When it comes to tarping your fields, it all starts with the right time to use the effective agricultural implement. First things first, late summer is the perfect time to prepare your farmlands to start a new bee lawn or garden. Occultation and solarization are simple and effective methods for removing existing vegetation and kill weeds.
- Solarization refers to the process of putting a clear tarp over a lawn, garden bed, or field for heating up the layer of soil underneath.
- The plastic tarp covering creates a greenhouse effect. It traps moisture and heat, propelling plant growth and seed germination.
- As it heats up the soil and blocs water access, solarization eventually destroys the vegetation growing underneath.
- You can get the clear plastic tarpaulins from local hardware stores. The 2-6 mil products are sufficient to create polarization.
However, you can choose occultation over the process of solarization as it includes reusable tarps. The solarization ones are thin and vulnerable to tears. Since opaque tarps are diverse and multi-functional, you can find them at home as well.
Protecting the livestock
Livestock is a critical asset to farmers, especially the American farmers. Livestock is a crucial investment, which you cannot afford to take lightly. You need to protect your livestock from the elements and inclement weather. At this juncture, agricultural tarps can be very beneficial for you.
- These clear tarps provide ample protection from the sun. In states having warm weather, the scorching Sun can be equally dangerous to humans and livestock.
- Since it’s impractical and cumbersome to choke your grazing fields with a barrage of barns, you can use poly tarps for bolstering your agricultural pursuits.
- Portable and temporary, you can use them to get adequate protection.
- Often times, you construct these portable shelters in a vintage U-shape. An aluminum frame can support this tarp.
- You can quickly disassemble it and transfer it to another location. It forms a part of a strong, permanent wood structure, which remains consistent when you remove the tarp. It provides firm protection to animals.
- It also protects livestock from the cold. If you’re leaving your livestock in the field throughout the day, you know they can face difficulties on cold nights.
- You can make warm shelters with the tarps. They have a door opening and four sides.
A very important tool
Farmers use polyethylene tarps to protect and cover heavy equipment, such as machinery, trucks, tractors, backhoes, and conveyor belts. Heavy farm equipment comprises metals that are prone to rust and auxiliary damage.
- You can use farm tarps for covering farming tools and shielding your investment from natural vagaries.
- Apart from outdoor use, you can use tarps inside your shops, sheds, or barns to organize and clean your equipment and tools.
- They are also handy as grain pile covers. Tarps can go through custom fabrication to fit all shapes and sizes of grain pile for long-term or temporary storage.
RPE or reinforced polyethylene farm tarps provide exceptional coverage, which helps in protecting sunflower, soybeans, wheat, oats, barley, corn, and grains from adverse weather conditions and water.
