This Awesome Cage Stops Birds Stealing Your Soft Fruit!

[@GardenerScott]

Great video, Tony. You made a challenging project look easy. Thanks!

[@simplifygardening]

Thank you Scott. Was a big project that took some time with taking down the scaffolding and then building such a large cage

[@kimiyemlsmallgardendream8115]

Tony, what a project! Looks like your going to have a bountiful crop this year and not feet the birds. Keep up the great videos.

[@simplifygardening]

Been nice rather than scrambling for bet all the time

[@TheGrowUpChannel]

Was an absolute pleasure! Great video Tony! The quality and simplicity of building this was amazing! Anyone can do it.

[@simplifygardening]

Cheers for all your help Danny

[@TheGrowUpChannel]

@@simplifygardening Anytime matey. Anytime! 👌

[@christinebrooks6364]

Hi Tony, wow! Huge fruit cage and nice of Danny to help you too. I bought a fruit cage last Year but, mine is from first tunnels and my hubby and I built it together and its brilliant. I bought long plastic clips to secure the netting on the top with called times too. The left over netting, I cut it with about 4 inches over and turned my netting towards the inside then held in place with the large staples to hold it in place and as i have bark on the ground so, I covered it with that. Its got through the Winter and all the storms we have all had so, very impressed with how strong it is. Thanks for sharing and take care 🙂

[@kevinroome8286]

Tony, Danny, that cage looks absolutely stunning.,At the end of the day it's all about the PRICE.If you get it for free, then it's win win👍😁

[@simplifygardening]

Kevin not everything I show on my channel I get for free I paid a lot of money for the tunnel

[@cazadoo339]

These days I don't have a penny

[@backtonature433]

I've seen great teamwork with you and Danny, I'm following his channel too😊😊😊

[@TheGrowUpChannel]

Thank you very much 😊

[@simplifygardening]

Awesome glad to hear it

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

I thought it was an April Fool - Danny helping LOL 😂😂😂😂 Only joking! Great looking cage, Tony - and it is bigger than my whole plot! Have a great weekend buddy.

[@TheGrowUpChannel]

Haha 😂😂

[@simplifygardening]

Lol only one fool here and that’s me pal

[@JBNat]

Made that look easy! Incredibly jealous!!

[@simplifygardening]

Its very easy to put together

[@heatherlinnette189]

I have one of these fruit cages and I agree the quality is excellent I’m not the cheapest fruit cage on the market. Mine is certainly not the same size as yours And I don’t grow my fruit in it, I use mine to grow my brassicas and peas . I was finding it very hard to get into my brassicas hope netting as I’m disabled, fruit tunnel was the answer for me.

[@simplifygardening]

Heather there is another section of this that I am considering setting up for a brassica cage I just need the time to do it

[@clivesconundrumgarden]

Perfect is boring Tony. Big reason I love it !! Aside from too much rain,wind,heat,cold,pest,poor seeds, soil quality and structure gardening is easy lol especially when you new but that's a big reason we love it !! The cage looks solid !! And will stand the test of time!! Cheers Jason and Colleen 🌱🤞🌱

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks guys

[@thelittlefarmersfarm5706]

Cracking Tent this on Tony.... Gave me some Ideas for the season Pal. Best Regards ~Tony M~ 💯🤘

[@simplifygardening]

Awesome mate

[@ibrstellar1080]

Great video Tony, I just made a hoop style cage for my peas and strawberry beds but this video was a great info update for the next project.

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks glad you enjoyed it

[@ann-zj9vn]

great video. thats a brilliant looking cage thanks for sharing

[@simplifygardening]

Cheers Ann

[@sheilathomas8528]

Very interesting, video that's a cracking cage.

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks Shelia

[@CraftTeaLady]

Looks wonderful!

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks

[@cw2126]

Yes then Tony 👍👍👍

[@stevendowden2579]

thats great well done tony

[@simplifygardening]

Cheers Steven

[@stephenluna7932]

That is very cool

[@GardenofEmma]

Great Video. Your plot looks great

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks Im getting on top of some projects I needed to do

[@Tsuchimursu]

That would make a really nice butterfly cage

[@simplifygardening]

Yeah it would

[@appleholic1553]

Thank you for your video ✌🏽️

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks for your comments and views

[@anchorageprepper9008]

Nice!

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks

[@masterCRISTINA]

Great info and advice as always. Many thanks. ❤🙏😃

[@simplifygardening]

Glad you found value Cristina

[@JuanitaGutierrezBSEDMSED]

New friend here. Excellent tutorials video!

