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- From: jdaves@triton.unm.edu (Jonathan Daves-Brody)
- Subject: Re: Inexpensive greenhouse
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 04:19:24 GMT
- Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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- In article <14280001@hpmwga.sr.hp.com> jefftb@hpmwtd.sr.hp.com (Jeff Brown) writes:
- > Check out a book called the "60 miniute gardener" ( I don't know the
- > auther or publ.). I t shows plans for raised beds that can be covered w/
- > hoops of pvc pipe and then plastic sheet.
- > Basicly you just put pieces of 2" (I think) pvc pipe every couple feet
- > on the sides of the raised bed and then slide smaller pvc pipe and flex it to make a curved "rafter".
-
- We used hoops of field fence (about 6" squares) over beds. At the time (this
- last summer) we had raised beds surrounded by railroad ties, which were very
- convenient to nail the field fence hoops to. Being >slightly< concerned
- about creosote poisoning, we'll being using those ties for something else
- next year.
-
- Which brings up another question. Here in N.M. we are more concerned with
- keeping water in the beds than out. The beds wind up being raised somewhat
- due to the addition of lots of org. mat. Does anybody have any ideas for
- cheap, non-labor intensive methods for keeping water in beds?
-