Netting for vegetable bed?

mdni

wookie6 said:

Have now bought some insect mesh and netting clips from ebay that appear to be similar to the link above as it was far cheaper. Will see what it looks like when it arrives. 

I'll also be sure to place onions with the carrots, as I'll try and keep the netting off more often than not if possible but I wanted to have it ready to use if needed! 

Last year during lockdown I had time to 'do things properly' so for the first time ever I surrounded my carrots with a carrot fly barrier and it really did work! I knew it would but have never got round to it before

I spent nothing - it did not look pretty but it did the job

I ripped up an old polyester-cotton sheet into 75cm strips. I used canes to make a frame and clothes pegs wrap the fabric all round. A few stones to weight it down. 

Emmia

On deterring slugs, I've found that crushed eggshell works pretty well when used as a mulch - just wash the eggshells, put them into a closed sandwich bag and use a rolling pin / jar / hands to smash up into smaller spiky pieces. I keep my crushed ones in an old coffee jar, ready to sprinkle.

They do tend to biodegrade though, so need topping up once or occasionally twice a year.