What Habitat Work Did You Do Today?

[rocksnstumps]

Cleaning out and tending last year's tube planting is so important the first couple years and why others fail. I see that happen a bunch with tubes on public land plantings. Some contractor is hired to plant em and that's the only money allocated and no followup. A few years later and not many are doing well.

Folks get all excited planting their new stuff and neglect or have limited time to get to maintenance on previous tube plantings.

Like your fencing corral for keeping the wind from the blowing them around when left at the land.

 

[Newbie]

PSA for my fellow cheapskates:

I use a lot of rods and stakes. 5' T-posts would be great, but they add up quick during prlanting season. So I use a lot of the 48" fiberglass "driveway marker rods". They have reflective tape on them and the idea is you can see headlights reflecting off the tape to identify where the driveway is at night (in snow, etc).

Menards sells 5/16" marker rods for around $1.89 regular price. I've never paid that. They occasionally put them on sale free after rebate (limit 20) or $0.50 after rebate, and I load up then.

On amazon, there's 1/4" diameter rods (1/16 thinner than Menards) for quite a bit less. Last fall I bought 100 for $55. When used as stakes, they're noticeably inferior to the ones from Menards, but for the price I was satisfied.

But right now there's one vendor selling them extremely cheap. I just got 250 marker rods for $60.90. That's slightly under 24 cents each. They're thin & weaker than I'd prefer. But they're still great for some things, like staking short tubes, and rodent cages.

I made a "grounding rod driver bit" for my cordless SDS+ hammer drill, so they're very easy to put in too.


Currently priced at $60.90 for 250 stakes, free shipping:

Amazon.com: Relaxweex 250 Pcs Snow Plow Markers 48 Inch Fiberglass Driveway Markers, 1/4 Inch Dia Reflective Snow Stakes with Reflective Tape for Plowing Visibility : Patio, Lawn & Garden

Buy Relaxweex 250 Pcs Snow Plow Markers 48 Inch Fiberglass Driveway Markers, 1/4 Inch Dia Reflective Snow Stakes with Reflective Tape for Plowing Visibility: Garden Stakes - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases

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Do you use these for tree tubes? Mesh wire fencing?