What did you do in the garden today?

[Ascholten]

When you are little, all it had to have was sugar in it and it was GOOD !!!!!

Aaron

 

[Sueby]

When you are little, all it had to have was sugar in it and it was GOOD !!!!!

Aaron

Exactly!

 

[Ascholten]

Holy CRAP are those things expensive !! It's a $#% CHEST FREEZER for crying out loud. NO ice maker, NO waterdispenser NO wifi bull..... it's a box with a chiller on it and you want HOW MUCH??? I can buy a damned window ac and freeze the whole garage down for cheaper than that !

Aaron

 

[WIchickMama]

No garden work today, going to have thunderstorms. I got out and turned beds yesterday over lunch, 45 deg F but the sun felt good.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

I have a shade/frost cloth that I need to put over my 16'x4' raised bed.
Keep waiting for dollar tree to have HulaHoops but they haven't. Would ½" pvc pipe hold cloth up a d over the plants without draping on em...or is there anything else I could try and use to do this?

 

[638858]

I have a shade/frost cloth that I need to put over my 16'x4' raised bed.
Keep waiting for dollar tree to have HulaHoops but they haven't. Would ½" pvc pipe hold cloth up a d over the plants without draping on em...or is there anything else I could try and use to do this?

1/2 inch pvc would work just fine, but be careful bending it over, it will likely kink if bent too sharply.. 3/4 would be better but needs to be anchored firmly in the ground.. I use 1 1/4 pvc cut into 12 inch pieces and drive them into the ground and pull them out and knock the soil out and put back into empty hole, then slip 3/4 pvc into the sleeve in the ground and repeated evenly until area is covered.. a 10 ft stick of 3/4 with bend relatively easy over an 8 ft bed and still be 3 ft off the ground at the highest point. Remember the shorter the pipe the stiffer it is to been into a half hoop..

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

1/2 inch pvc would work just fine, but be careful bending it over, it will likely kink if bent too sharply.. 3/4 would be better but needs to be anchored firmly in the ground.. I use 1 1/4 pvc cut into 12 inch pieces and drive them into the ground and pull them out and knock the soil out and put back into empty hole, then slip 3/4 pvc into the sleeve in the ground and repeated evenly until area is covered.. a 10 ft stick of 3/4 with bend relatively easy over an 8 ft bed and still be 3 ft off the ground at the highest point. Remember the shorter the pipe the stiffer it is to been into a half hoop..

Great info thank u!!!
Oh n what do u use to cut pvc?

 

[638858]

Great info thank u!!!
Oh n what do u use to cut pvc?

I use a pvc cutter, it’s like a pair of hand pruners but has a super sharp blade and cuts like butter.. inexpensive and a must have for cutting pvc.. depending on how many you need to cut it may be easier (definitely faster) to use a miter saw if you know anyone that may have power tools.. most hardware stores will cut pvc for you when you buy it.. that may be an option too..

 

[Ascholten]

PVP would more shatter than kink if you bent it too far. It should hold your cloth without any problems. You can use PVC cutter on it or a sawsall works too but pvc cutter is easier. Id pay the few bucks and get the cutter.

Also, you might want to pay the extra dollar or two a stick and get the full grade PVC pipe and not the lower grade. The lower can be brittle and shatter, especially when cutting and may not last as long, where the full 40 sched I think it is.. will do a lot better.

If you really want to get creative, drill small holes in it pointing inwards to your garden, glue a fitting to the end of them and you can have it double as a sprinkler system too.

Aaron

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Holy CRAP are those things expensive !! It's a $#% CHEST FREEZER for crying out loud. NO ice maker, NO waterdispenser NO wifi bull..... it's a box with a chiller on it and you want HOW MUCH??? I can buy a damned window ac and freeze the whole garage down for cheaper than that !

Aaron

All appliances are super expensive right now. Even when they say Made in America all the parts come from overseas.
When you said your freezer was going out, I was thinking "oh no!".