DIY Installing Bird Netting Over A Cold Frame
2 Materials
$15
20 Minutes
Easy
Birds eating your greens? Not sure what to do? For $10.00 or so you can cover them with bird netting!
A few weeks ago we planted our cold frame with some bush peas and Italian kale. We temporarily covered it with row cover since the weather has been cold off and on, and to keep the birds out. With the weather being a little bit more normally cool, we bought some bird netting today to cover the cold frame.
We had one old netting section that was all torn and wadded up. For storage I will wrap around a piece of cardboard next time. Birds in the past have really attacked any kind of greens that we've grown there even though we put out lots of bird food. Bird netting is only about $10 for a 14' by 14' foot area locally.
One of the things I learned thru observation is if you just cover something with bird netting they can sometimes go under it, or perch on it, then peck through the holes to the greens down below. Several years ago when I was growing some Swiss chard in a pot I used some scrap bamboo to hold the bird netting away from the greens and it worked great!! Dave pulled some old grading stakes out of the garage, always handy to have for gardening projects. They're really cheap, thick and Dave pounded in the stakes on the corners and one of the center to elevate the bird netting. He added some river rocks to hold down the netting as well.
Now the birds can't get to the greens but rain and sunshine will still go through. Perfect solution! All protected.
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