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Safeguard Crops And Trees With Bird Netting

30 April, 2010 (10:10) | Bird Netting, Garden Netting | By: admin

Birds are a delightful addition to any yard… until they start eating your garden. Is there a way to enjoy both your bird feeder and your fruit trees and berries? Yes. The answer is bird netting.

Plastic bird netting is an inexpensive solution that helps remind your feathered friends which food is for them and which food is off-limits. Bird nets are available in many sizes to accommodate fruit and nut trees, berry bushes, and vegetable gardens. Furthermore, bird netting is durable and will last for years, so it is well worth the investment.

Advantages of Using Bird Netting

Bird control netting is a humane way to keep birds away from crops and trees

  • It is nearly invisible from a distance
  • It protects against all bird species
  • Can be fastened to trees, bushes, etc. using a variety of fasteners
  • Will last for 10 years or longer
  • Will not rot, mildew, or absorb water
  • Can be found in black, green, tan, or other colors to blend in with surroundings
  • Resistant to U.V. rays

Bird Netting for Enclosures

Some people experience bird problems entirely unrelated to trees or gardens. If you’re tired of swallows building their nests against your house or pigeons doing their business on your deck while roosting on your eaves, garden netting for birds could be your solution. Using a bit of creativity, bird netting can be used to protect enclosures and save you the work of cleaning up after birds over and over again.

Bird Netting Sizes

Although bird netting can be purchased in an array of sizes, sometimes standard dimensions aren’t quite right. In that case, two pieces of netting can be overlapped, provided you allow at least six inches when doing so. If your problem is a net which is too big, simply trim to the appropriate size.

Protecting Your Plants With Garden Bird Netting

21 January, 2010 (22:10) | Bird Netting, Garden Netting | By: admin

After slaving over your garden for months, the last thing you want is for an uninvited guest to come in and eat your hard labors. And while most people enjoy birds in their yard, even the most avid birders dislike their crops being eaten by anyone other than themselves. A great way to protect your plants from birds is to install garden bird netting in your yard.

Particularly if you have bird feeder in your yard, any good garden is going to attract wildlife. Birds love your cherry trees, berry bushes, and vegetables. The challenge every gardener faces is keeping the birds eating from the bird feeder and not eating your garden. Some birds will even pick the seeds out of the ground, further dissuading your attempts of a successful garden season.

One of the best ways that gardeners have found to prevent this sort of problem in the garden is through the use of garden netting for birds. The netting is designed to cover the plant and is woven tight enough to keep their beaks from pulling the fruit from the tree or bush.

Bird netting for gardens does not necessarily have to be just for birds however. This type of covering can keep out any number of threats to your garden. This can be effective against deer, rabbits, certain bugs, and a number of different pests.

One of the best parts of the netting cover is that you still have easy access to the plant you are protecting. The nets are designed to allow the plant the light, moisture, and air that they need to produce healthy fruit and give you a successful harvest.

The key when buying bird netting for your garden to is not skimp on the quality. You want to find durable netting that can make it through the wind, heat, and other environmental conditions it will face. Durable netting can last you from season to season, providing you the protection you need for your plants.