mini cloches made from airers

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    gary lacey Apprentice Gardener

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    Not sure if anybody has posted this idea before but I have recently found a way of making an instant mini cloche. We recently had to buy some new folding airers as the old ones were starting to lose bits of plastic. These are the 3 or 4 sections which fold out sometimes called traditional airers. I managed with just using my hands (with gloves on) to bend the airers into a semi circle. The bottom legs I bent at a ninety degree angle and these get pushed into the ground to provide staking.
     

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      What a brilliant idea, Gary! :thumbsup:
       
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      Nice one Gary,

      the ready made clotches are not cheap, I was given one, still had a price tag of £20 on it.
       
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      10 out of 10 for lateral thinking. Nothing goes to the dump without thinking, anything useful I can use this for? Cheers, Tony.
       
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        Great repurposing there Gary!

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