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05/09/12, 05:24 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: True Northern California
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My chiken wire raised beds
Since I have trouble with birds, skunks, racoons, martins, deer and others wild things besides my neighbor's free run dogs, I have been building covers for my garden.
And a close up of the potoato bins
I did it over a couple of years. My first covers were just to lift off of my wood sided raised beds and I moved them from bed to bed as it was needed.
Now each bed has it's own cover and some are now hinged so they can be tilted up easily.
This year I also made some raised beds by using heavier pcv pipe in the same way as the covers but upside down of course.
All beds have chicken wire over the bottom but the landscaping cloth is only on the sides so the roots can grow down but the ever eager voles and chipmunks are kept out.
Last edited by where I want to; 05/09/12 at 05:35 PM.
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05/09/12, 05:44 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
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way to solve your problem----good job. might have to copy it to keep the kids sheep out of our raised beds.
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05/09/12, 05:48 PM
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ingeneous solutions! good ideas...
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05/09/12, 06:09 PM
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Tight very very tight! Great solution to all your problems.
Can you post a pic of the hinges ?
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05/09/12, 07:40 PM
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Interesting.
In the background,, is that a tree stump?
About 8 feet in dia?
jim
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05/09/12, 07:45 PM
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I've thought about this before, and then in the winter, put some chickens or even rabbits in there to work the soil some...
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05/09/12, 09:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by solidwoods
Interesting.
In the background,, is that a tree stump?
About 8 feet in dia?
jim
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Old growth redwood stump- more than 8 feet. The part showing is has about 5 feet of debris piled agains it. If you slip down the hill on the other side, it's more than 15. You should see the 20 footer in the front paddock.
Those trees were so big that they were cut from spring boards as no saw was big enough in those days to cut them down at the base.
The hinges are simply conduit brackets screwed to the wood boards. But I have made hinges by using a elbow with a slip where the slip is 3/4s inch over a 1/2 inch pipe. But I didn't do it on these as it needs an elbow to round the corner instead of an elbow with side slip- so more cuts and an extra fitting for each corner. I did use cable ties to make sloppy hinges on the all pipe ones but I don't know how long they will work.
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05/10/12, 05:27 AM
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VERY impressive! You should patent your design. That's PVC pipe and ground cloth? Definitely critter proof.... Thanks for posting. Reb
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05/10/12, 09:25 AM
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Very nice!
I've begun to do this with my square foot beds. Danged squirrels pick strawberries that have barely begun to turn ripe, bite out the ripe part and throw away the rest. I made wire covers out of 1"X2" welded wire for my 2 strawberry beds. The squirrels promptly moved to my pear tree. They are picking the green pears, taking a bite and throwing the rest on the ground. Squirrels must die!!! 
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05/10/12, 09:54 AM
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Have you thought about covering them with clear plastic to create cold frames to extend the growing season?
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05/10/12, 10:37 AM
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AHA! I like this idea... i have been contemplating something similar... not for critters although I could let my chickens free range again! I want something like this with small openings to save my garden from the HAIL! Seems like we always lose most of the garden to hail storms... love this West Texas Weather...
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05/10/12, 05:13 PM
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Hey neighbor (Where I Want To), in looking at your 'cages', they would be great for the lower growing root type crops up here in the fog.. I'll have to show these to my neighbors, and we might attempt a few for some of the potatoes/ radishes/ lettuce/ etc... Are you able to get tomatoes to grow, over on your ridge?
Over on this ridgetop, we went with the "Berlin Wall" type of enclosure/ fencing, to keep out those pesky critters..
From before the raised beds were put in.
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05/10/12, 11:38 PM
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radiofish, all that is missing are the guard towers! :-)
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05/11/12, 06:44 AM
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Really great! All of it!
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05/11/12, 08:16 AM
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I like it!!! Seems like I have another project now for my strawberry raised bed.... But I need to figure out a slight modification.... DH made this bed 4' wide and 12' long. Moving the frame on/off would be cumbersome for one person, so now I need to figure out how to hinge it so that I can still work in the garden from sides and ends..... Firm center support on which sides are hinged onto??? Help. Need suggestions here....
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05/11/12, 08:27 AM
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Raiofish- helloooo neighbor. You have a mighty fortress there.
This will be my first year for trying to grow tomatoes without a greenhouse- we'll see if I do anything other than grown green golf balls. 
Averagejo- If you have the room to tilt the covers on each end of the bed, I might try dividing the screen in two and hinging each ean seperately. That might mean a bar on each section to act as a brace that runs through the middle of the bed. Or you could simply make two seperate caps that you can lift off individually. A 6 ft section is pretty light. I've never done a bed that big but all of this has proven pretty easy.
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05/11/12, 08:38 AM
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Very clever! And with some clear plastic, looks like you could even extend your growing season.
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05/11/12, 09:20 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AverageJo
I like it!!! Seems like I have another project now for my strawberry raised bed.... But I need to figure out a slight modification.... DH made this bed 4' wide and 12' long. Moving the frame on/off would be cumbersome for one person, so now I need to figure out how to hinge it so that I can still work in the garden from sides and ends..... Firm center support on which sides are hinged onto??? Help. Need suggestions here....
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Split the length in half by making to covers that meet in the middle.
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