On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:22:14 +0100, jane
wrote:

On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 21:13:46 +0100, wrote:

~On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 19:14:06 +0100, Janet Baraclough
wrote:
~
I use 1cmx1cm garden mesh to keep off both pigeons and cabbage whites
but still lets the slimmer bees in. Mostly works a treat (though you
still get the occasional Houdini butterfly inside the netting if you
don't peg it down really securely!). The fruit mesh tends to be too
coarse and they can easily get through.

http://garden.tenaxuk.co.uk/prod_info.php?pid=38 is the one I use if I
can find it - Homebase also does it own-brand (without the pegs).

Failing that, use Enviromesh (Agralan, N.A. Kays) which will keep off
butterflies, flea beetle, root flies and just about everything else
bar slugs! (It's expensive though, but does last years, as long as you
don't cut it or poke holes in the edges - use hooked net pegs such as
these http://garden.tenaxuk.co.uk/prod_info.php?pid=29 )


jane

Chiltern Hills, 140m above sea level.

Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks!
Thanks Jane, I will look out for some of this netting for next year!
Allen