We're aware that some users are experiencing technical issues which the team are working to resolve. See the Community Noticeboard for more info. Thank you for your patience.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

DIY Netting frame

Options
ispookie666
ispookie666 Posts: 1,194 Forumite
Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
I'm looking for ideas or suggestions for building a frame over a few raised beds and ground-planted ones. I looked at a few sold but would instead make one myself. 

I was thinking 
To make them walk in(we are not tall!)
6ft angle irons, preferably galvanized ones, and bury them 1ft deep; size - 25mm x 25 mm and 3mm thick 
Drape them with butterfly-proofing nets, and use either ties or cable ties to fix them.  

Will I need horizontal angle irons to prevent the nets from sagging?  
“Don't raise your voice, improve your argument." - Desmond Tutu

System 1 - 14 x 250W SunModule SW + Enphase ME215 microinverters (July 2015)
System 2 - 9.2 KWp + Enphase IQ7+ and IQ8AC (Feb 22 & Sep 24) + Givenergy AC Coupled inverter + 2 * 8.2KWh Battery (May 2022) + Mitsubishi 7.1 KW and 2* Daikin 2.5 KW A2A Heat Pump

Comments

  • Nelliegrace
    Nelliegrace Posts: 1,045 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    edited 5 March 2023 at 5:53PM
    On the allotment members use lengths of blue water pipe and scaffolding netting. Geoffrey Hamilton gave instructions on Gardeners’ World. On our windy site I used Poundland metal tent pegs and bricks to hold it down. 
    It was easy to raise one side to get access to the crop, and was easy to store in the shed. 
  • ispookie666
    ispookie666 Posts: 1,194 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I might borrow that idea partially.  Probably use PEX hose or galvanised steel conduit for the horizontal supports 
    Are the blue pipes rigid or do that have to be made into arches?  
    “Don't raise your voice, improve your argument." - Desmond Tutu

    System 1 - 14 x 250W SunModule SW + Enphase ME215 microinverters (July 2015)
    System 2 - 9.2 KWp + Enphase IQ7+ and IQ8AC (Feb 22 & Sep 24) + Givenergy AC Coupled inverter + 2 * 8.2KWh Battery (May 2022) + Mitsubishi 7.1 KW and 2* Daikin 2.5 KW A2A Heat Pump
  • twopenny
    twopenny Posts: 7,488 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Made into arches. It's appeared on gardening programmes for decades so tried and tested.
    I made my fruit cages with wood  battens and angle bits to screw in. Then stapled the netting to the wood. Cheap and sturdy for years. 
    Both you can walk in.
    http://www.ourfamilyprojects.com/ag-pipe-hoop-vegetable-netting.php
    Lots of ideas if you put pipe for veg cage in duck duck go

    I can rise and shine - just not at the same time!

    viral kindness .....kindness is contageous pass it on

    The only normal people you know are the ones you don’t know very well


Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 350.8K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.5K Spending & Discounts
  • 243.8K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 598.6K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 176.8K Life & Family
  • 257K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.