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Best Invention

redser7 · 2014-07-01 23:07:31

Necessity is the mother of invention. From beer traps to bottle cloches, show us the most novel use of a household item in the garden.

01-07-2014 11:07pm

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Necessity is the mother of invention. From beer traps to bottle cloches, show us the most novel use of a household item in the garden.

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#2 16-07-2014 10:58am

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It took me years to eventually arrive at this bright idea and a lot of disapointment. I grow sweetpea in trays in the polytunnel early in the year for planting out later in the year, and the mice are always digging up the trays and eating the seed. I tried loads of ideas to keep them at bay and eventually arrived at this that actually works.

The seed trays are in a top tray of water. That tray is aloft using 2 thin rose pots, which are in two bottom trays of water. Essentially 2 moats were needed to keep the mice away from the seeds.

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