Comments on: Hoophouse Trouble http://blog.bolandbol.com/2010/02/26/hoophouse-trouble/ Be joyful though you have considered all the facts Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:41:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1-alpha By: MamaStories » $600 Movable Hoop House: Details, Pictures and Cost Analysis http://blog.bolandbol.com/2010/02/26/hoophouse-trouble/comment-page-1/#comment-22128 MamaStories » $600 Movable Hoop House: Details, Pictures and Cost Analysis Thu, 13 May 2010 02:18:45 +0000 http://blog.bolandbol.com/?p=3855#comment-22128 [...] problem, which we addressed with a small modification (version 2.0), and lots of timely shoveling. Then the winds came, and we had a couple of close calls for a more drastic redesign. A couple of days before we planned [...] [...] problem, which we addressed with a small modification (version 2.0), and lots of timely shoveling. Then the winds came, and we had a couple of close calls for a more drastic redesign. A couple of days before we planned [...]

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]]> By: Susan http://blog.bolandbol.com/2010/02/26/hoophouse-trouble/comment-page-1/#comment-19241 Susan Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:14:31 +0000 http://blog.bolandbol.com/?p=3855#comment-19241 Ooh, I sooo feel your pain! We have raised beds and I put small hoops the plastic over each one, so carefully. They lasted until the first fall storm and I lost everything in them. DH thought I was crazy to start with, but now that he has read a little more on them, and sees what I was trying to do, has some better ideas. Like frames with plumbing pipe, over rebar pounded into the ground. He's willing to spend the money, I'm willing to try it; at the very least they can be trellises for the summer. Elliot Coleman has plans for a wooden structure using the plastic that is movable; maybe that would work better for you? It's in Four Season Harvest. Ooh, I sooo feel your pain! We have raised beds and I put small hoops the plastic over each one, so carefully. They lasted until the first fall storm and I lost everything in them.

DH thought I was crazy to start with, but now that he has read a little more on them, and sees what I was trying to do, has some better ideas. Like frames with plumbing pipe, over rebar pounded into the ground. He’s willing to spend the money, I’m willing to try it; at the very least they can be trellises for the summer.

Elliot Coleman has plans for a wooden structure using the plastic that is movable; maybe that would work better for you? It’s in Four Season Harvest.

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