Anyone with an allotment?

That’s an idea I hadn’t thought of. There’s a tonne of new housing being built here!

As Sam W says it’s mdpe pipe. If you check gumtree/Ebay/facebook etc you can usually get it pretty cheap if someone finished a job. Otherwise Screwfix seem to sell it at a fair cost.

blue tubing....Where does everyone get it?

https://www.screwfix.com/p/mdpe-pipe-blue-25mm-x-50m/19606

Nice one, I'll keep an eye out for a freebie. Managed to skip-dive some wooden posts and concrete blocks this week to redo our steps

Reluctant to post this after everyone else’s classy efforts, however. If you want a small/cheap/quick/easy cover for brassicas you can hollow out a pallet and hammer the mdpe pipe into that and cover it.

I’m using this one to gradually reseed my lawn whilst letting the kids still play out there and will move it to the allotment when that is done (about 6 years at this rate)

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Awesome, I have some small square pallets sat waiting for a job and this will be perfect. Thanks.

Found a good use for a snapped Marin frame I was given with the rest of the bike a couple of months back

The Allotment is coming on well and the Marin trowels make excellent tools for digging up Couch Grass which is everywhere, from between the newly growing veg

It’s water pipe. Screw fox do it for about £20 for 50 metres I think.

It’s good to have around for frames to clouchs etc etc

Got quite a lot of this coming up in the properly overgrown area of the allotment. Looks a bit like a raspberry but got prickle all over it. Any thoughts?

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I’d agree with raspberry

Plant id app says raspberry

What wood is that it looks plush

Just treated timber I had left over from renovating the house, should last a few years...

Looking to permanently attach netting to my pallets for my Fruit cage, I'm not familiar with the kit required to make the job the simplest... would a hammer tacker or stapler do the job?

Ideally looking to buy from Screwfix as that's my local click n collect option.

I’ve been wondering the same. Heavy duty stable gun seems the best/quickest option to me.

I used a stapler last year. It worked well. The only problem I found was deciding how the netting was going to go on. I did a raised bed with 4 posts in each corner then stitched a square of netting on top

I'm guessing you don't have power up there? electric staple guns are great! You could always use a roofers stapler called a hammer tacker, only issue is that you wont be able to hold the net in place, as you kind of swing the stapler rather than compress a lever.

Thanks all. No power. This should work then?

https://www.screwfix.com/p/stanley-light-duty-staple-gun/66901

I've got the pipe hoops to figure out too, thinking zip ties on them.

Cable ties will work, or if you want a slightly neater solution have a look at hinge clips, can then choose the right diameter.

have used this for things like bubblewrap to shed window frames - can't see any reason it wouldn't work for netting to beds!

Nice one, ta.

I got the first few zip tie bits done in the rain today, crappy pic alert

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The Bindweed Hellmouth is closed for now.

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Finally got a plot! Looks like the previous owners were fairly organised :)

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