As another Lame Cherry exclusive in matter anti matter.
I have had this idea about gardening in using 6 to 8 inch plastic pipes, about that long, to be used as collars in the garden. I have always used large coffee cans, but they rust out after a number or years, and get quite nasty with the sharp edges.
I would love to have aluminum collars, but every thing is through the roof in cost now with China and Coronavirus.
So I turned to the Junk Yard Man and I found some large plastic pipe, somewhat worse for wear, and got two longish pieces.
I borrowed the uncles saber saw, for the cellar door project, but like all my experiences with a saber saw, it was not worth jack or shit. For that I turned to my electric chainsaw.
The sabers though work when they have the about 8 inch blade with coarse teeth. My cousin uses it to trim trees, but the one uncle had was like a foot long, so I turned it loose on some 1 1/2 inch pipe and it went through like shit through a goose. The big pipe though with TL's help, was a bit more of a problem. The blade was kind of dull, so it was real work, but we turned out 11 pieces of pipe around 7 inches high.
I figure if I can get about 30 of them, that would solve all the cabbage. melons and tomatoes, as I use these collars to concentrate water on plants in our droughts. This seems to be the best way to do it around here.
How I plant, is I use a tile space to loosen up a big ass chunk of soil, so the cans or the pipes can be pressed in easily after the plants are planted.
This was the best method for cutting these pieces. Skill saws are what most use, but that is dangerous as far as I am concerned, even if I borrowed that too. With a sharp saber, you can get the collars you need and if you visit your local junkyard dealer, chances are you can save about 90% in the price.
Just don't cut your leg veins and bleed out.
That should get you started for next year in gardening.
agtG
