After much thought as to whether it would be a sensible option and being assured that the netting used would be to small for birds to get trapped we ordered a fruit cage. We were  getting to the point where we either gave up trying to grow soft fruit or found a way to keep it.  A fruit cage seems  the only way to do it in our garden,  so we’ll give it a try. Inside the cage we have three blueberry bushes, two red currents, and a small strawberry bed. I had managed to protect the red currents this year by surrounding one in a metal mesh cage but it wouldn’t have  enough to cover it after another year of  growth. Up to now, going on two weeks the cage seems to working … Read entire article »