Keeping apples from predators

and attached the electric tape to wooden fence batons with sections of garden hose acting as insulators. When the fruit was still forming, the guards around the trunks were enough, but as they grew and the branches got lower to the ground, further measures were needed. The fence seems to be keeping pukeko away as well, even though they could easily fly over the top. My parents did the same thing around their peach trees during the summer and not a single fruit was lost to the furry menaces. built to fit perfectly over one of the smaller raised beds in my mother’s garden. The first thing she plans to plant there are sweet peas.

Keep an eye out for anything that might be useful to turn into a handy climbing structure. Old chicken wire, garden gates or sections of fencing – even bed heads can be fashioned into a useful support for climbing plants. Or bash in a couple of posts or sturdy stakes at each end of your garden and string wire between them for a simple frame that can be easily taken down as required. to the colour of weak tea as it can be incredibly strong.