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    I HATE netting staples! grrrrrr!

    I can't stand the little things - such a good idea, but so very difficult to get attached to the fence.

    they are so small you can't hit them with the hammer without also whacking your fingers.

    Then you hit it sideways. Then it bounces out and gets lost on the ground.

    I hate them! But nothing else will do the job of holding up my clematis netting
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.
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    What i do with them pesky thing is hold the with a pair of pliers a lot easier on the fingers....jacob
    What lies behind us,And what lies before us,Are tiny matters compared to what lies Within us ...
    Ralph Waide Emmerson

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    • #3
      Have you tried holding them with a pair of pliers- the flat ended ones ( not to be too technical!!!!)

      - how's yr thumb and finger doing?????
      "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

      Location....Normandy France

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      • #4
        Pliers - brilliant idea.
        Last edited by Two_Sheds; 07-04-2009, 11:25 AM. Reason: I feel so blonde now
        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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        • #5
          or a clothes peg!
          Kernow rag nevra

          Some people feel the rain, others just get wet.
          Bob Dylan

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          • #6
            ....or if he wasn't all the way in Disneyland,you could have got Mr Sheds to hold them whilst you knocked them in!
            the fates lead him who will;him who won't they drag.

            Happiness is not having what you want,but wanting what you have.xx

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            • #7
              snipe nosed pliers are the biz for this
              WPC F Hobbit, Shire police

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              • #8
                crocodile pliers are good too i always make small holes a hammer and nail first
                Dont worry about tomorrow, live for today

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                • #9
                  Push them through a strip of cardboard and use this as a holder.

                  Staples are too powsh for me anyway..........I just use bent over nails!
                  My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                  to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                  Diversify & prosper


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                  • #10
                    What great ideas. I'm forever hitting my fingers trying to get these things in and/or drop them several times.
                    AKA Angie

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                    • #11
                      or simply try a staple gun.... failing which a pair of long nose pliers for the type you got
                      Never test the depth of the water with both feet

                      The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory....

                      Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.

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                      • #12
                        What snadger said - I the same with those little nails!

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                        • #13
                          or try these
                          http://www.kakoi.co.uk/productpages...._type=1&page=1

                          and they dont snag or tear your netting
                          The love of gardening is a seed once sown never dies ...

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                          • #14
                            Ah!!! so that's what they're called... I need some. And now I know what they're called - and how NOT to bang my fingers!

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                            • #15
                              I use a staple gun with extra long staples in i attached bamboo screening in the garden with it so i am sure it will do your netting too, watch out for your fingers though i speak from experience, ouch!
                              When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. ~Author Unknown

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