The Backyard Farmer anti bird net is a single 4m by 10m sheet of white UV resistant HDPE, woven in a 5mm by 5mm diamond mesh. It goes over fruit trees, berry canes and vegetable beds to keep birds off a ripening crop without trapping them. One sheet covers a home orchard or a full vegetable patch, not a single shrub.
What it does
-
Mesh that meets the rules. The 5mm by 5mm diamond aperture complies with household fruit netting laws. Birds cannot push through an aperture that small and become caught.
-
Made for Australian sun. High density polyethylene with UV resistance, so the strands do not go brittle after one season on a frame.
-
Coverage in one piece. At 4m by 10m it drapes a mature fruit tree or runs the length of several beds, with no joins to peg together.
-
Built to be reused. Made for repeated seasonal use, not one harvest. It arrives folded and packs away the same way.
How to use it
Net over a frame, not over the canopy. Build a simple hoop or post frame that holds the netting clear of the foliage, stretch the sheet taut across it, then secure the edges with ties, clips or weights so nothing gets underneath. A tight net is more effective and far safer for wildlife: loose folds are what birds tangle in.
Check through the season for sag, tears or a corner that has pulled loose, and re-tension as needed. After harvest, take it down, shake it out and store it folded and dry.
What it suits
Ripening fruit and berries. Fruit trees carrying a ripening crop, berry canes, grape vines, and any bed where birds are stripping seedlings before they get away.
Sizing to the area. Larger growing areas. Surplus folds back on itself over a smaller bed rather than being cut. It is delivered Australia wide, with delivery from $29.95.
Not for. Insect exclusion or shading. A 5mm mesh is sized for birds: it will not stop fruit fly, cabbage white or aphids, and it casts almost no shade.
Related products and reading