Hey Guys! Just want to give an update on this method. We think that next time we will use a paracord for more strength, but we also ended up raising it up a little. The peak is probably about 4 feet high now, and we just made the peak as high as we could while also leaving room on the edges to weigh it down. We hope this helps! The heavier weights definitely helped! Happy Gardening!
Maybe thats why gardening makes you so keen about it, owing to the way we learn to learn about its many facets. Nothing stays the same, so every day brings to you another challenge.
Nice idea! Will give it a try. I wasn't going to pay for the expensive hoops so I bought hula hoops at the Dollar Tree and cut them in half and took the shaky things out and used those! A little tuile over them and we are good to go! :)
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Great idea, but I'd suggest using galvanized garden wire instead of Construction line, which will break down from UV's. Construction line is inexpensive for a reason. You can get galvanized garden wire from home improvement centers and dollar stores. It's also stronger, relatively inexpensive and reusable.
The thing with using the wire is it's so much more aggravating to work with. Plus better make sure you wearing safety glasses when using it.. also the string is under this cloth which is working as sun protection. So string should last awhile.
Wow, very cool idea. I've been wondering about this very thing. Another way to tie the truckers knot, when you make the loop , twist it three times, then facing the post, reach down through the ;loop, pull up a second loop. This is the loop you put your free end in and pull back to the post. Its hard to explain but less confusing for me when I tie it.
I get what you mean, but I'm also glad to be doing something that offers continued learning vs boring same old ❤ Thank you for the row cover idea... Love it 😊
Just seen this, its sooo helpful and effective. Gonna b using this for my squash plants. Thank you for all of your efforys and God bless you and yours.
That’s great! Our definite recommendations are making sure you have something heavy enough to hold the sides down. And then next time we would use paracord instead of our string. We just had that in hand and wanted it to be cheaper! We also ended up raising it to around four feet up. Hope that helps!!
You should have gotten some long 1" PVC pipe & after rolling it up in the row cover to make your tent, take some short L-shaped rebar & insert the short end into each end of the PVC pipe & drive the long end of the rebar into the ground. If the PVC pipe is not long enough to reach each end of the row, you can use a shepherd's crook piece of short rebar (the kind they use in pouring concrete foundations & walls) and hammer it down to hold the PVC pipe close to the ground. PVC pipe & rebar is a lot cheaper than metal conduit.
I may try this. But with copper wire to get double advantage of the row cover PLUS electroculture benefit. Electroculture WORKS. Copper wire would be expensive to buy, but you may find that there is coated scrap wire around which can be coiled and added to the burn barrel at the next burn.
I have used this method for several years now and have found that using large binder clips to attach the frost cloth to the conduit after rolling it up. This keeps it neat and tidy and it doesn’t blow off. Hope this is helpful
Yea we definitely do not get as gusty of winds as other parts of the country! Or the snow! Those are only occasional weather patterns in our part of the south!!
Nice idea i just use rabbit fencing deer dont bother my broccoli and i always have a nest of paper wasps in a tree highup and they feast on cabbage worms all season !
If you use 4 stakes and 2cords on the top, you can have a square cover, or 6 stakes and 3 cords, and have a peaked tent cover. I would staple the edges. That shouldn't impact the cover material much if you only stake it on the edge.
Great question! Our garden is not at our house and is located far away from the water source. So we currently just mostly rely on rain. That’s been fine so far considering it’s been a dry year. Sometimes we hand water though. With that being said, I’ve heard of people running irrigation underneath the type of woven weed fabric that we currently use ☺️
I think that would be a much better weight! We didn’t have any around, but I think that would work better. I think if you rolled it like we rolled the conduit that would maybe help it not tear the fabric ☺️ just a guess though!
Well, sorry I should have watched to the end. Looks very nice. I use wire hoops but when it snows, the wires sometimes bend. This would be some additional support. Thanks.
Every year I garden, I learn something new, in addition to learning that I know less than I thought I knew the year before!
Hey Guys! Just want to give an update on this method. We think that next time we will use a paracord for more strength, but we also ended up raising it up a little. The peak is probably about 4 feet high now, and we just made the peak as high as we could while also leaving room on the edges to weigh it down. We hope this helps! The heavier weights definitely helped! Happy Gardening!
Maybe thats why gardening makes you so keen about it, owing to the way we learn to learn about its many facets. Nothing stays the same, so every day brings to you another challenge.
Nice idea! Will give it a try. I wasn't going to pay for the expensive hoops so I bought hula hoops at the Dollar Tree and cut them in half and took the shaky things out and used those! A little tuile over them and we are good to go! :)
I love the hula hoop idea!! So fun! 😃
Finally a use for that rebar I scrounged years ago . Thanx
I tried to subscribe , but , RUclips says I have too many subscriptions !!!! Thanks for posting this very interesting gardening video !!!! I'll keep watching !!!!
