. Just a thought. Thanks. I actually found bamboo stakes at Lowe's a couple of weeks after my initial posting. They seem to work fine. -- //ceed |
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