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["William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>]

> I'm the one who recommended keeping the netting off the ground (by having 
> permanent hardware cloth fencing at the bottom, which the netting overlaps.  
> It keeps the lower weeds out of the netting and has enormously reduced how 
> many little animals and birds I snare and kill.


Thanks, Ginda! That was really a great suggestion! (Although I just use 
chickenwire, and only set it up temporarily, when I net a tree or bush.)

It also makes it a lot easier to keep the birds out, since the edges 
seem to be the problem there. And my netting always tends to be just a 
bit short for what I want to cover. Three or four foot high chickenwire 
around a tree really extends what the netting can cover.

All in all, it's a superb idea. Thanks again!

Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)

http://garthright.blogspot.com/

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