[@markfrancis9106]

Great video Tony👍👍

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks Mark

[@grahamarnold8433]

Cracking job mate 👍

[@simplifygardening]

Cheers Graham

[@juliehomer3884]

Looks amazing 🤩

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks Julie

[@malk1275]

Great info 😊 I use net the now.

[@simplifygardening]

Great stuff mate

[@michaelboom7704]

Love the idea,where I live we get lots of snow...some can be really heavy so do you think that netting will last here?

[@MuddyBootz]

A first class job. Looks nice and sturdy. What are the actual dimensions of the cage, it looks huge. Did i notice a gap above the door & frame? Will you be taking the roof off for winter? Nice to see you took time to get the levels right....Ive seen one look like the Black Mountains 🤣👍. Nice one guys 🌻🌻Nigel.............MuddyBootz Allotment🌻🌻

[@simplifygardening]

65ft by 20ft

[@78389]

Hi Tony, any tips on covering individual blueberry plants in containers? Currently in 15l pots, likely moving up to 30l pots after this season. Looking for large mesh bags or the like but not having much luck finding anything! Cheers.

[@PhilC74]

And that's it, it's an easy design.......ok......when you coming to build mine Mr O'Neil? 🤣🤣👍

[@simplifygardening]

Lol Phil its that easy you can do it

[@MorningsattheAllotment]

Another great video, Tony! And I'm jealous of that huge fruit cage 😉 Thankfully we have many cherry trees on surrounding plots, so my soft fruit is usually safe from the birds - they're busy elsewhere 🤣

[@simplifygardening]

Ha ha misdirection

[@shawnwells926]

@@simplifygardening can you grow anything inside those cages? Fruit, vegetables?

[@GardenTisha]

Very interesting 👌 great info ❤❤❤

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks

[@tassiegirl1991]

Tony, fab cage but wonder how long the netting will last?

[@simplifygardening]

It’s very strong

[@judyrossross740]

Will the netting withstand winter snows and freezing?

[@simplifygardening]

yes it has so far, but i can alway cut the ties on one side if heavy snow forcast

[@Paula_T]

That cage will keep the Zombies out too!

[@simplifygardening]

Ha Ha you been watching Scott?

[@brianschindler1511]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks Brian

[@BibbledyBobbledyBoo]

👍🏆

[@simplifygardening]

Cheers

[@DanaKot336]

I wish I had a lot of land and safety to do this.. so frustrated with the state I was born to..

[@simplifygardening]

Oh sorry to hear that

[@raccoontrashpanda1467]

You don't want to use a soft fabric net like that to keep birds away from fruit, if they fly into it or land on it they can very easily get tangled. If no one cuts the bird free it will die and then scavenger animals attracted to the body also get caught in the net. If the animal is cut free from the net while alive it can still suffer serious constriction wounds, sometimes leading to amputation of limbs. Its much better to use a hardwire mesh to keep animals away from fruit.

[@simplifygardening]

They cant get tangled in this netting It is too tight and Ive been using the netting for years before hand

[@jensissons5709]

Wow £6,000 for the large 2 door cage? I dont use a cage at all and only a few berries get eaten. If there was a problem I would throw some scaffold netting over the bush when the fruit is ripening.

[@simplifygardening]

There are loads of different sizes

[@Jacko580]

£6000 surly this is an April fools 😳

[@simplifygardening]

@@Jacko580 Jacqueline you need to select the size you need they do cages up to 6k

[@libertyforall5764]

To keep birds out? ...🤔 Actually, I want to keep them in.😂 (small birds like canaries. I'm wondering if these are cheaper than to build a cage with wood and metal mesh with the same size of the little squares on this mesh you used. ...but of course not this big, probably a 4x6 or 6x9 and a height of at least 6 or 8ft.

[@marktoldgardengnome4110]

Nice addition Tony. Guess I'd agree with some, the price. But nothing says, since you buy in modules, you can't start small, and add as necessary. Over the years your soft fruit area has grown and is dedicated needing more netting than most. Question, Does Northern Polytunnel offer any advice on the life expectance of the netting? Seems it may last longer if taken down, but that adds one more chore each Spring and Fall plus the chance of damaging it when doing so. Your thoughts. TYFS, Nice Job Mark n Rosa

[@simplifygardening]

Yes i have a huge area to cover, for most a simple couple of sections would be more than enough

[@joannejensen4369]

🤗🇨🇦

[@simplifygardening]

😀👍

[@xperyskop2475]

I can lend you my cat he can spend half a day hunting in bushes .

[@simplifygardening]

I got a cat 🐈 he stays in the ahed