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Protect your growing garden with versatile crop cages
Protect your growing garden with versatile crop cages
Worried about pests wrecking your crops and wondering what plant protection is out there?
Brace yourselves for this veggie-saving project. Jack makes it look easy, with this DIY crop cage project to rescue all your hard work in the garden from bird attacks and other pesky critters.
When it comes to plant protection, Jack wants to make sure your garden is covered with versatile crop cages!
What you'll need
Jack’s crop cage kit is ideal to provide protection for crops from birds and other animals.
2.4 metre Crop Cage contents:
- 13 x green stakes (1.2m)
- 3 x stake extenders
- 12 x stake clips
- 5m x 5m netting
- Cable ties
3.6 metre Jumbo Crop Cage contents:
- 18 x green stakes (1.2m)
- 5 x stake extenders
- 16 x stake clips
- 6m x 6m netting
- Cable Ties
Tools & Materials
Additional materials needed for this project:
- PPE : Protective gloves and glasses
Your step-by-step guide
Cage or Cloche?
Box shape cage is for young seedling or low lying crops. Tepee cloche is suited to mature crops with height
Let's put it together
Attach the clip near the end of one stake. Make a right angle by attaching a second stake to the clip
Connect third stake
Connect a third stake to make a corner
Installation time : Let's go!
Give those stakes a good push into the soil to make sure the frame is nice and secure.
Build the cloche cage
Get netting
Before you cover with netting, make sure all connections are tight and secure
Secure with cable ties
Now you have protected vegies!!