Nancy Reading

Bumping this thread to see if anyone has tried out the cheesecloth bag idea. I'm hoping to do salad greens for sale from my new tunnel, and presentation and storage/life of the greens is of interest. I do like the idea of the cloth bags.
Something like the cardboard that egg boxes are made from would be another suggestion, but I suspect more expensive.

Burra Maluca wrote:I think it's time to let it go.

I think you're right. You're at the point where it won't last long even once repaired.

I'm going to rescue the camo patch so I can use it on another shirt, and I might rescue the duck motif, though it does have a couple of holes in. Seems a shame to waste it though...

I wonder if you applique the duck onto another garment, maybe with some extra embroidery, you will retain the essence of the duck.

Reading about byssus, I wonder whether it inspired the golden fleece of legend. Fascinating. I guess it is a simlilar material to pearls.

Welcome to permies Niamh!
Did you see this bundle: 6 rocket heater build 3D plans? It includes the pebble style bench, and 5 other rocket heater builds (including the dehydrator and a cook stove!). I'm not sure if one of those is the cob one you are interested in? Maybe you could put a link here of the specific cob style heater you want?

Good points Barbara! I must admit I've been thinking the run off as more of an opportunity than a problem. I've already arranged 'stick drains' along the length of the polytunnel, which will drain the water inside the polytunnel. This is described from this post on my polytunnel build thread. So far I think it is working well. The soil in the tunnel seems to be staying damper than I would expect otherwise, although I haven't tried digging test pits inside yet.
Many of the plants I'd like to plant, that like it rather damp, tend to be a bit spreading (like mint and marsh woundwort). Being so close to the polytunnel I'd like something that doesn't require digging for harvest too, as it makes it more possible to damage the plastic if I'm working with levers too close to it. Comfrey would probably be an idea, although that has large spreading roots. I had that close to my old polytunnel and it moved in! I think watercress might be a good possibility, as it doesn't actually need water. I wonder about marginal pond plants too....My wasabi looks like it has taken well

It does look like repairing these is fairly straightforwards. I found a video from a homesteader - so independant of the welder manufacturer - and they
got on well with their repair. You can get the welder separately for slightly cheaper, and buy the filler plastic and patches to suit.



If I were you I'd ask for a picture of the damage. That will give you a better idea of the job you're looking at. The vendor says they will take offers, which is probably worth a thought.

Here's another lovely old net mending video. I love the way they give the old names for the knots.

That makes sense. We have mixamatosis going round here in waves every few years and it would be devastaing to deal with that on your bunnies.