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  • #391
    Originally posted by ExileOnDaytonStreet View Post
    Okay, so this one is perhaps more of a home repair question, but I'll post it here first to see what you guys think.

    I had one of those winterizing valve things on my hose bib, and the set screw sheared off when I tried to take it off last weekend. As a result, the only way to take it off the bib was with a wrench, and the screw wound up stripping off some of the male thread on the bib.

    Now, because of the stripped thread, my hose can't make a solid seal and the water leaks between the bib and the hose when I turn the water on. It's a soldered bib (I'm sure), which means I don't have an easy way to fix it without completely repairing the bib. Any suggestions?
    Thread tape is made for tapered thread, hose bib is not tapered but running. It seals with a washer in the female part. I assume you took the threads off the male end so the female end on a hose will never tighten?
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    • #392
      Re: Garden Geeks thread

      Originally posted by walrus View Post
      Thread tape is made for tapered thread, hose bib is not tapered but running. It seals with a washer in the female part. I assume you took the threads off the male end so the female end on a hose will never tighten?
      The female end will go on, but when I open the faucet, water sprays out the top of the female end of the hose.

      Short of magically re-forming the thread or otherwise finding another way to seal up the joint with the female end of the hose, I don't see too many options that don't involve me replacing the bib.
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      • #393
        Re: Garden Geeks thread

        got up to 50 today, the top of the kids' swing set is now visible above the snow. It's going to be a long April in Keweenaw County.
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        • #394
          Re: Garden Geeks thread

          Originally posted by ExileOnDaytonStreet View Post
          The female end will go on, but when I open the faucet, water sprays out the top of the female end of the hose.

          Short of magically re-forming the thread or otherwise finding another way to seal up the joint with the female end of the hose, I don't see too many options that don't involve me replacing the bib.
          So it will screw on but will it tighten? If it gets tight is their a washer in the hose? Is the face of the bib deformed to the point the washer won't seal on it.
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          • #395
            Re: Garden Geeks thread

            effing snow. fingers crossed for the flowers that have started to come up already.

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            • #396
              Re: Garden Geeks thread

              This is shaping up to be a real quagmire of a spring here in So. WI. Weather forecast today says the next chance of sunshine is a week from now - Saturday. Tough to get into the garden when it's all 6 inches of mud.
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              • #397
                Re: Garden Geeks thread

                Originally posted by MadTownSioux View Post
                This is shaping up to be a real quagmire of a spring here in So. WI. Weather forecast today says the next chance of sunshine is a week from now - Saturday. Tough to get into the garden when it's all 6 inches of mud.
                Can relate. Supposed to have cool coudy weather until next week. Still soggy. Need to rebuild the raised beds- not happening yet.

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                • #398
                  Re: Garden Geeks thread

                  Our tomatoes are starting to peter out, as we've been getting some days in the 90s. Getting a few strawberries from a hanging basket I had about given up on, so that's fun. Still have some lettuce, carrots, and beets going in the garden and hopefully some potatoes. Most other stuff is done. Oh, and asparagus plants are looking good, at least the five that survived the winter and a little boy's desire to help pull weeds or things that look like weeds.
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                  • #399
                    Re: Garden Geeks thread

                    Subscribed because why the hell not? It's been an absolutely brutal winter and I'm hoping winter ends soon. I'll need all the help I can get this year desperately trying to revive my yard.
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                    • #400
                      Re: Garden Geeks thread

                      Glad I got the garden tilled last Sunday as it's rained every day since.

                      The good part is that the loose soil has settled nicely.

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                      • #401
                        Re: Garden Geeks thread

                        Well, my Easter lilies (or whatever the hell they are) are finally blooming. Pretty much the only plants I want to save from my front yard garden that I've neglected over the last year or so. I should probably just dig the whole thing up and start over. Is there a good way to get rid of grass that has intruded into my garden without killing everything? I mean, obviously I could pull it all, but it's really bad and I'd like to avoid having to pull it all up if possible.

                        The other thing I want to do is relocate the clematis plants I have to somewhere I can appreciate them more.
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                        • #402
                          Re: Garden Geeks thread

                          I planted bluebells last year, and they pretty much completely disappeared in June. I thought they were perma-dead. Not even leaves left, and they never really bloomed. I was quite astonished and pleased to see all 3 plants coming up this year, and looking pretty healthy to boot. AND I also thought I had to grow them as annuals in my zone, so it's a double bonus.

                          The rest of my flowers are looking pretty good. I planted primrose last year, then got frost, and they didn't bloom very much, but they're looking pretty nice this year.

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                          • #403
                            Re: Garden Geeks thread

                            LOts of winterkill this yr

                            PLanted the tomato seeds last week. (very late for me). Trying to get the lettuce in outside today.

                            I need at least 2 of me to do everything I want to!

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                            • #404
                              Re: Garden Geeks thread

                              Just curious to see what other gardener's on the board are using for fertilizers. I have been using Sea-Plus Liquid Seaweed/Fish Fertilizer, amongst others, and am toying with the idea of adding BioAg's Ful-Power to the mix.

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                              • #405
                                Re: Garden Geeks thread

                                Originally posted by CarlS View Post
                                Just curious to see what other gardener's on the board are using for fertilizers. I have been using Sea-Plus Liquid Seaweed/Fish Fertilizer, amongst others, and am toying with the idea of adding BioAg's Ful-Power to the mix.
                                Compost (homemade), Fish emulsion, cock-a-doodle-doo (chicken manure), cocoa mulch (high in nitrogen), and mix of blood meal and bone meal.

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