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Wire work

19 Dec 202126 Feb 2016 by Mike (tfb)
Fence wire as row cover support

Electric fence wire work, snipping 6-foot pieces of 9-gauge wire for hoops to hold up floating row cover in the greenhouse. Hopefully this wire is stiff enough to do the job, supporting up to three layers of row cover, heavy … Read the rest

Categories Building & Fixing, Farm lab (research!), Greenhouse, Tools Tags hoophouse, row cover, Winter, winter growing 2 Comments

Steel in the field

26 Feb 20169 Oct 2014 by Mike (tfb)

The steel and plastic for a 108’x30′ double-walled hoophouse, just delivered to the field. Up before snow falls? That’s the plan, but it’s only 50:50, depending on the weather.… Read the rest

Categories Building & Fixing, Greenhouse, Weather Tags hoophouse 2 Comments

Farm gear repair

4 Mar 201618 May 2013 by Mike (tfb)
Bicycle maintenance

Yeah, my bicycle. Since I don’t drive (except for the compact tractor, and the occasional riding mower and ATV), it’s one of the ways I regularly get to the field (from the farm where I live, down the road to … Read the rest

Categories Building & Fixing, Tools Tags bicycle, Spring, transportation Leave a comment

Working on water

3 Apr 20169 May 2013 by Mike (tfb)
Fixing irrigation fitting

At work on water: Rochelle changes an shutoff valve—a tap!—to the 1″ header pipe that runs from the well through the field. Not exactly a big pipe by irrigation standards, OK for our low volume use. You could call it … Read the rest

Categories Building & Fixing, Fieldwork, People, Tools Tags hose, irrigation, Rochelle, Spring 10 Comments

Hoop house architecture

9 Mar 20165 May 2013 by Mike (tfb)

A little wood, a little steel, some 6mm UV-stabilized plastic, and simple construction methods come together in the basic walk-in hoophouse, a no-frills structure with its own signature look and quite startling effectiveness when it comes to season extension. What … Read the rest

Categories Building & Fixing, Greenhouse Tags hoophouse, season extension Leave a comment
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