"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message
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I've decided that I need to build a fruit cage to stop the Blue Tongued
Lizards eating my strawberries and the birds getting my raspberries.

I did a fairly major google and it seems that there are at least a
squillion Fruit Cages out there, BUT, they all of them seem to either be
supplied by Harrods or similar up market (and thus rather posh) British
garden suppliers or they are rough, spindly and quite tiny structures on
British allotment sites.

Neither of these options will not do in my situation as both would look
very out of place.

I plan to use treated pine poles at the corners and cover it with bird
netting and the dimensions would be roughly about 20 ft square (but with
one corner of it ending up 'pointy' and one side being about 25 ft long).

Has anyone seen any pics of a decent sized Fruit Cage in their wanders
round the Net and that would look at home on a farm where there will be
cattle in a paddock on one side, chooks in a big orchard run on another, a
20ft wide wind break on one side and a big veg garden on the other?

Looking for inspiration.

Fran


I cover my strawberries with weldmesh. I have sections of about 3m long
1200mm wide of 12mm mesh that are rolled longways into a section of a
cylinder. They are stiff enough to stand up on the edges without frames and
are easy to lift off and replace. Being galvanised and much stronger than
bird or chook netting it lasts indefinitely: unless a horse walks on it.

David