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  • From: cathy mcgregor-smith <mcsmiths AT elgin.net>
  • To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: bale wrap & peas
  • Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 18:20:32 -0500


we provide a hutch for the poultry to return to every night.......(we latch
the door)
we put a iron post at each corner of the pasturing area.....then a stake
every 15 feet
or so ..to keep the wrap tight.
cathy

The Nasbys' wrote:

> Is this bale wrap strong enough to withstand weather as well as any animals
> that would want to come in?
> Heather
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: cathy mcgregor-smith <mcsmiths AT elgin.net>
> To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 2:05 PM
> Subject: Re: bale wrap & peas
>
> > we also use the bale wrap to surround pasturing areas for our laying
> hens,meat chickens
> > and turkeys
> > i guess we should buy shares in the product!!!!!!
> >
> > Kathy Somers wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Cathy,
> > > That is a really good idea. Actually compared to any type of trellis
> > > material, it is a pretty inexpensive way to go.
> > > Kathy Somers
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cathy mcgregor-smith <mcsmiths AT elgin.net>
> > > To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> > > Date: Thursday, January 18, 2001 1:48 PM
> > > Subject: Re: bale wrap & peas
> > >
> > > >in our part of ontario canada....several farmers bale their hay in
> large
> > > round
> > > >bales.......these are held together with bale wrap....
> > > >the kind we purchase is about 4 ft high and a couple thousand feet
> long.
> > > >it is black plastic netting material.
> > > >we use stakes every so many feet to support it and the peas grow into
> it
> > > and hang on
> > > >with tendrils.
> > > >we plant a double row of seeds and the netting is between the rows.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Marie Kamphefner wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I would like to know more about using the bale wrap. I'm not
> familiar
> > > with
> > > >> it. Do you have to buy lots and lots? Is it a mesh type stuff. I
> was
> > > >> thinking it was like plastic wrap but apparently not.
> > > >>
> > > >> Marie in Missouri
> > > >>
> >
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