cloche hoops

[solway cropper]

Many years ago, in a previous gardening incarnation, I remember making cloches from corrugated plastic sheets which were bent and inserted through steel hoops which were inserted into the ground. The hoops had a horizontal stretcher near the bottom to keep them stable. Does anyone know if these hoops are still available anywhere. I've seen plenty of alternatives, usually at rip-off prices which I'm not prepared to pay.

[Snadger]

What you could do is just stretch electrical cord or string over the top pegged down at each side?

[Liza]

or push two short canes into the soil either side and push an old hosepipe cut into lengths onto the canes down to soil level ........if you see what I mean ?

[solway cropper]

Thanks for the tips. I've looked at such options but I really would have liked to get hold of some of these hoops as they were so neat. Ah well, as I'm a Robinson I'm sure one of my ancestors must have been a Heath cos I can usually come up with something