Someone suggested this over the last few days.

As I'm having trouble with soil sticking to the spade
and creating a hole when the spade is pulled up
instead of just a slit, could someone redescribe the
meat cleaver technique?

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:48:41 -0000, "Airy R.Bean"
wrote:

Someone suggested this over the last few days.

As I'm having trouble with soil sticking to the spade
and creating a hole when the spade is pulled up
instead of just a slit, could someone redescribe the
meat cleaver technique?


FYI, I found an alternative tool -- it's a 12-inch blade that is
foot-operated. See the picture at:

http://www.hound-dog.com/steppin_edger.htm

Officially, it's a lawn edger, but it will also cut a slit in the
lawn. If I bury it too deeply in wet soil, the dirt sticks to the
blade, but if I'm careful, and do it in reasonably dry soil, it works
nicely.

Bob
k5qwg

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Someone suggested this over the last few days.

As I'm having trouble with soil sticking to the spade
and creating a hole when the spade is pulled up
instead of just a slit, could someone redescribe the
meat cleaver technique?




An alternative, if you know someone with a Partner cutter, or a 9" angle
grinder, is to just zip along the ground with an old diamond blade,
giving you nice neat slits to drop the wire into. Water it, stamp it back
down, and the XYL need never know!

If you're doing it in a lawn just "sew them in" a good straight line so the
radial is at ground level and then make some U shape pins out of whatever
you have and pin them down. Stretch the radial as tight as possible before
pinning. You'll be surprised how easy it is and how well it works and after
about 2 or 3 mowings you won't be able find them, that is if have a lawn.

--

73
Hank WD5JFR
"Airy R.Bean" wrote in message
...
Someone suggested this over the last few days.

As I'm having trouble with soil sticking to the spade
and creating a hole when the spade is pulled up
instead of just a slit, could someone redescribe the
meat cleaver technique?

Might be nasty if some metal U-pins loosened up and then the lawnmower finds
them.......


"Henry Kolesnik" wrote in message
. com...
If you're doing it in a lawn just "sew them in" a good straight line so
the
radial is at ground level and then make some U shape pins out of whatever
you have and pin them down. Stretch the radial as tight as possible
before
pinning. You'll be surprised how easy it is and how well it works and
after
about 2 or 3 mowings you won't be able find them, that is if have a lawn.

--

73
Hank WD5JFR
"Airy R.Bean" wrote in message
...
Someone suggested this over the last few days.

As I'm having trouble with soil sticking to the spade
and creating a hole when the spade is pulled up
instead of just a slit, could someone redescribe the
meat cleaver technique?

"-XC-" wrote in message
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Might be nasty if some metal U-pins loosened up and then the
lawnmower finds
them.......


Never use a magnetic lawn mower!

Unfortunately SWMBO is the gardener!

"Henry Kolesnik" wrote in message
. com...
If you're doing it in a lawn just "sew them in" a good straight line so
the
radial is at ground level and then make some U shape pins out of whatever
you have and pin them down. Stretch the radial as tight as possible
before
pinning. You'll be surprised how easy it is and how well it works and
after
about 2 or 3 mowings you won't be able find them, that is if have a lawn.
"Airy R.Bean" wrote in message
...
Someone suggested this over the last few days.
As I'm having trouble with soil sticking to the spade
and creating a hole when the spade is pulled up
instead of just a slit, could someone redescribe the
meat cleaver technique?

Airy,
Know anyone with drums? Take cymbols, put in place of wheelbarrow
wheel, find amount of dirt to use for weight for proper depth, wheel
you a 'slit' across the lawn. Insert wire, stomp 'slit' closed. Repeat
till finsihed. Buy new cymbols for drum set.
'Doc

PS - Does it work? Yes. Is it worth the price of new cymbols?
Beats me, too lazy to find out...

I used a lawn edger....


"Airy R.Bean" wrote in message
...
Someone suggested this over the last few days.

As I'm having trouble with soil sticking to the spade
and creating a hole when the spade is pulled up
instead of just a slit, could someone redescribe the
meat cleaver technique?

Problem solved by using the bread knife. (New
replacement purchased for SWMBO)

The problem with a lawn edger is the heavy clay that
adheres to it, resulting in an unsightly hole rather than
a neat slit.

"Sarge" wrote in message
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I used a lawn edger....
"Airy R.Bean" wrote in message
...
Someone suggested this over the last few days.
As I'm having trouble with soil sticking to the spade
and creating a hole when the spade is pulled up
instead of just a slit, could someone redescribe the
meat cleaver technique?