I had some O gauge, HO running track mining stuff on ePay up for sell awhile back!!!! See you could have got them free. Even had the motorized engine all made by Ozark Minitures.
Just ask, never know what ole Toad might have FJ & G!
Toad
Hi Toad,
The pipe will be buried about 2 feet lower and covered with dirt. An O gauge tram will run through it. I'm in process of converting HO locomotives to O gauge mine lokies (locomotives in mine speak).
Hope you have some nice holidays.
FJ & G, is that pipe tall enought to ballast and track with good clearance? I remember seeing some once and thought it would not fit g gauge?! You messn with my head again?????
Toad, thanks for some tips. I have so many projects I'm doing I'm going to await early spring to transplant. Meanwhile...
Cardboard templates. I’m doing this for 2 reasons. Each arch weighs over 100 pounds, plus, there are plants and trees in the way! The large sewer pipe will become a mine tunnel.
I'd wait until spring for transplanting everything. If you gotta transplant keep them well watered and give them a few inches of mulch (shredded leaves work well). The groundcovers could be divided in spring with the new growth.
When it comes to pruning you're too tall evergreens, you can try cutting down the main leader at a spot just above a branch that can become the new leader. Then thin out some of the other branches. It may work, may not. I don't think you could use the wood for ties as it is a pretty coarse grain and won't cut well that small.
-Brian
Thanks, Rene!
Different topic:
I hate to be such a nuisance with questions but just 1 follow-on to the first question. I read in a past GRR that Bob Treat thins his conifers (juniper I think) when they get too tall vice trimming them. I've tried my hand at trimming junipers and have made a horrible mess of them so they look downright dumpy. I'm thinking let em grow 12 feet and chop them down and grow more (leaving the stummps). I could even process the junipers into ties as they are a type of cedar.
Has anyone else done this or thought of this.
Rene Schweitzer
Classic Toy Trains/Garden Railways/Model Railroader
I'm building a massive (30' long) concrete archway bridge and need to transplant some sedums, thyme, Alberta Spruce, juniper (Virginia cedar, small), and a mugu pine for the new right of way. I'm zone 7a and the temperatures are in the 40s mostly, some light freezing, this week.
Or, do I need to postpone plans until March?
Thanks
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