Use volaille telegram to create an attractive cloche for plant to keep away hungry critters .
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Traditionally , chicken wire is used to keep fowl secure from predators and fence in gardens , protecting plants from hungry rabbitsand other critters . No wonder the inexpensive hexagonal meshing proves substantive for agardener ’s toolshed . Chicken wire is lightweight yet durable and flexible enough for shaping . The netting forms a practical see - through conducting wire cloche that makes an interesting accent in the garden .
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What You’ll Need
Equipment / Tools
Materials
Instructions
Measure and Cut Chicken Wire
Measure the circumferenceof the baby’s room pot that will be used to help form the cornerstone of the cloche ( a 12 - inch - diameter pot has a perimeter of close to 38 inch ) ; wearingglovesand using tin snips , cut a like length of chicken wire . reduce Gallus gallus telegram to the want height — as tall as or taller than the pot . Cut a semicircular art object of chicken wire to outfit around the lampshade frame .
Shape Chicken Wire Around Frame
enwrap the semicircular poulet wire around the lamp shade flesh , bending and squeezing the conducting wire to match snugly on the frame to shape the top of the wire cloche . Cut away excess wire and apply needle - nose pliers to wrap cutting end around the poulet wire .
Create Chicken Wire Cloche Cylinder
Wrap the length of chicken wire broadly around the pot , forming a cylinder for the cloche bottom . Use phonograph needle - nose pair of pliers to wrap any cut end of the conducting wire around the adjoining chicken wire . Slide the meshwork piston chamber off the sight .
Connect Top and Bottom of Cloche
Attach the wire cloche bottom ( mesh cylinder ) to the cloche top . Use adjustable plyers to deform the top edge of the piston chamber around the bottom border of the lamp shade frame of reference , enwrap any cutting terminate and purloin the edges to batten down .
Attach Door Knob
Wiggle and deposit a glassdoorknobor other decorative emphasis into an scuttle at the wire cloche top . Use needle - nose pliers to nip the wire together to hold back the node in place . Snug the bottom border of the cloche into the garden grime . Use two or three garden staple to hold the cloche hard in place . This step is crucial to preclude critters from creep under the cloche .
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