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Temporary wind protection ideas?
Andy Leeds
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I want to 'fence off' a small area, about 1m by 4m where I'll be growing some courgettes, cucumbers. It's quite windy and I'd like to protect the veg from the worst of it.
I'd like a cheap, temporary solution that will work, but also will allow light in (if possible act like a cloche to warm up the interior a bit).
I thought of hammering in a few stakes and wrapping bubble wrap around, or something similar with corrugated pvc.
What do people here generally do or recommend - I don't think the usual polytunnels would be suitable (too wide)?
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You can buy 'windbreak netting' fabric by the metre from most garden centres ... I use tomato canes and fix the netting to it.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
yes, like that one Dove, or cheap plastic cloches (well pegged down of course!!) you can remove and re-use
Thanks for the suggestion, I think that the standard windbreak netting also provides ~50% shade, which I don't want. Cloches also wouldn't work I think unless they were huge (for cucumbers / courgettes)?
I think I'll try something bespoke... ?