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- From: "Rob Wallbridge" <rob AT songberry.ca>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [Market-farming] hoophouse construction questions
- Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:31:39 -0400
Hi all, I joined this group recently and have been
very impressed with the quality of information and the general tone of the
discussion. We operate a diversified organic farm in I’ve purchased hoops and purlins
that were once a 20’ x 100’ hoophouse (26 hoops at 4’
spacing), but need some advice on how to anchor them and set them up. First
question: one hoophouse or two or more? My beds are 250’ long, so that’s
not a limitation, but I’m debating using one for early and late greens
and another for peppers and tomatoes, or making it/them portable. Which leads
to question #2: how to hold them in place? The hoops are semi-circular, 1.5”
diameter thin-walled round steel tubing, with quarter-inch holes drilled
through each end about 2” off the ground and again at 14” (and
another higher up for the purlins). The guy I bought them from suggested
bolting 2x6s on edge to the bottom so they would slide along the ground if
desired. We’re in a fairly windy location, so if I did that, I’d
probably still need to drive in anchors at a few points. Lastly, any ideas on
quick and easy (and cheap) endwalls? Any ideas/experience/resources would be
much appreciated! Cheers, Rob Rob Wallbridge Songberry Organic Farm 24 Sixth Line, email: rob AT songberry.ca web: www.songberry.ca facebook: become a fan of "Songberry
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Re: [Market-farming] Florida Weave (and some Pumpkin info),
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Re: [Market-farming] Florida Weave (and some Pumpkin info),
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Re: [Market-farming] Florida Weave (and some Pumpkin info),
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[Market-farming] hoophouse construction questions,
Rob Wallbridge, 03/26/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] hoophouse construction questions, Richard Robinson, 03/26/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] hoophouse construction questions, Sweet Valley Organics, 03/27/2010
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[Market-farming] hoophouse construction questions,
Rob Wallbridge, 03/26/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Florida Weave (and some Pumpkin info),
Richard Stewart, 03/19/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Florida Weave (and some Pumpkin info),
Jay Sleichter, 03/19/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Florida Weave (and some Pumpkin info),
Don Lareau, 03/19/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Florida Weave (and some Pumpkin info),
Richard Stewart, 03/19/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Florida Weave,
cjmaness AT juno.com, 03/18/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Florida Weave, Garth & Kim Travis, 03/19/2010
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