[OT] non-computer day

[Ric Moore]

On Sunday  May 27 2007 8:52:01 pm Vu Pham wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-05-27 at 18:57 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Sunday  May 27 2007 11:07:42 am Vu Pham wrote:
> > > Being tired because of  staying up late many nights, I decided to have
> > > a non-computer day ( of course, except sending/receiving emails which
> > > is not really considered computer work any more ). So I stopped by a
> > > local garden to get an orange and apple trees ( my wife asked me to do
> > > this six months ago ) , then stopped by Home Depot to get some garden
> > > stuff and really had some hard work today. Hmm, I had not touched the
> > > shovel or the wheel barrel for many years. It took me more than an hour
> > > for the first hole for the orange but less than half an hour for the
> > > 2nd one. I guess I lost 5 lbs this morning for doing this, and lowered
> > > my cholesterol level to my knees :)
> >
> > A good post-hole digger is your friend. I guess it's too late to mention
> > that now! <chuckles> Ric
>
> It's not late at all. I plan to have one or two more fruit tress in my
> back yard. Just do not know what the HOA will say :)

Assert your manly prerogative! Tools are a biological necessity and your quest 
to acquire them may not be abridged. Keep a lightly oiled wipe rag handy to 
polish them and she'll not touch your posthole digger with a ten foot pole. 
Well, I have known a gal or two that would swoon at the sight of machine oil 
shine, but that's another story from another time. 

With a good post-hole digger, you can dig REALLY deep down, with plenty of 
room for some good handfuls of gravel or vermiculite at the bottom, a good 
layer of top soil, then stick the tree in after opening up the root ball 
gently. I always give them a watering with a light amount of miracle grow 
mixed in.  You just can't dig deep with a shovel unless you dig a pretty good 
sized hole. For just two trees maybe you can borrow one?? Ric