Due to site restrictions, we had to install our AGP in a spot that is INCREDIBLY treed (oaks) and it's MESSY with pollen and branches and caterpillar larva (barf) and I am going INSANE.
I bought a robot this year. <3 It's helping, but I want to help myself wherever I can. I was considering a clear tarp over top, then was concerned about wind. So then i considered getting punch in grommets to minimize the wind issue, and let some rain in. Then it came to me - that will look gross covered in pollen and trees etc.
So- I either buy painter plastic drop cloth and change it out every 2 weeks so my husband doesn't go insane with the mess (which looks tacky)
OR maybe I put up bird netting (1" holes, I know) OR buy another pool cover like the one i use in the winter, with the overlapping netting - and then the tree Crud largely stays out. I know -
POLLEN, I won't win
BRANCHES, I will mostly mitigate
EXTRA WIN- Could hang solar lights from it and make it look intentional?
Does anyone else have big plans like this? My backyard isn't a beautiful oasis, it's a work in progress all the time. I am a project STARTER not so much a finisher, and we have 4 kids. SO this has to be easy and quick-ish. I an use the surrounding trees to attach the net - with Zip ties - and can likely put little eye bolts into the roof line - I think the part is wood and so it would work - or even command hooks - those things do everything.
Wondering if anyone has done this. Ideally, I'd do a bubble greenhouse over top, but that's a) $$ and would also be b) pretty unattractive and then c) i would likely poison my kids somehow, which is NOT the plan.
I bought a robot this year. <3 It's helping, but I want to help myself wherever I can. I was considering a clear tarp over top, then was concerned about wind. So then i considered getting punch in grommets to minimize the wind issue, and let some rain in. Then it came to me - that will look gross covered in pollen and trees etc.
So- I either buy painter plastic drop cloth and change it out every 2 weeks so my husband doesn't go insane with the mess (which looks tacky)
OR maybe I put up bird netting (1" holes, I know) OR buy another pool cover like the one i use in the winter, with the overlapping netting - and then the tree Crud largely stays out. I know -
POLLEN, I won't win
BRANCHES, I will mostly mitigate
EXTRA WIN- Could hang solar lights from it and make it look intentional?
Does anyone else have big plans like this? My backyard isn't a beautiful oasis, it's a work in progress all the time. I am a project STARTER not so much a finisher, and we have 4 kids. SO this has to be easy and quick-ish. I an use the surrounding trees to attach the net - with Zip ties - and can likely put little eye bolts into the roof line - I think the part is wood and so it would work - or even command hooks - those things do everything.
Wondering if anyone has done this. Ideally, I'd do a bubble greenhouse over top, but that's a) $$ and would also be b) pretty unattractive and then c) i would likely poison my kids somehow, which is NOT the plan.
