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- From: Beth Spaugh <lists AT rhomestead.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Hi Tunnel innovations
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 11:45:15 -0500
I have grown/harvested year-round for 11 years. I am looking to cut
back and take some mental time off in the winter. Marketing is by
far my least favorite farm activity, and I want a break. Also, it
will ease the timing stress of still harvesting one thing but
wanting to plant summer crops. And will give the soil a little
break. But I am a one-woman show. If your son needs year-round income, and you are providing for two families, year-round will certainly help. There were years when I covered my expenses during the growing season and made my "income" from fall/winter sales. I'd like to see how MSU used twine for the row cover. We took 10-foot conduit, bent it into very wide/flat U shape (Iike 18" legs) and used it for row cover. One our 26-foot wide it takes two that have one end bent and one with both ends bent, zip-tied together so cover the whole thing, with just enough edge room to squeeze by. Here is a link to a photo: https://www.facebook.com/rhomestead/photos/a.261602691286.186350.261550161286/10150511677091287/?type=3&theater On 1/18/2016 8:21 AM, Shoemaker,
William H wrote:
5A85FA1DC3DB524491801C112E78A57359A7B830 AT CITESMBX2.ad.uillinois.edu" type="cite"> -- Beth Spaugh Rehoboth Homestead, Peru NY http://rhomestead.com http://www.facebook.com/rhomestead "How we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is used." - Wendell Berry "Without power over our food, any notion of democracy is empty." - Frances Moore Lappe It's not that nice guys finish last. They have a whole different notion where the finish line is. - unknown |
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[Market-farming] Hi Tunnel innovations,
Shoemaker, William H, 01/18/2016
- Re: [Market-farming] Hi Tunnel innovations, Etienne Goyer, 01/18/2016
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Re: [Market-farming] Hi Tunnel innovations,
Beth Spaugh, 01/18/2016
- Re: [Market-farming] Hi Tunnel innovations, Roots Farm, 01/18/2016
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Re: [Market-farming] Hi Tunnel innovations,
carla puller, 01/18/2016
- Re: [Market-farming] Hi Tunnel innovations, Ken Bezilla, 01/18/2016
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Re: [Market-farming] Hi Tunnel innovations,
Sue Wells, 01/18/2016
- Re: [Market-farming] Hi Tunnel innovations, Richard Stewart, 01/18/2016
- Re: [Market-farming] Hi Tunnel innovations, carla puller, 01/18/2016
- Re: [Market-farming] Hi Tunnel innovations, Beth Spaugh, 01/18/2016
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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[Market-farming] Hi Tunnel innovations,
Gary Scott, 01/19/2016
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Re: [Market-farming] Hi Tunnel innovations,
Shoemaker, William H, 01/19/2016
- Re: [Market-farming] Hi Tunnel innovations, Guy and Sandy Ashmore, 01/20/2016
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Re: [Market-farming] Hi Tunnel innovations,
Shoemaker, William H, 01/19/2016
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