Market Farming

["Beth Spaugh" <lists AT rhomestead.com>]

Saw hoophouse benches recently that may be my favorite to date: 5 gallon buckets upside down, a 2xr4 on each stretching the length of the table, and tomato stakes placed crosswise over the 2x4s. Easily taken down when bedding plants are done.

 

We use industrial warehouse wire dividers we were given. They are 30" x 8 feet. Wire squares are maybe 1 1/2 square. I have put them on sawhorses, but prefer the height of milk crates.

 

Was also advised on starting up that pallets on the ground or on cement blocks also work.

Beth Spaugh
Rehoboth Homestead
Peru NY
http://rhomestead.com

"How we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is used."  - Wendell Berry

"Without power over our food, any notion of democracy is empty." - Francis Moore Lappe

 

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From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Bill Shoemaker
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 5:03 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Greenhouse table tops

> > > I'm facing this decision right now too. Hardware cloth would definitely > work but is a bit pricey. >>

I put in benches 20+ years ago that are still working well using dog-fencing with small fence staples holding it down. Then I put chicken wire over that, stretching it tight and stapling it with a staple gun and heavy staples. The dog fence provides a strong base and the chicken wire fills the gap in the dog-fencing. It was cheaper than hardware cloth back then, not sure it is now.

Bill

William H. Shoemaker
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
St 
Charles Horticulture Research Center
University of Illinois, 
Urbana-Champaign

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