One of the more troublesome problems that home gardeners face is keeping nature out of their garden. Threats come from many different places, and left unattended can leave your garden exposed and picked over. Particularly in more remote locations, pests can quickly turn your harvest into nothing more than a couple of half-eaten plants. A strategy that many gardeners are forced to use is application of garden netting for birds around their yard.
Birds pose a unique sort of problem. For the most part, birds are a welcome addition to the backyard. They are fun to look at, peaceful to listen to, and do a good job of keeping the bug population down in your yard. Most people even implement measure to draw different varieties of birds to them by installing bird houses, filling seed feeders, and providing a safe environment for them to reside.
The trouble comes when the birds begin to find your garden efforts. Berries are a particularly appealing fruit for birds to pick at. Raspberries, cherries, and other berry bushes can be quickly wiped clean of their fruit, leaving nothing for you to enjoy.
One of the best ways to keep birds out of your garden is by covering your plants with garden netting. Bird netting is specially designed to cover your bushes, keeping the birds at bay. The netting allows you to protect your plants without harming their growth. Sufficient sunlight makes it through, and removal for harvest is simple. The netting is colored to blend into your garden naturally, ensuring that it is not an eye sore to look at.
A product that is quite similar to bird netting is garden insect netting. This is designed to function in much the same way, but has slight variations in implementation. The netting is often tighter, intended to keep small pests out of your plants. For those with significant insect problems and do not want to worry about sprays, netting is great solution.