Costa Georgiadis

Costa Georgiadis Instagram – There is always something to see and take away from every garden and it’s one of the things I love the most without question about edible garden trails. This netting structure that you see was created in order to grow brassicas and help keep them free from the cabbage white butterfly laying it’s caterpillars with predictable results. Now the point to note about this particular structure is that it has been designed for the gardener and in this case the gardener is probably about 2m tall or 6ft4” on a wet hair day. Bending down and lifting grow tunnel netting is somewhat more difficult for someone this tall so this modular easily dismantled netting structure was what they came up with. Having such fine netting means that they sometimes will shake other veggies with ladybirds on them into the enclosure should they have a break out in any pests otherwise this modular rotational system is working really well for them. Of course you can always use a slightly less fine netting to allow the pollinators access and the structure itself could also be used with shade cloth or you could even use tunnel housing material and turn it into a mini glasshouse in the off-season. So many options. We can visit this garden and see this structure first hand this coming weekend at the @samfordediblegardentrail 18th/19thmay. | Posted on 13/May/2024 10:59:07