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« on: April 24, 2006, 20:46 »
My friend has just given me 14 sheets of clear corrugated palstic he got from ajob he was doing. It looks in quite good nick. I was thinking cloches - any other ideas?
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« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2006, 21:02 »
Want to sell any? Man I bought 2 sheets from B&Q (well a shelter was really important) and they cost me the best part of £20.

You could make coldframe type things which also collect water for you into a can or something. The roof of the shelter I built is going to be a coldframe top when we get a proper shed.
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« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2006, 21:20 »
I have two sheets of that clear stuff from B & Q and it cost me £5.00 a sheet. I use them as cloches by bending them over and putting wire around them. The only trouble I have is that in strong winds they blow away. My OH plans to drill some holes in the ends and put stakes in them so that I can bend them over and fix them into the ground - however he hasnt done it yet so cant tell you if it will work.
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« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2006, 10:23 »
Thanks - I was trying to think of incorporating some water-collecting aspect to any structure I build. I'll put up pics of any progress I make.
At the moment I seem to be building more than I'm planting. Still it gives vent to all my rough carpentry skills (?)

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« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2006, 13:37 »
cloches, definitly. like jake i was knocked sideways by the price of the stuff. :wink:

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« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2006, 16:34 »
Cloche lids, wooden sides to cloches. Could you do a mini greenhouse type thing?

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« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2006, 18:24 »
yes I was thinking of that. I'll have to get a bit more scrap wood off the same friend (always get to know a carpenter).



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