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Re: Topband: tool for install radials

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Subject: Re: Topband: tool for install radials
From: Tim Shoppa <tshoppa@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 10:22:20 -0500
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My wife informed me last night that the tool I have been using to push my
radial wires into the edger-created slot in the dirt, is not a garden tool!
It is a "two prong meat fork".
https://www.etsy.com/listing/205901773/long-meat-fork-wood-handle-red-paint-2?ref=market

Tim N3QE

On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Tim Shoppa <tshoppa@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have succesfully used that edger followed by a hand tool to push the
> radial down into the crack. The gardening tool I used was a lot like a
> little weed-puller but it was a smooth U (not pointy) at the end. I do not
> know what exactly it's called!
>
> There's an "optimal dampness" condition for the edger. Use it when the
> dirt is too dry and you kick up enough enormous clouds of dust and nothing
> holds the dry dirt from falling right back into the crack.. Use it when the
> dirt is too wet and it throws huge amounts of mud everywhere. There is a
> happy damp-but-not-muddy medium where it cuts a slot (even in my yard which
> has a lot of rocks) that doesn't collapse back in on itself.
>
> Tim N3QE
>
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 10:00 AM, john@kk9a.com <john@kk9a.com> wrote:
>
>> Edger?
>>
>> http://www.homedepot.com/p/BLACK-DECKER-Edge-Hog-7-5-in-11-Amp-2-in-1-Electric-Landscape-Edger-LE750/100052063
>>
>> John KK9A
>>
>>
>> Topband: tool for install radials
>> from [Jorge Diez - CX6VM]       [Permanent Link][Original]
>> To:     "'topBand List'" <topband@contesting.com>
>> Subject:        Topband: tool for install radials
>> From:   "Jorge Diez - CX6VM" <cx6vm.jorge@gmail.com>
>> Date:   Tue, 9 Dec 2014 11:45:37 -0200
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I think there´s a tool to make a line in the ground to put radials.
>>
>>
>>
>> Couldn´t find it in website, don´t know the name in English
>>
>>
>>
>> Could you please help me to find it or send me close up photos of yours to
>> try to ask someone locally to make one?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>>
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Jorge
>>
>> CX6VM/CW5W
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