Materials & Tools

4 x two litre pop bottles
Craft knife

Scissors
White spirit
Stapler

Step 1

Remove the label. Clean off any residual glue with a drop of white spirit.

Step 2

CAREFULLY cut a slit about 2.5cm / 1 inch from the neck, and another at the top of the ridges near the base.

Step 3

Continue both cuts around the rest of the bottle using the scissors.

Step 4

Trim neatly around the base of the bottle just below the mould line, leaving a clean cut.

Step 5

Trim neatly around the top of the bottle, just below where it begins to curve, leaving a neat cut.

Step 6

Make a second tube in exactly the same way, then staple the two together at the top and bottom.

Step 7

Make a second pair of tubes, and staple the two pairs together at the top and bottom.

Step 8

The finished unit is now ready to be used to protect seeds or seedlings from rodents, birds and wind, whilst letting in light and rain. 

Example 1

Four onions grown in a Morrison's bucket with the protector in place.

Example 2

Onions and shallots on the allotment. The bottles are held in place with a couple of the green garden sticks, cut in half.

Example 3

Beetroot on the allotment, just before removing the protectors.