[Market-farming] Best way to store row cover

breck bcarden at breckinridgegroup.com
Mon Apr 20 12:29:23 EDT 2009


OK, I think I've got it. Thanks for the patience.

If you have a 100' row cover, approx how long will your chain be after
knotting? 10', 50'? Is it knotted loosely? Are you just allowing this to
kind of trail/fall behind you?

 

Thanks,

Farmer Breck

 

 

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[mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Wiediger,
Alison
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 11:24 AM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Best way to store row cover

 

Hmmmm.....Here's step by step making a crocheted chain:
http://crochet.about.com/od/learnbasics/ss/stchain.htm

 

Imagine the row cover as the yarn (your left hand is gathering the width of
the row cover as you walk forward into a thick "rope") and your hand and arm
as the crochet hook.  Does that help?

 

Alison

 

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From: market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of breck
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 9:38 AM
To: 'Market Farming'
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Best way to store row cover

Say what? Never crocheted or even tatted. 

Alison, I could not visualize how this worked. Could you explain again or
would it be easier (and ok) for me to just call you?

 

Thanks,

Farmer Breck

 

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[mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Wiediger,
Alison
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 9:07 AM
To: jaysleichter at yahoo.com; Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Best way to store row cover

 

We store ours like my grandfather stored tobacco canvas - we "chain" it.
Make a loop at one end, put your hand through it, grab out and catch the
canvas, pull it through.  Keep chaining until you have it all done. Just
like doing crochet.  Then, just hang up the chains.  When again needed, just
anchor the initial "looped" end,  pull on the "tail" end, and it unchains
nicely.

 

Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm

 

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[mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of jay sleichter
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 8:30 AM
To: market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [Market-farming] Best way to store row cover


I have been using row cover for the first time this year in my high tunnels.
Now the temperature is getting much warmer and I am thinking about putting
it away.  What is the best way to store it?  Do I get some pipe and reroll
it?  Do I fold it up?  I can do it either way easily, I just wondered what
other people find is the best way to store it to be reused the next fall or
spring? I have over 500 feet of it in 50 foot pieces.

Thanks!

 

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