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To: lurqer who wrote (32534)	3/5/2004 8:20:39 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 104216

By some coinidink, I just started digging a pea bed yesterday. I haven't gardened since the divorce, but I've got a friend who lacks sunlight, so... You don't have to get so elaborate with your bird protection. You can just lay plastic or some floating row covers (Tuf-bel, etc), on the bed. Take it off when you see the sprouts. Plastic runs a little hotter, but the plants can pop thru holes in the live netting, so it's a wash which one you use. If you have climbing peas, just weight the edges down with your stakes. For more elaborate multi-purpose covers, get some wire (I think it is concrete wire; the stuff you use when pouring concrete.) I think our pieces were about 10 feet long. Bend it into a semi-cylinder; can stabilize the ends with PVC. This gives you a hoop which you can drape with plastic, frost protectors, bird netting, shade netting, etc. Mini-Farmer Rat