Growing fruit

Hi

I'm new to allotment growing and would like to grow soft fruit. I now they will need protecting from birds etc but I'm not sure if a fruit cage or poly tunnel is best. A few people on my allotment have very expensive poly tunnels others have made their own fruit cages.

Does any know which is best and where you can buy them cheap from?

Thanks for that, I was thinking of trying to build my own fruit cage. They are expensive to buy one!

I use alkathene water pipe looped over between two canes (you then have flexibility in the height of your bushes) and then draped netting over. Works fine for me and if you source it well, the piping doesn't have to be expensive (avoid the DIY stores if poss).
Our local farm supplies has it very cheap.

I just wish somebody would come up with some netting that was mouse proof

I've a mouse in my compost too, as I found out when I was turning it over and it came jumping out of the top - frightening the bloomin' life out of me!!!