[Ice]

Yes it's me again teetering on the brink of bad taste.  Sorry about your nerves Aunt Sally.  But, today in Tesco's I saw a bag of 100 plastic balls for £3.87.  I was, at the time, looking for tennis balls to put on the end of my canes to stop the bird netting poking through.  So I bought them and cut little crosses in them, blew into them to re-inflate as they crumpled a little and stuck them on top of my canes.  They look really funky and do the job a treat.

[ziggywigs]

What type of balls?  Where they ping pong balls?

[Ice]

They're slightly smaller than a tennis ball.  They're meant for babies really.

[GrannieAnnie]

Are they the ones they chuck in those ball pits???  That's a great idea Ice.  Good one!!!!

[WG.]

Are they the shiny plastic balls that you see inside large play nets for kids?

[GrannieAnnie]

Great minds think alike eh WG??  

[WG.]

Great minds think alike eh WG??  

Indeed, it seems that some type faster than others tho'  

[Ice]

Exactamundo peeps.  Probably not as sturdy though.

[GrannieAnnie]

 

[Aunt Sally]

They sound jolly useful for all sorts of lottie things !

[jingerpot]

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I have been using playballs all last year to keep nets up on canes and the added advantage is for some reason birds stay off the plants!  They seem to scare them better than cd discs!
I mentioned it ages ago on the site . and as an added advantage the garden looks so jolly too


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[Ice]

Yes Aunt Sally and if you cut through tesco childrens hula hoops they make a sparkly alternative to blue water hosepipe when strenghtened with some canes.  (Does that make sense?)

[jingerpot]

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Wow Ice Hockey Mad what a great idea    I had been trying to find some way of making cloche hoops but having no children around that one never occured to me .........  will definately steal that idea  Thanks



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[Ice]

You're welcome Jingerpot.  They are not as sturdy but when you lash them together with long canes they are fine, about £1.65 each.  Easily strong enough to throw netting over and it satisfies the inner Barbie with it's pink sparkliness.

Great minds think alike eh

[noshed]

Just me careful when your inner Barbie meets your inner Ken.