how do i stop birds eating my cabbages

[suzan]

I have bought some netting but dont know how to use it
Please help.

[donnakebab]

Get some canes and put some empty plastic bottles over the top. Place then around your brasica patch and stretch the netting over the top and peg into the ground or place bricks on the edge of the netting. Make sure the canes are tall enough to keep the birds from landing on top of the netting and nibbling through it. Try and keep the netting as taught as you can or the birds could get caught in it. Depending on the type of netting you have I think it's easier if you have somebody who can give you a hand.

You can get ball shaped fittings that you can slot the ends of the canes into to make a frame work for the netting.

Hope this helps.

[Cue the Toms]

Make one of these:

How to make a Portable Netted Hooped Crop & Plant Protecting Cloche.Keeps out Birds & Butterflies - YouTube

[Two_Sheds]

You have to net them, nothing else works

[Ananke]

I use canes, tennis balls and debris netting, Sorry I'm too exhausted tonight to go resize the images to post on here but you can see photos of the cages on my blog if you like.