Some years ago these raised and enclosed vegetable garden beds built in our garden. The idea was to keep out the marauding possums, birds and rats who consistently ate our produce. Well that worked for all but the rats, who just ate through the mesh at the front or crawled up underneath it. The ends and tops of the cages were of aviary wire, but we had to be able to harvest the veggies ourselves, hence the woven heavy twine 'curtains'.
We persevered for about 7 years, but in the end it wasn't the rats that made us decide to dismantle the beds, but the fact that the supposedly long lasting and 'eco timber' surrounds started to rot away. Above you can see the custom made shade cloth covers that protected the vegetables through our scorching summers. These were huge and heavy, taking 2 people quite a while to put into place.
The penultimate photo of the dismantled beds in the southern end of the vegetable garden. What a job that was to unscrew, unbolt and take apart the super structure. Big decisions now about what to do next, as we still want to grow vegetables, but not to lose almost all of it to the animals!
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