Love this idea, I've been avoiding buying hoops for all my raised beds. I think this will work very well for a couple of my beds, thank you.
This is so EASY and appears to be effective.
Great demo! Thanks for sharing this frugal method! 🌱🌱🌱
Great idea, but I'd suggest using galvanized garden wire instead of Construction line, which will break down from UV's. Construction line is inexpensive for a reason. You can get galvanized garden wire from home improvement centers and dollar stores. It's also stronger, relatively inexpensive and reusable.
Great tip! Thank you!
The thing with using the wire is it's so much more aggravating to work with. Plus better make sure you wearing safety glasses when using it.. also the string is under this cloth which is working as sun protection. So string should last awhile.
Or a plastic coated metal clothes line.
Wow, very cool idea. I've been wondering about this very thing. Another way to tie the truckers knot, when you make the loop , twist it three times, then facing the post, reach down through the ;loop, pull up a second loop. This is the loop you put your free end in and pull back to the post. Its hard to explain but less confusing for me when I tie it.
I love it; economical and efficient. Just in time for my new raised bed hoop construction and fall plantings!
I get what you mean, but I'm also glad to be doing something that offers continued learning vs boring same old ❤
Thank you for the row cover idea... Love it 😊
Just seen this, its sooo helpful and effective. Gonna b using this for my squash plants. Thank you for all of your efforys and God bless you and yours.
Thankyou. This is just what i needed. Nwill do next spring
That’s great! Our definite recommendations are making sure you have something heavy enough to hold the sides down. And then next time we would use paracord instead of our string. We just had that in hand and wanted it to be cheaper! We also ended up raising it to around four feet up. Hope that helps!!
You should have gotten some long 1" PVC pipe & after rolling it up in the row cover to make your tent, take some short L-shaped rebar & insert the short end into each end of the PVC pipe & drive the long end of the rebar into the ground. If the PVC pipe is not long enough to reach each end of the row, you can use a shepherd's crook piece of short rebar (the kind they use in pouring concrete foundations & walls) and hammer it down to hold the PVC pipe close to the ground. PVC pipe & rebar is a lot cheaper than metal conduit.
I may try this. But with copper wire to get double advantage of the row cover PLUS electroculture benefit. Electroculture WORKS. Copper wire would be expensive to buy, but you may find that there is coated scrap wire around which can be coiled and added to the burn barrel at the next burn.
Very cool!!
Good idea
I have used this method for several years now and have found that using large binder clips to attach the frost cloth to the conduit after rolling it up. This keeps it neat and tidy and it doesn’t blow off. Hope this is helpful
Love this message thank you
That’s why it’s so much fun
I put a piece of cardboard under any rocks or bricks. Helps protect the row cover.
I have always wanted to live in a place without strong winds!
Yea we definitely do not get as gusty of winds as other parts of the country! Or the snow! Those are only occasional weather patterns in our part of the south!!
The "little loop" you refer to is called a bite.
Are you small steaks in hula hoops cut them in half works good
Nice idea i just use rabbit fencing deer dont bother my broccoli and i always have a nest of paper wasps in a tree highup and they feast on cabbage worms all season !
You need to google the Dangers of landscaping cloth
If you use 4 stakes and 2cords on the top, you can have a square cover, or 6 stakes and 3 cords, and have a peaked tent cover. I would staple the edges. That shouldn't impact the cover material much if you only stake it on the edge.
How are you watering the plants?
Great question! Our garden is not at our house and is located far away from the water source. So we currently just mostly rely on rain. That’s been fine so far considering it’s been a dry year. Sometimes we hand water though. With that being said, I’ve heard of people running irrigation underneath the type of woven weed fabric that we currently use ☺️
I love your plan to keep the bugs from munching on the starts, but I would have to unroll the fabric to hand water, or install a drip system.
This probably would not work where I live in Wisconsin as a Winter cover due to amount of snow here
Are use the clips to hold the fabric to the hula hoops
Use soil in plastic bags will not damage cover
That is a great idea!
How about rebars for weights? Or would those tear the fabric?
I think that would be a much better weight! We didn’t have any around, but I think that would work better. I think if you rolled it like we rolled the conduit that would maybe help it not tear the fabric ☺️ just a guess though!
Just hope you don't get any wind!!
Well, sorry I should have watched to the end. Looks very nice. I use wire hoops but when it snows, the wires sometimes bend. This would be some additional support. Thanks.
We definitely needed more weight ☺️ otherwise that wind would have kicked our row covers butt! The rocks worked much better! Thank you for watching!
No offense, but I would have blown or swept off landscape fabric as debri can have bugs that you may trap in space. Maybe I just like a cleaner space.
That’s why it’s so much fun