freeamfva: The Crazy Hail Protection We Built for Our Garden

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The Crazy Hail Protection We Built for Our Garden

Anyway, we've been getting a TON of requests for more info on our one-of-a-kind hail netting system we built over the garden this year, so here are as many details as I can pack into one post.To get more news about Hail netting for gardens Acting, you can visit dtwiremesh.com official website.

Prior to building our crazy hail protection structure, my plan to prevent hail damage was dismal at best. It usually involved a mad dash to the garden with buckets and sheets whenever a thunderstorm approached on the horizon?

After a violent afternoon storm SHREDDED the garden and murdered the trampoline last summer (2019), I told Christian I couldn't garden another year unless we had some sort of hail protection plan in place.

It felt like I was playing Russian Roulette with my garden every year... I would plant my seedlings in March, nurture them for months, carefully transplant them outside, weed and water, only to have them randomly destroyed.Initially we thought about hail cloth, which isn't really cloth, but more of a rolled wire mesh. It can be a brilliant option for protecting your garden if you build a frame and stretch the cloth over it. However, due to the size and quantity of our beds, Christian wasn't super stoked about building individual hail cloth frames for each and every bed...

I could pull it over the top of the garden when nasty weather was on the horizon, and pull it back when the skies were sunny.

Unfortunately, due to the size of our garden plot and our legendary winds, we ultimately realized we'd need something a little more permanent.I'd never seen anything like the covering I was envisioning my mind, so Google and I spent some quality time together as we brainstormed our options.

Turns out, gardeners are not the other ones who fear hail- orchards are just are susceptible to hail damage, and orchard owners have come up with a brilliant option: