I've got a good vegie patch by the back of the house. It's close to the kitchen and gets plenty of north sun. The soil's getting better in it after repeated additions of gypsum and compost and seedlings seem to grow quite well in it. The chooks have scratched around and turned the soil nicely for me. Unfortunately this turning also destroys any seedlings I plant in the patch. The chooks also recently ate all of my beautiful pak choy.
I started by making mouse wire cages to go over each of the seedlings I planted but it really spoiled the look of the patch and of my whole back yard. Last week, I replaced the wire cages with bird netting hung over my old tent poles. I ran thin strips of wood along the ground with cup hooks in it to hold the netting down. This way I can unhook it from the bottom and get access to any side of the patch. So far, the chooks haven't found a way in and I think it looks much better than my wire cloche.
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