https://davidbach.net/wiki/ 2026-06-10T15:03:08+00:00 https://davidbach.net/wiki/ https://davidbach.net/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.png text/html 2015-11-13T18:23:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:cultivate:cover:hoop&rev=1447439025&do=diff Low tent I assembled hoop tents from 3/4“ EMT. I made them modular so I can move them from one bed to another and so I could tilt them up for easy access and for ventilation on hot days. The low tents are 4 x 10 feet and 4 feet high. In 2014 I didn't enclose the ends, leading to, among other things, predation be rabbits. I'll try something different in 2015. text/html 2020-06-29T01:33:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:cultivate:cover:house&rev=1593394434&do=diff Hoop house We lost most of our 2013 harvest to blight so we were careful. The hoop house is the cornerstone of our strategy to: * Increase the average temperature plants experience * Keep airborne fungi that creates late season blight from getting to the tomato plants text/html 2018-01-25T01:43:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:cultivate:cover:juicebottle&rev=1516844590&do=diff Juice bottle cloze In 2017 I had serious problems with bugs (cucumber beatles and possibly cutworms) that plants were dying and I needed to replant by direct-seeding at the Farm or Garden. [My impromptu juice bottle cloze, complete with bug guard]The fresh seedlings were easy targets for the predators and they needed more heat in the early part of the summer. So I took juice bottles I used in the greenhouse, cut out the bottoms and attached a bug guard at the top. text/html 2014-10-11T23:14:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:cultivate:cover:panel&rev=1413069267&do=diff Corrugated panels [Plastic panels for row covers]I used these in a similar way to the row covers. These 2' x 10' corrugated plastic panels serve much the same purposes for narrow rows. With these I intended to retain sunlight warmth for germinating seeds. The open ends allow bugs to get in so they aren't as helpful in protecting the seedlings from predators. text/html 2017-08-24T13:54:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:cultivate:cover:pests&rev=1503582861&do=diff Pests In my humble opinion, it's enough to work through preparing soil, planting, weeding, watering, tending and harvesting. But there are things who incessantly chomp, damage, disfigure and sometimes kill plant or fruit. In my gardens I'm talking about slugs, snails, beetles, powdery mildew, blight and so on. text/html 2020-06-29T01:30:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:cultivate:cover:raised&rev=1593394200&do=diff Raised beds Regarding raised beds in general, I have five separate beds here at home. I don’t notice that they require more frequent watering, generally, than my Fall City garden. But that’s not enough information for an informed opinion. Each is different, receives different amounts of rainfall and has different crops. text/html 2014-07-07T01:43:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:cultivate:cover:row&rev=1404697392&do=diff Row cover Why I use I hoped to help seeds germinate by using row cover to retain some heat provided by sunlight. Also, I hoped to protect plants seeded in the soil from bugs (especially Mexican bean beetles and cucumber beetles) and in one case from a goose. text/html 2019-01-01T05:00:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:cultivate:cover:sidebar&rev=1546318812&do=diff * Home * Gardening wiki * Protecting * Panel cover * Row cover * Low tent * Temperatures * Hoop house * 2015 * 2015 photos * Raised beds * Pests (Ugh!) * Slug and snail * Bugs * White grub * Cucumber beetle