market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Market Farming
List archive
- From: Leslie Moyer <unschooler AT lrec.org>
- To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] bending quick-hoops
- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:49:16 -0500
Beth, there are three different sizes (for the row cover sizes)--3
ft, 4 ft, and 6 ft. Those sizes are the distances between the two
legs, so they measure the width that the finished hoop will cover. FYI, I just attended a "Low-Cost Hoophouse Workshop" put on by the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture (Oklahoma) last weekend where we (mostly watched) construction of a 20' hoophouse made with a similar bender. Personally, I think it would work better than the large (20') bender the Lost Creek website sells because it is designed to work with square steel tubing vs. the round tubing this guy's bender uses. Using square tubing prevents the "twisting" problem that he talks about that requires you to cut the round tubing in half. After constructing my own pre-fab hoophouse, I know how difficult those twists can be to work out once you get them in there. (Didn't help that I was re-constructing a used hoophouse.) I don't remember for sure, but I think my bender WILL work with round tubing, too, but they used and recommended the square tubing at the workshop because of the twisting issue. Anyway, you can find detailed plans for that low-cost hoophouse here: http://kerrcenter.com/publ --Leslie On 9/15/10 7:29 PM, Beth Spaugh wrote:
|
-
[Market-farming] bending quick-hoops,
Beth Spaugh, 09/15/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] bending quick-hoops, Richard Robinson, 09/15/2010
-
Re: [Market-farming] bending quick-hoops,
Jay Sleichter, 09/15/2010
-
Re: [Market-farming] bending quick-hoops,
Beth Spaugh, 09/15/2010
-
Re: [Market-farming] bending quick-hoops,
Leslie Moyer, 09/15/2010
-
Re: [Market-farming] bending quick-hoops,
idyllwild farm, 09/16/2010
-
Re: [Market-farming] bending quick-hoops,
Richard Robinson, 09/16/2010
-
Re: [Market-farming] bending quick-hoops,
Jay Sleichter, 09/16/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] pineapple tomatillos, cape gooseberries, ground cherries, Sue Wells, 09/16/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] pineapple tomatillos, cape gooseberries, ground cherries, Rob Wallbridge, 09/20/2010
-
Re: [Market-farming] bending quick-hoops,
Jay Sleichter, 09/16/2010
-
Re: [Market-farming] bending quick-hoops,
Richard Robinson, 09/16/2010
-
Re: [Market-farming] bending quick-hoops,
idyllwild farm, 09/16/2010
-
Re: [Market-farming] bending quick-hoops,
Leslie Moyer, 09/15/2010
-
Re: [Market-farming] bending quick-hoops,
Beth Spaugh, 09/15/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] bending quick-hoops, Robin Follette, 09/15/2010
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [Market-farming] bending quick-hoops, KAKerby, 09/16/2010
Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.