Materials & Tools
4 x two litre pop bottles
Craft knife
Scissors
White spirit
Stapler
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Step 1
Remove the label. Clean off any
residual glue with a drop of white spirit. |
![](../images/Garden/2021/Protectors1_small.jpg) |
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. |
![](../images/Garden/2021/Protectors2_small.jpg) |
Step 3
Continue both cuts around the
rest of the bottle using the scissors. |
![](../images/Garden/2021/Protectors3_small.jpg) |
Step 4
Trim neatly around the base of
the bottle just below the mould line, leaving a clean cut. |
![](../images/Garden/2021/Protectors4_small.jpg) |
Step 5
Trim neatly around the top of the
bottle, just below where it begins to curve, leaving a neat cut. |
![](../images/Garden/2021/Protectors5_small.jpg) |
Step 6
Make a second tube in exactly the
same way, then staple the two together at the top and bottom. |
![](../images/Garden/2021/Protectors6_small.jpg) |
Step 7
Make a second pair of tubes, and
staple the two pairs together at the top and bottom.
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![](../images/Garden/2021/Protectors7_small.jpg) |
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. |
![](../images/Garden/2021/Protectors8_small.jpg) |
Example 1
Four onions grown in a Morrison's
bucket with the protector in place. |
![](../images/Garden/2021/First%20Pot%20of%20Onions%202_small.JPG) |
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. |
![](../images/Garden/2021/Plot%203%2015-5Alliums_small.JPG) |
Example 3
Beetroot on the allotment, just
before removing the protectors. |
![](../images/Garden/2021/Jun%2012b_small.JPG) |