Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Liz <liz@allslash.org>]

At 11:42 AM 5/22/2008, you wrote:

> I have suggestions for cold frames, greenhouse, etc. if interested. 
> I use cheap lumber and plastic, not used windows. They don't come in 
> the right sizes, and glass can be broken by hail or accidents. I 
> staple through a special thin plastic strip over 6 ml UV plastic to 
> the lumber. It's called Poly-Tack from my local greenhouse supply. 
> Without that I've used duct tape before, and electric stapler of 
> course. Duct tape won't hold up in the sun after a few months tho. I 
> use Phillips deck screws, not nails. We have high winds. One trick: 
> any plastic needs to be stretched tight to fasten down, best in warm 
> weather when it expands slightly. Then in the cold it's tight as a 
> drum. Flopping plastic tears sooner.

Very useful info, thanks! I use windows because I picked up a 
truckload of them from the dump years ago, But I want to build 
another greenhouse to replace the one the wind took out two years 
ago. The Poly-Tack sounds like a useful item for that.

Liz in SW VA
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