Pacific Northwest Gardening: A hoop garden?, 2 by RickCorey_WA

RickCorey_WA wrote:
PVC pipes are cheap. I don't know about rebar. You could replace the rebar stakes with short lengths of PVC pipe ("sleeves") big enough that your hoop-pipes nest inside it.

I ws thinking that, if my tunnel is low enough, that I might use very thin PVC hoops, like 1/2" or 3/4".

I was thinking of stabliizing the hoops by lashing 3 runs of very light bamboo stalks lengthwise - along the top and half-way down. I see the YouTube video used a 1x3" wooden "spine" for the same purpose. I was thinking of lashing bamboo to PVC with waxed twine.

I have some very flimsy bamboo, but I use it by lashing it length-to-length so that the thinnest part of one overlaps the thickest part of the next.

Really, though, I wanted a frame light and sturdy enough that I could flip it off the bed as one piece for clear or warm days, then back on every evening. I don't think that's practical unless I heat-bend the PVC, or maybe use bent "EMT" elctrical conduit pipes.
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The little quickie below has translucent plastic film draped over some wire fencing.

This message was edited Aug 29, 2012 3:13 PM