Satellite Dish Arms Hold Garden Netting

Satellite Dish Arms Hold Garden Netting FARM HOME Miscellaneous “I needed to keep deer from eating the vegetables in my raised garden beds So I set up a series of plastic arms from old satellite dishes to hold netting that covers the garden ” says Jim Willford Gladwin Mich He raises vegetables in two raised garden beds made from railroad ties with each garden measuring about 25 ft long and 40 in wide The dish arms are spaced about 10 ft apart along each garden A 1 by 8 board that runs the length of the garden across the top of the dish arms screws to each set of arms The bottom of each arm is screwed to the garden wall A length of conduit runs down both sides of the arms with the bottom edge of the netting duct taped to the conduit Willford can raise or lower the conduit as needed to work in the bed He just lifts the entire length of the conduit up onto 1 1/2-in long screws that stick out of the arms about 3 1/2 ft off the ground A sprinkler hose hangs from hooks under the top board so watering can be done easily and the hose is never in the way of tilling “It works really well My wife and I use it to grow onions chives beets carrots strawberries and so forth ” says Willford “We were already using the raised garden beds to grow strawberries but we had to place netting on top of the berries and hold it down with boards to keep deer away Every time we wanted to work we had to take the boards and netting off Now all we do is lift the conduit and set it up out of the way “I didn’t spend more than $10 to build it and most of that was for screws I got the satellite dish arms from a neighbor and already had the netting ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Jim Willford 5215 Sullivan Rd Gladwin Mich 48624 ph 989 426-4819

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