Has anyone used LED bar lights as sconces?
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Has anyone used a Planting Bar?
Comments (7)Hi Greg, I've used one. The planting bar is faster than a shovel. Some people use the word dibble interchangeably with planting bar. I believe they are actually two separate entities. Either way, I used the one that was heavier with the tapered end. The other one I originally bought did not work as well and it had more of a squared off end. I gave you a link below. Buy the style on the right if you are going to go this route. Was the person who got 500 in the ground in one day Paul Bunyon accompanied by Babe per chance? I bought both of my planting bars from Foresters. I weigh almost 120 lbs and I was able to get just over a hundred seedlings in the ground in one day when I volunteered at the forest preserve. People who weigh more do much better but I don't know anyone who did more than 200 and these seedlings were not more than 6-8" tall. Our ground out here is a heavier clay and jumping on that thing and wriggling it back and forth to create a space to insert the seedling gets old real quick. So does bending over to put the seedling in the crack without damaging its roots. I don't see any way to avoid spending time with each seedling. When I was working with bareroots on my own property, I'd say I could get almost a 50 in the ground in one day but that was sun up to sun down and those bareroots were only in the 3' range. You can kick the ground to try to close off the hole but it never worked quite like they tell you it will so I found that dragging a pale of heavy top soil was a bigger help. I kicked the hole closed as best as I could and added heavy top soil around the base. I planted seedlings about an inch above grade and I planted bareroot saplings about 2" above grade and then added more heavy top soil around the base. The other thing I did was to spread corn glutten meal around the bases of my bare roots to help stop weeds from germinating. I later added mulch and tree tubes. Don't forget tree tubes if you have deer in the area or they will have a field day chowing down your seedlings this coming spring. I'd count on 5-7 days to do it right to get 500 in the ground and that is without adding tubes and staking the tubes with bamboo. Ben Gay will be your friend when you are finished. Here is a link that might be useful: Planting Bar...See MoreHas anyone used RH Avery sconces? Pix?
Comments (0)(x-posted from decorating, which is a very active forum but I'm getting no responses) This is a small candlestick-with-shade on a long, skinny post. Does anyone have them? Can you post pix? My mom and I want to use two in the bathroom on either side of a pivot mirror. I'd originally picked out schoolhouse shades, which I really like but she vetoed...and it's her bathroom, so she should have the last word. Do y'all think it would look nice here? Pic of mirror and formerly planned schoolhouse light: I hate making decorating decisions. Link to RH Avery sconce below. TIA. Blue Here is a link that might be useful: RH Avery sconce...See Morehas anyone used these ucl led's?
Comments (1)It would be worthwhile to read the link below which was started for a different brand of low voltage UCL, but the pointers are relevant for both low and line voltage installs. Direct wire is probably the least problematic route for most people. Here is a link that might be useful: LED UCL discussion...See MoreHas anyone used battery powered LED lights (the stick on kind)?
Comments (10)Wow, you must have been reading my mind! I was just testing some of these. I have one of the Sylvania Linear Swivel right here on my desk (DH bought them for me when I complained about my office being to dark some times). Pros: Battery operated; not harsh light. Can swivel it back and forth so you can make is shine on the counter or the backsplash. Cons: Touch light. Have to touch it in a certain place but not hard. You can brush it to turn in on. Sylvania Golden Dragon; Pros: Battery Operated. Motion Detect and you can also dim it. Cons: Can be a little tricky to dim/turn off. Light is a little harsher, and pinpointed. Can't adjust the direction I would prefer something with motion detection. I am picturing myself with wet or dirty hands and I would not want to touch the light. Next time I go to a Walmart I am going to look for one of these http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sylvania-Linear-Motion-Sensor-LED-Light-Bulb-in-White/15958704 It looks like the head may swivel front to back which would be fine. This one also looks nice, but is not low profile, and still a touch light. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Rite-Lite-12-LED-Under-Cabinet-Light/7942766?findingMethod=rr&ssm=0amp;sspt=1 If I can't find something with motion detection I will probably go with the Linear Swivel. I guess I can always brush it with the back of my wrist if my hands are dirty. I'll let you know if I buy any others to test....See Moreker9
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