Market Farming

["Michaele Blakely" <mjb AT premier1.net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Lee Lawton <llami AT teleport.com>
To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: hairy vetch and tomatoes


>
> > Is your hoop house anything like the covered rows illustrated in the
> > pic at this URL - if so where are elastic holddowns like these
> > available?
> >
> > http://www.hort.vt.edu/faculty/welbaum/pictures/8-13.html
>
> extra-long bungie cords, yes?
>
> Sorry, Larry!
>
> Lee Lawton
> Over the Rainbow Farm
> Junction City, Oregon
>
> That's exactly what they are like.  A word from a determined hoop house
builder (perhaps you remember that long monologue on my hoophouse
diseaster?)  I used these elastic cords.  The idea seemed great, looked
wonderful in the pics, but if you are in a windy area they don't work.  I
have used them in areas where I had wind protection and the whole set up is
a wonderful system!  But be cautious if you get wind, your're cloches could
be acres away.  Unfortunately I'm no longer in a very protective spot and
it's steel frame for me.
Michaele
Growing Things
Carnation Wa
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