I have two little flower gardens underneath espaliered apples on our driveway. I like to plant them up with seasonal annuals spring, summer and autumn. Firstly they look pretty and secondly they attract bees to pollinate the apples above.
Every time I put in new seedlings the birds come and hoik them out to look for grubs underneath. I generally lose 3 or 4 plants each time. And if it's not the birds it's our cats (who are actually paid in biscuits and Jimbo's to deter the birds) deciding the gardens would make a good toilet.
I have tried using bamboo stakes round the outside - useless. I have draped netting over the plants which squashed the plants and wrapped itself around Super Husbands lawnmower blade - also useless.
SH saw my despair and came up with these little cloches. He turned some metal rod into a half circle, welded on some rod legs and then used cable ties to attach the plastic netting - brilliant!
I am blessed to have married an engineer who shares my passion for our garden.
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