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I was "unprotected" last summer and the pigeons, the slugs and the flea beetles all did their worst.
Now I have put 24 metres of Enviromesh on my Christmas list, and it's going to cost £80! (From Harrods Horticultural, the only place I can find that sells it by the metre.)
Is there an alternative? I've wondered about butter muslin which would have a much shorter life but could be composted. I also found a very large plain net curtain in Oxfam, wouldn't this work as well?
It's not just the money, it's the thought of buying yet another non biodegradable product for the allotment, I didn't realise when I started that so much plastic was involved. Some of its been recycled ie trugs and compost bins and water butts, but there will be the fruit cage netting, can't find non-plastic anywhere, fleece etc.
Sue
Now I have put 24 metres of Enviromesh on my Christmas list, and it's going to cost £80! (From Harrods Horticultural, the only place I can find that sells it by the metre.)
Is there an alternative? I've wondered about butter muslin which would have a much shorter life but could be composted. I also found a very large plain net curtain in Oxfam, wouldn't this work as well?
It's not just the money, it's the thought of buying yet another non biodegradable product for the allotment, I didn't realise when I started that so much plastic was involved. Some of its been recycled ie trugs and compost bins and water butts, but there will be the fruit cage netting, can't find non-plastic anywhere, fleece etc.
Sue
I now use netting as I tried fleece and the birds just pecked holes in it!
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