KrisK
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Joined: Aug 25, 2010
Last seen: Oct 26, 2017
Topics: 7 / Replies: 180
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RE: Backyard hoophouse

Bacon kebabs LOL!Well it rained and cooled off a bit so I got a small bit done...<a href="" title="photo by ricerocket962001, on Flickr"><img...

13 years ago
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RE: Backyard hoophouse

Barb I had to google "solar pool blanket"! You forget that I live in the sunbelt - or at least I think I do. We try to keep our pools either cooled do...

13 years ago
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RE: What kind of plastics can you use to cover Agave

I use the translucent 4 or 6 mil stuff from lowes. I only use it for a few months at a time, so it's lasted me several seasons of protection. I don't ...

13 years ago
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RE: Backyard hoophouse

Erik, that's a good question, one that I wish I had an answer to! Ive always wanted a greenhouse to putter around in during winter. Plus I'll use it f...

13 years ago
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RE: Backyard hoophouse

Thanks, Jim. Yes it will have a bar across the top and one on either side for strength. Plus temporary internal supports when snow is anticipated. How...

13 years ago
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RE: Backyard hoophouse

Thanks for the interest. The hoophouse is kinda my Frankenstein culmination of ones I've seen online. Hopefully it will hold up AND perform!Yes Lou ha...

13 years ago
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RE: Backyard hoophouse

Thanks guys.Igor, yours looks very professionally done. Nice and large for plenty of plants. That's a bigtime temperature difference - inside to outsi...

13 years ago
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RE: New Greenhouse

Looks good I bet that stove will run you out! I'm also building one, but mines more of a hoophouse like your other one. I'm gonna use water barrels th...

13 years ago
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RE: Small update of my Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario garden

Your stuff looks great, considering the drought. My plants, since we're going on year 2 of hell on earth summers, look pretty rough. I hope you get so...

13 years ago
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RE: New Chamaerops Humilis var. Cerifera! (and other stuff)

Oh you're good to go then, that's awesome you live in a mild climate. I dunno how it'll do without summer heat - sabals just won't grow here til it hi...

13 years ago
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RE: New Chamaerops Humilis var. Cerifera! (and other stuff)

Plant that dude! The cerifera is reportedly hardier than the green version. Mines going on 2 years in the ground with winter protection, and maybe jus...

13 years ago
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RE: Wiring the palm garden

Me too Erik. Too bad we can't bottle this heat up, and use it thru winter!

13 years ago
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RE: Sabal minor (Not Growing?)

Agree, looks too wet. I'd let it dry out some. It may sulk awhile before it grows. Is the spear tight?

13 years ago
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RE: Missouri Botanical Gardens

Looks like a cool place to visit.I'm diggin the Dale Chihuly art too.

13 years ago
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