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This page was created to show photos of an Alabama garden protected by hoophouse-supported netting or greenhouse vinyl.
Garden from the West. (Brown object at top front is a watermelon)
Interior from West with access path
From South side. Note normal shade from 60’ pines.
Interior from E to W
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Decatur Deb Sun, Jul 3, 2011 1:12:40pm |
Sorry--got the photos into the pagemaker, but can't find them now. Learning/editing underway.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Jul 3, 2011 1:39:53pm |
re: #1 Decatur Deb
Sorry--got the photos into the pagemaker, but can't find them now. Learning/editing underway.
That's ok, It sometimes takes me a few tries too. In the meantime, I tried your idea of drill off center holes in the cd. with 2-3 of them on a string it definitely creates a more chaotic motion. I also noticed that having cd bumping into each other makes a noise distraction too. On a windy day I'm going to get some tangling.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Jul 3, 2011 2:01:39pm |
Wow! Now that's impressive! What do you use for winter covering? Just clear plastic painters tarp or do you use a specialized outdoor garden plastic?
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sun, Jul 3, 2011 2:03:27pm |
A nice hooptube ;-)
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Decatur Deb Sun, Jul 3, 2011 2:06:39pm |
re: #3 Killgore Trout
Wow! Now that's impressive! What do you use for winter covering? Just clear plastic painters tarp or do you use a specialized outdoor garden plastic?
It's covered in 1/2 of a 20x100 sheet of 6 mil contractor's vinyl. It lasts for 2 seasons, costs about $80 these days at Lowe's. Most years I don't bother because our winter is so short. That keeps it above freezing almost any night, but it's vital to get it open early to avoid overheating.
The PVC pipes are set in shallow holes drilled in the garden timbers.
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freetoken Sun, Jul 3, 2011 7:17:26pm |
Neat. I was under the impression that the growing season in your area was already pretty long. Do you use the hoop house to put out sensitive plants real early, or do you grow winter veggies?
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Decatur Deb Sun, Jul 3, 2011 7:29:37pm |
re: #6 freetoken
Neat. I was under the impression that the growing season in your area was already pretty long. Do you use the hoop house to put out sensitive plants real early, or do you grow winter veggies?
It's more valuable as a support for the bird/animal netting. The few times I've skinned it for our potential freezing season (Dec-Mar), I've tried beans, peas, and cabbage, roots and salads. Only a few nights a year would require the 1500 watt heater to keep it above freezing. This year I'll skin it with the remaining half of the last vinyl sheet, but there is a lot I don't know about running an efficient greenhouse. (Even with our wussy Winter, it's really nice to walk from the dry 30's into a wet 75.)
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Decatur Deb Sun, Jul 3, 2011 7:46:53pm |
re: #8 Naso Tang
What is your climate zone?
8a on this map. Usually 2 on Ferry Morse seed maps, IIRC.
[Link: www.usna.usda.gov...]
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freetoken Sun, Jul 3, 2011 7:55:57pm |
re: #9 Decatur Deb
The 1990 map is already out of date, due to AGW. You might have crept into 8b by now.
Anyway, out here I prefer the Sunset map over the USDA map, because the USDA map is too coarse. For your area that might not matter, but you still might find the Sunset map more useful.
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