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  • From: Richard Robinson <rrobinson AT nasw.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] high Tunnels
  • Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:19:22 -0400

On 3/17/2011 at 10:14:13 AM, Robin Follette wrote:

> We use a snow blower to clear a 3-4' strip along the sides
> of the tunnels. I'm in a high snow area and I do use the tunnels in the
> winter so they need to be cleared. It's not quite that simple here. The snow
> doesn't usually slide without my help. I work alone in the winter so a rope
> doesn't work for me on regular after-storm clean up. I've started carefully
> using a roof rake. That gets it going from the top down and works well most
> of the time. There are three steps to what we do: Snow blow the new snow if
> there's more than 6". Rake the roof. Snow blow again. We leave at least a
> foot of snow a foot or two up the side wall as insulation. This does block
> some sun but it blocks it mostly where the ground freezes anyway.

This matches what I did this winter. Based on recommendations from the High
Tunnels list,
I bought a "Snow-Brum" and attached it to a telescoping pole from Home Depot.
The stiff
foam of the Snow-Brum was very gentle on the plastic--I had no worries about
ripping even
when I was hurling the thing upward to reach the peak. Plus it does double
duty cleaning
the snow off the cars (which is what it was designed for).

Richard Robinson
www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/
Hopestill Farm
www.hopestill.com






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