cloches hoops and anchors

[kenneth1]

can anybody tell me where i can buy cloche hoops and ground anchors to use on my allotment,ive got the netting but can only find them ready made up or they cost a fortune.

[gazzawazza]

It would be easy to make your own quite cheaply I would imagine.
I'm thinking some offcuts of wood 450-600mm long (depending on your requirement) 50mm wide by 25mm thick. Drill a hole either end and then bend some offcuts of blue plastic water pipe (known as alkathene) and place in the holes. You may be able to find alkathene in a builders' skip if you're lucky.

[Wak]

Possibly the old wire coat hangers would make suitable ground anchors (tent pegs?) for the netting.?