Windbreaks Can Help Save On Energy Costs
The most protection from the windbreak will be in a zone about as wide as 8 to 10 times the height of the tallest trees. In general, windbreaks should be located 50-100 feet from the building(s) to be protected, with ... [... more]
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Windbreaks for people: the wildlife connection.: An ...
This digital document is an article from Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, published by Soil & Water Conservation Society on November 1, 1994. The length of the article is 3953 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word ... [... more]
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Energy Efficient Windbreaks
Another way to lower the wind chill on a house is to put a row of evergreen shrubs right in front of the wall. They will stop the wind and form a protective dead air space between themselves and the wall. When that space fills with snow, it acts ... [... more]
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Conserve Water: Create A Drought-Resistant Landscape
Most windbreaks modify air movement for a distance of about twice their height. For example, a 6-foot screen reduces air flow about 12 to 15 feet in front of it. "If you have plants farther away than 15 feet from ... [... more]
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Landscaping: Made In The Shade
In the winter cold winds or snow can be controlled or minimized by strategic plant and tree placement. Trees and fences can all be used to shield your home form wind, and windbreaks positioned on the north, west and east side of the home (figure ... [... more]
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Protecting Fields With Windbreaks
Soil moisture (b), daytime air (c) and soil temperature (d) and relative humidity (e) are higher near the windbreak and tapper off at a distance of 8 to 10 times the height of the windbreak. Night air temperature (g) ... [... more]
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Austrian
Although not native to Iowa, the Austrian pine has been planted quite widely in the state and especially in the western one-third where it has been planted both in farmstead windbreaks and as an ornamental. Due to ... [... more]
Iowa State University Extension |
Hedges, Windbreaks, Shelters and Live Fences: A Treatise ...
Hedges, Windbreaks, Shelters and Live Fences: A Treatise on the Planting, Growth and Management of Hedge Plants for Country and Suburban Homes (1900) [... more]
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Cyressus Arizonica, Arizona Cypress
Comments: Reddish brown bark; susceptible to canker; foliage thins if grown in shade; can be used as specimen tree or for windbreaks ... [... more]
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Hedges, windbreaks, shelters and live fences: a treatise ...
 Originally published 1900.: Access to the digital version of this title and other related titles can be found on CHLA (Core Historic Literature of Agriculture) at http://chla.library.cornell.edu, an electronic collection of core historical materials on ... [... more]
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Seaside Gardening
Not for West Coast Altho this book has lovely photographcs, I never got into the text due to the fact that it focuses entirely on NorthEast Coast gardening and is of no use to coastal gardeners any where else. I should have paid attention to the pub ... [... more]
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For the Health of the Land: Previously Unpublished ...
Aldo Leopold's classic work A Sand County Almanac is widely regarded as one of the most influential conservation books of all time. In it, Leopold sets forth an eloquent plea for the development of a "land ethic"-a belief that humans have a ... [... more]
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