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- From: Harriet Allen <hattie_allen AT yahoo.com>
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- Subject: [Market-farming] Setting ground post, etc.
- Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 19:18:24 -0800 (PST)
Here is what I know...It all depends upon your soil. I put mine in cement--they were not deep...only 18 inches--not really deep enough for my soil. My neighbor put his four end posts in cement. He lost his house. I did not. Our soil is sandy loam. When it rains, then blows, everything loosens up. I'm really glad I cemented all of mine...I didn't know any better, I read the directions and that is what it said, so I did it. If I lived in Connecticut now where I grew up, I would NOT cement them. My farmer buddies up there never do and even though they are on a hill where the wind can blow, they have never lost a house...but you are basically farming rocks where they live and I can't find a pebble most of the time.
So, anyway, do more, not less once you have considered everything. It is a bummer to have your hoophouse blow away.
Hattie Allen
Lewes, DE |
- [Market-farming] Setting ground post, etc., Harriet Allen, 12/01/2010
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