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I order most anything I can from Nolts.  I'm fortunate they have a warehouse in Northern Iowa and can get almost any order in a few days.  I agree with Richard that you should just make your own hoops for row cover.  I'd consider using 8 gauge bailing wire.  I buy a roll of it at the farm supply store and use wire snips to cut the length I need for bed width and desired height over the crop at the peak.  

 

Ben Saunders

Turtle Farm

Granger, Iowa

www.turtle-farm.com

 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Turtle-Farm/200544863386129?ref=hl 

On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Richard Robinson <rrobinson AT nasw.org> wrote:

Phoenix Organics often has the best price on row cover. Dripworks has the best customer service for drip irrigation, and close to if not the best prices. Make your own hoops from EMT from the home goods store, either using a hoop bender from Johnnnys or elsewhere, or bending your own with an EMT bender from the electrical supply aisle. Nolts often has the best price on virtually anything they sell.

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

On 9/16/2012 at 6:11:08 PM, Amy Crowell wrote:

> Hi all,

> I've been a member of this list for years and am finally starting up a small

> operation of my own (after working on farms and in the landscaping business

> for many years.) I am in Central Texas and am wondering about the best, most

> affordable places to order certain supplies with minimal shipping costs.

> Specifically, I will be ordering:

> black plastic mulch

> row cover + hoops

> drip tubing, t-tape + irrigation system for 1 acre

>

> Hearing about the companies you use for these products (and why) would be

> immensely helpful to me as I know many of you have already done the work and

> research to find the best products and prices. Thanks so much for helping out

> a new farmer!

>

>

> -Amy

> Blue Bramble Farm

> Wimberley, Texas

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