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[perchie.girl]

You might get away with figs too deb.

Yep thats on my list too. We do get a good hard frost.... enough for some apples.... but the water is an issue... I cant do anything till I get a greywater system established.

I am ALMOST off grid....

deb

 

[vehve]

Deb, I might add that it doesn't need to carry a load, I'd mount it on a vertical surface. I already have a roof on the run, I just need to cover the sides. HDPE might work if I can find it in cheap and thin enough sheets.

 

[hennible]

Deb, I might add that it doesn't need to carry a load, I'd mount it on a vertical surface. I already have a roof on the run, I just need to cover the sides. HDPE might work if I can find it in cheap and thin enough sheets.

Maybe I missed this, are you looking for a ridged product? Or would high quality greenhouse plastic be an option?

 

[vehve]

Quote: I'd like something a bit thicker. All the greenhouse plastic I've seen has been ~0.2mm thick, I'd like something in the 1-2mm range.

 

[hennible]

You can get 4mill and 6mill, 4mill is what's on my greenhouse.... Thats here though. Maybe online, e-bay has it.
You can order rolls of lexan online, its rigid, and thin but more expensive.

 

[Sylviaanne]

on a serious note.... How many here know their gardening Zone.

Its helpful for many reasons.... Even though I dont garden I do have plans for Xeriscaping with perennials some of which bear fruit. Below generates Zone by zip code

http://www.plantmaps.com/91934

I am in Zone 9a. Severe drought conditions.

Here is the site I am parusing for plant materials

http://www.highcountrygardens.com/plant-finder

I can do fruit trees.... once planted I can maintain them. Pomegranite.... OH yummmy anything that lives in the middle east will grow here maybe with a little grey water.

deb

Says I am in 6a. Not sure what that means at all. LOL

 

[Wisher1000]

I'm a 7b! This was interesting...

Zip code 35446, Buhl AL is in USDA Hardiness Zone 7b: 5F to 10F. Using updated climate data through 2010, 35446 is in the Plantmaps Hardiness Zone 7b: 5F to 10F. The average first frost in 35446 is between November 1 - 10, while the average last frost occurs between March 21 - 31. 35446 is part of Ecoregion 65i - Fall Line Hills. 35446 averages 91 - 120 days per year where the temperatue exceeds 86°F. The average annual high temperature in 35446 is 75°F and the average annual low temperature is 51°F. The average high temperature in July (Summer) is 91°F, while the average high temperature in January (Winter) is 54°F.

 

[LindaB220]

I am in a weird place that is part zone 14 but also zones 8 and 9.

I get to take my pick. Add to that the well water here is full of boron and other things that will kill a lot of plants, including house plants....

We are sometimes moderated by the Ocean, can get freezing weather that messes up citrus but are generally warm enough in the winter to grow things like that.

Twenty miles north of zone 8B so I still count it. Humid as all get out. Not like the coast but 50-80%. New Orleans is I believe 99%.

At least it was the only time I went a few years ago. One year before the deluge.

 

[ozexpat]

Anyway

I have extended my stay in the Philippines for another 10 days.

My staff dramas are over by the looks of things and everything settledd down well.

My first sow will deliver in under a month and another five by Christmas. Gotta love those people who make home made instructional videos on you tube. The self taught AI worked!

The new Boer/Nubian buck we bought has been busy. The sudden appearance of a buck has bought most of the girls on heat. Hopefully we will get a nice percentage of Dowling's again.

The D-Block coops will be finished by Friday. 5 coops 12x8 with 24x8 runs.

The first modified Ohio multilevel brooder was painted yesterday. 9 brooders in a five level structure. Rear doors were added for ease of cleaning.

The second brooder stack will be five larger brooders.

I want to be able to house 12 weeks of birds inside to prevent rat and cat attacks.

Mrs Oz told the new couple about a mass monthly wedding she set up through the mayors office. They are getting married today!

 

[ozexpat]

I requested a clean up in aisle 14