One for the Sparrows...One for Us !

I did it...put wildlife netting over the pea pole. I found netting at Lowes for $13.48 ...worth a try, I thought.

If you have never unrolled netting you are in for a surprise. It's as light as air and is like handling a cobweb...especially if you are trying to lift it up over the top of a pea tower. Of course, I needed a helper. Even so, it is not the easiest thing to accomplish.

However problematic and against my deep bias against wildlife netting, it is in place and I have loads of it leftover for another time. One roll will cover 700 square feet. The reason I dislike netting so much is the danger to wildlife from the almost invisible stuff. In the past, we have had to cut it away from a young cottontail and another time, from a snake. It will be necessary to watch it carefully until we remove and destroy it.

On the other hand, if another crop of peas becomes a reality, it will all be worth it!
UPDATE: 4/20/12, It did and it was!