Does anyone remember

[Anita Plot]

I am sure I saw on TV (maybe gardeners world) maybe last year. The man made a sort of cage for his carrots. He did it on a raised bed. Stuck something in on one side and bent it over to the other side to make a sort of hoop which he then covered in netting to keep the butterflies off

Does anyone know what he made the hoop with please.

[BrideXIII]

I am sure I saw on TV (maybe gardeners world) maybe last year. The man made a sort of cage for his carrots. He did it on a raised bed. Stuck something in on one side and bent it over to the other side to make a sort of hoop which he then covered in netting to keep the butterflies off

Does anyone know what he made the hoop with please.

i think you will find it is this stuff

MDPE Blue Pipe 25mm x 50m - Screwfix.com, Where the Trade Buys

i actually found some the other day that someone had dumped and have a lovely carrot cage now.

[SarzWix]

I don't think it would have been butterfly netting over the hoops though Butterflies don't trouble carrots, but Carrot Fly does, and you would need either fleece, or Insect/Enviro mesh to keep them out as they are very small.

[Anita Plot]

oops

I don't think it would have been butterfly netting over the hoops though Butterflies don't trouble carrots, but Carrot Fly does, and you would need either fleece, or Insect/Enviro mesh to keep them out as they are very small.

of course I shoulda said cabbage not carrot

[Snadger]

My carot 'cage' is just stakes knocked into the soil along the edge of my bed topped with thin wire (rope would do) stapled to the top of each stake and enviromesh type fabric stretched over the top.

[Alice]

I use upvc small bore drainage tube and jointing angles - very cheap from B & Q. It can then be covered with net, enviromesh, fleece, polythene - whatever. Keeps everything out.

[amandaandherveg]

I love yours Alice - looks football pitches for the vertically challenged.

[magz.mccarthy]

wow alice and snadger your gardens are beautiful!

[JamesA]

Yes very nice plots, im jealous! Going to have to build something like this as i love carrots and dont want the little blighters getting them!

So many useful ideas on this forum!

[janeyo]

Alice your beds are beautiful

[SueA]

If it was on Gardeners' World you might have seen Toby Buckland building his version of Geoff Hamilton's cloche. You can cover it with fleece, enviromesh or polythene depending which job you want it to do. Here's a link to how to build the cloche.
The Geoff Hamilton cloche | Grow Organic Food