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I think I may have gone a bit overboard with the wood chippings!
Just a bit Betty ;D
You can't have too many chippings...
unless you have a honey fungus problem that is...
Looking good Betty. :)
Yes..looking very tidy...once those chippings start to bed in I think you find that you got the amount just right ;) ;D
Quote from: saddad on November 11, 2010, 07:27:05
You can't have too many chippings...
unless you have a honey fungus problem that is...
Looking good Betty. :)
The chippings are only on the paths, so if there was honey fungus would that affect the things I grow?
Quote from: Squash64 on November 11, 2010, 13:47:46
Quote from: saddad on November 11, 2010, 07:27:05
You can't have too many chippings...
unless you have a honey fungus problem that is...
Looking good Betty. :)
The chippings are only on the paths, so if there was honey fungus would that affect the things I grow?
Not really... nothing much grows once Honey Fungus has taken over.....
chrisc
Quote from: chriscross1966 on November 11, 2010, 15:26:34
Quote from: Squash64 on November 11, 2010, 13:47:46
Quote from: saddad on November 11, 2010, 07:27:05
You can't have too many chippings...
unless you have a honey fungus problem that is...
Looking good Betty. :)
The chippings are only on the paths, so if there was honey fungus would that affect the things I grow?
Not really... nothing much grows once Honey Fungus has taken over.....
chrisc
I'm getting scared now......
I've seen your plot and the site in general... you haven't got a problem with it... but if somebody had putting chippings down would be a bad move...
Sorry if I got you worried... :-X
Quote from: saddad on November 11, 2010, 15:36:18
I've seen your plot and the site in general... you haven't got a problem with it... but if somebody had putting chippings down would be a bad move...
Sorry if I got you worried... :-X
Phew, I can relax now. :)
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I have bark chipping paths.Nothing wrong with them as long as you leave some growing space.
Amazing Rotivator:
Never mind your bark chippings, I'm deeply envious of those green tent-style cloches you have on your plot! They're exactly what I need on mine ;D Can I be very cheeky and ask where you got them, please?
Quote from: EnglishRose on November 25, 2010, 16:01:01
Amazing Rotivator:
Never mind your bark chippings, I'm deeply envious of those green tent-style cloches you have on your plot! They're exactly what I need on mine ;D Can I be very cheeky and ask where you got them, please?
and me
Quote from: EnglishRose on November 25, 2010, 16:01:01
Amazing Rotivator:
Never mind your bark chippings, I'm deeply envious of those green tent-style cloches you have on your plot! They're exactly what I need on mine ;D Can I be very cheeky and ask where you got them, please?
I made them myself out of water pipe and debri netting.Also made a net tunnel for my brassica's
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He is rather "handy" like that. He's not our site bu the next one just over the road... :)
Clearly I am going to have to kidnap you to build some of those structures for my plot ;D
Seriously, though, I'm dead impressed. In fact, I'm going to steal your idea! Excuse my ignorance, but what exactly is 'water pipe' - will I find it at my local Homebase? What about 'debris netting'? I'm reasonably handy once pointed in the right direction, but being a complete novice to this world I need the obvious spelt out in words of one syllable or less....
Meantime, back to bark chippings. I'm dead impressed with the piccies on here - looks great!
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Here's a close up. 4 pieces of 2"x1" screwed in a square for the base. Water pipe cut to length,( I bought some more the other day from Screw Fix Direct 50mtrs £20 but can be bought at B&Q).Cut to what ever length you like. The netting is from Scaffold Direct web site,(Just over £20 for 50mtrs). Just stretch over your water pipe and staple to the 2"x1" base. I painted the pipe and base with bitumen primer so won't rot. I did that before attaching the net by the way. I hope this helps.
Quote from: Amazingrotavator(Derby) on November 25, 2010, 17:06:58
(http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx161/amazingrotavator/Photo-0065.jpg)
Here's a close up. 4 pieces of 2"x1" screwed in a square for the base. Water pipe cut to length,( I bought some more the other day from Screw Fix Direct 50mtrs £20 but can be bought at B&Q).Cut to what ever length you like. The netting is from Scaffold Direct web site,(Just over £20 for 50mtrs). Just stretch over your water pipe and staple to the 2"x1" base. I painted the pipe and base with bitumen primer so won't rot. I did that before attaching the net by the way. I hope this helps.
That is fabulously helpful - thank you so, so much!
Now, I wonder, would it be terribly naughty of me to make this up all on my own and then let my father and boyfriend think that I came up with that idea myself? ;D ;D ;D
Why not, I won't say owt ;)
I'm keeping shdom. :-X :-X :-X
I just love to see other folks constructions
I think they look great thanks for the instructions.
Just one point I bought some hose pipe rather than water pipe and it is too flexible so I had to go out an get the stiffer type. So need something that will bend into a nice curve but not which will sag in the middle.
I also notice that you have the square base braced at the corners.
Would it be possible to have the exact lengths of the wood and plastic pieces. You say whatever length you like but actually there is an optimum and it would be nice to start with a tried and tested solution. Please can you describe a bit more about how you staple the piping to the base.
I've seen cloches made where the alkathene blue pipe extends through holes drilled in the wooden frames (secured with a screw) the extensions of the pipe push into the ground to help keep the cloche in place.