Re: [IceHorses] wind fencing
2008/7/11 Mic Rushen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Yes, we've used it here as a 70mph breeze is pretty normal where we > are. It does work but it doesn't last that long (ours was fine for a > year, tatty for another 2 years, then fell apart) and it was quite > expensive too. We did a stretch of about 150 yards to protect the > vegetable plot, chicken run and baby orchard. Okay...so there goes that idea. We've had some of the wooden slats up here for 10 years and they are still just as solid as the day they were put in. Wanda -- Thoughts become things...
Re: [IceHorses] wind fencing
2008/7/11 Mic Rushen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Yes, we've used it here as a 70mph breeze is pretty normal where we > are. It does work but it doesn't last that long (ours was fine for a > year, tatty for another 2 years, then fell apart) and it was quite > expensive too. We did a stretch of about 150 yards to protect the > vegetable plot, chicken run and baby orchard. Okay...so there goes that idea. We've had some of the wooden slats up here for 10 years and they are still just as solid as the day they were put in. Wanda -- Thoughts become things...
Re: [IceHorses] wind fencing
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:54:15 -0300, you wrote: >I remember reading somewhere that bamboo can take over and it's hard >to get rid of. Do you have any photos of your bamboo? Bamboo dies here in our hard salty winds. Mic Mic (Michelle) Rushen --- Solva Icelandic Horses and DeMeulenkamp Sweet Itch Rugs: www.solva-icelandics.co.uk ---
Re: [IceHorses] wind fencing
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > .> yeah! and they say every so many years all the bamboo dies off at > once and when it does the chinese people have to scrounge for miles > and miles for bamboo to take to the pandas and keep them alive til the > bamboo comes back! I didn't know that! > chicken a day disappear. then this morning, very early, I heard it, > the dang owl that came last year is back so now will lock all my > chickens up til he leaves. > Would an owl fly away with a chicken?! They must be strong. V
Re: [IceHorses] wind fencing
. > > I guess Pandas are meant to keep the bamboo in check. :D > V > yeah! and they say every so many years all the bamboo dies off at once and when it does the chinese people have to scrounge for miles and miles for bamboo to take to the pandas and keep them alive til the bamboo comes back! very interesting, nature. Like now, I am having a chicken a day disappear. then this morning, very early, I heard it, the dang owl that came last year is back so now will lock all my chickens up til he leaves. Janice -- even good horses have bad days sometimes.
Re: [IceHorses] wind fencing
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > they say pandas eat only bamboo, just tons and > tons a day. I guess Pandas are meant to keep the bamboo in check. :D V
Re: [IceHorses] wind fencing
On 7/11/08, Virginia Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > bamboo can make a fence that looks like an elephant enclosure in about > > a year. > > I remember reading somewhere that bamboo can take over and it's hard > to get rid of. Do you have any photos of your bamboo? > V > no i dont because if I had any bamboo my husband would run out the back door with a machete roaring like a samurai warrior and hack it to peices on the spot. I can however take some pics of it on the trail. Whats interesting... they say pandas eat only bamboo, just tons and tons a day. And when we are on a trail ride and we come up on some bamboo, that is jaspars most favorite snack on the planet, the little tender baby bamboo plants. I let him eat them as a special treat, I will just sit in the saddle and let him eat all he wants. also a plant relative, maiden cane, he is crazy about that too. janice-- even good horses have bad days sometimes.
Re: [IceHorses] wind fencing
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > bamboo can make a fence that looks like an elephant enclosure in about > a year. I remember reading somewhere that bamboo can take over and it's hard to get rid of. Do you have any photos of your bamboo? V
Re: [IceHorses] wind fencing
we plant a dense line of cedars or bamboo. yes we have bamboo. oddly, no one knows why, but here in this region we have a lot of plants and insects only found here and in china. There is an old folktale, true or maybe not, that says a missionary returning from china was going down the appalachicola on a barge and her bag fell over board and the bag was full of seeds and insect larvae. anyway. bamboo can make a fence that looks like an elephant enclosure in about a year. Janice-- even good horses have bad days sometimes.
Re: [IceHorses] wind fencing
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:43:22 -0600, you wrote: >Does anyone have any experience with the mesh fencing that you >sometimes see around tennis courts? Yes, we've used it here as a 70mph breeze is pretty normal where we are. It does work but it doesn't last that long (ours was fine for a year, tatty for another 2 years, then fell apart) and it was quite expensive too. We did a stretch of about 150 yards to protect the vegetable plot, chicken run and baby orchard. Mic Mic (Michelle) Rushen --- Solva Icelandic Horses and DeMeulenkamp Sweet Itch Rugs: www.solva-icelandics.co.uk ---
