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

Hi Darrell, Whatever you take your time to offer us is always worth our
time to take advantage of. If you want to 'dabble in dibbs', I'm sure it
will be worth our time.


Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter


http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings

On Sep 11, 11:53 am, (Arch) wrote:
Hi Darrell, Whatever you take your time to offer us is always worth our
time to take advantage of. If you want to 'dabble in dibbs', I'm sure it
will be worth our time.

Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter

http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings

I second that, but, what the heck is a garden dibber?

Neil
A garden dibber (sometimes called a dibble) is a traditional English
gardening tool. It is used to make planting holes for seeds or transplants
in the manner of a trowel. Basically it looks like a pointed stick with
measuring marks and a handle. I will try to post a picture in the near
future.

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

"Neillarson" wrote in message
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On Sep 11, 11:53 am, (Arch) wrote:
Hi Darrell, Whatever you take your time to offer us is always worth our
time to take advantage of. If you want to 'dabble in dibbs', I'm sure it
will be worth our time.

Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter

http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings

I second that, but, what the heck is a garden dibber?

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?
--
God bless and safe turning
Darrell Feltmate
Truro, NShttp://aroundthewoods.comhttp://roundopinions.blogspot.com

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? :-)

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

wrote in message
ps.com...
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?
--
God bless and safe turning
Darrell Feltmate
Truro, NShttp://aroundthewoods.comhttp://roundopinions.blogspot.com

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
news:Nw%Fi.36210$bO6.29268@edtnps89...
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? :-)

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

wrote in message
ps.com...
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?
--
God bless and safe turning
Darrell Feltmate
Truro, NShttp://aroundthewoods.comhttp://roundopinions.blogspot.com







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Exactly! but pretty, pointed sticks! :-)

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

"William Noble" wrote in message
.. .
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
news:Nw%Fi.36210$bO6.29268@edtnps89...
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? :-)

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

wrote in message
ps.com...
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?
--
God bless and safe turning
Darrell Feltmate
Truro, NShttp://aroundthewoods.comhttp://roundopinions.blogspot.com







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"Darrell Feltmate" wrote in message
news:Yt8Gi.61387$vP5.50186@edtnps90...
Exactly! but pretty, pointed sticks! :-)


Properly pointed sticks that allow penetration of heavy soil and spread out
immediately to keep the shallots from starting too deep.

The size 12 treatment tucks the soil up tight around the roots.

Right George. Put your best foot forward :-) plant it where it counts :-)

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

"George" wrote in message
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"Darrell Feltmate" wrote in message
news:Yt8Gi.61387$vP5.50186@edtnps90...
Exactly! but pretty, pointed sticks! :-)


Properly pointed sticks that allow penetration of heavy soil and spread
out immediately to keep the shallots from starting too deep.

The size 12 treatment tucks the soil up tight around the roots.

Shallot? isn't that an onion without a brain?


"George" wrote in message
. net...

"Darrell Feltmate" wrote in message
news:Yt8Gi.61387$vP5.50186@edtnps90...
Exactly! but pretty, pointed sticks! :-)


Properly pointed sticks that allow penetration of heavy soil and spread
out immediately to keep the shallots from starting too deep.

The size 12 treatment tucks the soil up tight around the roots.



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