wind break ?

OK i need more help ( i know whats new hey ?)

my plot is very exposed and i am on the top of a fairly steep slope and i am at the entrance way into the plot so a T junction if you like, the wind is whipping from ever whichway,i am struggling to keep my sweetcorn protected the wind has been so fierce this summer, i want to put up a wind break but how and what would i use ? after all i dont want it being knocked down on the my corns ta much

 

You need something that isn't solid (as the wind will go over a solid obstacle and create huge turbulance behind the "wall").

Webbing (such as "paraweb") is the best temporary solution, hedges are good longer term, and couple that with trees if you can (i.e. have enough "width" around your property - you can plant "exclamation mark" shaped plants to save width, such as Lombardy Poplars). Personally, if "width" around the property was not an issue I would use Monterey Pines - quick growing, great windbreaks, can be "topped" when they get too tall and leave a bushy bottom-half behind. They are 10-to-20 year projects though ...

 

You could build a fence using scaffolders debris netting, a couple of plots on our site have this already and it creates a micro climate inside. It stops most of the wind but does need to be put up onto a sturdy post and wire system to prevent the wind from blowing it all down.

I'll be surrounding our plot in this over the coming years, mounting the netting onto posts already covered in stock fencing as this will give extra support.



Above a plot holder has used debris netting to shelter some plants, and on the right has used it as fencing.

Steve...

 

kristen thanks but cant use trees as not aloud to plant them on plot but maybe i could use fruit bushes

Steve i love this idea in fact i love the above plot lol i actually have a roll of this so just need wire and posts hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm where to beg them from

 

Freecycle?

 

A row of pallets supported with some posts/whatever should do it. These could also form the basis of some compost heaps with some additional pallets fixed at 90 degrees. Or for a longer term/more productive solution plant a cherry (mirabelle) plum hedge - that's what I've done for a polytunnel shelter belt.

 

Cracking idea and just the right level of perviousity - or some word like that! Cheap as chips too - I think that the webbing is always blinking expensive.