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Originally posted by Oleman
reply to post by retirednature
Hi Retired,
What is your hoop house design? Has it survived snow?
I built an experimental 40' long 34' wide one out of 1-5/8 chain link fence top rail and 12mil polyethylene, and it collapsed like a polish hand-grenade during Snowmageddon a few years back. One arch survived and sits as a reminder of how much work that was to make.
I am just finished preparing a pad for a new 24'x36' greenhouse, but have been thinking to go with polyethylene and bubblewrap on a 2x4 frame with 2x6 rafters and a 6/12 pitch.
Originally posted by facelift
reply to post by otherpotato
If you don't have Scholar Status, you can't post in the Research Group.
Stupid ass "Status" system...imagine the amount of quality contributions some of these threads would receive if Elitism wasn't promoted or prevalent...?
And No, setting a 'standard' to achieve these status badges does not guarantee better posts - if anything it alienates the majority.
OP:
Good stuff...Research is an attained attribute, so consider me in if you need layman assistance.
Originally posted by seentoomuch
reply to post by facelift
I agree!
Gardening is NOT an exact science and varies from area to area. It takes a person that is familiar to the area to understand what works there and what doesn't. This thread should allow info from all sources and all should understand that they should only take advice from the posts in their area and I would recommend that all posters state their area. For example: posts from a gardener in Alaska would not work for someone in Texas or the UK as the vegetable's planting time would vary, need I say more?
STMedit on 5/2/2013 by seentoomuch because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by otherpotato
I would be very curious to see what other people's gardening routines are like. I wonder if there are tricks to be learned from seeing how the other half lives?
Originally posted by otherpotato
reply to post by kdog1982
I didn't consider foraging as part of this project - that's a great angle to explore.
If you were interested in sharing what you know as part of the project send me a U2U. You wouldn't have to participate beyond this topic, and would have until October to meet your project post minimum given the subject area. I'm not sure the exact number of posts required yet but we could work that out together.