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Janet Tweedy writes:
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| I simply used pallets from building sites. The builders were happy to
| get rid of them, I even reused the nails during construction. I
| certainly could not afford those prices.
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| I did use pallets but they rotted within a year and now i have to try
| and separate them from the compost! They are half joined together and
| half rotten so a bit of a pain to dismantle.
| Have been recommended to look at wiggly wigglers 900litre wooden bin. A
| gardener friend says that the wood alone would be more than £100 so they
| don't look as expensive as at first. I can also add on to them as well.

Or you could do what I do.

You buy 8-10 metres of pig netting, cut it in half and tie it
together with 1.5 mm galvanised iron wire, forming two loops.
You then hammer four 2 metre lengths of gas pipe, old swing tube
or whatever into the ground, holding the loops in a square.
When you come to remove it, you work the pipe out and lift the
netting off (it can be a bit of a pain, but it's not too bad).

You can put a loop of polythene inside the wire, or not, as
you want - with a lot of woody stuff, it works better with, but
gets too wet if you have too much kitchen waste.

And I just move it around the patch. Lasts for ages, and costs
very little.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.