After the ‘gale’ winds on the plateau, we found it was necessary to pin the ground cover down every 18 inches.

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After the ‘gale’ winds on the plateau, we found it was necessary to pin the ground cover down every 18 inches.
So I was on high when the ground cover was down… then the front came through, “the Non-Silent Storm” ! The pyrotechnics sitting on the hill top are amazing, the calm before, cool winds, the lightning strikes, then it arrived!
50 MPH winds, torrential rains, then there was the dawn…
“Hello World”… once evaluating the damage, the pins to hold the ground cover need to be 12″ to 18” apart to take on that kind of wind!
Had D&J Tractor lay the foundation for three pads (20′ by 100′). Joey did a great job! Now it’s time to cover the pads with greenhouse woven ground cover. This is definitely a job for more than one person if the wind is blowing more than just a slight breeze else you’ll be ground parasailing.
Watch this video and see! (turn up the volume)
This is a weekly blog documenting our progress building an aquaponics farm in the “Texas Hill Country”, a.k.a. Central Texas which also includes Austin.
Bell Aquaponics is located in Ding Dong, Texas!
Down the road a bit from Killeen.