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tuk50 · June 29, 2012

My covey yesterday had over 30 birds in it and I know how you feel..... I use 3 or 4ft pieces of chicken wire 2ft wide... if longer it tends to be harder to handle... its fairly cheap at HD or Lowes... just fold lengthwise and the little wire tents help stop the birds till the plants get large enough so that the few leaves they eat afterwards won't be a problem... I use the same ones over and over .. just hang them on the garden fence till needed or just stack them in the corner of the garden.... In the spring they will get everything just as it sprouts when the plant is most vulnerable... and remember we are having fun gardening or it turns into work... LOL.

June 29, 2012	#10
tuk50 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tucson, Arizona (catalina) Posts: 413	My covey yesterday had over 30 birds in it and I know how you feel..... I use 3 or 4ft pieces of chicken wire 2ft wide... if longer it tends to be harder to handle... its fairly cheap at HD or Lowes... just fold lengthwise and the little wire tents help stop the birds till the plants get large enough so that the few leaves they eat afterwards won't be a problem... I use the same ones over and over .. just hang them on the garden fence till needed or just stack them in the corner of the garden.... In the spring they will get everything just as it sprouts when the plant is most vulnerable... and remember we are having fun gardening or it turns into work... LOL. __________________ Hangin on for dear life! Last edited by tuk50; June 30, 2012 at 11:54 AM.