Both bird netting and poultry netting (chicken wire) are effective against garden pests and animals. Each of these products has very different characteristics, sizes and installation methods to surround your garden or surround individual plants. more »

Bird netting is a lightweight net that sits over your garden to protect the plants from birds. Installing nets is an easy way to protect your berries and other edible plants. Bird netting is fairly inexpensive and easy to install, and with proper care, your nets will last for years. Commercial growers often use large posts to net entire fields of crops, but home gardeners can simply drape the netting over plants. more »

Many species of birds like your fruit bushes as much as you do. This can be annoying, but you do not need to harm them to keep them away from your crops because bird netting can be installed easily and inexpensively. more »

If your fruit trees are about ready for harvesting but birds and squirrels keep getting into the fruit and spoiling it before it is fully ripe, you can cover the fruit trees with netting. You can reuse the netting for years. more »

If you're trying to grow your own fruit at home you will undoubtedly need to ward off many types of birds. Keeping our feathered friends from your garden doesn't have to be time-consuming or expensive. more »

Birds, especially crows, seem to view vegetable gardens as buffets filled with pea seedlings, sunflower seeds and succulent salad greens planted just for them. A huge range of products, including owl silhouettes, flashy iridescent tape and motion-activated sprinklers, have been developed to keep birds out of gardens. But there is really only one foolproof option: bird netting. This thin, plastic mesh blocks the birds’ access to your plants, but it also has an annoying tendency to get very tangled. Taking the time to make a simple support for the netting makes it easier to access your plants—and keep them safe from the birds. Here’s what you need to do. more »