I HATE netting staples! grrrrrr!

[Two_Sheds]

I can't stand the little things - such a good idea, but so very difficult to get attached to the fence.

they are so small you can't hit them with the hammer without also whacking your fingers.

Then you hit it sideways. Then it bounces out and gets lost on the ground.

I hate them! But nothing else will do the job of holding up my clematis netting

[jacob marley]

What i do with them pesky thing is hold the with a pair of pliers a lot easier on the fingers....jacob

[Nicos]

Have you tried holding them with a pair of pliers- the flat ended ones ( not to be too technical!!!!)

- how's yr thumb and finger doing?????

[Two_Sheds]

Pliers - brilliant idea.

[kernowyon]

or a clothes peg!

[di]

....or if he wasn't all the way in Disneyland,you could have got Mr Sheds to hold them whilst you knocked them in!

[FionaH]

snipe nosed pliers are the biz for this

[allotmentlady]

crocodile pliers are good too i always make small holes a hammer and nail first

[Snadger]

Push them through a strip of cardboard and use this as a holder.

Staples are too powsh for me anyway..........I just use bent over nails!

[selfraising]

What great ideas. I'm forever hitting my fingers trying to get these things in and/or drop them several times.

[RedThorn]

or simply try a staple gun.... failing which a pair of long nose pliers for the type you got

[rogesse]

What snadger said - I the same with those little nails!

[Hans Mum]

or try these
http://www.kakoi.co.uk/productpages...._type=1&page=1

and they dont snag or tear your netting

[Marthaclematis]

Ah!!! so that's what they're called... I need some. And now I know what they're called - and how NOT to bang my fingers!

[miffy]

I use a staple gun with extra long staples in i attached bamboo screening in the garden with it so i am sure it will do your netting too, watch out for your fingers though i speak from experience, ouch!