wellington womble
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Securing fleeceHow does everyone else do it? I daren't poke holes in it, it looks so fragile. I have narrow raised beds (being on the petite side of things) and weighting it down with earth or logs seems to take up half the bed. So what do you do?
Enviromesh is easy - you can clip it to the water-pipe arches and it's stiff enough to stay in place, but fleece is too floppy, and the wind gets under it.
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judith
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Poke holes in it. 
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Frewen Feltmaker
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and there was me thinking she was talking about proper sheeps wool 
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judith
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You're obsessed.
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Snowball
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I poke holes in mine.
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Frewen Feltmaker
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I know Judith 
I am working on the children too - Twinkle wants a drop spindle now after I showed her one at a museum while on holiday
I poke holes in mine too
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Behemoth
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Poke holes and bricks and an acceptance that it's perishable. Mind you diff fleece seems to more resilient than others. I got some from Kays and it lasted three seasons. Bought some at B&Q and it lasted three weeks.
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Nell
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| Frewen wrote: | I know Judith
I am working on the children too - Twinkle wants a drop spindle now after I showed her one at a museum while on holiday
I poke holes in mine too |
i have one you can have for her! was it the gower heritage centre? i do ghost nights and have played a victorian spinster there in the wool shed (where the drop spindles are)
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Frewen Feltmaker
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| Helen M wrote: | | Frewen wrote: | I know Judith
I am working on the children too - Twinkle wants a drop spindle now after I showed her one at a museum while on holiday
I poke holes in mine too |
i have one you can have for her! was it the gower heritage centre? i do ghost nights and have played a victorian spinster there in the wool shed (where the drop spindles are) |
Spooky
(yes it was)  We then went to 3 cliffs bay and had a delicious ice cream from Sheperds (mine was raspberry pavlova - yum)
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ninat
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I use stones. we are still digging up the wretched things after 5 years
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Robinjw13
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Sorry for the randomness and rarity of my postings but for holding down fleece try bamboo, or straight hazel or other handy wood, with wire pegs. The bamboo will take up next to no space when laid horizontal with one turn of the fleece around it. You can buy a large roll of wire from a fencing company (I paid £28 + vat for 410m of 3.15mm) then cut it to make the pegs (the pegs work out at less than 3 pence each). If strong winds are a problem make a shallow trench in which to place the bamboo then cover with earth once pegged down.
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