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I place a whole line of the tall paper bags on 4 or 6 mil plastic and then bring the plastic up and around the whole line, closing them in with garden staples to tuck the plastic to the ground and anchor them against wet and wind. Works great!
As the season progresses, you use the bags...
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where do you find the rope solar lights??
I have always gotten them on ebay before.
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Thanks so much! I try to post stuff seasonally and if you subscribe to my column it will come to you automatically.
Got another one!
Order a bunch of solar rope lights. If you haven't any power at your coop, these work very well and are more robust than the plain string lights. They only stay lit for an hour or three, but it's enough time to give you a minor boost in the egg production the short days of...
My pleasure! If you look at my BYC page , I always like to make quick hints into articles for easy reference.
I think I just reversed those two links...so it may be the opposite when you click on them...
I was posting on the local thread and thought that the plethora of newcomers could use a bit of help in preparation, too. Normally I'd write a nice article and post a link, but I'm just too sick.
I'm under the weather, so it's a bit disjointed and abrupt, but the pith of the info is good...