Keep Critters Away With Crop Cage

Keep Critters Away With Crop Cage FARM HOME Food If gardening has been frustrating due to critters eating and destroying the fruits of your hard labor you might consider caging them The plants that is not the critters While it’s likely not practical to cage your whole garden at $159 the 4 by 12-ft Crop Cage sold by Gardener’s Supply Co is reasonably priced and big enough to protect a fair amount of your most prized plants The powder-coated steel frame with netting is light enough to move wherever you need it Yet it stands up to the wind when secured to the ground with Extra Tall Earth Staples sold separately It has zippered doors and is 6-ft tall so a gardener can enter to comfortably weed maintain or harvest Customers report that the cage has saved berries from birds and peas and beans from rabbits It’s also great to protect vines and young trees from deer Because there is no netting on the ground some gardeners report that small critters such as squirrels and birds manage to get in the cage from underneath if there are any openings and some have issues with squirrels chewing holes in the netting Gardener’s Supply emphasizes that when assembling the frame it’s important to make sure all the tubes are fully seated so that the netting fits properly Contact FARM SHOW Followup Gardener’s Supply Co 128 Intervale Rd Burlington Vt 05401 ph 888 833-1412; www gardeners com

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