[slopym]

I'm in need of advice about windbreaks, my plot is in a very exposed position and I get blasted by winds from the west.

How high should a windbreak be and what (cheap) material can I use?

I already have posts and some netting, just not sure if they're suitable.

If you have windbreaks, what kind do you have?

thanks

Steve

[WG.]

Hi Steve & welcome.  Some folks grow Jerusalem Artichokes as a windbreak.

[DadBear]

I'm in need of advice about windbreaks, my plot is in a very exposed position and I get blasted by winds from the west.

How high should a windbreak be and what (cheap) material can I use?

I already have posts and some netting, just not sure if they're suitable.

If you have windbreaks, what kind do you have?

thanks

Steve

Hello and welcome, what about using a willow type screen... looks nice and you can make it yourself too...

[noshed]

Poundland have some stuff which might work

[Ice]

Hi Steve & welcome.  Some folks grow Jerusalem Artichokes as a windbreak.

There's a certain irony in that WG

[WG.]

There's a certain irony in that WG

   

[fluffypebble]

I am thinking of using willow.  Creating a living windbreak that is quite economical and good looking.

http://www.westwaleswillows.co.uk/

[WG.]

I am thinking of using willow.  Creating a living windbreak that is quite economical and good looking.

http://www.westwaleswillows.co.uk/

Won't the roots wander for miles?

[fluffypebble]

I don't know about that bit but I would consider it worthwhile to replenish what is a dying are and may even take up basket weaving.  There is something more aesthetically pleasing when you use nature as opposed to some man made device.

I think you would get a better wind break from the willow than you will with J.A.  Also it is not too expensive, which I found quite surprising.

[andy a]

hi steve, this is my first reply. Like you i have an exposed site. I have fixed up some scaffold debris netting along one side of the plot. It dosn't stop the wind but it does break the force of it still letting the air flow. I will be going all round when i have time.

[flowerlady]

hi steve, this is my first reply. Like you i have an exposed site. I have fixed up some scaffold debris netting along one side of the plot. It dosn't stop the wind but it does break the force of it still letting the air flow. I will be going all round when i have time.

up this you could grow runner beans ... sideways ...  

and even squash and / or melons and cucumbers  

Natural barriers ... would you be able to plant a hazel hedge?

[WG.]

I think you would get a better wind break from the willow than you will with J.A.  

No question.  Year round too.  Not edible tho'  

[fluffypebble]

I think you would get a better wind break from the willow than you will with J.A.  

No question.  Year round too.  Not edible tho'  

You are just never satisfied are you WG  

Just because you turned green doesn't make you better than us you know.

[Trillium]

He can't help it, Fluffy, it's that innate Scot's thriftiness.  

[fluffypebble]

He can't help it, Fluffy, it's that innate Scot's thriftiness.  

You're probably right Trillium.  Must be the isolation and cold weather rolled in with the Scots ability to save money.