Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Ivan makes a cloche out of hazelnut vines


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Originally uploaded by otaki4fruit.
For some time I have been doing battle with white butterflies, winning from time to time with rosemary or pennyroyal or spray. But it is easier in the long run to protect the plants physically.

Ivan has used the saplings from the hazelnuts and tied a couple of them together to make a semicircle. These are very bendy. (they are used by water diviners for finding water). Over the top we have fine netting. He has also divided the bigger garden in two with a couple of our railway sleepers.

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