Topic: best/cheapest windbreak ideas wanted

[OliveOil]

As the title suggests - i have a big plot... so it really does have to be cheap LOL  The wind seems to whip across the site - esp my bit!  Most people down my lotty have corrugated iron as windbreaks - but getting hold of that is pretty hard unless you haev ££££££££££

[tim]

A solid break is 'wrong'.
Don't know about prices, but I think that Rokolene may be the best.

We've used the same pieces for decades.

It's also our shading!

[Palustris]

Don't buy from Garden centres! Se if you can find a local company, Agricultural/horticultural type outlet. they are often far cheaper than G/cs.
If not then Mail order companies offer the best bet.

[tim]

Like NA Kay?

[OliveOil]

http://www.tildenet.co.uk/acatalog/horticulture.html

i just found this link - looks good and the cheapest i could find.

[Palustris]

LBS Plasticas are cheaper than Kay's

[Multiveg]

I'd say Jerusalem artichokes for windbreak!!!!  ;D

Advantage is that you can eat the potato-like tubers (supposedly good for diabetics), but beware of adding to the greenhouse effect!

[supersprout]

ha ha ha ha multiveg
the wind has blown five of my JAs over and I have had to stake them this morning :-X ;D

[amphibian]

I'd say Jerusalem artichokes for windbreak!!!!  ;D

Advantage is that you can eat the potato-like tubers (supposedly good for diabetics), but beware of adding to the greenhouse effect!

Ironic that they break the wind when in the soil, and you break wind when they are in you. I think they absorb the wind all day and let it out later.

[tim]

Eric - can't find LBS??

[timf]

Eric - can't find LBS??

http://www.lbsgardendirect.co.uk/

[OliveOil]

yep they are the cheapest and you get a discount off your first order!

[tim]

Thanks!

[John_H]

someone on my site puts up roles of that large guage sheep fencing and then covers it with the mesh plastic netting which goes on scaffolding to stop bits of plaster falling into the steet.

Also you can take hundreds of cuttings of rosemary, sage and lavender and plant out your own natural windbreak in a year to take the place of the netting. This option smells and looks a lot more pleasing and also encourages the bees.

[amphibian]

someone on my site puts up roles of that large guage sheep fencing and then covers it with the mesh plastic netting which goes on scaffolding to stop bits of plaster falling into the steet.

Also you can take hundreds of cuttings of rosemary, sage and lavender and plant out your own natural windbreak in a year to take the place of the netting. This option smells and looks a lot more pleasing and also encourages the bees.

Mesh and a herb hedge would be even better, two diffuse layers works best of all.