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I’ve tried using enviromesh but, as well as looking unsightly in my garden and making maintenance a pain, it seemed to create such a cosy microclimate that the plants were covered in whitefly which billowed out whenever I touched the mesh. Like you Pete I’m looking at making my own with the aim of them being both affective and easy and quick to use as well as looking ok. The best design I’ve seen so far is one with wire hoop supports with string criss-crossed from one side of the bed to the other holding the covering in place on the wire. The covering can be slid up and down between the string and the wire for maintenance/harvest/ventilation. The RHS Veg growing book describes how to make them and Joy Larkcom’s Growing your own veg also mentions them. One neat feature is a small loop in the wire, near the soil, that the string can be looped round. Hopefully the 3.5mm wire that I’ve sourced will be strong enough.
Darren