I don't know how you plant potatoes, but in my childhood memory they were in rows. I would think a stake every five plants would keep a person in line since the dead vines would tell aperson where to dig. Me being a cheap miser would use whatever I had laying around a few wood lathes here , some pieces of pipe, but re bar seems a little overkill. Well it will last a few decades. If one really has to purchase something then wood laths or tomato stakes wouild be my choice. Thhinking out side the box. how about a stake at each end of the row with a rope or twine between. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert J. Moore To: Blind Handyman Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 7:25 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Steaks for marking your spot
Folks I know this is not a garden list but the question I have really has more to do with types of material to use so I figure I have come to the right place. Hear it is. I am getting ready to start my garden and I want to mark each of about 300 potato plants so I can dig them up in the fall. Question is, what type of sticks, pipes, poles, rods sticks or what ever the case may be, is the most economical yet durable and practicalfor this application. There is a lot out there to choose from and I know that there is problbly not one write answer. Some one on the garden list suggested rebar. Only trouble is I would probably need to go buy some type of special hand held power tool to cut this crap. Hmmm actually now that I think about that option it would give me a good excuse to justify buying a new tool. But really what do you all think. Robert robert [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
