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- From: "Wyatt Jones" <wyatt_jones AT netzero.com>
- To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [Market-farming] Row cover
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 18:35:15 -0400
(I saw the thread on old drip tape
and I have to say my experience so far has been about the same and I'm not going
to use 8 Mil except maybe when I use my bed shaper/mulch layer and maybe not
then. I'd also like to say that I've had similar experience with row
cover, the lightweight stuff just seems to get shredded in the wind around here
and hardly seems worth the trouble of laying down. I've also had trouble
with the stakes just pulling out of the ground and flying across the field,
either that or a big chunk of row cover rips off. This year I've had a lot
of problems with wind this year actually, it flattened my asparagus and
even snapped a couple of young trees I had staked up. Oh well such is
life.
I got 11 Chinese Chestnut trees, bare
root, for a dollar apiece and all but one leafed out. Couldn't pass that
up. Any wisdom on these out there?. I know they need good drainage
but I thought I'd pick some brains before I planted them to give them the best
chance. I'm also thinking about planting a hazelnut hedge. I bought
some Apple serviceberries, heard they were kind of like blueberries but we will
see I suppose. I've heard of them but never had any. A friend
suggested "Choke Berries" He said they were a delicacy in Europe but I've
never heard of them. Heard of Choke Cherries, but not Choke
berries. He was also selling Pinon Pines but pine nuts are pretty tedious
to shell so I'm probably going to pass on those although I do like pine nuts,
especially in pesto.
.
Wyatt
Jamestown
Ohio
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[Market-farming] Row cover,
Wyatt Jones, 06/06/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Row cover, Richard Robinson, 06/06/2011
- [Market-farming] aronia, serviceberries; was: Re: Row cover, Leslie Moyer, 06/07/2011
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