now that goes to prove something - "dibber"???? I thought that was the
opposite of the "dibeeeeeee" - as in the one who didn't get "dibs" on an
item.... but then again I'm a left coast city dweller and must be forgiven
for not knowing these things
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dibber
The dibber was first recorded in Roman times and has remained mostly
unchanged since. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, farmers would
use long handled dibbers of metal or wood to plant crops. One man would walk
with a dibber making holes, and a second man would plant seeds in each hole
and fill it in. It wasn't until the Renaissance that dibbers became a
manufactured item, some made of iron for penetrating harder soils and clay.

so, let me get this straight - we use a lathe to make a pointy stick?


"Darrell Feltmate" wrote in message
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Leo
I get your drift over using a dibber to plant bulbs, but I have used one a
lot and it all depends on how you set the bulb in the hole. I think a lot
of whether to use one for bulbs, seeds, bare root stock or transplants
depends on soil preparation and soil type. My farming relatives used
dibbers for planting lots of stuff including bulbs. Would it not have been
fun to sit them all down together, sit on the edges and let them go to it?
Learn a lot and they could do all the work. Different strokes for
different folks but if you get together everyone learns as long as you are
willing. Some of the days you have to hear about the stuff my
father-in-law did because he was too ignorant (not stupid) to know what
could not be done until he had already done it.
Rambling? Me? Nah? :-)

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God bless and safe turning
Darrell Feltmate
Truro, NS
http://aroundthewoods.com
http://roundopinions.blogspot.com

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Hi Darrell

Sticking my neck out here, but a dibber should NOT be used for
planting bulbs, for seeds or roots it's OK.
The reason the dibber is not the right kind of implement for bulb
planting is, the hole bottom should be flat so the bulbs base sits
right on the soil and the roots can get into the soil immediately and
with a dibber there's a good chance the bulb does have a open area
below it, and not the best condition for the bulb roots to start, and
one of the reasons bulbs to rot, this is what I have been told by
professional bulb growers, I had some in my immediate family, (passed
away recently).

However offset turning should be a good item to know for most all of
us, when one makes some handles, be it for a dibber or some other
tool.
Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo


On Sep 11, 11:54 am, "Darrell Feltmate"
wrote:
Oops! Sorry. I posted this first under the wrong heading.

Just a quick yes or no question here folks. This being bulb planting
season
and wanting a garden dibber (no I do not know where last year's dibber
went)
I turned one. Being the comfort loving person that I am, I put an oval
handle on it because I like the feel. With the interest there seems to
be in
offset turning on the group these days, is it worth the time to folks
for me
to do a video/picture page of a garden dibber with an oval handle?
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God bless and safe turning
Darrell Feltmate
Truro, NShttp://aroundthewoods.comhttp://roundopinions.blogspot.com







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