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Sheltering the Seedbed

The accepted practice here in the Prairie Provinces is to box the beds in with a framework of screens 10' long and 1' high made of a 2 x 2 framework and screen wire. These are placed end to end around the beds, and are supported by nailing or wiring to flat stakes driven into the ground. This framework supports the lath shelter (snow fencing) that is then unrolled over the bed. Setting the screens, up and then removing them is very costly in time, labor and materials and the screens themselves are costly, for they must be made of treated wood or else be kept well painted to preserve them from rot. A much more simple method, and one which is practiced in England, is described below.


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Author(s): T. M. Sharkey

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 25 (1956)