rintintin
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Feb 4, 2011 19:07:59 GMT -5
Post by rintintin on Feb 4, 2011 19:07:59 GMT -5
Got an old mailbox around? Install it in your garden. It makes a handy, rainproof place to store gloves, pruners, twine, and all of the things you constantly need in your daily gardening.
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Feb 4, 2011 23:31:47 GMT -5
Post by w8in4dave on Feb 4, 2011 23:31:47 GMT -5
hmmmm good idea..but who is going to put it up???
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Mar 24, 2011 17:46:53 GMT -5
Post by organicbaby on Mar 24, 2011 17:46:53 GMT -5
I had read about this idea before and the other day as I looked around (and around ) the garden for a tool I needed said to myself "You really need a mailbox!"
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Mar 24, 2011 19:56:54 GMT -5
Post by nofeargardener on Mar 24, 2011 19:56:54 GMT -5
ok.... this is fantastic! I know I'm in good company now.
A few years ago when I replaced our mailbox, I started using the old one for clippers, gloves, twine, etc. At the time, I thought to myself...hmmm this is kinda weird, but kinda smart too. Yay! I'm not as crazy as I thought! ;D
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Apr 18, 2011 13:21:39 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2011 13:21:39 GMT -5
They make good birdhouses, too.
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Apr 19, 2011 15:33:29 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2011 15:33:29 GMT -5
Don't have a yard so to speak, hubbies no good at that & renting limits me to container but I use mine in that Bath-Painted added a cute wall border and fill with TP to keep right by the toilet. Living in the Concrete Jungle we have stacked Cinder blocks and the holes have things in them, not weather proof by handy. Great place to set your Tea, Coffe or Brew too
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waretrop
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Jan 7, 2012 10:25:42 GMT -5
Post by waretrop on Jan 7, 2012 10:25:42 GMT -5
I have a couple of acres of scattered veggie and flower gardens spaced quite far apart. I have a mailbox near each garden with gloves, nippers, garden hand tools, the dusts or chemicals if needed for that area, twine, dried blood, etc. I also might add that everything is individually enclosed in zip lock baggies and there is a back up of baggies in there also. Some have cardinal vines growing up the post and over the box and some are just plain. I get them from garage sales and may be dented a little for it adds character.
I really like the idea of the mailbox bird house so next Spring I will be doing something with that idea.
Thanks, Barb in Pa.
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Jan 7, 2012 21:00:21 GMT -5
Post by spacecase0 on Jan 7, 2012 21:00:21 GMT -5
. I have a mailbox near each garden with gloves, nippers, garden hand tools, the dusts or chemicals if needed for that area, twine, dried blood, etc. I also might add that everything is individually enclosed in zip lock baggies and there is a back up of baggies in there also. so how does a ziplock of dried blood help you out ? I just can't imagine a use for it, and I really want to know what it might be
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waretrop
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Jan 7, 2012 22:20:04 GMT -5
Post by waretrop on Jan 7, 2012 22:20:04 GMT -5
Oh, Dried blood has become very expensive these past few years. They are being force to process it cleaner. I use it to keep deer, chipmunks and mainly rabbits away from plants. I have Hosta and wabbits love them. It's also used as some type of fertilization but I am not sure about that. I also use fox urine and moth crystals. They also go into zip lock bags, believe me. I have hundreds of chipmunks and all these things keep them away. It really works. I have allot of stone walls and it's a wonderful home for them. they are so brasin they will come right up to me and see what I am doing in the garden. When I use my secret weapons they are totally gone. Zip lock bags keep everything dry and spiders out of things. My metal nippers don't get rusty and my gloves don't get spider in them when zipped up. I keep many pair of gloves in each mailbox in bags and never put a used pair back. I put them on and wash my hands with the hose and then they go into the washing after each use. Barb in Pa.
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Jan 11, 2012 0:04:35 GMT -5
Post by coppice on Jan 11, 2012 0:04:35 GMT -5
Used mail boxes can also hold vital garden supliments like the salt cellar...
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waretrop
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Jan 11, 2012 9:36:06 GMT -5
Post by waretrop on Jan 11, 2012 9:36:06 GMT -5
Yes, but if you don't seal it in a zip lock bag the salt will take on moisture, hence the cellar not being needed anymore. It would be just salt in a sealed bag. ;D
Salt will kill slugs and plants. What would you do with salt in a garden?
Barb in Pa.
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Jan 11, 2012 23:33:25 GMT -5
Post by coppice on Jan 11, 2012 23:33:25 GMT -5
A tomato isn't at its very best till dressed with a few grains of salt. I and my wolf-apple should both be warm and a little sweaty at suppertime.
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waretrop
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Jan 12, 2012 9:50:40 GMT -5
Post by waretrop on Jan 12, 2012 9:50:40 GMT -5
coppice, Oh and I suppose that you put sugar on your grapefruit as well as salt on apples, tomatoes, celery and radishes. Salt will kill slugs as well as humans. Barb in Pa. P.S. After much thought about this, I had to modify this post just a bit. Not for a negative reason but I think my hubby would love a zip lock bag of salt in the 2 veggie garden mail boxes. I think I will add to my lil mail box collection this afternoon. Thank you very much.
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Jan 12, 2012 10:59:01 GMT -5
Post by coppice on Jan 12, 2012 10:59:01 GMT -5
Ware, I'se old fat and bunged up. There is nothing my doctor would like better than I do not keep the salt cellar near tomato plants. Just cause I likes it, don't mean its good for me.
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