An insulation system that includes opposing panels with a partial dead air space in equilibrium with outside air. In one embodiment, two panels are supported parallel to one another separated by a distance. Each of the panels has a plurality of openings. The openings on facing panels are offset from one another so that openings on the two sides are not aligned. The openings are small enough so that a small amount of diffusion can occur allowing the panel to breathe. The panels can be used in attics, over windows or part of a building. In an alternate embodiment, they can be made from flexible sheets and be used to prevent fire hydrants or other objects from freezing. When used in attics, the panels will support weight allowing them to be walked on or used to store objects.

A plant protection apparatus includes a plurality of side panels. Each of the plurality of side panels includes a mesh portion and a width of each side panel is greater at a lower portion of the side panel than a width of each side panel at an upper portion of the side panel. A side portion of each side panel is operably connected to a side portion of another of the plurality of side panels thereby defining a boundaried area. A lid includes a mesh portion and a perimeter portion of the lid is operably connected to the upper portion of each side panel to yield a self-supporting plant enclosure.

An insulation system that includes opposing panels with a partial dead air space in equilibrium with outside air. In one embodiment, two panels are supported parallel to one another separated by a distance. Each of the panels has a plurality of openings. The openings on facing panels are offset from one another so that openings on the two sides are not aligned. The openings are small enough so that a small amount of diffusion can occur allowing the panel to breathe. The panels can be used in attics, over windows or part of a building. In an alternate embodiment, they can be made from flexible sheets and be used to prevent fire hydrants or other objects from freezing. When used in attics, the panels will support weight allowing them to be walked on or used to store objects.

An in-ground plant container with watering-well that is open at both ends and is functional and decorative. The above ground portion in this present embodiment has a round bowl shaped water well and broad rounded lip for ease of gripping and placing in an appropriate sized hole. The bowl of the watering-well keeps the plant container above ground. The bottom, below ground portion, has vertical fins for lateral stability in the soil. This embodiment also has an outer horizontal flange at its base for prevention against vertical lifting due to soil movement and for permanent placement. The above ground portion of the plant container watering-well can be wider than the base and replaces the organic soil-watering-well. This in-ground plant container with watering-well is for conserving water, and the containment of water contaminated by pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers.

Described herein are biodegradable, encircling protective devices used to protect seeds and saplings during their greatest vulnerability after germination while promoting growth of the sapling, preventing detritus and competing plants from fouling growth, and simultaneously fending off predation from herbivores or omnivores, which devices melt when exposed to controlled fire without harmful side effects.

A tamper-resistant shipping container for a live plant that includes a conical shaped lower pot containing the roots of a plant surrounded by planting soil. Disposed inside the lower pot and over the top surface of the soil is a disc-shaped, sealing cover made of neoprene or elastic foam. The sealing cover includes a center bore through which the stem of a plant extends. During assembly, the sealing cover is positioned around the stem and pressed firmly against the soil. Attached to the top edge of the lower pot is a lid made of translucent material with surrounding side walls and a closed upper end. Mounted on the upper end_of the lid is an illuminating light source containing LED bulbs and batteries and a switch. When activated the LED bulbs produces continuous light that shines downward onto the plant during shipment. Attached to the adjoining edges of the lid and the lower pot is a tamper-proof tie.

An IPC device is over a pole in a ground surface adjacent a plant. The IPC device includes an upper end having a sealed apex and partially defining a plant-receiving cavity therein, a lower tubular end opposite the upper end and also partially defining the plant-receiving cavity therein, and a medial seam coupling the upper end and the lower tubular end. The upper end and the lower tubular end each has a major mesh surface. The lower tubular end includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end being coupled to the medial seam. The lower tubular end also partially defines the plant-receiving cavity therein. The IPC device also includes a curved flexible support carried by the medial seam.

Described herein are biodegradable, encircling protective devices used to protect seeds and saplings during their greatest vulnerability after germination while promoting growth of the sapling, preventing detritus and competing plants from fouling growth, and simultaneously fending off predation from herbivores or omnivores, which devices melt when exposed to controlled fire without harmful side effects.

An IPC device is for a plant in a pot. The IPC device includes a support to be positioned in a soil surface of the pot adjacent to the plant and extending upward from the soil surface, and a mesh surface enclosure having an upper end with a sealed apex, and a lower end to surround the pot. The mesh surface enclosure defines a plant-receiving cavity therein, and the mesh surface enclosure has a mesh size to prevent intrusion by psyllids and aphids. The IPC device also includes a spreader device coupled to the support and configured to extend outward to the mesh surface enclosure.

A tunnel structure (10) is described comprising a plurality of cover support members (14) and a cover material (16) supported by and extending over the cover support members (14), the cover support members (14) being of generally arcuate profile and including an upwardly projecting hump (14c), the humps (14c) of the cover support members (14) being aligned with one another such that the cover material (16) defines a ridge (16a) having sides that are more steeply sloped, in use, than the parts of the cover material (16) adjacent the ridge (16a).