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What are your garden goals for 2025? (self.greenspace)

submitted 3 days ago by LallyLuckFarm to c/greenspace

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Are you planning big changes, or minor tweaks to a working system? Are there new-to-you plants you're excited to try your hand at? Let's share our dreams and goals and inspire each other!

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[–] LallyLuckFarm 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The cabbage moth solution I see everywhere is low tunnels with a fine mesh to exclude them. We were gifted a hinged low tunnel and I'm planning to use that for our frame, I'll let you know how it goes

All of this sounds amazing, I can't wait to see your results!

[–] xylem 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Good to know! A contractor we had doing some work on the house last year left behind a roll of thick poly sheeting so I was thinking about using that to make some floating row covers anyway.

I'll be sure to post lots of pictures this year! I also started a personal website recently for fun so I'll probably be putting stuff there.

[–] LallyLuckFarm 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not all poly is equally UV resistant. If your roll has branding information on it I would highly recommend checking that before using it. Cleaning up the pieces of the wrong poly is a huge pain because it fragments more while you're trying to pick it up.

If what you have lying around isn't up to the task, ask around at your local greenhouses for offcuts from their last greenhouse skins. The box stores will try to sell you rolls from the paint department, and that's no good for this. You could also try any local dance studios about tulle they didn't use - plenty of folks use fabric mesh to do their brassica low tunnels.

[–] xylem 1 points 2 days ago

Good to know - thanks!